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The biggest names in classical music

Sean Rafferty introduces live music from violinist Esther Abrami, and from folk band The Longest Johns.

2 hours

Last on

Tue 9 Jul 2024 17:00

Music Played

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No.83 in G minor "The Hen" (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Handel and Haydn Society of Boston. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • Coro.
  • Astor Piazzolla

    Libertango

    Performer: Miloš Karadaglić. Performer: Ksenija Sidorova. Orchestra: European Film Philharmonia Studio Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Nicola Porpora

    Nell' attendere mio bene (Polifemo)

    Singer: Cecilia Bartoli. Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.
    • Farinelli.
    • Decca.
  • Angela Morley

    Reverie

    Performer: Esther Abrami. Performer: Edward Picton-Turbervill.
  • Franz Schubert

    Trout Quintet (Theme and Variations)

    Ensemble: Belcea Quartet. Performer: Thomas Adès. Performer: Corin Long.
    • Ades, Schubert: Piano Quintets: Ades.
    • EMI Classics.
  • George Butterworth

    A Shropshire Lad

    Orchestra: London Mozart Players. Conductor: Hilary Davan Wetton.
    • Flowers of the Field.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.
  • James Newton Howard

    The Hanging Tree (From "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Pt. 1")

    Performer: Esther Abrami. Performer: Edward Picton-Turbervill.
  • Bruno Coulais

    Vois sur ton chemin (From "Les Choristes")

    Performer: Esther Abrami. Performer: Edward Picton-Turbervill.
  • Edward Elgar

    The Wand of Youth Suite no.1 (Sun Dance)

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • Capriccio.
  • Georges Bizet

    Habanera (Carmen Suite No 2)

    Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.
    • CBS.
  • Anon.

    Galliard and Allemande

    Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI. Director: Jordi Savall.
    • Alia Vox.
  • Gabriel Fauré

    Pavane, Op 50

    Choir: Seattle Symphony Chorus. Orchestra: Seattle Symphony. Conductor: Ludovic Morlot.
    • Seattle Symphony Media.
  • The Longest Johns

    The Llandoger

    Ensemble: The Longest Johns.
  • Stephen Foster

    Old Folks At ±«Óãtv (Swanee River)

    Singer: Adelaide Hall.
    • A Centenary Celebration.
    • Avid Entertainment.
    • 50.
  • Carl Nielsen

    Maskarade (Overture)

    Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony. Conductor: Herbert Blomstedt.
    • DECCA.
  • John Dowland

    Fantasia in G major P.1

    Performer: Sean Shibe.
    • Delphian.
  • The Longest Johns

    Bones in the Ocean

    Ensemble: The Longest Johns.
  • Trad.

    Shawneetown

    Ensemble: The Longest Johns.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Magnificat in D major BWV 243 (1st - 4th mvts)

    Singer: Miah Persson. Singer: Yukari Nonoshita. Orchestra: Bach Collegium Japan. Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki.
    • BIS.
  • Leos JanáÄek

    The Street Leading to the Castle (Sinfonietta)

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Janacek: Sinfonietta/Taras Bulba: Wiener Philharmoniker/Mackerras.
    • Decca.
    • 4.
  • Camille Saintâ€Saëns

    The Swan (Carnival of the Animals)

    Performer: Mats Lidström. Performer: Bengt Forsberg.
    • Camille Saint-Saens: Music for Cello: Lidstrom/Forsberg.
    • Hyperion.
    • 4.

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