Highlights from the Edinburgh International Music Festival and orchestral works from Italy
Tom McKinney showcases the best performances from the UK and beyond including music from Italy鈥檚 RAI National Symphony Orchestra and the Edinburgh International Music Festival.
Tom McKinney showcases the best performances by 蜜芽传媒 orchestras, choirs, ensembles and other great performing groups from Europe and around the globe.
Today's Classical Live features specially recorded performances from this year's Edinburgh International Music Festival. The multi-award-winning Japanese violinist Midori performs with her long-time recital partner, American pianist 脰zg眉r Aydin in a dazzling programme including Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Violin Sonata No. 23 in D major. A performance by one of the world's most renowned pianists, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, also features. His recital from Scotland reflects his all-encompassing musical passions in works stretching across three centuries.
Continuing our theme across the week, there will also be music from Italy. The RAI National Symphony Orchestra will perform Tchaikovsky's dramatic Romeo and Juliet fantasy overture after Shakespeare and Stravinsky's Jeu de cartes, ballet in three deals. Today's centrepiece is Mahler's epic Symphony No. 1 in D, 'Titan'.
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Romeo and Juliet, fantasy overture after Shakespeare
Rai National Symphony Orchestra
Michele Mariotti (conductor)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Violin Sonata No. 23 in D major K306
Midori (violin)
脰zg眉r Aydin (piano)
Igor Stravinsky
Jeu de cartes, ballet in three deals
Rai National Symphony Orchestra
Michele Mariotti (conductor)
Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 1 in D ('Titan')
Rai National Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Harding (conductor)
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From the Edinburgh International Music Festival:
Johannes Brahms
Intermezzo in A minor Op 118, No 1
Johannes Brahms
Intermezzo in A Op 118, No 2
Johannes Brahms
Intermezzo in F minor Op 118, No 4
Arnold Schoenberg
Piano Pieces Op 33a
Arnold Schoenberg
Piano Pieces Op 33b
Robert Schumann
Ges盲nge der Fr眉he Op 133
Arnold Schoenberg
Five Piano Pieces Op 23
Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano)
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Romeo and Juliet, fantasy overture after Shakespeare
Orchestra: RAI National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Michele Mariotti. -
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Violin Sonata No. 23 in D Major, K. 306
Performer: Midori. Performer: 脰zg眉r Aydin. -
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Igor Stravinsky
Jeu de cartes
Orchestra: RAI National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Michele Mariotti. -
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Johannes Brahms
Intermezzo in A minor Op 118, No 1
Performer: Pierre鈥怢aurent Aimard. -
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Johannes Brahms
Intermezzo in A Op 118, No 2
Performer: Pierre鈥怢aurent Aimard. -
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Johannes Brahms
Intermezzo in F minor Op 118, No 4
Performer: Pierre鈥怢aurent Aimard. -
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Arnold Schoenberg
Piano Pieces Op 33a
Performer: Pierre鈥怢aurent Aimard. -
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Arnold Schoenberg
Piano Pieces Op 33b
Performer: Pierre鈥怢aurent Aimard. -
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Robert Schumann
Ges盲nge der Fr眉he Op 133
Performer: Pierre鈥怢aurent Aimard. -
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Arnold Schoenberg
Five Piano Pieces Op 23
Performer: Pierre鈥怢aurent Aimard. -
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Erik Satie
Sonatine bureaucratique (1st mvt)
Performer: Anne Queff茅lec.- Satie: Gymnopedies, Gnossiennes & Sports et Divertissements: Anne Queffelec.
- Virgin Classics.
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Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 1 in D
Orchestra: RAI National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Harding. -
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Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for Strings in G Minor, RV 156: III. Allegro
Conductor: Rub茅n Dubrovsky. Ensemble: Bach Consort Wien.- Vivaldi: Stabat Mater, Gloria & Other Works (Live).
- Gramola Records.
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- Thu 9 Jan 2025 13:00蜜芽传媒 Radio 3