Donald Macleod explores Wagner's early love for the operas of Weber and Bellini. 
Music and featured items
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Sir William Walton Sir William Walton - Variation on an Elizabethan Theme
Performer: Sir William Walton.
Conductor: Jac van STEEN Performer: BBC S O.
CD, NMCD-062, 1-7
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Interview: Chalk Legends
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LIVE
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Stephen McNeff Stephen McNeff - Night Song from The Chalk Legend
Performer: Stephen McNeff.
Performer: Erica ELOFF - Soprano Performer: Mark FORKGEN - Piano
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John Ireland John Ireland - Decorations - suite for piano
Performer: John Ireland.
Performer: Mark BEBBINGTON - Piano
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- 00:19
Claudio Monteverdi Claudio Monteverdi - Exultent caeli for 5 voices
Performer: Claudio Monteverdi.
Conductor: Robert KING Performer: King's Consort Choir Performer: The KING'S CONSORT
HYPERION, cda-67438, 1-1
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Louis Spohr Louis Spohr - Festival march in D major WoO.3 for orchestra
Performer: Louis Spohr.
Conductor: Howard SHELLEY Performer: Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana - Main Artist
Hyperion, CDA67939, 1-11
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LIVE
- 00:33
Ivor Gurney Ivor Gurney - Sehnsucht
Performer: Ivor Gurney.
Performer: Mark BEBBINGTON - Piano
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Interview: Mark Bebbington
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LIVE
- 00:41
John Ireland John Ireland - Amberley wild brooks for piano
Performer: John Ireland.
Performer: Mark BEBBINGTON - Piano
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- 00:46
Giuseppe Tartini Giuseppe Tartini - Violin Concerto in F major D. 66
Performer: Giuseppe Tartini.
Performer: Federico GUGLIELMO - Violin Performer: L'arte Dell' Arco
Dynamic, CDS 613-1/2, 1-5
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LIVE
- 00:59
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Quartet in D major K.575 for strings
Performer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Performer: Sacconi Quartet
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Interview: Sacconi Quartet and Tom Poster
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LIVE
- 01:10
Sir Edward Elgar Sir Edward Elgar - Quintet in A minor Op.84 for piano and strings
Performer: Sir Edward Elgar.
Performer: Tom POSTER - Piano Performer: Sacconi Quartet
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Bernhard Crusell Bernhard Crusell - Concerto no. 2 in F minor Op.5 for clarinet and orchestra
Performer: Bernhard Crusell.
Conductor: Gerard SCHWARZ Performer: Emma JOHNSON - Clarinet Performer: English Chamber Orchestra.
Brilliant, 94219, 1-6
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Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev - Romeo and Juliet - ballet Op.64
Performer: Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev.
Conductor: Valery GERGIEV Performer: London S O.
LSO LIVE, 0682--, 1-24
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Henry Purcell Henry Purcell - If music be the food of love Z.379A/B 1st/2nd settings [strophic] [words:
Performer: Henry Purcell.
Performer: Andreas SCHOLL - Counter-tenor Performer: Stefano MONTANARI - Violin Performer: Accademia Bizantina
Decca, 478 2262, 1-1
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George Gershwin George Gershwin - Concerto in F major for piano and orchestra
Performer: George Gershwin.
Conductor: Carl DAVIS Performer: Joanna MACGREGOR (1959) - Piano Performer: London S O.
COLLINS, CLASSICS-11372, 1-4
- 01:51
Maurice Ravel Maurice Ravel - Quartet in F major for strings
Performer: Maurice Ravel.
Performer: Clio GOULD - Violin Performer: Scottish Ensemble
LINN, CKD 215, 1-4
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Georg Philipp Telemann Georg Philipp Telemann - Overture (Suite) in E minor [2 fl, str & bc] [Tafelmusik, 1ere pr
Performer: Georg Philipp Telemann.
Performer: Jordi SAVALL - Viola da gamba Performer: Le CONCERT DES NATIONS
ALIA VOX, AVSA-98771, 1-22
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BBC Radio 3Tue 15 May 2012 16:30 BBC Radio 3
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