Verdi Requiem and Liszt piano music
Highlights of concerts from around the world, including in Portugal, Austria and New Zealand, featuring Verdi's dramatic Requiem and pianist Marc-André Hamelin performing Liszt.
Fiona Talkington introduces highlights of concerts from around the world, care of the European Broadcasting Union. Portugal, Austria and New Zealand feature in this edition, including a performance of Verdi's dramatic Requiem in Lisbon, and virtuoso pianist Marc-André Hamelin performing the ecstatic and dreamlike Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude by Liszt at the Schwarzenberg Schubertiade in Austria.
Giuseppe Verdi - Requiem
Erika Grimaldi (soprano)
Elena Zhidkova (mezzo-soprano)
Paulo Ferreira (tenor)
Nikolay Didenko (bass)
Gulbenkian Chorus
Gulbenkian Orchestra
Michel Corboz (conductor)
Recorded in November 2018 in Lisbon, Portugal
Franz Liszt - Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude, S.173’3
(from Harmonies poetiques et religieuses)
Marc-André Hamelin (piano)
Recorder last summer at the Schubertiade Schwarzenberg in Austria
Dmitri Shostakovich - Festive overture Op.96
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
Jaime MartÃn (conductor)
Recorded summer 2018 in Wellington, New Zealand
Producer Helen Garrison
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Giuseppe Verdi
Requiem
Singer: Erika Grimaldi. Singer: Elena Zhidkova. Singer: Nikolay Didenko. Singer: Paulo Ferreira. Choir: Gulvenkian Chorus. Orchestra: The Gulbenkian Orchestra. Conductor: Michel Corboz. -
Franz Liszt
'Benediction de Dieu dans la solitude' from Harmonies Poetiques Et Religieuses
Performer: Marc-André Hamelin. -
Claude Debussy
'General Lavine - eccentric' from Preludes - Book 2
Performer: Marc-André Hamelin. -
Dmitry Shostakovich
Festive Overture Op.96
Orchestra: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jaime MartÃn.
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- Sun 15 Mar 2020 21:00´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 3
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