Chi-chi Nwanoku
Chi-chi Nwanoku presents listeners' requests, including Casals playing Bach, soprano Sylvia McNair in Mozart's Marriage of Figaro and a choral setting of poetry by Robert Frost.
With Chi-chi Nwanoku. Casals playing Bach, soprano Sylvia McNair in Mozart's Marriage of Figaro, and a beautiful choral setting of poetry by Robert Frost are amongst this week's selection. Plus, Valery Gergiev's successor as conductor of the Rotterdam Philharmonic, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, on boyhood memories as a chorister and his resulting passion for the music of Haydn.
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Lanner
Abendsterne op.180 Waltz
Performer: Ensemble Wien (string quartet)
- Sony Classical SK 52485.
- 5.
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Johannes Brahms
Chant Funèbre
Performer: Schutz Choir of London & London Classical Players, Performer: Roger Norrington (conductor)
- EMI 724357572224.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Le nozze di Figaro – Act 4 Giunse alfin il momento (recit) & D
Performer: Silvia McNair (role of Susanna), Performer: Wiener Philharmoniker Performer: Abbado (conductor)
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Johann Christian Bach
Symphonie Concertante in C
Performer: Academy of Ancient Music Performer: Simon Standage (director)
- CHANDOS CHAN 0173X.
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Robert Schumann
Kinderszenen, (Scenes of Childhood): Von fremden Landern und Menschen
Performer: Denis Matsuev (piano)
- RCA 88697291462.
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Randall Thompson
Frostiana – The Road not Taken
Performer: Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Performer: Orchestra at Temple Square Performer: Craig Jessop (conductor)
- MTC0005.
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Franz Schubert
Octet – 1st movement
Performer: The Gaudier Ensemble
- Hyperion CDA67339.
- 1.
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Joseph Haydn
The Seasons: Juchhe! Juchhe!
Performer: The Choir of the Flanders Opera, Performer: La Petite Bande Performer: Sigiswald Kuijken (director)
- VIRGIN VC7592682.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Cello Suite no. 6 in D – Prelude
Performer: Pablo Casals (cello)
- GEMS 0045.
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Sergey Rachmaninov
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Performer: Alexander Gavrylyuk. Orchestra: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Philharmonic.Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) Performer: Philharmonia Orchestra Performer: Bernard Haitink (conductor)
- Decca 4176132.
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Benjamin Britten
The Ballad of Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard
Performer: The Gents of St John’s College Choir, Cambridge
- ETCETERA, KTC1192,.
- 14.
Broadcast
- Sun 17 Jan 2010 14:00´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 3