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Friday - Sara Mohr-Pietsch

Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents Breakfast. Overtures by Telemann and Rossini, waltzes by Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov and concertos by Albinoni and Tartini are included this morning, as well as more of listeners' suggestions of operatic quintets, sextets, choruses, etc.

3 hours

Last on

Fri 18 Jun 2010 07:00

Music Played

  • Louis Spohr

    Grand Concert Overture in F, WoO1

    Performer: Orchestra Della Svizzeria Italiana Performer: Howard Shelley (Conductor)

    • Hyperion CDA67616.
  • Franz Liszt

    Au bord d'une source (Annees de pelerinage - 1er annee 鈥 Suisse)

    Performer: Kun Woo Paik (piano)

    • Virgin Classics 50999 699541.
  • Lars鈥怑rik Larsson

    Scherzo (Pastoral Suite, Op 19)

    Performer: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra Performer: Esa-Pekka Salonen (Conductor)

    • Sony Classical SK 64140.
  • Alexander Borodin

    Peasant's Chorus (Prince Igor, Act IV)

    Performer: Kirov Chorus & Orchestra St Petersburg Performer: Valery Gergiev (Conductor)

    • Philips 442 537 2.
  • Luigi Boccherini

    Grave assai 鈥 Fandango (Quintet in D, G448)

    Performer: Narciso Ypres (guitar) Performer: Melos Quartet

    • DG 429 512 2.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Overture (Suite in D)

    Performer: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra Performer: Gottfried von der Goltz (Director)

    • Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 05472 77321 2.
  • Enrique Granados

    Goyescas: Intermezzo

    Performer: Alban Gerhardt (cello) Performer: Rina Dokshinsky (piano)

    • EMI CDZ 5 73164 2.
  • Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Waltz (Serenade in C, Op 48)

    Performer: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    • DG 429 488 2.
  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in E, Kk380

    Performer: Yuja Wang (piano)

    • DG 477 879 5.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Cosi fan tutte: Act I: Scene 5 鈥 Bella vita militar; Non v'e piu tempo, amici; Di scriverm

    Performer: Kiri te Kanawa (soprano 鈥 Fiordiligi) Performer: Frederica von Stade (mezzo-soprano 鈥 Dorabella) Performer: David Rendall (tenor 鈥 Ferrando) Performer: Philippe Huttenlocher (baritone 鈥 Guglielmo) Performer: Jules Bastin (bass 鈥 Don Alfonso) Performer: Rhine Opera Chorus Performer: Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Alain Lombard (Conductor)

    • Erato 2292-45683 2.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Waltz (Suite No 2, Op 17)

    Performer: Martha Argerich & Nelson Freire (pianos)

    • Philips 411 034 2.
  • Emmanuel Chabrier - Fete polonaise (Le Roi Malgre Lui)

    Performer: Toulouse Capitole Orchestra Performer: Michel Plasson (Conductor)

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Nabucco: Va, pensiero

    Performer: Vienna State Opera Chorus & Orchestra Performer: Lamberto Gardelli (Conductor)

    • Decca 476 378 3.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Concerto grosso in A, Op 6 No 11: 5th movement; Allegro

    Performer: Il Giardino Armonico Performer: Giovanni Antonini (Director)

    • Oiseau Lyre 478 031 9.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    Overture: La Cenerentola

    Performer: London Symphony Orchestra Performer: Claudio Abbado (Conductor)

    • DG 419 869 2.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Tarantelle in A minor, Op 6

    Performer: Nash Ensemble

    • Hyperion CDA67431/2.
  • Gaetano Donizetti

    Lucia di Lammermoor, Act II: Chi mi frena in tal momento?

    Performer: Joan Sutherland (soprano - Lucia) Performer: Huguette Tourangeau (mezzo-soprano - Alisa) Performer: Luciano Pavarotti (tenor 鈥 Edgardo) Performer: Ryland Davies ( tenor 鈥 Arturo) Performer: Sherrill Milnes (baritone 鈥 Enrico) Performer: Nicolai Ghiaurov (bass 鈥 Raimondo) Performer: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Performer: Richard Bonynge (Conductor)

    • Decca 410 193 2.
  • Giuseppe Tartini

    Violin Concerto in B flat

    Performer: Elizabeth Wallfisch (violin) Performer: Raglan Baroque Players Performer: Nicholas Kraemer (Conductor)

    • Helios CDH55334.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude & Fugue in A flat, BWV862 (WTC I)

    Performer: Andras Schiff (piano)

    • Decca 478 039 1.
  • Richard Wagner - Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg, Act III: Die selige Morgentraum-Deutweise

    Performer: Soloists Performer: Dresden Staatskapelle Performer: Herbert von Karajan (Conductor)

  • Jean Sibelius

    Piano Trio in C "Lovisa Trio" (1888): 2nd movement: Andante

    Performer: Tapiola Trio

    • Finlandia 4509-95858-2.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Slavonic Rhapsody in A flat, Op 45 No 3

    Performer: Scottish National Orchestra Performer: Neeme Jarvi (Conductor)

    • CHAN 8589.
  • Cy Coleman

    A Doodlin' Song

    Performer: Peggy Lee (vocals)

    • RYKODISC RCD10830.
  • Franz Schubert

    Allegretto in B flat, D593 No 1

    Performer: Radu Lupu (piano)

    • Decca 475707 4.
  • Percy Grainger

    The Immovable Do

    Performer: RNCM Wind Orchestra Performer: Clark Rundell (Conductor)

    • CHAN 9630.
  • Henry Purcell

    Fantasia Upon One Note

    Performer: Fretwork

    • Harmonia Mundi HMU 907502.
  • Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni

    Concerto in B flat, Op 10 No 1

    Performer: Collegium Musicum 90 Performer: Director Simon Standage

    • CHAN 0769.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    The Barber of Seville, Act I finale: Ma, signor

    Performer: Placido Domingo (tenor 鈥 Count Almaviva) Performer: Kathleen Battle (mezzo-soprano 鈥 Rosina) Performer: Chamber Orchestra of Europe Performer: Claudio Abbado (Conductor)

    • DG 435 763 2.

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