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Classical music live in the studio

Sean Rafferty is joined by conductor Suzi Digby, to hear about the latest projects of her vocal group ORA Singers. Writer Daisy Goodwin also joins Sean, to talk about her new novel about Maria Callas, 'Diva', and there's live music from guitarist Jack Hancher.

2 hours

Last on

Wed 13 Mar 2024 17:00

Music Played

  • Henry Purcell

    Sound The Trumpet (Come Ye Sons of Art, Z. 323)

    Singer: James Bowman. Singer: Michael Chance. Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Purcell Essentials.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 12.
  • Camille Saintâ€Saëns

    Danse Macabre Op.40

    Performer: Andrés Cárdenes. Orchestra: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Lorin Maazel.
    • Saint-Saens: Organ Symphony/Tone Poems: Pittsburgh Symphony/Maazel.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 6.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    Vissi d'arte (Tosca)

    Singer: Maria Callas. Orchestra: La Scala Orchestra, Milan. Conductor: Victor de Sabata.
    • EMI.
  • Christoph Willibald Gluck

    Alceste; Act 1 scene 7; Divinites du Styx

    Singer: Maria Callas.
    • Best of Maria Callas.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.
  • Louise Farrenc

    Clarinet Trio in E flat major, Op 44 (3rd mvt, Minuetto: Allegro)

    Ensemble: Linos Ensemble.
    • Louise Farrenc: Piano Trios, Sextet.
    • CPO.
    • 10.
  • Malcolm Arnold

    Ballade for piano and orchestra arr Lane (Stolen Face)

    Performer: Phillip Dyson. Music Arranger: Philip Lane. Orchestra: Â鶹Éç Philharmonic. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • The Film Music of Sir Malcolm Arnold, Vol. 2: Â鶹Éç Philharmonic/Gamba.
    • Chandos.
    • 17.
  • Sally Beamish

    In the Stillness

    Ensemble: ORA. Conductor: Suzi Digby.
  • Frank Ferko

    Reflection on Thomas Tallis's 'If ye love me'

    Ensemble: ORA. Director: Suzi Digby.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • William Byrd

    Agnus Dei (Mass for 5 voices)

    Choir: ORA. Conductor: Suzi Digby.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Thomas Morley

    My bonny lasse shee smyleth

    Music Arranger: Mark Kroll. Ensemble: Canadian Brass.
    • Canadian Brass: English Renaissance Music.
    • CBS.
  • Scott Joplin

    The Entertainer

    Music Arranger: Itzhak Perlman. Performer: Itzhak Perlman. Performer: André Previn.
    • Scott Joplin: The Easy Winners: Previn, Perlman.
    • EMI.
    • 6.
  • Richard Rodgers

    Carousel Waltz (Carousel)

    Music Arranger: Edward Benson Powell. Music Arranger: Gus Levene. Lyricist: Oscar Hammerstein II. Orchestra: John Wilson Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • The Best of The John Wilson Orchestra.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 13.
  • Rebecca Clarke

    Down by the Salley Gardens

    Performer: Susie Allan. Singer: Roderick Williams.
    • A Birthday Garland.
    • SOMM Recordings.
    • 106.
  • Grace Williams

    2 Welsh Folk Songs: No. 1, Jim Cro

    Performer: Susie Allan. Singer: Roderick Williams.
    • A Birthday Garland.
    • SOMM Recordings.
    • 107.
  • Claude Debussy

    La Fille aux cheveux de lin

    Performer: Jack Hancher.
  • Arthur Sullivan

    When the night wind howls (Ruddigore)

    Librettist: W. S. Gilbert. Singer: Bryn Terfel. Choir: Radiokören. Orchestra: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Daniel.
    • Bryn Terfel: Bad Boys; Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 8.
  • Stephen Dodgson

    Etude No 2

    Performer: Jack Hancher.
  • Erik Satie

    Gnossienne no.1 in F minor

    Performer: Jack Hancher.
  • Federico Mompou

    Cancion No 6

    Performer: Jack Hancher.
  • Isaac Albéniz

    Capricho Catalan (from Espana Op. 165)

    Performer: Jack Hancher.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in B minor for 4 violins, RV 580

    Ensemble: Brecon Baroque. Director: Rachel Podger.
    • CHANNEL CLASSICS.
  • Francis Poulenc

    Improvisation No 8 in A minor

    Performer: Lucille Chung.
    • Stephen Hough's French Album.
    • hyperion.
    • 012.
  • Gustav Holst

    Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity (The Planets, Op.32)

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski.
    • London Philharmonic Orchestra - Holst The Planets - Vladimir Jurowski Conductor.
    • LPO.
    • 4.

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