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Through the Night: When Mighty Pianists Stalked the Earth

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08/07/2016

When Mighty Pianists Stalked the Earth

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, When Mighty Pianists Stalked the Earth

Catriona Young presents a piano recital from Russia and archive recordings.

Catriona Young presents a piano recital from Russia and archive performances from Reger, Busoni and Felix Mottl among others.

Catriona Young travels back in time to when Mighty Pianists stalked the earth and pianos trembled... A Russian piano recital precedes archive performances from Reger, Busoni and Felix Mottl amongst others.

12:31 AM
Liszt, Franz (1811-1886)
Hungarian Rhapsody No.8 in F sharp minor (S.244) 
Albert Mamriev (piano - a Blüthner Grand, selected by Mr. Mamriev) 

12:39 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750) arr. Friedmann, Ignaz (1882-1948)
Siciliana from Flute Sonata in E flat BWV.1031 
Albert Mamriev (piano)

12:42 AM
Moszkowski, Moritz (1854-1924)
Liebeswaltzer (Op.57/5) 
Albert Mamriev (piano) 

12:47 AM
Rubinstein, Anton (1829-1894)
Barcarolle No.5 in A minor (Op.93/7) 
Albert Mamriev (piano) 

12:54 AM
Chopin, Fryderyk (1810-1849)
Etude in C (Op.10 No. 1) 
Albert Mamriev (piano) 

1:05 AM
Godowsky, Leopold (1870-1938)
Alt Wien, waltz 
Albert Mamriev (piano)

1:09 AM
Alkan, Charles-Valentin (1813-1888)
Mouvement de valse from "Trois Etudes de Bravoure" Op.16 
Albert Mamriev (piano) 

1:15 AM
Liszt, Franz (1811-1886)
Mazeppa - Symphonic Poem 
Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra, Juozas Domarkas (conductor)

1:32 AM
Reger, Max (1873-1916)
Intermezzo in E flat minor (Op.45 No.3)
Max Reger (piano) 

1:36 AM
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897)
Intermezzo in E flat minor (Op.118 No.6)
Konstantin Igumnov (1873-1948) (piano) 

1:41 AM
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827), transc. Liszt, Franz (1811-1886)
Fantasia on Beethoven's 'Ruinen von Athen' for piano (S.389)
Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924) (piano) 

1:53 AM
Weber, Carl Maria von (1786-1826)
Rondo brillante in E flat "La gaieté for piano" (J.252) (Op.62) 
Raoul Pugno (1852-1914) (piano) 

1:59 AM
Wagner, Richard (1813-1883)
Prelude to Parsifal
Felix Mottl (1856-1911) (piano) 

2:11 AM
Wagner, Richard (1813 - 1883)
Brünnhildes Abschied - from Götterdämmerung (1876) 
Birgit Nilsson (mezzo-soprano), Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Pierre Monteux (conductor) 

2:31 AM
Maliszewski, Witold [1873-1939]
Symphony No.1 in G minor (Op.8) 
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Lukasz Borowicz (conductor) 

3:06 AM
Schumann, Robert (1810-1856)
Piano Quartet in E flat major (Op.47) 
Alexander Melnikov (piano), Leopold String Trio 

3:34 AM
Reutter, Johann Georg (1708-1772)
Ecce quomodo moritur justus
Capella Nova Graz, Otto Kargl (Director)

3:41 AM
Hammerschmidt, Andreas (1611/12-1675)
Suite in G minor/G major for winds - from the collection 'Ester Fleiß' 
Hesperion XX, Jordi Savall (director) 

3:56 AM
Mahler, Gustav (1860-1911)
Ich ging mit Lust durch einen grünen Wald (I walked with joy through a green forest) (no.7 from Lieder und Gesänge aus der Jugendzeit)
Arleen Auger (soprano), Irwin Gage (piano) 

4:01 AM
Boismortier, Joseph Bodin de [1689-1755]
Pastorale 
Concerto Copenhagen, Lars Ulrik Mortensen (director) 

4:09 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
4 Kontra Tänze (KV.267) 
English Chamber Orchestra, Mitsuko Uchida (conductor) 

4:16 AM
Doppler, Franz (1821-1883)
L'oiseau des bois (Op.21) - idyll for flute and 4 horns
János Balint (flute), Jeno Kevehazi, Peter Fuzes, Sandor Endrodi, Tibor Maruzsa (horns)

4:22 AM
Moniuszko, Stanislaw (1819-1872)
Introduction to Act III & Dances of the Highlanders from Halka (original vers.) 
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Lukasz Borowicz (Conductor) 

4:31 AM
Salieri, Antonio (1750-1825)
Sinfonia in D major 'Veneziana' 
Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Fabio Biondi (conductor) 

4:41 AM
Corelli, Arcangelo (1653-1713)
Sonata da chiesa in A major (Op.1 No.3) 
London Baroque

4:48 AM
Braunfels, Walter (1882-1954)
Symphonic Variations on a French Children's Song Op.15 
BBC Concert Orchestra; Johannes Wildner (conductor) 

5:04 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Trio for piano and strings in C major (K.548) 
Kungsbacka Trio 

5:23 AM
Rosenmuller, Johann (c.1619-1684)
Confitebor - Psalm 110 (111)
Johanna Koslowsky (soprano), David Cordier (countertenor), Gerd Türk (tenor), Stephan Schreckenberger (bass), Carsten Lohff (organ), Cantus Cölln, Konrad Junghänel (director/lute)

5:39 AM
Stamitz, Carl (1745-1801)
Cello Concerto No.2 in A 
Michal Kanka (cello), Prague Chamber Orchestra, Jirí Pospíchal (concert master)

5:59 AM
Farkas, Ferenc [1905-2000]
5 Ancient Hungarian Dances for wind quintet 
Academic Wind Quintet

6:10 AM
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828)
Overture (D.590) in D major "in the Italian style" 
Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Paul McCreesh (Conductor)

6:18 AM
Zelenka, Jan Dismas (1679-1745)
Overture a 7 in F major ZWV.188
Les Ambassadeurs, Alexis Kossenko (Director)

6:26 AM
Youmans, Vincent (1898-1946) arr. Louis Merkur
Tea for Two, from 'No, No, Nanette' (arranged for two pianos) 
Tobias Koch (piano), Alexander Melnikov (piano).

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