Katie Derham marks the 200th anniversary of Wagner's birth with an excerpt from Parsifal. 
Music Played
22 items- 00:01
Jacques Offenbach Overture: Barbe-Bleue
Performer: Berlin Philharmonic Performer: Conductor Herbert von Karajan
DG 400 044-2, TR 2
- 00:07
Joseph Haydn String Quartet in E flat, Op 20 No 1 (second movement: Menuetto)
Performer: The London Haydn Quartet
Hyperion CDA67877, TR 2
- 00:12
Johannes Brahms Capriccio in G minor, OP 116 No 3
Performer: Barry Douglas (piano)
CHAN 10716, TR 10
- 00:16
George Frideric Handel Messiah, Pt.1, no.12; For unto us a child is born [chorus]
Performer: The English Concert Performer: The English Concert Choir Performer: Director Trevor Pinnock
Archiv 423 630-1, Tr 12
- 00:21
Émile Waldteufel Les Patineurs [The skaters] - waltz (Op.183)
Performer: Academy of St Martin in the Fields Performer: Conductor Neville Marriner
Philips 422 050-2, TR 2
- 00:33
Alan Abbott Alla caccia (arranged for horn and piano [original for horn and orchestra])
Performer: Michael Thompson (horn) Performer: Philip Fowke (piano)
EMI Classics CDC 7 54220 2, Tr 1
- 00:36
Gustav Holst St Paul's suite (Op.29`2), Finale (The dargason) (Allegro)
Performer: Scottish Ensemble Performer: Conductor Jonathan Rees
Virgin Classics VC7 91112-2, Tr 1
- 00:40
Franz Schubert An Silvia, D891; Standchen, D889
Performer: Matthias Goerne (baritone) Performer: Alexander Schmalz (piano)
Harmonia Mundi HMC9020263, TR 10-11
- 00:45
Antonio Vivaldi Concerto for violin & orchestra (RV.297) (Op.8`4) "L'Inverno" [complete]
Performer: Nigel Kennedy (violin) Performer: Berlin Philharmonic
EMI 7243 5 57666 0 1, Tr 1
- 00:57
Tchaikovsky Polonaise (Eugene Onegin), (transcribed Liszt)
Performer: Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano)
Decca 436 736-2, TR 4
- 01:04
Gioachino Rossini William Tell - opera in 4 acts; Overture
Performer: National Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Conductor Riccardo Chailly
Decca 417 797-2, TR 1
- 01:17
Sir Arthur Sullivan The Pirates of Penzance, Act 1, no.13; The Modern major-general
Performer: Jonathan Prentice (baritone) Performer: The Gala Ensemble
Sony BMG 8869 7421912, TR 1
- 01:21
Gerald Finzi Clarinet Concerto, Op 31 (third movement: Rondo. Allegro giocoso)
Performer: Michael Collins (clarinet) Performer: BBC Symphony Orchestra
CHAN 10739, TR 6
- 01:33
Sergey Vasilievich Rachmaninov Suite for 2 pianos no. 2 (Op.17), Valse
Performer: Martha Argerich & Alexandre Rabinovitch (pianos)
WCJ 2564 68081-6, Tr 2
- 01:39
Alfredo Catalani Ebben?... Ne andro lontana (La Wally)
Performer: Renee Fleming (soprano) Performer: London Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Conductor Charles Mackerras
Decca 467 049-2, TR 7
- 01:45
Enrique Granados Andaluza, Op 37 No 5
Performer: Alban Gerhardt (cello) Performer: Cecile Licad (piano)
Hyperion CDA67831, TR 15
- 01:48
Georges Bizet L' Arlesienne - suite no. 1, Carillon
Performer: Philharmonia Orchestra Performer: Conductor Eugene Ormandy
Sony Classical SBK 48159, TR 14
- 01:53
Tomás Luis de Victoria O Vos Omnes
Performer: The Monteverdi Choir Performer: Conductor John Eliot Gardiner
EMARCY 4763010, TR 6
- 02:03
George Gershwin Rialto Ripples
Performer: Richard Rodney Bennett (piano)
IMP PCD1058, TR 28
- 02:07
Benjamin Britten Festival Te Deum
Performer: The Choir of Westminster Abbey Performer: Robert Quinney (organ) Performer: Conductor James O’Donnell
Hyperion CDA67680, TR 4
- 01:34
Aaron Copland Hoe-Down (Rodeo)
Performer: Ida Haendel (violin) Performer: Geoffrey Parsons (piano)
Testament SBT 1259, TR 6
- 02:18
George Enescu Romanian Rhapsody No 1
Performer: London Symphony Orchestra Performer: Conductor Antal Dorati
Mercury 432 015-2, TR 1
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BBC Radio 3Mon 18 Feb 2013 06:30 BBC Radio 3
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