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Schoenberg, Gershwin and Rachmaninov

Elim Chan conducts the WDR Symphony Orchestra in Schoenberg's Piano Concerto and Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue. Kirill Gerstein is the soloist in this sparkling performance.

Elim Chan conducts the WDR Symphony Orchestra in Schoenberg's Piano Concerto and Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue. Kirill Gerstein is the soloist in this sparkling performance. Penny Gore presents.

12:31 AM
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)
Piano Concerto, Op 42
Kirill Gerstein (piano), WDR Symphony Orchestra, Cologne, Elim Chan (conductor)

12:50 AM
George Gershwin (1898-1937)
Rhapsody in Blue
Kirill Gerstein (piano), WDR Symphony Orchestra, Cologne, Elim Chan (conductor)

01:06 AM
Oscar Levant (1906-1972)
Blame it on my youth (encore)
Kirill Gerstein (piano)

01:10 AM
Sergey Rachmaninov (1873-1943)
Symphonic Dances, Op 45
WDR Symphony Orchestra, Cologne, Elim Chan (conductor)

01:45 AM
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)
Trauermusik for viola and string orchestra
Rivka Golani (viola), Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Davis (conductor)

01:53 AM
Kurt Weill (1900-1950), Ira Gershwin (author)
Saga of Jenny (from the musical Lady in the Dark)
Jean Stilwell (mezzo soprano), Robert Kortgaard (piano), Marie Berard (violin), Joseph Macerollo (accordion), James Spragg (trumpet), George Kohler (bass), Andy Morris (percussion), Peter Tiefenbach (conductor)

01:58 AM
Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)
Symphony no 3 in E flat major, Op 10
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Hiroyuki Iwaki (conductor)

02:31 AM
Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)
Violin Sonata no 3 in C minor, Op 45
Julian Rachlin (violin), Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)

02:55 AM
Nino Rota (1911-1979)
Divertimento concertante
Marek Romanowski (double bass), Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Katowice, Pawel Kapula (conductor)

03:18 AM
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Concerto grosso in B flat major, Op 6 no 7, HWV.325
Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, Terje Tonnesen (conductor)

03:32 AM
Gabriel Faure (1845-1924)
Nocturne in B minor, Op 97
Stephane Lemelin (piano)

03:37 AM
Ester Magi (1922-2021)
Murdunud aer (The broken oar)
Estonian National Male Choir, Ants Soots (director)

03:41 AM
Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921)
Danse macabre - symphonic poem, Op 40
Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Kjell Seim (conductor)

03:49 AM
Antoine Forqueray (1672-1745)
La Rameau & Jupiter
Teodoro Bau (viola da gamba), Deniel Perer (harpsichord)

03:58 AM
Mykola Lysenko (1842-1912)
Fantasy on Two Ukrainian Themes for flute and orchestra
Yuri Shut'ko (flute), NRCU Symphony Orchestra, Vyacheslav Blinov (conductor)

04:06 AM
Pauline Viardot (1821-1910)
Choeur des elfes
Olivia Robinson (soprano), 大象传媒 Singers, Libby Burgess (piano), Grace Rossiter (conductor)

04:13 AM
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)
Capriccio Espagnol, Op 34
大象传媒 Philharmonic, Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor)

04:31 AM
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden, BWV.230
Tafelmusik Chamber Choir, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, Ivars Taurins (conductor)

04:37 AM
Josef Suk (1874-1935)
Meditation on an old Czech hymn 'St Wenceslas', Op 35a
Camerata Bern, Antje Weithaas (director)

04:45 AM
Sergey Rachmaninov (1873-1943)
Prelude no 13 in D flat major
Lukas Geniusas (piano)

04:51 AM
Thea Musgrave (b.1928)
Loch Ness - a postcard from Scotland for orchestra
大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Donald Runnicles (conductor)

05:01 AM
Johann Christoph Pez (1664-1716)
Passacaglia & Aria (presto)
Carin van Heerden (recorder), Ales Rypan (recorder), L'Orfeo Baroque Orchestra, Michi Gaigg (director)

05:09 AM
Bernat Vivancos (b.1973)
Salve d'ecos
Latvian Radio Choir, Sigvards Klava (conductor)

05:19 AM
Frank van der Stucken (1858-1929)
Symphonic prologue to Heinrich Heine's tragedy 'William Ratcliffe'
Flemish Radio Orchestra, Bjarte Engeset (conductor)

05:47 AM
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)
Concerto for 2 horns and orchestra in D major, TWV.52:D2
Jozef Illes (horn), Jan Budzak (horn), Chamber Association of Slovakian Radio, Vlastimil Horak (conductor)

06:30 AM
Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
Metamorphosen for 23 solo strings, AV.142
Risor Festival Strings, Christian Tetzlaff (conductor)

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Sun 15 Dec 2024 00:30

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