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Through the Night: Excerpts from Prokofiev and Gounod's Romeo and Juliet

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31/05/2015

Excerpts from Prokofiev and Gounod's Romeo and Juliet

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Catriona Young's selection includes excerpts from Prokofiev and Gounod's Romeo and Juliet.

Catriona Young presents a selection of excerpts from Prokofiev and Gounod's Romeo and Juliet.

1:01 AM
Prokofiev, Sergei [1891-1953]
Romeo and Juliet - suite no. 3 Op.101 ; suite no. 2 Op.64b - excerpts 
Croatian Radio-Television Symphony Orchestra, Aleksandar Markovic (conductor) 

1:09 AM
Gounod, Charles [1818-1893]
Romeo et Juliette - opera in 5 acts - excerpts Acts 1 & 2 
Iwona Sobotka (soprano), Francisco Corujo (tenor), Croatian Radio-Television Symphony Orchestra, Aleksandar Markovic (conductor) 

1:30 AM
Prokofiev, Sergei [1891-1953]
Romeo and Juliet - suite no. 1 Op.64a & suite no. 2 Op.64b - excerpts 
Croatian Radio-Television Symphony Orchestra, Aleksandar Markovic (conductor) 

1:49 AM
Gounod, Charles [1818-1893]
Romeo et Juliette - opera in 5 acts Act 4 excerpts 
Iwona Sobotka (soprano), Francisco Corujo (tenor), Croatian Radio-Television Symphony Orchestra, Aleksandar Markovic (conductor) 

2:03 AM
Prokofiev, Sergei [1891-1953]
Romeo and Juliet - suite no. 2 Op.64b - excerpts 
Croatian Radio-Television Symphony Orchestra, Aleksandar Markovic (conductor) 

2:14 AM
Gounod, Charles [1818-1893]
Romeo et Juliette - opera in 5 acts - Act 5 excerpts 
Iwona Sobotka (soprano), Francisco Corujo (tenor), Croatian Radio-Television Symphony Orchestra, Aleksandar Markovic (conductor) 

2:30 AM
Johnson, Robert (c.1583-1633) text: William Shakespeare
2 Songs: 'Full fathum five' & 'Where the bee sucks, there suck I' (from 'The Tempest') 
Paul Agnew (tenor), Christopher Wilson (lute) 

2:35 AM
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (Op.61) - incidental music 
Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Michael Schonwandt (conductor)

3:01 AM
Biber, Heinrich Ignaz Franz von (1644-1704) (with anonymous Introit and propria)
Missa Alleluja a 36 
Gradus ad Parnassum, Concerto Palatino, Choral scholars from Wiener Hofburgkapelle, Konrad Junghänel (director) 

3:37 AM
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897)
Piano Sonata no.3 in F minor (Op.5) 
Cristina Ortiz (piano) 

4:16 AM
Saint-Saëns, Camille (1835-1921)
Le Cygne (The Swan) - from 'Le Carnaval des Animaux'
Henry-David Varema (cello), Cornelia Lootsmann (harp)

4:19 AM
Bacewicz, Grazyna (1909-1969)
Serenade for orchestra 
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jan Krenz (conductor) 

4:24 AM
Corelli, Arcangelo (1653-1713)
Sonata da Chiesa in E minor (Op.1 No.2)
London Baroque

4:29 AM
Alpaerts, Flor (1876-1954) 
Romanza for Violin and Orchestra (1928)
Guido De Neve (violin), Vlaams Radio Orkest , Michel Tabachnik (conductor)

4:36 AM
Anon 15th Century Florence
Canto di lanzi venturieri; Canto ti lanzi sonatori di rubechine; Canto di lanzi venturieri; Canto dei capi tondi; Carro della morte
Ensemble Claude-Gervaise, Gilles Plante (director) 

4:44 AM
Scriabin, Alexander (1872-1915)
Nocturne for the Left Hand (Op.9 No.2) 
Anatol Ugorski (piano)

4:51 AM
Auric, Georges (1899-1983) arranged by Philip Lane
Suite from 'The Lavender Hill Mob' 
BBC Philharmonic, Rumon Gamba (conductor)

5:01 AM
Haapalainen, Väinö (1893-1945)
Lemminkainen Overture (1925)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Atso Almila (conductor)

5:09 AM
Chausson, Ernest (1855-1899)
Chanson perpétuelle 
Lena Hoel (soprano), Bengt Ake-Lundin (piano), Yggdrasil String Quartet - Henrik Peterson & Per Öman (violin), Robert Westlund (viola), Per Nyström 

5:18 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
12 Variations for piano in B flat (K.500) 
Simon Crawford-Phillips (piano) 

5:27 AM
Berlioz, Hector (1803-1869)
Le Corsaire - overture (Op.21) 
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Thierry Fischer (conductor) 

5:36 AM
Sáry, László (b.1940)
Kotyogó ko egy korsóban (1976) - version for two marimbas
Aurél Holló & Zoltán Rácz (marimbas) (from the Amadinda Percussion Group) 

5:46 AM
Milhaud, Darius (1892-1974)
3 Psaumes de David (Op.339) 
Elmer Iseler Singers, Elmer Iseler (conductor)

5:55 AM
Françaix, Jean (1912-1997)
8 Danses exotiques vers. for 2 pianos 
László Baranyai, Jenö Jandó (pianos)

6:05 AM
Grieg, Edvard Hagerup (1843-1907)
Sonata for Violin and Piano No.2 in G major (Op.13) 
Marianne Thorsen (violin), Havard Gimse (piano) 

6:26 AM
Wolf, Hugo (1860-1903)
Intermezzo for string quartet in E flat major (1886)
Ljubljana String Quartet 

6:37 AM
Respighi, Ottorino (1879-1936)
Trittico Botticelliano 
Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Peter Sánta (conductor).

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