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Saturday - Fiona Talkington

Breakfast

Fiona Talkington presents Radio 3's breakfast show. Including an aria from Verdi's Rigoletto, two songs by Schubert, and excerpts from Handel's Music for the Royal Fireworks.

Fiona Talkington presents Breakfast: Luciano Pavarotti sings the aria 'La donna e mobile' from Verdi's opera Rigoletto with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Richard Bonynge, soprano Arleen Auger and pianist Lambert Orkis perform two of Schubert's songs, and Menuets 2 and 3 from Handel's Music for the Royal Fireworks is performed by the London Classical Players conducted by Roger Norrington.

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Sat 2 Jul 2011 07:00

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Giuseppe Verdi

La Donna e mobile (Rigoletto)

Performer: Luciano Pavarotti (tenor) Performer: London Symphony Orchestra Performer: Richard Bonynge (conductor)
- Decca 4580002.
Ludwig van Beethoven

Quintet in E flat for piano and winds Op.16: Rondo

Performer: Alfred Brendel (piano) Performer: Heinz Holliger (oboe) Performer: Eduard Brunner (clarinet) Performer: Hermann Baumann (horn) Performer: Klaus Thunemann (bassoon)
- Philips 4201822.
Nicola Matteis

Diverse bizzarie Sopra la Vecchia Sarabanda o pur Ciaccona

Performer: Palladian Ensemble
- Linn CKD010.
William Walton

Symphony No.1 in B flat minor: II. Presto con malizia

Performer: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Performer: Martyn Brabbins (conductor)
- Hyperion CDA67794.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Clarinet Quintet in A K581: Minuetto

Performer: Thea King (basset clarinet) Performer: Gabrieli String Quartet
- Hyperion CDA30010.
Franz Schubert

Heidenröslein D257; Der Musensohn D764

Performer: Arleen Auger (soprano) Performer: Lambert Orkis (fortepiano)
- Virgin 6285982.
Joseph Haydn

Symphony No.94 in G ""Surprise"": Finale

Performer: Orchestra of the 18th Century Performer: Franz Bruggen (conductor)
- Phlips 4685462.
Claudio Monteverdi

Magnificat (from Vespers): Et excultavit

Performer: Nicholas Mulroy, Thomas Hobbs (tenors) Performer: Choir of New College Oxford Performer: Charivari Agreable Performer: Edward Higginbottom (conductor)
- Novum NCR1382.
Leonard Bernstein

I feel pretty (West Side Story)

Performer: Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano) Performer: Orchestra & Chorus Performer: Leonard Bernstein (conductor)
- DG 4778853.
Gioachino Rossini

L'Italiana in Algeri - overture

Performer: Chamber Orchestra of Europe Performer: Claudio Abbado (conductor)
- DG 4316532.
Gabriel Fauré

Impromptu No.2 in F minor Op. 31

Performer: Kathryn Stott (piano)
- Conifer 75605517512.
Antonín Dvořák

Slavonic Dance Op.46 No.1 - Furiant

Performer: Chamber Orchestra of Europe Performer: Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor)
- Teldec 8573810382.
Giacomo Puccini

Un bel di vedremo (Madam Butterfly)

Performer: Renata Scotto (soprano) Performer: Rome Opera Orchestra Performer: John Barbirolli (conductor)
- EMI 9071392.
George Frideric Handel

Music for the Royal Fireworks: Menuet 1&2

Performer: London Classical Players Performer: Roger Norrington (conductor)
- Virgin 5452652.
Edvard Grieg

Violin Sonata No.1 in F Op.8: III. Allegro molto vivace

Performer: Vilde Frang (violin) Performer: Michail Lifits (piano)
- EMI 9476392.
Ole Bull

Saeterjentens Søndag

Performer: Nils Økland (Violin) Performer: Sigbjørn Apeland (harmonium) Performer: CD Lysøen
- ECM 274 0246.
Ralph Vaughan Williams

The Wasps - overture

Performer: BBC Symphony Orchestra Performer: Andrew Davis (conductor)
- Warner 2564617302.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Piano concerto No.6 in B flat K238

Performer: Malcolm Bilson (fortepiano) Performer: The English Baroque Soloists Performer: John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
- Archiv 4273172.