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Live from the Edinburgh Festival. Petroc Trelawny interviews Jonathan Mills, director of the Edinburgh International Festival, and talks to a selection of the top artists from around the world appearing at the festival, including organist Naji Hakim, pianist Gabriela Montero, conductor Emmanuelle Haim, and members of Scottish Opera's new production of Smetana's Two Widows. Simon Callow pops in to read some Dickens from his Fringe show, and Petroc highlights other Fringe artists including accordionist Sandy Brechin and a tribute show to George Formby.

Bartok
Swindherd’s Dance
Budapest Festival Orchestra
Ivan Fischer (conductor)
PHILIPS 4544302
Track 7
2’11

Prokofiev
Symphony No.1: finale
London Symphony Orchestra
Valery Gergiev (conductor)
PHILIPS
CD1 Track 4
3’40

Hakim
Glenalmond Suite
Naji Hakim (organ)
SIGNUM SIGCD130
Track 17
2’05

Messiaen
La nativite du Seigneur: Dieu parmi nous…
Naji Hakim (organ)
EMI 5722722
Track 7
8’44

Smetana
Two Widows: Overture
Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra
Jaroslav Krombholc (conductor)
PRAGA PR250022/23
CD 1 Track 1
6’42

Smetana
Two Widows: Aria ‘Oh love, torturer of all hearts’
Anezka… Marcela Machotkova (soprano)
Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra
Jaroslav Krombholc (conductor)
PRAGA PR250022/23
CD 2 Track 6
2’55

Smetana
Two Widows: Duet ‘It’s decided’
Karolina…Jana Jonasova (soprano)
Anezka….Marcela Machotkova (soprano)
Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra
Jaroslav Krombholc (conductor)
PRAGA PR250022/23
CD 2 Track 2
1’51

Trad.
Adieu sweet lovely Nancy
Ewan Wilkinson (vocals/guitar)
Sandy Brechin (accordion)
Ronan Martin (violin)
´óÏó´«Ã½ Recording (in Sandy Brecin’s living room!)
3’28

J.S. Bach / Montero
Prelude in C
Gabriela Montero (piano)
EMI 3514452
Track 7
4’18

Arne / Montero
Rule Brittania!
Gabriela Montero (piano)
´óÏó´«Ã½ Recording (‘In Tune’, 2008)
2’14

Trad.
Strip the Willow (extract)
Sandy Brechin (accordion)
Aly Macrae and the Macrazy Vaudeville Orchestra
BAR CDBAR005
Track 5
0’18

Wilkinson
Lost in the day
Ewan Wilkinson (vocals/guitar)
Sandy Brechin (accordion)
Ronan Martin (fiddle)
´óÏó´«Ã½ Recording (in Sandy Brechin’s living room!)
3’31

Buchanan
From a late night train (extract)
Blue Nile
LINN LKHCD2
Track 5
0’40

Handel
Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno: Sonata
Le Concert d’Astree
Emmanuelle Haim (director)
VIRGIN 3634282
CD 1 Track 1
4’51

Handel
Israel in Egypt: He rebuked the Red Sea (chorus)
Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
PHILIPS 4321102
CD 1 Track 11
2’58

Handel
Yet, can I hear that dulcet lay (The Choice of Hercules)
Robin Blaze (countertenor)
King’s Consort
Robert King
HYPERION CDA67298
Track 15
4’19

Adam
Giselle: Pas seul, Act 1 (Variation de Giselle)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Richard Bonynge (conductor)
DECCA 4175052
CD 2 Track 10
2’08

Stravinsky
Duo Concertant: Gigue
Leonidas Kavakos (violin)
Peter Nagy (piano)
ECM 4727672
Track 4
4’23

Trad. Byzantine
Why are you amazed O Mary?
Sister Marie Keyrouz (vocal)
EMI 5453892
Track 2
5’30

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