Laurence Cummings, Ben Gernon, Skampa Quartet
Sean Rafferty with guests including soprano Anna Devin, conductors Laurence Cummings and Ben Gernon, and the Skampa Quartet.
Sean Rafferty's guests include renowned harpsichordist/conductor Laurence Cummings. As he gears up for the start of the 2015 London Handel Festival, Laurence brings two of the soloists for the festival's opening performance of Handel's Semele - Anna Devin and Rupert Charlesworth - to perform live in the studio.
Also today, live music from the acclaimed Skampa Quartet, and Sean talks to rising star conductor Ben Gernon.
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Joan Trimble
Buttermilk Point for 2 pianos
Performer: Rory Holmes. Performer: Una Hunt.- NAXOS.
- 8.225059.
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George Frideric Handel
Semele - opera
Performer: Anna DEVIN. Performer: Laurence Cummings. -
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George Frideric Handel
Semele - opera
Performer: Laurence Cummings. Performer: Rupert Charlesworth. -
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Georges Bizet
Symphony in C major
Performer: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.- DG.
- 423624-2.
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12 Studies Op.10 for piano
- DECCA.
- 478 7697.
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Gabriel Faur茅
8 Pieces breves Op.84 for piano
Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.- HYPERION.
- CAD 67890.
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Claudio Monteverdi
L' Orfeo - favola in musica in a prologue and 5 acts
Performer: Alexander Sprague. Performer: Anthony Gregory. Performer: Callum Thorpe. Performer: Christopher Lowrey. Performer: Christopher Moulds. Performer: Gyula Orendt. Performer: James Platt. Performer: Mary Bevan. Performer: Rachel Kelly. Performer: Susan Bickley. Performer: Susanna Hurrell. Performer: Early Opera Company Orchestra. -
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Bernhard Crusell
Concerto no. 2 in F minor Op.5 for clarinet and orchestra
Conductor: Gerard Schwarz. Performer: Emma Johnson. Performer: English Chamber Orchestra.- Brilliant.
- 94219.
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George Frideric Handel
Semele - opera
Performer: Anna DEVIN. Performer: Laurence Cummings. -
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony no. 39 in E flat major K.543
Conductor: Colin Davis. Performer: Staatskapelle Dresden.- Philips.
- 410 0462.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Rondo in C major K.373 for violin and orchestra
Performer: Alexander Janiczek. Performer: Scottish Chamber Orchestra.- LINN.
- CKD 287.
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Giuseppe Verdi
Nabucco - opera in 4 parts
Conductor: Claudio Abbado. Performer: London Symphony Orchestra.- RCA.
- RCD-31378.
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Joseph Haydn
Quartet in F major Op.77`2 for strings
Performer: Skampa String Quartet. -
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Arvo P盲rt
Nunc dimittis for chorus
Conductor: Peter Phillips. Performer: Tallis Scholars. -
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Pavel Fischer
String Quartet No. 1 "Morava": 2nd and 3rd mvts
Performer: Skampa String Quartet. -
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Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
Quartet no. 12 in F major Op.96 (American) for strings
Performer: Skampa String Quartet. -
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Elizabeth Maconchy
Proud Thames - coronation overture
Conductor: Vernon Handley. Performer: London Philharmonic Orchestra.- LYRITA.
- srcd-288.
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Astor Piazzolla
Escualo - tango for bandoneon and ensemble
Performer: Ann Hobson Pilot. Performer: J P Jofre. Performer: Lucia Lie.- Harmonia Mundi.
- HMU 907627.
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