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Hélène Grimaud, Michael Spyres

With Sean Rafferty, pianist Hélène Grimaud plays the songs of Silvestrov, and baritenor Michael Spyres reinvents the Baroque repertoire.

As she releases a new album dedicated to Ukrainian composer Valentin Silvestrov, pianist Hélène Grimaud joins Sean Rafferty and performs live in the 'In Tune' studio.

Also performing live, accompanied by pianist Sebastian Wybrew, is baritenor Michael Spyres, who presents a new record in which he challenges the perceptions of the tenor in the Baroque era.

2 hours

Music Played

  • Maurice Ravel

    Le Tombeau de Couperin (Prélude)

    Orchestra: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • Ravel: La valse, M. 72 & Other Works.
    • BIS.
    • 101.
  • Valentin Silvestrov

    3 Bagatelles Op.1 for piano; No 1. Allegretto

    Performer: Hélène Grimaud.
  • Nicola Porpora

    Nocchier, che mai non vide l'orror della tempesta (Germanico in Germania)

    Singer: Michael Spyres. Ensemble: Il Pomo d’Oro. Conductor: Francesco Corti.
    • Erato.
  • Gustav Holst

    Ave Maria, Op. 9b

    Lyricist: Trad.. Choir: The Bevan Family Consort.
    • Vidi Speciosam: Sacred Choral Music.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 112.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Violin Concerto in A minor, RV 358 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Performer: Thomas Dunford. Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Christian Curnyn.
    • DECCA : 476 4342.
    • DECCA.
    • 12.
  • Alexander Borodin

    In the Steppes of Central Asia

    Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture, Rimsky-Korsakov, Borodin: Neeme Jarvi.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 3.
  • Valentin Silvestrov

    Silent Songs; No. 1, Song Can Heal the Ailing Spirit

    Performer: Hélène Grimaud. Singer: Konstantin Krimmel.
    • Silvestrov: Silent Songs.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Valentin Silvestrov

    3 Bagatelles Op.1 for piano; No. 2 Moderato

    Performer: Hélène Grimaud.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Don Giovanni - Overture

    Librettist: Lorenzo Da Ponte. Orchestra: London Classical Players. Conductor: Sir Roger Norrington.
    • Mozart Treasures.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 307.
  • Richard Strauss

    Mir ist die Ehre widerfahren (Der Rosenkavalier)

    Singer: Natalie Dessay. Singer: Angelika Kirchschlager. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.
    • Strauss: Amor.
    • VIRGIN CLASSICS.
    • 9.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Holberg Suite Op.40 (5th mvt)

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • Hanssler.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Prelude in G sharp minor, Op 32 No 12

    Performer: Tom Borrow.
  • Karl Jenkins

    The Armed Man - A Mass For Peace; X. Agnus Dei

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Karl Jenkins. Choir: National Youth Choir. Conductor: Mike Brewer.
    • Karl Jenkins - The Armed Man.
    • Decca.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Winter (from The Seasons); 1st mvt

    Performer: Martynas.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Keyboard Concerto No 1 in D minor, BWV 1052 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Sir András Schiff. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Director: Sir András Schiff.
    • Piano Masterworks The World's Favourite Piano Classics.
    • Decca.
    • 3.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Tamerlano - Act 3, sc.8; Empio per farti guerra

    Performer: Michael Spyres. Performer: Sebastian Wybrew.
  • Christoph Willibald Gluck

    Orphée et Eurydice - J'ai perdu mon Euridyce

    Performer: Michael Spyres. Performer: Sebastian Wybrew.
  • Antonio Maria Mazzoni

    Antigono - Act I, Scene 8: Tu m'involasti un regno

    Performer: Michael Spyres. Performer: Sebastian Wybrew.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Hungarian Dance No 1 in G minor

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • Sony Classical.
  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata KK 9 in D minor (Pastorale)

    Performer: Federico Colli.
    • Scarlatti: Sonatas Vol. 1.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 3.

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  • Fri 19 May 2023 17:00

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