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Movies, Operas, Cathedrals...

In Tune鈥檚 specially curated playlist, with music by Korngold, Rossini, Chopin and Wagner.

This mixtape whisks us off to the movies with Korngold's score for The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex; it has a look into an opera house with Rossini's The Thieving Magpie; and it pays a brief visit to St Paul's Cathedral with music by Stanford. There's also Chopin in night-time mood, Debussy's attempt at writing a waltz, and celebrated tenor Jonas Kaufmann singing Wagner.

29 minutes

Last on

Fri 6 Sep 2019 19:30

Music Played

  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex Suite

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andr茅 Previn.
    • DG.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    The Thieving Magpie (Overture)

    Orchestra: Orchestra of La Scala, Milan. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Rossini: 10 Overtures - Chailly.
    • Decca.
    • 10.
  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in G major, Kk.455

    Performer: Yuja Wang.
    • DG.
  • Charles Villiers Stanford

    Magnificat (Evening Service in G major)

    Performer: Andrew Lucas. Choir: St Paul's Cathedral Choir. Singer: Jeremy Budd. Singer: Timothy Jones. Director: John Scott.
    • Hear my Prayer: Budd/St Paul's Cathedral Choir/Scott.
    • Hyperion.
    • 8.
  • Claude Debussy

    La plus que lente

    Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    3 Nocturnes Op.9 (no.2 in E flat major)

    Performer: Maria Jo茫o Pires.
    • Chopin: The Nocturnes: Maria Joao Pires.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 2.
  • Richard Wagner

    Der Engel (Wesendonck-Lieder)

    Singer: Jonas Kaufmann. Orchestra: German Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Donald Runnicles.
    • Kaufmann: Wagner.
    • Decca.
    • 7.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Violin Concerto in G major, RV 303 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Alison Balsom. Ensemble: Scottish Ensemble.
    • Italian Concertos; Alison Balsom, Scottish Ensemble.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 14.

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  • Fri 6 Sep 2019 19:30

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