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The biggest names in classical music

Sean Rafferty meets conductor Thomas Søndergård, who will be performing Berlioz’s Requiem at Edinburgh’s Usher Hall with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Plus, there is live music from pianist Alim Beisembayev.

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Mon 10 Jun 2024 17:00

Music Played

  • Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka

    Ruslan and Ludmila (Overture)

    Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vassily Sinaisky.
    • Glinka: Orchestral Works.
    • Chandos.
    • 6.
  • Francesco Cavalli

    Salve Regina

    Choir: The Sixteen. Director: Harry Christophers.
    • CORO.
  • Erik Satie

    Gymnopédie no.1 in D major

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • Satie: Avant-Dernieres Pensees.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 3.
  • Mikolaj Majkusiak

    Concerto Classico [excerpt]

    Performer: Mélia Simonot. Orchestra: ѿý Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
  • Clara Schumann

    Mein Stern

    Performer: Eugene Asti. Singer: Susan Gritton.
    • Hyperion.
  • Jean‐Philippe Rameau

    Platée (Prologue: Overture)

    Orchestra: European Union Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Roy Goodman.
    • Rameau: Ballet Suites.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.
  • George Gershwin

    Piano Concerto in F major - 2nd movement, Adagio - Andante con moto

    Performer: Stefano Bollani. Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue, Piano Concerto: Chailly.
    • Decca.
    • 8.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Symphony No. 1 in D Major "Classical", Op. 25: I. Allegro

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Søndergård.
    • Prokofiev: Symphonies 1 & 5.
    • Linn Records.
    • 1.
  • Hector Berlioz

    Grande messe des morts, Op. 5, "Requiem": Dies irae

    Choir: Wroclaw Philharmonic Choir. Orchestra: Gabrieli Consort & Players. Conductor: Paul McCreesh. Ensemble: Chetham's School of Music Symphonic Brass Ensemble. Orchestra: Wrocław Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Berlioz: Grande messe des morts (1837).
    • Signum Classics.
    • 2.
  • Franz Liszt

    Etudes d'execution transcendante for piano (S.139), no.1; Preludio

    Performer: Alim Beisembayev.
    • WARNER CLASSICS.
  • Franz Liszt

    Etudes d'execution transcendante for piano (S.139), no.2 in A minor

    Performer: Alim Beisembayev.
    • WARNER CLASSICS.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    String Quartet no.12 in F major, Op.96 'American' (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Pavel Haas Quartet.
    • Dvorak String Quartets - Pavel Haas Quartet.
    • Supraphon.
    • 8.
  • Claude Debussy

    Images II: Cloches à travers les feuilles

    Performer: Alim Beisembayev.
  • Modest Mussorgsky

    Pictures From An Exhibition, Orch. Ravel, i & ii

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.
    • Deutsche Grammophon : 479 6297.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 1-2.
  • Franz Schubert

    Impromptu in B flat major

    Performer: Alim Beisembayev.
  • Alice Mary Smith

    Symphony in C minor (IV. Allegro maestoso)

    Ensemble: London Mozart Players. Conductor: Howard Shelley.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude and Fugue in C sharp major, BWV.848

    Performer: Sir András Schiff.
    • DECCA.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony no.5 in E minor (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Arctic Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Christian Lindberg.
    • Tchaikovsky: Symphonies 4, 5 & 6.
    • BIS.
    • 3.

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