The perfect classical half hour
Episode m001nw6v, broadcast at Thursday 27th July 2023, 7:00pm.
“Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music. Today's selection includes music by Vivaldi, Glazunov, Richard Strauss, a rare gem from Moritz Moszkowski, a piece by Beethoven that deserves to be heard much more often and some glorious Poulenc to end with.”
Track listing
- 0:00 – Violin Concerto in F major, RV 283 (3rd mvt) (track 12, Vivaldi con moto: Carmignola, Accedemia Bizantina, Dantone)
- Composer Antonio Vivaldi
- Performer Giuliano Carmignola
- Orchestra Accademia Bizantina
- Conductor Ottavio Dantone
- 4:44 – Symphony no.5 in B flat major Op.55 (2nd mvt) (track 2, Glazunov: Symphony no.5/The Seasons)
- Composer Alexander Glazunov
- Orchestra Royal Scottish National Orchestra
- Conductor José Serebrier
- 9:31 – Cäcilie, Op.27 no.2 (track 05, Strauss: Four Last Songs etc.)
- Composer Richard Strauss
- Orchestra Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
- Conductor Kurt Masur
- Singer Jessye Norman
- 11:41 – Caprice espagnole, Op 37 (track 8, Louis Schwizgebel-Wang: Mendelssohn, Mozart, Moszkowski & Schulhoff)
- Composer Moritz Moszkowski
- Performer Louis Schwizgebel
- 18:23 – The Ruins of Athens, Op 113 (Overture) (track 1, Beethoven: Overtures: Sir Colin Davis)
- Composer Ludwig van Beethoven
- Orchestra Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor Colin Davis
- 23:21 – Piano Concerto in C sharp minor (2nd mvt) (track 102, Poulenc: Piano Concerto, Organ Concerto & Stabat Mater)
- Composer Francis Poulenc
- Conductor Yannick Nézet‐Séguin
- Orchestra London Philharmonic Orchestra
- Performer Alexandre Tharaud