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ѿý Proms Essential Classics Mix with Naga Munchetty

An hour of Essential Classics from this year’s ѿý Proms hand-picked by Naga Munchetty.

Naga Munchetty, presenter on ѿý Breakfast and ѿý Radio 5 Live, selects her personal highlights from this year's ѿý Proms including, Bizet's "Carmen", Henry Mancini's "The Pink Panther" theme, Duke Ellington's "Caravan" and Sam Smiths' "I'm Not the Only One".
Plus, highlights from the rest of the Proms season, with recordings and live performances from some of the soloists and orchestras appearing at the Royal Albert Hall this year. MM

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1 hour, 1 minute

Music Played

  • Georges Bizet

    L'amour est un oiseau rebelle [Habanera] (Carmen)

    Singer: Angela Gheorghiu. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Marco Armiliato.
    • Homage to Maria Callas.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 107.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Dance from Othello (ѿý Proms 2024)

    Orchestra: Sinfonia Smith Square. Conductor: Kwamé Ryan.
  • Sam Smith

    I'm Not The Only One (ѿý Proms 2024)

    Performer: Ben Castle. Singer: Sam Smith. Performer: Benjamin Totten. Performer: Ruth O’Mahoney Brady. Performer: Ralph Salmins. Singer: Clare Teal. Singer: Patrick Linton. Singer: Ladonna Young. Singer: Steve Pearce. Choir: The LJ Singers. Orchestra: ѿý Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Simon Hale.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sarabande (from Violin Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004) (ѿý Proms 2024)

    Performer: Anne‐Sophie Mutter.
  • Louise Farrenc

    Overture In E Minor Op. 23 (ѿý Proms 2024)

    Orchestra: ѿý National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Nil Venditti.
  • Henry Mancini

    The Pink Panther Theme

    Orchestra: Mancini Pops Orchestra.
    • RCA.
  • Claude Debussy

    Suite Bergamasque: Clair de lune

    Performer: Seong-Jin Cho.
    • Seong-Jin Cho - Debussy.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 15.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    A Midsummer Night's Dream Op.61 (Scherzo)

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.
    • Philips.
  • Isobel Waller-Bridge

    The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and the Horse

    Performer: Isobel Waller-Bridge. Orchestra: ѿý Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Geoffrey Alexander.
    • The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse.
    • SONY.
    • 1.
  • Paul Dukas

    The Sorcerer's Apprentice

    Orchestra: Orchestre national des Pays de la Loire. Conductor: Pascal Rophé.
    • Roussel; Dukas: The Spider's Feast etc..
    • BIS.
    • 15.
  • Duke Ellington

    Caravan

    Performer: Quincy Jones and His Orchestra.
    • Jasmine Records.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    12 Studies Op.10 for piano: no.8 in F major

    Performer: Yunchan Lim.
    • Decca.
  • Samuel Barber

    Adagio for Strings (ѿý Proms 2024)

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.