Virtuosi
Wednesday 11 July 2007 16:00-17:00 (Radio 3)
Performances of the music James Naughtie mentions in his Radio 4 series, which connects historical events and their effect on the course of classical music.
Playlist
28/30. Virtuosi
In the 1820s and 30s audiences craved virtuosi performances. Lizst, Paganini and Chopin thrilled on stage, and the performer as magician had arrived.
Liszt: Les Jeux d'eau a la villa d'Este (from Annees de pelerinage, 3 annee)
Mikhail Rudy (piano)
EMI CDC 7498422 Track 1
Paganini: 24 Caprices (Op. 1) - No 24 in A minor
Itzhak Perlman (violin)
EMI CDC 7 47171 2 Track 24
Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No 2 in C# minor
Leslie Howard (piano)
Hyperion CDA67418/9 CD 1 Track 2
Paganini: 24 Caprices - No 1
Itzhak Perlman (violin)
EMI CDC 7 47171 2 Track 1
Liszt: Grandes Etudes de Paganini No 3 in G# minor (La Campanella)
Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano)
Hyperion CDA67370 Track 3
Schumann/Liszt: Widmung (G.566)
Earl Wild (piano)
Etcetera KTC2011 CD 1 Track 8
Chopin: Ballade No 1 in G minor Op 23
Stephen Hough (piano)
Hyperion CDA67456 Track 1
Chopin: Scherzo No 2 in B flat minor
Stephen Hough (piano)
Hyperion CDA67456 Track 4
Chopin: Fantasie Impromptu Op 66
Balasz Szokolay (piano)
Naxos 8.550291 Track 7
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