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Radio 3’s European Roadtrip: Schumann’s Violin Concerto in Budapest

Linton Stephens showcases the best performances from the UK and beyond, including Renaud Capuçon playing Schumann’s Violin Concerto in Budapest.

Linton Stephens showcases the best performances by ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ orchestras, choirs, ensembles and other great performing groups from Europe and around the globe.

As part of Radio 3’s European Roadtrip this week, today we focus on Budapest, with recordings made there by the Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. In our 3pm centrepiece, the orchestra is joined by violinist Renaud Capuçon for Robert Schumann’s Violin Concerto; before that they perform a Sinfonia by the Baroque composer Christoph Graupner. And for the last time this week, there’s music recorded at this year’s Edinburgh International Music Festival, with more Ravel from pianist Seong-Jin Cho and the Kleio Quartet playing Haydn.

Franz Liszt
Chasse-Neige (Transcendental Studies, No. 12)
Alexandre Kantorow (piano)

Joseph Haydn
String Quartet in D major, Op. 20 No. 4
Kleio Quartet

Maurice Ravel
Ondine (Gaspard de la nuit)
Seong-Jin Cho (piano)

Erno Dohnanyi
Piano Quintet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 1
IMS Prussia Cove

Christoph Graupner
Sinfonia in F major, GWV571
Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Budapest
Erik Bosgraaf (conductor)

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Robert Schumann
Violin Concerto in D minor
Renaud Capuçon (violin, director)
Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Budapest

Bela Bartok arr. Göran Fröst
Romanian Folk Dances (selection)
Martin Fröst (clarinet)
Göran Fröst (viola)
Johan Fröst (piano)

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2 hours, 58 minutes

Music Played

  • Franz Liszt

    Chasse-neige [12 Transcendental Studies]

    Performer: Alexandre Kantorow.
  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in D major, Op. 20 No. 4

    Ensemble: Kleio Quartet.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Ondine from Gaspard de la Nuit

    Performer: Seong-Jin Cho.
  • Clara Schumann

    Evening celebration in Venice (3 Part Songs)

    Choir: North German Radio Choir. Conductor: Philipp Ahmann.
    • Es-Dur.
  • Erno Dohnanyi

    Piano Quintet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 1

    Ensemble: IMS Prussia Cove.
  • Christoph Graupner

    Sinfonia in F, GWV 571

    Orchestra: Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Budapest. Conductor: Erik Bosgraaf.
  • Miklós Rózsa

    Concerto for Strings, Op.17 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • Miklós Rózsa: Orchestral Works, Volume 3.
    • Chandos.
    • 6.
  • Zoltán Kodály

    Adagio in C major for viola and piano

    Performer: Rosalind Ventris. Performer: LlÅ·r Williams.
  • Grażyna Bacewicz

    Quartet for four violins (1949) (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Szymon Krzeszowiec. Performer: Malgorzata Wasiucionek. Performer: Arkadiusz Kubica. Performer: Krzysztof Lason.
    • Bacewicz: The Two Piano Quintets.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 9.
  • Robert Schumann

    Violin Concerto in D minor, WoO 23

    Orchestra: Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Renaud Capuçon.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Gloria in excelsis Deo, BWV 191, cantata

    Performer: Erik Bosgraaf. Singer: Eszter Zemlényi. Singer: Zoltán Megyesi. Orchestra: Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Choir: Hungarian Radio and Television Chorus. Conductor: Zoltán Pad.
  • York Bowen

    3 Fragments from Hans Andersen (The Windmill; The Hardy Tin Soldier; A Leaf from the Sky)

    Performer: Nicolas Namoradze.
    • Hyperion.
  • Richard Wagner

    Das Rheingold (Scene 4 conclusion)

    Singer: Hetty Plümacher. Singer: Set Svanholm. Singer: George London. Singer: Oda Balsborg. Singer: Ira Malaniuk. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Georg Solti.
    • DECCA.

Broadcast

  • Fri 3 Jan 2025 13:00