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Classical music, live from the BBC

Conductor Raphaël Pichon talks to Sean Rafferty about Ensemble Pygmalion's latest recording of Monteverdi's Vespers.

Pianist Llŷr Williams performs live in the studio, ahead of his appearance at this year's Cowbridge Festival.

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Tue 12 Sep 2023 17:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Swan Lake (Danse espagnole)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Pierre Monteux.
    • Philips.

  • Richard Strauss

    4 Last Songs (September)

    Singer: Jessye Norman. Orchestra: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. Conductor: Kurt Masur.
    • PHILIPS.

  • Johann Strauss II

    Thunder and Lightning Polka

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Lorin Maazel.
    • Orchestra Fireworks.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 2.

  • Trad.

    Ae Fond Kiss

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Music Arranger: Paul Campbell. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Rory Macdonald.
    • Homecoming - A Scottish Fantasy.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 5.

  • Alexander Glazunov

    Grand Valse (Raymonda)

    Orchestra: State Academic Symphony Orchestra of The Russian Federation. Conductor: Evgeny Fyodorovich Svetlanov.
    • Waltzes and Polonaises by Russion Composers.
    • Melodiya / BMG.
    • 1.

  • Nikolai Girshevich Kapustin

    8 Concert etudes Op.40 (no.1; Prelude)

    Performer: Nobuyuki Tsujii.
    • BBC recording from Prom 70, 8th September 2023.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Symphonic Dances Op.45 (no.1)

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.
    • Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances, The Isle of the Dead, The Rock.
    • Avie.
    • 1.

  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Vespro della Beata Vergine (Invitatorium: Versiculum et responsorium)

    Ensemble: Pygmalion. Conductor: Raphaël Pichon.
    • Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 101.

  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Vespro della Beata Vergine, SV 206: Gloria Patri

    Conductor: Raphaël Pichon. Ensemble: Pygmalion. Singer: Emiliano Gonzalez‐Toro. Singer: Zachary Wilder.
    • Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 215.

  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Sonata a 8 sopra 'Sancta Maria' (Vespro della Beata Vergine)

    Ensemble: Pygmalion. Conductor: Raphaël Pichon.
    • Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 203.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (Solomon)

    Orchestra: Tafelmusik. Conductor: Jeanne Lamon.
    • A Baroque Feast (Extended).
    • Analekta.
    • 1.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Intermezzo in C major Op 199'3

    Performer: Llŷr Williams.

  • Gabriel Fauré

    Apres un reve

    Music Arranger: Pau Casals. Performer: Sheku Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Isata Kanneh‐Mason.
    • Decca.

  • Traditional Welsh

    Nant y Mynydd

    Choir: Brythoniaid Male Voice Choir.
    • Folk Songs Of Wales.
    • Arc Music.
    • 8.

  • Karol Szymanowski

    Mazurka Op.50 No.13

    Performer: Llŷr Williams.

  • Robert Schumann

    Faschingsschwank aus Wien - Phantasiebilder Op.26; 1st mvt

    Performer: Llŷr Williams.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No. 85 in B-Flat Major, Hob. I:85 "La Reine": II. Romance. Allegretto

    Conductor: William Christie. Orchestra: Les Arts Florissants.
    • Haydn: Paris Symphonies - Violin Concerto No. 1.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 106.

  • Franz Schubert

    Täuschung, D 911 No 19 (Winterreise)

    Performer: Paul Lewis. Singer: Mark Padmore.
    • Schubert Winterreise: Mark Padmore - Paul Lewis.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 19.

  • Alexander Borodin

    Polovtsian Dances (Prince Igor)

    Choir: London Symphony Chorus. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Great Opera Choruses: London Symphony Chorus, LSO, Hickox.
    • I.M.P. Classics.
    • 9.

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