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Satie's Sports et divertissements with Kathryn Stott and Andrew McGregor

Kathryn Stott's personal recommendation from recordings of Satie's Sports et divertissements, plus the best of the week's new releases.

As part of Satie-Day on Radio 3, marking 100 years since the death of the French composer, Kathryn Stott makes her personal recommendation from recordings of Satie's Sports et divertissements, plus the best of the week's new releases.

Presented by Andrew McGregor

2pm
Iain Burnside joins Andrew with his pick of new releases

3pm
Building a Library
As part of "Satie-Day", Kathryn Stott brings her personal recommendation for the ultimate recording of Satie's quirky Sports et divertissements to buy, download or stream
Recommended version: Anne Queffelec (Erato/Warner)

3.45pm
Record of the Week
Andrew's pick of the best of the best

1 hour, 59 minutes

Music Played

  • Erik Satie

    Embryon desséché de podophthalma

    Performer: Alain Planès.
    • Satie.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 20.
  • Florence Price

    Violin concerto no.1 in D major (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Fanny Clamagirand. Orchestra: Malmö Operaorkester. Conductor: John Jeter.
    • Price: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 & Other Orchestral Works.
    • Naxos.
    • 103.
  • Antonia Bembo

    Ha! Que l'absence est un cruel martyre

    Ensemble: La Palatine.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Daniel François Esprit Auber

    Les diamants de la couronne (Overture)

    Orchestra: Janáčkova filharmonie Ostrava. Conductor: Dario Salvi.
    • NAXOS.
    • 8.
  • Franz Liszt

    Fantasia on themes from 'Le nozze de Figaro' and 'Don Giovanni' S.697

    Composer: Ferruccio Busoni. Performer: Konstantin Scherbakov.
    • Naxos.
  • Malcolm Arnold

    Brass quintet no.1 Op.73 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Onyx Brass.
    • Chandos.
  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in G major Kk.427

    Performer: JaeYeon Won.
    • Onyx.
  • Alessandro Scarlatti

    Toccata in A

    Performer: JaeYeon Won.
    • Onyx.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    A Midsummer Night's Dream Op.61 (Song with Choir)

    Narrator: Max Urlacher. Choir: RIAS Chamber Choir. Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Pablo Heras‐Casado.
    • Mendelssohn: Ein Sommernachtstraum (A Midsummer Night's Dream - Complete Melodra.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 105.
  • William Shakespeare

    Are you sure that we are awake? (A midsummer night's dream)

    Choir: Kantos Chamber Choir. Conductor: Ellie Slorach.
    • Delphian.
  • Jaakko Mäntyjärvi

    Pseudo-yoik

    Choir: Kantos Chamber Choir. Conductor: Ellie Slorach.
    • Delphian.
  • Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

    Violin Sonata no.5 in E minor [1681]

    Performer: Bojan Čičić. Ensemble: The Illyria Consort.
    • Delphian.

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  • Sat 28 Jun 2025 14:00

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