Performances from pianist Bertrand Chamayou plus a focus on French classical music
Tom McKinney showcases live recordings from around the globe, with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra playing Berlioz, and pianist Bertrand Chamayou performing Britten and Brahms.
Tom McKinney showcases unique recordings by BBC orchestras, choirs, ensembles and other great performing groups from Europe and around the globe.
Music by Delibes, Hahn and Aubert continue the French theme this week alongside special recordings made last month from French pianist Bertrand Chamayou's recent residency at LSO St Luke's in London.
The centrepice in today's programme features the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra performing symphonic music by Berlioz inspired by Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet' and conducted by Simon Rattle.
Leo Delibes
Coppelia Suite (Valse des heures)
Paris Opera Orchestra
Jean-Baptiste Mari (conductor)
Johannes Brahms
Zwei Lieder Op. 91
Fleur Barron (mezzo)
Tabea Zimmermann (viola)
Bertrand Chamayou (piano)
Reynaldo Hahn
Courante (Le bal de Beatrice d'Este)
Harmonie Ensemble, New York
Steven Richman (conductor)
Louis Aubert
Habanera
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Fabien Gabel (conductor)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Coronation Mass (Credo)
Sandrine Piau (soprano)
Accentus
Insula Orchestra
Laurence Equilbey (conductor)
Benjamin Britten
Sonata for cello and piano in C major, Op. 65
Sol Gabetta (cello)
Bertrand Camayou (piano)
Hector Berlioz
Symphony - 'Roméo et Juliette' Part II
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Simon Rattle (conductor)
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Léo Delibes
Valse des heures (Coppélia)
Orchestra: National Theater Opera Orchestra of Paris. Conductor: Jean-Baptiste Mari.- Delibes: Coppelia: Jean-Baptiste Mari.
- EMI Classics.
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Johannes Brahms
Zwei Lieder Op.91
Performer: Tabea Zimmermann. Performer: Bertrand Chamayou. Singer: Fleur Barron. -
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Reynaldo Hahn
Le Bal de Beatrice d'Este (6th mvt)
Ensemble: Harmonie Ensemble New York. Conductor: Steven Richman.- Salute to France.
- Music and Arts Programs of America.
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Marc‐Antoine Charpentier
Missa Assumpta est Maria, H.11 iv) Transfuge Dulcissime
Ensemble: Ensemble Correspondances. Director: Sebastian Dauce. -
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Maurice Ravel
Daphnis et Chloé - Suite No 2
Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Juanjo Mena. -
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Francis Poulenc
Banalités (iv. Voyage à Paris)
Performer: James Baillieu. Singer: Ben Johnson. -
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Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges
Concertante Quartet in C major, Op 15 No 3: second movement (Rondeau)
Ensemble: Levare String Quartet. -
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Coronation Mass (Credo)
Singer: Sandrine Piau. Singer: Renata Pokupić. Singer: Benjamin Bruns. Singer: Andreas Wolf. Choir: Accentus. Orchestra: Insula Orchestra. Conductor: Laurence Equilbey.- Erato.
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Ernest Chausson
Poème, Op 25
Performer: Philippe Graffin. Performer: Pascal Devoyon. Ensemble: Chilingirian Quartet.- HYPERION.
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Louis Aubert
Habanera
Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Fabien Gabel. -
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Benjamin Britten
Sonata for Cello and Piano in C, Op. 65
Performer: Sol Gabetta. Performer: Bertrand Chamayou. -
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Hector Berlioz
Part II from Roméo et Juliette
Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle. -
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Germaine Tailleferre
String Quartet
Ensemble: Fanny Mendelssohn Quartet.- Melomania.
- Trouba disc.
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Giacomo Puccini
La Boheme (O soave Fanciulla)
Singer: Mirella Freni. Singer: Luciano Pavarotti. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.- DECCA.
Broadcast
- Thu 9 May 2024 13:00BBC Radio 3