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It’s Petroc Trelawny’s first day in the In Tune studio. He’s joined by pianist TianXu An who performs live, and Sir Mark Elder comes to chat about Carmen at the Royal Opera House.

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Music Played

  • Malcolm Arnold

    Four Cornish Dances for orchestra (No 1)

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Malcolm Arnold.
    • Malcolm Arnold: English, Irish, Scottish & Cornish Dances: LPO/Arnold.
    • Lyrita.
    • 19.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Songs My Mother Taught Me (Gypsy Songs Op.55)

    Music Arranger: Fritz Kreisler. Music Arranger: Fritz Kreisler. Performer: Elena Urioste. Performer: Tom Poster.
    • Estrellita.
    • BIS.
    • 201.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Etude Op 2 No 1

    Performer: Tianxu An.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Piano Quartet No 3 in C Minor, Op 60 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Krystian Zimerman. Performer: Maria Nowak. Performer: Katarzyna Budnik. Performer: Yuya Okamoto.
    • Brahms: Piano Quartet No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 60: II. Scherzo. Allegro.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.
  • Mark-Anthony Turnage

    Conga! (excerpt from Festen: Act II, Scene 1 - The Party)

    Singer: Thomas Oliemans. Choir: Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis for double string orchestra

    Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • A Walk With Ivor Gurney.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 101.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Fantasia in G minor, Op 77

    Performer: Tianxu An.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    African Dance (African Suite)

    Music Arranger: Chris Cameron. Music Arranger: Chris Cameron. Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Kevin John Edusei. Conductor: Kevin John Edusei.
    • Coleridge-Taylor.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 12.
  • Claudio Monteverdi

    L'Orfeo (Toccata)

    Orchestra: Concentus Musicus Wien. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
    • Teldec.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Alborada del gracioso

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Maurice Ravel: Ma Mère L’oye; Boléro; Valses Nobles Et Sentimentales; Pavane Pou.
    • Chandos.
    • 9.
  • Franz Liszt

    Au bord d'une source (Années de Pèlerinage, Première année: Suisse, S160)

    Performer: Tianxu An.
  • Billie Holiday

    I Only Have Eyes For You

    • Solitude.
    • Verve Reissues.
    • 7.
  • Franz Schubert

    Quartet for strings D810 'Death and the maiden' (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Takács Quartet.
    • HYPERION.
  • Georges Bizet

    Carmen (Act 2: Entr'acte)

    Conductor: Claudio Abbado. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.
    • 111 Years Of Deutsche Grammophon The Collector's Edition Vol.2.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Georges Bizet

    Habanera (Carmen)

    Singer: Aigul Akhmetshina. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Daniele Rustioni.
    • Decca.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    A te l'estremo addio... Il lacerate spirito (Simon Boccanegra - 1857 version)

    Singer: William Thomas. Orchestra: The Hallé. Conductor: Mark Elder. Choir: Chorus of Opera North. Choir: RNCM Opera Chorus.
    • Simon Boccanegra (1857 Version).
    • Opera Rara.
    • 6.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No 4 in D major, K 19 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Jeffrey Tate.
    • Mozart The Collectors Edition 50 CDs The Masterpieces The Greatest Artists.
    • EMI Classics.
  • Natalie Holt

    Partita No 1 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Richard Harwood.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Trumpet Concerto in E flat major, H VIIe 1 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Alison Balsom. Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen.
    • Haydn, Hummel etc: Trumpet Concertos: Alison Balsom.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 5.

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