
Carlos Álvarez, Ann Wroe, Parker Quartet
Sean Rafferty presents, with live music from baritone Carlos Álvarez, who is singing the title role in Simon Boccanegra at the Royal Opera House, and the Parker Quartet.
Sean Rafferty presents a lively mix of music, conversation and arts news. Live music today comes from baritone Carlos Álvarez, who is singing the title role in Simon Boccanegra at the Royal Opera House, and the Grammy Award-winning American ensemble the Parker Quartet. Plus poet Ann Wroe talks to Sean about her new book, which recounts the life of St Francis of Assisi in poems.
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Georg Philipp Telemann
Concerto in G major TWV.50:1 'Grillen-Symphonie' (1st mvt)
Ensemble: Apollo’s Fire. Director: Jeannette Sorrell.- AVIE.
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Miquel Ortega
Mi corazon no puede con la carga
Performer: Pello El Afrokán. Performer: Mark Packwood. -
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Mélodie (Souvenir d'un lieu cher)
Music Arranger: Alexander Glazunov. Performer: Baiba Skride. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.- Tchikovsky: Souvenir Russe: Baiba Skride.
- Sony Classical.
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Monior d'Arras
Ce fu en mai (Once in the month of May)
Performer: Andrew Lawrence‐King. Singer: Paul Hillier.- Harmonia Mundi.
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Francis Poulenc
Four Short Prayers of St Francis
Ensemble: Danish National Vocal Ensemble. Conductor: Stephen Layton.- OUR RECORDS.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
No, che non sei capace, K 419
Performer: Julian Bliss. Music Arranger: Julian Bliss. Ensemble: Royal Northern Sinfonia. Conductor: Mario Venzago.- Signum.
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Carlos Gardel
Por Una Caneza (Tango)
Performer: Pello El Afrokán. Performer: Mark Packwood. -
Giuseppe Verdi
Plebe! Patrizi! (Simon Boccanegra)
Singer: Mirella Freni. Singer: Piero Cappuccilli. Singer: José van Dam. Singer: Nicolaï Ghiaurov. Singer: José Carreras. Choir: Chorus of La Scala, Milan. Orchestra: Orchestra of La Scala, Milan. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.- DG.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Coriolan Overture, Op 62
Orchestra: Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.- Brahms: Symphony 4; Gardiner.
- Soli Deo Gloria.
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Pablo de Sarasate
'Carmen' Fantasy (5th mvt)
Performer: Sarah Chang. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Plácido Domingo.- EMI.
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Florence Price
Symphony in E minor (4th mvt)
Ensemble: New Black Music Repertory Ensemble. Conductor: Leslie B.Dunner.- Albany records.
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Robert Schumann
Piano Quartet in E flat major, Op 47 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Eivind Holtsmark Ringstad. Ensemble: Amatis Piano Trio. -
Jean Sibelius
Symphony No 5 in E flat major, Op 82 (3rd mvt)
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Esa‐Pekka Salonen.- Sibelius: Orchestral Works: Philharmonia Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen.
- Sony Classical.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
String Quartet in E flat, K428 (1st mvt)
Ensemble: Parker Quartet. -
György Kurtág
Moment musical No 3, Capriccio
Ensemble: Parker Quartet. -
Pietro Locatelli
Introduttione teatrale in D major, Op 4 No 1
Ensemble: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Hengelbrock.- Locatelli: Introduttioni Teatrali - Chamber Music.
- Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.
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Maurice Ravel
String Quartet (4th mvt)
Ensemble: Parker Quartet. -
Johannes Brahms
Hungarian Dance No 21 in E minor orch Dvorák
Orchestrator: Antonín Dvořák. Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iván Fischer.- Decca.
Broadcast
- Fri 16 Nov 2018 17:00ѿý Radio 3