List of Private Passions episodes (2020–present)
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This is a list of Private Passions episodes[1] from 2020 to present. It does not include repeated episodes or compilations.
2020
[edit]Date | Guest | Composer | Title | Performer / Label |
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5 Jan 2020 | Carlo Rovelli | Beethoven | Benedictus (Missa Solemnis) | Orchestra: New York Philharmonic, conductor: Bruno Walter |
Vivaldi | Violin Concerto in B-flat major, Rv. 583 | Performer: Piero Toso , orchestra: I Solisti Veneti, conductor: Claudio Scimone | ||
Arvo Pärt | Für Alina | Performer: Jeroen van Veen | ||
W. A. Mozart | Dies Irae (Requiem) | Choir: Choir of New College Oxford, orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, conductor: Edward Higginbottom | ||
Philip Glass | Knee Play 5 (Einstein on the Beach) | Ensemble: Philip Glass Ensemble, conductor: Michael Riesman | ||
Schubert | Piano Trio No. 2 in E-flat major (2nd mvt: Andante) | Ensemble: Beaux Arts Trio | ||
J. S. Bach | "Wir eilen mit schwachen" (Jesu, der du meine Seele, BWV 78) | Singers: Julianne Baird (soprano), Allan Fast (countertenor), ensemble: Bach-Collegium Stuttgart, conductor: Joshua Rifkin | ||
12 Jan 2020 | Helen Cammock | Barbara Strozzi | "Che si puo fare" | Performers: Leonardo García Alarcón, Mariana Flores , ensemble: Cappella Mediterranea |
Traditional Danish | Sekstur from Vendsyssel/The Peat Dance | Ensemble: Danish String Quartet | ||
Francesca Caccini | Ciaconna | Ensemble: Cappella di Santa Maria degli Angiolini, conductor: Gian Luca Lastraioli. | ||
J. S. Bach | Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Aria & Variations 1 & 2) | Performer: Glenn Gould | ||
Henry Purcell | "Thy hand Belinda... When I am laid in earth" (from Dido and Aeneas) | Singer: Jessye Norman | ||
Shostakovich | Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major (1st mvt: Allegretto) | Performer: Truls Mørk, orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic, conductor: Vasily Petrenko | ||
Nina Simone | "African Mailman" | Performer: Nina Simone | ||
19 Jan 2020 | William Sieghart | W. A. Mozart | Piano Concerto No. 18 in B-flat major, K. 456 (2nd mvt: Andante un poco sostenuto) | Performer: Imogen Cooper, orchestra: Northern Sinfonia of England |
Schubert | "Ständchen" (No. 4 of Schwanengesang) | Performer: Lise de la Salle, music arranger: Franz Liszt | ||
J. S. Bach | Concerto for Two Violins in D minor (1st mvt: Allegro) | Violins: Isabelle Faust, Bernhard Forck , Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin | ||
Debussy | Clair de lune | Performer: Paul Crossley | ||
The Skatalites | "Swing Easy" | Ensemble: The Skatalites | ||
Felix Mendelssohn | Song without Words, Op. 30, No. 6 | Performer: Murray Perahia | ||
2 Feb 2020 | James Thornton | Jean Sibelius | Violin Concerto in D minor (3rd mvt: Allegro) | Performer: Jascha Heifetz. Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Walter Hendl. |
W. A. Mozart | "Der Hölle Rache" (from The Magic Flute, act 2) | Singer: Lucia Popp. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Otto Klemperer. | ||
Brian Eno | Just Another Day | Performer: Brian Eno. | ||
J. S. Bach | Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit | Pianos: György Kurtág, Márta Kurtág, music arranger: György Kurtág | ||
Béla Bartók | Sebes (Fast Dance) (Contrasts, 3rd mvt) | Performer: Benny Goodman. Performer: Joseph Szigeti. Performer: Béla Bartók. | ||
Lou Harrison | La Koro Sutro (excerpt) | Choir: Chamber Chorus of University of California, Berkeley. Ensemble: American Gamelan Ensemble. Conductor: Philip Brett. | ||
9 Feb 2020 | Ann Wroe | Schubert | Piano Sonata in C minor, D 958 (4th mvt: Allegro) | Performer: Alfred Brendel |
William Walton | Symphony No. 1 (1st mvt: Allegro assai) | Orchestra: Orchestra of Opera North. Conductor: Paul Daniel. | ||
Jacques Brel | Les Ramparts de Varsovie | Performer: Jacques Brel. | ||
Frank Bridge | The Sea (3rd mvt: Moonlight) | Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Charles Groves. | ||
Jonathan Dove | Seek Him that maketh the seven stars | Choir: Choir of St John's College, Cambridge. Conductor: Andrew Nethsingha. | ||
Ralph Vaughan Williams | Roadside Fire (Songs of Travel) | Performer: Viola Tunnard. Singer: John Shirley-Quirk. | ||
Ravel | Rigaudon (Le Tombeau de Couperin) | Orchestra: Les Siècles. Conductor: François-Xavier Roth. | ||
16 Feb 2020 | Jonathan Aitken | Handel | Ev'ry Valley (Messiah) | Singer: Richard Lewis. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Malcolm Sargent. |
Traditional Irish | The Garden where the praties grow | Performer: John McCormack. | ||
Britten | Sammy's bath (The little sweep) | Orchestra: English Opera Group. Conductor: Benjamin Britten. | ||
Wagner | Entry of the Gods into Valhalla (Das Rheingold) | Singer: Iain Paterson. Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder. | ||
Beethoven | O welche Lust (Fidelio) | Choir: Arnold Schoenberg Chor. Orchestra: Lucerne Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Abbado. | ||
Joseph Barnby | Psalm 24 | Performer: Andrew Lumsden. Choir: Choir of Westminster Abbey. Conductor: Martin Neary. | ||
Arthur Sullivan | When I was a lad (HMS Pinafore) | Performer: John Reed. Orchestra: D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Isidore Godfrey. | ||
Handel | All we like sheep (Messiah) | Singer: Emma Kirkby. Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood. | ||
23 Feb 2020 | Chibundu Onuzo | Christian Petzold | Minuet in G | Performer: Lang Lang. |
Handel | Hallelujah Chorus (Messiah) | Orchestra: City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: David Temple. Choir: Crouch End Festival Chorus. | ||
Traditional music | I wonder as I wander | Singer: Gerald Finley. Choir: The Cambridge Singers. Conductor: John Rutter. | ||
Antonín Dvořák | Symphony No. 9 in E minor (From the New World) (2nd mvt: Largo) | Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra, conductor: Kevin John Edusei | ||
Fela Kuti | Water no get enemy | Performer: Fela Kuti. | ||
Walter Donaldson | My baby just cares for me | Lyricist: Gus Kahn. Performer: Nina Simone. | ||
Ken Okeke | The Lord is my Shepherd (Psalm 23) | Performer: Chibundu Onuzo. | ||
1 Mar 2020 | Piers Gough | William Walton | The Writing on the Wall (Belshazzar's Feast) | Conductor: William Walton. Singer: Dennis Noble. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. |
Monteverdi | Pur ti miro (L'incoronazione di Poppea) | Singer: Roberta Invernizzi. Singer: Sonia Prina. Ensemble: Claudiana Ensemble. Conductor: Luca Pianca. | ||
Orlando Gough | Perils of Tourism | Ensemble: Man Jumping | ||
Handel | Endless pleasure, endless love (Semele) | Singer: Rosemary Joshua. Orchestra: Early Opera Company. Conductor: Christian Curnyn. | ||
Truckstop Honeymoon | Truckstop Honeymoon | Ensemble: Truckstop Honeymoon. | ||
Ravel | Daphnis and Chloe | Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Conductor: Charles Dutoit. | ||
Paulo Vinicius | Blue in the flame | km_ Tanya Wells. Ensemble: Seven Eyes. | ||
15 Mar 2020 | Isabel Allende | W. A. Mozart | Flute Concerto No. 1 in G major (2nd mvt: Adagio) | Performer: Jean-Pierre Rampal, orchestra: Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor: Zubin Mehta |
Víctor Jara | Te Recuerdo Amanda | Singer: Víctor Jara. | ||
Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni | Oboe Concerto in D minor, Op. 9, No. 2 (2nd mvt: Adagio) | Performer: Anthony Camden. Orchestra: London Virtuosi. Conductor: John Georgiadis. | ||
Traditional music | Si me quieres escribir | Performer: Rolando Alarcón. | ||
Vivaldi | Spring (The Four Seasons) | Performer: Rachel Podger. Ensemble: Brecon Baroque. | ||
Gonzalo Roig | Quiereme Mucho | Singer: Plácido Domingo. | ||
Violeta Parra | Gracias a la vida | Performer: Mercedes Sosa. | ||
22 Mar 2020 | Stephen Schwartz | Leonard Bernstein | World without end (Mass) | Performer: Mary Bracken Phillips. Performer: Leonard Bernstein. |
Beethoven | Sonata in C-sharp minor (Moonlight) (1st mvt: Adagio) | Performer: Jonathan Biss | ||
J. S. Bach | Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B-flat major (3rd mvt: Allegro) | Orchestra: Marlboro Festival Orchestra, conductor: Pau Casals | ||
Aaron Copland | Appalachian Spring (excerpt) | Orchestra: New York Philharmonic, conductor: Leonard Bernstein | ||
Carl Orff | O Fortuna (Carmina Burana) | Orchestra: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Choir: Atlanta Symphony Chorus. Conductor: Donald Runnicles. | ||
Stephen Schwartz | No one mourns the wicked (Wicked) | Performer: Cristy Candler. Performer: Kristin Chenoweth. Performer: Jan Neuberger. Performer: Sean McCourt. | ||
Rachmaninov | Prelude in C-sharp minor, Op. 3, No. 2 | Performer: Nikolai Lugansky. | ||
Puccini | "Chi il ben sogno di Doretta" (La rondine) | Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra, conductor: Jeffrey Tate, singer: Renée Fleming | ||
5 Apr 2020 | Jools Holland | J. S. Bach | Prelude in B minor (No. 24 from The Well-Tempered Clavier, book 1) | Performer: Edwin Fischer |
J. S. Bach | Prelude in B-flat minor (No. 22 from The Well-Tempered Clavier, book 1) | Performer: Friedrich Gulda | ||
Jean-Paul-Égide Martini | Plaisir d'amour | Performer: Tito Schipa. | ||
Richard Strauss | Arabella (excerpt) | Singer: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf. Singer: Josef Metternich. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Lovro von Matačić. | ||
Edwin T. Astley | The World Ten Times Over | Performer: Edwin T. Astley. | ||
Felix Mendelssohn | Greeting, Op. 63, No. 3 | Performer: Gerald Moore. Singer: Kathleen Ferrier. Singer: Isobel Baillie. | ||
Messiaen | Regard du Pere (Vingt regards sur l'enfant Jesus) | Performer: Yvonne Loriod. | ||
Wagner | Pilgrim's Chorus (Tannhauser) | Performer: Donald Lambert. Music Arranger: Donald Lambert. | ||
12 Apr 2020 | Chris Watson | Ánde Somby | Gadni – Spirit of the Mountain | |
Jean Sibelius | Tapiola | Orchestra: Lahti Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Osmo Vänskä. | ||
Hildur Guðnadóttir | Folk faer andlit | |||
Pierre Schaeffer | Etude aux Chemins de Fer | |||
Britten | Cello Suite No. 2 (5th mvt: Chaconne) | Performer: Mstislav Leopoldovich Rostropovich. | ||
Adrian Corker | I have the package | |||
Claire M Singer | Solas | |||
26 Apr 2020 | John Dyson | Beethoven | Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major (1st mvt: Allegro con brio) | Performer: Anda Géza. Orchestra: Salzburg Camerata. |
Leonard Bernstein | Chichester Psalms (1st mvt, excerpt) | Orchestra: Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. Choir: Vienna Youth Choir. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein. | ||
Schubert | Fantasia in F minor, D 940 | Performers: Paul Badura-Skoda, Jörg Demus | ||
J. S. Bach | Goldberg Variations (opening) | Performer: Sir András Schiff | ||
Verdi | Otello (act 1, finale) | Singers: Margaret Price, Carlo Cossutta, orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic, conductor: Georg Solti | ||
Richard Strauss | Im Abendrot (Four Last Songs) | Singer: Karita Mattila. Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Abbado. | ||
John Lennon And Paul Mccartney | Hey Jude | Ensemble: The Beatles. | ||
10 May 2020 | Andrew O'Hagan | Jules Massenet | Meditation (Thais) | Performer: Nigel Kennedy. Orchestra: National Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Bonynge. |
Trad. | Ca' the Yowes | Music Arranger: Ralph Vaughan Williams. Singer: Ian Partridge. Choir: London Madrigal Singers. Conductor: Christopher Bishop. | ||
Edward Elgar | Sospiri | Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Barbirolli. | ||
John Field | Nocturne No. 9 in E-flat major | Performer: Micheál O'Rourke. | ||
June Christy | Something Cool | |||
Frank Bridge | Music, When Soft Voices Die | Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short. | ||
Ludwig van Beethoven | Mir ist so wunderbar (Fidelio) | Orchestra: Lucerne Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Abbado. | ||
24 May 2020 | Brian Greene | Johannes Brahms | Rhapsody in G minor, Op. 79, No. 2 | Performer: Radu Lupu. |
Cappy Barra Boys Harmonica Quartet | Rockin' in the Rockies | |||
Ludwig van Beethoven | Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92 (2nd mvt: Allegretto) | Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Joshua Bell. | ||
J. S. Bach | Chaconne in D minor (from Partita for Violin No. 2) | Performer: Joshua Bell, music arranger: Felix Mendelssohn, orchestrator: Julian Milone, orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields | ||
Jeff Beal | Light Falls | |||
J. S. Bach | Goldberg Variations (Variation No. 25) | Performer: Glenn Gould | ||
Philip Glass | Icarus at the Edge of Time | Orchestra: Orchestra of St. Luke's. Conductor: Brad Lubman. | ||
Alan Greene | Sometimes it's Good to Cry | Performer: Roberta Cooper. Performer: Carmel Lowenthal. | ||
31 May 2020 | Patricia Wiltshire | Frédéric Chopin | Berceuse in D-flat major, Op. 57 | Performer: Arthur Rubinstein. |
Joseph Parry | Myfanwy | Choir: Treorchy Male Voice Choir. | ||
Alphonse Hasselmans | La Source | Performer: Judy Loman. | ||
J. S. Bach | Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 (1st mvt: Allegro) | Performer: Wendy Carlos, music arranger: Wendy Carlos | ||
Aram Khachaturian | Adagio for Spartacus and Phrygia (Spartacus) | Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Aram Khachaturian. | ||
Traditional Spanish | Dame un Poquito de Agua | Performer: Paco de Lucía. Singer: Camarón de la Isla. | ||
W. A. Mozart | "Voi che sapete" (from The Marriage of Figaro) | Singer: Cecilia Bartoli | ||
14 Jun 2020 | Peter Stanford | Hildegard von Bingen | O gloriosissimi lux | Choir: Sequentia. Conductor: Benjamin Bagby. |
J. S. Bach | Cello Suite in G major (Prelude) | Performer: Jacqueline du Pré | ||
W. A. Mozart | Exsultate, jubilate | Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden, conductor: Bernhard Klee, singer: Edith Mathis | ||
Harry Chapin | Barefoot Boy | |||
Giuseppe Tartini | Sonata in G minor (Devil's Trill) (1st mvt: Larghetto) | Performer: Andrew Manze. | ||
J. S. Bach | "Give, Oh Give Me Back My Lord" (from St Matthew Passion) | Singer: Stephen Roberts (baritone), orchestra: Thames Chamber Orchestra, conductor: Sir David Willcocks | ||
Richard Rodgers | You'll Never Walk Alone | Singer: Jennifer Johnston | ||
28 Jun 2020 | Helen Macdonald | King Henry VIII of England | Pastime with Good Company | Choir: Oxford Camerata. Conductor: Jeremy Summerly. |
Igor Stravinsky | The Firebird (excerpt) | Orchestra: Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Lorin Maazel. | ||
Benjamin Britten | String Quartet No. 2 in C major (1st mvt: Allegro) | Ensemble: Takács Quartet. | ||
Victor Hely-Hutchinson | A Carol Symphony (3rd mvt: Andante) | Orchestra: City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Gavin Sutherland. | ||
Hanna Tuulikki | Song Thrush | |||
Jean Sibelius | Symphony No. 7 in C major (excerpt) | Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein. | ||
Jean‐Baptiste Lully | Prelude pour la Nuit (Le Triomphe de l'Amour) | Orchestra: Capriccio Stravagante. Conductor: Skip Sempé. | ||
30 Aug 2020 | Brian Moore | Felix Mendelssohn | Overture: The Hebrides (Fingal's Cave) | Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner. |
William James Kirkpatrick | Will Your Anchor Hold | Performer: Paul Trepte. Choir: Ely Cathedral Choir. Conductor: Konichi. | ||
W. A. Mozart | "Der Hölle Rache" (from The Magic Flute) | Singer: Natalie Dessay, orchestra: Les Arts Florissants, conductor: William Christie | ||
W. A. Mozart | Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major (1st mvt) | Performer: Yeol Eum Son, orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields, conductor: Neville Marriner | ||
Samuel Barber | Adagio for Strings | Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton. | ||
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Overture: The Nutcracker | Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel. | ||
Pietro Mascagni | Intermezzo (Cavalleria Rusticana) | Orchestra: Dresdner Philharmonie. Conductor: Marek Janowski. | ||
13 Sep 2020 | Anthony David | Ludwig van Beethoven | Symphony No. 9 in D minor (Choral) (Finale) | Orchestra: New York Philharmonic, conductor: Leonard Bernstein |
Dudley Moore | "And the Same to You" | Performer: Dudley Moore Trio | ||
Claude Debussy | Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune | Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, conductor: Bernard Haitink | ||
Aaron Copland | Quiet City | Orchestra: Nashville Chamber Orchestra, conductor: Paul Gambill | ||
Joni Mitchell | "Both Sides, Now" | Performer: David Newton | ||
J. S. Bach | Sonata No. 1 in G minor for violin solo, BWV 1001 (1st mvt: Adagio) | Performer: Felix Ayo | ||
Stephen Sondheim | "I'm Still Here" (Follies) | Performer: Millicent Martin | ||
20 Sep 2020 | Heather Phillipson | Sergei Prokofiev | Peter and the Wolf | Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Mario Rossi. Narrator: Boris Karloff. |
W. A. Mozart | Symphony No. 25 in G minor (1st mvt: Allegro) | Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields, conductor: Neville Marriner | ||
Bad Company UK | The Nine | |||
Robert Ashley | Perfect Lives | |||
Heather Phillipson | Splashy Phasings | |||
Ludwig van Beethoven | Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major (2nd mvt: Adagio) | Performer: Alicia de Larrocha. Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Conductor: Zubin Mehta. | ||
Public Enemy | Fight The Power | |||
Edvard Grieg | Fairy Dance (Lyric Pieces) | Performer: Antonio Pompa-Baldi. | ||
27 Sep 2020 | Jack Klaff | Traditional South African | Shosholoza | Ensemble: Rishile Gumboot Dancers of Soweto. |
Dmitry Shostakovich | Symphony No. 5 (4th mvt: Allegro non troppo) | Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda. | ||
Kurt Weill | Tchaikovsky and other Russians (Lady in the Dark) | Performer: Danny Kaye. | ||
Schubert | String Quintet in C, D 956 (2nd mvt: Adagio) | Performers: Isaac Stern, Alexander Schneider. Milton Katims, Pau Casals, Paul Tortelier | ||
Bobby McFerrin | Hoedown | Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma. Performer: Bobby McFerrin. | ||
Ludwig van Beethoven | String Quartet in C-sharp minor, Op. 131 (1st mvt: Adagio) | Ensemble: Busch Quartet. | ||
Giuseppe Verdi | Amami, Alfredo... (La Traviata) | Singer: Maria Callas. Singer: Giuseppe di Stefano. Orchestra: La Scala Orchestra, Milan. Conductor: Carlo Maria Giulini. | ||
4 Oct 2020 | Gretchen Gerzina | Henry Purcell | "Welcome, Glorious Morn", Z. 338 (excerpt) | Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, choir: The Choir of the Age of Enlightenment, conductor: Nicholas Kraemer |
Ludwig van Beethoven | Symphony No. 9 in D minor (4th mvt: Presto) | Orchestra: Vienna Symphony, choir: Wiener Singverein, conductor: Philippe Jordan | ||
Ignatius Sancho | Minuet in F major | Ensemble: Afro American Chamber Music Society, conductor: Janise White | ||
Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges | Violin Concerto in A major (1st mvt: Allegro) | Performer: Rachel Barton Pine, orchestra: Encore Chamber Orchestra, conductor: Daniel Hege | ||
The Beatles | "Blackbird" | |||
Arcangelo Corelli | Concerto Grosso in D major, Op. 6, No. 7 (1st movement: Vivace) | Orchestra: Tafelmusik, conductor: Jeanne Lamon | ||
Léo Delibes | Lakmé ("Flower Duet") | Singers: Joan Sutherland, Jane Berbié, orchestra: Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor: Richard Bonynge | ||
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor | "Hiawatha's Departure" (The Song of Hiawatha) | Orchestra: Welsh National Opera Orchestra, conductor: Kenneth Alwyn | ||
25 Oct 2020 | Johny Pitts | James Reese Europe's 369th U.S. Infantry Hell Fighters Band | Russian Rag | |
Ryuichi Sakamoto | Solari | |||
Florence Price | Symphony No. 1 (2nd mvt: Largo) | Orchestra: Fort Smith Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: John Jeter. | ||
George Gershwin | Rhapsody in Blue | Performer: Ralph Grierson. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: James Levine. | ||
Richard Wagner | Siegfried's Funeral March (Gotterdammerung) | Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Klaus Tennstedt. | ||
Antonín Dvořák | Symphony No. 9 (From the New World) (2nd mvt: Largo) | Music arranger: Raymond Lefèvre, orchestra: Raymond Lefèvre Orchestra | ||
1 Nov 2020 | Sarah Perry | Paul Hindemith | Viola Sonata, Op. 11, No. 4 (1st mvt: Fantasie) | Performer: Nobuko Imai. Performer: Roland Pöntinen. |
Ludwig van Beethoven | String Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 127 (1st mvt: Maestoso) | Ensemble: Alban Berg Quartett. | ||
George Gershwin | "I Loves You, Porgy" (from Porgy and Bess) | Ensemble: Bill Evans Trio | ||
Johannes Brahms | Intermezzo in B minor, Op. 119, No. 1 | Performer: Anna Scott. | ||
Antonín Dvořák | Song to the Moon (Rusalka) | Singer: Emalie Savoy. Orchestra: Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt. Conductor: Matthias Foremny. | ||
Stephen Crowe | Honeyvoiced Mythweaver | Performer: Maximilian Ehrhardt. Conductor: Chloe Weiss. | ||
Benedetto Marcello | Concerto in D minor, BWV 974 (2nd mvt: Adagio) | Performer: Víkingur Ólafsson (piano), msic arranger: Johann Sebastian Bach | ||
15 Nov 2020 | Mike Brearley | Claudio Monteverdi | Pur ti miro (L'Incoronazione di Poppea) | Singer: Sylvia McNair. Singer: Dana Hanchard. Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner. |
W. A. Mozart | Violin Sonata in B-flat major, K. 454 (1st mvt: Largo – Allegro) | Performers: Jascha Heifetz (violin), Brooks Smith (piano) | ||
J. S. Bach | Goldberg Variations (excerpts) | Performer: Ralph Kirkpatrick | ||
Ludwig van Beethoven | String Quartet in C-sharp minor, Op. 131 (6th mvt: Adagio) | Ensemble: Endellion Quartet. | ||
Schubert | Piano Sonata in B-flat major, D 960 (1st mvt: Molto moderato) | Performer: Alfred Brendel | ||
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Gremin's aria, act 3 (from Eugene Onegin) | Singer: Jonathan Lemalu, orchestra: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, conductor: James Judd | ||
Sir Harrison Birtwistle | Passion Chorale I (Punch and Judy) | Orchestra: London Sinfonietta. Conductor: David Atherton. | ||
29 Nov 2020 | Alexandra Harris | Benjamin Britten | Marsh Flowers (5 Flower Songs) | Choir: RIAS Chamber Choir. Conductor: Justin Doyle. |
Laura Cannell | Awaken Waken | |||
Schubert | "Gute Nacht" (No. 1 from Winterreise) | Thomas Adès (piano), Ian Bostridge (tenor) | ||
Pérotin | Alleluia, posui adiutorium | Choir: The Hilliard Ensemble. | ||
Trad. | The Cherry Tree Carol | Ensemble: Anonymous 4. | ||
Simon Rowland-Jones | String Quartet No. 7 (Flock of Knot) | Ensemble: Carducci String Quartet. | ||
Thomas Tallis | Te lucis ante terminum | Choir: Stile Antico. | ||
13 Dec 2020 | Judith Herrin | Johannes Brahms | Piano Trio in B major, Op. 8 (1st mvt: Allegro con brio) | Performer: Isaac Stern. Performer: Pau Casals. Performer: Myra Hess. |
Enric Morera | La Santa Espina | Ensemble: La Principal de la Bisbal. | ||
Ludwig van Beethoven | Cello Sonata in C major, Op. 102, No. 1 (1st mvt: Andante – Allegro) | Performer: Jacqueline du Pré. Performer: Daniel Barenboim. | ||
W. A. Mozart | Bassoon Concerto in B-flat major, K. 191 (3rd mvt: Rondo) | Performer: Stepan Turnovsky, orchestra: Vienna Mozart Academy, conductor: Johannes Wildner | ||
The Doors | Break on Through | |||
Leos Janáček | Mladi (3rd mvt) | Ensemble: Ensemble. | ||
W. A. Mozart | "Tamino halt! ... Tamino mein, o welch ein Glück!" (from The Magic Flute) | Singers: Marlis Petersen, Daniel Behle, orchestra: Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, conductor: René Jacobs | ||
Cole Porter | Do I Love You | Performer: Ella Fitzgerald. | ||
20 Dec 2020 | Kadiatu Kanneh-Mason (mother of Isata Kanneh-Mason and Isata Kanneh-Mason) |
Giuseppe Verdi | Va pensiero (Nabucco) | Choir: Chor der Wiener Staatsoper. Orchestra: Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper. Conductor: Lamberto Gardelli. |
W. A. Mozart | Benedictus (Requiem in D minor) | Singers: Carolyn Sampson, Marianne Beate Kielland, Makoto Sakurada, Christian Immler , ochestra: Bach Collegium Japan, conductor: Masaaki Suzuki | ||
Dmitry Shostakovich | Piano Trio No. 2, Op. 67 (4th mvt: Allegretto – Adagio) | Performer: Mischa Maisky. Performer: Gidon Kremer. Performer: Martha Argerich. | ||
Schubert | Piano Quintet in A major (Trout) (4th mvt: Andantino) | Gerold Huber (piano), Henschel Quartet | ||
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor | Deep River | Ensemble: Kanneh-Mason Trio. | ||
Ludwig van Beethoven | Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61 (1st mvt: Allegro) | Performer: Itzhak Perlman. Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim. | ||
Clancy Eccles | Fatty, Fatty |
2021
[edit]Date | Guest | Composer | Title | Performer / Label |
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3 Jan 2021 | David 'Kid' Jensen | Antonín Dvořák | Symphony No. 9 in E minor (From the New World) (2nd mvt: Largo) | Orchestra: Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor: Sir Roger Norrington |
John Coltrane | My Favorite Things | |||
Umberto Giordano | La Mamma morta (Andrea Chenier) | Singer: Maria Callas. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Tullio Serafin. | ||
Gunnar Thordarson | It shall be so... (Ragnheidur) | Singer: Elmar Gilbertsson. Singer: Thora Einarsdottir. | ||
Antonio Vivaldi | Summer (Four Seasons) | Composer: Max Richter. Performer: Daniel Hope. Orchestra: Kammerorchester Berlin. Conductor: André de Ridder. | ||
Giacomo Puccini | Ch'ella mi creda (La Fanciulla del West) | Singer: Jonas Kaufmann. Singer: Massimo Simeoli. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome. Choir: Chorus of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano. | ||
John Tavener | The Protecting Veil | Performer: Maria Kliegel. Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Takuo Yuasa. | ||
17 Jan 2021 | Nadifa Mohamed | Ahmed Hudeidi | "Uur Hooyo" | |
Henry Purcell | "When I am laid in earth" (from Dido and Aeneas) | Ensemble: L'Arpeggiata, director: Christina Pluhar, singer: Raquel Andueza | ||
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi | Stabat Mater Dolorosa | Ensemble: Les Talens Lyriques, director: Christophe Rousset | ||
Dinah Washington & Max Richter | "This Bitter Earth" / "On the Nature of Daylight" | |||
Ralph Vaughan Williams | The Lark Ascending | Performer: Nicola Benedetti, orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor: Andrew Litton | ||
Taj Mahal & Toumani Diabaté | "Queen Bee" | |||
George Gershwin | "Bess, You Is My Woman Now" (from Porgy and Bess) | Performers: Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald | ||
24 Jan 2021 | Jamie Parker | Orlando Gibbons | The Silver Swan | Performer: Jamie Parker. |
Orlando Gibbons | The Silver Swan | Choir: The Hilliard Ensemble. Conductor: Paul Hillier. | ||
George Gershwin | Rhapsody in Blue | Performer: Peter Donohoe. Orchestra: London Sinfonietta. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle. | ||
Henry Mancini | Pie in the Face Polka | |||
Gerald Finzi | Clarinet Concerto (2nd mvt: Adagio) | Performer: Robert Plane. Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia. Conductor: Howard Griffiths. | ||
Arthur Sullivan | Dance a cachucha, fandango, bolero (The Gondoliers) | Choir: D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus. Orchestra: New Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Isidore Godfrey. | ||
Angela Morley | Fiver's Vision (Watership Down) | Conductor: Marcus Dods. | ||
Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars | Sweet Georgia Brown | |||
31 Jan 2021 | Rachel Clarke | Ralph Vaughan Williams | The Lark Ascending | Performer: Nigel Kennedy, orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, conductor: Sir Simon Rattle |
Edward Elgar | Nimrod (Enigma Variations, Op. 36) | Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim. | ||
Jimi Hendrix Experience | All Along the Watchtower | |||
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Swan Lake (act 1 finale) | Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra, conductor: Santtu-Matias Rouvali | ||
J. S. Bach | Concerto in D minor for Two Violins (2nd mvt: Largo) | Violins: Julia Fischer, Alexander Sitkovetsky, orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields | ||
Two Steps from Hell | Heart of Courage | |||
14 Feb 2021 | Tim Harford | Benjamin Britten | Serenade for tenor, horn and strings (Prologue – Pastoral) | Performer: Dennis Brain. Orchestra: New Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Eugene Goossens. Singer: Peter Pears. |
Brian Eno | Music for Airports | Ensemble: Bang on a Can All-Stars. | ||
Arvo Pärt | The Beatitudes | Performer: Daniel Justin. Choir: Leeds Cathedral Choir. Conductor: Thomas Leech. | ||
Steve Reich | Electric Counterpoint (3rd mvt) | Performer: Sean Shibe. | ||
Leos Janáček | Glagolitic Mass (Introduction) | Orchestra: New York Philharmonic, conductor: Leonard Bernstein | ||
Philip Glass | Knee Play 5 (Einstein on the Beach) | Ensemble: Philip Glass Ensemble. Conductor: Michael Riesman. | ||
Ludwig van Beethoven | Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 (Choral) (4th mvt) | Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic, conductor: Herbert von Karajan | ||
21 Feb 2021 | Caroline Bird | Sergey Rachmaninov | Cello Sonata in G minor (4th mvt: Allegro mosso) | Performer: Alisa Weilerstein. |
Alexandre Guilmant | Morceau symphonique, Op. 88 | Performer: Christian Lindberg. Orchestra: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Leif Segerstam. | ||
Lionel Bart | It's a Fine Life (Oliver!) | Performer: Soundtrack. | ||
Billie Holiday | You've Changed | |||
Georges Bizet | Dat's Love (Carmen Jones) | Performer: Henry Lewis. Singer: Wilhelmenia Fernandez. | ||
Edward Elgar | Sea-slumber Song (Sea Pictures) | Singer: Janet Baker. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: John Barbirolli. | ||
Leonard Bernstein | Overture: West Side Story | Orchestra: Orchestra. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein. | ||
28 Feb 2021 | Bill Browder | Georges Bizet | "Votre toast..." (Toreador Song – Carmen) | Orchestra: Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse, singer: Thomas Hampson |
Antonio Vivaldi | Flute Concerto in G minor (La Notte) | Performer: Bruno Cavallo. Orchestra: La Scala Philharmonic. Conductor: Riccardo Muti. | ||
Giuseppe Verdi | Va, Pensiero... (Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves, Nabucco) | Choir: Berlin Opera Chorus. Orchestra: German Opera Berlin Orchestra. Conductor: Giuseppe Sinopoli. | ||
Giacomo Puccini | Un bel di vedremo (Madama Butterfly) | Singer: Angela Gheorghiu. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano. | ||
Gyorgy Sviridov | Troika and Waltz (Snow Storm – music for the film) | Orchestra: Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Fedoseyev. | ||
Giuseppe Verdi | "Libiamo ne' lieti calici" (La traviata) | Singers: Montserrat Caballé, Carlo Bergonzi, orchestra: Orchestra della RCA Italiana | ||
Trad. | Amazing Grace | Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Alexander Gibson. Singer: Jessye Norman | ||
14 Mar 2021 | Sean Scully | Johannes Brahms | Cello Sonata No. 1 in E minor (1st mvt: Allegro) | Performer: Lynn Harrell. Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy. |
Lykke Li | Unchained Melody | |||
Schubert | String Quintet in C major, D 956 (2nd mvt: Adagio) | Aviv String Quartet, Amit Peled (extra cello) | ||
Zoltán Kodály | Sonata for solo cello (1st mvt: Allegro) | Performer: János Starker. | ||
Béla Bartók | String Quartet No. 1 (1st mvt: Lento) | Ensemble: Emerson String Quartet. | ||
Ludwig van Beethoven | Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 (1st mvt: Allegro) | Orchestra: Slovenská filharmónia. Conductor: Bystrík Režucha. | ||
The Jive Five | My True Story | |||
21 Mar 2021 | James Rebanks | Yann Tiersen | Nursery Rhyme of Another Summer: The Afternoon (Amelie) | |
Sergey Rachmaninov | Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18 (2nd mvt) | Performer: Valentina Lisitsa. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Francis. | ||
John Barry | John Dunbar Theme (Dances with Wolves) | |||
Samuel Barber | Knoxville: Summer of 1915 | Singer: Dawn Upshaw. Orchestra: Orchestra of St. Luke's. Conductor: David Zinman. | ||
John Williams | Schindler's List (Theme) | Performer: Itzhak Perlman. Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. | ||
Michael Nyman | The Heart Asks Pleasure First (The Piano) | |||
Jerome Moross | The Big Country | |||
4 Apr 2021 | Sister Teresa Keswick | Plainchant | Salve Mater Misericordiae | Choir: Schola Cantorum of Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School. Conductor: Scott Price. |
Ludwig van Beethoven | Bagatelle in A minor – "Für Elise" | Performer: Paul Lewis. | ||
George Frideric Handel | Dead March (Saul) | Orchestra: Orchestra of The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers. | ||
Clement Jacob | Au milieu de silence (Psalm 18) | Choir: Monks of l'Abbaye d'en Calcat. | ||
Simon & Garfunkel | The Sound of Silence | |||
Giuseppe Verdi | "Libiamo ne' lieti calici" (from La traviata, act 1) | Singera: Ileana Cotrubaș, Plácido Domingo, orchestra: Bavarian State Opera Orchestra, conductor: Carlos Kleiber | ||
Johann Strauss II | "The Blue Danube" – waltz | Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam, conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt | ||
J. S. Bach | "Et resurrexit" (from Mass in B minor) | Ensemble: Concerto Copenhagen, conductor: Lars Ulrik Mortensen | ||
11 Apr 2021 | Kieran Hodgson | Max Bruch | Double Concerto, version for violin and viola | Viola: Yuri Bashmet, violin: Viktor Tretiakov, London Symphony Orchestra, conductor: Neeme Järvi |
Alfred Schnittke | Concerto for Choir (4th mvt) | Choir: State Chamber Choir of Moscow Conservatory. Conductor: Valery Kuzmich Polyansky. | ||
Leonard Bernstein | America (West Side Story) | Performer: Rita Moreno. | ||
Arnold Schoenberg | Gurrelieder (excerpts) | Singer: Thomas Quasthoff. Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle. | ||
Mica Levi | Jackie – film music (intro) | |||
Wim Sonneveld | Margootje | |||
18 Apr 2021 | Margaret Heffernan | Antonio Vivaldi | Sol da te (Orlando furioso) | Singer: Cecilia Bartoli. Ensemble: Ensemble Matheus. Conductor: Jean‐Christophe Spinosi. |
Miles Davis | So What | |||
Nick Bicât | In paradisum (Requiem) | Ensemble: Taverner Consort. Conductor: Andrew Parrott. | ||
Claudio Monteverdi | Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria – act 1 | Performer: Frederica von Stade as Penelope, London Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor: Raymond Leppard | ||
Anthony Burgess | The Blooms of Dublin | Narrator: Anita Reeves. Singer: Alison Hargan. Orchestra: RTÉ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Proinnsías Ó Duinn. | ||
Ludwig van Beethoven | Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92 (2nd mvt: Allegretto) | Orchestra: Amsterdam Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink. | ||
William Brittelle | Amid the Dinosaurs | Ensemble: Roomful of Teeth. | ||
25 Apr 2021 | James Shapiro | Thomas Morley | It was a lover and his lass | Singer: Barbara Bonney. Performer: Jacob Heringman. |
W. A. Mozart | Horn Concerto No. 3 in E-flat major, K. 447 (1st mvt: Allegro) | Performer: Dennis Brain, orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra, conductor: Herbert von Karajan | ||
Felix Mendelssohn | Overture: A Midsummer Night's Dream | Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner. | ||
Duke Ellington | Such Sweet Thunder | |||
Ilona Sekacz | Procession and Chant (King Lear – incidental music) | Performer: Jan Winstone, ensemble: Royal Shakespeare Wind Ensemble | ||
Cole Porter | Brush Up Your Shakespeare (Kiss Me Kate) | Performer: Keenan Wynn. Performer: James Whitmore. | ||
Fairport Convention | Farewell, Farewell | |||
2 May 2021 | Camilla Pang | Michael Nyman | "The Heart Asks Pleasure First" (from The Piano) | Ensemble: Michael Nyman Band |
Anton Bruckner | Christus factus est | Choir: Polyphony, conductor: Stephen Layton | ||
Hubert Parry | "I was glad" | Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort & Players, conductor: Paul McCreesh | ||
William Byrd | "Ave verum corpus" | Choir: Stile Antico | ||
Claude Debussy | Clair de lune | Performer: Alice Sara Ott | ||
Charles‐François Gounod | "Ave Maria" | Performers: Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Kathryn Stott (piano) | ||
Massive Attack | "Teardrop" | |||
9 May 2021 | George Szirtes | Hector Berlioz | Dies Irae (Grande Messe des Morts) | Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Louis Frémaux. Choir: CBSO Chorus. |
Béla Bartók | 6 Romanian Folk Dances | Performer: David Oistrakh. Performer: Inna Kollegorskaya. | ||
Maurice Ravel | String Quartet in F major (2nd mvt: Assez vif – très rythmé) | Ensemble: Ébène Quartet. | ||
Richard Strauss | Fruhling (4 Last Songs) | Singer: Renée Fleming. Orchestra: Houston Symphony. Conductor: Christoph Eschenbach. | ||
J. S. Bach | Chaconne (from Partita No. 2 in D minor) | Performer: Hilary Hahn | ||
Thomas Tallis | Spem in Alium | Choir: Cardinall's Musick. Conductor: Andrew Carwood. | ||
Skip James | Devil got my woman | |||
16 May 2021 | Helen Macdonald | King Henry VIII of England | Pastime with Good Company | Choir: Oxford Camerata. Conductor: Jeremy Summerly. |
Igor Stravinsky | The Firebird (excerpt) | Orchestra: Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Lorin Maazel. | ||
Benjamin Britten | String Quartet No. 2 in C major (1st mvt: Allegro) | Ensemble: Takács Quartet. | ||
Victor Hely-Hutchinson | A Carol Symphony (3rd mvt: Andante) | Orchestra: City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Gavin Sutherland. | ||
Hanna Tuulikki | Song Thrush | |||
Jean Sibelius | Symphony No. 7 in C major (excerpt) | Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein. | ||
Jean‐Baptiste Lully | Prelude pour la Nuit (Le Triomphe de l'Amour) | Orchestra: Capriccio Stravagante. Conductor: Skip Sempé. | ||
23 May 2021 | Zandra Rhodes | W. A. Mozart | "Der Hölle Rache" (from The Magic Flute) | Singer: Edda Moser, orchestra: Bavarian State Opera Orchestra, conductor: Wolfgang Sawallisch |
Georges Bizet | Au Fond du Temple Saint (The Pearl Fishers) | Singer: Rolando Villazón. Singer: Ildar Abdrazakov. Orchestra: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin. | ||
The Beatles | Strawberry Fields Forever | |||
Joseph Canteloube | Bailero (Songs of the Auvergne) | Singer: Kate Royal. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Edward Gardner. | ||
Giuseppe Verdi | Gloria all' Egitto (Aida) | Performer: Orchestra dell'Academia nazionale di Santa Cecilia. | ||
Maurice Ravel | Bolero | Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Pierre Boulez. | ||
Giacomo Puccini | Gira la cote (Turandot) | Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Zubin Mehta. Choir: The John Alldis Choir. | ||
30 May 2021 | Laura Cumming | Frédéric Chopin | Nocturne in C-sharp minor, Op. 27, No. 1 | Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy. |
Ishbel MacAskill | Gradh Geal Mo Chridh (Fair Love of My Heart) | |||
Federico Moreno Torroba | Fandanguillo (Suite Castellana) | Performer: Andrés Segovia. | ||
J. S. Bach | Prelude (from Cello Suite in G major, BWV 1007) | Performer: Mischa Maisky | ||
Dmitry Shostakovich | Piano Concerto No. 2 in F (2nd mvt: Andante) | Performer: Dmitry Shostakovich. Orchestra: French National Radio Orchestra. Conductor: André Cluytens. | ||
W. A. Mozart | Laudate Dominum (from Vespers, K. 339) | Bath Festival Orchestra, conductor: Yehudi Menuhin, singer: Victoria de los Ángeles | ||
Talking Heads | (Nothing But) Flowers | |||
06 Jun 2021 | Anya Hurlbert | J. S. Bach | Prelude and Fugue in B-flat minor (from The Well-Tempered Clavier, book 1) | Performer: Sir András Schiff |
Alexander Borodin | String Quartet No. 2 in D major (2nd movement: Scherzo) | Ensemble: Lindsay String Quartet | ||
Schubert | "Die böse Farbe" (No. 17 from Die schöne Müllerin) | Jan Eyron (piano), Nicolai Gedda (tenor) | ||
Thea Musgrave | Green | Ensemble: Scottish Ensemble, conductor: Jonathan Morton | ||
Elisabeth Lutyens | Six Tempi (I–III) | Ensemble: Jane's Minstrels, conductor: Roger Montgomery | ||
Jerry Jeff Walker | "Up Against the Wall Redneck Mother" | |||
Ludwig van Beethoven | Piano Sonata in C, Op. 53 (Waldstein) (1st mvt: Allegro) | Performer: Alfred Brendel | ||
20 Jun 2021 | Natalie Haynes | Henry Purcell | When I am laid in earth (Dido and Aeneas) | Singer: Joyce DiDonato. Ensemble: Il Pomo d’Oro. Conductor: Maxim Emelyanychev. |
Edward Elgar | Serious Doll (Nursery Suite) | Orchestra: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: James Judd. | ||
Calliope Tsoupaki | Medea - melodrama for 8 instruments | Ensemble: MAE Ensemble. | ||
Ennio Morricone | Gabriel's Oboe (The Mission) | Orchestra: The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Bateman. | ||
Lin‐Manuel Miranda | Satisfied (Hamilton) | Performer: Renée Elise Goldsberry. | ||
Annelies Van Parys | Phrases V | Ensemble: Contemporary Music Society of Quebec. Conductor: Walter Boudreau. | ||
Cole Porter | So In Love | Performer: Ella Fitzgerald. | ||
27 Jun 2021 | Alastair Campbell | Traditional Scottish | Lament for the old sword - pibroch | Performer: Don “Magic” Juan. |
Jacques Brel | Quand on n'a que l'amour | |||
Giuseppe Verdi | Brindisi (La Traviata) | Singer: Pilar Lorengar. Singer: Giacomo Aragall. Orchestra: Orchestra Of The Deutsche Oper Berlin. Conductor: Lorin Maazel. | ||
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Credo (Mass in C minor) | Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Colin Davis. | ||
Franz Schubert | Impromptu in G flat major, D.899 no.3 | Performer: Imogen Cooper. | ||
Giacomo Puccini | Un bel di (Madame Butterfly) | Singer: Ermonela Jaho. Orchestra: Valenciana Community Orchestra. Conductor: Andrea Battistoni. | ||
Christian Sinding | The Rustle of Spring | Performer: Joseph Cooper. | ||
4 Jul 2021 | Veronica O'Keane | Johann Sebastian Bach | Prelude (Cello Suite no.1 in G major) | Performer: Alban Gerhardt. |
John Lennon | Imagine | |||
Ludwig van Beethoven | Kyrie (Missa Solemnis) | Singer: Heather Harper. Singer: Janet Baker. Singer: Robert Tear. Singer: Hans Sotin. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Carlo Maria Giulini. | ||
Giacomo Puccini | O Mio Babbino Caro (Gianni Schicchi) | Singer: Maria Callas. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Tullio Serafin. | ||
Luke Kelly | On Raglan Road | |||
Philip Glass | The Hours | |||
Sharon Shannon | Blackbird | |||
18 Jul 2021 | Carole Boyd | Ralph Vaughan Williams | The Wasps - Overture | Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder. |
William Walton | This Day is Called the Feast of Crispian... (Henry V) | Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: William Walton. | ||
Aaron Copland | Hoe-Down (Rodeo) | Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson. | ||
Joseph Canteloube | Trois Bourrees (Songs of the Auvergne) | Singer: Jill Gomez. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley. | ||
Morten Lauridsen | O Magnum Mysterium | Ensemble: Chamber Choir of Europe. Conductor: Nicol Matt. | ||
Claude Debussy | Pour invoquer Pan (6 Epigraphes antiques) | Ensemble: Nicola & Alexandra Bibby. | ||
25 Jul 2021 | Michio Kaku | Giacomo Puccini | Mi chiamano Mimi (La Boheme) | Singer: Leontyne Price. Orchestra: New Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Edward Downes. |
Franz Liszt | Les Preludes | Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda. | ||
Jeremiah Clarke | Trumpet Tune (Prince of Denmark's March) | Performer: Ole Edvard Antonsen. Performer: Wayne Marshall. | ||
George Frideric Handel | Hallelujah Chorus (Messiah) | Choir: RIAS Chamber Choir. Ensemble: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin. Conductor: Justin Doyle. | ||
Henry Purcell | Martial Air (Trumpet Tunes) | Ensemble: New England Brass Ensemble. | ||
Modest Mussorgsky | Promenade - Gnomus (Pictures at an Exhibition) | Music Arranger: Maurice Ravel. Orchestra: Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Theodore Kuchar. | ||
5 Sep 2021 | Peggy Seeger | Peggy Seeger | The Puzzle | |
Ruth Crawford Seeger | Piano Study in Mixed Accents | Performer: Joseph Bloch. | ||
Russian Orthodox Chant | It is meet and right [Znamenny chant] | Choir: Orthodox Singers Male Choir. Conductor: Valery Petrov. | ||
Nassau String Band | Abaco is a Pretty Place | |||
Secret Garden | Adagio | |||
In Acchord | Istanbul | |||
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Clarinet Concerto in A major, K.622 (2nd mvt: Adagio) | Performer: Emma Johnson. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Raymond Leppard. | ||
12 Sep 2021 | Helena Attlee | Moishe's Bagel | Svanetia's theme (Salt for Svanetia) | |
Max Bruch | Violin Concerto no.1 in G minor (1st mvt) | Performer: Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider. | ||
Traditional Italian | La Verbena | |||
Niccolò Paganini | Violin Concerto no.2 in B minor (3rd mvt: Rondo) | Performer: Philippe Quint. Performer: Dmitriy Cogan. Music Arranger: Fritz Kreisler. | ||
Matile Politi | Amuninni | |||
Jean Sibelius | Violin Concerto in D minor (1st mvt) | Performer: Anne‐Sophie Mutter. Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden. Conductor: André Previn. | ||
Anthony Newley | Feeling Good | Performer: Nina Simone. | ||
19 Sep 2021 | Francesca Stavrakopoulou | George Frideric Handel | My vengeance awakes me (Athalia) | Singer: Elisabeth Scholl. Orchestra: Barockorchester Frankfurt. Conductor: Joachim Carlos Martini. |
Billy Joel | This Night | |||
Ludwig van Beethoven | Piano Sonata in C minor, Op.13 (Pathetique)(2nd mvt: Adagio Cantabile) | Performer: Igor Levit. | ||
Camille Saint‐Saëns | Bacchanale (Samson and Delilah) | Orchestra: Utah Symphony. Conductor: Thierry Fischer. | ||
Kinan Abou-afach | Petra I | |||
Thomas Tallis | Spem in alium | Choir: I Fagiolini. Conductor: Robert Hollingworth. | ||
Edward Elgar | Nimrod (Enigma Variations) | Orchestra: West–Eastern Divan Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim. | ||
Steve Reich | Tehillim | Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Choir: Synergy Vocals. Conductor: Stefan Asbury. | ||
26 Sep 2021 | Walter Iuzzolino | Richard Strauss | Morgen, Op.27 no.4 | Singer: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: George Szell. |
Frank Chacksfield Orchestra | J'attendrai | |||
Jules Massenet | C'est tois, mon pere (Thais) | Singer: Renée Fleming. Singer: Thomas Hampson. Orchestra: Bordeaux-Aquitaine Orchestra. Conductor: Yves Abel. | ||
Jules Massenet | A cette heure supreme (Werther) | Singer: Roberto Alagna. Singer: Angela Gheorghiu. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano. | ||
Alexandre Desplat | Birth Waltz ('Birth' Soundtrack) | |||
Frédéric Chopin | Waltz in B minor, Op.69 no.2 | Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy. | ||
Kurt Weill | Lied des Lotteriagenten (Der Silbersee) | Singer: Ute Lemper. Orchestra: Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin. Conductor: John Mauceri. | ||
Charles Gounod | Par quel trouble... Nuit resplendissante (Cinq-mars) | Singer: Vesselina Kasarova. Orchestra: Munich Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Frédéric Chaslin. | ||
10 Oct 2021 | Esther Freud | Umm Kulthum | Al Nil | |
Michael Hoppe | Some other time - for Carl Sandburg | Performer: Martin Tillman. | ||
Stephen Sondheim | Losing my mind (Follies) | Performer: Imelda Staunton. | ||
Kurt Weill | Surabaya Jonny (Happy End) | Performer: Lotte Lenya. | ||
Benjamin Britten | Dawn [Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes] | Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner. CHANDOS. | ||
Camille Saint‐Saëns | The Swan (Carnival of the Animals) | Performer: Sol Gabetta. Performer: Irène Timacheff-Gabetta. | ||
17 Oct 2021 | Mark Solms | Johann Sebastian Bach | Prelude and Fugue in C sharp major (Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2) | Performer: Peter Hill. |
György Ligeti | Musica ricercata VI & XI | Performer: Pierre‐Laurent Aimard. | ||
Frédéric Chopin | Nocturne in F sharp major, Op.15 no.2 | Performer: Jan Lisiecki. | ||
Ludwig van Beethoven | Piano Sonata in D minor, Op.31 no.2 (Tempest) | Performer: Angela Hewitt. | ||
Talking Heads | Heaven | |||
24 Oct 2021 | Rory Stewart | George Frideric Handel | Lascia ch'io pianga (Rinaldo) | Singer: Elizabeth Watts. Ensemble: Sacconi Quartet. |
Franz Schubert | Die Forelle | Performer: Gerald Moore. Singer: Dietrich Fischer‐Dieskau. | ||
Ludwig van Beethoven | Triple Concerto in C major, Op.56 (2nd mvt: Largo) | Performer: Daniel Barenboim. Performer: Anne‐Sophie Mutter. Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma. Orchestra: West–Eastern Divan Orchestra. | ||
Johann Sebastian Bach | Wann kommst du (Cantata no.140: Wachet auf) | Singer: Allan Bergius. Singer: Thomas Hampson. Orchestra: Concentus Musicus Wien. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt. | ||
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Se vuol ballare (Le Nozze di Figaro) | Performer: Gottfried von der Goltz. Singer: Christian Gerhaher. Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. | ||
Jeannie Robertson | The Battle of Harlaw | |||
George Frideric Handel | Ombra mai fu (Xerxes) | Singer: Ian Bostridge. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor: Harry Bicket. | ||
31 Oct 2021 | Matthew Walker | Claude Debussy | Clair de lune | Performer: Hélène Grimaud. |
Frédéric Chopin | Berceuse in D flat major, Op.57 | Performer: Arthur Rubinstein. | ||
George Frideric Handel | Ombra mai fu (Xerxes) | Singer: Cecilia Bartoli. Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini. | ||
Jacques Offenbach | Barcarolle (The Tales of Hoffmann) | Singer: Sumi Jo. Singer: Roberto Alagna. Singer: Catherine Dubosc. | ||
Paul Buckmaster | Dreamers Awake (Twelve Monkeys) | Performer: Michael Davis. | ||
Henry Purcell | Dido's Lament | Performer: Camille Thomas. Music Arranger: Mathieu Herzog. | ||
Elbow | Golden Slumbers | |||
7 Nov 2021 | Tamsin Edwards | Franz Liszt | Piano Sonata in B minor | Performer: Vladimir Horowitz. |
Ludwig van Beethoven | Piano Sonata in D major, Op.10 no.3 (1st mvt: Presto) | Performer: Maurizio Pollini. | ||
Gabriel Fauré | Violin Sonata no.1 in A major (1st mvt: Allegro molto) | Performer: Jane Gordon. Performer: Jan Rautio. | ||
Johann Sebastian Bach | Violin Concerto in A minor (3rd mvt: Allegro Assai) | Performer: Kati Debretzeni. Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner. | ||
The Old Creole Jazz Band | Tin Roof Blues | |||
Arvo Pärt | Bogoroditse Djevo | Choir: Pro Arte Singers. Choir: Theatre of Voices. Conductor: Paul Hillier. | ||
Philip Glass | Mad Rush | Performer: Philip Glass. | ||
14 Nov 2021 | Jamila Gavin | George Frideric Handel | Surely He hath borne our griefs (Messiah) | Choir: Ambrosian Singers. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras. |
Franz Schubert | Sonata in A major D.664 (1st mvt: Allegro) | Performer: Alfred Brendel. | ||
Johannes Brahms | Piano Concerto no.2 in B flat major (1st mvt: Allegro non troppo) | Performer: Arthur Rubinstein. Orchestra: RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Josef Krips. | ||
Krishnamurti Sridhar | Raga Darbari | |||
Michael Tippett | Go Down, Moses (A Child of our Time) | Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox. | ||
Karlheinz Stockhausen | Gruppen | Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado. | ||
Frédéric Chopin | Etude in C major, Op.10 no.7 | Performer: Maurizio Pollini. | ||
21 Nov 2021 | Nick Lane | Max Bruch | Scottish Fantasy (1st mvt) | Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Rory MacDonald. |
Leos Janáček | String Quartet no.2 (Intimate Letters) (3rd mvt: Moderato) | Ensemble: Smetana Quartet. | ||
Lead Belly | Alabama Bound | |||
Franz Lehár | The Merry Widow (Act 3: Duet) | Singer: Cheryl Studer. Singer: Bo Skovhus. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner. | ||
De Dannan | The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba to Galway | |||
Johann Sebastian Bach | Chaconne (Partita no.2 in D minor, BWV.1004) | Performer: Nathan Milstein. | ||
Peter Maxwell Davies | Farewell To Stromness | Performer: Peter Maxwell Davies. | ||
28 Nov 2021 | Iain Sinclair | Igor Stravinsky | In memoriam Dylan Thomas | Ensemble: Ensemble intercontemporain. Conductor: Pierre Boulez. |
Arrigo Boito | L'altra notte (Mefistofele) | Singer: Maria Callas. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Tullio Serafin. | ||
Benjamin Britten | Aube (3 Songs for Les Illuminations) | Singer: Sandrine Piau. Orchestra: English Northern Sinfonia. Conductor: Thomas Zehetmair. | ||
The Baka People of the Central African Republic | Song for Women Gathering Mushrooms | |||
Claude Debussy | La Cathedrale Engloutie (Preludes) | Performer: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin. | ||
Gustav Mahler | Alles verganglich ist... (Symphony no.8) | Orchestra: Staatskapelle Berlin. Conductor: Pierre Boulez. | ||
5 Dec 2021 | Hayley Mills | Giacomo Puccini | O mio babbino caro (Gianni Schicchi) | Singer: Maria Callas. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Tullio Serafin. |
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Swan Lake (Act 2, no.10: Scene) | Performer: Leonard Bernstein. Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. | ||
Felix Mendelssohn | O for the Wings of a Dove (Hear My Prayer) | Singer: Adam Berman. Choir: Eton College Chapel Choir. Conductor: Ralph Allwood. | ||
Joaquín Rodrigo | Concierto de Aranjuez (1st mvt) | Performer: Narciso Yepes. Orchestra: Orquesta Sinfónica de Radio Televisión Española. Conductor: Odón Alonso. | ||
Edward Elgar | Cello Concerto in E minor, Op.85 (2nd mvt: Allegro molto) | Performer: Jacqueline du Pré. Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim. | ||
Felix Mendelssohn | Violin Concerto in E minor, Op.64 (2nd mvt: Andante) | Performer: Nigel Kennedy. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Jeffrey Tate. | ||
Johann Sebastian Bach | Air on a G string (Suite no.3 in D major, BWV.1068) | Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Raymond Leppard. | ||
12 Dec 2021 | John Cleese | Pietro Mascagni | Easter Hymn (Cavalleria Rusticana) | Singer: Jane Eaglen. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Carlo Rizzi. |
George Gershwin | Rhapsody in Blue | Performer: Oscar Levant. Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Eugene Ormandy. | ||
Stanley Myers | Cavatina (The Deer Hunter) | Performer: John Williams. | ||
John Du Prez | A Fish Called Wanda - Suite | Performer: John Williams. | ||
Scott Joplin | The Entertainer | Ensemble: Soundtrack. | ||
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Violin Concerto in D major, Op.35 (1st mvt: Allegro moderato) | Performer: Guy Braunstein. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kirill Karabits. | ||
26 Dec 2021 | Valentina Harris | Gioachino Rossini | Les Figues Seches | Performer: Marco Sollini. |
Giorgio Gaber | Bella Ciao | |||
Igor Stravinsky | Firebird Suite (Finale) | Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Abbado. | ||
Giacomo Puccini | E lucevan le stelle (Tosca) | Singer: Luciano Pavarotti. Orchestra: National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Nicola Rescigno. | ||
Judy Granville | Hideaway | |||
Gaelic Storm | The Hills of Connemara |
2022
[edit]Date | Guest | Composer | Title | Performer |
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2 Jan 2022 | Meg Rosoff | Johannes Brahms | Piano Concerto no.2 in B flat major (1st mvt: Allegro non troppo) | Performer: Arthur Rubinstein. Orchestra: RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: André Cluytens. |
Johann Sebastian Bach | Gloria (Mass in B minor) | Ensemble: Arcangelo. Conductor: Jonathan Cohen. | ||
The Clash | London Calling | |||
Maurice Ravel | String Quartet in F major (1st mvt: Allegro moderato) | Ensemble: Alban Berg Quartett. | ||
Alban Berg | Piano Sonata, Op.1 | Performer: Alasdair Beatson. | ||
Johann Sebastian Bach | Prelude and Allemande (Cello Suite no.1 in G major) | Performer: Steven Isserlis. | ||
Carl Maria von Weber | Clarinet Quintet in B flat major (1st mvt: Allegro) | Performer: Eric Hoeprich. Ensemble: London Haydn Quartet. | ||
9 Jan 2022 | David Nutt | Edvard Grieg | In the Hall of the Mountain King (Peer Gynt) | Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony. Conductor: Herbert Blomstedt. |
Sigmund Romberg | Drink, drink, drink (The Student Prince) | Performer: Mario Lanza. | ||
Ludwig van Beethoven | Symphony no.7 in A major, Op.92 (4th mvt: Allegro con brio) | Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink. | ||
Carl Nielsen | Symphony no.3, Op.27 (Sinfonia espansiva) (4th mvt: Allegro) | Orchestra: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo. | ||
Henryk Mikołaj Górecki | Symphony of Sorrowful Songs, Op.36 (3rd mvt) | Orchestra: London Sinfonietta. Conductor: David Zinman. Singer: Dawn Upshaw. | ||
Gabriel Fauré | In Paradisum (Requiem) | Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Director: Harry Christophers. | ||
16 Jan 2022 | Dame Stephanie Shirley | Carl Davis | Train Rumours (Last Train to Tomorrow) | Orchestra: Czech National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Carl Davis. Ensemble: Prague Children's Opera. |
Benjamin Britten | Balulalow (Ceremony of Carols) | Performer: John Scott. Choir: St Paul's Cathedral Choir. | ||
Johann Sebastian Bach | Brandenburg Concerto no.5 in D major, BWV.1050 (1st mvt) | Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin. | ||
Henry Purcell | When I am laid in earth (Dido and Aeneas) | Singer: Jessye Norman. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Raymond Leppard. | ||
Johann Sebastian Bach | Aria and Variations 1-5 (Goldberg Variations, BWV.988) | Performer: Glenn Gould. | ||
Felix Mendelssohn | Piano Concerto no.1 in G minor, Op.25 (1st mvt: Molto allegro con fuoco) | Performer: Derek Han. Orchestra: התזמורת הקאמרית הישראלית. Conductor: Stephen Gunzenhauser. | ||
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov | Flight of the Bumble Bee | Performer: Derek Paravicini. | ||
Gioachino Rossini | Duetto buffo di due gatti | Singer: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf. Singer: Victoria de los Ángeles. | ||
23 Jan 2022 | Katherine Parkinson | Giuseppe Giordani | Caro mio ben | Performer: György Fischer. Singer: Cecilia Bartoli. |
John Tavener | The Protecting Veil | Performer: Natalie Clein. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Stephen Layton. | ||
Ennio Morricone | Cinema Paradiso | |||
Thomas Tallis | Salvator Mundi | Choir: Oxford Camerata. Conductor: Jeremy Summerly. | ||
George Gershwin | I loves you Porgy | Singer: Nina Simone. | ||
Joseph Horovitz | The rain it raineth every day (Twelfth Night) | Performer: Trevor Peacock. Performer: Christopher Wilson. | ||
Tsinandali Choir | Chakrulo | |||
20 Feb 2022 | Kate Bingham | Alessandro Marcello | Oboe Concerto in D minor (2nd mvt: Adagio) | Performer: Albrecht Mayer. Ensemble: New Seasons Ensemble. |
Frank Loesser | Guys and Dolls | Performer: Cast. | ||
Giacomo Puccini | Tosca (Act 1 Finale) | Singer: Bryn Terfel. Orchestra: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Daniel. | ||
Eliza Randall | Echolocation | Lyricist: Sam Norman. Performer: Mason McDowell. | ||
Gustav Holst | Jupiter (The Planets) | Orchestra: The National Youth Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner. | ||
Robert Schumann | Piano Quartet in E flat major, Op.47 (3rd mvt: Andante cantabile) | Performer: Thomas Riebl. Ensemble: The Florestan Trio. | ||
Arturo Márquez | Danzon no.2 | Orchestra: Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel. | ||
6 Feb 2022 | Barbara Taylor Bradford | Giacomo Puccini | Un bel di, vedremo (Madama Butterfly) | Singer: Ana María Martínez. Orchestra: Prague Philharmonia. Conductor: Steven Mercurio. |
Giacomo Puccini | O soave fanciulla (La Boheme) | Singer: Anna Netrebko. Singer: Piotr Beczala. Orchestra: New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Marco Armiliato. | ||
Georges Bizet | Toreador, be ready (Carmen) | Singer: Gerald Finley. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner. | ||
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Swan Lake - Finale | Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: André Previn. | ||
Ludwig van Beethoven | Piano Sonata in C sharp minor, Op.27 no.2(Moonlight)(1st mvt: Adagio sostenuto) | Performer: "Stephen Kovacevich." | ||
Sergey Rachmaninov | Piano Concerto no.2 in C minor, Op.18 (2nd mvt: Adagio sostenuto) | Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano. | ||
Giacomo Puccini | Vissi d'arte (Tosca) | Singer: Maria Callas. Orchestra: Paris Conservatoire Orchestra. Conductor: Georges Prêtre. | ||
13 Feb 2022 | Sanjeev Gupta | George Frideric Handel | Io t'abbraccio (Rodelinda, Act 2) | Singer: Iestyn Davies. Singer: Lucy Crowe. Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: Harry Bicket. |
Olivier Messiaen | Zion Park et la Cite Celeste (Des Canyons aux Etoiles) | Orchestra: French Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Myung-Whun Chung. | ||
Peteris Vasks | Violin Concerto (Distant Light) | Performer: Anthony Marwood. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. | ||
Gustav Mahler | Symphony no.4 (3rd mvt: Ruhevoll) | Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle. | ||
John Luther Adams | Become Ocean | Orchestra: Seattle Symphony. Conductor: Ludovic Morlot. | ||
Johann Sebastian Bach | Partita no.1 in B flat major (4th mvt: Sarabande) | Performer: Igor Levit. | ||
Anna Meredith | Paramour | |||
27 Feb 2022 | Theaster Gates | Black Monks of Mississippi | Do not pass me by | |
Scott Joplin | The Cascades | Performer: Joshua Rifkin. | ||
Chevalier de Saint-Georges Joseph Bologne | Violin Concerto no.9 in G major (2nd mvt: Largo) | Performer: Takako Nishizaki. Orchestra: Kölner Kammerorchester. Conductor: Helmut Müller‐Brühl. | ||
William Grant Still | Land of superstition (Africa) | Orchestra: Fort Smith Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: John Jeter. | ||
Claude Debussy | The Snow is Dancing (Children's Corner) | Performer: Alain Planès. | ||
Sergey Rachmaninov | The Isle of the Dead | Orchestra: Russian National Orchestra. Conductor: Mikhail Pletnev. | ||
Florence Price | Nimble Feet (Dances in the Canebrakes) | Orchestra: Chicago Sinfonietta. Conductor: Mei-Ann Chen. | ||
6 Mar 2022 | Esther Rantzen | Edward Elgar | Chanson de Matin Op.15`2 | Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko. |
Georges Bizet | Dat's Love (Carmen Jones) | Music Arranger: Oscar Hammerstein II. Singer: Marilyn Horne. | ||
Georges Brassens | Chanson pour l'auvergnat | |||
Edvard Grieg | Morning Mood (Peer Gynt) | Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo. | ||
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Voi Che Sapete (The Marriage of Figaro) | Singer: Teresa Berganza. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim. | ||
Johannes Brahms | Concerto in A minor for Violin, Cello and Orchestra, Op.102 (2nd mvt: Andante) | Performer: Mstislav Rostropovich. Performer: David Oistrakh. Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: George Szell. | ||
Johann Pachelbel | How, Where, When? | Performer: James Galway. Performer: John Dankworth. Singer: Cleo Laine. | ||
13 Mar 2022 | Katy Brand | Carlo Gesualdo | Gioite voi col canto | Choir: Collegium Vocale Gent. Conductor: Philippe Herreweghe. |
Giacomo Puccini | In questa reggia (Turandot) | Singer: Montserrat Caballé. Singer: José Carreras. Orchestra: Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg. Conductor: Alain Lombard. | ||
Albert Jakeway | The Astronaut March | Performer: Black Dyke Band. Conductor: Geoffrey Brand. | ||
The Beatles | Norwegian Wood | |||
Leopold Mozart | Concerto for Alphorn and orchestra | Performer: Dennis Brain. Music Arranger: Gerard Hoffnung. Orchestra: Hoffnung Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Norman Del Mar. | ||
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Der Holle Rache (Die Zauberflote) | Singer: Diana Damrau. Orchestra: Le Cercle de l'Harmonie. Conductor: Jérémie Rhorer. | ||
André Parfenov | Aachener Walzer (after Tchaikovsky) | Orchestra: Aachen Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Christopher Ward. | ||
20 Mar 2022 | Misan Harriman | Alex North | Unchained Melody | Performer: Soundtrack. |
John Williams | Suo Gan (Empire of the Sun) | Performer: James Rainbird. Choir: The Ambrosian Junior Choir. Conductor: John McCarthy. Empire of the Sun soundtrack. WARNER BROS RECORDS. 1. | ||
John Barry | The Loss of the Journal (Dances with Wolves) | Performer: Soundtrack. | ||
Dario Marianelli | Elegy for Dunkirk (Atonement) | Performer: Caroline Dale. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. | ||
William Walton | Suite: Henry V | Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: William Walton. | ||
Mark Isham | Sense of Touch (Crash) | Performer: Carol Ensley. | ||
Howard Shore | The Bridge of Khazad-Dum (The Fellowship of the Ring) | Performer: Soundtrack. | ||
27 Mar 2022 | Richard Holloway | Plainsong | When Israel Came... (Tonus Peregrinus) | Choir: Belfast Cathedral Choir. |
Michael Nyman | The Promise (The Piano - soundtrack) | |||
Edward Elgar | Cello Concerto in E minor (1st mvt: Adagio - Moderato) | Performer: Jacqueline du Pré. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: John Barbirolli. | ||
Sergey Rachmaninov | Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini | Performer: Tamás Vásáry. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Yuri Ahronovitch. | ||
Johannes Brahms | Ihr habt nun Traurigkeit (Ein Deutsches Requiem) | Singer: Margaret Price. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Choir: Ambrosian Singers. Conductor: André Previn. | ||
Plainsong | O blest creator of light | Performer: Michael Hoeg. Choir: Llandaff Cathedral Choir. Conductor: Richard Moorhouse. | ||
3 Apr 2022 | Francesco da Mosto | Antonio Vivaldi | Winter (The Four Seasons) (1st mvt: Allegro non molto) | Performer: Adrian Chandler. Ensemble: La Serenissima. |
Giuseppe Verdi | Di Quella Pira (Il Trovatore, Act 3) | Singer: Gino Penno. Conductor: Antonio Narducci. | ||
Giuseppe Verdi | Ave Maria (Otello, Act 3) | Singer: Rosalind Plowright. Singer: Lise Davidsen. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder. | ||
Henry Purcell | What pow'r art thou (King Arthur) | Singer: Tim Mead. Ensemble: Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien. Conductor: François Lazarevitch. | ||
Ennio Morricone | Once upon a time in the West (Finale) | Performer: Edda Dell’Orso. | ||
Mina | Parole Parole | |||
Alessandro Marcello | Oboe Concerto in D minor (2nd mvt: Adagio) | Performer: Katharina Spreckelsen. Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: Harry Bicket. | ||
Giacomo Puccini | O mio babbino caro (Gianni Schicchi) | Singer: Barbara Hendricks. Orchestra: French Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Paavo Järvi. | ||
17 Apr 2022 | Tim Birkhead | Traditional Catalan | Song of the Birds | Performer: Pau Casals. Orchestra: Prades Festival Orchestra. |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Piano Concerto no.17 in G major | Performer: Mitsuko Uchida. Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. | ||
Isaac Albéniz | Granada (Suite Espanola no.1) | Performer: Andrés Segovia. | ||
Ludwig van Beethoven | Piano Sonata in D minor, Op.31 no.2 (Tempest) (1st mvt: Largo - Allegro) | Performer: Daniel Barenboim. | ||
Josquin des Prez | Scaramella | Performer: Shirley Rumsey. | ||
Traditional Irish | Danny Boy (Londonderry Air) | Performer: Beatrice Harrison. | ||
Trad. | His Eyes were Suns | Performer: Jan Garbarek. Performer: Ingor Ántte Áilu Gaup. | ||
24 Apr 2022 | Clare Marx | Benjamin Britten | Dawn (Four Sea Interludes) | Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis. |
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Piano Concerto no.1 in B flat major (1st mvt) | Performer: Kirill Gerstein. Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Semyon Bychkov. | ||
Giuseppe Verdi | Libera Me (Requiem) | Singer: Angela Gheorghiu. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado. | ||
Giuseppe Verdi | Bella figlia dell'amore (Rigoletto) | Singer: June Anderson. Singer: Shirley Verrett. Singer: Luciano Pavarotti. Singer: Leo Nucci. | ||
Ludwig van Beethoven | Symphony no.9 in D minor (4th mvt: Presto) | Singer: June Anderson. Singer: Sarah Walker. Singer: Klaus Konig. Singer: Jan‐Hendrik Rootering. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein. | ||
Johannes Brahms | Concerto in A minor for violin, cello and orchestra (3rd mvt: Vivace non troppo) | Performer: Anne‐Sophie Mutter. Performer: Antônio Meneses. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan. | ||
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Soave sia il vento (Cosi fan tutte) | Singer: Montserrat Caballé. Singer: Janet Baker. Singer: Richard van Allan. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: Colin Davis. | ||
1 May 2022 | Osman Yousefzada | Amir Khusro | Chaap Tilak (You've taken everything from me) | Performer: Abida Parveen. Performer: Rahat Fateh Ali Khan. |
Philip Glass | Etude No.2 | Performer: Jeremy Denk. | ||
Arooj Aftab | Saans Lo (Vulture Prince) | |||
Amadou & Mariam | Je pense a toi | |||
Zoë Keating | Exurgency | |||
Omar Hisham | Surah Al-Mulk (Quran) | |||
Meerabai | Sanson ki Mala (On the rosary of breath) | Performer: Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. | ||
15 May 2022 | Waheed Arian | Lata Mangeshkar | Wada na tod (The Heart Given to You) | |
Henry Bishop | Home, Sweet Home | Performer: Katherine Jenkins. Conductor: Nicholas Dodd. | ||
Pankaj Udhas | A Letter has Come (Naam) | |||
Charlie Chaplin | Overture: City Lights | Orchestra: City Lights Orchestra. Conductor: Carl Davis. | ||
Ahmad Wali | Aftab | |||
Trad. | Amazing Grace | Performer: Andrea Bocelli. | ||
22 May 2022 | Kat Arney | Arnold Bax | Harp Quintet | Ensemble: Mobius Ensemble. |
Mulatu Astatke | Chinese New Year | |||
Ludwig Göransson | Theme from The Mandalorian | |||
Johannes Brahms | Rhapsody in G minor, Op.79 no.2 | Performer: Martha Argerich. | ||
Nina Simone | Little Girl Blue | |||
Camille Saint‐Saëns | The Swan (Carnival of the Animals) | Performer: Sebastian Comberti. Performer: Miriam Keogh. | ||
Graham Fitkin & Ruth Wall | Close Hold | |||
29 May 2022 | Jarvis Cocker | Frederick Delius | Hassan (Closing Scene) | Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Choir: Royal Opera House Chorus. Conductor: Thomas Beecham. |
Bernard Herrmann | The Lost City/Atlantis (Journey to the Center of the Earth) | |||
Scott Walker | The Childhood of a Leader (Opening) | |||
Franz Schubert | Piano Trio in E flat major, D.929 (2nd mvt: Andante con moto) | Performer: Ralph Holmes. Performer: Moray Welsh. Performer: Anthony Goldstone. | ||
Sergey Rachmaninov | Piano Concerto no.3 in D minor (1st mvt: Allegro) | Performer: Peter Donohoe. Orchestra: Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Fedoseyev. | ||
Max Richter | Song/Echo (Sleep) | |||
Erik Satie | Gymnopedie No.3 | Ensemble: Camarata Contemporary Music Group. | ||
5 Jun 2022 | Anne Glenconner | Edward Elgar | Nimrod (Enigma Variations) | Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Adrian Boult. |
Edward Elgar | Softly and Gently (The Dream of Gerontius) | Singer: Dame Sarah Connolly. Choir: BBC Symphony Chorus. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis. | ||
Michael William Balfe | I dreamt I dwelt in marble halls (The Bohemian Girl) | Singer: Joan Sutherland. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Bonynge. | ||
Benjamin Britten | Look Through the Port (Billy Budd) | Singer: Thomas Hampson. Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: Kent Nagano. | ||
Giuseppe Verdi | Va, pensiero (Nabucco) | Choir: Ambrosian Singers. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Muti. | ||
Giuseppe Verdi | Dies irae (Requiem) | Choir: London Philharmonic Choir. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: David Parry. | ||
Arthur Sullivan | If You Give Me Your Attention (Princess Ida) | Singer: John Reed. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Malcolm Sargent. | ||
Ronald Binge | Sailing By | Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley. | ||
12 Jun 2022 | Francesca Simon | Theodore Bikel | Kum aher du Filosof | |
Johann Sebastian Bach | Concerto in D minor for 2 violins and strings (1st mvt: Vivace) | Performer: Jascha Heifetz. Orchestra: RCA Victor Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Franz Waxman. | ||
Alan Stivell | Jenovefa | |||
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Eugene Onegin (Act 1 sc.3: Onegin's aria) | Singer: Dmitri Hvorostovsky. Singer: Olga Guryakova. Orchestra: Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper. Conductor: Kirill Petrenko. | ||
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Le Nozze di Figaro (Sull'aria...) | Singer: Barbara Bonney. Singer: Arleen Augér. Orchestra: Drottningholm Court Theatre Orchestra. Conductor: Arnold Östman. | ||
Ernest John Moeran | String Quartet in A minor (1st mvt: Allegro) | Ensemble: Maggini Quartet. | ||
Gavin Higgins | Ekstasis (3: We turn to the gods...) | Performer: David Cohen. Performer: Sara Roberts. Ensemble: Piatti Quartet. | ||
10 Jul 2022 | Katherine Rundell | William Corkine | Break of Day | Performer: Nigel North. Singer: Paul Hillier. |
Johann Strauss II | The Blue Danube | Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Mariss Jansons. | ||
Gabriel Fauré | In Paradisum (Requiem) | Choir: Balthasar‐Neumann‐Chor. Orchestra: Basel Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ivor Bolton. | ||
Miles Davis | L'Ascenseur pour l'echafaud | |||
Johann Sebastian Bach | Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring (Cantata No 147) | Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan. Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki. | ||
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Le Nozze di Figaro (Act IV-Finale) | Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner. | ||
John Adams | Batter my heart (Doctor Atomic) | Singer: Gerald Finley. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner. | ||
18 Sep 2022 | James Runcie | Johann Sebastian Bach | Cantata no.51: Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen | Singer: Julianne Baird. Ensemble: Bach‐Collegium Stuttgart. Director: Joshua Rifkin. |
Franz Schubert | Impromptu in C minor, D.899 no.1 | Performer: Alfred Brendel. | ||
Johann Sebastian Bach | French Suite no.5 in G major (3rd mvt: Sarabande) | Performer: Joanna MacGregor. | ||
Ella Fitzgerald | Blue Moon | |||
Johann Sebastian Bach | Mache dich... (St Matthew Passion) | Singer: Dietrich Fischer‐Dieskau. Orchestra: Munich Bach Orchestra. Conductor: Karl Richter. | ||
Henry Purcell | An evening hymn | Singer: Carolyn Sampson. Performer: Elizabeth Kenny. | ||
25 Sep 2022 | Gwen Adshead | Thomas Tallis | If Ye Love Me | Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers. |
New Zealand Maori Chorale | Pokarekare Ana | |||
Giuseppe Verdi | Dies Irae (Requiem) | Singer: Katia Ricciarelli. Orchestra: Orchestra of La Scala, Milan. Choir: Chorus of La Scala, Milan. Conductor: Claudio Abbado. | ||
Morten Lauridsen | Sure on this shining night | Performer: Morten Lauridsen. Choir: Chamber Choir of Europe. Conductor: Nicol Matt. | ||
The Beatles | Here Comes The Sun | |||
Orlando Gibbons | Drop, drop, slow tears | Choir: Gabrieli Consort. Conductor: Paul McCreesh. | ||
George Gershwin | Summertime (Porgy and Bess) | Singer: Harolyn Blackwell. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle. | ||
2 Oct 2022 | Jules Montague | information not found | information not found | information not found |
9 Oct 2022 | Ronnie Archer-Morgan | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Concerto in C major for flute and harp (2nd mvt: Andantino) | Performer: James Galway. Performer: Marisa Robles. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas. |
Donald Byrd | Places and Spaces | |||
George Frideric Handel | Ombra mai fu (Xerxes) | Singer: Andreas Scholl. Ensemble: Berlin Academy for Early Music. | ||
Sam Cooke | Goin' Home | |||
Antonín Dvořák | Symphony no.9 in E minor (From the New World) (2nd mvt: Largo) | Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan. | ||
Marvin Gaye | Abraham, Martin & John | |||
Antonín Dvořák | Song to the Moon (Rusalka) | Singer: Karita Mattila. Orchestra: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jukka‐Pekka Saraste. | ||
Esther Phillips | I'm in the Mood for Love | |||
16 Oct 2022 | Arifa Akbar | information not found | information not found | information not found |
23 Oct 2022 | William Kentridge | Trio Da Kali and Kronos Quartet | God Shall Wipe All Tears Away | |
Claudio Monteverdi | Chiome d'oro | Singer: Hugues Cuénod. Singer: Paul Derenne. | ||
Elizabeth Cotten | I'm Going Away | |||
Hector Berlioz | Le Spectre de la Rose (Nuits d'Ete) | Singer: Janet Baker. Orchestra: New Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: John Barbirolli. | ||
Richard Wagner | Tannhauser - concert paraphrase | Performer: Mikhail Rudy. Music Arranger: Franz Liszt. | ||
Dmitry Shostakovich | Symphony No.10 (2nd mvt: Allegro) | Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andris Nelsons. | ||
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Bei Mannern... (Die Zauberflote) | Singer: Evelyn Lear. Singer: Dietrich Fischer‐Dieskau. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Karl Bohm. | ||
6 Nov 2022 | Stuart MacBride | Richard Wagner | Gotterdammerung (Act 2, excerpt) | Singer: Lars Cleveman. Singer: Attila Jun. Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: Mark Elder. |
Gustav Holst | Mars, The Bringer of War (The Planets) | Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner. | ||
Henry Purcell | When I am laid in Earth (Dido and Aeneas) | Singer: Janet Baker. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Anthony Lewis. | ||
Sean O'Boyle | Concerto for Didgeridoo (4th mvt: Fire) | Orchestra: Queensland Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sean O'Boyle. | ||
Max Bruch | Violin Concerto no.1 in G minor (2nd mvt: Adagio) | Performer: Sonoko Miriam Shimano Welde. Orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Tabita Berglund. | ||
Ludwig van Beethoven | Piano Sonata in C sharp minor (Moonlight) (1st mvt: Adagio) | Performer: Martin Roscoe. | ||
Carl Orff | Omnia sol temperat (Carmina Burana) | Singer: Christopher Maltman. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox. | ||
13 Nov 2022 | Julia Blackburn | Benjamin Britten | Dirge (Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings) | Performer: Dennis Brain. Singer: Peter Pears. Orchestra: New Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Eugene Goossens. |
Billie Holiday | Pennies From Heaven | |||
Trad. | The Agincourt Carol | Ensemble: Musica Reservata. Conductor: John Beckett. | ||
Aka Pygmies/Steve Reich | Bossobe/Clapping Music | |||
Ludwig van Beethoven | Fantasia in D major (1st mvt: Allegro) | Performer: Massimo Anfossi. | ||
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi | Stabat Mater | Singer: Emma Kirkby. Singer: James Bowman. Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood. | ||
Hannes Buder | No death and no regrets (Outside Words) | |||
20 Nov 2022 | Simon Warrack | Antonio Vivaldi | Laudamus te (Gloria, RV.589) | Singer: Sophie Karthäuser. Singer: Lucile Richardot. Orchestra: Les Arts Florissants. Conductor: Paul Agnew. |
Benjamin Britten | Fugue (The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra) | Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Benjamin Britten. | ||
Michael Tippett | Go Down Moses (A Child of our Time) | Singer: John Shirley‐Quirk. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Colin Davis. | ||
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Andante in C major, K.315 | Performer: Philippe Bernold. Orchestra: Paris Chamber Orchestra. | ||
Edward Elgar | Cello Concerto in E minor (1st mvt) | Performer: Lynn Harrell. Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: Lorin Maazel. | ||
Giuseppe Verdi | Bella figlia dell'amore (Rigoletto) | Orchestra: Orchestra of La Scala, Milan. Conductor: Rafael Kubelík. | ||
Ros Serey Sothea | Chnam oun Dop-Pram Muy | |||
Martyn Beckett | On the Sunny Side of the Street | |||
27 Nov 2022 | Adam Rutherford | Gabriel Fauré | In Paradisum (Requiem) | Choir: Tenebrae. Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra Chamber Ensemble. Conductor: Nigel Short. |
Ludwig van Beethoven | Violin Concerto in D (1st mvt) | Performer: Kyung-wha Chung. Orchestra: Amsterdam Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Klaus Tennstedt. | ||
Radiohead | How To Disappear Completely | |||
Johann Sebastian Bach | Prelude in C major (Well-tempered Clavier, Book 1) | Performer: Andrea Vigh. | ||
Ben Salisbury | The Alien (Annihilation) | |||
Mario Batkovic | Quatere | |||
Hector Berlioz | Songe d'une nuit de Sabbat (Symphonie Fantastique) | Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle. | ||
4 Dec 2022 | Roma Agrawal | Traditional Indian | Alarippu - Kalyani - Mishra Chappu | Performer: O.S. Arun. Performer: M S Sukhi. |
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy (Nutcracker) | Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel. | ||
Carl Davis | Pride and Prejudice (Main Theme) | Performer: Melvyn Tan. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Carl Davis. | ||
Nitin Sawhney | Sunset | |||
Abida Parveen | Tu Jhoom | |||
Anoushka Shankar | Land of Gold | |||
Richard Gibbs | Number Six Theme (Battlestar Galactica) | |||
11 Dec 2022 | Jonathan Romain | Max Bruch | Kol Nidrei | Performer: Natalie Clein. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ilan Volkov. |
Leonard Cohen | Who By Fire | |||
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov | The Sea and Sinbad's Ship (Scheherazade) | Orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko. | ||
Burning Bush | Varshaver Freylekhs | |||
Vangelis | Chariots of Fire (Main Titles) | |||
London Jewish Male Choir | Bendigamos | |||
Barry Stoller | Match of the Day Theme |
2023
[edit]Date | Guest | Composer | Title | Performer |
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8 Jan 2023 | Todd Field | Gustav Mahler | Symphony no.5 (4th mvt: Adagietto) | Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado. |
Sergey Prokofiev | Peter and the Wolf (Introduction) | Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Eugene Ormandy. Narrator: David Bowie. | ||
Sarah Vaughan | Polka Dots and Moonbeams | |||
Henryk Mikołaj Górecki | String Quartet no.2 (Quasi una fantasia) (2nd mvt: Deciso, energico...) | Ensemble: Kronos Quartet. | ||
Edward Elgar | Cello Concerto in E minor (1st mvt) | Performer: Jacqueline du Pré. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: John Barbirolli. | ||
Stephen Sondheim | Send in the Clowns (A Little Night Music) | Singer: Sarah Vaughan. Orchestra: The Count Basie Orchestra. | ||
15 Jan 2023 | Diana Melly | Giacomo Puccini | Un bel di... (Madame Butterfly) | Singer: Renata Scotto. Orchestra: The Rome Opera Orchestra. Conductor: John Barbirolli. |
Franz Schubert | Der Fischer | Performer: Gerald Moore. Singer: Dietrich Fischer‐Dieskau. | ||
Jules Massenet | Baigne d'eau... (Thais) | Singer: Renée Fleming. Singer: Thomas Hampson. Orchestra: Bordeaux-Aquitaine Orchestra. Conductor: Yves Abel. | ||
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Dalla sua pace (Don Giovanni) | Singer: Francisco Araiza. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner. | ||
Gustav Mahler | Oft denk' ich... (Kindertotenlieder) | Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Bruno Walter. Singer: Kathleen Ferrier. | ||
Christoph Willibald Gluck | Che faro... (Orfeo ed Euridice) | Singer: Marilyn Horne. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: Georg Solti. | ||
Giuseppe Verdi | Ella giammai m'amo (Don Carlo) | Singer: Boris Christoff. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Jerzy Semkow. | ||
22 Jan 2023 | Hugh Brody | Jean Sibelius | Symphony no.7 in C | Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan. |
Connie Francis | Stupid Cupid | |||
Igor Stravinsky | Full Fathom Five (3 Songs from William Shakespeare) | Singer: Cathy Berberian. Ensemble: Columbia Chamber Ensemble. Conductor: Igor Stravinsky. | ||
Johnny Cash | Sunday Morning Coming Down | |||
Ludwig van Beethoven | Sonata in A major, Op.69 (1st mvt: Allegro) | Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma. Performer: Emanuel Ax. | ||
Clara Schumann | Nocturne, Op.6 no.2 | Performer: Lucy Parham. | ||
George Walker | When lilacs last in the dooryard bloom'd (Lilacs) | Singer: Latonia Moore. Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: Franz Welser‐Möst. | ||
29 Jan 2023 | Joanna Scanlan | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Der Holle Rache (Die Zauberflote) | Performer: Cosmé McMoon. Singer: Florence Foster Jenkins. |
Henry Walford Davies | I will lift up mine eyes (Psalm 121) | Choir: The Choir of Canterbury Cathedral. Conductor: David Flood. | ||
Gavin Bryars | Jesus' blood never failed me yet | Ensemble: Hampton String Quartet. Ensemble: Gavin Bryars Ensemble. | ||
Johannes Brahms | Intermezzo in E flat major, Op.117 no.1 | Performer: Radu Lupu. | ||
Hildegard von Bingen | O viridissima virga | Choir: Sequentia. Conductor: Barbara Thornton. | ||
Richard Wagner | O sink hernieder (Tristan und Isolde) | Singer: Margaret Price. Singer: René Kollo. Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden. Conductor: Carlos Kleiber. | ||
Alexandre Desplat | Griet's Theme (Girl with a Pearl Earring) | |||
Alessandro Scarlatti | Le Violette | Performer: John Constable. Singer: Stuart Burrows. | ||
5 Feb 2023 | Kaffe Fassett | Erik Satie | Gymnopedie no.1 | Performer: Peter Dickinson. |
Leonard Bernstein | Somewhere (West Side Story) | Performer: Members of the Cast. | ||
The Beatles | I Want To Hold Your Hand | |||
Arvo Pärt | Spiegel im Spiegel | Performer: Daniel Hope. Performer: Simon Mulligan. | ||
Carl Orff | O Fortuna (Carmina Burana) | Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop. | ||
Robert Schumann | Kinderszenen (excerpt) | Performer: Sir András Schiff. | ||
Alfredo Catalani | Ebben? Ne andro lontana (La Wally) | Singer: Wilhelmenia Fernandez. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Cosma. | ||
12 Feb 2023 | Simon Thurley | Giacomo Puccini | E lucevan le stelle (Tosca) | Singer: Rolando Villazón. Orchestra: Munich Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Marcello Viotti. |
Gustav Holst | The Hymn of Jesus (Prelude) | Choir: Hallé Youth Choir. Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: Mark Elder. | ||
Henry Purcell | Fairest Isle (King Arthur) | Singer: Carolyn Sampson. Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort. Conductor: Paul McCreesh. | ||
George Frideric Handel | Zadok the Priest | Choir: Choir of Westminster Abbey. Ensemble: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock. | ||
Pietro Mascagni | Gli aranci olezzano (Cavalleria Rusticana) | Choir: Chicago Symphony Chorus. Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Muti. | ||
Vincenzo Bellini | Act III Finale (I Puritani) | Singer: Joan Sutherland. Singer: Luciano Pavarotti. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Bonynge. | ||
Christoph Willibald Gluck | Cet asile... (Orfee et Eurydice) | Singer: Barbara Hendricks. Orchestra: Lyon Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner. | ||
19 Feb 2023 | Susie Boyt | Ludwig van Beethoven | Sonata in B flat major, Op.106 (Hammerklavier) (3rd mvt: Adagio Sostenuto) | Performer: Murray Perahia. |
Adolphe Adam | Giselle (Act 1: Giselle's Entrance) | Orchestra: Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Nicolette Fraillon. | ||
Gus Elen | It's a great big shame! | |||
Benjamin Britten | The Turn of the Screw (Act 1, Prologue) | Singer: Ian Bostridge. Orchestra: Mahler Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Harding. | ||
Kurt Weill | It Never Was You | Performer: Dave Lee. Singer: Judy Garland. | ||
Jule Styne | Overture: Gypsy | Conductor: Milton Rosenstock. | ||
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Piano Sonata in C major, K.545 (2nd mvt: Andante) | Performer: Mitsuko Uchida. | ||
26 Feb 2023 | Wayne Sleep | Benjamin Britten | A Midsummer Night's Dream (final scene) | Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia. Conductor: Richard Hickox. |
Arthur Schwartz | Dancing in the Dark | Performer: N.F.I. | ||
Joseph Horovitz | Lobster Quadrille (Alice in Wonderland) | Orchestra: Ron Goodwin and His Concert Orchestra. | ||
John Kander | Money (Cabaret) | Performer: Wayne Sleep. | ||
Gustav Mahler | Symphony no.4 | Orchestra: Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest. Conductor: Marc Albrecht. | ||
Andrew Lloyd Webber | Old Gumbie Cat (Cats) | Performer: Wayne Sleep. | ||
Billy Joel | Uptown Girl | |||
Andrew Lloyd Webber | Variations (Song and Dance) | Orchestra: Orchestra. | ||
12 Mar 2023 | Peter J Conradi | Benjamin Britten | Libera me (War Requiem) | Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Benjamin Britten. |
Richard Strauss | Marie Theres' (Rosenkavalier, Act III) | Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: Colin Davis. | ||
Béla Bartók | Concerto for orchestra (4th mvt: Intermezzo interrotto | Orchestra: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Susanna Mälkki. | ||
Leonard Cohen | Anthem | |||
Sergey Prokofiev | Juliet's Death (Romeo and Juliet) | Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: Mark Ermler. | ||
Johann Sebastian Bach | Prelude (Cello Suite no.1 in G) | Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma. | ||
Franz Schubert | String Quintet in C (2nd mvt: Adagio) | Performer: Isaac Stern. Performer: Alexander Schneider. Performer: Milton Katims. Performer: Pau Casals. Performer: Paul Tortelier. | ||
19 Mar 2023 | Helena Kennedy | Giacomo Puccini | Si, mi chiamano Mimi (La Boheme) | Singer: Mirella Freni. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Giuseppe Sinopoli. |
Guido Haazen | Sanctus (Missa Luba) | Choir: Les Troubadours du Roi Baudouin. | ||
George Frideric Handel | Ombra mai fu (Xerxes) | Singer: Lorraine Hunt Lieberson. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor: Harry Bicket. | ||
James McMillan | Stabat Mater | Choir: The Sixteen. Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: Harry Christophers. | ||
Johann Sebastian Bach | Prelude (Cello Suite no.4 in E flat major) | Performer: Alisa Weilerstein. | ||
Franz Schubert | Piano Sonata in A major, D.664 (2nd mvt: Andante) | Performer: Mitsuko Uchida. | ||
Sir George Benjamin | Written on Skin (Act 2, excerpt) | Singer: Barbara Hannigan. Orchestra: Mahler Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Sir George Benjamin. | ||
26 Mar 2023 | Robert Powell | Gustav Mahler | Symphony no.5 (4th mvt: Adagietto) | Orchestra: Amsterdam Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink. |
Leos Janáček | Sinfonietta (1st mvt) | Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle. | ||
Igor Stravinsky | The Soldier's Tale (final scenes) | Ensemble: Columbia Chamber Ensemble. Conductor: Igor Stravinsky. | ||
Bob Dylan | Don't Think Twice, It's All Right | |||
Johann Sebastian Bach | Toccata and Fugue in D minor | Ensemble: Jacques Loussier Trio. | ||
Ariel Ramírez | Misa Criolla (Kyrie) | Choir: Estudio Coral de Buenos Aires. Conductor: Ricardo Hagman. | ||
Kaiser Chiefs | Ruby | |||
9 Apr 2023 | Steve Rosenberg | Dmitry Shostakovich | Piano Concerto no. 2 in F major Op.102; 1st mvt Allegro | Performer: Dmitry Shostakovich Jnr. Performer: Maxim Dmitrievich Shostakovich. Orchestra: I Musici de Montréal. Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No. 2 in F major, Op. 102, etc.. Chandos. 1. |
michael roberts | Perpetuum Mobile | Orchestra: Michael Roberts Orchestra. Conductor: Roberto Capelli. The Light Symphonia - Perpetuum Mobile / Divertimento. Conroy. 1. | ||
Antonín Dvořák | Slavonic Dances - Op.46 ; No.6 In A Flat Major; | Performer: Katia Labèque. Performer: Marielle Labèque. Decca 00028948308064. Decca. 6. | ||
Nikita Bogoslovsky | Dark is the night | Lyricist: Vladimir Agatov. Singer: Mark Bernes. Moroz Records 3614591613241. Moroz Records. 22. | ||
Myroslav Skoryk | Melody from High Pass | Orchestra: Odessa Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Hobart Earle. Myroslav Skoryk: Carpathian Concerto. Naxos. 5. | ||
Victor Borge | A Mozart Opera | Performer: Victor Borge. Singer: Victor Borge. Victor Borge- Live!. Sony. 3. | ||
Marc‐Antoine Charpentier | Te Deum H.146 (Prelude) | Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants. Conductor: William Christie. Charpentier - Te Deum. Harmonia Mundi. 2. | ||
Sergey Rachmaninov | Piano Concerto No. 2 In C Minor Op.18 ; 2nd mvt Adagio Sostenuto | Performer: Boris Giltburg. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Carlos Miguel Prieto. Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2 & Études-Tableaux, Op. 33. Naxos. 2. | ||
16 Apr 2023 | Libby Jackson | Gustav Holst | Jupiter from The Planets | Performer: Hallé. Conductor: Mark Elder. |
Giuseppe Verdi | Dies Irae from Requiem | Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Orchestra: Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner. | ||
Irene Sankoff | Screech In | Lyricist: David Hein. Performer: Shanneyganock. | ||
George Frideric Handel | The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba | Orchestra: Tafelmusik. Conductor: Jeanne Lamon. | ||
Samuel Barber | Agnus Dei (choral) | Performer: Accentus Chamber Choir. Conductor: Laurence Equilbey. | ||
Public Service Broadcasting | Go! | The Race for Space. Test Card Recordings. | ||
Jennifer Walshe | The Site of an Investigation | Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ilan Volkov. | ||
George Michael | My Baby Just Cares for Me (Live) | Songs From the Last Century. Virgin. | ||
30 Apr 2023 | Isabel Wilkerson | Georg Philipp Telemann | Rosinante Galloping (Movement 6) from Burlesque de Don Quixotte | Ensemble: Apollo’s Fire. Conductor: Jeannette Sorrell. Gift of The Angels - Holiday of Offerings. Avie. |
Camille Saint‐Saëns | Organ Symphony No 3 in C minor, Op 78 | Orchestra: Orchestre national de France. Performer: Olivier Latry. Conductor: Cristian Măcelaru. | ||
Alfredo Catalani | Ebben? Ne Andrò Lontana" (from the opera La Wally) | Singer: Wilhelmenia Wiggins Fernandez. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Cosma. | ||
John Coltrane | Blue Train | Performer: John Coltrane. Blue Train. Blue Note. | ||
Carlos Simon | Rays of Light (from Warmth from Other Suns) | Performer: Ivalas Quartet. Light Migration Music Part 1 (Lara Downes and Friends). Rising Sun. | ||
Traditional (from Piae Cantiones) | Gaudete! – Performed in concert in 2016 | Performer: Angel City Chorale of Los Angeles. Music Arranger: Michael Engelhardt. Conductor: Sue Fink. | ||
Philip Glass | Final Movement of String Quartet No.5 | Performer: Kronos Quartet. Kronos Quartet perform Philip Glass. Nonesuch. | ||
Claude Debussy | Reverie | Performer: Alice Sara Ott. Nightfall. Deutsche Grammophon. | ||
Georg Philipp Telemann | "Burlesque de Quixotte": VI. Le galope de Rosinante | Ensemble: Apollo’s Fire. Conductor: Jeannette Sorrell. AVIE. | ||
Camille Saint‐Saëns | Symphony No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 78 "Organ Symphony" Mvt II. Maestoso. Allegro | Conductor: Cristian Măcelaru. Orchestra: Orchestre national de France. Saint-Saëns: Complete Symphonies. Warner Classics. 20. | ||
Alfredo Catalani | Ebben? Ne Andrò Lontana (from La Wally) | Singer: Wilhelmenia Fernandez. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Cosma. Larghetto. | ||
John Coltrane | Blue Train | Blue Train. Blue Note Records. 1. | ||
Carlos Simon | Warmth from Other Suns | Ensemble: Ivalas Quartet. LIGHT: Migration Music Part 1. Rising Sun Records. | ||
Trad. | Gaudete! | Director: Angel City Chorale. Director: Sue Fink. | ||
Philip Glass | String Quartet No. 5: Mvt V. | Ensemble: Kronos Quartet. Kronos Quartet Performs Philip Glass. Nonesuch. 5. | ||
Claude Debussy | Rêverie, L. 68 | Performer: Alice Sara Ott. Nightfall. Deutsche Grammophon (DG). 1. | ||
7 May 2023 | Ben Watt | William Grant Still | Summerland (3 Visions) | Performer: Bruce Levingston. Citizen. Sono Luminus. 201. |
Wes Montgomery Trio | Mi Cosa | Guitar On The Go. Riverside. 8. | ||
Quincy Jones | Brown Ballad | (feat. Toots Thielemans) Smackwater Jack. A&M JAZZ. 6. | ||
Johannes Brahms | Sapphische Ode, Op. 94 No. 4 | Performer: Phyllis Spurr. Singer: Kathleen Ferrier. DECCA. | ||
Gonzalo Rubalcaba | Silencio (Silence) | Solo. Blue Note Records. 3. | ||
Laurie Spiegel | The Unquestioned Answer | Performer: Laurie Spiegel. Unseen World. | ||
Dean McPhee | Sky Burial | Blast First Petite. | ||
Peteris Vasks | Songs of Love - IV. Then Time Stopped | Ensemble: Signum Saxophone Quartet. Echoes. Deutsche Grammophon (DG). 9. | ||
Josiah Steinbrick & Sam Gendel | Mouthfeel 5 | Full Bloom. | ||
14 May 2023 | Mary-Ann Ochota | Ludwig van Beethoven | 3rd Movement of Moonlight Sonata Presto agitato | Performer: Sir Stephen Hough. Hyperion CDA67686. |
Ryan Probert | The Great Wave off Kanagawa and South Wind,Clear Sky (Red Fuji) from Thirty Six Views of Mount Fuji | Performer: Vickers Bovey Guitar Duo. Clement Records. | ||
Trad/Ian Cameron (arr. James MacMillan) | O, chì, chì mi na mòrbheanna The Mist-covered Mountains | Performer: The King’s Singers. Signum Classics SIGCD607. | ||
Khaled | Didi | Performer: Khaled. Barclay Records 865401-2. | ||
Trad. | An excerpt from Bellerman Exercise #101 | Performer: Callum Armstrong. Callum Armstrong Aulos Collective YouTube channel video. | ||
Clément Janequin | Le chant des Oyseaulx | Performer: Ensemble Clément Janequin. Harmonia Mundi France HMC 901099. | ||
Georg Frideric Handel | Courante from keyboard suite No.4 HWV HWV 429 | Performer: Keith Jarrett. ECM 1530. | ||
Billy Joel | Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel) | Performer: Billy Joel. Columbia COL 473872 2. | ||
21 May 2023 | Norman Ackroyd | Franz Schubert | Impromptus Opus 90 Number 3 in G flat major | Performer: Murray Perahia. Schubert Impromptus D899 & 935. Sony Classical. 3. |
Arwel Hughes | Cwm Rhondda | Choir: Pendyrus Male Voice Choir. | ||
Bob Dylan | Love Minus Zero | |||
Ludwig van Beethoven | Piano Sonata in D minor, Op 31, 'Tempest' (2nd mvt) | Performer: Alfred Brendel. Philips. | ||
Gregorio Allegri | Miserere | Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers. Coro. | ||
De Dannan | The Coolin | De Dannan. De Dannan. 6. | ||
Poppy Ackroyd | Mechanism | Performer: Poppy Ackroyd. Escapement. One Little Indian Records. 7. | ||
Franz Schubert | Quintet in C major D.956 for 2 violins, viola and 2 cellos: Adagio | Performer: Heinrich Schiff. Ensemble: Alban Berg Quartett. EMI Masters : 6230792. EMI Masters. 2. | ||
28 May 2023 | Sarah Lee | Johann Sebastian Bach | "Jesu, nun sei gepreiset" BWV 41: Chorus | Orchestra: Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Ton Koopman. J.S. Bach: Cantatas Vol. 11. Challenge Classics. 21. |
George Frideric Handel | Concerto Gross in B flat Op.3 No.2 (2nd mvt) | Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski. Handel : Concerti Grossi Op.3 [Maestro]. Warner Classics. 20. | ||
Nina Simone | For All We Know | Singer: Nina Simone. Nina Simone. CHARLY. 13. | ||
Domenico Scarlatti | Sonata in E major Kk.380 | Performer: Yuja Wang. | ||
Gary Brooker | A Whiter Shade of Pale | Composer: Keith Reid. Performer: King Curtis. Music Arranger: King Curtis. Live At The Fillmore West. Rhino/Elektra. 2. | ||
Johann Sebastian Bach | Prelude & Fugue No.10 in E Minor, BWV 855 | Performer: Glenn Gould. Glenn Gould plays Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier Books I & II, BWV 846-893. Sony Classical. 20. | ||
4 Jun 2023 | Kit de Waal | Sergey Rachmaninov | Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor (1st mvt) | Performer: Evgeny Kissin. Conductor: Valery Gergiev. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Rachmaninoff: Concerto No. 2 & 6 Études-Tableaux. RCA Red Seal. 1. |
Georges Bizet | Dat's love (Carmen Jones) | Music Arranger: Oscar Hammerstein II. Singer: Marilyn Horne. Conductor: Herschel Burke-Gilbert. Carmen Jones (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack). Top Tracks. 9. | ||
Johann Sebastian Bach | Partita in A minor, BWV 1013: I. Allemande | Performer: Marion Ralincourt. NoMadMusic. | ||
Trad. | Casadh an tSúgáin (The Twisting of the Rope) | Singer: Iarla Ó Lionáird. Brooklyn (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack). Sony Classical. 12. | ||
Bill Evans | Blue In Green | Performer: Miles Davis. Performer: Miles Davis. Performer: John Coltrane. Performer: Bill Evans. Performer: Paul Chambers. Performer: Jimmy Cobb. Complete Columbia Recordings. Columbia. 5. | ||
Antonio Vivaldi | Ah ch'infelice sempre (Cessate, omai cessate) | Singer: Andreas Scholl. Ensemble: Ensemble 415. Director: Chiara Banchini. HARMONIA MUNDI. | ||
Frédéric Chopin | Prelude in E minor Op.28 No.4 | Performer: Maria João Pires. Chopin: Piano Concerto No.2 In F Minor, Op. 21; 24 Preludes, Op. 28. Deutsche Grammophon (DG). 7. | ||
11 Jun 2023 | Beccy Speight | Ludwig van Beethoven | Symphony No. 5 in C Minor (4th mvt) | Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: Thomas Adès. Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 4-6 – Barry: Viola Concerto, The Conquest of Ireland. Signum Classics. 204. |
Georges Bizet | Au Fond du Temple Saint (The Pearl Fishers) | Singer: John Aler. Singer: Gino Quilico. Orchestra: Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse. Conductor: Michel Plasson. Bizet: Les Pecheurs du Perles. Warner Classics. 106. | ||
Aaron Copland | Fanfare for the Common Man | Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Conductor: Zubin Mehta. Aaron Copland: The World of Aaron Copland. Decca. 1. | ||
Träd | 04_BS_Lark in the Clear Air | Music Arranger: Karine Polwart. Singer: Karine Polwart. A Pocket of Wind Resistance. Hudson Records. 3. | ||
Edward Elgar | Cello concerto in E minor | Performer: Sheku Kanneh‐Mason. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Mirga Gražinytė‐Tyla. | ||
Ralph Vaughan Williams | The Waves (A Sea Symphony) | Choir: Hallé Choir. Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder. Halle. | ||
Peter Maxwell Davies | Farewell to Stromness (The Yellow Cake Revue) | Performer: Peter Maxwell Davies. Peter Maxwell Davies: A Celebration of Scotland: Scottish Chamber Orch & Choir. Unicorn-Kanchana. | ||
18 Jun 2023 | Naomi Alderman | Johann Sebastian Bach | Brandenburg Concerto no.4 in G major BWV.1049 (1st mvt) | Orchestra: Concerto Italiano. Director: Rinaldo Alessandrini. J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concertos: Concerto Italiano/Alessandrini. Naive. 1. |
Nigel Westlake | Avinu Malkeinu (Compassion) | Lyricist: Lior. Singer: Lior. Orchestra: Sydney Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Nigel Westlake. Compassion. Australian Broadcasting Corp (ABC). 7. | ||
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | The Marriage of Figaro (Act 2 Finale) | Lyricist: Lorenzo Da Ponte. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin. Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K.492. Deutsche Grammophon (DG). 43. | ||
Terry Riley | In C | Ensemble: Ensemble Batida. Ensemble Batida: HYDR-X - Terry Riley: In C. VDE-GALLO. 2. | ||
Ottorino Respighi | Bergamasca (Ancient Airs and Dances) | Orchestra: Munich Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Henry Raudales. Respighi: Antiche danze ed arie per liuto & Gli uccelli. CPO. 204. | ||
Ferdinand Hérold | Clog Dance (La fille mal gardee) | Music Arranger: John Lanchbery. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: John Lanchbery. Herold/Lecocq: La Fille mal gardee: Royal Opera House Orchestra/Lanchbery. Decca. 17. | ||
Stephen Sondheim | Being Alive (Company) | Lyricist: George Furth. Music Arranger: Wally Harper. Singer: Dean Jones. Conductor: Harold Hastings. Orchestra: Original Broadway Cast Orchestra. Company (Original Broadway Cast Recording). Masterworks Broadway. 14. | ||
25 Jun 2023 | Raynor Winn | Peter Knight & John Spiers | Abbots Bromley Horn Dance | |
Christoph Willibald Gluck | Melodie (Orfeo ed Euridice) | Music Arranger: Giovanni Sgambati. Performer: Hélène Grimaud. | ||
Franz Schubert | Litanei auf das Fest Allerseelen, D. 343 | Performer: Llŷr Williams. Lyricist: Johann Georg Jacobi. Singer: Bryn Terfel. | ||
Benjamin Britten | Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes (Dawn) | Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner. | ||
Hannah Martin & Gigspanner Big Band | Salt Song by Hannah Martin | |||
Ralph Vaughan Williams | The Lark Ascending | Performer: Hyeyoon Park. Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor. | ||
Julie Fowlis | The Song of the Seal (Òran an Ròin) | Recording of a live performance on BBC R4 Saturday Live programme TX: 06/11/22021. 1. | ||
2 Jul 2023 | Alexander Polzin | Johann Sebastian Bach | Aria variata in A Minor, BWV 989: Aria | Performer: Tamara Stefanovich. PENTATONE. |
Robert Schumann | Andantino, Schumann G Minor Piano Sonata No.2 Op22 | Performer: Mitsuko Uchida. Schumann:G Minor Sonata. Waldszenen, Gesange Der Fruhe. Decca. 11. | ||
Richard Wagner | 03_AP_Tristan und Isolde: Act 3 - Prelude; Shepherd's Pipe; "Kurwenal! He!" | Lyricist: Richard Wagner. Singer: Anton Dermota. Singer: René Kollo. Singer: Dietrich Fischer‐Dieskau. Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden. Conductor: Carlos Kleiber. Wagner: Tristan und Isolde. Deutsche Grammophon (DG). 21. | ||
György Kurtág | Hölderlin-Gesänge - For Baritone, Op. 35a, Gestalt Und Geist | Performer: Heinrich Huber. Performer: David LeClair. Lyricist: Friedrich Hölderlin. Singer: Kurt Widmer. Signs, Games and Messages. ECM Records. 3. | ||
Johann Sebastian Bach | Sonatina (Cantata no.106 'Actus Tragicus') | Music Arranger: György Kurtág. Performer: Márta Kurtág. Performer: György Kurtág. Kurtág: Játékok. EMC New Series Records. 13. | ||
Konstantia Gourzi | Anájikon - The Angel In The Blue Garden, Op. 61 | Ensemble: Minguet Quartett. Anájikon. ECM New Series Reocrds. 8. | ||
Miles Davis | The Pan Piper | Performer: Miles Davis. Music Arranger: Gil Evans. Ensemble: Studio Orchestra. Sketches of Spain. Columbia. 003. | ||
Matthew Locke | Locke: Canon '4 in 2' on a plain song | Ensemble: Phantasm. Locke: For Lovers of Consort Music. Linn Records. 23. | ||
9 Jul 2023 | Isabella Tree | George Frideric Handel | He was despised (Messiah) | Singer: Alice Coote. Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury. Handel: Messiah. Warner Classics. 22. |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Clarinet Quintet in A, K.581 - 4th mvt (conclusion) | Performer: Nicholas Carpenter. Ensemble: Brindisi Quartet. Mozart: Chamber Quartets. Warner Classics. 18. | ||
Sam Lee | Turtle Dove | Old Wow. Cooking Vinyl. 7. | ||
Duo Ji, Lobsanf Tsering, Lhamo Dhondrub, Sonam Topgyal & Pema Drolka | Chanting Nuns | Authentic Tibet 2. Sonoton. 18. | ||
Members of the Bernardi Music Group | White Storks String Octet (final part) | Bernardi Music Group performing at Shipley Arts Festival during lockdown 2020 vi. 1. | ||
Richard Durrant | Big Fat Earthworm | Rewilding. The Burning Deck. 6. | ||
Franz Schubert | Piano Quintet in A, "Trout" (4th mvt) | Ensemble: Melos Ensemble. Icon: Melos Ensemble. Warner Classics. 108. | ||
Johann Sebastian Bach | Ich habe genug (Cantata No 82) | Singer: Lorraine Hunt Lieberson. Orchestra: Orchestra of Emmanuel Music. Conductor: Craig Smith. NONESUCH. | ||
10 Sep 2023 | Jeremy Deller | Ludwig van Beethoven | Symphony No.7 in A major (2nd mvt) | Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Kirill Petrenko. Beethoven · Tchaikovsky · Schmidt · Stephan. Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. |
The Fairey Band | Can U Dance? | Acid Brass. Mute. 1. | ||
Claudio Monteverdi | Beatus vir a 6 | Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers. CORO. | ||
Jeremy Deller | Bat Sounds | Biophilia Live. One Little Indian. 10. | ||
Traditional Vanuatu | Water Drumming | |||
Jaki Liebezeit | Drum Solo | |||
Ralph Vaughan Williams | Symphony No.5 (3rd mvt) | Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink. Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 5, Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1 & The Lark Ascending. Warner Classics. | ||
Sabreen | Get Back | Live in Jerusalem 2010. 4. | ||
Orbury Common | Constant Billy | (feat. Boss Morris) Devil Gurning. PRAH Recordings. 2. | ||
17 Sep 2023 | Rhiannon Giddens | Stephen Sondheim | A Weekend in the Country (A Little Night Music) | Lyricist: Stephen Sondheim. Ensemble: Original Broadway Cast of A Little Night Music. Conductor: Harold Hastings. A Little Night Music (Original Broadway Cast Recording). Masterworks Broadway. 9. |
Johann Sebastian Bach | Suite in E (Prelude) | Performer: Sharon Isbin. Bach: Complete Lute Suites. Warner Classics. 1. | ||
AR Rahman | Radha Kaise Na Jale | Lyricist: Javed Akhtar. Lagaan (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack). Sony Music Entertainment India Pvt. Ltd.. 3. | ||
Duke Ellington | Black, Brown and Beige: Part IV | Singer: Mahalia Jackson. Orchestra: Duke Ellington and His Orchestra. Black, Brown, & Beige. Columbia/Legacy. 4. | ||
Camille Saint‐Saëns | Cello Concerto No.1 | Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma. Orchestra: Orchestre national de France. Conductor: Lorin Maazel. Yo-Yo Ma Plays Cello Masterworks. Sony Classical. 1. | ||
Léo Delibes | Bell Song (Lakmé) | Singer: Joan Sutherland. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: Francesco Molinari‐Pradelli. Joan Sutherland - Greatest Hits. Decca. 6. | ||
Francesco Turrisi, Andrea Piccioni, Fabio Tricomi & Lucilla Galeazzi | La Tarantella Dell, Avena | Taquin. | ||
24 Sep 2023 | Peter Frankopan | Edward Naylor | Vox dicentis | Choir: Choir of King’s College, Cambridge. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury. English Anthems. Warner Classics. 5. |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Serenade in B flat K.361 "Gran Partita" (3rd mvt) | Ensemble: Wind Ensemble of the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner. Mozart: Sinfonia concertante / Serenade Nr.10 "Gran Partita". Decca. 7. | ||
Nurlanbel Nyshanov & Ensemble Tengir-Too | Jangylyk "Novelty" | Music of Central Asia Vol 1: Tengir-Too - Mountain Music of Kyrgyzstan. Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. 1. | ||
Béla Bartók | Concerto for Orchestra (4th mvt) | Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle. Simon Rattle: Bartok. Warner Classics. 12. | ||
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Fantasy Overture, 'Romeo and Juliet' | Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Lorin Maazel. Tchaikovsky: Symphonies 1-3: Wiener Philharmoniker/Maazel. Decca. 6. | ||
Antonio Vivaldi | Cum dederit dilectis (Nisi Dominus, RV 608) | Singer: Andreas Scholl. Ensemble: Australian Brandenburg Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Dyer. Nisi Dominus/Motets/String Consertos/Salve Regina. Decca. 4. | ||
Maurice Duruflé | Ubi Caritas | Choir: The Choir Of Trinity College, Cambridge. Conductor: Richard Marlow. Glorious Trinity. Conifer Classics. 5. | ||
1 Oct 2023 | Olivia Harrison | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Piano Concerto No.23 in A major (1st mvt) | Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Mozart: The Piano Concertos. Decca Music Group Ltd.. 64. |
Olivia Harrison | Aquellos Ojos Verdes - Olivia Harrison | |||
Los Panchos | Aquellos Ojos Verdes- Trio Los Panchos | Grandes Exitos Del Trio Los Panchos Vol 3. Star Music. 1. | ||
Ezekiel Arias | Nosotros | |||
Shivkumar Sharma, Brij Bushan Kabra, Hariprasad Chaurasia & Manikrao Popatkar | Bhoop-Jhapaal | Call of the Valley. HMV. 3. | ||
Johann Sebastian Bach | Brandenburg Concerto No 2 in F major, BWV 1047 (1st mvt) | Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood. J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concertos 1-6: Academy of Ancient Music/Hogwood. L'Oiseau-Lyre. 4. | ||
Bulgarian State Radio & Television Female Vocal Choir & Trio Bulgarka | Kalimankou Denkou | Le Mystere Des Voix Bulgares Vol 1. Elektra Nonesuch Recors. 3. | ||
Anoushka Shankar | Arpan (Offering) | Concert for George. Warner Strategic Marketing. 4. | ||
Los Índios Tabajaras | Maria Elena | Maria Elena/Always in My Heart. Collectables Record Corp/BMG Special Products. 1. | ||
8 Oct 2023 | Fay Dowker | George Frideric Handel | Air with variations, 'The Harmonious Blacksmith' (Suite No 5 in E major) | Performer: Murray Perahia. Handel/Scarlatti: Murray Perahia. Sony Classical. 4. |
Ludwig van Beethoven | Violin Concerto (2nd mvt) | Performer: Hilary Hahn. Orchestra: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: David Zinman. Hilary Hahn - The Complete Sony Recordings. Sony Classical. 2. | ||
Richard Rodgers | My Favorite Things | Music Arranger: John Coltrane. Ensemble: John Coltrane Quartet. My Favorite Things. Rhino Atlantic. 1. | ||
Dmitry Shostakovich | Prelude and Fugue in A major, Op 87 No 7 | Performer: Tatiana Nikolayeva. Shostakovich: 24 Preludes and Fugues Op. 87: Tatiana Nicolayeva. Hyperion. 13. | ||
Johann Sebastian Bach | Wir setzen uns mit Tränen nieder (St Matthew Passion) | Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Choir: London Oratory Junior Choir. Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner. Bach: St. Matthew Passion. Archiv Produktion. 68. | ||
Natalie Merchant | Which side are you on? | The House Carpenter's Daughter. Myth America Records. 2. | ||
15 Oct 2023 | Brian Cox (actor) | Giuseppe Verdi | Grand March (Aida) | Ensemble: Band And State Trumpeters Of The Royal Horse Guards. Ensemble: The State Trumpeters of The Royal Horse Guards. The Band & State Trumpeters of The Royal Horse Guards. Tradition Records. 9. |
Gustav Mahler | Symphony no. 5 in C sharp minor (4th mvt) | Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado. Gustav Mahler: Symphonie No. 5. Deutsche Grammophon. 4. | ||
Giacomo Puccini | Un bel dì vedremo (Madam Butterfly) | Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Singer: Maria Callas. Conductor: Tullio Serafin. Popular Music from TV Film and Opera. EMI Classics. 6. | ||
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major (2nd mvt) | Performer: Arthur Rubinstein. Orchestra: RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Alfred Wallenstein. Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major, K. 488 & Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Ma. RCA Red Seal. 5. | ||
Felix Mendelssohn | Violn Concerto in E minor (1st mvt) | Performer: Itzhak Perlman. Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink. Mendelssohn & Bruch: Violin Concertos. Warner Classics. 1. | ||
Johann Sebastian Bach | Ciaconna (Partita No.2) | Performer: Hilary Hahn. Hilary Hahn - The Complete Sony Recordings. Sony Classical. 12. | ||
Joni Mitchell | A Case Of You (2021 remaster) | Singer: Joni Mitchell. The Reprise Albums (1968 -1971). Rhino Records. 9. | ||
22 Oct 2023 | Black History Month | Henry Purcell | Thy hand Belinda ... When I am laid in earth (Dido and Aeneas) | Singer: Jessye Norman. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Raymond Leppard. Decca. |
Florence Price | Symphony No 1 in E minor (2nd movement: Largo, maestoso) | Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin. Deutsche Grammophon. | ||
Taj Mahal | Queen Bee | Performer: Toumani Diabaté. Singer: Taj Mahal. Singer: Ramata Diakité. Hannibal Records. | ||
Trad. | Deep River | Music Arranger: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. Music Arranger: Kanneh-Mason Trio. Performer: Sheku Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Isata Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Braimah Kanneh-Mason. Decca Music Group Ltd.. | ||
YolanDa Brown | Million Billion Love | Performer: YolanDa Brown. Black Grape Records. | ||
Alfredo Catalani | Ebben? Ne andrò lontana (La Waly) | Singer: Wilhelmenia Fernandez. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Cosma. Milan. | ||
George Gershwin | I loves you Porgy | Singer: Nina Simone. Verve. | ||
Florence Price | Dances in the Canebrakes (Nimble Feet) | Music Arranger: William Grant Still. Orchestra: Chicago Sinfonietta. Conductor: Mei-Ann Chen. Project W: Works by Diverse Women Composers. Cedille. 1. | ||
29 Oct 2023 | Chris Addison | Antonín Dvořák | Bagatelles Op.47 No.5 | Performer: Maria Milstein. Performer: Miguel da Silva. Ensemble: Busch Trio. Dvořák: Piano Quintets & Bagatelles. Alpha Classics. 8. |
Benjamin Britten | Dies Irae (War Requiem) | Singer: Dietrich Fischer‐Dieskau. Choir: Bach Choir. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Benjamin Britten. Benjamin Britten - War Requiem. Decca. 3. | ||
Trad. | Just as the Tide Was Flowing | Music Arranger: Eliza Carthy. Singer: Eliza Carthy. Anglicana. Topic. 2. | ||
Gioachino Rossini | O figlie amabili (La Cenerentola) | Singer: Cecilia Bartoli. Singer: Fernanda Costa. Singer: Gloria Banditelli. Singer: Michele Pertusi. Choir: Coro del Teatro Comunale di Bologna. Orchestra: Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly. Rossini: La Cenerentola. Decca Music Group Ltd.. 5. | ||
Trad. | Wallom Green (The English Dancing Master) | Music Arranger: John Playford. Music Arranger: Bjarte Eike. Ensemble: Barokksolistene. Director: Bjarte Eike. The Alehouse Sessions. RUBICON. 101. | ||
Gustaf Nordqvist | Jul, jul, strålande jul | Choir: Adolf Fredriks Ungdomskör. Jul med Adolf Fredriks. Cupol. 6. | ||
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | The Marriage of Figaro (Overture) | Orchestra: Musica Aeterna. Orchestra: Perm Opera and Ballet Theatre Orchestra. Conductor: Teodor Currentzis. Sony Classical. | ||
5 Nov 2023 | Abdulrazak Gurnah | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Sympnony No.40 in G Minor K.550_1.Molto Allegro | Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphonies 38 - 41. Linn Records. 1. |
Sidney Bechet & Claude Luter and his Orchestra | Petite Fleur | Petite Fleur. Vogue. 1. | ||
Dmitiri Shostakovich | Symphony No.7 in C Major Op. 60 The Leningrad | Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andris Nelsons. Shostakovich Symphonies Nos. 6 & 7. Deutsche Grammophon. 1. | ||
Toumani Diabaté | Kaira | Kaira. Hannibal Records. 3. | ||
Felix Mendelssohn | Song Without Words | Performer: Sheku Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Isata Kanneh‐Mason. Song. Decca. 7. | ||
Frédéric Chopin | Nocturne No.4 in F Major Op.15 No.1 | Performer: Martha Argerich. Argerich Plays Chopin. Deutsche Grammophon. 8. | ||
Miles Davis | Summertime | Porgy and Bess. Columbia. 5. | ||
Joaquín Rodrigo | Concierto de Aranjuez 1: Allegro Con Spirito | Performer: Miloš Karadaglić. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin. Aranjuez. Deutsche Grammophon. 1. | ||
12 Nov 2023 | Mali Morris | Antonio Vivaldi | Nisi dominus | Singer: Andreas Scholl. Orchestra: Australian Brandenburg Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Dyer. Vivaldi: Nisi Dominus/Motets/Strring Concertos/Salve Regina. Decca. 1. |
Trad. | Ar lan y mor | Singer: Bryn Terfel. Orchestra: Welsh National Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Gareth Jones. We'll Keep a Welcome. Deutsche Grammophon. 2. | ||
Johann Sebastian Bach | Cello Suite No.1 in G (Prelude) | Performer: Mstislav Rostropovich. Bach Cello Suites. Supraphon. 1. | ||
Bob Dylan | Series of Dreams outtake from the Oh Mercy Sessions | Lyricist: Bob Dylan. Singer: Bob Dylan. The Bootleg Series 8: Telltale Signs. Columbia. 2. | ||
Ludwig van Beethoven | String Quartet Number 13 in B Flat Major Op 130 V. Cavatina | Performer: Talichovo kvarteto. Beethoven: Quartets Op. 130 & Op. 59 No. 2. La Dolce Voltra. 5. | ||
Jonathan Richman | No One Was Like Vermeer | Performer: Tommy Larkins. Lyricist: Jonathan Richman. Singer: Jonathan Richman. Because Her Beauty is Raw and Wild. Vapor Records. 2. | ||
Johann Sebastian Bach | Widerstehe doch der Sunde (Cantata, BWV.54) | Performer: Víkingur Ólafsson. Johann Sebastian Bach. DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON. 11. | ||
Professor Longhair | Mardi Gras in New Orleans | Performer: Professor Longhair. Lyricist: Professor Longhair. Live on The Queen Mary. One Way Records. 1. | ||
19 Nov 2023 | Daniel Handler | Ludwig van Beethoven | Symphony No 3 in E flat major, Op 55, 'Eroica' (1st mvt) | Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado. Beethoven: 9 Symphonies: Abbado, Berliner Philharmoniker. Deutsche Grammophon. 1. |
Alexander Scriabin | Piano Sonata No. 9, Op. 68 "Black Mass" | Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy. Scriabin: Piano Sonatas Nos. 3, 4, 5 & 9. Decca Music Group Ltd.. 8. | ||
Hector Berlioz | Harold in Italy (1st mvt) | Performer: Tabea Zimmermann. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Colin Davis. Berlioz Odyssey: The Complete Colin Davis Recordings. Lso Live. 418. | ||
Oskar Fried | Verklärte Nacht, Op 9 | Singer: Christine Rice. Singer: Stuart Skelton. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner. Chandos. | ||
Morton Feldman | The Viola In My Life (1st mvt) | Performer: Marek Konstantynowicz. Ensemble: Cikada. Conductor: Christian Eggen. Feldman: The Viola In My Life I-IV. ECM New Series. 1. | ||
Oliver Triendl | Bagatelle Op. no, 47 No.1, Allegretto scherzando | Dvorak String Quartets. CPO. 12. | ||
26 Nov 2023 | Kevin O'Hare | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | The Sleeping Beauty (Prologue) | Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: André Previn. Tchaikovsky: Le Lac des cygnes - La Belle au bois du dormant & Casse-noisette (E. Warner Classics. 118. |
John Kander | Maybe This Time (Cabaret) | Lyricist: Fred Ebb. Singer: Jessie Buckley. Ensemble: 2021 London Cast of Cabaret. Cabaret (2021 London Cast Recording). Decca (UMO) (Classics). 9. | ||
Sergey Rachmaninov | Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini | Performer: Sir Stephen Hough. Orchestra: Dallas Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton. Rachmaninov: The Piano Concertos: Hough/Dallas Symphony Orchestra/Litton. Hyperion. | ||
Giacomo Puccini | O mio babbino caro (Gianni Schicchi) | Singer: Kiri Te Kanawa. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Pritchard. Kiri. EMI. 7. | ||
Thomas Adès | Paradiso (Dante) | Choir: Los Angeles Master Chorale. Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel. Thomas Adès: Dante. Nonesuch. 1. | ||
Anna Clyne | Breathing Statues | Ensemble: Calidore String Quartet. | ||
Gabriel Fauré | Pie Jesu (Requiem, Op 48) | Singer: Barbara Bonney. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Michel Legrand. Faure: Requiem Op.48, Durufle: Requiem Op.9: Bonney, Larmore, Hampson, Philharmo. Teldec. | ||
3 Dec 2023 | Walter Murch | Frédéric Chopin | Waltz no.5 in A flat major Op. 42 | Performer: Симон Барер. Simon Barere: The Complete HMV Recordings. Apr. 9. |
Ferde Grofé | Grand Canyon suite Part 111: On the Trail | Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein. CBS. | ||
Pierre Henry | Symphonie pour un homme seul | Composer: Pierre Schaeffer. Collection Musique Concrète, Vol. 2. Sinetone AMR. 5. | ||
Trad. | Gregorian chant - Vêpres de la Trinité - Antienne: Gloria laudis + Ps. 111 | Ensemble: Choeur des Moines de L'Abbaye de Solesmes. Accord. | ||
Ludwig van Beethoven | Symphony No 6 in F major, Op 68, 'Pastoral' | Conductor: Osmo Vänskä. Orchestra: Minnesota Orchestra. Beethoven: The Symphonies: Minnesota Orchestra, Osmo Vanska. BIS. 1. | ||
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi | Stabat mater in F minor (opening) | Singer: Sandrine Piau. Singer: Christopher Lowrey. Conductor: Christophe Rousset. Ensemble: Les Talens Lyriques. PERGOLESI - Stabat Mater. ALPHA. 1. | ||
Richard Wagner | The Ride of the Valkyries (Die Walkure) | Conductor: Georg Solti. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen (orchestral excerpts): Wiener Philharmoniker, So. Decca. 1. | ||
François Couperin | Le Tic Toc Choc ou Les Maillotins | Performer: Grigory Sokolov. Grigory Sokolov Live in Paris. Ideale Audience. 1. | ||
10 Dec 2023 | Dame Ottoline Leyser | Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina | Super flumina Babylonis | Ensemble: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers. Palestrina Volume 6. CORO. 5. |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Don Giovanni (Act II Finale) | Singer: Umberto Chiummo. Singer: Bo Skovhus. Singer: Alessandro Corbelli. Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras. Mozart: The Great Operas. Telarc. 165. | ||
Claude Debussy | La fille aux cheveux de lin (Preludes, Book 1) | Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet. Debussy: Complete works for piano vol.1: Bavouzet. Chandos. 8. | ||
Camille Saint‐Saëns | Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso Op.28 | Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko. Fantasie. Decca. 3. | ||
Sergey Rachmaninov | Piano Concerto No 2 in C minor, Op 18 (1st mvt) | Performer: Krystian Zimerman. Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Seiji Ozawa. Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos. 1&2 Zimerman/Boston Symphony Orchestra/ Ozawa. Deutsche Grammaphon. 4. | ||
Arthur Sullivan | The Elements | Lyricist: Tom Lehrer. Singer: Tom Lehrer. Dr Demento's 30th Anniversary Collection. Rhino. 3. | ||
Ralph Vaughan Williams | Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis | Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Roger Norrington. Decca. | ||
31 Dec 2023 | Johnny Flynn | Gabriel Fauré | Cantique de Jean Racine, Op.11 for chorus and organ, or harmon | Performer: Stephen Cleobury. Choir: Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge. Conductor: George Guest. Faure: Requiem, Durufle: Requiem, Poulenc: Motets. DECCA. 8. |
Johann Sebastian Bach | Unaccompanied Cello Suite No.4 in E Flat Major, BWV 1010: Prelude | Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma. Six Evolutions. Sony Classical. 1. | ||
Stephen Sondheim | Send in the Clowns (Reprise) | Singer: Siân Phillips. A Little Night Music. Jay Records. 19. | ||
The Watersons | The Good Old Way | Ensemble: The Watersons. Mighty River of Song. Topic Records. 7. | ||
Trad. | Everytime I feel the Spirit | Performer: Alan Booth. Singer: Paul Robeson. The Peace Arch Concerts. Folk Era Records. 4. | ||
Michael Hurley | The Tea Song | First Songs. Folkways Records. 5. | ||
Georges Bizet | Au fond du temple saint (The Pearl Fishers) | Singer: Jussi Björling. Singer: Robert Merrill. Orchestra: RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Renato Cellini. The Pearl Fishers Duet and Other famous duets and scenes. 1. | ||
Robert Johnson | Come On In My Kitchen | King of the Delta Blues Singers. Columbia Records. 3. |
2024
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7 Jan 2024 | Nina Stibbe | Johannes Brahms | Piano Concerto No.2 in B flat (1st mvt) | Performer: Lars Vogt. Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia. Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 & Handel Variations. Ondine. 1. |
George Frideric Handel | Eternal source of light divine (Birthday Ode for Queen Anne) | Singer: Elin Manahan Thomas. Performer: David Blackadder. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor: Harry Christophers. Eternal Light. HELIODOR. 2. | ||
Jake Thackray | Remember Bethlehem | Jack in a Box: the EMI Recordings 1967 - 1976 Box Set. EMI. 14. | ||
Frank Loesser | Sit Down You're Rockin' the Boat (Guys and Dolls) | Singer: Stubby Kaye. Choir: Members of the Cast. Legendary Broadway Musicals, Vol. 9. Documents. 14. | ||
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Bei Männern (The Magic Flute) | Singer: Elisabeth Norberg-Schulz. Singer: Wilfried Gahmlich. Conductor: Michael Halász. Orchestra: Budapest Failoni Chamber Orchestra. Choir: Hungarian Festival Choir. Mozart: Zauberflöte (Die) (The Magic Flute). Naxos. 1. | ||
Karl Jenkins | Better is Peace from The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace | Choir: Hertfordshire Chorus. Conductor: David Temple. Orchestra: The London Orchestra da Camera. The Armed Man. Signum Classics. 13. | ||
Paul McCartney | Junk | McCartney. Paul McCartney Archive Collection/MPL. 6. | ||
Benjamin Clementine | Adios | Performer: Benjamin Clementine. At Least For Now. Universal Music Division Barclay. 4. | ||
14 Jan 2024 | Merlin Sheldrake | Johann Sebastian Bach | Kommt ihr Töchter helft mir klagen (St. Matthew Passion) | Choir: Choir of King’s College, Cambridge. Choir: King's College School Choir. Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury. Bach: St. Matthew Passion. Kings College Cambridge. 101. |
Frédéric Chopin | Nocturne in G major, Op 37 No 2 | Performer: Nelson Freire. Nelson Freire: Chopin, The Nocturnes. Decca. 2. | ||
Thomas Tallis | Miserere nostri | Choir: The Rodolfus Choir. Conductor: Ralph Allwood. Time and Its Passing. Signum Records. 16. | ||
The Babenzélé people of The Central African Republic | Women gathering mushrooms | The Extraordinary Music of the Babenzélé Pygmies. Ellipsis Arts. 1. | ||
Bill Evans & Jim Hall | My Funny Valentine | Undercurrent. Green Corner. 1. | ||
Henry Purcell | Music for a while (Oedipus) | Singer: Alfred Deller. Performer: William Christie. Performer: Wieland Kuijken. Purcell: Music for a While. HARMONIA MUNDI. 12. | ||
21 Jan 2024 | Lorna Dawson | Trad. | Ae Fond Kiss | Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Music Arranger: Paul Campbell. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Rory Macdonald. Homecoming - A Scottish Fantasy. Decca Music Group Ltd.. 5. |
Maurice Ravel | Pavane pour une infante défunte | Performer: Bertrand Chamayou. Ravel: Complete Works for Solo Piano. Erato/Warner Classics. 2. | ||
Johann Pachelbel | Canon in D | Ensemble: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock. Pachebel:Canon & Gigue/Handel: The Arrival of teh Queen of Sheba. ARCHIV. 1. | ||
Edward Elgar | Cello concerto in E minor, Op 85 | Performer: Jacqueline du Pré. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: John Barbirolli. British Composers: Sir John Barbirolli conducts Elgar. Warner Classics. 6. | ||
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Requiem in D minor K.626 (Lacrimosa) | Choir: Swedish Radio Choir. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado. Requiem. DG. 8. | ||
Nina Simone | Feeling Good | I Put A Spell On You. Silva Screen. 7. | ||
Peter Maxwell Davies | Farewell to Stromness | Performer: Valentina Lisitsa. Chilled Piano Volume 4. Decca. 1. | ||
28 Jan 2024 | Neil Hannon | Giacomo Puccini | Chi il bel sogno di Doretta (La rondine) | Singer: Kiri Te Kanawa. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Pritchard. EMI. |
Igor Stravinsky | Petrouchka (Scene 1) | Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein. Stravinsky: Petrouchka; Pulcinella Suite [Great Performances]. Sony Classical. 1. | ||
Frédéric Chopin | Nocturne in E flat major, Op 9 No 2 | Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy. Chopin: The Solo Piano Works: Ashkenazy. London. 2. | ||
Kate Bush | Cloudbusting | Singer: Kate Bush. Noble & Brite Limited. | ||
Michael Nyman | Prawn-watching (A Zed and Two Noughts) | Ensemble: Michael Nyman Band. Conductor: Michael Nyman. Decca Music Group Ltd.. | ||
Neil Hannon | Our Mutual Friend | Ensemble: The Divine Comedy. Conductor: Joby Talbot. Absent Friends. Parlophone UK. 7. | ||
Maurice Ravel | String Quartet in F (1st mvt) | Ensemble: Paganini Quartet. BNF. | ||
Nino Rota | La Dolce Vita - opening credits | Orchestra: Carlo Savina and His Orchestra. Conductor: Carlo Savina. CAM. | ||
Scott Walker | Montague Terrace (In Blue) | Singer: Scott Walker. Conductor: Wally Stott. Scott. UMC (Universal Music Catalogue). 2. | ||
4 Feb 2024 | Louise Welsh | Gioachino Rossini | William Tell (Overture) | Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano. Rossini: William Tell: Antonio Pappano. EMI Classics. 1. |
Giuseppe Verdi | Rigoletto (Act 3) | Singer: Edita Gruberová. Singer: Luciano Pavarotti. Singer: Ingvar Wixell. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly. Rigoletto DVD. Deutsche Grammophon. 31. | ||
Bernard Herrmann | Theme from Taxi Driver | Performer: Ronnie Lang. Music Arranger: Dave Blume. Conductor: Dave Blume. Taxi Driver. Arista. 14. | ||
Chris Watson | The Lapaich | Performer: Chris Watson. Weather Report. 1. | ||
Claude Debussy | Dialogue du vent et de la mer (La mer) | Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Conductor: Carlo Maria Giulini. Giulini in America: Los Angeles Philharmonic/Giulini. Deutsche Grammaphon. 3. | ||
Stuart MacRae | Anthropocene opera: Ice's Aria | Performer: Orchestra of Scottish Opera. Librettist: Louise Welsh. Conductor: Stuart Stratford. Singer: Jennifer France. Singer: Jeni Bern. Anthropocene. 1. | ||
Henry Purcell | When I am laid in earth (Dido & Aeneas) | Singer: Anna Prohaska. Orchestra: Il Giardino Armonico. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini. Serpent and Fire: Arias for Dido and Cleopatra. Alpha. 18. | ||
Anna Thorvaldsdottir | In the Light of Air, III: Existence | Ensemble: International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE). ICE performs Anna Thorvaldsdottir. Sono Luminus. 3. | ||
11 Feb 2024 | Raymond Blanc | Ludwig van Beethoven | Piano Sonata in C sharp minor "Moonlight" (1st mvt) | Performer: Alice Sara Ott. Beethoven. Deutsche Grammophon (DG). 4. |
Léo Ferré | Avec le temps | Singer: Léo Ferré. Thank You Ferre. Universal Music Division Barclay. 13. | ||
Remo Giazotto | Adagio in G minor | Performer: Håkan Hardenberger. Performer: Simon Preston. Famous Classical Trumpet Concertos. Decca Music Group Ltd.. 19. | ||
Leonard Cohen | Hallelujah | Singer: Leonard Cohen. Various Positions. Columbia/Legacy. 5. | ||
Antonio Vivaldi | The Four Seasons - Winter (1st mvt) | Performer: Vanessa‐Mae. Music Arranger: Pamela Nicholson. Music Arranger: Vanessa‐Mae. Ensemble: Laureate. The Original Four Seasons And The Devil's Trill Sonata. Parlophone UK. 10. | ||
Arvo Pärt | Spiegel im Spiegel | Performer: Tasmin Little. Performer: Martin Roscoe. Arvo Part Fratres. EMI. 4. | ||
Giuseppe Verdi | Addio, del passato (La traviata) | Singer: Ermonela Jaho. Orchestra: Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana. Conductor: Andrea Battistoni. Anima Rara. Opera Rara. 1. | ||
18 Feb 2024 | Ray Cooper | Johann Sebastian Bach | Partita No 3 in E major for violin, BWV 1006 (Prelude) | Performer: Isabelle Faust. J.S. Bach: Sonatas & Partitas. Isabelle Faust. Harmonia Mundi. 10. |
Gerry Goffin | Take a Giant Step | Composer: Carole King. Singer: Taj Mahal. The Essential. Legacy Recordings. 7. | ||
Dmitry Shostakovich | Foxtrot [Blues] (Suite for Jazz Band no.1) | Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly. Shostakovich: The Jazz Album - Brautigam, Masseurs. Decca. 3. | ||
Olivier Messiaen | Turangalîla-Symphonie (1st mvt) | Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: André Previn. Turangalila Symphony/ Concert Champetre/ Concerto in G etc. Warner Classics. 1. | ||
Elton John | Sixty Years On | Composer: Bernie Taupin. Music Arranger: Paul Buckmaster. Singer: Elton John. To Be Continued.... EMI. 10. | ||
John Tavener | The Protecting veil for cello and string orchestra [1987]: opening | Performer: Steven Isserlis. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gennady Nikolayevich Rozhdestvensky. The Protecting Veil. VIRGIN CLASSICS. 1. | ||
George Harrison | Here Comes The Sun | Ensemble: The Beatles. Abbey Road (Super Deluxe Edition). UMC (Universal Music Catalogue). 7. | ||
25 Feb 2024 | Michael Winterbottom | Robert Schumann | Piano Quintet in E flat major Op.44 (2nd mvt) | Performer: Martha Argerich. Performer: Dora Schwarzberg. Performer: Lucia Hall. Performer: Nobuko Imai. Performer: Mischa Maisky. Schumann: Chamber Works: Martha Argerich. EMI Classics. |
Johann Sebastian Bach | St John Passion: Part 1; Herr, unser Herrscher (Chorus) | Orchestra: Collegium Vocale Gent. Conductor: Philippe Herreweghe. Orchestra: Collegium Vocale Gent Orchestra. Bach: Johannes-Passion, BWV 245. PHI. | ||
Michael Nyman | Debbie | Wonderland Original Motion Picture Soundtrack. Michael Nyman Records. 5. | ||
Lovie Austin | Downhearted Blues | Lyricist: Alberta Hunter. Singer: Alberta Hunter. Alberta Hunter Vol. 4 (1927-c. 1946). Document Records. 11. | ||
Max Richter | On the Nature of Daylight | Orchestra: Max Richter Orchestra. Conductor: Lorenz Dangel. The Blue Notebooks. DG. 2. | ||
Ella Fitzgerald | The Man I Love | Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Songbook. Verve. 14. | ||
Melissa Parmenter | Ostuni | Performer: Melissa Parmenter. Messapica. Globe Productions. 5. | ||
31 Mar 2024 | John Krebs | Arcangelo Corelli | Concerto Grosso in G minor, Op 6 No 8, 'Christmas Concerto' | Ensemble: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock. Corelli: Concerti Grossi Op.6. Archiv. 7-12. |
Robert Schumann | Papillons, Op 2 | Performer: Nelson Freire. DECCA. | ||
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Piano Concerto no.27 in B flat K.595 (3rd mvt) | Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Piotr Anderszewski. Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos 25 & 27. Warner Classics. 106. | ||
Joseph Haydn | Mit Staunen sieht das Wunderwerk (The Creation) | Singer: Barbara Bonney. Choir: Stuttgart Radio Choir. Orchestra: Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neville Marriner. Haydn: Die Schöpfung. Warner Classics. 5. | ||
Franz Schubert | Licht und Liebe, D.352 | Performer: Gerald Moore. Singer: Janet Baker. Singer: Dietrich Fischer‐Dieskau. Schubert: Duets. Deutsche Grammophon (DG). 6. | ||
Arthur Sullivan | When I was a lad (HMS Pinafore) | Librettist: William Gilbert. Singer: Richard Suart. Choir: Welsh National Opera Chorus. Orchestra: Welsh National Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras. Gilbert and Sullivan: Highlights from the Mikado,the Pirates of Penznce, HMS Pin. Telarc. 1. | ||
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Adagio in F major, K. Anh. 94 | Performer: Sabine Meyer. Ensemble: Trio di Clarone. Mozart: Kammermusik mit Klarinette. EMI. 1. | ||
10 Mar 2024 | Mark Cousins - Sound of Cinema Sunday | Donna McKevitt | Rilke from The Story of Looking soundtrack | The Story of Looking film soundtrack. 1. |
Helen Traubel & José Ferrer | Leg of Mutton Rag | Vintage Hollywood Classics Vol 15 Lulu's Back inTown! Magic Movie Moments. Jube. 25. | ||
Doris Day & FrankDeVol and His Orchestra | Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera Sera) | Doris Day: Her Greatest Songs. Columbia. 4. | ||
Elisabeth Lutyens | The Skull Suite: Opening Titles | Performer: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jac van Steen. Elisabeth Lutyens : Love from a stranger 4 British Film Scores. NMC. 15. | ||
This Mortal Coil | Song to a Siren | It'll End in Tears. Capriccio. 2. | ||
17 Mar 2024 | Helena Newman | Johann Sebastian Bach | Wer hat dich so geschlagen (St John Passion) | Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner. Bach: St. John Passion. Archiv Produktion. 11. |
Johann Strauss II | Roses from the South - waltz | Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Fritz Reiner. RCA LIVING STEREO. | ||
Frédéric Chopin | Etude in C major "Waterfall" Op.10 No.1 | Performer: Maurizio Pollini. Chopin: Etudes. Deutsche Grammophon (DG). 1. | ||
Richard Strauss | Im Abendrot (4 Last Songs) | Singer: Jessye Norman. Orchestra: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. Conductor: Kurt Masur. Strauss, R.: Four Last Songs; 6 Orchestral Songs - Norman, Gewandhausorchester L. Philips. 04. | ||
Ludwig van Beethoven | Cavatina (String Quartet in B flat Op.130) | Ensemble: Busch Quartet. Beethoven: The Late String Quartets. Warner Classics. 9. | ||
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Pa-, pa-, pa-, pa- (The Magic Flute) | Singer: Michael Kraus. Singer: Lotte Leitner. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Georg Solti. Mozart: Die Zauberflöte. Decca Music Group Ltd.. 35. | ||
Arnold Schoenberg | Verklarte Nacht (4th mvt) | Performer: Janine Jansen. Performer: Boris Brovtsyn. Performer: Amihai Grosz. Performer: Maxim Rysanov. Performer: Torleif Thedéen. Performer: Jens Peter Maintz. Schubert: String Quintet - Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht. Decca Music Group Ltd.. 4. | ||
Franz Schubert | Piano Quintet in A "The Trout" (4th mvt) | Performer: Samuel Rhodes. Performer: Georg Hörtnagel. Ensemble: Beaux Arts Trio. Schubert: Trout Quintet / Beethoven: Piano Trio No.5 "Ghost". Decca Music Group Ltd.. 4. | ||
7 Apr 2024 | David Mitchell | Jean Sibelius | Andante festivo | Orchestra: Lahti Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Osmo Vänskä. Snofrid - Cantatas and Orchestral Works. BIS. 9. |
Felix Rösch | In Memory Of A Honey Bee | Performer: Matija Strniša. Ensemble: Mondëna Quartet. Fragmente. SilentGreen Records. 4. | ||
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov | The Flight of the Bumble Bee | Performer: Adam Gyorgy. Music Arranger: Sergey Rachmaninov. Karmatronic Sound Mgmt, LLC. | ||
Anon. | Hanacpachap cussicuinin | Singer: Grace Davidson. Ensemble: Ex Cathedra. Conductor: Jeffrey Skidmore. Moon, Sun & All Things: Baroque Music from Latin America 2. Hyperion. 1. | ||
Mark O’Connor | Appalachia Waltz | Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma. Essential Yo-Yo Ma. Sony Classical. 6. | ||
Johnny Flynn | The Water | Singer: Johnny Flynn. Singer: Laura Marling. Been Listening. Transgressive. 7. | ||
Anaïs Mitchell | Wedding Song (Hadestown) | Ensemble: Original Broadcast Cast. Hadestown (Original Broadway Cast Recording). Sing It Again Records. 4. | ||
Christoph Willibald Gluck | Mélodie de Gluck | Performer: James Rhodes. Music Arranger: Giovanni Sgambati. James Rhodes: Five. SIGNUM. 13. | ||
Bill Evans | Peace Piece | Performer: Bill Evans. Everybody Digs Bill Evans. Riverside. 7. | ||
Claude Debussy | De l'aube à midi sur la mer (La Mer) | Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: François‐Xavier Roth. Debussy: La mer, Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune – Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole. Lso Live. 6. | ||
Benjamin Britten | Corpus Christi Carol | Composer: Jeff Buckley. Performer: Jeff Buckley. Grace. Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd. 8. | ||
Hildegard von Bingen | Quia ergo femina mortem instruxit | Ensemble: Ensemble for Medieval Music. deutsche harmonia mundi. | ||
14 Apr 2024 | Professor Sue Black | George Frideric Handel | For unto us a child is born (Messiah) | Choir: The English Concert Choir. Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: John Nelson. |
Jeremiah Clarke | Trumpet Voluntary in D major transc Preston | Performer: Simon Preston. | ||
Trad. | Wha Wadna Fecht for Charlie | Ensemble: The Corries. | ||
George Gershwin | Rhapsody in Blue | Performer: Wayne Marshall. Orchestra: Aalborg Symfoniorkester. Conductor: Wayne Marshall. | ||
Edward Elgar | Enigma Variations, Op 36 (Variation 9, 'Nimrod') | Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Adrian Boult. | ||
Johann Sebastian Bach | Jesu, joy of man's desiring (Cantata No.147) | Choir: Choir of King’s College, Cambridge. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Sir David Willcocks. | ||
Trad. | Mist Covered Mountains Of Home | Ensemble: Celtic Fiddle Festival. | ||
Felix Mendelssohn | The Hebrides Op.26 | Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner. | ||
Lathallan School Pipe Band | Highland Cathedral | |||
George Frideric Handel | Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (Solomon) | Performer: Jeremy Filsell. | ||
21 Apr 2024 | Sathnam Sanghera | Bob Montgomery | Misty Blue | Lyricist: Bob Montgomery. Phenomenon (Music From The Motion Picture). Reprise. 9. |
Claude Debussy | Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune | Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado. DG. | ||
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan | Koi Bole Ram Ram | Performer: Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. The Best of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. Tehuti. 13. | ||
Billy Strayhorn | Lush Life | Performer: John Coltrane. John Coltrane And Johnny Hartman. Verve Reissues. 4. | ||
Nils Frahm | My Friend The Forest | Performer: Nils Frahm. All Melody. Erased Tapes. 4. | ||
Bob Telson | Calling You (Bagdad Café) | Composer: Various Artists. Performer: Renaud Capuçon. Lyricist: Bob Telson. Singer: Nolwenn Leroy. Orchestra: Brussels Philharmonic. Conductor: Stéphane Denève. Cinema. Warner Classics. 11. | ||
Taylor McFerrin | Decisions | Performer: Taylor McFerrin. Performer: Emily King. Brainfeeder. | ||
28 Apr 2024 | Edith Hall | George Frideric Handel | Dead March (Saul) | Ensemble: London Early Opera. Director: Bridget Cunningham. |
Nikos Gatsos | Mana mou Ellas | Performer: Stavros Xarchakos. Performer: George Dalaras. | ||
Enoch Mankayi Sontonga | Nkosi Sikelel iAfrika | Music Arranger: George Fenton. Singer: Thuli Dumakude. | ||
Franz Schubert | Piano Trio in E flat major D.929: II; Andante con moto | Performer: The Florestan Trio. | ||
Joan Baez | Diamonds and Rust | Singer: Joan Baez. | ||
Ludwig van Beethoven | Piano Concerto No 5 in E flat major, Op 73 (3rd mvt) | Performer: Krystian Zimerman. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein. | ||
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Don Giovanni (Act 2) | Singer: Richard Stilwell. Singer: Willard White. Singer: John Tomlinson. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner. | ||
Christoph Willibald Gluck | Orfeo ed Euridice; Che faro senza Euridice | Singer: Philippe Jaroussky. Ensemble: I Barocchisti. Director: Diego Fasolis. | ||
5 May 2024 | Percival Everett | Gustav Holst | The Planets Suite, Op. 32: I. Mars | Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski. Holst: The Planets. London Philharmonic Orchestra. 101. |
Charles Mingus | Goodbye Pork Pie Hat | Performer: Charles Mingus. Ah Um. Red Cab Records. 5. | ||
Robert Johnson | Kind Hearted Woman Blues | Singer: Robert Johnson. The Centennial Collection. Columbia/Legacy. 1. | ||
Antonín Dvořák | Symphony No.9 in E minor "From the New World" (1st mvt) | Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Kevin John Edusei. Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 'From the New World' / Sibelius: Finlandia. Signum Records. 2. | ||
Lyle Lovett | I Will Rise Up / Ain't No More Cane | Ensemble: Lyle Lovett and His Large Band. It's Not Big It's Large. Humphead Records. 2. | ||
Lorenzo Barcelata | Maria Elena | Performer: Ry Cooder. The Ry Cooder Anthology: The UFO Has Landed. Rhino/Warner Records. 16. | ||
Richard Rodgers | My Favorite Things (Stereo) | Performer: John Coltrane. My Favorite Things (2022 Remaster). Rhino Atlantic. 5. | ||
Arnold Schoenberg | Verklarte Nacht (conclusion) | Performer: Isabelle Faust. Performer: Anne Katharina Schreiber. Performer: Antoine Tamestit. Performer: Danusha Waskiewicz. Performer: Christian Poltéra. Performer: Jean‐Guihen Queyras. HARMONIA MUNDI. | ||
Lightnin’ Hopkins | Mojo Hand | Singer: Lightnin’ Hopkins. Mojo Hand (Acapella). Cleopatra Records. 1. | ||
Franz Schubert | 4 Impromptus for piano; No.1 in C minor | Performer: Maria João Pires. DG. | ||
12 May 2024 | Alison Owen | Giacomo Puccini | Sono andati? (La Boheme) | Singer: Leontina Vaduva. Singer: Roberto Alagna. Choir: London Voices. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano. Puccini: La Boheme (Highlights). Warner Classics. 113. |
Leonard Bernstein | Maria (West Side Story) | Lyricist: Stephen Sondheim. Singer: Jimmy Bryant. Orchestra: West Side Story Orchestra. Conductor: Jonny Green. Bernstein: West Side Story Original Soundtrack Recording. SONY. 1. | ||
Maurice Ravel | Pavane pour une infante défunte | Performer: Bertrand Chamayou. Ravel: Complete Works for Solo Piano. Erato/Warner Classics. 2. | ||
Cole Porter | Let's Do It | Lyricist: Cole Porter. Orchestra: Buddy Bregman. The Complete Original Song Books. Verve Reissues. 9. | ||
Lily Allen | Chinese | It's Not Me It's You. Parlophone. 10. | ||
Ludwig van Beethoven | Piano Concerto No 2 in B flat major, Op 19 (2nd mvt) | Performer: Paul Lewis. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jiří Bělohlávek. Beethoven Complete Piano Concertos Lewis - Belohlavek. Harmonia Mundi. 5. | ||
John Coltrane | A Love Supreme, Pt. II - Resolution | A Love Supreme. GRP. 2. | ||
Paul Cantelon | The Other Boleyn Girl: Opening Titles | Performer: Paul Cantelon. Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: James Shearman. The Other Boleyn Girl. Varese Sarabande. 1. | ||
Gustav Holst | In the Bleak Midwinter | Choir: Choir of King’s College, Cambridge. Director: Stephen Cleobury. Christmas at King's - The Ultimate Collection of Classic Christmas Carols. EMI. 10. | ||
Amy Winehouse | Love Is A Losing Game | Singer: Amy Winehouse. Back To Black. Universal-Island Records Ltd.. 6. | ||
19 May 2024 | Harry Cliff | George Frideric Handel | Zadok the Priest | Choir: Choir of King’s College, Cambridge. Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury. Glorious Majesty. Warner Classics. 1. |
Nick Keir | Far Down The Line | Ensemble: The McCalmans. Greentrax. | ||
Richard Strauss | Also sprach Zarathustra (Prelude) | Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Santtu-Matias Rouvali. Santtu Conducts Strauss. Signum Records. 24. | ||
Igor Stravinsky | The Rite of Spring (Part 1) | Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: Pierre Boulez. DG. | ||
Claude Debussy | Clair de lune (Suite bergamasque) | Performer: Jean‐Yves Thibaudet. Debussy: Images, Etudes etc. Decca. 3. | ||
William Byrd | Ave Verum Corpus | Ensemble: Sansara. Sansara's private recording of a rehearsal which they gave permission to use in. 1. | ||
Gustav Mahler | Symphony No.2 in C minor "Resurrection" (conclusion) | Singer: Kate Royal. Singer: Magdalena Kožená. Choir: Berlin Radio Choir. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle. Mahler: Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection". Warner Classics. 10. | ||
David Bowie | Space Oddity | Singer: David Bowie. ChangesOneBowie. Parlophone UK. 1. | ||
Johann Sebastian Bach | Cello Suite no.1 in G major BWV.1007 (Prelude) | Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma. DECCA. | ||
26 May 2024 | Imtiaz Dharker | Antonín Dvořák | Song to the Moon (Rusalka) | Singer: Lucia Popp. Orchestra: Munich Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Stefan Soltész. |
Mohammed Rafi | Yeh Duniya Agar Mil Bhi Jaye To Kaye Hai? | |||
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov | Scheherazade (The Story of the Kalendar Prince) | Conductor: Lorin Maazel. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. | ||
Frédéric Chopin | Nocturne in E flatr Op.9 No.2 | Performer: Arthur Rubinstein. | ||
Antonín Dvořák | Songs my mother taught me | Performer: Beatrice Harrison. | ||
Olivier Messiaen | Quartet for the end of Time (1st mvt) | Ensemble: Hebrides Ensemble. Conductor: William Conway. | ||
Pejman Tadayon | Sufi Zikr | Performer: Pejman Tadayon. | ||
Max Richter | Voices: Chorale - Pt. 4 | Singer: Grace Davidson. Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Robert Ziegler. | ||
Billie Holiday & The Tony Scott Orchestra | Strange Fruit Tony Scott version | |||
Philip Glass | String Quartet no.3 'Mishima' (6th mvt) | Ensemble: Kronos Quartet. | ||
2 Jun 2024 | Dorothy Byrne | César Franck | Panis Angelicus | Singer: Beniamino Gigli. Conductor: Vito Carnevali. Ancient Arias & Sacred Songs. Urania. 14. |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Piano Concerto no.20 in D minor K.466 (1st mvt) | Performer: Mitsuko Uchida. Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Mozart: Piano Concertos 20, K466 & 27, K595; Mitsuko Uchida, The Cleveland Orche. Decca. 1. | ||
Edvard Grieg | Anitra's Dance (Peer Gynt Suite) | Performer: Anthony Goldstone. Performer: Caroline Clemmow. Divine Art Limited. | ||
Max Richter | Woolf Works: The Waves: Tuesday | Orchestra: Deutsches Filmorchester Babelsberg. Conductor: Robert Ziegler. Three Worlds: Music From Woolf Works. Deutsche Grammophon (DG). 16. | ||
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Der Holle Rache (The Magic Flute) | Singer: Diana Damrau. Ensemble: Le Cercle de l'Harmonie. Conductor: Jérémie Rhorer. Mozart, Righini, Salieri: Arie di bravura. Warner Classics. 6. | ||
Ludwig van Beethoven | Piano Sonata in A flat Op.110 (1st mvt) | Performer: Igor Levit. Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas. Sony Classical. 4. | ||
Amy Beach | Piano Concerto in C Sharp Minor Op.45 (4th mvt) | Performer: Danny Driver. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Rebecca Miller. Hyperion. | ||
Walter Donaldson | Love Me Or Leave Me | Lyricist: Gus Kahn. Singer: Nina Simone. Les 50 plus belles chansons. Universal Music Division Decca Records France. 6. | ||
Hildegard von Bingen | O virtus Sapiente | Choir: Inter Alios Chamber Choir. Conductor: Rosie Dunn. | ||
George Frideric Handel | Lascia ch'io pianga (Rinaldo) | Singer: Sandrine Piau. Ensemble: Europa Galante. Conductor: Fabio Biondi. Handel: Arie e Duetti D'Amore; Europa Galante. Naive. 3. | ||
9 Jun 2024 | Brian Cox (physicist) | Richard Strauss | R. Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30 - II. Von den Hinterweltlern | Conductor: Herbert von Karajan. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. R. Strauss: Zarathustra; Till; Don Juan; Heldenleben; Tod & Verklärung. Deutsche Grammophon (DG). 2. |
Gordon MacRae, Shirley Jones & Jay Blackton and His Orchestra | People Will Say We're in Love | Oklahoma Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, Expanded Edition. Angel Records. 10. | ||
Hans Zimmer | Murph (from Interstellar) | Conductor: Hans Zimmer. Interstellar (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [Expanded Edition]. WaterTower Music. 25. | ||
Gustav Mahler | Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection" (conclusion) | Singer: Barbara Hendricks. Singer: Christa Ludwig. Choir: Westminster Choir. Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein. Mahler: Symphony No.2 "Resurrection". Deutsche Grammophon (DG). 15. | ||
Charles Ives | The Unanswered Question (Two Contemplations) | Orchestra: Orchestra of St. Luke’s. Conductor: John Adams. John Adams: American Elegies. Elektra Nonesuch. 1. | ||
Richard Strauss | Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30 - VIII. Das Tanzlied - Das Nachtlied | Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan. R. Strauss: Zarathustra; Till; Don Juan; Heldenleben; Tod & Verklärung. Deutsche Grammophon (DG). 8. | ||
Harold Arlen | Over the Rainbow | Music Arranger: Keith Jarrett. Performer: Keith Jarrett. La Scala (Live). ECM Records. 3. | ||
Jean Sibelius | Berliner Philharmoniker_etal_-_Allegro_molto_-_Misterioso_-_Largamente_assai | Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle. Sibelius Symphonies 1 - 7. Berliner Philharmoniker Recordings. 3. | ||
Gustav Mahler | Symphony No.10 (1st mvt) | Music Arranger: Deryck Cooke. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Daniel Harding. Mahler: Symphony No.10. Deutsche Grammophon (DG). 1. | ||
16 Jun 2024 | Frank Gardner | Robert Schumann | Reconnaissance (Carnaval, Op 9) | Performer: Sir Stephen Hough. In the Night. HYPERION. 21. |
Neil Gardner | Concert for Oboe and Strings Op.13, 2. Alla marcia | Performer: Andrew Knight. Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra members. SPMS Press. | ||
Charles‐Marie Widor | Toccata (Symphony No.5 in F minor) | Performer: Wayne Marshall. The Virtuoso Organist: Wayne Marshall. EMI. 14. | ||
Vittorio Monti | Csardas | Performer: Sándor Lakatos. Ensemble: Sandor Lakatos Ensemble. Paganini's Devil's Violin - 30 Must-Have Virtuoso Violin Classics. Cobra Entertainments. 29. | ||
Gregorio Allegri | Miserere | Choir: Tallis Scholars. Director: Peter Phillips. The Tallis Scholars Live In Rome. Gimell. 8. | ||
Ralph Vaughan Williams | The Lark Ascending | Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton. Fantasie. Deutsche Grammophon. 2. | ||
Émile Waldteufel | Les Patineurs [The skaters] - waltz Op.183 | Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel. SONY CLASSICAL. | ||
Claude Debussy | Clair de lune (Suite bergamasque) | Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet. Debussy: Complete Works for Piano. CHANDOS. 4. | ||
Dmitry Shostakovich | Suite no. 2 for jazz band: Waltz 2 | Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly. Shostakovich: The Jazz Album - Brautigam, Masseurs. Decca. 13. | ||
Fats Waller | Ain't Misbehavin' | Composer: Harry Brooks. Composer: Andy Razaf. Performer: Fats Waller. Orchestra: Zutty Singleton & His Orchestra. Stormy Weather (The Soundtrack Factory). The Soundtrack Factory. 8. | ||
23 Jun 2024 | Olivia Laing | Johann Sebastian Bach | Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor, BWV 1043 (2nd mvt) | Performer: Yehudi Menuhin. Performer: Christian Ferras. Orchestra: Bath Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Yehudi Menuhin. Bach: Brandenburg Concertos, BWV 1046 - 1051 & Violin Concertos, BWV 1042 - 1043. Warner Classics. 208. |
Giacomo Puccini | Vissi d'arte (Tosca) | Singer: Maria Callas. Orchestra: National Theater Opera Orchestra of Paris. Conductor: Georges Sébastian. Live in Paris 1958. Warner Classics. 15. | ||
Richard Wagner | Mild und leise wie er lächelt (Tristan und Isolde) | Singer: Birgit Nilsson. Orchestra: Bayreuth Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Karl Bohm. Wagner: Tristan und Isolde. Deutsche Grammophon (DG). 29. | ||
Pet Shop Boys | Being Boring | Ultimate. Parlophone UK. 9. | ||
Henry Purcell | The Cold Song | Singer: Klaus Nomi. Klaus Nomi. RCA. 1. | ||
William Basinski | Disintegration Loops (1.1 Excerpt I) | Music from The Comedy - A film by Rick Alverson. Jagjaguwar. 7. | ||
Exuma | 22nd Century | Music Arranger: Harold Wheeler. Music Arranger: Nina Simone. Singer: Nina Simone. Conductor: Harold Wheeler. Here Comes The Sun (Expanded Edition). RCA/Legacy. 13. | ||
George Frideric Handel | Ombra mai fu (Serse) | Singer: Lorraine Hunt Lieberson. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor: Harry Bicket. Handel Arias. AVIE Records. 20. | ||
Henry Purcell | When I am laid in earth (Dido and Aeneas) | Singer: Janet Baker. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Anthony Lewis. DECCA. | ||
30 Jun 2024 | Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall | Giuseppe Verdi | Brindisi (La Traviata) | Singer: Angela Gheorghiu. Singer: Roberto Alagna. Choir: London Voices. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado. Verdi per due. EMI CLASSICS. 19. |
Ludwig van Beethoven | Symphony No.6 in F "Pastoral" (1st mvt) | Orchestra: Danish National Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Ádám Fischer. Beethoven: Complete Symphonies. Naxos. 301. | ||
Van Morrison | Connswater | Singer: Van Morrison. Inarticulate Speech of the Heart. Legacy Recordings. 2. | ||
Gioachino Rossini | The Barber of Seville (Overture) | Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Enrique Bátiz. Orchestral Lollipops: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Enrique Batiz. RPO. 1. | ||
John Barry | Joe Buck Rides Again (Midnight Cowboy) | Conductor: John Barry. Midnight Cowboy (Music From The Motion Picture). EMI/EMI Records (USA). 2. | ||
Franz Schubert | Piano Sonata No. 18 in G Major, D. 894 (3rd mvt) | Performer: Alfred Brendel. Schubert: Piano Sonatas Nos. 17 & 18. Decca Music Group Ltd.. 7. | ||
Amjad Ali Khan, Amaan Ali Khan, Ayaan Ali Khan & Satyajit Talwalkar | Raga for Peace | 2014 Nobel Peace Prize Concert. 1. | ||
Ludwig van Beethoven | Turkish March (The Ruins of Athens) | Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado. DG. | ||
7 Jul 2024 | Richard Thompson | Manuel de Falla | Spanish Dance No.1 (La Vida Breve) | Performer: Alexandre Lagoya. Performer: Ida Presti. Music Arranger: Alexandre Lagoya. Ida Presti & Alexandre Lagoya Edition - Complete Philips recordings. Universal Music Division Decca Records France. 6. |
Duke Ellington | Caravan | Composer: Irving Mills. Composer: Juan Tizol. Performer: Les Paul. The New Sound. Capitol Records. 4. | ||
Edward Elgar | Where corals lie (Sea Pictures, Op 37) | Singer: Janet Baker. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: John Barbirolli. Elgar: Cello Concerto/Sea Pictures: Du Pre/Baker/LSO/Barbirolli. EMI. 8. | ||
Trad. | Brave Wolfe | Ensemble: The Watersons. Early Days. Topic. 9. | ||
Claude Debussy | Jeux | Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder. Debussy: Jeux, Preludes - Matthews: Postlude. Halle Concerts Society. 1. | ||
Benjamin Britten | Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes (Dawn) | Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi. Britten: Young Persons Guide to the Orchestra: Bergen P.O., Neeme Jarvi. BIS. 6. | ||
Dmitry Shostakovich | Two Pieces for String Octet, Op. 11: I. Prelude | Ensemble: Potsdam Chamber Academy. Schostakowitsch: Kammersinfonien. Sony Classical. 10. | ||
Dmitry Shostakovich | Two Pieces for String Octet, Op. 11: II. Scherzo | Ensemble: Potsdam Chamber Academy. Schostakowitsch: Kammersinfonien. Sony Classical. 11. | ||
Alfredo Catalani | Ebben? Ne andro lontano (La Wally) | Singer: Maria Callas. Orchestra: Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Tullio Serafin. Maria Callas: The Voice of the Century. EMI. 12. | ||
Henry Purcell | Dido & Aeneas: Overture | Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood. OISEAU LYRE. | ||
Richard Thompson | Freeze | Ship to Shore. New West Records. 1. | ||
Ludwig van Beethoven | String Quartet in F major, Op 135 (3rd mvt) | Ensemble: Hagen Quartett. 111 Years Of Deutsche Grammophon The Collector's Edition Vol.2. Deutsche Grammophon. 3. | ||
14 Jul 2024 | Clio Barnard | Johann Sebastian Bach | Mass in B Minor (Dona nobis pacem) | Choir: Amsterdam Baroque Choir. Orchestra: Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Ton Koopman. Bach: Mass in B Minor, BWV 232. Warner Classics. 26. |
Träd | Where Did You Sleep Last Night | Singer: Lead Belly. Jazz Figures / Leadbelly (1934-1940). Collector Records Greece. 21. | ||
Fumio Hayasaka | Film Suite from Rashomon 4 | Conductor: Fumio Hayasaka. The Seventh Samurai Rashomon Oroginal Motion Picture Soundtrack. Varese Sarabande. 2. | ||
Mike Westbrook, Phil Minton & London College of Music Chamber Choir | I See Thy Form | Glad Day Live. Westbrook Records. 1. | ||
Philip Glass | The Thin Blue Line (Prologue) | Conductor: Michael Riesman. The Thin Blue Line (Original Soundtrack). Nonesuch. 2. | ||
Hildur Guðnadóttir | Opaque | Performer: Hildur Guðnadóttir. Performer: Skúli Sverrisson. Without Sinking. Deutsche Grammophon (DG). 6. | ||
Leonard Bernstein | Gee, officer Krupke (West Side Story) | Performer: Russ Tamblyn. Lyricist: Stephen Sondheim. Ensemble: West Side Story Ensemble (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack). Conductor: Johnny Green. West Side Story (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack). Masterworks Broadway. 9. | ||
Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber | Passacaglia for unaccompanied violin | Performer: Rachel Podger. ~Guardian Angel. CHANNEL Classics. 20. | ||
Träd | Katie Cruel | Music Arranger: Karen Dalton. Singer: Karen Dalton. In My Own Time (50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition). Light In The Attic Records. 4. | ||
Curlew Song recorded byMerlin Driver | Bubbling Song (April) :Geltsdale and Hadrian's Wall | Simmerdim: Curlew Sounds. The Curlew Sounds Project. 1. | ||
Sam Lee | McCrimmon | Composer: James Keay. Composer: Misha Mullov-Abbado. Composer: Josh Green. Singer: Sam Lee. songdreaming. Cooking Vinyl Limited. 3. | ||
Alice Coltrane | Journey In Satchidananda | Performer: Pharoah Sanders. Performer: Alice Coltrane. Journey in Satchidananda. Impulse! Records. 1. | ||
25 Aug 2024 | Thomas Adès | Franz Schubert | Octet (Finale) | Ensemble: Wiener Oktett. Schubert: Octet, D. 803; Minuet and Finale for Wind Octet, D. 72 (New Vienna Oct. Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd.. 6. |
Frédéric Chopin | Polonaise in A flat Op. 53 | Performer: Anthony Goldstone. 12 Great Masterworks. Prestige Classics. 7. | ||
Igor Stravinsky | Les Noces (Part 1) | Ensemble: Pokrovsky Ensemble. Stravinksy: Les Noces ("The Wedding") and Russian Village Wedding Songs. Nonesuch. 4. | ||
Leos Janáček | The Makropulos Case (Prelude) | Lyricist: Karel Čapek. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Charles Mackerras. Janacek: Vec Makropulos / Lachian Dances. Decca Music Group Ltd.. 1. | ||
Ferruccio Busoni | Concerto for Piano, Op 39.II | Performer: John Ogdon. Busoni: Piano Concerto. Warner Classics. 0094637246757. 2. | ||
György Kurtág | You took my heart (Messages of the Late R.V. Troussova), Op. 17 | Performer: Márta Fábián. Singer: Adrienne Csengery. Hungaroton. | ||
Alban Berg | Lulu (conclusion) | Singer: Teresa Stratas. Singer: Yvonne Minton. Singer: Franz Mazura. Orchestra: National Theater Opera Orchestra of Paris. Conductor: Pierre Boulez. Berg: Lulu. Deutsche Grammophon (DG). 36. | ||
Harrison Birtwistle | Silbury Air | Orchestra: London Sinfonietta. Conductor: Elgar Howarth. NMC. | ||
15 Sep 2024 | Ann Cleeves | Unknown | Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau (Welsh National Anthem) | Composer: Träd. Choir: Rhos Male Voice Choir. Music & Carols from the Welsh Mines. Moochin About. 1. |
Benjamin Britten | 4 Sea interludes [from 'Peter Grimes'] Op.33a [concert version]: 1: Dawn | Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox. CHANDOS. | ||
Ludwig van Beethoven | Symphony No. 6 in F Major "Pastoral" (5th mvt) | Orchestra: Malmö SymfoniOrkester. Conductor: Robert Treviño. Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1-9 (Live). Ondine. 305. | ||
Traditional Shetland | Da Day Dawn/Greenland Man's Tune | Performer: Chris Stout. Performer: Catriona McKay. First o' the Darkenin'. GREENTRAX. 1. | ||
Ralph Vaughan Williams | The Lark Ascending | Performer: Sarah Chang. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink. Ralph Vaughan Williams - The Lark Ascending; Tallis Fantasia. Warner Classics. 104. | ||
Patrick Doyle | Non Nobis Domine (Henry V) | Singer: Patrick Doyle. Choir: Stephen Hill Singers. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle. Henry V Original Sountrack Recording. EMI. 12. | ||
Edward Elgar | Cello concerto in E minor, Op 85 | Performer: Jacqueline du Pré. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: John Barbirolli. British Composers: Sir John Barbirolli conducts Elgar. Warner Classics. 506. | ||
Antonio Vivaldi | Vieni, Vieni o mio Diletto | Performer: Miguel Zanetti. Singer: Montserrat Caballé. Les Maitres Italiens de L'Art Lyrique Vol 1: L'Art De Montserrat Caballe. Forlane. 3. | ||
Peter Maxwell Davies | Farewell to Stromness (The Yellow Cake Revue) | Performer: Peter Maxwell Davies. Peter Maxwell Davies: A Celebration of Scotland: Scottish Chamber Orch & Choir. Unicorn-Kanchana. | ||
22 Sep 2024 | Jay Rayner | Michel Petrucciani | Cantabile | Trio in Tokyo (Live) [Bonus Track Version]. Dreyfus Jazz. 6. |
Jule Styne | Gypsy (Overture) | Orchestra: Gypsy Orchestra. Conductor: Milton Rosenstock. Gypsy (50th Anniversary Edition / Original Broadway Cast Recording). Masterworks Broadway. 1. | ||
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov | The Sea and Sinbad's Ship (Scheherazade) | Performer: Lawrence Rock. Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Alan Gilbert. Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade. New York Philharmonic. 1. | ||
Madeleine Dring | Blue Air (Colour Suite) | Performer: Leigh Kaplan. Leigh Kaplan Plays Madeline Dring. Cambria. 1. | ||
Władysław Szpilman | Concertino | Performer: Władysław Szpilman. Orchestra: Polish Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Stefan Rachoń. The Original Recordings of the Pianist. Sony Classical/Sony Music. 4. | ||
Tommy Wolf | Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most | Ensemble: Bill Charlap Trio. Uptown, Downtown. Universal Music Division Decca Records France. 2. | ||
Ariel Ramírez | Misa Criolla (Kyrie) | Performer: Ariel Ramírez. Ensemble: Los Fronterizos. Conductor: Jesus Gabriel Segade. Misa Criolla. Universal Music S.A.. 1. | ||
Sophie Solomon | Holy Devil | Composer: Jonathan Quarmby. Performer: Sophie Solomon. Poison Sweet Madeira. Decca Music Group Ltd.. 1. | ||
Akil "Fresh" King | Worth It. | Composer: John Hill. Composer: Mike Sabath. Composer: Rachel Keen. Singer: RAYE. Conductor: Tom Richards. Ensemble: Heritage Orchestra. Choir: Flames Collective Choir. My 21st Century Symphony (Live at the Royal Albert Hall). Human Re Sources. 15. | ||
29 Sep 2024 | Lucian Msamati | Erik Satie | Gymnopédie no.1 in D major | Performer: Joanna MacGregor. The Music of Erik Satie; Joanna MacGregor. Collins Classics. 6. |
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Piano Concerto No 1 in B flat minor (1st mvt) | Performer: Evgeny Kissin. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan. Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No.1. Deutsche Grammophon (DG). 1. | ||
Jean Sibelius | Symphony No 7 in C major, Op 105 (1st mvt) | Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Storgårds. Sibelius: Complete Symphonies/Three Late Fragments. CHANDOS. 8. | ||
Gabriel Yared | The Cave Of Swimmers (The English Patient) | Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Harry Rabinowitz. The English Patient (Original Soundtrack Recording). Fantasy. 23. | ||
Franz Schubert | Ave Maria | Music Arranger: S. Wonder. Singer: Stevie Wonder. Someday At Christmas (Expanded Edition). UNI/MOTOWN. 3. | ||
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Serenade for 13 wind instruments in B flat major, K 361 (3rd mvt, Adagio) | Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra. The Wind Concertos - Serenades - Divertimenti. DG. 3. | ||
Frédéric Chopin | Piano Sonata No 2 in B flat minor (2nd mvt) | Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes. Musiques pour un adieu. Parlophone France. 12. | ||
Benjamin Clementine | St-Clementine-On-Tea-And-Croissants | Singer: Benjamin Clementine. At Least For Now (Deluxe). Universal Music Division Barclay. 5. | ||
6 Oct 2024 | Jenny Beavan | Johann Sebastian Bach | Mein teurer Heil (St John Passion) | Singer: Sebastian Noack. Ensemble: Collegium Vocale Gent. Conductor: Philippe Herreweghe. Harmonia Mundi. |
Benjamin Britten | The Storm (Peter Grimes) | Orchestra: Orchestra of Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: Benjamin Britten. Britten:The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra; Four Sea Interludes etc. Decca Music Group Ltd.. 5. | ||
Franz Schubert | Erlkönig D.328 | Singer: Dietrich Fischer‐Dieskau. Performer: Gerald Moore. Deutsche Grammophon. | ||
Stephen Sondheim | Losing My Mind (Follies) | Singer: Imelda Staunton. Orchestra: Sylvia Addison. Conductor: Nigel Lilley. Follies (2018 National Theatre Cast Recording). Arts Music. 17. | ||
Edward Elgar | Cello Concerto in E minor, Op.85 (4th mvt) | Performer: Sheku Kanneh‐Mason. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle. Elgar. DECCA. 6. | ||
George Frideric Handel | Eternal source of light divine (Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne) | Performer: Alison Balsom. Singer: Iestyn Davies. Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock. Sound the Trumpet (Royal Music of Purcell and Handel). EMI Classics. 10. | ||
Ludwig van Beethoven | Symphony no.7 in A major Op.92 (2nd mvt) | Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Kirill Petrenko. Beethoven · Tchaikovsky · Schmidt · Stephan. Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. 102. | ||
Träd | He Moved Through the Fair | Singer: Sinéad O’Connor. Gospel Oak. Chrysalis Records. 6. | ||
Felix Mendelssohn | Octet in E flat major Op.20 (3rd mvt) | Ensemble: Nash Ensemble. Beethoven/Mendelssohn: Nash Ensemble. Wigmore Hall Live. 6. | ||
George Harrison | Within You Without You | Ensemble: The Beatles. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Super Deluxe Edition). UMC (Universal Music Catalogue). 8. | ||
13 Oct 2024 | Sarah Ogilvie | Claudio Monteverdi | Beatus vir | Choir: Choir of New College Oxford. Orchestra: Capricorn. Conductor: Edward Higginbottom. Agnus Dei Volumes 1 & 2. Warner Classics International. 10. |
Billy Taylor | I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free | Lyricist: Dick Dallas. Singer: Nina Simone. I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free (Live – Montreux Jazz Festival 1976). BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd. 1. | ||
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Piano Sonata No 18 in D major, K 576 (2nd mvt) | Performer: Mitsuko Uchida. Mozart: Complete Piano Sonatas: Mitsuko Uchida. Philips. 8. | ||
Hugo Peretti | Can't Help Falling in Love | Composer: Luigi Creatore. Composer: George David Weiss. Singer: Elvis Presley. Blue Suede Shoes. Black Sheep Music. 16. | ||
Martin Bresnick | My Twentieth Century | Ensemble: Povera Players. Martin Bresnick: My Twentieth Century. New World Records. 11. | ||
Gregorio Allegri | Miserere mei, Deus | Ensemble: The Cardinall’s Musick. Conductor: Andrew Carwood. Hyperion. 0034571178608. 15. | ||
composer_not_informed | Sounds to study to | Recording of the Weston Library, one of The Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford University of Oxford YouTube Channel. 1. | ||
Jane Siberry | Love Is Everything | Singer: k.d. lang. Hymns of the 49th Parallel. Nonesuch. 11. | ||
James Whitbourn | Lighten Our Darkness | Choir: The Choir of Harris Manchester College, Oxford. Conductor: Stephen Taylor. | ||
20 Oct 2024 | Garth Greenwell | John Taverner | Mass "The Western Wind" | Choir: Yale Schola Cantorum. Conductor: Simon Carrington. Sing, Ye Birds, a Joyous Song. Delos. 1. |
Benjamin Britten | The Turn of the Screw (Prologue) | Singer: Peter Pears. Orchestra: English Opera Group. Conductor: Benjamin Britten. Britten: The Turn of the Screw. Decca Music Group Ltd.. 1. | ||
Benjamin Britten | The Journey (The Turn of the Screw) | Singer: Jennifer Vyvyan. Orchestra: English Opera Group. Conductor: Benjamin Britten. Britten: The Turn of the Screw. Decca Music Group Ltd.. 2. | ||
Ludwig van Beethoven | Piano Sonata No. 32 in C Minor, Op. 111 - 2. Arietta. | Performer: Alfred Brendel. Beethoven: Piano Sonatas No.30 Op.109, No.31 Op.110 & No.32 Op.111. Decca Music Group Ltd.. 9. | ||
Richard Strauss | September (4 Last Songs) | Singer: Jessye Norman. Orchestra: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. Conductor: Kurt Masur. PHILIPS. | ||
David T. Little | What Belongs to You opera: Earthquake | Ensemble: Alarm Will Sound. Singer: Karim Sulayman. What belongs to you rehearsal recording. 1. | ||
Julius Eastman | The Zurich Concert (Extract) | The Zurich Concert. New World Records. 1. | ||
Gustav Mahler | Rückert Lieder: No.4, 'Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen' | Singer: Kathleen Ferrier. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Bruno Walter. DECCA. | ||
Benjamin Britten | Canticle I 'My beloved is mine' | Performer: Graham Johnson. Singer: Anthony Rolfe Johnson. Britten: Canticle 1/Michelangelo sonnets etc: Johnson/Johnson. Hyperion. 8. | ||
3 Nov 2024 | Bryan Ferry | Giovanni Battista Pergolesi | Stabat Mater | Singer: Emma Kirkby. Singer: James Bowman. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood. Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Pergolesi: Stabat Mater. Decca Music Group Ltd.. 1. |
Arthur Schwartz | Dancing In The Dark | Orchestra: MGM Studio Orch.. The Band Wagon - OST. Snapper Music. 7. | ||
John Klenner | Just Friends | Performer: Charlie Parker. Conductor: Jimmy Carroll. Charlie Parker with Strings - April In Paris: The Genius Of Charlie Parker #2. Verve Reissues. 6. | ||
Richard Strauss | Fruhling (4 Last Songs) | Singer: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf. Orchestra: German Symphony Orchestra Berlin. Conductor: George Szell. Richard Strauss: Vier Letzte Lieder [2011 - Remaster]. Warner Classics. 1. | ||
Sergey Prokofiev | Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64, Act 1, Scene 2: Dance of the Knights | Conductor: André Previn. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet. Warner Classics. 113. | ||
Guy Wood | My One And Only Love | Composer: Robert Mellin. Performer: John Coltrane. Singer: Johnny Hartman. A John Coltrane Retrospective: The Impulse Years. Verve Reissues. 6. | ||
Edward Elgar | Cello Concerto in E minor (1st mvt) | Performer: Jacqueline du Pré. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: John Barbirolli. EMI. | ||
Ken Coyler | Goin' Home | Ensemble: Ken Colyer's Jazzmen. Ken Colyer's Jazzmen and Skiffle Group. Documents. 1. | ||
Kurt Weill | September Song (from Knickerbocker Holiday) | Singer: Walter Huston. Showbusiness Classics - Songs from the Big Screen. Music Today Records. 9. | ||
Gustav Mahler | Nun will die Sonn (Kindertotenlieder) | Lyricist: Friedrich Rückert. Singer: Janet Baker. Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: John Barbirolli. Icon: Dame Janet Baker. EMI Classics. 3. | ||
10 Nov 2024 | Dame Maggie Aderin-Pocock | Claude Debussy | Clair de lune (Suite bergamasque) | Performer: Pascal Rogé. Fur Elise, Piano Music by Beethoven, Chopin, etc.: Ashkenezy etc.. Decca. 12. |
Johann Sebastian Bach | St John Passion Pt 2: Da fuhreten sie Jesum von Caiaphas (Recitative + Chorus) | Performer: Bach Collegium Japan Chorus. Singer: James Gilchrist. Singer: Christian Immler. Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki. Singer: Yusuke Watanabe. Orchestra: Bach Collegium Japan. JS Bach: St John Passion Bacxh Collegium Japan. BIS. 2. | ||
Antonín Dvořák | Symphony No 9 in E minor, Op 95 "From the New World" (2nd mvt) | Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Kevin John Edusei. Dvořák:Symphony No. 9, From the New world - Sibelius: Finlandia. Signum Classics. 2. | ||
Henry Purcell | When I am Laid in Earth (from Dido & Aeneas) | Music Arranger: William Orbit. Music Arranger: Rico Conning. Singer: Andreas Scholl. Pieces In A Modern Style Vol.2Diditgal exclusive with bonus track. Decca Music Group Ltd.. 15. | ||
Gustav Holst | The Planets, Op.32; Neptune, the Mystic | Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Choir: BBC Symphony Chorus. Conductor: Andrew Davis. Holst: The Planets Op.32; Egdon Heath Op.47. TELDEC. 7. | ||
Modest Mussorgsky | Pictures at an Exhibtion: Bydlo 'The Ox Cart' | Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado. Pictures at an Exhibition, A Night on Bald Mountain. DG. 12. | ||
George Gershwin | An American in Paris- piano roll | Performer: George Gershwin. Gershwin Plays Gershwin: The Piano Rolls. Nonesuch. 12. | ||
Johann Sebastian Bach | Brandenburg Concerto No 3 in G major | Orchestra: Concerto Italiano. Conductor: Rinaldo Alessandrini. J. S. Bach: Brandenburg Concertos: Concerto Italiano. Naive. 14 & 15. | ||
17 Nov 2024 | Rupert Everett | George Frideric Handel | I know that my Redeemer liveth (Messiah) | Singer: Carolyn Sampson. Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers. Handel - Messiah. Coro. |
Maurice Ravel | Piano Concerto in G major (2nd mvt) | Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier. Debussy/Ravel: Works For Piano And Orchestra. chandos. 2. | ||
Richard Wagner | Parsifal: Act I. Prelude | Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: Mark Elder. Halle. | ||
Vangelis | Love Theme (Blade Runner) | Blade Runner (Music From The Original Soundtrack). EastWest U.K.. 5. | ||
Johann Sebastian Bach | Concerto in D minor for two violins, BWV 1043 (1st mvt) | Performer: Petra Müllejans. Performer: Gottfried von der Goltz. Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Harmonia Mundi. | ||
Ludwig van Beethoven | Symphony No 9 in D minor, Op 125, 'Choral' (3rd mvt) | Conductor: Günter Wand. Orchestra: North German Radio Symphony Orchestra. Beethoven: Symphonies 1-9: Wand, NDR-Sinfonieorchester. RCA Classics. 3. | ||
Gustav Mahler | Das Lied von der Erde: Von der Schonheit | Singer: Kathleen Ferrier. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Bruno Walter. Decca. | ||
Henry Purcell | When I am laid in earth (from Dido and Aeneas) | Singer: Joyce DiDonato. Orchestra: Il Pomo d’Oro. Conductor: Maxim Emelyanychev. ERATO. | ||
24 Nov 2024 | Lola Young, Baroness Young of Hornsey | Giacomo Puccini | Che gelida manina (La boheme) | Singer: Roberto Alagna. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano. L'enchanteur. Warner Classics. 1. |
Gustav Holst | Mars (The Planets) | Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan. Holst: The Planets. Deutsche Grammophon (DG). 1. | ||
Anthony Newley | Feeling Good | Composer: Leslie Bricusse. Lyricist: Anthony Newley. Lyricist: Leslie Bricusse. Music Arranger: Hal Mooney. Singer: Nina Simone. The Very Best Of. RCA Records Label. 3. | ||
Maurice Ravel | Bolero | Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Pierre Monteux. Ravel: Orchestral Favourites. Decca Music Group Ltd.. 18. | ||
Philip Glass | Serra Pelada (Powaqqatsi) | Conductor: Michael Riesman. Powaqqatsi. Nonesuch. 1. | ||
Philip Herbert | Elegy for 18 strings (In Memoriam Stephen Lawrence) | Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Anthony Parnther. Spark Catchers. NMC. | ||
Errollyn Wallen | Photography (1st mvt) | Orchestra: Orchestra X. Conductor: Nicholas Kok. NMC. | ||
Fela Kuti | Colonial Mentality | Singer: Fela Kuti. Anthology 2. Wrasse Records Ltd. (UK). 1. | ||
Paul Simon | Bridge Over Troubled Water | Ensemble: Simon & Garfunkel. The Essential Simon & Garfunkel. Columbia/Legacy. 8. | ||
8 Dec 2024 | Nick Mohammed | Sergey Prokofiev | The Young Juliet (Romeo and Juliet) | Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy. Romeo and Juliet. DECCA. 10. |
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov | Scheherazade, Op 35 (The Young Prince and Princess) | Performer: Maria Larionoff. Conductor: Gerard Schwarz. Orchestra: Seattle Symphony. Rimsky-Korsakov: Sheherazade/Tale of Tsar Saltan Suite. 3. | ||
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov | Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op.43: III. Vivacissimo + IV. Finale | Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan. Herbert von Karajan: Sibelius. Warner Classics. 3. | ||
George Gershwin | An American in Paris for orchestra | Orchestra: Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Felix Slatkin. Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue etc., Pennario, Felix Slatkin. EMI Classics. 2. | ||
John Williams | Jurassic Park (main theme) | Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. Conductor: John Williams. Jurassic Park: Music from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack. MCA Records. 2. | ||
Ludwig van Beethoven | Symphony No 7 in A major, Op 92 (4th mvt) | Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Carlos Kleiber. Beethoven: Symphonies no.5 & 7: Wiener Philharmoniker/Kleiber. Deutsche Grammophon. 8. | ||
Aaron Copland | Appalachian Spring Suite (No 8) | Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein. Copland: Appalachian Spring: New York Philharmonic/Bernstein. Sony Classical. 8. | ||
Antonín Dvořák | The Noonday Witch, Op 108 | Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt. Symphony No. 8: The Noon Witch. Teldec. 8. | ||
Dmitry Shostakovich | Symphony no. 5 in D minor Op.47: 4th mvt; Allegro non troppo | Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andris Nelsons. Shostakovich: Under Stalin's Shadow, Symphonies No. 5/8/9. DG. 9. | ||
22 Dec 2024 | Christmas Collection | Gustaf Nordqvist | Jul, jul, strålande jul | Choir: Adolf Fredriks Ungdomskör. Lucia - En klassisk högtid. Cupol. 6. |
George Frideric Handel | For unto us a child is born (Messiah) | Choir: The English Concert Choir. Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: John Nelson. Handel: Messiah, HWV 56. Warner Classics. 12. | ||
Gustav Holst | In the Bleak Midwinter | Choir: Choir of King’s College, Cambridge. Director: Stephen Cleobury. EMI. | ||
Claude Debussy | The Snow is Dancing (Children's Corner) | Performer: Alain Planès. Debussy: Children's Corner: Alain Planes. Harmonia Mundi. 10. | ||
Victor Hely-Hutchinson | A Carol Symphony | Orchestra: The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Gavin Sutherland. A Carol Symphony and other Christmas Orchestral Favourites. Naxos. 6-9. | ||
Jake Thackray | Remember Bethlehem | Singer: Jake Thackray. Jake In A Box (The EMI Recordings 1967-1976). Parlophone UK. 12. | ||
Percy Grainger | The Sussex Mummers' Christmas Carol | Performer: Kenneth Sillito. Performer: Hamish Milne. The Grainger Edition, Vol .13 - Works for Chamber Ensembles Part 1. CHANDOS. 16. | ||
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | The Nutcracker (Overture) | Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel. Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Op. 71, TH 14 (Live at Walt Disney Concert Hall, Lo. Deutsche Grammophon (DG). 1. | ||
Benjamin Britten | Corpus Christi Carol | Composer: Jeff Buckley. Performer: Jeff Buckley. Grace. Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd. 8. | ||
Hildegard von Bingen | Quia ergo femina mortem instruxit | Ensemble: Ensemble for Medieval Music. Canticles of Ecstasy. deutsche harmonia mundi. 003. | ||
Gioachino Rossini | Dried Figs from Sins of Old Age Book 4 Piano Pieces | Performer: Marco Sollini. Rossini Complete Piano Edition Vol 2. Chandos. 1. | ||
Ralph Vaughan Williams | Ca' the Yowes | Choir: Laudibus. Ralph Vaughan Williams: A Cappella Choral Works. Delphian Records. 14. | ||
Michael Praetorius | In dulci jubilo (Christmas Mass) | Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort. Singer: Susan Hemington Jones. Singer: Tessa Bonner. Singer: Mark le Brocq. Choir: Boy's Choir of Roskilde Cathedral. Conductor: Paul McCreesh. Praetorius, M: Lutheran Mass for Christmas Morning. ARCHIV. 23. | ||
Michael Berkeley | Released by Love | Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Owain Park. Collaborations. Orchid Classics. 24. | ||
29 Dec 2024 | Sister Mary Joy Langdon | Edvard Grieg | Morning Mood, Op 23, No 13 (Peer Gynt) | Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi. Grieg: Complete music with orchestra: Gothenburg SO/Jarvi. Deutsche Grammophon. 14. |
Ludwig van Beethoven | Symphony No. 6 in F Major 'Pastoral' (5th mvt) | Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: Thomas Adès. Beethoven: Complete Symphonies – Barry: Orchestral Works. Signum Classics. 505. | ||
Giuseppe Verdi | Gloria all'Egitto (Aida) | Choir: Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: Lamberto Gardelli. Verdi: Aida: Chorus and Orchestra of the ROH. EMI. 14. | ||
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Ave verum corpus | Choir: Cologne Chamber Chorus. Orchestra: Collegium Cartusianum. Conductor: Peter Neumann. Mozart: Sämtliche Messen / Complete Masses. Warner Classics. 15. | ||
Andrew Lloyd Webber | Pie Jesu (Requiem) | Singer: Aled Jones. One Voice: Believe. Decca (UMO) (Classics). 2. | ||
Johann Sebastian Bach | Toccata in D minor | Performer: Ton Koopman. Archiv. | ||
Johann Strauss II | The Blue Danube - waltz | Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Franz Welser‐Möst. J. Strauss II: Waltzes & Overtures. Warner Classics. 107. | ||
Hermann Koenig | Post Horn Galop | Ensemble: Band of HM Royal Marines. Filbert Street Blues. Cherry Red Records. 4. | ||
Juliette Pochin | Veni Creator Spiritus | Composer: James Morgan. Lyricist: Trad.. Choir: Poor Clares of Arundel. Conductor: Juliette Pochin. Light for the World. Decca (UMO) (Classics). 1. |
2025
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5 Jan 2025 | Miranda Hart | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Clarinet Concerto in A major, K.622 (2nd movement, Adagio) | Performer: Annelien Van Wauwe. Orchestra: Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie. Conductor: Andrew Manze. Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K. 622. PENTATONE. 102. |
Georges Bizet | Au fond du temple saint (The Pearl Fishers) | Singer: Luciano Pavarotti. Singer: Nicolaï Ghiaurov. Orchestra: National Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Robin Stapleton. Pavarotti The 50 Greatest Tracks. Decca Music Group Ltd.. 8. | ||
Arthur Kent | Bring Me Sunshine | Lyricist: Sylvia Dee. Ensemble: The Jive Aces. King of the Swingers. GoldenAge Recordings. 16. | ||
Johann Sebastian Bach | Viola da gamba Sonata in G minor, BWV.1029 (2nd mvt) | Performer: Daniel Müller‐Schott. Performer: Angela Hewitt. Bach: Viola da gamba Sonatas. Orfeo. 10. | ||
Camille Saint‐Saëns | Carnival of the Animals (The Elephant) | Performer: Sir Antonio Pappano. Performer: Libero Lanzilotta. Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals & Symphony No. 3, "Organ Symphony". Warner Classics. 109. | ||
Richard Rodgers | Climb Ev'ry Mountain (The Sound of Music) | Lyricist: Oscar Hammerstein II. Singer: Peggy Wood. Conductor: Irwin Kostal. The Sound Of Music (Original Soundtrack Recording). Craft Recordings. 12. | ||
Edvard Grieg | Piano Concerto in A minor (1st mvt) | Performer: Alice Sara Ott. Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Esa‐Pekka Salonen. Grieg: Essentiel. UME - Global Clearing House. 12. | ||
Harry Glasson | Cornwall My Home | Ensemble: The Fisherman’s Friends. Cornwall My Home. Universal-Island Records Ltd.. 1. | ||
Ben Bernie | Sweet Georgia Brown | Composer: Maceo Pinkard. Performer: Yehudi Menuhin. Performer: Stéphane Grappelli. Music Arranger: Max Harris. Director: Max Harris. Icon: Menuhin and Grappelli. Warner Classics. 12. | ||
Morten Lauridsen | O Magnum Mysterium | Ensemble: Chamber Choir of Europe. Conductor: Nicol Matt. Lauridsen - O Magnum Mysterium. Bayer Records. 17. | ||
12 Jan 2025 | Sir Paul Collier | Martín Codax | Cantigas de amigo: I. Ondas do mar de vigo | Singer: Mara Kiek. Choir: Sinfonye. Director: Stevie Wishart. Bella Domna: The Medieval Woman – Lover, Poet, Patroness & Saint. Hyperion. 1. |
Franz Schubert | Ständchen (Schwanengesang, D 957) | Performer: Gerald Moore. Singer: Dietrich Fischer‐Dieskau. Schubert :Schwanengesang - 7 Lieder. DG. 4. | ||
William Lawes | Suite No.2 (1st mvt) | Performer: Sigiswald Kuijken. Performer: Lucy van Dael. Performer: Wieland Kuijken. Performer: Toyohiko Satoh. Director: Gustav Leonhardt. Lawes: The Royal Consort & Songs for Countertenor and Lute. RCA Victor. 1. | ||
Anon | Magnus miles mirabilis | Choir: Magnificat. Conductor: Philip Cave. Griffin Records. | ||
Johann Sebastian Bach | Suite in E Minor, BWV 996 (1st mvt) | Performer: Julian Bream. Bach: Chaconne, BWV 1004 - Suite, BWV 996 - Partita, BWV 1006a & Prelude, Fugue. Warner Classics. 4. | ||
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina | Kyrie (Missa Papae Marcelli) | Choir: Tallis Scholars. Director: Peter Phillips. Live in Rome: The Tallis Scholars. Gimell. 3. | ||
Franz Schubert | String Quintet in C (2nd mvt) | Performer: Mstislav Rostropovich. Ensemble: Melos Quartett. Schubert: String Quintet D956. Deutsche Grammophon (DG). 2. | ||
José Carlos Ary dos Santos | Alfama | Singer: Amália Rodrigues. Coimbra. BCD/3RDP. 8. | ||
Manuel de Novas | Tudo Tem Se Limite | Singer: Cesária Évora. Cesaria. Lusafrica. 3. | ||
Gustav Mahler | Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen (Rückert-Lieder) | Performer: Gerold Huber. Singer: Christian Gerhaher. Christian Gerhaher: Mahler Lieder. RCA Red Seal. 19. | ||
Benjamin Britten | Cello Suite No. 1, Op. 72: Canto primo (Sostenuto e largamente) | Performer: Mstislav Rostropovich. Britten: Cello Suites Nos 1 & 2, Cello Symphony (The Russian Years). Warner Classics. 1. | ||
2 Feb 2025 | Professor Anthony Kessel | Astor Piazzolla | Oblivion | Music Arranger: Carducci String Quartet. Ensemble: Carducci String Quartet. Carducci Chill Out Spotify playlist. Carducci Classics. 1. |
Johannes Brahms | Violin Concerto in D major, Op.77 (3rd mvt) | Performer: Itzhak Perlman. Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Carlo Maria Giulini. Brahms: Violin Concerto. Warner Classics. 103. | ||
Alain Souchon | Foule sentimentale | Performer: Chilly Gonzales. Souchon dans l'air (Vol. 1). Universal Music Division Label Panthéon. 1. | ||
Samuel Barber | Adagio for Strings | Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle. Dance of the Blessed Spirits. Warner Classics. 52. | ||
Tom Waits | Martha | Singer: Tom Waits. Closing Time. Elektra. 6. | ||
Antonín Dvořák | Serenade for Strings (2nd mvt) | Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Myung-Whun Chung. Dvorák: Serenades for Strings and Winds. Deutsche Grammophon (DG). 2. | ||
Andrea Morricone | Cinema Paradiso (Love Theme) | Performer: Itzhak Perlman. Music Arranger: Angela Morricone. Orchestra: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: John Williams. The Essential Itzhak Perlman. Sony Classical. 7. | ||
Max Bruch | Kol Nidrei | Performer: Yuri Abramovich Bashmet. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi. Yuri Bashmet - The Complete RCA Recordings. RCA Red Seal. 8. | ||
Mishka Stein | Look At You | Composer: Joe Grass. Composer: Evan Tighe. Composer: Jules Buckley. Composer: Patrick Watson. Lyricist: Patrick Watson. Singer: Patrick Watson. Wave. Domino Recording Co. 8. | ||
9 Feb 2025 | Ursula Jones | Arthur Honegger | The Dance Before the Ark (King David) | Choir: Lausanne Vocal Ensemble. Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Conductor: Daniel Reuss. Honegger: Le Roi David. Mirare. 16. |
Ralph Benatzky | Im Weissen Rossl | Singer: Peter Alexander. Kino Schlager, Vol. 1. Documents 2. 6. | ||
Ludwig van Beethoven | Symphony No. 9 "Choral" (2nd mvt) | Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Wilhelm Furtwängler. SYMPHONY No. 9 "CHORAL". Nar Classical. 2. | ||
Modest Mussorgsky | Pictures at an Exhibition:Samuel Goldenberg & Schmuyle, Promenade V, Limoges Mar | Music Arranger: Elgar Howarth. Ensemble: Philip Jones Brass Ensemble. Conductor: Elgar Howarth. Pictures at an Exhibition/ The Carnival of the Animals. Decca. 7. | ||
Benjamin Britten | Passacaglia (Cello Symphony) | Performer: Mstislav Rostropovich. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Benjamin Britten. Britten Conducts Britten Vol.4. Decca Music Group Ltd.. 4. | ||
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Concerto for 2 Pianos K.365 (3rd mvt) | Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy. Performer: Daniel Barenboim. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim. Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 7 & 10. Decca Music Group Ltd.. 6. | ||
Henry Purcell | Thy hand, Belinda... When I am laid (Dido and Aeneas) | Singer: Janet Baker. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Anthony Lewis. Dido and Aeneas. DECCA. 16. | ||
Witold Lutosławski | Mini Overture | Ensemble: Philip Jones Brass Ensemble. PJBE Finale: Music Written for Philip Jones. Chandos. 14. | ||
Traditional Swiss folk song | The Cuckoo | Performer: John Fletcher. Performer: Philip Jones. Music Arranger: Elgar Howarth. Ensemble: Philip Jones Brass Ensemble. Philip Jones Brass Ensemble in Switzerland. Claves Records. 7. | ||
23 Feb 2025 | Daniel Levitin | Ludwig van Beethoven | Symphony No. 6 in F "Pastoral" (1st mvt) | Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan. Beethoven: Symphonies Nos.5 & 6 "Pastorale". Deutsche Grammophon (DG). 5. |
Thelonious Monk | Well You Needn't | Performer: Thelonious Monk. Piano Solo. Vogue. 4. | ||
Antonín Dvořák | Symphony No.7 in D minor (4th mvt) | Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Conductor: André Previn. Dvořák: Symphony No. 7 in D Minor, Op. 70, B. 141 & Overture, Op. 62, B. 125a "M. Telarc. 4. | ||
Claude Debussy | Jardins sous la pluie (Estampes) | Performer: Aldo Ciccolini. Debussy: Complete Piano Works, Fantaisie for Piano and Orchestra & Songs. Warner Classics. 3. | ||
John Lennon | Dear Prudence | Composer: Paul McCartney. Music Arranger: Eric Milnes. Ensemble: Les Boréades de Montréal. Conductor: Eric Milnes. Beatles Baroque (Vol. 1). ATMA Classique. 10. | ||
Ludwig van Beethoven | Piano Sonata in C Minor "Pathétique" (2nd mvt) | Performer: Mari Kodama. Beethoven: Piano Sonatas No. 14, 4 & 8. PENTATONE. 9. | ||
Gustav Mahler | Symphony No. 3 in D Minor (3rd mvt) | Orchestra: German Symphony Orchestra Berlin. Conductor: Kent Nagano. Mahler: Symphony No. 3. Warner Classics International. 3. | ||
Johann Sebastian Bach | The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II, Prelude and Fugue No. 19 in A Major | Performer: Daniel Barenboim. Bach, JS: Das wohltemperierte Klavier, Teil II, BWV 870 - 893. Warner Classics. 19. | ||
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan | My Heart, My Life | Composer: Michael Brook. Performer: Michael Brook. Singer: Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. Night Song. Real World Records. 1. | ||
9 Mar 2025 | Dr Sian Williams | Antonio Vivaldi | Violin Concerto in E major 'Spring' | Performer: Adrian Chandler. Ensemble: La Serenissima. Vivaldi: The Four Seasons. Avie. 1-3. |
Ludwig van Beethoven | Piano Sonata in C sharp minor, Op. 27, No.2 'Moonlight' | Performer: Radu Lupu. | ||
Sergey Rachmaninov | Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor (1st mvt) | Performer: Lang Lang. Orchestra: St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yuri Temirkanov. Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 30 - Scriabin: Etudes. Telarc. 1. | ||
Cristóbal de Morales | Parce mihi domine - improvisation [from Officium defunctorum] | Ensemble: The Hilliard Ensemble. Officium. ECM. 1. | ||
Catrin Finch | Ceffylau (Horses) | Composer: Seckou Keita. Performer: Catrin Finch. Performer: Seckou Keita. The Ultimate Guide to Welsh Folk (compiled by Cerys Matthews). ARC. 7. | ||
Max Richter | On the Nature of Daylight | Performer: Louisa Fuller. Performer: John Metcalf. Performer: Philip Sheppard. Performer: Chris Worsey. Voyager - Essential Max Richter. Deutsche Grammophon (DG). 1. | ||
John Hughes | Calon Lan | Lyricist: Daniel James. Music Arranger: Jon Cohen. Choir: The Fron Male Voice Choir. Singer: Cerys Matthews. Orchestra: Czech Film Orchestra. Conductor: Cliff Masterson. Voices Of The Valley Home. Decca (UMO). 6. | ||
Anna Clyne | Cello Concerto, 'Dance' (3rd mvt, 'in the middle of the fighting') | Performer: Inbal Segev. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop. Anna Clyne: DANCE - Edward Elgar: Cello Concerto. AVIE Records. 3. | ||
Toumani Diabaté | Jarabi | Performer: Toumani Diabaté. Performer: Danny Thompson. Ensemble: Ketama. Songhai. Universal Music Operations Ltd. 1. | ||
23 Mar 2025 | Bob Crowley | Giuseppe Verdi | Libiamo ne' lieti calici (La traviata) | Singer: Angela Gheorghiu. Singer: Frank Lopardo. Choir: Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: Georg Solti. Verdi: La Traviata. Decca Music Group Ltd.. 3. |
Thomas Tallis | If Ye Love Me | Choir: Alamire. Conductor: David Skinner. Queen Katherine Parr & Songs of Reformation. Obsidian. 8. | ||
Träd | Down by the Salley Gardens | Singer: Maura O’Connell. Wandering Home. Ryko/Rhino. 9. | ||
Igor Stravinsky | Serenata (Pulcinella Suite) | Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Kurt Masur. Stravinsky: Pulcinella Suite (Recorded 1999). New York Philharmonic. 2. | ||
Orazio Benevoli | Magnificat for 16 voices | Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel. Conductor: Hervé Niquet. Benevolo: Maissa Si Deus Pro Nobis & Magnificat. Alpha. 15. | ||
Joni Mitchell | Song for Sharon | Singer: Joni Mitchell. Songs of a Prairie Girl. Rhino/Elektra. 9. | ||
Richard Rodgers | If I loved you (Carousel) | Librettist: Oscar Hammerstein II. Singer: Joanna Riding. Singer: Michael Hayden. The Songs of Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II. Arts Music. 10. | ||
Percy Grainger | Shallow Brown | Singer: John Shirley‐Quirk. Choir: Ambrosian Singers. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Benjamin Britten. Salute to Percy Grainger. London. 14. | ||
George Gershwin | An American In Paris | Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein. Gershwin: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story; Candide Overture; Rhapsody in B. Sony Classical. 12. | ||
Stephen Sondheim | A Weekend in the Country (A Little Night Music) | Lyricist: Stephen Sondheim. Ensemble: Original Broadway Cast of A Little Night Music. Conductor: Harold Hastings. A Little Night Music (Original Broadway Cast Recording). Masterworks Broadway. 9. | ||
Franz Schubert | Litanei auf das Fest Allerseelen D.343 | Singer: Matthias Goerne. Performer: Helmut Deutsch. Schubert Lieder Vol 8: Wanderers Nachtlied. Harmonia Mundi. 5. | ||
30 Mar 2025 | Boulez at 100: Gerard McBurney | William Byrd | Mass for 3 voices | Choir: Tallis Scholars. Director: Peter Phillips. The Tallis Scholars Sing William Byrd. Gimell. 11. |
Ludwig van Beethoven | Piano Sonata in B flat Op.106 "Hammerklavier" (3rd mvt) | Performer: Solomon. Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 29 "Hammerklavier" & 32. Warner Classics. 3. | ||
Gustav Mahler | Symphony No. 10 - 3rd mvt: Purgatorio | Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Munch. | ||
Modest Mussorgsky | Within four walls (Sunless) | Performer: Alexandre Labinsky. Singer: Boris Christoff. Mussorgsky : Songs. Warner Classics. 11. | ||
Modest Mussorgsky | Thou didst not know me in the crowd (Sunless) | Performer: Alexandre Labinsky. Singer: Boris Christoff. Mussorgsky : Songs. Warner Classics. 12. | ||
Dmitry Shostakovich | Piano Sonata No.2 in B minor (1st mvt) | Performer: Maria Yudina. Russian Compact Disc. | ||
Béla Bartók | The Miraculous Mandarin (conclusion) | Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Pierre Boulez. Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin. Deutsche Grammophon (DG). 7. | ||
Pierre Boulez | Dérive 1 | Ensemble: Ensemble intercontemporain. Conductor: Pierre Boulez. Boulez: Le Marteau Sans Maître. Deutsche Grammophon (DG). 10. | ||
Gabriel Fauré | Piano Quintet No. 2 in C minor (1st mvt) | Performer: Jean Hubeau. Ensemble: Quatuor Via Nova. Fauré : Piano Quintets & Piano Quartets. Warner Classics International. 4. | ||
Träd | Maccrimmon's Lament | Singer: Jeannie Robertson. Folk Songs & Words of Protest, Vol. 1. Supreme Media. 5. | ||
6 Apr 2025 | Monica Feria-Tinta | Frédéric Chopin ' | Revolutionary Study' in C minor Op.10 no.12 | Performer: Maurizio Pollini. Chopin: Etudes. Deutsche Grammophon (DG). 12. |
Sergey Prokofiev | Dance of the Knights (Romeo and Juliet Op.64) | Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Seiji Ozawa. Romeo & Juliet Complete Recording. DG. 013. | ||
Henry Purcell | The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act II- If Love's a Sweet Passion | Singer: Anna Dennis. Singer: James Way. Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort. Conductor: Paul McCreesh. Purcell: The Fairy Queen, 1692. Signum Classics. 21. | ||
Johann Sebastian Bach | Prelude and Fugue No.1 in C Major (The Well-Tempered Clavier) | Performer: Sviatoslav Richter. Bach: Das Wohltemperierte Klavier 1. und 2. Teil - BWV 846-869 und 870-893. RCA Gold Seal. 1. | ||
Antonio Vivaldi | Ah, chi'infelice from Cantata Cessate, omai cessate | Singer: John Holiday. Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music. from Academy of Ancient Music YouTube channel. Academy of Ancient Music YouTube channel. 1. | ||
Jean Sibelius | Violin Concerto in D minor, Op 47 (1st mvt) | Performer: Vilde Frang. Orchestra: WDR Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Søndergård. Sibelius Prokofiev: Violin Concerto. EMI. 1. | ||
Los Incas del Peru | Bajada del Arco (Sicuri 1) | Peru Folklorico Vol 2. Intershop. 12. | ||
Dmitry Shostakovich | Suite no. 2 for jazz band: Waltz 2 | Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly. Shostakovich: The Jazz Album - Brautigam, Masseurs. Decca. 13. | ||
Felix Mendelssohn | The Hebrides, Op 26 | Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Abbado. Mendelssohn: Overtures: LSO/Abbado. Deutsche Grammophon. 7. | ||
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: The English Concert, Harry Bicket. Decca. 7. | ||
13 Apr 2025 | Terry Gilliam | Leonard Bernstein | Candide (Overture) | Orchestra: Candide Orchestra. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein. Candide (Original Broadway Cast Recording). Masterworks Broadway. 1. |
George Washington Johnson | When You and I Were Young, Maggie Blue | Composer: James A. Butterfield. Composer: Jimmy McHugh. Composer: Frank Frost. Singer: Cliff Edwards. Singing in the Rain. Audiophile. 29. | ||
Max Bruch | Violin Concerto No 1 (1st mvt) | Performer: Randall Goosby. Orchestra: Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin. Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1; Florence Price: Violin Concertos. Decca Music Group Ltd.. 1. | ||
Nino Rota | Otto e Mezzo (Theme) | Conductor: Nino Rota. Otto e Mezzo (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack). Creazioni Artistiche Musicali. 1. | ||
Frederick Delius | Over the Hills and Far Away | Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Beecham. Sir Thomas Beecham: The English Collection. Warner Classics. 1. | ||
Hector Berlioz | Oui, Oui Cette Somme Était (Benvenuto Cellini) | Singer: Andrew Kennedy. Singer: Andrew Foster-Williams. Singer: Isabelle Cals. Singer: Gregory Kunde. Singer: Alasdair Elliott. Choir: London Symphony Chorus. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Colin Davis. Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini. Lso Live. 115. | ||
Richard Strauss | Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks, Op 28 | Orchestra: Minnesota Orchestra. Conductor: Antal Doráti. The Mercury Masters: Antal Dorati. MERCURY LIVING PRESENCE. 3. | ||
Ottorino Respighi | Passacaglia (Ancient Airs and Dances) | Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan. Respighi: The Fountains of Rome; The Pines of Rome; Ancient Airs and Dances - Su. Deutsche Grammophon (DG). 12. | ||
Andro Dom | Sza Tele Zsav | Phari Mamo. Network Medien. 3. | ||
20 Apr 2025 | Romola Garai | Michael Nyman | Prospero's Magic (Prospero's Books) | Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Jonathan Carney. Michael Nyman. Documents. 8. |
Keith Jarrett | Vienna, Part I | Performer: Keith Jarrett. Vienna Concert. ECM Records. 1. | ||
George Frideric Handel | Water Music: Suite No. 2 in D Major, HWV 349: Minuet | Orchestra: Collegium Aureum. Collegium Aureum-Edition. Deutsche Harmonia Mundi. 18. | ||
John Tavener | The Protecting Veil: I. The Protecting Veil | Lionel Martin performs Tavener. SWR Classic. 1. | ||
Florian Fricke | Aguirre I (l'acrime di rei) | Composer: Popol Vuh. Aguirre (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack). BMG Rights Management GmbH. 1. | ||
Trad. | Am I Born To Die? | Music Arranger: Anthony Minghella. Music Arranger: Henry Burnett. Cold Mountain (Music From the Miramax Motion Picture). DMZ/Columbia/Sony Music Soundtrax. 7. | ||
Alexander Bălănescu | Aria | Ensemble: Bălănescu Quartet. Maria T (Reissue). Universal Music Romania. 7. | ||
Paul Brady | The Lakes of Pontchartrain | Welcome Here Kind Stranger. PeeBee Music. 4. | ||
27 Apr 2025 | Colum McCann | Joseph Haydn | Piano Sonata in E flat (3rd mvt) | Performer: Sviatoslav Richter. Richter plays Haydn/Weber/Beethoven. Decca Music Group Ltd.. 6. |
Sidney Arodin | Lazy River | Composer: Hoagy Carmichael. Performer: Hoagy Carmichael. Hoagy Sings Carmichael. Blue Note Records. 10. | ||
R. Carlos Nakai | Song For The Morning Star | Performer: R. Carlos Nakai. Canyon Trilogy. Canyon Records. 1. | ||
Trad. | Raglan Road | Music Arranger: Van Morrison. Lyricist: Pádraig Caomhánaigh. Music Arranger: Paddy Moloney. Singer: Van Morrison. Ensemble: The Chieftains. Irish Heartbeat. Legacy Recordings. 4. | ||
Sergey Prokofiev | Piano Concerto No 3 in C major, Op 26 (1st mvt) | Performer: Martha Argerich. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado. 111 Years Of Deutsche Grammophon The Collector's Edition 2. Deutsche Grammophon. 1. | ||
Henryk Mikołaj Górecki | Symphony No 3, 'Symphony of Sorrowful Songs' (2nd mvt) | Singer: Joanna Kozłowska. Orchestra: Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Kazimierz Kord. Górecki: Symphony No.3. Decca Music Group Ltd.. 2. | ||
Sting | The Empty Chair | Singer: Sting. 57TH & 9TH (Deluxe). A&M. 10. | ||
Colm Mac Con Iomaire | The Finnish Line | Performer: Colm Mac Con Iomaire. Other Voices: Courage 2020. Other Voices. 6. | ||
Grace Williams | High Wind (Sea Sketches) | Orchestra: BBC Philarmonic. Conductor: John Andrews. Grace Williams: Orchestral Works. Resonus Classics. 10. | ||
Johannes Brahms | Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 2 in F Major, Op. 99: IV. Allegro molto | Performer: Alisa Weilerstein. Performer: Inon Barnatan. Brahms Cello Sonatas. Pentatone. 10. | ||
4 May 2025 | Jonathan Sumption | Nicolaus Bruhns | Prelude in E minor | Performer: Friedhelm Flamme. Bruhns - Leyding - Complete Organ Works - Friedhelm Flamme. cpo. 6. |
Robert Schumann | Piano Quartet in E flat, Op.47 (3rd mvt) | Performer: Alexander Melnikov. Ensemble: Jerusalem Quartet. HARMONIA MUNDI. | ||
Hector Berlioz | De quels revers (The Trojans) | Singer: Stephen Milling. Singer: Sara Mingardo. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Colin Davis. Berlioz Odyssey: The Complete Colin Davis Recordings. LSO Live. 39. | ||
Franz Schubert | Symphony No. 9 in C "The Great" (4th mvt) | Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Georg Solti. Schubert: Symphony No.9 / Wagner: Siegfried Idyll. Decca Music Group Ltd.. 4. | ||
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Soave sia il vento (from Così fan tutte) | Singer: Sandrine Piau. Singer: Lea Desandre. Singer: Florian Sempey. Orchestra: Insula Orchestra. Conductor: Laurence Equilbey. Erato. | ||
Richard Wagner | Tannhauser (Overture) | Performer: Tanguy de Williencourt. Music Arranger: Franz Liszt. Wagner - Liszt. Mirare. 201. | ||
John Dunstable | Missa Da gaudiorum premia (Sanctus) | Ensemble: The Binchois Consort. Conductor: Andrew Kirkman. Music for the 100 Years' War (1337-1453). Hyperion. | ||
Leos Janáček | Jenufa opera Act 2: Jenufa's prayer | Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Charles Mackerras. Singer: Elizabeth Soderstrom. Jenufa. Decca. 4. | ||
Benjamin Britten | Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes (Dawn) | Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi. Britten: Young Persons Guide to the Orchestra: Bergen P.O., Neeme Jarvi. BIS. 6. | ||
Richard Strauss | Moonlight Music (Capriccio) | Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Karl Böhm. Strauss: Four Last Songs; Capriccio - Final Scene; Death and Transfiguration. Deutsche Grammophon (DG). 2. | ||
11 May 2025 | Emma Rice | Johann Sebastian Bach | Concerto for oboe and violin in D minor (1st mvt) | Performer: Yehudi Menuhin. Performer: Léon Goossens. Orchestra: Bath Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Yehudi Menuhin. Bach: Orchestral Suites & Other Concertos. Warner Classics. 209. |
Jake Thackray | To Do with You | Singer: Jake Thackray. Jake In A Box (The EMI Recordings 1967-1976). Parlophone UK. 11. | ||
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Horn Concerto no.3 in E flat major K.447 (2nd mvt) | Performer: Alec Frank-Gemmill. Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas McGegan. Mozart: Horn Concertos. BIS. 8. | ||
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Piano Trio in A minor, Op.50: Variations IV - VII | Performer: Gregor Piatigorsky. Performer: Arthur Rubinstein. Performer: Jascha Heifetz. Tchaikovsky: Trio in A minor, Op. 50. RCA Red Seal. 4 -7. | ||
John Tavener | Annunciation (The Protecting Veil) | Ensemble: Sinfonietta Rīga. Performer: Matthew Barley. Tavener: The Protecting Veil. Signum Classics. 203. | ||
Aram Khachaturian | Waltz (Masquerade) | Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi. Khachaturian: Piano Concerto etc.. Chandos. 4. | ||
Compay Segundo | Chan Chan | Ensemble: Buena Vista Social Club. WORLD CIRCUIT. | ||
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Protegga il giusto Cielo (Don Giovanni) | Singer: Renée Fleming. Singer: Ann Murray. Singer: Herbert Lippert. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Georg Solti. Mozart: Don Giovanni. Decca Music Group Ltd.. 8. | ||
Sergey Rachmaninov | Piano Concerto No 2 in C minor, Op 18 (1st mvt) | Performer: Krystian Zimerman. Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Seiji Ozawa. Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos. 1&2 Zimerman/Boston Symphony Orchestra/ Ozawa. Deutsche Grammaphon. 4. | ||
Carlos Santana | Chill Out (Things Gonna Change) | Composer: John Lee Hooker. The Best Of Friends. BMG Rights Management (US) LLC. 11. | ||
18 May 2025 | Philip Hoare | Johann Strauss II | On the Beautiful Blue Danube | Orchestra: The Vienna Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Alfred Scholz. The Very Best Of Johann Strauss. Stradivari Classics. 1. |
John Kander | Willkommen (Cabaret) | Lyricist: Fred Ebb. Singer: Joel Grey. Conductor: Ralph Burns. Cabaret (Original Soundtrack Recording). Geffen. 1. | ||
David Bowie | Art Decade | Singer: David Bowie. Low (2017 Remaster). Parlophone UK. 9. | ||
Aaron Copland | Suite from Appalachian Spring: Simple Gifts | Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson. Copland: Vol 1 Ballet Suites etc. Chandos. 1. | ||
Dr. Roger Payne | Solo Whale | Performer: Humpback Whale. Songs of the Humpback Whale. Living Music. 1. | ||
Benjamin Britten | Blow her away (Billy Budd) | Choir: Gentlemen of the Hallé Choir. Choir: Northern Voices. Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: Kent Nagano. Britten : Billy Budd. Warner Classics International. 12. | ||
Arvo Pärt | Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten | Performer: Juho Vartiainen. Orchestra: Tapiola Sinfonietta. Conductor: Jean‐Jacques Kantorow. Summa. BIS. 5. | ||
Enoch Mankayi Sontonga | Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika | Music Arranger: J. Shabalala. Ensemble: Ladysmith Black Mambazo. Favourites. Gallo Record Company. 14. | ||
Sergey Prokofiev | March (The Love for Three Oranges - suite) | Orchestra: São Paulo Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop. Prokofiev: Orchestral Works. Naxos. 1. | ||
Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh | All Good Things | Performer: Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh. Performer: Thomas Bartlett. Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh & Thomas Bartlett. Real World Records. 3. | ||
Neil Tennant | Being Boring | Composer: Chris Lowe. Ensemble: Pet Shop Boys. NOW - Yearbook 1990. Now! Music. 19. | ||
25 May 2025 | Adam Buxton | Arthur Bliss | March (Things to Come) | Ensemble: Geoff Love & His Orchestra. Star Wars And Other Space Themes. Parlophone UK. 7. |
Edvard Grieg | Notturno (Lyric Pieces Op.54 No.4) | Performer: Emil Grigoryevich Gilels. Grieg: Lyric Pieces. Deutsche Grammophon (DG). | ||
Brian Eno | The Pearl | Composer: Harold Budd. The Pearl. Virgin Catalogue. 8. | ||
Thelonious Monk | Straight No Chaser | Performer: Thelonious Monk. Thelonius Sphere Monk. Documents. 16. | ||
John Barry | Zero Gravity (The Black Hole) | Conductor: John Barry. The Black Hole. Buena Vista Records. 4. | ||
Jonny Greenwood | House of Woodcock | Orchestra: London Contemporary Orchestra. Conductor: Robert Ames. Phantom Thread (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack). Nonesuch. 13. | ||
Mica Levi | Vanity | Jackie (Original Soundtrack Album). Milan Records. 10. | ||
Gabriel Fauré | Requiem (Introit - Kyrie) | Choir: The Sixteen. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Harry Christophers. Mozart: Vespers and Faure: Requiem. Coro. 8. | ||
Trad. Bulgarian | Polegnala E Todora | Music Arranger: Dobri Hristov. Choir: Bulgarian State Radio & Television Female Vocal Choir. Conductor: Filip Kutev. Le Mystere Des Voix Bulgares Vol.1. Universal Music Division Decca Records France. 13. | ||
Maurice Ravel | Introduction et danse religieuse (Daphnis and Chloe) | Orchestra: Bordeaux Aquitaine National Orchestra. Choir: Bordeaux Opera Chorus. Conductor: Laurent Petitgirard. Ravel: Daphnis and Chloe. Naxos. 1. |
References
[edit]- ^ "Private Passions episodes". BBC Radio 3. Retrieved 2 November 2024.