Playlist
00:06AM
Salmenhaara, Erkki (1941-March 2002)
Adagietto for Orchestra (1981)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ralf Sjöblom (conductor)
00:12AM
Desprez, Josquin (1440-1521)
Ave Maria . . . Virgo serena for 4 voices
BBC Singers, Bo Holten (conductor) [recorded as part of the Spitalfields Festival 2004 on 19th June 2004 at St. Leonard's Church, Shoreditch, London]
00:18AM
Raffaelli, Josip (1767-1843)
Introduction and theme with variations in A major
Vladimir Krpan (piano)
00:28AM
Wagner, Richard (1813-1883)
Recitative and aria - O du mein holder Abendstern (Evening Star), from 'Tannhäuser' (Act 3)
Allan Monk (baritone), Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, Mario Bernardi (conductor)
00:33AM
Eben, Petr (b. 1929)
Moto ostinato [Moderato e pesante] - from Nedelni Hudba [Sunday Music] for organ
Thomas Trotter (organ) [Recorded at the Royal Albert Hall on Saturday 21 August 2004 as part of the 2004 BBC Proms]
00:39AM
Manchicourt, Pierre de (1510-1564)
Nunc enim si centum lingue sint (Antwerp 1547)
Corona Coloniensis, Peter Seymour (conductor) [recorded on 16th November 2001]
00:47AM
Simpson, Christopher (c.1605-1669)
Prelude and Divisions upon a Ground [from The Division Viol (London - 1665)]
Vittorio Ghielmi (Viola da Gamba), Luca Pianca (Lute) [recorded at the Herne Early Music festival on 13 November 2003]
00:55AM
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828) [text by Goethe]
Ganymed (D.544) - from 3 Songs (Op.19 No.3) (Ganymede)
Christoph Prégardien (tenor), Andreas Staier (fortepiano)
01:06AM
Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937)
Ma Mère l'Oye (Mother Goose) ballet (Prélude; Danse du rouet et scène; Pavane de la Belle au Bois Dormant scène; Les Entretiens de la Belle et de la Bête; Petit Poucet; Laideronnette, impératrice des pagodes; Apothéose - le Jardin féerique)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Richard Hickox (conductor) [recorded 5 September 2003 at the Royal Albert Hall, London]
01:35AM
Bartók, Béla (1881-1945)
Dance Suite (BB 86b, 1925) [Moderato; Allegro molot; Allegro vivace; Molto tranquillo; Comod; Finale (Allegro)]
Jan Michiels (piano) [recorded at the Concertgebouw, Bruges in June 2004]
01:52AM
Ysaÿe, Eugene (1858-1931)
Sonata for violin solo No.3 (Op.27`3) in D minor 'Ballade'
Goran Koncar (violin)
02:01AM
Eben, Petr (b. 1929)
Moto ostinato from 'Sunday's Music'
Iveta Apkalna (organ) [recorded on 17th June 2005 at the Cathedral in Riga]
02:07AM
Hindemith, Paul (1895-1963)
Sonata No.2 (Lebhaft; Ruhig bewegt; Fuge - Mässig bewegt, heiter)
Iveta Apkalna (organ) [recorded on 17th June 2005 at the Cathedral in Riga]
02:19AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
Toccata, adagio and fugue for organ in C major (BWV.564)
Iveta Apkalna (organ) [recorded on 17th June 2005 at the Cathedral in Riga]
02:34AM
Escaich, Thierry (b.1965)
Improvisation II
Iveta Apkalna (organ) [recorded on 17th June 2005 at the Cathedral in Riga]
02:40AM
Reger, Max (1873-1916)
Halleluja! Gott zu loben, bleibe meine Seelenfreude (No.3 of 3 Chorale fantasias for organ (Op.52))
Iveta Apkalna (organ) [recorded on 17th June 2005 at the Cathedral in Riga]
02:58AM
Vaughan Williams, Ralph (1872-1958)
A London Symphony (Symphony no.2) [Lento (allegro risoluto); Lento; Scherzo (nocturne); Finale (Andante con moto) - maestoso alla marcia [quasi lento] - allegro
- maestoso alla marcia - Epilogue (andante sostenuto)] >>starts and ends quietly<<
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin (conductor) [recorded at the BBC Proms, at the Royal Albert Hall, London on 23 July 2003]
03:43AM
Cage, John (1912-1992)
3 songs for chorus - Four Squared; Story; Litany for the Whale (1980)
Ars Nova, Bo Holten (conductor) [recorded at the Glyptotek, Copenhagen as part of the Copenhagen Choir Festival 1993, on 31st October 1993]
03:58AM
Zarebski, Juliusz (1854-1885)
Piano Quintet in G minor (Op.34) (1885) [Allegro, Adagio, Scherzo; Finale]
Pawel Kowalski (piano), Silesian Quartet - Marek Mos & Arkadiusz Kubica (violins), Lukasz Syrnicki (viola), Piotr Janosik (cello) [Recorded 20 November 2000 at Witold Lutoslawski Polish Radio Concert Hall, Warsaw]
04:34AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Sonata in C major (K.330) [Allegro moderato; Andante cantabile; Allegretto]
Geoffrey Lancaster (fortepiano)
04:58AM
Traditional Swiss arr. Peter Gmünder/André Scheurer
Meitschi, putz di!
Ludus Ensemble - Günter Rumpel (flute), Florian Walser (clarinet), Manfred Sax (bassoon), André Scheurer (horn), Mathias Kofmehl (alphorn/French horn), Andreas Kilian (violin), Alphons von Aarburg (conductor) [recorded in 1997]
05:01AM
Rossini, Gioachino (1792-1868)
Largo al factotum - from 'Il Barbiere di Siviglia' Act 1
Allan Monk (baritone), Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, Mario Bernardi (conductor)
05:06AM
Corelli, Arcangelo (1653-1713)
Sonata da Chiesa in G major (Op.1 No.9)
London Baroque
05:12AM
Handel, Georg Frideric (1685-1759), edited by Dart
Sonata (HWV.357) in B flat major ed. Dart for oboe and continuo [Allegro, Grave, Allegro]
Louise Pellerin (oboe), Dom André Laberge (organ - 1999 Karl Wilhelm at the abbey church Saint-Benoît-du-Lac) [Recorded June 2002]
05:18AM
Desprez, Josquin (c.1450/55-1521); Anonymous c.1500 (x2)
[Josquin] In te Domine speravi (in 4 parts) [with voice];
[Anon] Zorzi, Giorgio [Salterello]* [instrumental];
[Anon] Forte cosa e la speranza (in 5 parts) [with voice]
Clare Wilkinson (mezzo soprano), Musica Antiqua of London: John Bryam, Alison Crum, Roy Marks (violes*/recorders), Jacob Heringman (Renaissance guitar), Philip Thorby (viole/director) [recorded at the 2002 Herne Early Music Festival on 15 November 2002]
05:27AM
Britten, Benjamin (1913-1976)
Fanfare for St. Edmundsbury
The Graham Ashton Brass Ensemble
05:30AM
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809)
Symphony No.22 (H.1.22) in E flat major 'The Philosopher' [Adagio; Presto; Minuetto and trio; Finale (Presto)]
Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra, Marc Minkowski (conductor) [Recorded Olivier Messiaen Hall, Radio France, Paris on 25 January 2002]
05:51AM
Zagar, Peter (b. 1961)
Blumenthal Dance No.2 for violin, viola, cello, clarinet and piano (1999)
Opera Aperta Ensemble [recorded 11 Nov 1999 at 1999 Melos Ethos Festival, Bratislava]