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28/08/2010

Jonathan Swain presents music, beginning with a performance of Verdi's Stiffelio, followed by Poulenc, Szymanowski, Stucken, Brahms, Mielck, Bach, Faure, Scarlatti and Mendelssohn.

Jonathan Swain presents rarities, archive and concert recordings from Europe's leading broadcasters

1:02 AM
Verdi, Giuseppe [1813-1901]
Stiffelio
Jose Cura (tenor: Stiffelio) Alastair Miles (Bass: Jorg) Roberto Frontali (Baritone: Stankar) Liora Grodnikaite (mezzo soprano: Dorotea) Reinaldo Macias (tenor: Raffaele) Nikola Matisic (tenor: Frederico) Sondra Radvanovsky (soprano: Lina) Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Mark Elder (conductor)

2:57 AM
Poulenc, Francis (1899-1963)
Improvisation No.1 in B minor [1932] - from [15] Improvisations for piano
Sae-Jung Kim (female) (piano)

3:01 AM
Szymanowski, Karol (1882-1937)
String Quartet No.2 (Op.56)
Silesian Quartet

3:19 AM
Stucken, Frank van der (1858-1929)
Sinfonischer Prolog zu Heinrich Heine's Trag脙露die 'William Ratcliff' [Symphonic prologue to Heinrich Heine's tragedy 'William Ratcliffe']
Vlaams Radio Orkest [Flemish Radio Orchestra], Bjarte Engeset (conductor)

3:48 AM
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897)
Der Tod, das ist die k脙录hle Nacht
Kevin McMillan (baritone), Michael McMahon (piano)

3:50 AM
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897)
Meerfahrt (Op.96 No.4)
Kevin McMillan (baritone), Michael McMahon (piano)

3:54 AM
Mielck, Ernst (1877-1899)
Concert piece for piano and orchestra (Op.9)
Liisa Pohjola (piano), Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Petri Sakari (conductor)

4:21 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
Sonata for organ in C major (BWV 529)
Juliusz Gembalski on organ of St Anne Church in Warsaw on 10.10.1992 (Organs in Poland)

4:36 AM
Faur脙漏, Gabriel (1845-1924)
Elegie for cello and orchestra (Op.24)
Shauna Rolston (cello), Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, Uri Mayer (conductor)

4:43 AM
Scarlatti, Domenico [1685-1757]
Sonata (Kk. 87) in B minor
Eduard Kunz (piano)

4:49 AM
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847)
Symphony for string orchestra in B minor, No.10
Ris脙露r Festival Strings

5:01 AM
Schumann, Robert [1810-1856]
Toccata for piano (Op.7) in C major
Francesco Piemontesi (Piano)

5:07 AM
Piazzolla, 脙聛stor Pantale脙鲁n (1921-1992)
Adios Noni脙卤o (tango)
Musica Camerata Montr脙漏al

5:16 AM
Smetana, Bedrich (1824-1884)
Overture - The Bartered Bride
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Jorge Mester (conductor)

5:23 AM
Locatelli, Pietro Antonio (1695-1764)
Violin Concerto in E flat (Op.7 No.6) "Il Pianto d'Arianna"
Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi (violin/director)

5:38 AM
Lutos脜聜awski, Witold [1913-1994] arr. Gregor Piatagorsky
5 Bukoliki [Bucolics]
Maxim Rysanov (viola), Kristina Blaumane (cello)

5:47 AM
Debussy, Claude (1862-1918)
Jeux - Po脙篓me Dans脙漏
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra; Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor)

6:05 AM
Strauss, Johann Jr (1825-1899) Kaiser-Walzer [Emperor Waltz] (Op.437) (1888) arr. Schoenberg (1925) for chamber ensemble
Canadian Chamber Ensemble, Raffi Armenian (conductor)

6:17 AM
Gershwin, George (1898-1937)
Symphonic Suite from Porgy and Bess
[William Tritt (piano)], Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra, Boris Brott (conductor)

6:43 AM
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809)
Trio for keyboard and strings in G minor (H.XV.19)
Katharine Gowers (violin), Adrian Brendel (cello), Paul Lewis (piano).

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