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26/07/2017

Prima la Musica, Poi le Parole - a one act opera by Salieri

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Salieri's one act opera 'Prima la Musica, Poi le Parole'. With John Shea.

Salieri's one-act opera 'Prima la Musica, Poi le Parole', in an archive performance from the 1973 Dubrovnik Summer Festival. With John Shea.

John Shea presents an archive performance of Salieri's one-act opera 'Prima la Musica, Poi le Parole'. This was first performed at one end of the Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna, while - at the other end of the hall - Mozart's Der Schauspieldirektor was having its premiere.

12:32 am
Antonio Salieri (1750-1825) 
Prima la Musica, Poi le Parole (First the Music, Then the Words)
Composer ..... Enrico Fissore (bass)
Poet ..... Vladimir Ruzdjak (baritone)
Eleanora .....Durdevka Cakarevic (mezzo-soprano)
Tonina ..... Nada Siriscevic (soprano) 
Festival Opera Ensemble, City of Dubrovnik Symphony Orchestra, Niksa Bareza (conductor) [recorded 1973]

1:38 am
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) 
Overture (Der Schauspieldirektor, K486)
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Ivor Bolton (conductor)

1:44 am
Fryderyk Chopin 
Piano Sonata No 3 in B minor, Op 58
Van Cliburn (piano)

2:10 am
Joseph Haydn 
Symphony No 95 in C minor
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Marek Janowski (conductor)

2:31 am
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) 
Cello Sonata in D major, Op 102 No 2
Arto Noras (cello), Yeol Eum Son (piano)

2:52 am
Frederick Converse (1871-1940) 
Festival of Pan, Op 9
BBC Concert Orchestra, Keith Lockhart (conductor)

3:10 am
Quantz, Johann Joachim (1697-1773) 
Concerto in G minor, for 2 flutes, 2 oboes and bassoon
Alexis Kossenko (flute), Anne Freitag (flute), Anna Starr (oboe), Markus Müller (oboe), Monika Fischaleck (bassoon), Les Ambassadeurs 

3:28 am
Alexander Glazunov (1865-1936) 
Albumblatt in D flat major, for trumpet and piano 
Tine Thing Helseth (trumpet), Christian Ihle Hadland (piano)

3:33 am
Richard Wagner 
Prelude (Act 1 'Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg')
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jiri Belohlavek (conductor)

3:43 am
Hugo Wolf (1860-1903) 
3 Songs
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Felix de Nobel (piano)

3:48 am
Francaix, Jean (1912-1997) 
L'Heure du berger
The Festival Ensemble of the Festival of the Sound, James Campbell (conductor)

3:57 am
Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764) 
Ces oiseaux, from 'Le Temple de la Gloire'
Anders J. Dahlin (tenor), Les Ambassadeurs, Alexis Kossenko (director)

4:02 am
Emmanuel Chabrier (1841-1894) 
Espana
Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Stuart Challender (conductor)

4:09 am
Orlande de Lassus (1532-1594) 
Magnificat 'Praeter rerum seriem'
King's Singers

4:18 am
Abel, Carl Friedrich (1723-1787) 
Symphony in B flat major, Op 10 No 2
La Stagione Frankfurt, Michael Schneider (conductor)

4:31 am
Pyotr Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) 
3 Characteristic Pieces
Sofia Soloists Chamber Ensemble, Vassil Kazandjiev (conductor)

4:41 am
Fryderyk Chopin 
Scherzo No 2 in B flat minor, Op 31
Alex Slobodyanik (piano)

4:52 am
Duijck, Johan (b.1954) 
Cantiones Sacrae in honorem Thomas Tallis, Op 26, Book 1
Flemish Radio Choir, Johan Duijck (conductor)

5:02 am
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767) 
Concerto in B flat major for 3 oboes
Peter Westermann (oboe), Michael Niesemann (oboe), Piet Dhont (oboe), Musica Antiqua Köln, Reinhard Goebel (director) 

5:11 am
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) 
Violin Sonata in C major, K303
Tai Murray (violin), Shai Wosner (piano)

5:22 am
Kajanus, Robert (1856-1933) 
Finnish Rhapsody No 1
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Leif Segerstam (conductor)

5:32 am
Peskin, Vladimir (1906-1988) 
Trumpet Concerto No 1 in C minor
Giuliano Sommerhalder (trumpet), Roberto Arosio (piano)

5:51 am
Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943) 
Variations on a theme of Corelli, Op 42
Natalya Pasichnyk (piano)

6:08 am
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) 
Brandenburg Concerto No 5 in D major, BWV 1050
Per Flemstrom (flute), Andrew Manze (violin), Andreas Staier (harpsichord), Risor Festival Strings.

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