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Sunday - Fiona Talkington

Fiona Talkington with music, news and the occasional surprise.

3 hours

Last on

Sun 6 Dec 2009 07:00

Music Played

  • Jean Sibelius

    Laulu Lemminka茂selle (A Song for Lemminka茂nen)

    Performer: Helsinki University Chorus Performer: Lahti Symphony Orchestra Performer: Osmo V盲nsk盲 (conductor)

    • BIS CD-1115.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Bagatelle (Op.126 no.1): Andante con moto in G major

    Performer: Olli Mustonen (piano)

    • DECCA 452 206-2.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Concerto for 2 horns, strings and basso continuo in D major (TWV.52:D2)

    Performer: La Stagione Frankfurt Performer: Michael Schneider (conductor)

    • CPO 777 032-2.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Song without words in D major for cello and piano, Op.109

    Performer: Roel Dieltiens (cello) Performer: Frank Braley (piano)

    • HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 901868.
  • Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

    Alma Redemptoris Mater (4 part motet)

    Performer: Julian Podger (tenor) Performer: Monteverdi Choir Performer: John Eliot Gardiner (director)

    • PHILIPS 462 050-2.
  • Bedrich Smetana

    Vltava (Moldau) from M谩 Vlast (My Fatherland)

    Performer: Detroit Symphony Orchestra Performer: Neeme J盲rvi (conductor)

    • CHANDOS CHAN 9366.
  • Robert Schumann

    Die Lotosblume (The Lotus flower), Op.25 No.7

    Performer: Bernarda Fink (mezzo-soprano) Performer: Roger Vignoles (piano)

    • HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 901753.
  • Fran莽ois-Joseph Gossec

    Flute quartet no.3 in G major

    Performer: Aur猫le Nicolet (flute) Performer: Le Nouveau Trio Pasquier

    • TALENT DOM 2910 50.
  • Fritz Kreisler

    Tempo di minuetto (in the style of Gaetano Pugnani)

    Performer: Joshua Bell (violin) Performer: Paul Coker (piano)

    • DECCA 444 409-2.
  • Minna Raskinen

    Parting Song

    Performer: Minna Raskinen (kantele)

    • OLARIN MUSIIKKI OMCD 64.
  • Brubeck

    Kathy's Waltz

    Performer: Dave Brubeck (piano) Performer: Paul Desmond (alto sax) Performer: Eugene Wright (bass) Performer: Joe Morello (drums) Performer: Orchestra, Howard Brubeck (conductor)

    • COLUMBIA CK 65725.
  • Jean鈥怋aptiste Lully

    Sc猫ne du froid from Isis, 'L'hiver qui nous tourmente' (This winter torments us)

    Performer: Sophie Daneman (soprano) Performer: Paul Agnew (countertenor) Performer: Les Arts Florissants Performer: William Christie (conductor)

    • ERATO 0927-4465-2.
  • Jacques Offenbach

    La course en tra卯neau (sleigh ride) from 4 Impressions

    Orchestrator: Geese Performer: Guido Schiefen (cello) Performer: WDR Rundfunkorchester K枚ln Performer: David de Villiers (conductor)

    • CPO 777 069-2.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Spring Waltz from 4 waltzes for clarinet and piano

    Performer: Duncan Prescott (clarinet)

    • Scott Mitchell (piano)CHANDOS CHAN 8769.
  • Michael Haydn

    Cantata: Lauft, ihr Hirten allzugleich (Run ye shepherds, to the light)

    Performer: Kerstin Bruns (soprano) Performer: Hassler-Consort Performer: Franz Raml (conductor & organ)

    • MDG 614 1048-2.
  • Thuille

    Finale: Vivace from Sextet in B flat major, Op.6

    Performer: Chantily Quintet Performer: Gianluca Luisi (piano)

    • NAXOS 8.570790.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Triumphal March and Ballet from Aida

    Performer: Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala Performer: Claudio Abbado (conductor)

    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 423 201-2.
  • John Cage

    Totem Ancestor

    Performer: Boris Berman (prepared piano)

    • NAXOS 8.554562.
  • Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni

    Concerto no.6 in G major

    Performer: The Academy of Ancient Music Performer: Christopher Hogwood (conductor)

    • DECCA 458 129-2.
  • Vincenzo Capirola

    Ricercata prima

    Performer: Rolf Lislevand & ensemble

    • ECM 476 3317.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Vestro Principi divino

    Performer: Andreas Scholl (countertenor) Performer: Australian Brandenburg Orchestra Performer: Paul Dyer (conductor)

    • DECCA 466 964-2.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Fantaisie for violin and harp, Op.124

    Performer: Philippe Graffin (violin) Performer: Catherine Beynon (harp)

    • HYPERION CDA67285.
  • Ottorino Respighi

    La Nascita di Venere from Three Botticelli Pictures

    Performer: I Solisti Veneti Performer: Claudio Scimone (director)

    • ERATO 4509-92187-2.
  • Valentin Silvestrov

    Alleluia (2 Spiritual Songs no.1)

    Performer: Kiev Chamber Choir Performer: Mykola Hobdych (conductor)

    • ECM NEW SERIES 476 3316.
  • Joaqu铆n Rodrigo - Concierto de Aranjuez (adagio)

    Arranger: Evans Performer: Miles Davis (flugelhorn/trumpet) Performer: Orchestra Performer: Gil Evans (conductor)

  • Gerald Finzi

    A Frosty Christmas Eve from In terra pax

    Performer: Norma Burrowes (soprano) Performer: John Shirley-Quirk (baritone) Performer: Richard Hickox Singers Performer: City of London Sinfonia Performer: Richard Hickox (conductor)

    • DECCA 425 660-2.
  • Aram Khachaturian

    Lezghinka: no.8 from Gayaneh, suite no.1

    Performer: Bolshoi Symphony Orchestra Performer: Alexander Lazarev (conductor)

    • ERATO 4509-94677-2.

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