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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.

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1 hour, 55 minutes

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 19:00