In memoriam of Nicolai Gedda (11 July 1925 – 8 January 2017)

Nikolai Gedda

1. Mozart - Aria Ottavio from 'Don Giovanni'
2. Donizetti - Aria Nemorino from 'L'elisir d'amore'
3. Mozart - Aria Tamino from 'Die Zauberflöte'
4. Tchaikovsky - Aria Lenski from 'Eugene Onegin'
5. Вечерний звон (Алябьев-Козлов)
6. Выхожу один я на дорогу (Шашина-Лермонтов)
7. Как пойду я на быструю речку (русская народная песня)
8. Однозвучно гремит колокольчик (русская народная песня)
9. Вот мчится тройка почтовая (русская народная песня)
10. Вдоль по улице метелица метёт (русская народная песня)
11. Глинка - Ах, ты душечка
12. Глинка-Пушкин - Не пой красавица при мне
13. Глинка-Кукольник - Сомнение
14. Глинка-Пушкин - Я помню чудное мгновенье
15. Рахманинов-Бекетова - Сирень
16. Чайковский-А.К.Толстой - Средь шумного бала
17. Чайковский-Мей из Гейне - Отчего
18. Верди - Песенка герцога из оперы Риголетто

(Recording Melodiya) MP3 + cue

Beatrice Rana - Bach, J.S. Goldberg Variations (16.01.2017-Live-London) FLAC

Wigmore Hall Mondays: Beatrice Rana
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

From Wigmore Hall in London, pianist and Radio 3 New Generation Artist Beatrice Rana plays Bach's mighty Goldberg Variations.
Monday 16 January 2017 1:00PM

Bach: Goldberg Variations

Beatrice Rana (piano)

23-year-old Italian Rana, a silver medallist at the 2013 Van Cliburn Competition, is one of the most talked-about pianists to have appeared on the scene in recent years, and joined the Radio 3 New Generation Artist in 2015. Since then Gramophone magazine has described her as an artist who 'possesses an old soul that belies her years, and more than a touch of genius'.

Julia Lezhneva (09.04.2016-Live-Budapest) FLAC

Julia Lezhneva (soprano) and La Voce Strumentale concert
Conductor and violinist Dmitry Sinkovsky
1. Telemann: Violin Concerto in B flat major,
2. Handel: a) Pugneran noi con le stelle, b) Per dar pregio - aria
3. Vivaldi: Concerto for Mandolin, strings in C Major RV.425,
4. Handel: Salve Regina,
5. Vivaldi:
a) Violin Concerto in D minor, RV. 242,
b) Zeffiretti, che sussurrate - aria
6. Handel: Un pensiero di pace nemico - aria
7. Corelli: Concerto Grosso in B flat major Op 11, No. 6,
8. Handel: Tu del Ciel Ministro Eletto, aria (Lezhneva)
(Academy of Music Hall,
2016, April 9)

Shostakovich. S10 - Sakari Oramo (03.02.2017-Live-London) FLAC

BBC Symphony Orchestra - Kabalevsky, Michael Zev Gordon, Shostakovich
Radio 3 in Concert

Sakari Oramo conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican in an evening of Kabalevsky, Shostakovich's Tenth Symphony and the premiere of Michael Zev Gordon's Violin Concerto, with soloist Carolin Widmann.

Recorded on 3 February 2017.

19.30
Dmitri Kabalevsky: Colas Breugnon (Overture)
Michael Zev Gordon: Violin Concerto (BBC commission: world premiere)

20.00 Interval
Robert Schumann: Violin Sonata No.1 in a minor Op.105
Carolin Widmann (violin), Dénes Várjon (piano)

20.20
Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No 10 in E minor

Thrills and high drama are guaranteed with Kabalevsky's rip-roaring overture and Shostakovich's powerful Tenth Symphony, all conducted by the BBC Symphony Orchestra's Chief Conductor Sakari Oramo. Kabalevsky's piece, full of fizz and pop, is followed by a very different work, Michael Zev Gordon's new violin concerto - a work of rich lyrical power with bold contrasts of colour and expression - and performed here with the acclaimed German violinist Carolin Widmann.
Shostakovich's Tenth Symphony, a heartfelt cry for freedom written under the looming presence of Joseph Stalin, is one of the 20th century's most shattering symphonic experiences.

Peter Oundjian - Bruckner.S7 (02.09.2015-Live-London) FLAC

Prom 63 (part 1): Messiaen, Mozart and Bruckner
BBC Proms, 2015 Season, Prom 63 Episode 1 of 2

Peter Oundjian conducts the Royal Scottish National Orchestra in Bruckner's 7th Symphony, and Igor Levit joins them for Mozart's Piano concerto No.27 in B flat, live from the Proms.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London, 02.09.2015

Messiaen: Hymne
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 27 in B flat major, K595

8.25pm:
INTERVAL - see separate billing

8.55pm:
Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 in E major

Igor Levit (piano)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Peter Oundjian (conductor)

Former BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist Igor Levit made his Proms debut at a Cadogan Hall chamber music recital in 2012. Now he makes his Proms concerto debut in Mozart's poignantly delicate No. 27, completing this year's series of late great Mozart piano concertos. Delicacy gives way to orchestral weight and heft in Bruckner's popular Seventh Symphony, its beautiful Adagio a tribute to Wagner, and a finale that, according to composer Robert Simpson, 'blends solemnity and humour in festive grandeur'.

Pavel Kolesnikov (6 Oct 2016-Live-London) FLAC

LSO St Luke's - Mozart and Tchaikovsky Episode 2 of 4

In the second of this week's concerts from LSO St Luke's pairing Tchaikovsky with his great idol Mozart, pianist Pavel Kolesnikov performs a selection of their shorter pieces, including Mozart's Variations on a theme of Gluck, K455.

Tchaikovsky: Barcarolle ('June'), from 'The Seasons'
Tchaikovsky: Valse-Scherzo No 1 in A major, Op 7
Mozart: Menuet in D, K355
Tchaikovsky: Impromptu-Caprice in G
Mozart: Gigue in G, K574
Tchaikovsky: Dumka, Op 59
Tchaikovsky: Humoresque, Op 10 No 2
Mozart: Variations on a theme by Gluck, K455
Tchaikovsky: Aveu passionné

Pavel Kolesnikov (piano).

Krzysztof Penderecki - Verdi. Requiem (29.03.2013-Live-Warsaw) FLAC

Friday, 29 March 2013
7:30 pm
Warsaw Philharmonic - Concert Hall

description:Concert celebrating the 200th anniversary of the birth of Giuseppe Verdi
Concert under the Honorary Patronage of the Ambassador of the Republic of Italy
artists:Maria Luigia Borsi – soprano
Tea Demurishvili – mezzo-soprano
Gianluca Zampieri – tenor
Nikolay Didenko – bass
Krzysztof Penderecki – conductor
Henryk Wojnarowski – choir master
Warsaw Philharmonic Choir
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra