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Half an hour of the finest classical music

Joy and melancholy meet with classical favourites by Rimsky-Korsakov and Bach, a yearning dance melody from Piazzolla and a lament by Puccini.

An eclectic half hour of back-to-back classical music with a bittersweet mix including the rousing Capriccio Espagnol by Rimsky-Korsakov, the haunting arrangement of Milonga del Angel by Piazzolla, Puccini's heartbreaking lament from his opera Suor Angelica, and Bach in exuberant mood.

Producer: Helen Garrison

29 minutes

Music Played

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Senza mamma (Suor Angelica)

    Singer: Ren茅e Fleming. Orchestra: Coro Sinfonica di Milano Guiseppe Verdi. Conductor: Marco Armiliato.
  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Capriccio espagnol, Op 34

    Conductor: Igor Markevitch. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Le tombeau de Couperin (Prelude)

    Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.
    • Boulez conducts Debusy and Ravel.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 3.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Prelude in B minor, Op 32 No 10

    Performer: Zolt谩n Kocsis.
  • Astor Piazzolla

    Milonga del angel

    Performer: Pablo Mainetti. Orchestra: Orquestra de Cambra Teatre Lliure. Conductor: Josep Pons.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Orchestral Suite No 2 in B minor, BWV 1067 (Badin茅rie)

    Performer: Wilbert Hazelzet. Ensemble: Musica Antiqua K枚ln.

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  • Thu 19 Aug 2021 19:00
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