27/12/2009
Fiona Talkington introduces more ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 3 listeners' favourites and recommendations, including music by Kodaly, Britten and Schubert.
Fiona Talkington introduces more ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 3 listeners' favourites and recommendations, including mesmeric cello playing from Frenchman Jean-Guihen Queyras in music by Kodaly and a complete performance of Britten's rarely heard dramatic reflection on the life of St Nicolas.
Plus violinist Philip Setzer of the Emerson String Quartet on why a vintage performance of Schubert's Symphony No 9 in C (Great) is one he could never live without.
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Music Played
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Kate Rusby
The Holly and the Ivy
Performer: Kate Rusby (singer)
- PURE RECORDS PRCD33.
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Gregorio Allegri
Cantate Domino
Performer: A Sei Voci Performer: Bernard Fabre-Garrus (director)
- ASTREE E8524 t11.
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Gruber
Silent Night
Performer: Mario Lanza (tenor)
- RCA GD86427.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Andante con moto from String Quartet in E flat K428
Performer: Emersons
- DG 431 797-2.
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Franz Schubert
Symphony no.9: Finale
- Cleveland Orchestra, George Szell (conductor).
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Zoltán Kodály
Adagio for Cello and Piano
Performer: Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello) Performer: Alexandre Tharaud (piano)
- HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 901735.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Toccata and Fugue in F BWV 540
- TELDEC 0630173682.
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Skalkottas
Nice Greek Dances – Epirotikos; Kalamatianos
Performer: Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra Performer: Clark Rundell (conductor)
- CHANDOS CHAN 10284.
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Britten St Nicolas
Antony Rolfe Johnson (tenor)
Performer: Croydon Singers Performer: Choristers of St George’s Chapel Windsor Performer: Girls of Warwick University Chamber Choir Performer: Schools Choirs of Sevenoaks and Tunbridge Schools Performer: Choir of Christ Church Southgate Performer: Penshurst Choral Society Performer: Catherine Edwards (piano) Performer: John Alley (piano) Performer: English Chamber Orchestra Performer: Matthew Best (conductor)
- HYPERION CDA66333.
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Alvar Lidell
I'll walk beside you
Performer: Alvar Lidell (singer) Performer: Gerald Moore (piano)
- CONIFER CDHD 301.
Broadcast
- Sun 27 Dec 2009 14:00´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 3