30 minutes of classical inspiration
Episode m001vtpg, broadcast at Wednesday 7th February 2024, 7:00pm.
“Tonight's Classical Mixtape opens with music for wind by Zemlinsky, followed by solo JS Bach and orchestral Dvorak. Accordionist and Radio 3 New Generation Artist Ryan Corbett plays his arrangement of Verdi's Prelude to La Traviata, leading into a Song Without Words by Mendelssohn, and Mozart's Adagio for violin and orchestra played by Baibe Skride. The sequence ends with a Peruvian dance, a Cachua, and music from Prokofiev's score to Cinderella. Producer: Rebecca Bean”
Track listing
- 0:00 – Humoreske (track 7, French Music for Winds)
- Ensemble Les Vents Français
- Composer Alexander von Zemlinsky
- 4:08 – Partita No 1 in B flat major for keyboard, BWV 825 (Gigue) (track 7, J.S. Bach: 6 Partitas, BWV 825-830, Vladimir Ashkenazy)
- Composer Johann Sebastian Bach
- Performer Vladimir Ashkenazy
- 6:04 – Slavonic Dance in B flat major, Op 72 No 6 (track 6, Dvorak: Slavonic Dances etc.: RPO/Detroit SO/Dorati)
- Conductor Antal Doráti
- Composer Antonín Dvořák
- Orchestra Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- 9:53 – Prelude to La Traviata
- Composer Giuseppe Verdi
- Performer Ryan Corbett
- 13:12 – Song without Words in E major, Op 19 No 1
- Composer Felix Mendelssohn
- Performer Murray Perahia
- 16:19 – Adagio in E Major, K. 261 (track 301, Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos. 1-5)
- Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Performer Baiba Skride
- Conductor Eivind Aadland
- Orchestra Swedish Chamber Orchestra
- 22:04 – Cachua (track 10, Villancicos y danzas criollas 1550-1750: Hesperion XXI/Savall)
- Conductor Jordi Savall
- Ensemble Hespèrion XXI
- Composer Anon.
- 26:15 – Happiness - Cinderella (Waltz Suite, Op.110)
- Conductor Neeme Järvi
- Orchestra Royal Scottish National Orchestra
- Composer Sergei Prokofiev