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Beethoven, Chopin

Chi-chi Nwanoku introduces a selection of listeners' requests, including virtuosic Chopin from a new Japanese piano sensation and Beethoven's Archduke Trio in vintage hands.

Does classical music need more happy performers? Amongst Chi-chi Nwanoku's requests this week, one listener's plea for musicians to follow the example of Daniel Barenboim, Jacqueline du Pr茅 and Pinchas Zukerman in their joyous recording of Beethoven's 'Archduke' Trio. Plus, virtuosic Chopin from a new Japanese piano sensation, the choral music of American composer Morten Lauridsen, and baritone Christopher Purves on a hidden passion for the music of Engelbert Humperdinck.

2 hours

Last on

Sun 9 May 2010 14:00

Music Played

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin - Scherzo no.1 op.20

    Performer: Aimi Kobayashi (piano)

  • Bax

    Coronation March

    Performer: London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent (conductor)

    • BEULAH 1PD13.
    • 40.
  • Engelbert Humperdinck

    Dream Sequence from Hansel and Gretel Act II

    Performer: Anna Christy (Sandman), Suzanne Mentzer (mezzo-soprano), Heidi Grant Murphy (soprano)

    • AVIE AV0050 CD1.
    • 16 to 18.
  • Johann Nepomuk Hummel

    Piano Septet no.2 in C Op.114: Finale

    Performer: Capricorn

    • HYPERION CDH55214.
    • 8.
  • Lauridsen

    Les Chansons des Roses

    Performer: Polyphony, Morten Lauridsen (piano), Stephen Layton (conductor)

    • HYPERION CDA67580.
    • 6 to 10.
  • 顿鈥橝苍驳别濒别产别谤迟

    Suite no.2 in G minor: Sarabande, Gigue

    Performer: John Henry (harpsichord)

    • VICTORIA VCD19013.
    • 20 to 21.
  • Rawsthorne

    Concertante Pastorale

    Performer: Conrad Marshall (flute), Rebecca Goldberg (horn), Northern Chamber Orchestra, David Lloyd Jones (conductor)

    • NAXOS 8553567.
    • 4.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Archduke Trio

    Performer: Daniel Barenboim (piano), Jacqueline du Pr茅 (cello), Pinchas Zukerman (violin)

    • EMI CMS7631242 CD2.
    • 5 to 8.

Broadcast

  • Sun 9 May 2010 14:00