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Through the Night: Russian Cello Sonatas

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15/03/2015

Russian Cello Sonatas

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Julian Steckel and Marianna Shirinyan play cello sonatas by Shostakovich and Rachmaninov.

Catriona Young presents music, including Julian Steckel and Marianna Shirinyan playing cello sonatas by Shostakovich and Rachmaninov.

Julian Steckel and Marianna Shirinyan play cello sonatas by Shostakovich and Rachmaninov, presented by Catriona Young.

1:01 AM
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich
Andante Cantabile arranged for cello and piano 
Julian Steckel (cello), Marianna Shirinyan (piano) 

1:08 AM
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich
Valse Sentimentale op.51 no.6; Nocturne op.19 no.4 
Julian Steckel (cello), Marianna Shirinyan (piano) 

1:15 AM
Shostakovich, Dmitri
Sonata in D minor Op.40 for cello and piano 
Julian Steckel (cello), Marianna Shirinyan (piano) 

1:43 AM
Rachmaninov, Sergei
Sonata in G minor Op.19 for cello and piano 
Julian Steckel (cello); Marianna Shirinyan (piano) 

2:19 AM
Rachmaninov, Sergei
Vocalise (Op.34'14) 
Julian Steckel (cello), Marianna Shirinyan (piano) 

2:25 AM
Bortnyansky, Dmitry [1751-1825]
Hymn of the Cherubim No.7 "The Lord is King"
Platon Maiboroda Academic Choir, Viktor Skoromnyy (conductor) 

2:30 AM
Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937)
Le Tombeau de Couperin for orchestra 
Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Antoni Ros Marbà 

2:49 AM
Berezovsky, Maxim Sosontovitch [1745-1777]
Choral concerto "Cast Me Not Off in the time of Old Age"
Platon Maiboroda Academic Choir, Yulia Tkach (conductor) 

3:01 AM
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828)
Symphony No.5 in B flat major (D.485) 
Budapest Symphony Orchestra, Tamás Vásáry (conductor) 

3:27 AM
Liszt, Franz (1811-1886)
Mephisto Waltz No.1 (S.514) 
Janina Fialkowska (piano)

3:39 AM
Janacek, Leos [1854-1928]
Quartet for strings no. 1 "The Kreutzer Sonata" 
Danish String Quartet 

4:00 AM
Strauss, Richard (1864-1949)
Aria: 'Was erblicke ich?' - from the opera 'Daphne' (Op.82)
Ben Heppner (tenor), Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Davis (conductor)

4:09 AM
Paganini, Nicolo (1782-1840)
Perpetuum Mobile (Op.11 No.2) 
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Nello Santi (conductor) 

4:15 AM
Dvorak, Antonin [1841-1904]
Slavonic Dance No.9 in B major (Op.72 No.1) orch. composer 
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Juanjo Mena (conductor) 

4:19 AM
Buxtehude, Dietrich [1637-1707]
Toccata for organ in F major (BuxWV.156)
Ludger Lohmann (organ)

4:27 AM
Goldmark, Károly (1830-1915)
In Italien - overture (Op.49)
Hungarian Radio Orchestra, Geza Oberfrank (conductor)

4:39 AM
Satie, Erik (1866-1925)
La Belle Excentrique 
Pianoduo Kolacny 

4:48 AM
Handel, Georg Frideric (1685-1759)
Prelude-Chaconne; Sarabande; Gigue; Air; Ballo - from 'Terpsichore', ballet music
English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)

5:01 AM
Britten, Benjamin [1913-1976]
Courtly Dances from Gloriana op 53 
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Lukasz Borowicz (conductor) 

5:11 AM
Morley, Thomas (c.1557-1602) & Dowland, John (1563-1626)-"Knights of the Lute"
Fantasie (Morley); Pavan; Earl of Derby, his Galliard (Dowland) 
Nigel North (lute) 

5:21 AM
Dvorak, Antonin [1841-1904]
Polonaise for orchestra in E flat major
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra in Bratislava, Ludovít Rajter (conductor)

5:27 AM
Fauré, Gabriel (1845-1924) [text: Paul Verlaine]
En sourdine
Karina Gauvin (soprano), Marc-André Hamelin (piano)

5:31 AM
Spohr, Louis (1784-1859)
Fantasie and variations on a theme of Danzi in B flat (Op.81) (vers. clarinet & string quartet)
Joze Kotar (clarinet), Slovene Philharmonic String Quartet

5:39 AM
Geminiani, Francesco [1687-1762]
Concerto Grosso (Op.3 No.2) 
Europa Galante (ensemble); Fabio Biondi (director) 

5:48 AM
Franck, César (1822-1890)
Prelude, Fugue and Variation 
Robert Silverman (piano)

6:00 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Concerto for bassoon and orchestra in B flat major (K.191) 
Dag Jensen (bassoon), Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Paavo Berglund (conductor) 

6:18 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
Sonata for organ in C major (BWV 529) 
Juliusz Gembalski on organ of St Anne Church in Warsaw on 10.10.1992 (Organs in Poland)

6:34 AM
Bruckner, Anton (1824-1896)
Te Deum for soloists, chorus and orchestra in C major 
Giorgia Milanesi (soprano), Ulfried Haselsteiner (tenor), Anne Margrethe Punsvik Gluck (soprano), Thomas Mohr (baritone), Havard Stensvold (bass-baritone), Kristiansand Cathedral Choir, Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Rolf Gupta (conductor).

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