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Gluck's Iphigenie en Tauride

Jonathan Swain's selection features a performance of Gluck's opera Iphigenie en Tauride given in Poland.

A performance of Gluck's opera Iphig茅nie en Tauride from Poland, presented by Jonathan Swain.

12:32 AM
Gluck, Christoph Willibald [1714-1787], Guillard, Nicolas-Francois (1752-1814) librettist after Euripides (480-406 BC)
Iphig茅nie en Tauride (Iphigenia in Tauris), Acts 1 & 2
Iphig茅nie ..... Helena Juntunen (soprano)
Oreste ..... David Pershall (baritone)
Pylade ..... Eric Barry (tenor)
Thoas ..... George Mosley (bass)
Priestess ..... Anna Destra毛l (soprano)
Priestess/Greek woman ..... Laura Holm (soprano)
A Scythian ..... Beno卯t Deney (tenor)
Minister ..... Guillaume Durand (bass)
Marek Toporowski, harpsichord
Polish Radio Chorus
Izabela Polakowska (chorus director)
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Lukasz Borowicz (conductor)

1:30 AM
Iphig茅nie en Tauride (Iphigenia in Tauris), Acts 3 & 4

2:13 AM
Gossec, Fran莽ois-Joseph (1734-1829)
Symphony in D major (Op.5 No.3) 'Pastorella'
Tafelmusik Orchestra, Jeanne Lamon (conductor)

2:31 AM
Cherubini, Luigi [1760-1842]
Requiem Mass No. 1 in C minor for chorus and orchestra (脿 la m茅moire de Louis XVI)
Slovenian Radio & Television Chamber Choir, Slovenian Radio Television Symphony Orchestra, Pavle De拧palj (conductor)

3:16 AM
Haydn, Joseph [1732-1809]
String Quartet in D major (Op.64, No.5) (Hob.III.63) "Lark"
Danish String Quartet

3:34 AM
Svendsen, Johan (1840-1911)
Carnival in Paris - Overture/Episode for orchestra (Op.9)
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Ole Kristian Ruud (conductor)

3:47 AM
Offenbach, Jacques (1819-1880) arr. Max Woltag
Belle nuit (Barcarolle from Contes d'Hoffmann) arr. for violin, cello & piano
Moshe Hammer (violin), Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi (cello), William Tritt (piano)

3:50 AM
Bizet, Georges (1838-1875)
Au fond du temple saint (from 'The Pearl Fishers')
Mark Dubois (tenor), Mark Pedrotti (baritone), Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Orchestra, Raffi Armenian (conductor)

3:55 AM
Fran莽aix, Jean (1912-1997)
Le gai Paris for wind ensemble
The Wind Ensemble of the Hungarian Radio Orchestra

4:06 AM
Chopin, Fryderyk [1810-1849]
Berceuse in D flat (Op.57)
Anastasia Vorotnaya (piano)

4:11 AM
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828); transcribed by Liszt, Franz [1811-1886]
Auf dem Wasser zu singen (D.744) arr. Liszt for piano
Anastasia Vorotnaya (piano)

4:15 AM
Debussy, Claude [1862-1918] orchestrated by Ravel, Maurice [1875-1937]
Tarantelle styrienne (Danse), orch. Ravel
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jerzy Maksymiuk (conductor)

4:22 AM
Gounod, Charles (1818-1893)
Overture to Mireille
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra in Bratislava, Oliver Dohn谩nyi (conductor)

4:31 AM
Gluck, Christoph Willibald (1714-1787)
Dance of the Furies from 'Orfeo ed Euridice', Act 2
Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, Mario Bernardi (conductor)

4:35 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
10 Variations in G on the aria 'Unser dummer P枚bel meint' from the opera 'La rencontre impr茅vue' by Christoph Willibald Gluck (K.455)
Shai Wosner (piano)

4:49 AM
Salieri, Antonio (1750-1825)
Sinfonia in D major 'Veneziana'
Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Fabio Biondi (conductor)

4:59 AM
Spohr, Louis (1784-1859)
Fantasie and variations on a theme of Danzi in B flat (Op.81) (vers. clarinet & string quartet)
Joze Kotar (clarinet), Slovene Philharmonic String Quartet

5:06 AM
Haydn, Joseph [1732-1809]
Quartet for strings (Op.77'1) in G major Hob III/81 "Lobkowitz"
Fine Arts Quartet

5:32 AM
Gluck, Christoph Willibald (1714-1787)
Ballet music: 'Dances of the Blessed Spirits' - from 'Orph茅e et Euridice'
Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Paul Dyer (conductor)

5:40 AM
Cherubini, Luigi (1760-1842)
Ballet music from 'Anakreon'
Radio Bratislava Symphony Orchestra, Ondrej Lenard (conductor)

5:48 AM
Lully, Jean-Baptiste (1632-1687)
Le Bourgeois gentilhomme - suite
Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, Terje T酶nnesen (conductor)

6:07 AM
Handel, Georg Frideric [1685-1759]
"Solitudini amate" (Beloved solitude)
Sophie Boulin (Roxana, soprano), La Petite Bande, Sigswald Kuijken (director)

6:14 AM
Boulogne, Joseph - Chevalier de Saint-Georges (c.1748-1799)
Ouverture to the opera 'L'amant anonyme' (1780)
Tafelmusik Orchestra, Jeanne Lamon (conductor)

6:22 AM
Rameau, Jean-Philippe [1683-1764]
Gavotte in A minor
Alexander Romanovsky (piano).

6 hours

Music Played

  • Christoph Willibald Gluck

    Iphig茅nie en Tauride (Iphigenia in Tauris), Acts 1 & 2

    Performer: Marek Toporowski. Librettist: Nicolas-Fran莽ois Guillard. Author: 螘蠀蟻喂蟺委未畏蟼. Singer: Helena Juntunen. Singer: David Pershall. Singer: Eric Barry. Singer: George Mosley. Singer: Anna Destrael. Singer: Laura Holm. Singer: Benoit Deney. Singer: Guillaume Durand. Choir: Polish Radio Chorus. Orchestra: Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Izabela Polakowska. Conductor: Lukasz Borowicz.
  • Christoph Willibald Gluck

    Iphig茅nie en Tauride (Iphigenia in Tauris), Acts 3 & 4

    Librettist: Nicolas-Fran莽ois Guillard. Author: 螘蠀蟻喂蟺委未畏蟼. Singer: Helena Juntunen. Choir: Polish Radio Chorus. Orchestra: Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Lukasz Borowicz.
  • Fran莽ois-Joseph Gossec

    Symphony in D major 'Pastorella'

    Orchestra: Tafelmusik. Conductor: Jeanne Lamon.
    • CACBC.
  • Luigi Cherubini

    Requiem Mass for chorus and orchestra no 1 in C minor

    Choir: Slovenian Chamber Choir. Conductor: Toma啪 Faganel. Orchestra: RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Pavle De拧palj.
    • SIRTVS.
  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in D major, Op 64 no 5 (Hob.III.63) "Lark"

    Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.
    • PLPR.
  • Johan Svendsen

    Carnival in Paris, Op 9

    Ensemble: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Ole Kristian Ruud.
    • NONRK.
  • Jacques Offenbach

    Belle Nuit (Barcarolle from Contes d'Hoffmann)

    Performer: Moshe Hammer. Performer: Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi. Performer: William Tritt. Music Arranger: Max Woltag.
    • CACBC.
  • Georges Bizet

    Au fond du temple saint (from 'The Pearl Fishers')

    Singer: Mark Dubois. Singer: Mark Pedrotti. Orchestra: Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Raffi Armenian.
    • CACBC.
  • Jean Fran莽aix

    Le Gai Paris for wind ensemble

    Orchestra: Hungarian Radio Orchestra.
    • HUMR.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Berceuse in D flat major, Op 57

    Performer: Anastasia Vorotnaya.
    • CZCR.
  • Franz Schubert

    Auf dem wasser zu singen, D744

    Performer: Anastasia Vorotnaya.
    • CZCR.
  • Claude Debussy

    Tarantelle styrienne

    Music Arranger: Maurice Ravel. Orchestra: Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jerzy Maksymiuk.
    • PLPR.
  • Charles Gounod

    Overture to Mireille

    Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Oliver von Dohn谩nyi.
    • SKSR.
  • Christoph Willibald Gluck

    Dance of the Furies from "Orfeo ed Euridice", Act 2

    Orchestra: Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Mario Bernardi.
    • CACBC.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    10 Variations on 'Unser dummer Pobel meint', K455

    Performer: Shai Wosner.
    • GB成人快手.
  • Antonio Salieri

    Sinfonia in D major 'Veneziana'

    Orchestra: Stavanger Symfoniorkester. Conductor: Fabio Biondi.
    • NONRK.
  • Louis Spohr

    Fantasie and variations on a theme of Danzi in B flat, Op 81

    Performer: Joze Kotar. Ensemble: Slovene Philharmonic String Quartet.
    • SIRTVS.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Quartet for strings in G major Hob III:81 'Lobkowitz'

    Ensemble: Fine Arts Quartet.
    • DKDR.
  • Christoph Willibald Gluck

    Dance of the Blessed Spirits - dance music from 'Orph茅e et Euridice'

    Orchestra: Australian Brandenburg Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Dyer.
    • AUABC.
  • Luigi Cherubini

    Ballet music from Anacreon

    Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ondrej Len谩rd.
    • SKSR.
  • Jean鈥怋aptiste Lully

    Le Bourgeois gentilhomme - suite

    Orchestra: Norwegian Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Terje Tonnesen.
    • NONRK.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Alessandro (excerpt 'Solitudini amate')

    Singer: Sophie Boulin. Ensemble: La Petite Bande. Director: Sigswald Kuijken.
  • Chevalier de Saint-Georges Joseph Bologne

    Overture to the opera "L'amant anonyme" (1780)

    Orchestra: Tafelmusik. Conductor: Jeanne Lamon.
    • CACBC.
  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    EXPIRED Gavotte in A minor

    Performer: Alexander Romansky.

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  • Wed 26 Aug 2015 00:30

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