Classical music for Pride Month, chosen by Rufus Wainwright
Episode m0020375, broadcast at Thursday 20th June 2024, 7:00pm.
“30 minutes of classical favourites all chosen specially by Rufus Wainwright for Pride Month including the Presentation of the Rose from Der Rosenkavalier, Glenn Gould performing Brahms, Brigitte Fassbaender singing Schubert's Winterreise and the final aria from Rufus' own opera, Prima Donna.”
Track listing
- 0:01 – Der Rosenkavalier: Act II Presentation of the Rose / Duet
- Orchestra Vienna Philharmonic
- Composer Richard Strauss
- Choir Vienna State Opera Choir
- Performer Sena Jurinac
- Performer Hilde Güden
- Conductor Erich Kleiber
- 5:26 – 3 Intermezzi Op.117 for piano: no.1 in E flat major; 'Schlummerlied'
- Composer Johannes Brahms
- Performer Glenn Gould
- 11:00 – Prima Donna Act II Scene 12: "Les feux d'artifice"
- Orchestra BBC Symphony Orchestra
- Composer Rufus Wainwright
- Performer Janis Kelly
- Conductor Jayce Ogren
- 15:40 – La Vergine degli angeli (La forza del destino)
- Composer Giuseppe Verdi
- Orchestra Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Choir Ambrosian Singers
- Performer Montserrat Caballé
- Conductor Anton Guadagno
- 19:06 – Piano Quartet in E flat Op.47 (3rd mvt) (track 7, Schumann: Piano Quintet, Op.22; Piano Quartet, Op. 47)
- Composer Robert Schumann
- Ensemble Emerson String Quartet
- Performer Menahem Pressler
- 26:17 – Der Leiermann (Winterreise D911)
- Composer Franz Schubert
- Performer Brigitte Fassbaender
- Performer Aribert Reimann