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Wednesday - Petroc's classical alternative

Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show and in the lead up to Valentine鈥檚 Day, Petroc introduces a daily musical love affair.

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2 hours, 30 minutes

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Wed 13 Feb 2019 06:30
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Malcolm Arnold

    4 Scottish dances Op.59 (Scottish Waltz)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Bryden Thomson.
    • Malcolm Arnold: Dances: Philharmonia, Thomson.
    • Chandos.
    • 11.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Quartet in E flat major, K 493 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Jean鈥怭hilippe Collard. Ensemble: Muir String Quartet.
    • Mozart - Quaturos pour piano et cordes, KV478, KV493 and KV546.
    • EMI.
    • 5.

  • Judith Bingham

    The Spirit of Truth [after Tallis 'If ye love me']

    Choir: The Choir of St Catharine鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Conductor: Edward Wickham.
    • Gaudent In Coelis.
    • RESONUS.
    • 11.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude and Fugue in B flat minor, BWV 891 (Book 2, The Well-Tempered Clavier)

    Performer: Angela Hewitt.
    • Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier: Angela Hewitt.
    • Hyperion.
    • 19.

  • Louis-Emmanuel Jadin

    Symphonie Concertante (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Sinfonietta R墨ga. Conductor: Claus Efland.
    • CHALLENGE CLASSICS.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Prelude in D flat major, Op 28 No 15, 'Raindrop'

    Performer: Rafa艂 Blechacz.
    • Chopin: The Complete Preludes, 2 Nocturnes Op.62: Rafal Blechacz.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Gerald Finzi

    Summer schemes (Earth and air and rain, Op.15)

    Singer: Roderick Williams. Performer: Iain Burnside.
    • Finzi: The English Song Series 15: Williams/Burnside.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage Op.27

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Christoph von Dohn谩nyi.
    • Mendelssohn: Symphonies Nos.3 - 5; THe Hebrides, etc. - Wiener Philharmoniker, D.
    • Decca.
    • 6.

  • Anon.

    Ganinha, minha Ganinha

    Singer: Sandra Medeiros. Singer: Joana Seara. Ensemble: L'Avventura London. Director: 沤ak Ozmo.
    • 18th Century Portuguese Love Songs: L'Avventura London/Zak Ozmo.
    • Hyperion.
    • 1.

  • Aram Khachaturian

    Vineyards; Venice (Othello)

    Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Adriano.
    • MARCO POLO.

  • Tan Dun

    Eight Memories in Watercolour, Op.1 (Staccato Beans / Herdboy's Song)

    Performer: Lang Lang.
    • Lang Lang - Live at Carnegie Hall.
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
    • 11.

  • Jerome Kern

    Go little boat (O my dear)

    Singer: Joyce DiDonato. Performer: Sir Antonio Pappano.
    • ERATO.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Scherzo

    Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
    • HYPERION.

  • George Frideric Handel

    O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion (Messiah)

    Singer: Tim Mead. Choir: Choeur du Concert d'Astr茅e. Orchestra: Orchestre du Concert d'Astr茅e. Director: Emmanuelle Ha茂m.
    • Handel: Messiah, HWV 56.
    • Erato/Warner Classics.
    • 109.

  • Great Classical Music Love Affairs: Gian Carlo Menotti

    • Gian Carlo Menotti

      Sebastian - suite (Pavanne)

      Orchestra: Spoleto Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
      • Menotti: Apocalisse.
      • CHANDOS.
      • 11.

  • and Samuel Barber

    • Samuel Barber

      The monk and his cat (Hermit Songs)

      Singer: Leontyne Price. Performer: Samuel Barber.
      • Barber: Knoxville, Summer of 1915: Various.
      • Masterworks Portrait.
      • 10.

  • Joan Trimble

    Suite for Strings

    Orchestra: Irish Chamber Orchestra. Director: Fionnuala Hunt.
    • Black Box.

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    La forza del destino (Overture)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Giuseppe Sinopoli.
    • DG.

  • Steve Reich

    Nagoya Marimbas

    Performer: Bob Becker. Performer: James Preiss.
    • Steve Reich: Proverb / Nagoya Marimbas / City Life.
    • Nonesuch.
    • 2.

  • Henry Balfour Gardiner

    Evening Hymn

    Performer: James Launcelot. Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Conductor: Sir David Willcocks.
    • Decca.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No 4 in B flat major, Op 60 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Orchestre R茅volutionnaire et Romantique. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Beethoven: The Symphonies, John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 8.

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