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Through the Night: Breaking Free: A Century of Russian Culture. Archive performances by The Moscow Philharmonic and Kiril Kondrashin

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10/11/2017

Breaking Free: A Century of Russian Culture. Archive performances by The Moscow Philharmonic and Kiril Kondrashin

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, Breaking Free: A Century of Russian Culture. Archive performances by The Moscow Philharmonic and Kiril Kondrashin

John Shea presents archive perfomances by the Moscow Philharmonic and Kiril Kondrashin.

John Shea presents 1968 recordings of the Mosow Philharmonic and Kiril Kondrashin as part of Radio 3's Century of Russian Culture.

John Shea presents recordings from the Archives of Croatian Radio of performances from 1968 by the Moscow Philharmonic and Kiril Kondrashin.

Part of BBC Radio 3's "Breaking Free: A Century of Russian Culture". A chance to eavesdrop on some performances given at the height of the Cold War in 1968, just a few weeks before Soviet Union-backed forces invaded Czechoslovakia to end the Prague Spring.

12:31 am
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) 
Symphony No 1 in D major, Op 25, 'Classical'
Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Kiril Kondrashin (conductor)

12:44 am
Rodion Shchedrin (b.1932) 
Piano Concerto No 2
Nikolai Petrov (piano), Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Kiril Kondrashin (conductor)

1:07 am
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) 
Petrushka (1911)
Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Kiril Kondrashin (conductor)

1:42 am
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) 
Piano Sonata, No 17 in D minor, Op 31 No 2, 'Tempest'
Sviatoslav Richter (piano)

2:06 am
Aram Ilyich Khachaturian (1903-1978) 
Concerto-Rhapsody for cello and orchestra
Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra, Oskar Danon (conductor)

2:31 am
Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826) 
Symphony No 1 in C major, Op 19
Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Ari Rasilainen (conductor)

2:55 am
Anton Vranicky (1761-1820) 
Cello Concerto in D minor
Michal Kanka (cello), Prague Chamber Orchestra, Jiri Pospichal (conductor)

3:21 am
Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868) 
String Sonata No 5 in E flat major
Camerata Bern

3:36 am
Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868),Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895-1968) 
Concert Transcription of 'Largo al factotum' from Rossini's Barber of Seville
Sol Gabetta (cello), Bertrand Chamayou (piano)

3:42 am
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) 
Overture (Coriolan, Op 62 (1807))
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Manfred Honeck (conductor)

3:50 am
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621) 
O Domine Jesu Christe
Netherlands Chamber Choir, Unknown, Paul van Nevel (conductor)

3:57 am
Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1860-1941) 
Menuet in G (Humoresques de Concert, Op 14 (1886))
Karol Radziwonowicz (Piano)

4:02 am
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) 
Concerto Grosso in A minor, Op 6 No 4
Sixth Floor Ensemble, Anssi Mattila (conductor)

4:13 am
Friedrich Kunzen (1761-1817) 
Overture (Erik Ejegod)
Danish Radio Concert Orchestra, Peter Marschik (conductor)

4:19 am
Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757) 
Sonata in B minor, Kk 87
Eduard Kunz (piano)

4:25 am
August de Boeck (1865-1937) 
Dahomeyse Rapsodie (1893)
Flemish Radio Orchestra, Marc Soustrot (conductor)

4:31 am
Nicolay Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908) 
Overture (May Night)
Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, Mario Bernardi (conductor)

4:39 am
Franz Schubert (1797-1828) 
Impromptu No 2 in E flat, D899
Rudolf Buchbinder (piano)

4:44 am
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957), Hemmer, Jan (Author) 
Jordens sang (Song of the Earth), Op 93
Academic Choral Society, Helsinki Cathedral Chorus, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ulf Soderblom (conductor) 

5:03 am
Giuseppe Sammartini (1695-1750) 
Recorder Concerto in F
Bolette Roed (recorder), Arte dei Suonatori

5:16 am
Jan Dismas Zelenka (1679-1745) 
E voi siete d'altri, o labra soavi, ZWV 176
Delphine Galou (contralto), Les Ambassadeurs, Alexis Kossenko (director)

5:27 am
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 
Overture (Die Zauberflote ,K620)
Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Kiril Kondrashin (conductor)

5:34 am
Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957) 
Violin Concerto in D, Op 35
James Ehnes (violin), Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Bramwell Tovey (conductor)

5:59 am
Gabriel Faure (1845-1924) 
Cello Sonata No 2 in G minor, Op 117
Andreas Brantelid (cello), Bengt Forsberg (piano)

6:20 am
Stanislaw Moniuszko (1819-1872) 
Overture (Paria)
National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Antoni Wit (conductor).

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