Mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato with a playlist of New Year cheer
Mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato opens up a colourful selection of music from the inside - revealing familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light.
Mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato rings in the New Year with a spread of music guaranteed to lift your spirits as we embark on the journey that is 2021... If Joyce鈥檚 music is anything to go by, it will be a good year! Powerful Latin grooves from Astor Piazzola and Camaron de la Isla, joyful Beethoven from Martha Argerich, Duke Ellington in the hands of the Swingle Singers and a foot-tapping dance from early music maestro Jordi Savall.
Joyce also chooses choral music by Morten Lauridsen that was her gateway into music, heads east for a track by sitar player Ravi Shankar and soothes us with music written for babies.
A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside.
A Tandem Production for 91热爆 Radio 3
Photo credit: Simon Pauly
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Morten Lauridsen
O Magnum Mysterium
Choir: Robert Shaw Chorale.- TELARC.
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Anon.
Altre Follie: Folias Criollas
Ensemble: Tembembe Ensamble Continuo. Ensemble: Hesp猫rion XXI. Director: Jordi Savall.- ALIA VOX.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Cosi fan tutte, K. 588 - Act II - 'Fra gli amplessi in pochi istanti'
Singer: Ren茅e Fleming. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Georg Solti.- DECCA.
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Astor Piazzolla
Adios Nonino
Performer: Astor Piazzolla. Orchestra: Orquesta Filarm贸nica de Buenos Aires. Conductor: Pedro Ignacio Calder贸n.- LA BATUTA.
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Duke Ellington
It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing
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Rachel Portman
Leaves and trees
Performer: Rachel Portman. Performer: Caroline Dale.- NODE RECORDS.
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Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 3 in D minor Part 2 (extract)
Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.- DG.
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Camar贸n de la Isla
Como El Agua
Performer: Camar贸n de la Isla. Performer: Paco de Luc铆a. Performer: Tomatito.- UNIVERSAL.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 1 Op. 15 - Movt III
Performer: Martha Argerich. Orchestra: West鈥揈astern Divan Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.- PERAL.
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罢谤盲诲
Raga Puriya Kalyan (excerpt)
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Hector Berlioz
Les Troyens - Act 4 - Chasse Royale et orage; Nuit d'ivresse et d'extase infinie
Singer: Joyce DiDonato. Singer: Michael Spyres. Singer: Marie鈥怤icole Lemieux. Orchestra: Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg. Choir: Choeur Philharmonique de Strasbourg. Choir: Badischer Staatsopernchor. Choir: Choeur de l'Opera du Rhin. Conductor: John Nelson.- ERATO.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 645
Performer: Chris Thile. Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma. Performer: Edgar Meyer.- NONESUCH.
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Odette N'Dah
Esso, Esso
Composer: Emily Eagen. Performer: Ang茅lique Kidjo. Performer: Mambi Wentande. Performer: Louie Hernandez. Performer: Ibrahim Sidib茅. Performer: George Whitty. Performer: Sekou Demb茅l茅.- DECCA.
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Tammy Harvey
My baby likes bacon
Composer: John Chin. Composer: Emily Eagen. Performer: Sam Meridan. Performer: Any Whydon. Performer: Malcolm Paron. Performer: Lou Sandoval. Performer: George Whitty. Singer: Rhiannon Giddens. Singer: Jason Sypher.
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- Sat 2 Jan 2021 13:0091热爆 Radio 3
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