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The classical soundtrack for your evening

Petroc Trelawny is joined by Italian pianist Beatrice Rana and Moldovan-born violinist Alexandra Conunova who perform Schumann soon in London. Plus, James Inverne has written a new play about the battle to score La bohème, which opens this week at the Park Theatre.

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Wed 9 Jul 2025 17:00

Music Played

  • Gabriel Fauré

    Après un rêve

    Performer: Beatrice Rana. Performer: Alexandra Conunova.
  • Traditional Dutch

    Malle Symen

    Composer: Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck. Performer: Pieter-Jan Belder.
    • Sweelinck: Works for Harpsichord.
    • Intermusic S.A..
    • 7.
  • Peter Philips

    Aria del Gran Duca

    Ensemble: Rose Consort of Viols.
    • Exiled.
    • Vox Regis.
    • 22.
  • Krzysztof Penderecki

    O gloriosa virginum

    Choir: Latvian Radio Choir. Conductor: Sigvards Kļava.
    • Penderecki: Sacred Choral Works.
    • Ondine.
    • 101.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Nutcracker (Mother Gigogne and the Clowns)

    Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker.
    • Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker: Berliner Philharmoniker/Rattle.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 8.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Suite in F major, HWV 348, 'Water Music' (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale. Conductor: Nicholas McGegan.
    • Handel: Water Musick: Nicholas McGegan.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Clara Schumann

    Romance No 1 Op 22

    Performer: Beatrice Rana. Performer: Alexandra Conunova.
  • Max Bruch

    Violin Concerto No 1 in G Minor, Op 26 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Maxim Vengerov. Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Kurt Masur.
    • Bruch & Mendelssohn: Violin Concertos.
    • Warner Classics International.
    • 2.
  • Clara Schumann

    Romance No 3, Op 22

    Performer: Beatrice Rana. Performer: Alexandra Conunova.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No 5 in B flat major, K 22 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Jeffrey Tate.
    • Mozart The Collectors Edition 50 CDs The Masterpieces The Greatest Artists.
    • EMI Classics.
  • Claude Debussy

    é󾱰

    Performer: Susan Manoff. Singer: Sandrine Piau.
    • NAIVE.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Song to the moon (Rusalka)

    Music Arranger: Pablo Ferrández. Performer: Pablo Ferrández. Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Martin Frost.
    • Rusalka, Op. 114, Act I: Song to the Moon.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony no.4 in E minor, Op.98 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Mariss Jansons.
    • Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 in B-Flat Major - Brahms: Symphony No. 4 in E Minor (L.
    • BR-Klassik.
    • 203.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Nocturne No 7 in C sharp minor, Op 27, No 1

    Performer: Jeneba Kanneh‐Mason.
    • Fantasie.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 5.
  • Oumou Sangaré

    Mogoya

    Performer: Ludovic Bruni. Performer: Vincent Taeger. Singer: Oumou Sangaré.
    • No Format.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Holberg Suite: Praeludium

    Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Grieg: Holberg Suite/Tchaikovsky: String Serenade: Orheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 1.
  • Pietro Locatelli

    Violin Concerto in A major (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Europa Galante. Conductor: Fabio Biondi.
    • Naive.
  • Ruggero Leoncavallo

    Testa adorata (La Bohème)

    Singer: Jonas Kaufmann. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.
    • Verismo Arias: Jonas Kaufmann, Antonio Pappano.
    • Decca.
    • 5.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    O Soave Fanciulla (La Bohème)

    Singer: Jonas Kaufmann. Singer: Kristine Opolais. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.
    • Sony.
  • John Field

    Piano Sonata in E flat major, Op 1 No 1 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Míċeál O'Rourke.
    • John Field: Four Piano Sonatas: Miceal O'Rourke.
    • Chandos.
    • 2.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Four Sea Interludes from 'Peter Grimes' Op. 33a: II. Sunday Morning

    Performer: Anna Lapwood.
    • Images.
    • Signum Records.
    • 10.
  • Eric Coates

    From Meadow to Mayfair Suite; 3. Evening in Town

    Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • CHANDOS.

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