Intensely expressive music with pianist Jonathan Biss
Pianist Jonathan Biss opens up a colourful selection of music from the inside - revealing familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light.
Pianist Jonathan Biss lines up an intensely expressive selection of choices, beginning with thoughts on the parallels between Schubert and Schumann - their poetic way of writing and their ability to convey human loneliness.
There are also dramatic and moving arias from Bach and Verdi, and a delicate, yet powerful piece, by a composer who Jonathan feels is often unfairly maligned, Arnold Schoenberg.
Jonathan is also struck by how lyrics can add another potent layer to music, and chooses tracks by Simon and Garfunkel and Joni Mitchell to demonstrate this.
A series in which each week a musician reveals a selection of music - from the inside.
A Tandem Production for ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio 3
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Franz Schubert
Litanei auf das Fest aller Seelen, D343
Performer: Dalton Baldwin. Singer: Gérard Souzay.- TESTAMENT.
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Franz Schubert
Symphony No. 9 - 2nd movement
Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: George Szell.- SONY.
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Robert Schumann
Sehr aufgereft and Sehr langsam from Kreisleriana, Op. 16
Performer: Martha Argerich.- DG.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Soave sia il vento from Cosi fan Tutte
Singer: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf. Singer: Christa Ludwig. Singer: Walter Donich. Orchestra: Philharmonia. Conductor: Karl Bohm.- EMI.
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Simon & Garfunkel
Bleecker Street
- CBS.
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Johannes Brahms
Piano Quartet in A major, Op. 26 - 1st movement - Allgro non troppo
Performer: Walter Trampler. Ensemble: Beaux Arts Trio.- PHILIPS.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Schlummert ein, ihr matten Augen from Cantata BWV82
Singer: Lorraine Hunt Lieberson. Orchestra: Emmanuel Music Orchestra. Conductor: Craig Smith.- NONESUCH.
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Arnold Schoenberg
Heimweh from Pierrot Lunaire, Op. 21
Ensemble: Contemporary Chamber Ensemble. Conductor: Jan DeGaetani.- NONESUCH.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Clarinet Quintet, K. 581 - 1st movement
Performer: Harold Wright. Performer: Alexander Schneider. Performer: Isidore Cohen. Performer: Samuel Rhodes. Performer: Leslie Parnas.- SONY.
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Giuseppe Verdi
E amabile invero cotal giovinotto from Rigoletto
Singer: Maria Callas. Singer: Adriana Lazzarini. Singer: Nicola Zaccaria. Orchestra: Orchestra of La Scala, Milan. Orchestra: Orchestra of La Scala, Milan. Choir: Chorus of La Scala, Milan. Choir: Chorus of La Scala, Milan. Conductor: Tullio Serafin. Conductor: Tullio Serafin.- WARNER.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 'Appassionata' - Allegro assai
Performer: Rudolf Serkin.- CBS.
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Joni Mitchell
Both Sides Now
- REPRISE.
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Robert Schumann
Requiem, Op. 90 No. 7
Performer: Roger Vignoles. Singer: Bernarda Fink.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Violin Partita No. 3 in E major, BWV1006 - Gigue
Performer: Miriam Fried.- NIMBUS.
Broadcast
- Sat 25 Jan 2020 13:00³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio 3