Lammermuir Festival & RSNO play Rachmaninoff
Jamie MacDougall previews this year's Lammermuir Festival and features a concert recording by the RSNO performing Rachmaninoff's Isle Of the Dead.
Jamie MacDougall previews this year's Lammermuir Festival and features a concert recording by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra performing Rachmaninoff's Isle of the Dead, a composition inspired by a black-and-white print of a painting by Swiss artist Arnold Arnold Böcklin.
Get in touch with any special requests or news you’d like to share via classicalnow@bbc.co.uk, and to listen on most smart speakers, just say 'ask ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Sounds to play Classical Now'.
Last on
Music Played
-
Peter Breiner
Beatles Concerto Grosso No. 2 (In the style of Vivaldi): I. A Hard Day's Night
- Naxos Music UK Ltd.
-
Maurice Joseph Ravel
Le tombeau de Couperin, M. 68: VI. Toccata
-
Claudio Monteverdi
Settimo libro de' madrigali: "Io son pur vezzosetta pastorella"
- Believe International.
-
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Tchaikovsky: String Quartet No. 1 in D Major, Op. 11: II. Andante cantabile
- Rubicon Classics.
-
Sergey Rachmaninov
Rachmaninoff - Isle of The Dead
Conductor: Nodoka Okisawa.- RSNO Private Recording.
-
Gabriel Fauré
Fauré: Sonata No. 1 in A Major, Op. 13: I. Allegro molto
- Fauré, Debussy, Szymanowski, Chopin.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
- 1.
-
Gabriel Fauré
Fauré: Sonata No. 1 in A Major, Op. 13: II. Andante
- Fauré, Debussy, Szymanowski, Chopin.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
- 2.
-
Gabriel Fauré
Fauré: Sonata No. 1 in A Major, Op. 13: III. Allegro vivo
- Fauré, Debussy, Szymanowski, Chopin.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
- 3.
-
Gabriel Fauré
Fauré: Violin Sonata No. 1 in A major, Op. 13. Allegro quasi presto
- Fauré, Debussy, Szymanowski, Chopin.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
- 4.
-
Sir Alexander Campbell Mackenzie
Mackenzie: Coriolanus, Op. 61: II. Marche funèbre. Andante
Conductor: Martyn Brabbins. -
Frédéric Chopin
Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 35: Marche funèbre: Lento
- The Four Ballades.
- Challenge Classics.
- 3.
-
Frédéric Chopin
Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 35: Finale. Presto. Sotto voce e legato
- The Four Ballades.
- Challenge Classics.
- 4.
-
Amy Beach
Beach: Piano Concerto in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 45: I. Allegro moderato
- Beach, Chaminade & Howell: Piano Concertos (Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto.
- Hyperion.
-
Amy Beach
Beach: Piano Concerto in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 45: II. Scherzo II. (Perpetuum mobile): Vivace
- Beach, Chaminade & Howell: Piano Concertos (Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto.
- Hyperion.
-
Amy Beach
Beach: Piano Concerto in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 45: III. Largo
- Beach, Chaminade & Howell: Piano Concertos (Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto.
- Hyperion.
-
Amy Beach
Beach: Piano Concerto in C-Sharp Minor Op 45 IV. Allegro con scioltezza
- Beach, Chaminade & Howell: Piano Concertos (Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto.
- Hyperion.
Broadcast
- Sun 6 Jul 2025 19:00ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio Scotland