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Percy Grainger's two-piano arrangement of Danny Boy features in this Mixtape, as does a piece by Louis XIII's court lutenist, travelling through one of Canteloube's lesser-known Songs of the Auvergne, and ending with a Tarantella by Debussy.

30 minutes

Last on

Fri 7 Jul 2023 19:00

Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Serenade in B flat major, K 361, 'Gran Partita' (7th mvt)

    Ensemble: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • Mozart: Serenades: Academy of St Martin in the fields/Marriner.
    • Philips.
    • 8.
  • Percy Grainger

    Irish Tune From County Derry

    Performer: Christopher Glynn. Singer: Claire Booth.
    • Percy Grainger Folk Music.
    • Avie.
    • 10.
  • Max Bruch

    String Octet (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Zsolt Fej茅rv谩ri. Ensemble: Kod谩ly Quartet. Ensemble: Auer String Quartet.
    • Mendelssohn/Bruch: String Quartets.
    • Naxos.
  • Ren茅 M茅zangeau

    Tablature de luth de diff茅rents auteurs, vol. 2: Allemande IV

    • M茅zangeau, Gaultier & Mouton: Pi猫ces de luth.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 3.
  • Joseph Canteloube

    Songs of the Auvergne: Bourees: i. N'ai pas ieu de mio; ii. Lo Calhe

    Singer: Kiri Te Kanawa. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Jeffrey Tate.
    • Songs of the Auvergne.
    • DECCA.
    • 8.
  • Gy枚rgy Ligeti

    Balad膬 艦i Joc [Ballade and Dance]

    Performer: Patricia Kopatchinskaja. Performer: Suyeon Kang.
    • ALPHA.
  • Claude Debussy

    Tarantelle styrienne

    Orchestrator: Maurice Ravel. Orchestra: Orchestre de l鈥橭p茅ra de Lyon. Conductor: Jun M盲rkl.
    • Debussy - Complete Orchestral Works.
    • Naxos.
    • 7.

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  • Fri 7 Jul 2023 19:00

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