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Lorcan Murray's Classic Drive Thursday 26 May 2022
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16:00
Title: 3 Preludes (1st movement) Allegro
Composer: Gershwin, George
Performer(s): Gil Shaham (violin)
Album: Gil Shaham: American Scenes
Duration: 1:27
16:03
Title: Salut d'Amour Op.12
Composer: Elgar, Edward
Performer(s): Pinchas Zuckerman (violin)
Album: Vaughan Williams - Elgar - Pinchas Zukerman/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Duration: 3:19
16:06
Title: Prelude From Partita No.3
Composer: Bach, Johann Sebastian
Performer(s): Catrin Finch (Harp)
Album: Catrin Finch The Harpist
Duration: 4:02
16:10
Title: Butterfly's Day Out
Composer: O Connor, Mark
Performer(s): Yo-Yo Ma (cello)
Album: Yo-Yo Ma / Edgar Meyer / Mark O Connor / Appalachia Waltz
Duration: 4:42
16:16
Title: Zapateado Op.23 No.2
Composer: Sarasate, Pablo de
Performer(s): Paul Tortelier (cello)
Album: Paul Tortelier - Encores
Duration: 3:45
16:21
Title: Mattinata
Composer: Leoncavallo, Ruggero
Performer(s): Jonas Kauffmann (tenor)
Album: An Italian Night - Jonas Kaufmann
Duration: 2:03
16:23
Title: La Fille au Cheveux de Lin (The Girl with the Flaxen Hair)
Composer: Debussy, Claude
Performer(s): Emma Johnson (clarinet)
Album: The Essential Emma Johnson (Recordno: CD DCS 238)
Duration: 2:21
16:27
Title: Hungarian Dance No.8 in A minor
Composer: Brahms, Johannes
Performer(s): Katia Labeque
Album: Katia & Marielle Labeque - 3 Classic Albums
Duration: 2:37
16:33
Title: Gaite Parisienne - Valse lente
Composer: Offenbach, Jacques
Performer(s): Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Album: Offenbach Gaite Parisienne Gounod Faust Ballet Music Rossini / Respighi Rossiniana
Duration: 3:12
16:38
Title: The Four Seasons (Le Quattro Stagioni) for strings with piano - III. L’Estate (Summer)
Composer: Verdi, Giuseppe arr Luigi Pecchia
Performer(s): I Musici
Album: Le Quattro Stagioni (The Four Seasons)
Duration: 6:39
16:46
Title: Hora Staccato
Composer: Dinicu/ Heifet
Performer(s): Gwendolyn Masin (violin)
Album: Origin - Gwendolyn Masin
Duration: 2:42
16:49
Title: Raindrop Prelude
Composer: Chopin, Frederic
Performer(s): Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)
Album: Vladimir Ashkenazy- Favourite Chopin
Duration: 5:19
16:56
Title: Concerto for two violins and strings in A minor (3rd movement) Allegro
Composer: Vivaldi, Antonio
Performer(s): Daniel Hope (Violin)
Album: Daniel Hope - My Tribute to Yehudi Menuhin
Duration: 2:51
17:00
Title: Nuovo Cinema Paradiso
Composer: Morricone, Ennio
Performer(s): Prague Philharmonia
Album: The Very Best of Summer Classics
Duration: 3:09
17:04
Title: Forlana
Composer: Finzi, Gerald
Performer(s): Emma Johnson (clarinet)
Album: Emma Johnson Voyage
Duration: 2:58
17:07
Title: Cello Sonata No. 3 in A major, Op. 69 - ii. Scherzo. Allegro molto in A minor
Composer: Beethoven, Ludvig van
Performer(s): Robert Koenig (piano)
Album: Beethoven the Conquering Hero - Complete Works For Cello & Piano
Duration: 5:54
17:14
Title: The Queen of the West/ Eleanor Plunkett
Composer: Traditional / Carolan
Performer(s): Kathleen Loughnane (harp)
Album: Masters Of The Irish Harp
Duration: 3:42
17:19
Title: Concerto No.1 for Piano and Orchestra in E flat major (4th movement) Allegro mariazle animato / Presto
Composer: Liszt, Franz
Performer(s): Yundi Li (piano)
Album: Chopin / Liszt: Piano Concerto No.1 - Yundi Li
Duration: 4:13
17:27
Title: Matinees musicales (3rd movement) Waltz
Composer: Britten, Benjamin
Performer(s): National Philharmonic Orchestra
Album: Britten
Duration: 1:52
17:33
Title: The Silken Ladder Overture
Composer: Rossini, Gioachino
Performer(s): Polish Chamber Orchestra
Album: Best-Loved Classics 7
Duration: 5:25
17:40
Title: Fantasie for Bassoon and Orchestra (3rd movement) - Polacca
Composer: Kreutzer, Conradin
Performer(s): Karen Geoghegan (bassoon)
Album: Bassoon Concertos - Geoghegan / BBC Philharmonic /Noseda
Duration: 3:03
17:43
Title: Holberg Suite (4th movement) Air
Composer: Grieg, Edvard
Performer(s): London Symphony Orchestra
Album: 100 Relaxing Classics (Recordno: CD5575)
Duration: 5:49
17:51
Title: Romance for Violin and Piano No.3 in B flat major Liedenschaftlich schnell
Composer: Schumann, Clara
Performer(s): Lisa Batiashvili (violin)
Album: Lisa Batiashvili : Johannes Brahms, Clara Schumann
Duration: 3:53
17:57
Title: Clarinet Concerto in A (2nd movement) Adagio
Composer: Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
Performer(s): Michael Collins (clarinet)
Album: Works for Clarinet and Orchestra
Duration: 7:17
18:09
Title: Spanish Dance
Composer: Falla, Manuel de
Performer(s): Joshua Bell (violin)
Album: Not Available (Record No: 4178911913)
Duration: 3:39
18:13
Title: Sonata in F Sharp
Composer: Soler, Antonio
Performer(s): Stephen Hough (piano)
Album: Stephen Hough's Spanish Album (Recordno: Cda67565)
Duration: 5:23
18:19
Title: Hary Janos Suite: V. Intermezzo
Composer: Kodaly, Zoltan
Performer(s): London Philharmonic Orchestra & Sir Georg Solti
Album: Kodaly: Hary Janos Suite
Duration: 4:44
18:24
Title: Flight of the Bumble Bee
Composer: Rimsky Korsakov, Nikolay
Performer(s): Michael Rabin (violin)
Album: Ultimate Violin Collection: Kennedy / Menhuin / Chang
Duration: 1:15
18:25
Title: Ain't Misbehavin
Composer: Waller, Thomas Fats
Performer(s): Django Reinhardt (Guitar) & Stephane Grappelli (Violin)
Album: Django Reinhardt & Stephane Grappelli - I Got Rhythm! (Recordno: PRCD 78110)
Duration: 2:58
18:34
Title: Symphonie Espagnole (2nd movement) Scherzando
Composer: Lalo, Edouard
Performer(s): Tasmin Little (violin)
Album: Tasmin Little: Scottish Fantasy / Symphony Espagnole
Duration: 4:27
18:39
Title: Duo for Two Cellos
Composer: Martinu, Bohuslav
Performer(s): Steven Isserlis (cello)
Album: Cello World - Steven Isserlis
Duration: 1:03
18:45
Title: Studio No.11 in E minor - Allegro moderato
Composer: Sor, Fernando
Performer(s): William Carter (guitar)
Album: Fernando Sor Early Works - William Carter (guitar)
Duration: 3:07
18:49
Title: Symphony No.1 C-Minor Op.11 (2nd Movement) Andante
Composer: Mendelssohn, Felix
Performer(s): Irish Chamber Orchestra
Album: Mendelssohn/Widmann
Duration: 6:05
18:56
Title: A soft day, thank God!
Composer: Boyle, Ina
Performer(s): Robin Tritschler (tenor)
Album: Ina Boyle: Songs
Duration: 1:30