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Intensely expressive music with pianist Jonathan Biss

Pianist Jonathan Biss opens up a colourful selection of music from the inside - revealing familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light.

Pianist Jonathan Biss lines up an intensely expressive selection of choices, beginning with thoughts on the parallels between Schubert and Schumann - their poetic way of writing and their ability to convey human loneliness.

There are also dramatic and moving arias from Bach and Verdi, and a delicate, yet powerful piece, by a composer who Jonathan feels is often unfairly maligned, Arnold Schoenberg.

Jonathan is also struck by how lyrics can add another potent layer to music, and chooses tracks by Simon and Garfunkel and Joni Mitchell to demonstrate this.

A series in which each week a musician reveals a selection of music - from the inside.

A Tandem Production for 大象传媒 Radio 3

1 hour, 56 minutes

Last on

Sat 25 Jan 2020 13:00
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Music Played

  • Franz Schubert

    Litanei auf das Fest aller Seelen, D343

    Performer: Dalton Baldwin. Singer: G茅rard Souzay.
    • TESTAMENT.

  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony No. 9 - 2nd movement

    Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: George Szell.
    • SONY.

  • Robert Schumann

    Sehr aufgereft and Sehr langsam from Kreisleriana, Op. 16

    Performer: Martha Argerich.
    • DG.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Soave sia il vento from Cosi fan Tutte

    Singer: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf. Singer: Christa Ludwig. Singer: Walter Donich. Orchestra: Philharmonia. Conductor: Karl Bohm.
    • EMI.

  • Simon & Garfunkel

    Bleecker Street

    • CBS.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Piano Quartet in A major, Op. 26 - 1st movement - Allgro non troppo

    Performer: Walter Trampler. Ensemble: Beaux Arts Trio.
    • PHILIPS.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Schlummert ein, ihr matten Augen from Cantata BWV82

    Singer: Lorraine Hunt Lieberson. Orchestra: Emmanuel Music Orchestra. Conductor: Craig Smith.
    • NONESUCH.

  • Arnold Schoenberg

    Heimweh from Pierrot Lunaire, Op. 21

    Ensemble: Contemporary Chamber Ensemble. Conductor: Jan DeGaetani.
    • NONESUCH.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Clarinet Quintet, K. 581 - 1st movement

    Performer: Harold Wright. Performer: Alexander Schneider. Performer: Isidore Cohen. Performer: Samuel Rhodes. Performer: Leslie Parnas.
    • SONY.

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    E amabile invero cotal giovinotto from Rigoletto

    Singer: Maria Callas. Singer: Adriana Lazzarini. Singer: Nicola Zaccaria. Orchestra: Orchestra of La Scala, Milan. Orchestra: Orchestra of La Scala, Milan. Choir: Chorus of La Scala, Milan. Choir: Chorus of La Scala, Milan. Conductor: Tullio Serafin. Conductor: Tullio Serafin.
    • WARNER.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 'Appassionata' - Allegro assai

    Performer: Rudolf Serkin.
    • CBS.

  • Joni Mitchell

    Both Sides Now

    • REPRISE.

  • Robert Schumann

    Requiem, Op. 90 No. 7

    Performer: Roger Vignoles. Singer: Bernarda Fink.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Violin Partita No. 3 in E major, BWV1006 - Gigue

    Performer: Miriam Fried.
    • NIMBUS.

Broadcast

  • Sat 25 Jan 2020 13:00
    大象传媒 Radio 3

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