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Elizabeth Watts

Soprano Elizabeth Watts chooses some of her favourite music, including works by Bach and Beethoven as well as Vaughan Williams's Sinfonia Antartica.

The Soprano Elizabeth Watts, who is singing in the Last Night of the Proms, chooses some of her musical favourites, including music that inspired her to become a singer. Elizabeth's choices include music by Bach and Beethoven, and her first ever Proms performance in Vaughan Williams' Sinfonia Antartica.

2 hours

Last on

Sat 13 Sep 2014 14:00

Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Violin Concerto in E - First Movt

    Performer: Nigel Kennedy. Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Goldberg Variations BWV.988 (Aria)

    Performer: Murray Perahia.
    • Sony Classical : SK89243.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Eroica - First Movt

    Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • EMI : 5574452.
    • EMI.
    • 7.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Moonlight Sonata – 1st mvt

    Performer: Alfred Brendel.
    • PHILIPS : 411 470-2.
    • PHILIPS.
    • 1.
  • Johann Strauss II

    September

    Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan. Singer: Gundula Janowitz.
    • DG : 4238882.
    • DG.
    • 6.
  • Franz Schubert

    Sei mir gegrĂĽsst

    Singer: Ian Bostridge. Performer: Julius Drake.
    • EMI : CDC 5571412.
    • EMI.
    • 19.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Carry her over the water (Paul Bunyan)

    Director: Richard Marlow. Choir: Trinity College Choir Cambridge.
  • Johann Strauss II

    Sei mir gegrĂĽsst

    Conductor: André Previn. Singer: Edita Gruberová. Singer: Wolfgang Brendel. Singer: Kiri Te Kanawa. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Philips : 432 157-2.
    • Philips.
    • 7.

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  • Sat 13 Sep 2014 14:00

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