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Singer Nora Fischer with a joyful and touching playlist

Nora Fischer opens up a selection of classical music from a singer’s point of view - revealing familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light.

Nora Fischer returns to Inside Music with another eclectic selection, including a Radiohead track in the hands of a string quartet, Rameau’s bird calls brought to life on wind instruments, and the seductive jazz harmonies of a haunting song by Poulenc.

She also muses on the benefits of live versus studio performance before hearing Glenn Gould play Bach, and realises that singing Wagner isn’t necessarily all about power.

Plus she remembers how as a small girl she discovered that listening to a Mahler symphony could be fun…

A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside.

A Tandem Production for ѿý Radio 3

1 hour, 56 minutes

Music Played

  • Zapp4

    Give up the Ghost

    • BUZZ RECORDS.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude & Fugue No. 21 in B major (The Well Tempered Clavier, Book 2)

    Performer: Glenn Gould.
    • SONY.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude & Fugue No. 22 in B minor (The Well Tempered Clavier, Book 2)

    Performer: Glenn Gould.
    • SONY.
  • Francis Poulenc

    Bois Meutris (Un Soir de Neige)

    Choir: Nederlands Kamerkoor. Conductor: Eric Ericson.
    • GLOBE.
  • Charles Spearin

    Mrs Morris

    Performer: Charles Spearin. Narrator: Mrs Morris.
    • ARTS & CRAFTS.
  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony No. 1 in D major, 'Titan' (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iván Fischer.
    • CHANNEL.
  • Greg Saunier

    Deerhoof Chamber Variations (I. Rainbow Silhouette of the Milky Rain; II. Data)

    Ensemble: s t a r g a z e.
    • TRANSGRESSIVE.
  • Jonny Greenwood

    Open Spaces (There Will Be Blood)

    Orchestra: ѿý Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Robert Ziegler.
    • NONESUCH.
  • Stefano Landi

    Augellin

    Music Arranger: Nora Fischer. Music Arranger: Marnix Dorrestein. Singer: Nora Fischer. Performer: Marnix Dorrestein.
  • Jean‐Philippe Rameau

    Gigue en Rondeau I & II (Suite Le Rappel des Oiseaux)

    Ensemble: Calefax Reed Quintet.
    • DABRINGHAUS UND GRIMM.
  • Jean‐Philippe Rameau

    Le Rappel des Oiseaux (Suite Le Rappel des Oiseaux)

    Ensemble: Calefax Reed Quintet.
    • DABRINGHAUS UND GRIMM.
  • Richard Wagner

    Liebestod (Tristan und Isolde)

    Singer: Kirsten Flagstad. Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Hans Lange.
    • PREISER.
  • Claude Debussy

    Pour le Piano, L. 95 (I. Prelude)

    Performer: Jean‐Yves Thibaudet.
    • DECCA.
  • Caroline Shaw

    Other Song

    Performer: Jonathan Low. Ensemble: Sō Percussion. Singer: Caroline Shaw.
    • NONESUCH.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    String Quartet No. 8 (III. Allegretto)

    Ensemble: Emerson String Quartet.
    • DG.
  • Kinan Azmeh

    Suite for Improvisor & Orchestra (I. Love on 139th Street)

    Performer: Kinan Azmeh. Performer: Hogir Göregen. Performer: Bodek Janke. Orchestra: German Symphony Orchestra Berlin. Conductor: Manuel Nawri.
    • DREYER GAIDO.
  • Barbara Strozzi

    Lagrime Mie (Diporti di Euterpe, Op. 7 No. 4)

    Performer: Mike Fentross. Performer: Emma Huijsser. Performer: Paulina van Laarhoven. Singer: Claron McFadden.
    • ZEFIR.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Hungarian Dance No. 1

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • DG.
  • David Bruce

    Cut the Rug (IV. Wake the Dead)

    Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma. Ensemble: Silk Road Ensemble.
    • SONY.

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  • Sat 2 Apr 2022 13:00

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