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Saturday - Fiona Talkington

Fiona Talkington presents Breakfast. Music to mark Russian National Day, Hande'ls Music for the Royal Fireworks and Borodin's Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor are included in this morning's programme.

2 hours

Last on

Sat 12 Jun 2010 07:00

Music Played

  • Gustav Holst

    Fantasia on the 'Dargason' from Suite for wind band No. 2 in F major, Op 28

    Performer: London Wind Orchestra Performer: Dennis Wick (conductor)

    • ASV CD QS 6021.
  • Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev

    Overture on 3 Russian themes

    Performer: The Philharmonia Performer: Yevgeny Svetlanov (conductor)

    • HYPERION CDA66586.
  • Johan Helmich Roman

    Allegro from Drottningholm Music

    Performer: Uppsala Chamber Orchestra Performer: Anthony Halstead (conductor)

    • NAXOS 8.553733.
  • Robert Schumann

    Des Abends from Fantasiestucke

    Performer: Alfred Cortot, piano

    • MUSIC & ARTS CD 858.
  • James Rhodes

    Preludes Book 1 No. 8 The Girl with the Flaxen Hair

    Performer: Villa-Lobos Duo

    • ACOUSTIC MUSIC RECORDS.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Concert piece for clarinet, bassett horn and piano in F minor, Op 113

    Performer: Trio Giocoso

    • AMBITUS AMB 97 875.
  • Henry Purcell

    I Was Glad

    Performer: The Choir of New College, Oxford Performer: The Academy of Ancient Music Performer: Edward Higginbottom (conductor)

    • DECCA 470 226-2.
  • Chick Corea

    Crystal Silence

    Performer: Chick Corea (piano) Performer: Gary Burton (vibraphone)

    • ECM 831 331-2.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Jazz Suite No. 2 - Waltz No. 1

    Performer: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Performer: Ricardo Chailly (conductor)

    • DECCA 4759983.
  • George Frideric Handel

    La R茅jouissance (Allegro) from Music for the Royal Fireworks

    Performer: Le Concert des Nations Performer: Jordi Savall (conductor)

    • FONTALIS ES 8512.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Prelude No. 2 in B flat major: Maestoso (from Ten Preludes, Op 23)

    Performer: Steven Osborne (piano)

    • HYPERION CDA67700.
  • John Dowland

    Awake, sweet love, thou are returned

    Performer: Ian Partridge (tenor) Performer: Jakob Lindberg (lute)

    • HELIOS CDH88011.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Rondo for violin and orchestra in C major, K 373

    Performer: Scottish Chamber Orchestra Performer: Alexander Janiczek (violin/conductor)

    • LINN CKD 287.
  • Vusa Mkhaya

    Amathalenta

    Performer: Insingizi

    • ARC music EUCD 2243.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    Nessun dorma

    Performer: Luciano Pavarotti, tenor Performer: Zubin Mehta (conductor)

    • DECCA 273 8173.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Fantasia in C minor (from BWV 906)

    Performer: Richard Egarr (harpsichord)

    • HARMONIA MUNDI HMU 907329.
  • Robert Schumann

    12 Poems of Justinus Kerner Op 35: No. 12 - Alte Laute

    Performer: Wolfgang Holzmair (baritone) Performer: Imogen Cooper (piano)

    • PHILIPS 462 610-2.
  • Alexander Borodin

    Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor (concert version without chorus)

    Performer: Orchestre de la Soci茅t茅 des Concerts du Conservatoire Performer: Andr茅 Cluytens (conductor)

    • EMI CDM 7691102.
  • Francesco Geminiani

    Sonata in A major

    Performer: The Purcell Quartet

    • HELIOS CDH55234.

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  • Sat 12 Jun 2010 07:00

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