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Thursday - Petroc Trelawny

Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring Dame Kiri Te Kanawa's 20 Favourite Voices and listener requests.

Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests. Also, as part of "Classical Voice", we are featuring Dame Kiri Te Kanawa's 20 Favourite Voices. Each day, during the 20 days of the Classical Voice season, Dame Kiri, drawing on her own experience, selects a singer and illustrates in music - explaining in an entertaining and simple way - why she's selected this voice as one of her favourites.

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2 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Thu 25 Jun 2015 06:30

Music Played

  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Oberon (Overture)

    Orchestra: Tapiola Sinfonietta. Conductor: Jean鈥怞acques Kantorow.
    • Weber: Overtures: Tapiola Sinfonietta, Kantorow.
    • BIS.
  • Rebecca Clarke

    Midsummer Moon

    Performer: Jonathan Rees. Performer: Kathron Sturrock.
    • Rebecca Clarke.
    • Gamut Classics.
    • 7.
  • Vladimir Horowitz

    Variations on a Theme from Bizet's Carmen

    Performer: Yuja Wang.
    • Yuja Wang - Fantasia.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 8.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sei Lob und preis mit Ehren; Alleluja - from Cantata (BWV.51) Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen

    Singer: Elizabeth Watts. Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: Harry Bicket.
    • Bach: Cantatas and Arias/Watts.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
    • 16.
  • Leos Jan谩膷ek

    Idyll for string orchestra: 6th movement; Scherzo and trio

    Orchestra: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: James Conlon.
    • Janacek - Danses Lachiennes - Idylle - J. Conlon.
    • Erato.
    • 12.
  • Carl Nielsen

    Serenata in vano

    Ensemble: Athena Ensemble.
    • Nielsen: Wind Music.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 4.
  • Aram Khachaturian

    Masquerade Suite (Waltz)

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Khachaturian: Piano Concerto etc..
    • Chandos.
    • 4.
  • Johan Halvorsen

    Bryllupsmarsj [Wedding march] for violin and orchestra (Op.32`1)

    Performer: Melina Mandozzi. Performer: Marianne Thorsen. Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Halvorsen: Orchestral Works Vol.3: Hemsing/Thorsen/BPO/Jarvi.
    • Chandos.
    • 5.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Suite No 4 in G major, 'Mozartiana' (Gigue)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Jarvi, Nemme: Piano Concerto No.1.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 4-5.
  • Benjamin Britten

    A wedding Anthem (Amo Ergo Sum)

    Singer: Ruth Dean. Singer: Neil MacKenzie. Choir: The Sixteen. Performer: Margaret Phillips. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • CORO.
    • 10.
  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Sicilienne Op.78

    Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Performer: Mariko Anraku.
    • Beau Soir, French and Japanese melodies: Pahud/Anraku.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 6.
  • Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni

    Sinfonia for strings in G minor

    Ensemble: La Serenissima. Director: Adrian Chandler.
    • Venice by Night.
    • Avie.
    • 5-7.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Waltz in C sharp minor, Op 64 No 2 (Les Sylphides)

    Music Arranger: Roy Douglas. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.
    • Famous Ballet Music: Herbert von Karajan, Berliner Philharmoniker.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Henry Litolff

    Concerto Symphonique no.4 in D minor, Op.102 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Peter Donohoe. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.
    • Litolff Concertos Symphoniques Nos 2 & 4.
    • Hyperion.
    • 2.
  • Arvo P盲rt

    Virgincita

    Choir: Polyphony. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • Polyphony/Arvo part.
    • Hyperion.
    • 5.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Scherzo in A minor Op.81`2

    Ensemble: Emerson String Quartet.
    • Mendelssohn - The Complete String Quartets.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 11.
  • Robert Schumann

    Liederkreis (Op.39), no.5; Mondnacht

    Orchestra: Columbia Symphony Orchestra. Singer: Barbra Streisand. Conductor: Claus Ogerman.
    • Classical Barbra: Barbra Streisand.
    • Sony Masterworks.
  • Alfredo Casella

    Paganiniana Op.65 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: La Scala Philharmonic. Conductor: Riccardo Muti.
    • La Scala PO/Muti.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Il Poveretto for voice and piano

    Performer: Geoffrey Parsons. Singer: Margaret Price. Librettist: S. Manfredo Maggioni.
    • Verdi: Songs for Voice and Piano: Price/Parsons.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 13.
  • Josef Suk

    Un poco triste, Op 17 No 3

    Performer: Renaud Capu莽on. Performer: J茅r么me Ducros.
    • Renaud Capucon: Le violon Roi.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 12.
  • Robert Schumann

    Promenade from Carnaval, Op.9

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • In the Night.
    • HYPERION.
    • 26.
  • Richard Strauss

    Horn Concerto No 2 in E flat major (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Barry Tuckwell. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Istv谩n Kert茅sz.
    • R. Strauss: The Concertos.
    • Decca.
    • 9.

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