The best of February’s Cello Festival
Performances and interviews with Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Brazilian Antonio Meneses, young Russian virtuoso Anastasia Kobekina and the Maxwell Quartet join cellist Philip Higham.
From the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, specially recorded performances and interviews with cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason, the legendary Brazilian cellist Antonio Meneses and young Russian virtuoso Anastasia Kobekina. We’ll hear from the award-winning Scottish Maxwell Quartet and cellist Philip Higham for some double cello antics! Plus Jamie has his own Pictures at a Museum following a recent trip to London’s Portrait Gallery.
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Claude Debussy
Beau Soir
Performer: Anastasia Kobekina. Performer: Jean Selim Abdemoula. -
Alexander Scriabin
Romance
Performer: Richard Watkins. Performer: Julius Drake.- The Romantic Horn.
- SIGNUM RECORDS LTD.
- 008.
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George Frideric Handel
Concerto Grosso in G major, Op 6 No 1
Orchestra: Il Giardino Armonico. Director: Giovanni Antonini.- Handel: Twelve Concerti Grossi, Op.6 Il Giardino Armonico - Giovanni Antonini.
- Decca.
- 1.
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George Frideric Handel
Hallelujah (Messiah)
Ensemble: Dunedin Consort and Players.- Handel: Messiah: Dunedin Consort & Players.
- Linn.
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Benjamin Britten
Moonlight (4 Sea interludes [from 'Peter Grimes'] Op.33a)
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Steuart Bedford.- Britten - London Symphony Orchestra, Steuart Bedford.
- Collins Classics.
- 13.
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Dmitry Shostakovich
Symphony No 5 in D minor, Op 47 (2nd mvt)
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Mstislav Rostropovich.- Shostakovich: Symphony no.5.
- LSO Live.
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Peter Maxwell Davies
Farewell to Stromness (The Yellow Cake Revue)
Performer: Peter Maxwell Davies.- Peter Maxwell Davies: A Celebration of Scotland.
- Unicorn-Kanchana.
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Giacomo Puccini
Vogliatemi bene (Madama Butterfly)
Singer: Plácido Domingo. Singer: Renata Scotto. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Lorin Maazel.- Puccini: Madama Butterfly.
- Sony.
- 016.
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Claude Debussy
Three Nocturnes
Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Choir: Berlin Radio Choir. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.- Debussy: Orchestral Works.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 002.
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Claude Debussy
Arabesque for piano, No 1
Performer: Jean‐Yves Thibaudet.- Debussy: Piano Music #1.
- Decca.
- 16.
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Heitor Villa‐Lobos
O Trenzinho do Caipira
Performer: Antônio Meneses. Performer: Cristian Budu. -
Jacques Offenbach
Les Larmes de Jacqueline, Op 76, No 2
Performer: Sheku Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Isata Kanneh‐Mason. -
Maurice Ravel
Oiseaux Tristes
Performer: Peter Donohoe.- Mussorgsky, Messiaen, Ravel.
- Signum Records LTD.
- 017.
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Franz Strauss
Nocturno, Op. 7
Performer: Richard Watkins. Performer: Julius Drake.- The Romantic Horn.
- SIGNUM RECORDS LTD.
- 004.
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Luigi Boccherini
Night music on the Streets of Madrid
Performer: Philip Higham. Ensemble: Maxwell String Quartet. -
César Franck
Sonata for Violin (arr.cello)
Performer: Anastasia Kobekina. Performer: Jean-Sélim Abdelmoula. -
Paul Dukas
Villanelle
Performer: Richard Watkins. Performer: Julius Drake.- The Romantic Horn.
- SIGNUM RECORDS LTD.
- 009.
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Giuseppe Verdi
La forza del destino (Overture)
Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.- Verdi - Overtures and Preludes: Abbado.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Gabriel Jackson
The End and the Begining
Author: T. S. Eliot. Choir: Choir of Merton College, Oxford. Singer: Emma Tring. Singer: Guy Cutting. Conductor: Benjamin Nicholas. Orchestra: Oxford Contemporary Sinfonia.- The Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ.
- Delphian.
- 007.
Broadcast
- Sun 7 Apr 2019 21:00鶹Լ Radio Scotland