
The biggest names in classical music
Sean Rafferty meets conductor Thomas Søndergård, who will be performing Berlioz’s Requiem at Edinburgh’s Usher Hall with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Plus, there is live music from pianist Alim Beisembayev.
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Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka
Ruslan and Ludmila (Overture)
Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vassily Sinaisky.- Glinka: Orchestral Works.
- Chandos.
- 6.
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Francesco Cavalli
Salve Regina
Choir: The Sixteen. Director: Harry Christophers.- CORO.
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Erik Satie
Gymnopédie no.1 in D major
Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.- Satie: Avant-Dernieres Pensees.
- Harmonia Mundi.
- 3.
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Mikolaj Majkusiak
Concerto Classico [excerpt]
Performer: Mélia Simonot. Orchestra: ѿý Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins. -
Clara Schumann
Mein Stern
Performer: Eugene Asti. Singer: Susan Gritton.- Hyperion.
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Jean‐Philippe Rameau
Platée (Prologue: Overture)
Orchestra: European Union Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Roy Goodman.- Rameau: Ballet Suites.
- Naxos.
- 1.
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George Gershwin
Piano Concerto in F major - 2nd movement, Adagio - Andante con moto
Performer: Stefano Bollani. Orchestra: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.- Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue, Piano Concerto: Chailly.
- Decca.
- 8.
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Sergey Prokofiev
Symphony No. 1 in D Major "Classical", Op. 25: I. Allegro
Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Søndergård.- Prokofiev: Symphonies 1 & 5.
- Linn Records.
- 1.
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Hector Berlioz
Grande messe des morts, Op. 5, "Requiem": Dies irae
Choir: Wroclaw Philharmonic Choir. Orchestra: Gabrieli Consort & Players. Conductor: Paul McCreesh. Ensemble: Chetham's School of Music Symphonic Brass Ensemble. Orchestra: Wrocław Philharmonic Orchestra.- Berlioz: Grande messe des morts (1837).
- Signum Classics.
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Franz Liszt
Etudes d'execution transcendante for piano (S.139), no.1; Preludio
Performer: Alim Beisembayev.- WARNER CLASSICS.
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Franz Liszt
Etudes d'execution transcendante for piano (S.139), no.2 in A minor
Performer: Alim Beisembayev.- WARNER CLASSICS.
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Antonín Dvořák
String Quartet no.12 in F major, Op.96 'American' (4th mvt)
Ensemble: Pavel Haas Quartet.- Dvorak String Quartets - Pavel Haas Quartet.
- Supraphon.
- 8.
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Claude Debussy
Images II: Cloches à travers les feuilles
Performer: Alim Beisembayev. -
Modest Mussorgsky
Pictures From An Exhibition, Orch. Ravel, i & ii
Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.- Deutsche Grammophon : 479 6297.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 1-2.
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Franz Schubert
Impromptu in B flat major
Performer: Alim Beisembayev. -
Alice Mary Smith
Symphony in C minor (IV. Allegro maestoso)
Ensemble: London Mozart Players. Conductor: Howard Shelley.- CHANDOS.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue in C sharp major, BWV.848
Performer: Sir András Schiff.- DECCA.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony no.5 in E minor (3rd mvt)
Orchestra: Arctic Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Christian Lindberg.- Tchaikovsky: Symphonies 4, 5 & 6.
- BIS.
- 3.
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- Mon 10 Jun 2024 17:00ѿý Radio 3