Queen of the Night

6 Aug 2020

Escapism

Classical, Music from stage & screen, Opera

Olympics, levity, legends and more – this program is designed to lift your spirits and take your mind off isolation, masks and sanitiser.

Playlist: 02 August 2020

• Vivaldi: L’Olimpiade: Del Destin non vi lagnate. Concerto Italiano/ Rinaldo Allesandrini.
• Beethoven: Marmotte. Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, bar.
• Barber: The Daisies, op.2 no.1. Leontyne Price, sop.
• Wagner: Parsifal: Prelude to Act I. Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra/ Sir Georg Solti.
• Chausson: Le Roi Arthur. Nouvel Orchestre Philharmonique/ Armin Jordan.
• Rachmaninov: Lilacs. Played by Rachmaninov.
• Nigel Hess: Ladies in Lavender. Joshua Bell, vln.
• Rudolf Friml: Rose-Marie: Indian Love Call. Jeanette MacDonald & Nelson Eddy.
• Haydn: String Quartet no.6 in C major: III. Adagio. Kodaly Quartet.
• Vaughan-Williams: Serenade to Music (opening). London Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus/ Sir Adrian Boult.
• Arvo Pärt: Lamentate: Fragile e conciliante (Fragile & Passive). Ralph van Raat, pno. Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic/ JoAnn Falletta.
• Shostakovich: The Gadfly Suite: VIII. Romance. Academy of St.Martin in the Fields/ Sir Neville Marriner.

 

Picture credit : Anish Kapoor – Marsyas 2002  … Ugly? Or not?

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