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Music on the Brink: St Petersburg

Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's breakfast show. For Radio 3's Music on the Brink Season, 麻豆约拍 foreign correspondents talk to Petroc about cultural life in Europe in early 1914.

Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show. As part of 麻豆约拍 Radio 3's Music on the Brink season, 麻豆约拍 Correspondents from across Europe shine a light on music making across the continent as it was in the period just before the outbreak of the First World War.

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Thu 9 Jan 2014 06:30
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Music Played

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Prelude, Op 12 No 7 (Ten Pieces)

    Performer: Andrei Gavrilov.
    • Prokofiev: Romeo and Julia; Ravel: Gaspard de la Nuit U.A..
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 12.

  • William Byrd

    Vigilate for 5 voices

    Choir: Choir of Clare College, Cambridge. Director: Graham Ross.
    • Veni Emmanuel - Music for Advent.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 2.

  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in F major, Op 74 No 2 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Tak谩cs Quartet.
    • Haydn - String Quartets Op.74.
    • Hyperion.
    • 5.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Suite in E minor BWV.996 for lute: Bourree and Gigue

    Performer: G枚ran S枚llscher.
    • J.S. Bach: Werke Fur Laute Vol.1.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 6-7.

  • Richard Strauss

    Wiegenlied, Op 41 No 1

    Singer: Anne Schwanewilms. Orchestra: Hall茅. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder.
    • R. Strauss: Don Juan; Lieder; Macbeth.
    • Halle.
    • 4.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Capriccio, Op.116 No.7

    Performer: Barry Douglas.
    • CHANDOS.
    • CHAN 10713.
    • 8.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Mazurek in E minor, Op 49, arr. for violin and orchestra

    Performer: Anne鈥怱ophie Mutter. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Manfred Honeck.
    • Dvorak: Violin Concerto; Romance; Mazurek; Humoresque.
    • Deutshe Grammophon.
    • 5.

  • Granville Bantock

    Sappho for mezzo soprano and orchestra: Bridal Song

    Singer: Susan Bickley. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley.
    • Bantock: Sappho; Sapphic Poem.
    • Hyperion.
    • 9.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Violin Sonata No 10 in G major, Op 96 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Alina Ibragimova. Performer: C茅dric Tiberghien.
    • Alina Ibragimova/Cedric Tiberghien: Beethoven Violin Sonatas - 2.
    • Wigmore Hall Live.
    • 11.

  • Leos Jan谩膷ek

    Quartet no. 1 (The Kreutzer Sonata) for strings: 1st movement; Adagio..

    Ensemble: Arcadia Quartet.
    • Janacek: The Two String Quartets.
    • Orchid Classics.
    • 1.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Lilacs Op.21`5

    Performer: Sergey Rachmaninov.
    • Rachmaninoff Plays Rachmaninoff - Solo Works and Transcriptions.
    • RCA Victor.
    • 13.

  • Hubert Parry

    I was glad

    Choir: The Sixteen. Performer: Robert Quinney. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • A New Heaven, The Sixteen.
    • UCJ.
    • 1.

  • Hector Berlioz

    Le Carnaval romain - overture (Op.9)

    Orchestra: Orchestre symphonique de Montr茅al. Conductor: Charles Dutoit.
    • Berlioz: Overtures: Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal/Dutoit.
    • Decca.
    • 1.

  • Thomas Tallis

    In ieunio et fletu

    Choir: Stile Antico.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
    • HMU 807572.
    • 12.

  • Henryk Wieniawski

    Polonaise for violin and orchestra no. 1 (Op.4) in D major

    Performer: Maxim Vengerov. Performer: Itamar Golan.
    • Paganini/Saraste/Kreisler/Wieniawski: Vengerov/Golan.
    • Teldec.
    • 1.

  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    The Sea Hawk (Main title; Reunion; Finale)

    Orchestra: National Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Gerhardt.
    • Korngold: The Sea Hawk: National Philharmonic Orchestra/Gerhardt.
    • RCA Victor.
    • 1.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Cello Concerto No 1 in E flat major, Op 107 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Johannes Moser. Orchestra: WDR Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Pietari Inkinen.
    • Shostakovich Cello Concerto; Britten Cello Symphony.
    • Hanssler Classic.
    • 1.

  • Juan Garc铆a de Salazar

    Dixit Dominus from Vespers of Our Lady

    Ensemble: Capilla Pe帽aflorida. Ensemble: Ministriles de Marsias. Conductor: Josep Cabr茅.
    • Salazar: Complete Vespers of Our Lady.
    • Naxos.
    • 4.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Horn Concerto no.2 in E flat major, K.417 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Alessio Allegrini. Orchestra: Orchestra Mozart. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Mozart: Horn Concertos: Allegrini/Orchestra Mozart/Claudio Abbado.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    When yesterday we met, Op 26 No 13

    Performer: Unknown Pianist. Singer: Feodor Chaliapin.
    • The Chaliapin Edition, Volume 4: 1913-1921.
    • Arbiter.
    • 9.

  • Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni

    Sinfonia for strings in G minor

    Ensemble: La Serenissima. Director: Adrian Chandler.
    • Venice by Night.
    • Avie.
    • 5-7.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Prelude No.20 in C minor

    Performer: Daniil Trifonov.
    • DG.
    • 00289 479 1728.
    • 25.

  • Edward Elgar

    Softly and gently (The Dream of Gerontius, Op.38)

    Singer: Janet Baker. Choir: Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus. Choir: Ambrosian Singers. Choir: Hall茅 Choir. Orchestra: Hall茅. Conductor: John Barbirolli.
    • The Very Best of Janet Baker.
    • EMI CLASSICS.
    • 13.

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