Pianist Mariam Batsashvili discovers music from the cosmic to the intimate
Mariam Batsashvili opens up a colourful selection of classical music from a pianist鈥檚 point of view - revealing familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light.
Mariam Batsashvili is a young pianist who鈥檒l be walking on to the Royal Albert Hall stage next month to play Clara Schumann鈥檚 Piano Concerto at the 大象传媒 Proms. Today her Inside Music choices range from love and sorrow expressed by Fritz Kreisler, to the most accessible side of Richard Wagner. Plus she uncovers the charming nature of the harpsichord as conjured up by Handel, and how love and friendship is a powerful ingredient in Verdi鈥檚 opera Don Carlos.
Mariam also explains how she imagines Vivaldi鈥檚 Winter from his Four Seasons as a very old person who has rediscovered a childlike innocence, and finds the elderly Rossini paying gentle tribute to operetta composer Offenbach.
At 2 o鈥檆lock Mariam鈥檚 Must Listen work is a piece she recorded as part of Radio 3鈥檚 New Generation Artists scheme. This music, says Mariam, reveals its composer to be profoundly thoughtful, reflective, and above all, kind.
A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside.
A Tandem Production for 大象传媒 Radio 3
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Gioachino Rossini
Petit caprice dans le style d'Offenbach
Performer: Stefan Irmer.- MDG.
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Alessandro Marcello
Oboe Concerto
Ensemble: Tafelmusik. Director: Jeanne Lamon.- ANALEKTA.
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Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
Slavonic dance Op.72 No.2
Performer: Barnab谩s Kelemen. Performer: Zolt谩n Kocsis. Music Arranger: Fritz Kreisler.- BMC.
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Fritz Kreisler
Leibeslied
Performer: Barnab谩s Kelemen. Performer: Zolt谩n Kocsis.- BMC.
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Richard Wagner
Parsifal Act 2 - 'Flower girls' scene
Singer: Barbara Hendricks. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.- DG.
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George Frideric Handel
Harmonious Blacksmith for Harpsichord from Suite no.5 in E major - movement IV
Performer: Trevor Pinnock.- ARCHIV.
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Johann Strauss II
An der schonen blauen Donau walzer Op.314
Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Carlos Kleiber.- CBS.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Four Seasons - Winter - movement 2
Performer: Manoug Parikian. Orchestra: Philharmonia String Orchestra. Conductor: Carlo Maria Giulini.- TESTAMENT.
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Franz Liszt
Harmonies poetiques et religieuses (10), S.173 No.3
Performer: Mariam Batsashvili. -
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Giuseppe Verdi
Don Carlos - duet of Don Carlos and Rodrigo from Act 2
Singer: Pl谩cido Domingo. Singer: Leo Nucci. Orchestra: Teatro alla Scala orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.- DG.
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Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns
Bassoon Sonata - movement 3
Performer: Bram van Sambeek. Performer: Ellen Corver.- BRILLIANT CLASSICS.
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Joseph Haydn
Abschiedsymphony (Farewell Symphony) No.45 - movement 4
Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Director: Iona Brown.- HAENSSLER.
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Renato Carosone
Tu Vuo Fa L'Americano
Singer: Renato Carosone.- EMI.
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Vincenzo Bellini
Sonnambula Act 2 scene 2 - 'Ah non credea mirarti'
Singer: Maria Callas. Singer: Cesare Valletti. Orchestra: Orchestra of La Scala. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.- EMI.
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Johann Strauss II
Unter Donner und Blitz Polka
Conductor: Carlos Kleiber.- SONY.
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George Frideric Handel
Serse - Ombra mai fu
Singer: Anthony Roth Costanzo.- DECCA.
Broadcast
- Sat 13 Jul 2019 13:00大象传媒 Radio 3
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