
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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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.
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Peter Philips
Aria del Gran Duca
Ensemble: Rose Consort of Viols.- Exiled.
- Vox Regis.
- 22.
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Krzysztof Penderecki
O gloriosa virginum
Choir: Latvian Radio Choir. Conductor: Sigvards Kļava.- Penderecki: Sacred Choral Works.
- Ondine.
- 101.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Claude Debussy
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Performer: Susan Manoff. Singer: Sandrine Piau.- NAIVE.
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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.
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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.
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Frédéric Chopin
Nocturne No 7 in C sharp minor, Op 27, No 1
Performer: Jeneba Kanneh‐Mason.- Fantasie.
- Sony Classical.
- 5.
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Oumou Sangaré
Mogoya
Performer: Ludovic Bruni. Performer: Vincent Taeger. Singer: Oumou Sangaré.- No Format.
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Edvard Grieg
Holberg Suite: Praeludium
Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.- Grieg: Holberg Suite/Tchaikovsky: String Serenade: Orheus Chamber Orchestra.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 1.
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Pietro Locatelli
Violin Concerto in A major (2nd mvt)
Ensemble: Europa Galante. Conductor: Fabio Biondi.- Naive.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Benjamin Britten
Four Sea Interludes from 'Peter Grimes' Op. 33a: II. Sunday Morning
Performer: Anna Lapwood.- Images.
- Signum Records.
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Eric Coates
From Meadow to Mayfair Suite; 3. Evening in Town
Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.- CHANDOS.
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- Wed 9 Jul 2025 17:00ѿý Radio 3