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Essential Classics with Ian Skelly: Te Deum from Puccini's Tosca, Tintagel

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2 hours

Music Played

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Since we met (Waltz Suite for Orchestra)

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Prokofiev: Waltz Suite: Royal Scottish National Orchestra/Neeme Jarvi.
    • Chandos.
    • 1.
  • Eric Whitacre

    Lux aurumque

    Choir: Eric Whitacre Singers. Conductor: Eric Whitacre.
    • Decca.
  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    Sonata o Fantasia in G Minor

    Performer: Johannes Moser. Performer: Alasdair Beatson.
    • Mendelssohn & Mendelssohn-Hensel: Works for Cello & Piano.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 7.
  • Carl Nielsen

    Dance of the Cockerels (Maskarade)

    Orchestra: Danish National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Sch酶nwandt.
    • DaCapo.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Jeux d'eau

    Performer: Steven Osborne.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    Tre sbirri... Te Deum (Tosca)

    Singer: Bryn Terfel. Singer: Balcarras Crafoord. Choir: Radiok枚ren. Orchestra: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Daniel.
  • Hector Berlioz

    Overture 'Le Corsaire' Op.21

    Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden. Conductor: Colin Davis.
    • Sony.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    The Magic Flute (Pa... pa... pa...)

    Singer: Inger Dam-Jensen. Singer: Fran莽ois Le Roux. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: Nicholas McGegan.
    • CONIFER.
  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Keyboard Sonata鈥痠n F minor, K183

    Performer: Christian Zacharias.
    • EMI.
  • Hugo Wolf

    Italian Serenade

    Performer: Nardo Poy. Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Trad.

    Danny boy ['Londonderry air']

    Performer: VOCES8.
    • Enchanted Isle.
    • Decca Classics.
    • 13.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Credo in un Dio crudel (Otello)

    Performer: Paul Daniel. Singer: Bryn Terfel. Orchestra: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • Bryn Terfel: Bad Boys; Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 4.
  • Franz Liszt

    Les Jeux d'Eau a la Villa d'Este

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Virgin.
  • Malcolm Arnold

    The Padstow Lifeboat

    Ensemble: Dallas Winds.
    • Arnold for Band: Dallas Wind Symphony.
    • Reference Recordings.
  • John Jenkins

    Fantasy No 2 in C major for six viols

    Ensemble: Phantasm.
    • Jenkins: Six-Part Consorts.
    • Avie.
    • 3.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto No 3 in C minor, Op 37 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes. Orchestra: Mahler Chamber Orchestra.
    • Sony.

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  • Tue 6 Aug 2019 09:00

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