Ease into your evening with classical music
Al Ryan talks to tenor Nicky Spence ahead of his performance in Peter Grimes with the Welsh National Opera, and there's live music in the studio from pianist Cristian Sandrin, who has a new album of Beethoven's last three Sonatas.
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Jerome Moross
The Big Country (Main theme)
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Tony Bremner.- The Big Country.
- Silva Screen.
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Robert Schumann
Quintet in E flat major Op 44 for piano and strings (1st mvt)
Performer: Paul Gulda. Ensemble: Hagen Quartett.- Schumann - The Masterworks.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Mario Castelnuovo‐Tedesco
Guitar Concerto no.1 in D major Op.99 (1st mvt)
Performer: Kazuhito Yamashita. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Leonard Slatkin.- RCA.
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Joseph Haydn
Concerto (H.7h.4) in F major (Finale)
Performer: François Leleux. Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Performer: Münchener Kammerorchester.- Prince Esterházy Concertos.
- Sony.
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Felix Mendelssohn
Violin Concerto in E minor, Op 64 (2nd mvt)
Performer: Jennifer Pike. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.- Chandos.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Kavatine from String Quartet Op 130, arr for piano
Performer: Cristian Sandrin. Music Arranger: Carl Tausig. -
Louise Drewett
Cannone alla Decima (New Goldberg Variations)
Performer: Cristian Sandrin. -
Johann Sebastian Bach
Variation 30, Quodlibet (Goldberg Variations, BWV 988)
Performer: Cristian Sandrin. -
Gerald Finzi
Five Bagatelles, Op 23, arr Ashmore; No 3 Carol
Performer: Robert Plane. Music Arranger: Lawrence Ashmore. Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia. Conductor: Howard Griffiths.- Finzi: Clarinet Concert, Five Bagatelles: Robert Plane.
- Naxos.
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Camille Saint‐Saëns
Bacchanale (Samson et Dalila)
Orchestra: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Lorin Maazel.- Saint-Saens: Organ Symphony/Tone Poems: Pittsburgh Symphony/Maazel.
- Sony Classical.
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Henry Purcell
Suite No 4 in A minor: Prelude & Almand
Performer: Cristian Sandrin. -
Maria Theresia von Paradis
Sicilienne
Music Arranger: Samuel Dushkin. Performer: Elena Urioste. Performer: Tom Poster.- BIS.
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Erroll Garner
Misty
Lyricist: Johnny Burke. Music Arranger: Quincy Jones. Singer: Sarah Vaughan. Conductor: Quincy Jones. Orchestra: Quincy Jones and His Orchestra.- Vaughan And Violins.
- Universal Music Division Decca Records France.
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George Frideric Handel
Sento la gioia (Amadigi di Gaula)
Music Arranger: Trevor Pinnock. Performer: Alison Balsom. Orchestra: The English Concert. Director: Trevor Pinnock.- EMI.
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Edward Elgar
The Dream of Gerontius, Op 38, Pt 1: Jesu, Maria - I am near to death (extract)
Singer: Nicky Spence. Ensemble: Giovanni Gabrieli. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.- Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius.
- Signum Records.
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Benjamin Britten
Moonlight (4 Sea interludes [from 'Peter Grimes'] Op.33a)
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Steuart Bedford.- Britten - London Symphony Orchestra, Steuart Bedford.
- Collins Classics.
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Gabriel Fauré
3 Songs, Op 23: No 3, Le secret
Lyricist: Paul-Armand Silvestre. Performer: Julius Drake. Singer: Nicky Spence.- Fauré: La bonne chanson & Other Songs.
- Hyperion.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestral Suite No 2 in B minor, BWV 1067 (Badinérie)
Performer: Wilbert Hazelzet. Ensemble: Musica Antiqua Köln.- ARCHIV.
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Edvard Grieg
Solveig's Song (Peer Gynt Suite No 2, Op 55 No 4)
Orchestra: Malmö SymfoniOrkester. Conductor: Bjarte Engeset.- Naxos.
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Eleanor Daley
Upon Your Heart
Choir: Pembroke College Girls' Choir. Choir: Pembroke College Chapel Choir. Conductor: Anna Lapwood.- All Things Are Quite Silent.
- Signum Records.
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- Thu 3 Apr 2025 17:00ѿý Radio 3