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Gorecki's Second Symphony and Penderecki's Polish Requiem.

Gorecki's Second Symphony and Penderecki's Polish Requiem, performed in Warsaw. With Jonathan Swain.

Gorecki's second symphony and Penderecki's Polish Requiem, performed in Warsaw. With Jonathan Swain.

12:31 am
Henryk Mikołaj Górecki (1933-2010) 
Symphony no 2, Op 31 'Copernican' (Kopernikowska)
Iwona Hossa (soprano), Mariusz Godlewski (baritone), Warsaw National Philharmonic Chorus, Bartosz Michałowski, (choirmaster), Sinfonia Varsovia, Maciej Tworek (conductor) 

1:08 am
Krzysztof Penderecki (b. 1933) 
Polish Requiem
Johanna Rusanen (soprano), Nikolay Didenko (bass), Rafał Bartmiński (tenor), Janina Baechle (mezzo soprano), Warsaw National Philharmonic Chorus, Bartosz Michałowski, (choirmaster), Sinfonia Varsovia, Krzysztof Penderecki (conductor) 

2:16 am
Henryk Mikołaj Górecki (1933-2010) 
Canticum Graduum, Op 27
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Tadeusz Strugala (conductor)

2:31 am
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) 
Violin Sonata in A major, Op 47 (Kreutzer)
Igor Oistrach (violin), Igor Chernishov (piano)

3:01 am
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) 
Piano Sonata in D major, K 311
Vladimir Ashkenazy (pianoforte)

3:19 am
Pachulski, Henryk (1859-1921) 
Suite in Memory of Tchaikovsky, Op 13
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Łukasz Borowicz (conductor)

3:37 am
Johann Christoph Bach (1642-1703) 
Fürchte dich nicht (motet)
Vox Luminis, Lionel Meunier (director)

3:42 am
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) 
3 Studies for piano Op 104b
Sylviane Deferne (piano)

3:50 am
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) 
Sonata in C minor for recorder, violin and continuo, HWV 386a
Musica Alta Ripa

4:02 am
Francisco Guerau (1649-1722) 
Mariona, 'Poema Harmonico' 
Xavier Díaz-Latorre (guitar)

4:08 am
Joseph Bologne Chevalier de Saint-Georges (1745-1799) 
Ballet music (L'amant anonyme)
Tafelmusik Orchestra, Jeanne Lamon (conductor)

4:15 am
Henryk Wieniawski (1835-1880) 
Polonaise in A major for violin & piano, Op 21
Piotr Plawner (violin), Andrzej Guz (piano)

4:24 am
Carl Nielsen (1865-1931) 
Maskerade (FS.39) - overture
Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Michael Schønwandt (conductor)

4:31 am
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) 
Tragic Overture in D minor (Op.81) (1881)
Sinfonia Varsovia, Tomasz Bugaj (conductor)

4:44 am
Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757) 
Sonata in B minor, Kk 87
Eduard Kunz (piano)

4:50 am
Johann Friedrich Fasch (1688-1758) 
Sonata in D minor
Amsterdam Bach Soloists, Wim ten Have (conductor)

5:00 am
Edward Elgar (1857-1934) 
In the south (Alassio) - overture (Op.50)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jiri Belohlavek (conductor)

5:22 am
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) 
Variations on a Rococo Theme for cello and orchestra, Op.33 (original version)
Alexander Rudin (cello), Romanian National Radio Orchestra, Alexander Rudin (conductor)

5:41 am
Robert Schumann (1810-1856) 
Symphonische Etuden for piano, Op 13
Beatrice Rana (piano)

6:07 am
Claude Debussy (1862-1918) 
Rhapsodie for saxophone and orchestra (arr. for saxophone and piano)
Miha Rogina (saxophone), Jan Sever (piano)

6:18 am
Eugene Bozza (1905-1991) 
Jour d'été à la montagne
Giedrius Gelgoras (flute), Albertas Stupakas (flute), Valentinas Kazlauskas (flute), Linas Gailiunas (flute)

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