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Martha Argerich and Renaud Capuçon in Lausanne
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Renaud Capuçon conducts the Lausanne Chamber Orchestra with Martha Argerich as the soloist in Beethoven's second piano concerto, paired with Brahms's Serenade no 2. John Shea presents. 12:31 AM Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Coriolan, Op 62, overture Lausanne Chamber Orchestra, Renaud Capuçon (conductor) 12:39 AM Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Piano Concerto no 2 in B flat major, Op 19 Martha Argerich (piano), Lausanne Chamber Orchestra, Renaud Capuçon (conductor) 01:09 AM Robert Schumann (1810-1856) Traumes Wirren, from Fantasiestücke, Op 12 Martha Argerich (piano) 01:12 AM Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Gavotte, from English Suite no 3 in G minor, BWV.808 Martha Argerich (piano) 01:16 AM Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) Serenade no 2 in A major, Op 16 Lausanne Chamber Orchestra, Renaud Capuçon (conductor) 01:44 AM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Allegro Molto from Piano Sonata in D major, K.381 Martha Argerich (piano), Maria João Pires (piano) 01:48 AM Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Septet in E flat major, Op 20 Michel Lethiec (clarinet), Andre Cazalet (horn), Giorgio Mandolesi (bassoon), Agata Szymczewska (violin), Amihai Grosz (viola), Rafal Kwiatkowski (cello), Jurek Dybal (double bass) 02:31 AM Louis-Nicolas Clerambault (1676-1749) L'Isle de Delos (cantate profane) Isabelle Poulenard (soprano), Ensemble Amalia 02:52 AM Franz Schubert (1797-1828) 4 Impromptus, Op 142, D.935 Alfred Brendel (piano) 03:24 AM Frederick Delius (1862-1934) In a Summer Garden Argovia Philharmonic, Douglas Bostock (conductor) 03:40 AM Daniel Purcell (c.1663-1717) Sonata in F for recorder and harpsichord Antoni Sawicz (recorder), Robert Grac (harpsichord) 03:48 AM Frank Bridge (1879-1941) Four pieces for viola and piano Lise Berthaud (viola), Xénia Maliarevitch (piano) 03:59 AM Alice Mary Smith (1839-1884) The Masque of Pandora (Overture) BBC Concert Orchestra, Bramwell Tovey (conductor) 04:10 AM Jules Massenet (1842-1912) Manon, Act 1: Manon and Des Grieux recit and duet Lyne Fortin (soprano), Richard Margison (tenor), Orchestre Symphonique de Québec, Simon Streatfield (conductor) 04:18 AM Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), arr. Ferruccio Busoni Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV.659 Igor Levit (piano) 04:23 AM Giovanni Gabrieli (1557-1612) Canzon duodecimi toni à 8, C.174, from 'Sacrae symphoniae' Cardinal Complex, Jonas Gassmann (conductor) 04:31 AM Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) The Last rose of summer (Groves of Blarney) from Folksong arrangements Elizabeth Watts (soprano), Paul Turner (piano) 04:35 AM Franz Schubert (1797-1828), transc. Franz Liszt Ave Maria (S.558 no 12) Sylviane Deferne (piano) 04:42 AM Pieter Hellendaal (1721-1799) Solo (sonata) for cello and continuo in G major, Op 5 no 1 Jaap ter Linden (cello), Ageet Zweistra (cello), Ton Koopman (harpsichord) 04:51 AM Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) Eugene Onegin, Op 24 (Act 2: Introduction & waltz) BBC Philharmonic, Vassily Sinaisky (conductor) 04:59 AM Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart (1791-1844) Songs for Baritone and Piano Wolf Matthias Friedrich (baritone), Vera Kooper (piano) 05:09 AM Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) Violin Concerto in E minor, Op 64 Renaud Capuçon (violin), Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Paul McCreesh (conductor) 05:35 AM Plamen Djourov (b.1949) Two Ballades, nos I & IV Eolina Quartet 05:44 AM Adolf Fredrik Lindblad (1801-1878), Thekla Knös (lyricist) Drommarne Swedish Radio Choir, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Gustav Sjökvist (conductor) 06:01 AM Robert Schumann (1810-1856) Kinderszenen for piano, Op 15 Eun-Soo Son (piano) 06:20 AM Dorothy Howell (1898-1982) Two Pieces for Muted Strings BBC Symphony Orchestra, Michael Collins (conductor)

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