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Radio 3,26 May 2026,360 mins

Richard Strauss' Ein Heldenleben

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Eva Ollikainen conducts the WDR Symphony Orchestra, Cologne in Strauss' tone poem 'A Hero's Life'. Penny Gore presents. 12:31 AM Richard Strauss (1864-1949) Ein Heldenleben, Op 40 WDR Symphony Orchestra, Cologne, Eva Ollikainen (conductor) 01:16 AM Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach (1732-1795) Pygmalion, cantata for bass and orchestra W 18/5, B 50 Harry van der Kamp (bass), Das Kleine Konzert, Hermann Max (conductor) 01:49 AM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) String Quartet no 14 in G major, K.387 Harmonie Universelle 02:22 AM Richard Strauss (1864-1949) Morgen from 4 Lieder (Op 27 no 4) Christianne Stotijn (mezzo soprano), Joseph Breinl (piano) 02:26 AM Richard Strauss (1864-1949) Allegro vivace scherzando – from Funf Klavierstucke, Op 3 no 2 Ludmil Angelov (piano) 02:31 AM Uroš Krek (1922-2008) Sinfonietta RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra, Rossen Milanov (conductor) 02:59 AM Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) Piano Trio in A minor Mithras Trio 03:27 AM Johann Stadlmayr (c.1580-1648) Ave Maris Stella Capella Nova Graz, Otto Kargl (director) 03:33 AM Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) Concerto in A major, RV 335, 'The Cuckoo' Elizabeth Wallfisch (baroque violin), Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Paul Dyer (director) 03:43 AM Franz Schubert (1797-1828) Impromptu no 3 in B flat major (from 4 Impromptus D 935) Ilze Graubina (piano) 03:52 AM Johann Gabriel Meder (1729-1800) Sinphonia no 4 from 6 Sinphonie, Op 1 no 4 Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra, Anthony Halstead (conductor) 04:04 AM Santiago de Murcia (1673-1739) Cumbées, Gallardes Simone Vallerotonda (guitar) 04:11 AM Ludvig Norman (1831-1885) 2 Songs: Such' die Blumen dir im Thal (1850); Herbstlied (1850) Olle Persson (baritone), Bengt-Åke Lundin (piano) 04:16 AM Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) 2 Elegiac melodies for string orchestra, Op 34 CBC Vancouver Orchestra, Mario Bernardi (conductor) 04:25 AM Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757) Sonata in E major, Kk.380 Ivetta Irkha (piano) 04:31 AM Johann Strauss II (1825-1899) Spanischer Marsch, Op 433 ORF Radio Symphony Orchestra, Peter Guth (conductor) 04:36 AM Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) Spring Song, Op 16 Kaija Saarikettu (violin), Raija Kerppo (piano) 04:44 AM Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904) V prirode (In Nature's Realm), Op 63 Danish National Radio Choir, Stefan Parkman (conductor) 04:57 AM Ruth Gipps (1921-1999) Wind Octet, Op 65 BBC National Orchestra of Wales 05:08 AM Alexina Louie (b.1949) Songs of Paradise Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, Kazuhiro Koizumi (conductor) 05:24 AM Salamone Rossi (1570-1630),Guido Morini (b. 1959) Sonata in dialogo detta 'La Viena' (Rossi); Improvisation (Morini) Andrea Inghisciano (cornet), Gawain Glenton (cornet), Giulia Genini (soloist), Guido Morini (harpsichord), María González (organ) 05:34 AM Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) Cello Concerto no 2 in D major Daniel Müller-Schott (cello), Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Arvid Engegård (conductor) 06:00 AM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Rondo in D, K.485 Jean Muller (piano) 06:07 AM Anonymous Motet: In deliquio amoris Claire Lefilliâtre (soprano), Currende, Erik van Nevel (director) 06:22 AM John Field (1782-1837) Nocturne in B flat (H.37); Nocturne in E minor (H.46) Barry Douglas (piano), Camerata Ireland

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  1. Track
    Artist
  2. 1.
    Ein Heldenleben, Op 40
    Ein Heldenleben, Op 40
    Richard Strauss
  3. 2.
    Pygmalion, cantata for bass and orchestra W 18/5, B 50
    Pygmalion, cantata for bass and orchestra W 18/5, B 50
    Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach
  4. 3.
    String Quartet no 14 in G major, K.387
    String Quartet no 14 in G major, K.387
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart