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Puccini's Tosca from the Royal Opera House

John Shea's selection includes a performance of Puccini's Tosca given at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, with Jonas Kaufmann, Angela Gheorghiu and Bryn Terfel.

Puccini's Tosca with Jonas Kaufmann, Angela Gheorghiu and Bryn Terfel, recorded at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden in 2011. Presented by John Shea

12:31 AM
Puccini, Giacomo [1858-1924]
Tosca, opera in 3 acts - Act I
Jonas Kaufmann (Cavaradossi, tenor),
Angela Gheorghiu (Tosca, soprano),
Bryn Terfel (Scarpia, baritone),
Hubert Francis (Spoletta, tenor),
Lukas Jakobski (Angelotti, bass),
Jeremy White (Sacristan, bass),
Royal Opera House Chorus and Orchestra, Antonio Pappano (conductor)

1:19 AM
Puccini, Giacomo [1858-1924]
Tosca, opera in 3 acts - Act II

2:04 AM
Puccini, Giacomo [1858-1924]
Tosca, opera in 3 acts - Act III

2:34 AM
Veracini, Francesco Maria (1690-1768)
Sonata in E minor
Eszter Per茅nyi (violin), Gyula Kiss (piano)

2:52 AM
Bologna, Jacopo da (c.1340-1386) / Millenarium
Aquila altera
Millenarium

3:00 AM
Respighi, Ottorino (1879-1936)
Ancient airs and dances for lute - suite No.3 for strings
I Cameristi Italiani

3:19 AM
Ponchielli, Amilcare (1834-1886)
Capriccio for oboe and piano (Op.80)
Wan-Soo Mok (oboe), Hyun-Soo Chi (piano)

3:30 AM
Barber, Samuel [1910-1981]
Agnus Dei for chorus
大象传媒 Singers, Stephen Cleobury (conductor)

3:38 AM
Scarlatti, Domenico (1685-1757)
Sonata in C major (K.460)
Andreas Staier (harpsichord)

3:45 AM
Liszt, Franz [1811-1886]
Les Pr茅ludes - symphonic poem after Lamartine (S.97)
Hungarian State Orchestra, J谩nos Ferencsik (conductor)

4:02 AM
Gesualdo, Carlo [c.1561-1613]
Ave dulcissima Maria for 5 voices (1603a) - sacred motet
Monteverdi Choir, Sir John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)

4:09 AM
Handel, Georg Frideric (1685-1759)
Sonata in E (Op. 1) no 15
Eszter Per茅nyi (violin), Gyula Kiss (piano)

4:18 AM
Mendelssohn, Felix [1809-1847]
Hebrides - overture (Op.26)
Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Markus Lehtinen (conductor)

4:31 AM
Viotti, Giovanni Battista (1755-1824)
Duo concertante in D major
Alexandar Avramov, Ivan Peev (violins)

4:40 AM
Franck, C茅sar (1822-1890)
Prelude, Fugue and Variation
Robert Silverman (piano)

4:53 AM
Bizet, Georges (1838-1875)
Suite No.1 from "Carmen"
Slovakian Radio Symphony Orchestra in Bratislava, R贸bert Stankovsk媒 (conductor)

5:06 AM
Sweelinck, Jan Pieterszoon (1562-1621)
Beati pauperes spiritu (motet)
Netherlands Chamber Choir, Philippe Herreweghe (conductor), Stephan Stubbs (lute)

5:11 AM
Debussy, Claude (1862-1918) (arr. Felix Greissle)
Pr茅lude a l'apr猫s-midi d'un faune
Thomas Kay (flute), Canadian Chamber Ensemble, Raffi Armenian (conductor)

5:21 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Symphony no.36 (K.425) in C major, 'Linz'
Stavanger Symphony Orchestra; Fabio Biondi (conductor)

5:52 AM
Koehne, Graeme [b.1956]
Divertissement: Trois pieces bourgeoises (aka String Quartet no 1) (1983)
Australian String Quartet

6:04 AM
Britten, Benjamin [1913-1976]
The sun shines down; Fish in the unruffled lakes; Underneath the abject willow
Andrew Kennedy (tenor) , Christopher Glynn (piano)

6:11 AM
Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai (1844-1908)
Concert Fantasia on two Russian themes for violin and orchestra (Op.33)
Valentin Stefanov (violin), Orchestra 'Symphonieta' of the Bulgarian National Radio, Stoyan Angelov (conductor).

6 hours

Last on

Wed 20 Nov 2013 00:30

Music Played

  • Samuel Barber

    Agnus Dei

    Choir: 大象传媒 Singers. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury.
    • GB大象传媒.
  • Georges Bizet

    Carmen - suite no.1

    Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: R贸bert Stankovsk媒.
    • SKSR.
  • Benjamin Britten

    The Sun shines down

    Performer: Christopher Glynn. Author: W. H. Auden. Singer: Andrew Kennedy.
    • GB大象传媒.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Fish in the unruffled lakes

    Performer: Christopher Glynn. Author: W. H. Auden. Singer: Andrew Kennedy.
    • GB大象传媒.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Underneath the abject willow from 2 Ballads for voice and piano [1936]

    Performer: Christopher Glynn. Singer: Andrew Kennedy.
    • GB大象传媒.
  • Claude Debussy

    Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune

    Performer: Thomas Kay. Music Arranger: Felix Greissle. Ensemble: Canadian Chamber Ensemble. Conductor: Raffi Armenian.
    • CACBC.
  • Francesco Maria Veracini

    Sonata in E minor

    Performer: Eszter Per茅nyi. Performer: Gyula Kiss.
  • C茅sar Franck

    Prelude, Fugue and Variation [transc. for piano, originally for organ]

    Performer: Robert Silverman.
    • CACBC.
  • Carlo Gesualdo

    Ave dulcissima Maria

    Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • DEWDR.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Sonata in E (Op. 1) no. 15

    Performer: Eszter Perenyi. Performer: Gyula Kiss.
    • HUMR.
  • Jacopo da Bologna

    Aquila altera [Madrigal for 3 voices]

    Ensemble: Millenarium.
    • DEWDR.
  • Graeme Koehne

    Divertissement: Trois pieces bourgeoises

    Ensemble: Australian String Quartet.
    • AUABC.
  • Franz Liszt

    Les Preludes - symphonic poem after Lamartine (S.97)

    Orchestra: Hungarian State Orchestra. Conductor: J谩nos Ferencsik.
    • HUMR.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    Tosca, opera in 3 acts - Act I

    Singer: Lukas Jakobski. Singer: Jeremy White. Singer: Jonas Kaufmann. Singer: Angela Gheorghiu. Singer: Bryn Terfel. Singer: Hubert Francis. Choir: Royal Opera House Chorus. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Hebrides - overture (Op.26)

    Orchestra: Norwegian Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Markus Lehtinen.
    • NONRK.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony no.36 (K.425) in C major, 'Linz'

    Performer: Fabio Biondi. Orchestra: Stavanger Symfoniorkester. Conductor: Fabio Biondi.
  • Amilcare Ponchielli

    Capriccio for oboe and piano, Op 80

    Performer: Wan-Soo Mok. Performer: Hyun-Soo Chi.
    • KRKBS.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    Tosca, opera in 3 acts - Act III

    Singer: William Payne. Singer: Jonas Kaufmann. Singer: Angela Gheorghiu. Singer: Hubert Francis. Singer: Zheng Zhou. Choir: Royal Opera House Chorus. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    Tosca, opera in 3 acts - Act II

    Singer: Zheng Zhou. Singer: Bryn Terfel. Singer: Jonas Kaufmann. Singer: Angela Gheorghiu. Singer: Hubert Francis. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Choir: Royal Opera House Chorus. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.
  • Ottorino Respighi

    Ancient airs and dances for lute - suite no. 3 for strings [1932]

    Ensemble: I Cameristi Italiani.
    • HRHRT.
  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Concert Fantasia on two Russian themes for violin and orchestra, Op 33

    Performer: Valentin Stefanov. Orchestra: BNR Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Stoyan Angelov.
    • BGBNR.
  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in C major K.460 [Allegro]

    Performer: Andreas Staier.
    • DEWDR.
  • Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck

    Beati pauperes spiritu

    Performer: Stephen Stubbs. Choir: Nederlands Kamerkoor. Conductor: Philippe Herreweghe.
    • NLNOS.
  • Giovanni Battista Viotti

    Duo concertante in C major

    Performer: Alexandar Avramov. Performer: Ivan Peev.
    • BGBNR.

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  • Wed 20 Nov 2013 00:30

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