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Euroclassic Notturno
18 October 2009
Playlist

00:01AM
Handel, Georg Frideric (1685-1759)
Tamerlano's aria 'Vo'dar pace a un alma ultiera' (from 'Tamerlano', Act 1)
Derek Lee Ragin (countertenor: Tamerlano), English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner (conductor) [The emperor Tamerlano sings of his intention to marry the daughter of his defeated rival Bajazet.]
DEWDR
00:05AM
Handel, Georg Frideric (1685-1759)
Bajazet's final aria Figlia mia, non pianger no!from Tamerlano, Act 3
Nigel Robson (tenor): Bajazet, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner (conductor) [The defeated sultan Bajazet is dying and he laments his daughter's fate (marriage to Tamerlano) and curses the emperor Tamerlano.]
DEWDR

00:11AM
Durante, Francesco (1684-1755)
Harpsichord Concerto in B flat
Gerald Hambitzer (harpsichord), Concerto Köln
DEWDR

00:21AM
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich (1840-1893)
Fantasy Overture 'Hamlet', Op. 67 (1888)
BBC Philharmonic, Vassily Sinaisky (conductor) [recorded at Studio 7, Manchester on 7th January 1999]
GBBBC

00:39AM
Shearing, George (b. 1919)
Music to Hear (Five Shakespeare Songs): Music to Hear (Sonnet No.8); Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? (Sonnet No.18); Is it for fear to wet a widow's eye (Sonnet No.9); Blow, blow thou winter wind (As You Like It); Sigh no more ladies, sigh no more (Much Ado About Nothing)
Vancouver Chamber Choir, Peter Berring (piano), David Brown (double bass), Jon Washburn (director)
CACBC

00:52AM
Kania, Emanuel (1827-1887)
Sonata in G minor for piano, violin and cello
Maria Szwajger-Kulakowska (piano), Andrzej Grabiec (violin), Pawel Glombik (cello) [recorded in the studios of Polish Radio, Warsaw in 1979]
PLPR

01:22AM
Avison, Charles (1709-1770), after Domenico Scarlatti
Concerto Grosso No.2 in G major for strings and continuo (Largo [after Kk.91c]; Allegro [after Kk.13]; Andante [after Kk.390]; Vivace [after Kk.388])
Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, Jeanne Lamon (director)
CACBC

01:36AM
Anonymous Medieval Armenian, arranged by Petros Shoujounian
Deroonagan aghork (The Lord's Prayer)
Isabel Bayrakdarian (soprano), Elmer Iseler Singers & Chamber Orchestra, Raffi Armenian (conductor) [recorded at the George Weston Recital Hall, Toronto in September 2001]
CACBC
01:38AM
Traditional Armenian
Horjam (Requiem melody)
Isabel Bayrakdarian (soprano), Elmer Iseler Chamber Orchestra, Raffi Armenian (conductor) [recorded at the George Weston Recital Hall, Toronto in September 2001]
CACBC

01:43AM
Sweelinck, Jan Pieterszoon (1562-1621)
Psalm 23 – from the Thysius Lute Book
Toyohiko Satoh (lute)
NLNOS
01:46AM
Valerius, Adriaen (c 1575-1625)
Mrs Mary Hofmans Almand – from Nederlandtsche Gedenck-clanck
Toyohiko Satoh (lute)
NLNOS

01:48AM
Liszt, Franz (1811-1886)
Orpheus – Symphonic poem (1853-4)
Hungarian State Orchestra, János Ferencsik (conductor)
HUMR

02:01AM
Haydn, (Franz) Joseph (1732-1809)
Sinfonia Concertante in B flat major, for oboe, bassoon, violin, cello (Hob. I/105) [1. Allegro; 2. Andante; 3. Finale. Allegro con spirituo]
Ramón Ortega Quero (oboe), Mor Biron (bassoon), Guy Braunstein (violin), Hassan Moataz El Molla (cello), West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim (conductor) [Recorded Thursday 14 August 2008 at Royal Albert Hall, London UK as part of the GBBBC 2008 Proms season]
GBBBC

02:22AM
Schoenberg, Arnold (1874-1951)
Variations for Orchestra, Op.31
West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim (conductor) [Recorded Thursday 14 August 2008 at Royal Albert Hall, London UK as part of the GBBBC 2008 Proms season]
GBBBC

02:44AM
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897)
Symphony No.4 in E minor (Op.98) [I. Allegro non troppo; II. Andante moderato; III. Allegro giocoso; IV. Allegro energico e passionate]
West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim (conductor) [Recorded Thursday 14 August 2008 at Royal Albert Hall, London UK as part of the GBBBC 2008 Proms season]
GBBBC

03:24AM
Wagner, Richard (1813-1883)
Prelude to Act I of Die Meistersinger
West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim (conductor) [Recorded Thursday 14 August 2008 at Royal Albert Hall, London UK as part of the GBBBC 2008 Proms season]
GBBBC

03:35AM
Handel, Georg Frideric (1685-1759)
Agrippina condotta a morire: Dunque sarà pur vero (HWV.110) – Cantata for soprano, 2 violins and continuo
Johanna Koslowsky (soprano), Musica Alta Ripa: Anne Röhrig & Ursula Bundies (violins), Guido Larisch (cello), Bernward Lohr (harpsichord) [recorded in 1990]
DEWDR

04:01AM
Mahler, Gustav (1860-1911)
Symphony No.8 in E flat 'Symphony of a Thousand' – Part 1; Hymnus (Veni, creator spiritus); Part 2; Schlussszene aus Goethe's 'Faust'
Alessandra Marc, Julia Fulkner, Cyndia Sieden (sopranos), Jard van Nes, Birgit Remmert (altos), Gary Lakes (tenor), Andreas Schmidt (baritone), Robert Holl (bass), Prague Philharmonic Choir, Kühn Mixed Choir, Boy's Choir from St Barvo Cathedral, Sacramentskoor Breda, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, conductor Riccardo Chailly [Recorded at the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam on 16/5/1995]
NLNPB

05:28AM
Gounod, Charles (1818-1893) arranged by Liszt, Franz (1811-1886)
Valse de l'Opera Faust
Petras Geniušas (piano) [recorded at the Lithuanian National Philharmonic Hall, Vilnius, on 7th June 1998]
LTLR

05:38AM
Gratton, Hector (1900-1970) arr. David Passmore
Première danse canadienne (1927) [originally for violin and piano]
Moshe Hammer (violin), Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi (cello), William Tritt (piano)
CACBC
05:42AM
Gratton, Hector (1900-1970) arr. David Passmore
Quatrième danse canadienne (1928) [originally for violin and piano or strings]
Moshe Hammer (violin), Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi (cello), William Tritt (piano)
CACBC

05:46AM
Byrd, William (c.1543-1623)
The Earl of Salisbury – pavan
Colin Tilney (harpsichord)
CACBC
05:48AM
Byrd, William (c.1543-1623)
The Galliard Jig
Colin Tilney (harpsichord)
CACBC

05:51AM
Dvorák, Antonín (1841-1904)
Two Slavonic Dances (Op.46) - No. 8 In G Minor: Presto & No.3 In A flat Major: Poco Allegro
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Arvid Engegård (conductor) [recorded on 19th December 2003 in the Oslo Concert Hall]
NONRK



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