30/12/2018
Sara Mohr-Pietsch introduces an hour of irresistible music for voices… featuring an extract from Bernstein’s recording of Haydn’s The Creation, a hunting song with a twist and a favourite spiritual from O Brother Where Art Thou.
Produced by Eleri Llian Rees for ѿý Cymru Wales.
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Music Played
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Robert Schumann
Im Walde (Romances And Ballads, Op 75)
Ensemble: Stuttgart Swr Vocal Ensemble. Director: Rupert Huber.- Hännsler Classic CD 93.002.
- Hännsler Classic.
- 7.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Mass in B minor, BWV 232: Kyrie Eleison
Choir: Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart. Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Director: Hans-Christoph Rademann.- Carus 83.315.
- Carus.
- 3.
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Benjamin Britten
Begone, Dull Care (Friday Afternoons, Op 7)
Performer: Alexander Wells. Performer: Skaila Kanga. Choir: New London Children’s Choir. Conductor: Ronald Corp.- Naxos 8.553183.
- Naxos.
- 1.
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Benjamin Britten
Jazz-Man (Friday Afternoons, Op 7)
Performer: Alexander Wells. Performer: Skaila Kanga. Choir: New London Children’s Choir. Conductor: Ronald Corp.- Naxos 8.553183.
- Naxos.
- 10.
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Joseph Haydn
The Creation: The Heavens are Telling
Choir: Camerata Singers. Singer: Judith Raskin. Singer: Alexander Young. Singer: John Reardon. Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.- Sony Classical SM2K 47 560.
- Sony Classical.
- 13.
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Morten Lauridsen
Dirait-on (Les Chansons de Roses)
Performer: Jörg Halubek. Performer: Morten Lauridsen. Choir: Chamber Choir of Europe. Conductor: Nicol Matt.- Bayer Records.
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Percy Grainger
I'm Seventeen Come Sunday
Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Orchestra: English Country Gardiner Orchestra. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.- Philips 446 657-2.
- Philips,.
- 10.
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Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Sicut cervus
Ensemble: New York Polyphony.- BIS SACD 2203.
- BIS.
- 21.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Beatus vir, RV597 (Gloria Patri)
Performer: David Briggs. Performer: Richard Farnes. Choir: King'S College Cambridge Choir. Singer: Isobel Buchanan. Singer: Jennifer Smith. Singer: Helen Watts. Singer: Ian Partridge. Singer: John Shirley‐Quirk. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury.- ARGO 414 495-2.
- ARGO.
- 19.
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Trad.
Down in the River to Pray
Performer: Alison Krauss. Performer: Gillian Welch. Choir: First Baptist Choir Of White House Tennessee.- MERCURY RECORDS.
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Camille Saint‐Saëns
Messe de Requiem, Op 54: Dies Irae
Ensemble: Hertfordshire Chorus. Choir: Harlow Chorus. Choir: East London Chorus. Conductor: Michael Kibblewhite. Singer: Tinuke Olafimihan. Singer: Catherine Wyn-Rogers. Singer: Anthony Roden. Singer: Simon Kirkbride. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Geoffrey Simon.- Cala Records CACD1015.
- Cala Records.
- 12.
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Igor Stravinsky
Pot-belly (4 Russian folk songs for female chorus)
Choir: The Bolshoi Theatre Children's Choir. Conductor: Andrei Zaboronok.- Collins Digital 13912.
- Collins Digital.
- 28.
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Edward Elgar
The Dance (Scenes from the Bavarian Highlands)
Choir: London Symphony Chorus. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.- CHANDOS : chan-9436.
- CHANDOS.
- 10.
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George Frideric Handel
Coronation Anthem No 2, HWV 259 (Let Thy Hand be Strengthened)
Choir: King'S College Cambridge Choir. Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury.- EMI : 7243 5-57140 2 2.
- EMI.
- 4.
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Josef Rheinberger
Abendlied
Composer: Ralph Allwood. Choir: The Rodolfus Choir.- HERALD : HAVPCD-289.
- HERALD.
- 1.
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- Sun 30 Dec 2018 16:00ѿý Radio 3
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