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Wednesday - Sara Mohr-Pietsch

Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents a refreshing selection of music.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents Breakfast. Baritone Stephan Genz and pianist Roger Vignoles perform a song from Mahler's Des Knaben Wunderhorn, the English Symphony Orchestra conducted by William Boughton perform Benjamin Britten's Courtly Dances from Gloriana, and Simon Keenlyside sings the Largo al factotum aria from Rossini's opera, The Barber of Seville.

3 hours

Last on

Wed 23 Feb 2011 07:00

Music Played

  • Leos Jan谩膷ek

    Ko啪ich from Moravian Dances

    Performer: Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Libor Pe拧ek (conductor)

    • NAXOS 8.555245.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin - Mazurka in A flat major: Allegretto, Op 59 No. 2

    Performer: Ingrid Fliter (piano)

  • George Frideric Handel

    Water Music 鈥 Suite in D major HWV.349

    Performer: Les Musiciens du Louvre Grenoble Performer: Marc Minkowski (conductor)

    • NA脧VE V5234.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Humoreske in B flat major, Op.107 No.7 (transcribed by Heifetz for violin & piano)

    Arranger: Jascha Heifetz Performer: Renaud Capu莽on (violin) Performer: Jer么me Ducros (piano)

    • VIRGIN CLASSICS 374087 2 8.
  • Gregorio Allegri

    De lamentatione Jeremiae prophetae

    Performer: The Cardinall鈥檚 Musick Performer: Andrew Carwood (conductor)

    • HYPERION CDA67860.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Adagio for violin and orchestra (K.261) in E major

    Performer: Julia Fischer (violin) Performer: Netherlands Chamber Orchestra Performer: Yakov Kreizberg (conductor)

    • PENTATONE CLASSICS PTC 5186 064.
  • Fran莽ois Couperin

    Le Tic-Toc-Choc ou Les Maillotins

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud (piano)

    • HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 901956.
  • Gustav Holst

    Venus 鈥 the bringer of peace from The Planets, Op.32

    Performer: 大象传媒 Philharmonic Performer: Sir Andrew Davis (conductor)

    • CHANDOS CHSA 5086.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Double concerto in C minor BWV 1060 arr. for pan pipes, chromatic accordion & ensemble

    Arranger: Michel Tirabosco Performer: Michel Tirabosco (pan pipes) Performer: Denis Fedorov (chromatic accordion) Performer: Ensemble Concordia Discors

    • GALLO CD-1303.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    Largo al factotum della citt脿 (The Barber of Seville Act 1)

    Performer: Simon Keenlyside (baritone) Performer: Munich Radio Orchestra Performer: Ulf Schirmer (conductor)

    • SONY CLASSICAL 82876884822.
  • Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse

    Je te veux (vers. for piano)

    Performer: Kathryn Stott (piano)

    • CHANDOS CHAN 10493.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Courtly Dances from Gloriana

    Performer: English Symphony Orchestra Performer: William Boughton (conductor)

    • NIMBUS NI5295.
  • Franz Schubert

    Auf dem Wasser zu singen, D.774

    Performer: Barbara Bonney (soprano) Performer: Geoffrey Parsons (piano)

    • TELDEC 44509-90873-2.
  • Jerome Moross

    Theme from The Big Country

    Performer: Cincinnati Pops Orchestra Performer: Erich Kunzel (conductor)

    • TELARC CD-80141.
  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    Euntes ibant et flebant (They that go out weeping) from In convertendo (Motet)

    Performer: Les Arts Florissants Performer: William Christie (director)

    • ERATO 4509-96967-2.
  • Franz Schubert

    Finale: Allegro giusto from Piano quintet in A major, D.667 'The Trout'

    Performer: Members of the Belcea Quartet Performer: Corin Long (double bass) Performer: Thomas Ad猫s (piano)

    • EMI CLASSICS 5 57664 2.
  • Giovanni Gabrieli

    Canzon VIII (1615)

    Performer: Empire Brass

    • TELARC CD-80204.
  • Kenneth J. Alford

    Colonel Bogey March (Bridge Over the River Kwai)

    Arranger: Christopher Palmer Performer: London Symphony Orchestra Performer: Richard Hickox (conductor)

    • CHANDOS CHAN 241-12.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Finale: Allegro from Symphony no.39 in E flat major, K.543

    Performer: Scottish Chamber Orchestra Performer: Sir Charles Mackerras (conductor)

    • LINN CKD 308.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Butterfly (lyric piece Op.54 No.1)

    Performer: Sigurd Sl氓tterbrekk (piano)

    • SIMAX CLASSICS PSC 1299.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    Humming Chorus (from Madam Butterfly)

    Performer: Ambrosian Opera Chorus Performer: Philharmonia Orchestra Performer: Lorin Maazel (conductor)

    • SONY CLASSICAL SM2K 91135.
  • Johann Christian Bach

    Quintet in G major, Op.11 No.2

    Performer: Andreas Staier (harpsichord) Performer: Les Adieux

    • DEUTSCHE HARMONIA MUNDI 82876 67374 2.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Ma M猫re l'Oye 鈥 Le Jardin f茅erique

    Performer: Berlin Philharmonic Performer: Sir Simon Rattle (conductor)

    • EMI 514 565 2.
  • Gustav Mahler

    Wer hat dies Liedlein erdacht? (Who made up this little song?) from Des Knaben Wunderhorn

    Performer: Stephan Genz (baritone) Performer: Roger Vignoles (piano)

    • HYPERION CDA67645.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto for mandolin, strings and basso continuo in C major, RV.425

    Performer: Duilio Galfetti (mandolin) Performer: I Barocchisti Performer: Diego Fasolis (director)

    • CLAVES CD 50-2204.
  • Johannes Brahms

    4 Pieces for Piano Op.119 (1. Intermezzo in B minor; 2. Intermezzo in E minor)

    Performer: Murray Perahia (piano)

    • SONY CLASSICAL 88697727252.
  • Giovanni Battista Fontana

    Sonata Seconda (Antiphon Substitute 鈥 Monteverdi's Vespers)

    Performer: Alison Bury (violin) Performer: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Performer: Robert Howarth (director)

    • SIGNUM CLASSICS SIGCD237.

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  • Wed 23 Feb 2011 07:00

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