Neil Sedaka
Singer-songwriter Neil Sedaka introduces a piano-themed selection of music, including works by Chopin, Debussy and Prokofiev.
Singer-songwriter Neil Sedaka rose to fame in the 1950s with hits including 'Oh Carol', 'Calendar Girl' and 'Stairway to Heaven' and has sold millions of records in the last six decades. A prodigiously talented pianist from a young age he studied at the Juilliard School in New York in his teens and in the last few years has written his own classical works. His piano-themed selection today includes works by Chopin, Debussy and Prokofiev.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Fugue in Eb minor from Book 1 of the Well Tempered Klavier
Performer: Rosalyn Tureck.- DG.
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Béla Bartók
Concerto no. 3 Sz.119 for piano and orchestra
Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iván Fischer. Performer: Sir András Schiff.- Teldec.
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Claude Debussy
Claire de Lune from Suite Bergamasque
Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.- Chandos.
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Gustav Mahler
Symphony No 5 in C sharp minor – 4th movement Adagietto
Conductor: Leonard Bernstein. Orchestra: New York Philharmonic.- CBS.
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Claude Debussy
Reflets dans l'eau from Images
Performer: Neil Sedaka. -
Sergey Prokofiev
Piano Sonata No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 28
Performer: Neil Sedaka. -
Neil Sedaka
Manhattan Intermezzo
- Absolute.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Letter Scene from Act 1 Scene 2 of Eugene Onegin
Orchestra: Kirov Orchestra. Singer: Galina Gorchakova. Conductor: Valery Gergiev.- Philips.
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Frédéric Chopin
Waltz Opus 64 No 2
Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.- Harmonia Mundi.
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Frédéric Chopin
Waltz Opus 64 No 1 ‘The Minute Waltz’
Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.- Harmonia Mundi.
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Heitor Villaâ€Lobos
A Prole Do Bebe No 1
Performer: Arthur Rubinstein.- RCA.
Broadcasts
- Sat 25 Oct 2014 14:00Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 3
- Sat 23 Jul 2016 13:00Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 3
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