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James Jolly - Easter Sunday

James Jolly introduces the early Corsican melody Maria sopra La Carpinese, as well as works by Glazunov, Rachmaninov and Mascagni. Plus Rostropovich playing Debussy's Cello Sonata.

James Jolly's Easter Sunday selection includes the early Corsican melody Maria (sopra La Carpinese), and then explores Easter in the works of composers as varied as Glazunov, Rachmaninov, and Mascagni. He also marks the date of Mstislav Rostropovich's birth with his famous recording of the Debussy cello sonata.

2 hours, 57 minutes

Last on

Sun 27 Mar 2016 09:00

Music Played

  • Alexander Glazunov

    The King of the Jews - Introduction & chorus (Entry of Christ into Jerusalem)

    Performer: State Symphony Capella of Russia. Performer: Russian State Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Valery Kuzmich Polyansky.
    • Glazunov: The King of the Jews Etc..
    • CHANDOS.
    • 003.
  • Claude Debussy

    Cello Sonata

    Performer: Mstislav Rostropovich. Performer: Benjamin Britten.
    • Rostropovich/Britten: Works by Schubert, Schumann & Debussy.
    • Decca.
    • 009.
  • Wilhelm Peterson鈥怋erger

    Romance in D Minor

    Performer: Ulf Wallin. Orchestra: Norrk枚pings Symfoniorkester. Conductor: Michail Jurowski.
    • Peterson-Berger: Symphony 2 performed by Michail Jurowski.
    • CPO.
    • 004.
  • Reynaldo Hahn

    Venezia (Chanson en dialecte v茅n茅tien)

    Performer: Bengt Forsberg. Singer: Anne Sofie von Otter.
    • Folksongs performed by Anne Sofie von Otter and Bengt Forsberg.
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
    • 016.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Suite No 1

    Performer: Martha Argerich. Performer: Lilya Zilberstein.
    • Solos and Duos by Martha Argerich.
    • EMI.
    • 001.
  • Trad

    Maria (sopra La Carpinese)

    Ensemble: L鈥橝rpeggiata. Conductor: Christina Pluhar. Ensemble: Barbara Furtuna.
    • Via Crucis.
    • Erato.
  • Olivier Messiaen

    Les Corps Glorieux - Le combat de la mort and de la vie

    Performer: Olivier Latry.
    • Olivier Latry: Complete Organ Works.
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
    • 007.
  • Pietro Mascagni

    Cavalleria Rusticana; Regina Coeli Laetare...Innegiamo

    Singer: Nelly Miricioiu. Choir: Geoffrey Mitchell Choir. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: David Parry.
    • Cavalleria Rusticana.
    • Chandos.
    • 001.
  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Konzertst眉ck in F minor, Op 79

    Performer: Mikhail Pletnev. Orchestra: Russian National Orchestra.
    • Weber: Konzertstuck, Overtures etc..
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
    • 001.
  • George Frideric Handel

    L鈥橝llegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, Part 3 鈥 As steals the morn

    Singer: Lucy Crowe. Singer: Mark Padmore. Ensemble: The English Concert. Conductor: Andrew Manze.
    • Handel Arias: Padmore, The English Concert and Manze.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 018.
  • Alexander Glazunov

    Raymonda Suite

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Lovro von Mata膷i膰.
    • 20th Century Classics: Glazunov.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 001.
  • Traditional

    Tarantella Italiana

    Ensemble: L鈥橝rpeggiata. Director: Christina Pluhar.
    • La Tarantella: L'Arpeggiata/Christine Pluhar.
    • Alpha.
    • 13.

Broadcast

  • Sun 27 Mar 2016 09:00