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Strauss, Mozart, Britten

Fiona Talkington introduces music chosen by audience members, performers and staff during Cheltenham Music Festival earlier this year, including Elisabeth Schwarzkopf singing Strauss, Britten and Mahler's Adagietto. The author Alexander McCall Smith makes a guest request.

2 hours

Last on

Sun 29 Aug 2010 14:00

Music Played

  • Jan Garbarek

    Allting finns

    Performer: Jan Garbarek (saxophone), Hilliard Ensemble

    • ECM New Series 476 3855.
    • 3.
  • Lucilla Galeazzi

    Voglio una casa (I want a house)

    Performer: Lucilla Galeazzi (singer), L鈥橝rpeggiata, Christina Pluhar (director)

    • Alpha ALPHA512.
    • 1.
  • Robert Schumann

    Dichterliebe: No 1: Im wundersch枚nen Monat Mai

    Performer: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), J枚rg Demus (piano)

    • DG 477 5270 CD3.
    • 1.
  • Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse

    Gymnop茅die no 1,

    Performer: Pascal Rog茅 (piano)

    • Decca 458 105-2.
    • 1.
  • John Adams

    Gnarly Buttons for clarinet and small orchestra

    Performer: Michael Collins (clarinet), London Sinfonietta, John Adams (conductor)

    • Nonesuch 7559794652.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Trio for piano, violin and cello

    Performer: Beaux Arts Trio

    • Philips Classics 454 134-2.
    • 8 to 11.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Cos矛 fan tutte: Trio from Act 1, no 10, Soave sia il vento

    Performer: Hillevi Martinpelto (soprano), Alison Hagley (mezzo soprano), Thomas Allen (baritone), Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Simon Rattle (conductor)

    • EMI CDS5561702.
  • Benjamin Britten

    4 sea interludes (from Peter Grimes) Op.33a

    Performer: English Symphony Orchestra, William Boughton (conductor)

    • Nimbus NI5295.
    • 1 to 4.
  • Richard Strauss

    Four Last Songs: Im abendrot

    Performer: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, George Szell (conductor)

    • EMI CLASSICS 965941 2.
    • 4.
  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony no 5: Adagietto

    Performer: Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Georg Solti (conductor)

    • Decca 430 443-2.
    • 4.
  • Eric Whitacre

    Sleep

    Performer: Polyphony, Stephen Layton (conductor)

    • Hyperion CDA 67543.
    • 3.

Broadcast

  • Sun 29 Aug 2010 14:00