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Number Three

Iain Burnside considers the number three in music, in a programme with trios, love triangles and double thirds. Music includes Britten, Beethoven, Chopin and Strauss.

Number Three: Iain Burnside lets the number three take lead in a programme punctuated with trios, love triangles and double thirds, with music by Britten, Beethoven, Chopin and Strauss

Bach: Three-part Invention in A, BWV798
Elizabeth Joy脙漏 (harpsichord)
ALPHA 034 Tr 27
Dur: 1m32s

Mozart: Overture (The Magic Flute, K620)
Tafelmusik
Bruno Weil (conductor)
Sony SK46695 Tr 8
Dur: 8m23s

Alban Berg: Chamber Concerto for piano and violin with thirteen Winds; Thema scherzoso con variationi
Daniel Barenboim (piano)
Pinkas Zukermann (violin)
Ensemble InterContemporain
Pierre Boulez (conductor)
DG 447405 Tr 1
Dur: 7m38s

Dufay: Ave Maris Stella (Marian Antiphon)
Clemencic Consort
Ren脙漏 Clemencic (director/Gothic organ)
Arte Nova 925840 Tr 12
Dur: 4m21s

Anton Karas: Trailer for The Third Man
Anton Karas (zither)
Soundtrack Factory SFCD33538 Tr 20
Dur: 1m05s

Handel: Fra l'ombre e gl'orrori (Aci, Galatea e Polifemo)
Laurent Naouri (baritone)
Le Concert d'Astree
Emmanuelle Haim (conductor)
Virgin 45557 CD2 Tr 2
Dur: 6m04s

Britten: Occasional Overture, Op 38
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Simon Rattle (conductor)
EMI CDC7473432 Tr 4
Dur: 7m08s

Mozart: Trio in E flat for clarinet, viola and piano, K498 (Kegelstatt)
Andras Schiff (piano)
Elmar Schmid (clarinet)
Erich H脙露barth (viola)
Teldec 4509-99205-2 Trs 4-6
Dur: 20m36s

Thomas Linley Jr.: Let God Arise
Holst Singers
The Parley of Instruments
Peter Holman (conductor)
Helios CDH55302 Tr 17
Dur: 2m37s

Chopin: Etude in G sharp minor Op 25 No 6
Maurizio Pollini (piano)
DG 413794-2 Tr 18
Dur: 2m0s

Debussy: Etude (Pour les tierces)
Maurizio Pollini (piano)
DG 423678-2 Tr 2
Dur: 3m16s

Beethoven: Concerto for piano, violin and cello, Op 56
Itzak Perlman (violin)
Yo Yo Ma (cello)
Berlin Philharmonic
Daniel Barenboim (piano/conductor)
EMI 55516 Rondo alla Pollaca Tr 3
Dur: 12m30s

Ligeti: Trio for violin, horn and piano (Hommage a Brahms) - excerpt
Danish Horn Trio
CHAN9964 Tr 7
Dur: 3m24s

Strauss: Marie Theres'!-Hab' mir's Gelobt (Der Rosenkavalier)
Marschallin ...... Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano)
Octavian ...... Anne Sophie Von Otter (mezzo-soprano)
Sophie ...... Barbara Hendricks (soprano)
Dresden Staatskapelle
Bernard Haitink (conductor)
EMI 54259 CD 3
Tr 18 Dur: 5m56s
Tr 19 Dur: 3m20s
Tr 20 Dur: 3m03s

Ravel: La Valse
Martha Argerich, Nelson Freire (pianos)
Philips 4110342 Tr 5
Dur: 11m03s.

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Sun 9 Aug 2009 10:00

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