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Classical Enigmas

Stephen Broad presents a show filled with musical mysteries, enigmas and tall tales.

1 hour, 55 minutes

Last on

Sun 16 Jun 2019 21:00

Music Played

  • Edward Elgar

    Enigma Variations, Op 36 (Variation 7, 'Troyte')

    Conductor: John Barbirolli. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.
    • Sir John Barbirolli.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 9.
  • Thomas Tallis

    O Lord, in Thee is all my trust

    Ensemble: The Hilliard Ensemble.
    • Mnemosyne.
    • ECM New Series.
    • 2.
  • Edward Elgar

    Enigma Variations, Op 36 (Variation 9, 'Nimrod')

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Adrian Boult.
    • 100 Best Relaxing Classics.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 15.
  • Benedict Morris

    Live Performance Young Trad 2019

    • N/A.
    • N/A.
  • Benedict Morris

    The Boxing Reel (live performance at Young Trad 2019)

    • N/A.
  • Benedict Morris

    Cashen's Gap (live performance Young Trad 2019)

    • N/A.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Berceuse in D flat major, Op 57

    Performer: Imogen Cooper.
    • Imogen Cooper's Chopin.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 9.
  • Hector Berlioz

    Symphonie fantastique (March to the Scaffold)

    Conductor: Charles Dutoit. Orchestra: Orchestre symphonique de Montréal.
    • Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal/Dutoit.
    • Decca.
    • 4.
  • Anon.

    Greensleeves

    Performer: Isaac Stern. Music Arranger: Arthur Harris. Orchestra: Columbia Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Milton Katims.
    • Humoresque, Favourite Violin Encores: Stern/Columbia Symphony Orch/Brieff/Katims.
    • Sony Classical.
  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony No.8 "Unfinished" 1st Mvt

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • 8 Symphonien.
    • deutsche grammophon.
    • 1.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No 3 in E flat major, Op 55, 'Eroica' (3rd mvt)

    Conductor: Christoph von Dohnányi. Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra.
    • Beethoven: Symphony no.3 'Eroica': Cleveland Orchestra/Dohnanyi.
    • Telarc.
    • 3.
  • Giuseppe Tartini

    Violin Sonata in G minor 'Devil's Trill' (Sogni dell autore)

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Performer: Christian Curnyn. Performer: Catherine Rimer. Performer: Thomas Dunford.
    • Italia.
    • Decca.
    • 7.
  • Arnold Schoenberg

    Verklärte Nacht (Adagio)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.
    • Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht/Variations.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 5.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony No 6 in B minor, Op 74, 'Pathétique' (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Mariinsky Orchestra. Conductor: Valery Gergiev.
    • Tchaikovsky: Symphony no.6, Romoe & Juliet Overture: Kirov Orchestra, Gergiev.
    • Philips.
    • 002.
  • Robert Schumann

    Promenade (Carnaval, Op 9)

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • In the Night.
    • HYPERION.
    • 26.
  • Robert Schumann

    Eusebius (Carnaval, Op 9)

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • In the Night.
    • HYPERION.
    • 12.
  • Robert Schumann

    Pantalon et Colombine (Carnaval, Op 9)

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • In the Night.
    • HYPERION.
    • 22.
  • Fritz Kreisler

    Tambourin Chinois, Op 3

    Performer: Nigel Kennedy. Performer: John Lenehan.
    • Kreisler: Violin Works/String Quartet.
    • EMI.
    • 3.
  • Leos JanáÄek

    In the Mists (1st mvt)

    Performer: Rolf Hind.
    • Country Music.
    • Factory.
    • 9.

Broadcasts

  • Sun 25 Jun 2017 21:00
  • Sun 27 Aug 2017 21:00
  • Sun 16 Jun 2019 21:00