Free Thinking: Music about Freedom
To coincide with Radio 3's 2013 Free Thinking festival of ideas, Rana Mitter explores the connections between music and freedom.
This year's Radio 3 Free Thinking Festival of ideas is currently taking place at Sage Gateshead. As a companion piece to the festival, regular Night Waves presenter Rana Mitter explores the connections between music and freedom.
麻豆约拍 Radio 3's Free Thinking Festival takes place at Sage Gateshead 25-27 October and is broadcast for three weeks on Radio 3 from Friday 25 October.
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John Adams
Nixon in China - Act 1 sc.1; News has a kind of mystery
Singer: Robert Orth. Singer: Yuan Chenye. Orchestra: Colorado Symphony. Conductor: Marin Alsop.- NAXOS : 8.669022.
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B茅la Bart贸k
Duke Bluebeard's Castle - Door 7
Singer: Siegmund Nimsgern. Singer: Tatiana Troyanos. Orchestra: 麻豆约拍 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.- SONY CLASSICAL : SMK-64110.
- SONY CLASSICAL.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Fidelio - Act 1 no.10; O welche Lust [finale]
Singer: Levente Pall. Singer: Juan Sebastian Acosta. Orchestra: Lucerne Festival Orchestra. Choir: Arnold Schoenberg Chor. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.- Decca : 4782551.
- Decca.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony no. 9 in D minor Op.125 (Choral)- 4th mvt
Orchestra: Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Singer: June Anderson. Singer: Sarah Walker. Singer: Jan鈥怘endrik Rootering. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.- DG : 4298612.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Jean Sibelius
Finlandia
Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic. Conductor: Hans Rosbaud.- DG 4770892.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Benjamin Britten
Peter Grimes - Act 3; Grimes! Grimes!
Singer: Peter Pears. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: Benjamin Britten.- DECCA: 414-577-2.
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William Byrd
Mass for 4 voices - Agnus Dei
Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.- Universal : 9866727.
- Universal.
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Giuseppe Verdi
Aida - End of Act III
Singer: Montserrat Caball茅. Singer: Pl谩cido Domingo. Singer: Piero Cappuccilli. Singer: Fiorenza Cossotto. Singer: Nicola茂 Ghiaurov. Orchestra: New Philharmonia. Conductor: Riccardo Muti.- EMI : CMS5676132.
- EMI Classics.
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Leos Jan谩膷ek
From the house of the dead - Orel car
Singer: Dalibor Jedli膷ka. Singer: Ji艡铆 Zahradn铆膷ek. Singer: Ivo 沤铆dek. Singer: V谩clav Z铆tek. Singer: Antonin Svorc. Singer: Jaroslava Janska. Singer: Vladim铆r Krej膷铆k. Singer: Richard Nov谩k. Choir: Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.- Decca : 430 3752.
- Decca.
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Domenico Scarlatti
Sonata in D major Kk.49
Performer: Wanda Landowska.- EMI : CDH 764934-2.
- EMI Classics.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Die Zauberflote - Overture
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Otto Klemperer.- EMI : CMS 5673882.
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Francis Poulenc
Figure humaine - Liberte
Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.- Signum : SIGCD197.
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Dmitry Shostakovich
Symphony no. 13 in B flat minor Op.113 (Babiy Yar)- 2nd Mvt; Humour
Singer: Marius Rintzler. Orchestra: Amsterdam Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Choir: Concertgebouw Orchestra Chorus. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.- Decca : 417 261-2.
- Decca.
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Bedrich Smetana
Ma Vlast - Vltava
Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.- RCA : 82876543312.
- RCA.
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Broadcast
- Sat 26 Oct 2013 14:00麻豆约拍 Radio 3
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