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Saturday - Fiona Talkington

Fiona Talkington shares her choice of music, including Haydn's String Quartet Op 20 No 1 (1st mvt), Debussy's Etude pour les octaves and ballet music by Prokofiev.

Fiona Talkington shares her choice of music. The Hagen Quartet perform the first movement of Haydn's String Quartet in Eb Op 20 No. 1, pianist Maurizio Pollini performs Debussy, and two waltzes from Prokofiev's Tale of the Stone Flower are performed by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra conducted by Neeme Jarvi.

2 hours

Last on

Sat 26 Feb 2011 07:00

Music Played

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Scherzo from Octet in Eb Op. 20

    Performer: Primavera Chamber Ensemble

    • Asv3066.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Vergnuegte ruh from the Cantata of that name BWV 170

    Performer: David Daniels (countertenor) Performer: The English Concert Performer: Harry Bickett (conductor)

    • Virgin 519037.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    2 waltzes from Tale of the Stone Flower

    Performer: Scottish National Orchestra Performer: Neeme Jarvi (conductor)

    • Chandos 1007.
  • Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

    Cantantibus Organis

    Performer: The Cardinall鈥檚 Musick Performer: Andrew Carwood (conductor)

    • Hyperion 67860.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Horn Concerto No. 3 in Eb K447

    Performer: Timothy Brown (horn) Performer: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Performer: Iona Brown (conductor)

    • Hanssler 98316.
  • Claude Debussy

    Etude pour les octaves

    Performer: Maurizio Pollini (piano)

    • DG 471359.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Cor di padre from Tamerlano

    Performer: Emma Kirkby (soprano) Performer: Brandenburg Consort Performer: Roy Goodman (Director)

    • Hyperion CDS 44271.
  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in Eb Op 20 No. 1: 1st mvt (Allegro moderato)

    Performer: Hagen Quartet

    • DG 439920.
  • Georges Bizet

    Entracte to Act 4 of Carmen

    Performer: Paris Opera Orchestra Performer: Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos (conductor)

    • EMI 367696.
  • Fran莽ois Couperin

    Les Nations (2ieme ordre): Rondeau; Bouree; Double de la bouree precedente; Passacaille

    Performer: Quadro Amsterdam

    • Teldec 93689.
  • William Walton

    Siesta

    Performer: Northern Sinfonia of England Performer: Richard Hickox (conductor)

    • EMI 566542.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Bacchanale from Samson and Delilah

    Performer: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Thomas Beecham (conductor)

    • EMI 67899.
  • Giuseppe Torelli

    Concerto for 4 Violins in A Minor

    Performer: Musica Antiqua Koln Performer: Reinhard Goebel (director)

    • ARCHIV 445 6122.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Keyboard Sonata in A major, Hob XVI:26

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)

    • EMI 556756.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    Largo al Factotum

    Performer: Netherlands Wind Ensemble

    • Philips 442654.

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  • Sat 26 Feb 2011 07:00

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