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Classical music for Pride Month, chosen by Rufus Wainwright

30 minutes of classical favourites all chosen specially by Rufus Wainwright for Pride Month including the Presentation of the Rose from Der Rosenkavalier, Glenn Gould performing Brahms, Brigitte Fassbaender singing Schubert's Winterreise and the final aria from Rufus' own opera, Prima Donna.

30 minutes

Music Played

  • Richard Strauss

    Der Rosenkavalier: Act II Presentation of the Rose / Duet

    Performer: Sena Jurinac. Performer: Hilde Güden. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Choir: Vienna State Opera Choir. Conductor: Erich Kleiber.
    • NAXOS.
  • Johannes Brahms

    3 Intermezzi Op.117 for piano: no.1 in E flat major; 'Schlummerlied'

    Performer: Glenn Gould.
    • SONY.
  • Rufus Wainwright

    Prima Donna Act II Scene 12: "Les feux d'artifice"

    Performer: Janis Kelly. Orchestra: ±«Óãtv Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jayce Ogren.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    La Vergine degli angeli (La forza del destino)

    Performer: Montserrat Caballé. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Choir: Ambrosian Singers. Conductor: Anton Guadagno.
    • WARNER CLASSICS.
  • Robert Schumann

    Piano Quartet in E flat Op.47 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Menahem Pressler. Ensemble: Emerson String Quartet.
    • Schumann: Piano Quintet, Op.22; Piano Quartet, Op. 47.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 7.
  • Franz Schubert

    Der Leiermann (Winterreise D911)

    Performer: Brigitte Fassbaender. Performer: Aribert Reimann.
    • WARNER CLASSICS.

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  • Thu 20 Jun 2024 19:00

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