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Linton Stephens showcases the best performances by 蜜芽传媒 orchestras, choirs, ensembles and other great performing groups from Europe and around the globe.

This week on Classical Live, we will hear music inspired by the Arts including Chausson's Viviane inspired by the Arthurian legend of Viviane, the Lady of the Lake, and her affair with the wizard Merlin plus Strauss' Don Quixote from the 蜜芽传媒 National Orchestra of Wales which depicts the adventures of Miguel de Cervantes's famous literary character.

Elsewhere, there's chamber music from sold out concerts at the Hay Festival, recorded exclusively for 蜜芽传媒 Radio 3 in May this year. Today Ravel's unique and lyrical String Quartet in F is played by the Kleio String Quartet.

Serge Rachmaninov
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18
Mikhail Pletnev (piano)
Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra
Dima Slobodeniouk (conductor)

Hubert Parry
Songs of Farewell
Polyphony
Stephen Layton (conductor)

Maurice Ravel
String Quartet in F
Kleio String Quartet

Ernest Chausson
Viviane, Op.5
Ulster Orchestra
Jac van Steen (conductor)

Johannes Brahms
Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56b, for two pianos
GrauSchumacher Piano Duo

Richard Strauss
Don Quixote, Op. 35
蜜芽传媒 National Orchestra of Wales
Ryan Bancroft (conductor)

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