With Andrew McGregor. Including Building a Library: Wagner: Tannhauser. 
Music Played
24 items- 00:01
Fryderyk Chopin Etude Op.10 No.8 in F major
Performer: Peter Donohoe (piano)
EMI 7544162, Tr.8
- 00:04
Johann Strauss II Annen Polka Op.117
Performer: Berlin Philharmonic Performer: Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
DG 4232212, Tr.8
- 00:10
Antonin Dvorak Piano Trio No.4 in E minor Op.90 “Dumky” (second movement / Dumka II)
Performer: Isabelle Faust (violin) Performer: Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello) Performer: Alexander Melnikov (piano)
HMC901867, Tr.5
- 00:17
Gioachino Rossini Cum Sanctus Spiritus (Petite Messe Solenelle)
Performer: The King’s Consort Performer: Gary Cooper & Matthew Halls (19th century pianos) Performer: Mark Williams (harmonium) Performer: Robert King (conductor)
HYPERION CDA67570, Tr.10
- 00:22
Maurice Ravel Alborada del gracioso (from Miroirs)
Performer: Ulster Orchestra Performer: Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor)
CHANDOS CHAN102514X, CD 1, Tr.5
- 00:34
Johann Sebastian Bach Concerto for two violins in D minor BWV1043 (second movement)
Performer: Daniel Hope & Marieke Blankestijn (violins) Performer: Kristian Bezuidenhout (organ) Performer: Chamber Orchestra of Europe
WARNER 2564625452, Tr.5
- 00:41
Camille Saint-Saëns Préambule (first movement) from Septet in E flat Op.65
Performer: The Nash Ensemble
HYPERION CDA67431/2, Tr.1
- 00:46
Franz Liszt Étude S141 No.3 in G sharp minor “La Campanella” (after Paganini)
Performer: Valentina Lisitsa (piano)
DECCA 4784572, Tr.3
- 00:51
Bedrich Smetana Prague Carnival
Performer: BBC Philharmonic Performer: Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)
CHANDOS CHAN10413, Tr.6
- 00:58
Franz Schubert Seligkeit D433
Performer: Ian Bostridge (tenor) Performer: Julius Drake (piano)
EMI 5563472, Tr.21
- 01:03
Johann Nepomuk Hummel Trumpet Concerto in E flat (third movement Allegro)
Performer: Alison Balsom (trumpet) Performer: Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen Performer: Thomas Klug (leader)
EMI 2162130, Tr.3
- 01:08
Domenico Scarlatti Sonata in B minor K87
Performer: Mikhail Pletnev (piano)
VIRGIN 5451232, CD 2, Tr.3
- 01:16
Benjamin Britten Waltz, Pantomime & Moto perpetuo from Matinées musicales
Performer: National Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Richard Bonynge (conductor)
DECCA 4256592, Tr.14-16
- 01:24
Francis Poulenc Ave Verum Corpus
Performer: Les Sirenes
BBC Recording, Tr 1
- 01:27
Joseph Haydn Piano Sonata No.24 in D major XVI/24 (second movement Presto)
Performer: Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano)
HYPERION CDA67554, CD 2, Tr.9
- 01:34
Marc-Antoine Charpentier Prelude from Te Deum H146
Performer: The Raglan Baroque Players Performer: Nicholas Kraemer (conductor)
UNITED 88009, Tr.1
- 01:35
Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Concerto No.3 in C minor, Op.37 (third movement Rondo)
Performer: Mitsuko Uchida (piano) Performer: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Performer: Kurt Sanderling (conductor)
PHILIPS 4460822, Tr.3
- 01:46
Henryk Wieniawski Scherzo-Tarantelle Op.16
Performer: James Ehnes (violin) Performer: Eduard Laurel (piano)
CBC MVCD1168, Tr.4
- 01:51
George Frideric Handel Aria ‘Tornami a vagheggiar’ (Alcina)
Performer: Emma Kirkby (soprano) Performer: Academy of Ancient Music Performer: Christopher Hogwood (conductor)
L’OISEAU LYRE 4361322, Tr.8
- 01:56
Johannes Brahms Hungarian Dance No.8
Performer: Vienna Philharmonic Performer: Claudio Abbado (conductor)
DG 4106152, Tr.8
- 02:01
Edvard Grieg Wedding Day at Troldhaugen (Lyric Pieces Book 8 No.6)
Performer: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Performer: Jerzy Maksymiuk (conductor)
NAXOS 8550864, Tr.11
- 02:12
Johann Sebastian Bach Rondeau & Capriccio from Partita No.2 in C minor BWV826
Performer: Grigori Sokolov (piano)
NAÏVE OP30346, Tr.10-11
- 02:18
Hans Werner Henze Muses of Sicily (third movement)
Performer: Dresden Kreuzchor Performer: Joseph Rollino, Paul Sheftel (pianos) Performer: Members of Dresden Staatskapelle
DG 4498702, Tr.10
- 02:24
Tchaikovsky Symphony No.5 in E minor Op.64 (third movement Waltz)
Performer: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Performer: Manfred Honeck (conductor)
EXTON OVCL00443, Tr.3
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BBC Radio 3Mon 29 Oct 2012 06:30 BBC Radio 3
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