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Through the Night

Music: Classical

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Les Ambassadeurs

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Overtures, dances and airs from operas by Rameau. Presented by Catriona Young.

Overtures, dances and airs from Rameau Operas.  With Catriona Young.

12:31 AM
Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764)
Ramea Opera Gala Part 1 (excerpts)
Anders J. Dahlin (Tenor), Alain Buet (Bass), Les Ambassadeurs, Alexis Kossenko (Conductor)

01:04 AM
Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764)
Ramea Opera Gala Part 2 (excerpts)
Anders J. Dahlin (Tenor), Alain Buet (Bass), Les Ambassadeurs, Alexis Kossenko (Conductor)

01:48 AM
Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764)
Les Indes Galantes (Danse du grand calumet de la Paix executée par les Sauvages)
Les Ambassadeurs, Alexis Kossenko (Conductor)

01:51 AM
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Violin Sonata No.3 in C (BWV.1005)
Vilde Frang Bjærke (Violin)

02:15 AM
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788)
Keyboard Sonata in G minor, Wq 65, No 17
Andreas Staier (Harpsichord)

02:31 AM
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Symphony No 3 in F major, Op 90
Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Tamás Vásáry (Conductor)

03:07 AM
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
String Quartet in F major
Bartók String Quartet

03:35 AM
Johannes Bernardus van Bree (1801-1857)
Overture 'Le Bandit'
Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jac van Steen (Conductor)

03:43 AM
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Prelude and Fugue in C sharp, BWV 848
Ivett Gyöngyösi (Piano)

03:47 AM
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621)
Regina Coeli
Netherlands Chamber Choir, Philippe Herreweghe (Conductor)

03:53 AM
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Leonore Overture No. 1, Op. 138
Sinfonia Iuventus, Rafael Payare (Conductor)

04:02 AM
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Rondo in C major (K.373)
James Ehnes (Violin), Mozart Anniversary Orchestra

04:08 AM
Johann Wenzel Kalliwoda (1801-1866)
Morceau de salon for oboe and piano (Op.228)
Alexei Ogrintchouk (Oboe), Cedric Tiberghien (Piano)

04:18 AM
Witold Maliszewski (1873-1939)
Festive Overture in D, Op 11
National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Łukasz Borowicz (Conductor)

04:31 AM
Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787)
Dance of the Blessed Spirits - dance music from 'Orphée et Euridice'
Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Paul Dyer (Conductor)

04:38 AM
Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986)
Quatre motets sur des themes gregoriens (Op.10)
Talinn Music High School Chamber Choir, Evi Eespere (Director)

04:46 AM
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Piano Sonata in C major (K.545) (1778)
Vanda Albota (Piano)

04:57 AM
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Tragic overture (Op.81)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Nicholas Harnoncourt (Conductor)

05:12 AM
Jan van Gilse (1881-1944)
String Quartet (Unfinished, 1922)
Ebony Quartet

05:22 AM
Leos Janacek
Taras Bulba - rhapsody for orchestra
Orkiestra Filharmonii Narodowej w Warszawie, Miguel Ángel Gómez Martínez (Conductor)

05:47 AM
Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764)
La Poule - from Novelles suites de Clavecin
Andreas Borregaard (Accordion)

05:53 AM
Felix Mendelssohn (1809 – 1847)
Violin Concerto in E minor, Op 64
Renaud Capuçon (Violin), Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Paul McCreesh (Conductor)

06:19 AM
Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)
4 Mazurkas for piano (Op.33)
Yulianna Avdeeva (Piano)

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