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The Most Romantic Music Ever Written

Jamie MacDougall presents an all-request show dedicated to the most romantic music ever written. From Monteverdi to Debussy, it’s two hours of beautiful music about love, hand-picked by lovers of music that is guaranteed to have your heart bursting with emotion.

1 hour, 55 minutes

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Sun 8 Jan 2023 19:00
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Scotland

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Music Played

  • Aram Khachaturian

    Masquerade Suite (Waltz)

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme JΓ€rvi.
    • Khachaturian: Piano Concerto etc..
    • Chandos.
    • 4.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    None but the lonely heart, Op 6 No 6

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

  • Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni

    Adagio in G minor

    Music Arranger: Remo Giazotto. Ensemble: Consort of London. Director: Robert Clark.
    • Baroque Orchestral Music.
    • COLLINS CLASSICS.
    • 5.

  • John Ireland

    When I am dead, my dearest

    Singer: Benjamin Luxon. Performer: Alan Rowlands.
    • Ireland: Songs.
    • LYRITA.
    • 22.

  • Pietro Mascagni

    Cavalleria rusticana (Intermezzo)

    Orchestra: HallΓ©. Conductor: John Barbirolli.
    • HallΓ© Favourites.
    • Dutton Laboratories.
    • 2.

  • Umberto Giordano

    Vicino a te s'acqueta (Andrea Chenier)

    Singer: Jonas Kaufmann. Choir: Chorus of Santa Cecilia. Orchestra: Orchestra of Santa Cecilia. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.
    • Verismo Arias.
    • Decca.
    • 17.

  • Francis Poulenc

    Concerto for 2 Pianos in D Minor (2nd mvt.)

    Performer: Tomer Lev. Performer: Daniel Borovitzky. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Ensemble: MultiPiano. Conductor: Dmitry Yablonsky.
    • Martin, Poulenc & Others: Works for Pianos & Orchestra.
    • Naxos.
    • 105.

  • James McMillan

    So Deep (O my luve's like a red, red rose)

    Choir: Elysian Singers. Director: Sam Laughton.
    • Cantos Sagrados.
    • Signum.
    • 10.

  • Giovanni Bottesini

    Elegy No. 1 in D Major

    • Bottesini Collection (The), Vol. 3.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Piano Concerto no. 2 in C minor Op.18 (2nd mvt.)

    Performer: Daniil Trifonov. Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick NΓ©zet‐SΓ©guin.
    • Destination Rachmaninov - Departure.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 2.

  • Reynaldo Hahn

    A Chloris

    Performer: Albrecht Mayer. Performer: Kimiko Imani.
    • Musical Moments.
    • DG.

  • EΜ„riks Ešenvalds

    Only in sleep

    Singer: Rachel Ambrose Evans. Choir: Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • Northern Lights and other Choral works.
    • Hyperion.
    • 16.

  • Johannes Brahms

    String Quintet No 2 in G minor, Op 111 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Thomas Kakuska. Ensemble: Belcea Quartet.
    • Brahms: String Quartet No.1 etc..
    • EMI Classics.
    • 7.

  • George Frideric Handel

    As steals the morn (L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato)

    Singer: Eleanor Dennis. Singer: Greg Tassell. Ensemble: London Early Opera. Conductor: Bridget Cunningham.
    • Handel At Vauxhall/ Volume 1.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 017.

  • Nino Rota

    What Is Youth? (Romeo and Juliet)

    • The Very Best Of Our Tune.
    • Sony /BMG.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Pas de deux (The Nutcracker)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: AndrΓ© Previn.
    • Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker.
    • EMI.
    • 010.

  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Pur ti miro (L'incoronazione di Poppea)

    Singer: Danielle de Niese. Singer: Andreas Scholl. Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: Harry Bicket.
    • Danielle de Niese: Beauty of the Baroque.
    • Decca.
    • 7.

  • Richard Wagner

    Liebestod (Tristan und Isolde)

    Orchestra: Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.
    • Bruckner: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 5.
    • DG.

  • Claude Debussy

    3 Chansons de Bilitis (2. La Chevelure)

    Performer: Fazil Say. Singer: Marianne Crebassa.
    • Secrets.
    • Erato.
    • 1.

  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    The Young Prince and the Young Princess (Scheherazade, mvt 3)

    Performer: Elise BΓ₯tnes. Performer: Vasily Petrenko. Orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade; Capriccio Espagnol.
    • Lawo.
    • 09.

Broadcasts

  • Sun 6 Nov 2022 19:00
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Scotland
  • Sun 8 Jan 2023 19:00
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Scotland