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22/10/2017

Jamie reveals which opera was voted the greatest by over 170 opera singers, hears from the Scottish Chamber Orchestra's Louisa Stanway about a memorable piece of music and his album of the week features The Marian Consort with Rory McCleery.

1 hour, 55 minutes

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Sun 22 Oct 2017 21:00
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Scotland

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Music Played

  • Gabriel Jackson

    Salve Regina

    Ensemble: The Marian Consort. Director: Rory McCleery.
    • Music For The Queen Of Heaven.
    • Delphian.

  • Helen Grime

    Grime: Clarinet concerto - 2nd movement; Free and enigmatic

    Performer: Lynsey Marsh. Ensemble: Halle Soloists. Conductor: Jamie Philips.
    • Helen Grime - Night Songs.
    • NMC.
    • 007.

  • Traditional

    What can a young lassie do wi' an auld man

    Performer: Christopher Field. Performer: Marjorie Rycroft. Performer: John Kitchen. Music Arranger: Joseph Haydn. Lyricist: Robert Burns. Singer: Lorna Anderson. Singer: Christine Cairns.
    • Auld Scottish Sangs.
    • Chandos.
    • 12.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Now the Great Bear and Pleiades

    Singer: Peter Pears. Orchestra: Royal Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Benjamin Britten.
    • Peter Grimes.
    • DECCA.
    • 17.

  • Claude Debussy

    Cello Sonata in D minor (Prologue)

    Performer: Gautier Capuçon. Performer: Frank Braley.
    • Schubert: Arpeggione.
    • Erato.
    • 9.

  • Judith Weir

    Ave Regina Caelorum

    Ensemble: The Marian Consort. Director: Rory McCleery.
    • Music For The Queen Of Heaven.
    • Delphian.

  • Bernard Herrmann

    Scène d'amour (Vertigo)

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Herrmann.
    • Music From The Great Hitchcock Movie Thrillers.
    • Decca London.
    • 4.

  • Gustav Mahler

    Des Antonius von Padua Fischpredigt (Des Knaben Wunderhorn)

    Singer: Christian Gerhaher. Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.
    • Des Knaben Wunderhorn.
    • DG.
    • 7.

  • Alban Berg

    Wozzeck (Act 3, Sc 2)

    Singer: Franz Grundheber. Singer: Hildegard Behrens. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Berg: Wozzeck.
    • DG.
    • 8.

  • Carl Nielsen

    Symphony No 4, last mvt.

    Orchestra: HallΓ©. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder.
    • Nielsen: Symphont No.4 'The Inextinguishable'.
    • ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Music Magazine.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Diabelli Variations in C Major Op 120, Theme

    Performer: Filippo Gorini.
    • Beethoven Diabelli Variations.
    • Alpha.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Diabelli Variations in C Major Op 120 - Variation 5

    Performer: Filippo Gorini.
    • Beethoven Diabelli Variations.
    • Alpha.

  • Hilary Campbell

    Ave Maria

    Ensemble: The Marian Consort. Director: Rory McCleery.
    • Music For The Queen Of Heaven.
    • Delphian.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Violin Sonata in A minor, BWV 1003 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Rachel Podger.
    • Bach: Complete Sonatas & Partitas for violin solo: Rachel Podger.
    • Channel Classics.

  • Richard Strauss

    Hab' mir's gelobt (Der Rosenkavalier)

    Singer: Adrianne Pieczonka. Singer: Diana Damrau. Singer: Elīna Garanča. Singer: Dominik Licht. Choir: Chor der Staatsoper Dresden. Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden. Conductor: Fabio Luisi.
    • 111 Years Of Deutsche Grammophon The Collector's Edition Vol.2.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Aram Khachaturian

    Dance of Gaditanae (Spartacus)

    Orchestra: St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yuri Temirkanov.
    • Khachaturian: Spartacus (Highlights).
    • Signum Classics.
    • 4.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    O soave fanciulla (La bohème)

    Singer: Jonas Kaufmann. Singer: Kristine Opolais. Orchestra: Santa Cecilia Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.
    • The Puccini Album.
    • SONY.
    • 7.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony No. 1, 3rd mvt.

    Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.
    • Mendelssohn - Symphonies No. 1 & 4.
    • BIS.
    • 2-5.

  • Roxanna Panufnik

    Magnificat (St. Pancras Service)

    Ensemble: The Marian Consort. Director: Rory McCleery.
    • Music For The Queen Of Heaven.
    • Delphian.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Piano Concerto No 1, Op 35

    Performer: Peter Donohoe. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Swan. Conductor: David Curtis.
    • Shostakovich: Piano Concertos and Sonatas nos 1 and 2.
    • Signum.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Hai giΓ  vinta la causa (The Marriage of Figaro)

    Singer: Simon Keenlyside. Orchestra: Concerto KΓΆln. Conductor: RenΓ© Jacobs.
    • Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro: Rene Jacobs.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

Broadcast

  • Sun 22 Oct 2017 21:00
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Scotland