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Clarinettist Sofia Mekhonoshina and pianist George Herbert play live in studio ahead of their concert at the 1901 Arts Club. Also, William Dutton talks to Petroc Trelawny about the creation of the Cuore Chamber Orchestra.

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Music Played

  • Luigi Boccherini

    String Quintet in E major, Op.11`5 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Eckart Runge. Ensemble: Casals Quartet.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Joseph Canteloube

    Lunaire (Tryptique)

    Singer: Sonya Yoncheva. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Domingo Hindoyan.
    • Diptyque.
    • Onyx Classics.
    • 11.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    Petrushka (Danse russe)

    Orchestra: Les Siècles. Conductor: François‐Xavier Roth.
    • Igor Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps; Petrouchka.
    • Musicales Actes Sud.
    • 16.
  • Marin Marais

    Le Tourbillon

    Performer: Paolo Pandolfo.
    • The Labyrinth and other stories.
    • Glossa.
    • 14.
  • Francis Poulenc

    Sonata for Clarinet and Piano, mvt 1 - Allegro Tristamente

    Performer: Sofia Mekhonoshina. Performer: George Herbert.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto for 2 Violins (1st mvt)

    Performer: Alma Rosé. Performer: Arnold Rosé.
    • J.S. Bach & Beethoven: Works.
    • Biddulph Recordings.
    • 2.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Symphony No 2 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • Rachmaninov: The Symphonies.
    • Decca Music Group.
  • Bohuslav Martinů

    Sonatina for Clarinet and Piano, excerpt from mvt 1

    Performer: Sofia Mekhonoshina. Performer: George Herbert.
  • Vincenzo Bellini

    Ah non credea mirarti (La Sonnambula)

    Singer: Cecilia Bartoli. Singer: Juan Diego Flórez. Orchestra: Orchestra La Scintilla. Conductor: Alessandro De Marchi.
    • Sospiri: Cecilia Bartoli.
    • Decca.
  • Franz Liszt

    Études d'exécution transcendante S 139 (no 10 in F ninor)

    Performer: Boris Giltburg.
    • Liszt: Piano Works.
    • Naxos.
    • 210.
  • Fritz Kreisler

    Liebesleid

    Orchestrator: Clark McAlister. Performer: Gil Shaham. Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Romances: Gil Shaham/Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 7.
  • Nino Rota

    Sonata for Clarinet and Piano, mvt 1 - Allegretto Scorrevole

    Performer: Sofia Mekhonoshina. Performer: George Herbert.
  • Henry Purcell

    Fairy Queen (Masque of the Seasons - conclusion)

    Singer: Paul Agnew. Singer: Jeremy White. Choir: Taverner Choir. Ensemble: Taverner Consort. Conductor: Andrew Parrott.
    • ERATO.
  • Vernon Duke

    Autumn in New York

    Singer: Billie Holiday. Performer: Oscar Peterson.
    • Intense Media GmbH.
  • Frederick Delius

    La Calinda (Koanga)

    Ensemble: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • Delius: Orchestral Works.
    • LONDON.
    • 8.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Serenade for Strings (extract,1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Cuore Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: William Dutton.
  • Claude Debussy

    Violin Sonata (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Jennifer Pike. Performer: Martin Roscoe.
    • Jennifer Pike Plays French Violin Sonatas.
    • Chandos.
    • 3.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto No 4 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Maria João Pires. Orchestra: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Harding.
    • ONYX.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony No 3, 'Scottish' (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Manze.
    • Mendelssohn: The 5 Symphonies.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 16.

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