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2013 Retrospective

Journalist, author and music blogger Jessica Duchen presenst a musical tribute to some of the outstanding musicians who died in 2013.

Including Colin Davis, Van Cliburn, Henri Dutilleux, John Tavener.

2 hours

Last on

Sat 28 Dec 2013 14:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Toccata & Fugue in D minor, BWV 565

    Performer: Marie‐Claire Alain. Orchestrator: Marie‐Claire Alain.
    • ERATO : ECD88004.
    • Erato.
    • 1.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Piano Concerto No.1 - 2nd and 3rd mvts

    Performer: Van Cliburn. Orchestra: RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kirill Kondrashin.
    • RCA : RD85912.
    • RCA.
    • 2.

  • Henry Purcell

    Come Ye Sons of Art - Duet: "Sound the Trumpet"

    Singer: Alfred Deller. Singer: John Whitworth. Performer: L'Ensemble Orchestral de L'Oiseau-Lyre. Conductor: Anthony Lewis.
    • DECCA : 4482472.
    • DECCA.
    • 7.

  • Stephen Dodgson

    Piano Sonata No.3 - Part 2: Andantino

    Performer: Bernard Roberts.
    • Claudio : CC49412.
    • Claudio.
    • 10.

  • Henri Dutilleux

    Correspondances - V. "De Vincent a Theo"

    Singer: Barbara Hannigan. Orchestra: Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France. Conductor: Esa‐Pekka Salonen.
    • Deutsche Grammophon : 4791180.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 6.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Die Nachtigall

    Singer: John Amis. Singer: Nicole Tibbels. Singer: Thomas Hemsley.
    • NIMBUS : NI5342.
    • NIMBUS.
    • 10.

  • Lennox Berkeley

    Five Poems by WH Auden - 1. "Among the leaves the small birds sing"

    Singer: Thomas Hemsley. Performer: Ernest Lush.
    • EMI : 5851382.
    • 7.

  • John Tavener

    The Protecting Veil - 7: The Dormition and 8: The Protecting Veil

    Performer: Steven Isserlis. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gennady Nikolayevich Rozhdestvensky.
    • VIRGIN : VC7914742.
    • VIRGIN CLASSICS.
    • 7.

  • Jean‐Baptiste Lully

    Te Deum - Symphonie and Te Deum

    Singer: Jennifer Smith. Singer: Francine Bessac. Singer: Zeger Vandersteene. Singer: Louis Devos. Singer: Philippe Huttenlocher. Choir: Ensemble Vocal "A Coeur Joie" de Valence. Orchestra: Canon Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Jean Francois Paillard.
    • ERATO : ECD88122.
    • Erato.
    • 1.

  • Zoltán Kodály

    Sonata for solo cello - 3rd movement

    Performer: János Starker.
    • Philips : 422 302-2.
    • Philips.
    • 3.

  • Steve Martland

    Remix

    Ensemble: The Steve Martland Band. Conductor: Steve Martland.
    • CATALYST : 09026683982.
    • CATALYST.
    • 4.

  • Richard Strauss

    Capriccio - Sextet from Act 1

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Wolfgang Sawallisch.
    • EMI : CMS5673942.
    • EMI.
    • 1.

  • Padre Antonio Soler

    Fandango

    Performer: Rafael Puyana.
    • L'Oiseau Lyre : 417 341-2.
    • L'Oiseau Lyre.
    • 1.

  • Richard Strauss

    Elektra - Ich habe keine guten nachte

    Singer: Regina Resnik. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Georg Solti.
    • DECCA : 4172352.
    • Decca.
    • 7.

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