Passion and Contemplation
Episode m0008gty, broadcast at Tuesday 21st June 2022, 7:00pm, and Monday 16th September 2019, 7:00pm.
“This mixtape explores the extremes of emotion generated by music, from fiery passion to reflective contemplation, including Pavarotti in the role of an infamous duke, a farewell from Haydn and the piano wizardry of Yuja Wang in Rachmaninov.”
Track listing
- 0:07 – Symphony No.45 in F sharp minor 'Farewell'
- Composer Joseph Haydn
- Orchestra Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper
- Conductor Hermann Scherchen
- 4:21 – Keyboard Sonata in F sharp major, K 318
- Composer Domenico Scarlatti
- Performer Yevgeny Sudbin
- 10:27 – Allegro appassionato in B minor, Op 43 (track , Cellisimo: Mischa Maisky/Daria Hovora)
- Composer Camille Saint‐Saëns
- Performer Mischa Maisky
- Performer Daria Hovora
- 14:14 – La donna è mobile (Rigoletto) (track 1, Verdi: Famous Arias)
- Composer Giuseppe Verdi
- Singer Luciano Pavarotti
- Conductor Richard Bonynge
- Orchestra London Symphony Orchestra
- 16:31 – Orchestral Suite No 1 in C major, BWV 1066 (Bourrée 1 and 2) (track 11, J.S. Bach, Orchestral Suites, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra / Ton Koopman)
- Composer Johann Sebastian Bach
- Conductor Ton Koopman
- Orchestra Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra
- 18:52 – Symphony No 5 in E flat major, Op 82 (1st mvt) (track 5, Sibelius: Complete Symphonies/Three Late Fragments)
- Orchestra BBC Philharmonic
- Composer Jean Sibelius
- Conductor John Storgårds
- 23:54 – Piano Concerto no.3 in D minor Op.30 (3rd mvt)
- Orchestra Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor Gustavo Dudamel
- Composer Sergey Rachmaninov
- Performer Yuja Wang