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Radio 3,20 Sep 2026,360 mins

Rimsky-Korsakov and Mussorgsky from Budapest

Through the Night

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Baritone Mihai Damian joins the Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and conductor Domonkos Héja in Mussorgsky's Songs and Dances of Death. The orchestra also plays Rimsky-Korsakov's Suite from 'The Tale of Tsar Saltan' and Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition. Jonathan Swain presents. 12:31 AM Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908) Suite from 'The Tale of Tsar Saltan', Op 57 Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Budapest, Domonkos Héja (conductor) 12:50 AM Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881) Songs and Dances of Death Mihai Damian (baritone), Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Budapest, Domonkos Héja (conductor) 01:09 AM Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881), Maurice Ravel (arranger) Pictures at an Exhibition Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Budapest, Domonkos Héja (conductor) 01:42 AM Maurice Ravel (1875-1937), Fernand Gillet (arranger) Piece en forme d'habanera arr. Gillet for oboe and piano Magdalena Karolak (oboe), Marcela Rodríguez (piano) 01:46 AM Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) Tzigane - rapsodie de concert for violin and piano Vineta Sareika (violin), Ventis Zilberts (piano) 01:57 AM Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) Miroirs Martina Filjak (piano) 02:31 AM Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764) Dardanus (orchestral suites) Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, Jeanne Lamon (conductor) 03:08 AM Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826) Missa sancta No 1 in E flat major 'Freischutzmesse', J 224 Norwegian Soloist Choir, Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Grete Pedersen (conductor) 03:41 AM Joaquin Turina (1882-1949) Rapsodia sinfonica for piano and string orchestra, Op 66 Angela Cheng (piano), Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, Hans Graf (conductor) 03:50 AM Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962) Chanson Louis XIII et Pavane in the Style of Couperin Barnabas Kelemen (violin), Zóltan Kocsis (piano) 03:55 AM Grażyna Bacewicz (1909-1969) Krakowiak Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jan Krenz (conductor) 04:00 AM Henri Duparc (1848-1933), Charles Baudelaire (author) L'invitation au voyage Gerald Finley (baritone), Stephen Ralls (piano) 04:05 AM Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848) Sinfonia for wind instruments in G minor Bratislavska Komorna Harmonia 04:12 AM Robert Schumann (1810-1856) Arabeske, Op 18 Eric Lu (piano) 04:21 AM Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713) Trio Sonata in D major, Op 3 No 2 Ensemble Augelletti 04:31 AM William Walton (1902-1983) Johannesburg Festival Overture Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, David Atherton (conductor) 04:39 AM Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849) Barcarolle in F sharp major, Op 60 Ronald Brautigam (fortepiano) 04:48 AM Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) Laudate Pueri - motet, Op 39 No 2 Polyphonia, Ivelina Ivancheva (piano), Ivelin Dimitrov (conductor) 04:57 AM Johann Strauss II (1825-1899) Rosen aus dem Suden, waltz Op 388 Danish Radio Concert Orchestra, Roman Zeilinger (conductor) 05:07 AM Carl Ludwig Lithander (1773-1843) Divertimento no 1 for flute and fortepiano Mikael Helasvuo (flute), Tuija Hakkila (pianoforte) 05:16 AM Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) Impromptus, Op 5 nos 5 & 6 (arr. for strings) Camerata Zürich, Igor Karsko (conductor) 05:24 AM Reinhold Glière (1875-1956) Harp Concerto in E flat, Op 74 Emily Hoile (harp), Biel-Solothurn Symphony Orchestra, Kaspar Zehnder (conductor) 05:51 AM Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757), Avi Avital (arranger) Sonata in G major, Kk 91 Avi Avital (mandolin), Shalev Ad-El (harpsichord) 05:58 AM Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957) Piano Quintet in E major, Op 15 Paolo Giacometti (piano), Daniel Bard (violin), Tim Crawford (violin), Mark Holloway (viola), Chiara Enderle (cello)

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  1. Track
    Artist
  2. 1.
    Suite from 'The Tale of Tsar Saltan', Op 57
    Suite from 'The Tale of Tsar Saltan', Op 57
    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
  3. 2.
    Songs and Dances of Death
    Songs and Dances of Death
    Modest Mussorgsky
  4. 3.
    Pictures at an Exhibition
    Pictures at an Exhibition
    Modest Mussorgsky