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Puccini's Messa di Gloria from Budapest

José Cura conducts the Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in Puccini's Messa di Gloria and, with violinist Ádám Banda, Respighi's Concerto Gregoriano.

In a concert given at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest in February, José Cura conducts the Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in Puccini's Messa di Gloria, alongside Respighi's Concerto Gregoriano with violinist Ádám Banda.

During the interval, you can hear both composers in more intimate mode, with Puccini's miniature for string quartet, Crisantemi, and Respighi's depiction of a sunset - Il Tramonto.

Respighi - Concerto Gregoriano
Ádám Banda (violin)
Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
José Cura (conductor)

8.05pm INTERVAL

Respighi - Il Tramonto
Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano)
Brodsky Quartet

Puccini - Crisantemi
Quatuour Varese

8.25pm
Puccini - Messa di Gloria
Attila Fekete (tenor)
Miklós Sebestyén (baritone)
Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
José Cura (conductor)

Presented by Fiona Talkington

1 hour, 59 minutes

Music Played

  • Ottorino Respighi

    Concerto Gregoriano

    Performer: Adam Banda. Orchestra: Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: José Cura.
  • Ottorino Respighi

    Il Tramonto, for soprano and string quartet (1914)

    Singer: Anne Sofie von Otter. Ensemble: Brodsky Quartet.
    • CHALLENGE CLASSICS.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    Crisantemi for string quartet

    Ensemble: Quatuor Varèse.
    • NoMadMusic.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    Messa di Gloria

    Singer: Attila Fekete. Singer: Miklós Sebestyén. Choir: Hungarian Radio and Television Chorus. Orchestra: Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: José Cura.
  • Juan Crisóstomo de Arriaga

    Overture in D major, Op.20

    Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Juanjo Mena.
    • CHANDOS.

Broadcast

  • Mon 4 Jul 2022 19:30