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Radio 3,14 Jul 2026,360 mins

Francesco Piemontesi plays piano sonatas by Schubert and Liszt

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Swiss-Italian pianist Francesco Piemontesi performs Liszt's B minor sonata and Schubert's Sonata in D, D.850 at the Schubertiade Schwarzenberg in Austria. Penny Gore presents. 12:31 AM Franz Schubert (1797-1828) Piano Sonata no 17 in D major, D.850 Francesco Piemontesi (piano) 01:11 AM Franz Liszt (1811-1886) Piano Sonata in B minor, S.178 Francesco Piemontesi (piano) 01:43 AM Franz Liszt (1811-1886) Au lac de Wallenstadt, from 'Années de pèlerinage: première année: Suisse S.160' Francesco Piemontesi (piano) 01:47 AM Franz Schubert (1797-1828) Allegretto, no 6 from 'Six Moments musicaux, D.780' Francesco Piemontesi (piano) 01:53 AM Franz Schubert (1797-1828), Friedrich Schiller (author) Die Gotter Griechenlands, D.677b Christoph Prégardien (tenor), Andreas Staier (pianoforte) 01:58 AM Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) Cello Sonata no 2 in F major, Op 99 Leonard Elschenbroich (cello), Alexei Grynyuk (piano) 02:31 AM Gustav Holst (1874-1934) The Planets - suite, Op 32 NFM Chorus, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Katowice, José Maria Florêncio (conductor) 03:28 AM Dario Castello (1602-1631) Sonata XVII in ecco Musica Fiata Köln 03:35 AM Francis Poulenc (1899-1963) Un Soir de neige - Cantata for 6 Voices BBC Singers, Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor) 03:42 AM Hilda Sehested (1858-1936) Tre Fantasistykker (3 Fantasy pieces) Nina Reintoft (cello), Malene Thastum (piano) 03:53 AM Eugen Suchoň (1908-1993) Ballade for Horn and Orchestra Peter Sivanic (horn), Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Mário Košik (conductor) 04:03 AM Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Piano Sonata no 24 in F sharp major, Op 78 Cédric Tiberghien (piano) 04:11 AM Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904) 'Song to the Moon' from 'Rusalka', Op 114 Yvonne Kenny (soprano), Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Kamirski (conductor) 04:18 AM Traditional, Eldbjørg Hemsing (arranger) Traditional Homecoming Eldbjørg Hemsing (violin) 04:22 AM John Foulds (1880-1939) Keltic Overture, Op 28 BBC Concert Orchestra, Ronald Corp (conductor) 04:31 AM Giuseppe Torelli (1658-1709) Sonata in D for Trumpet, Strings and Basso Continuo Sebastian Philpott (trumpet), European Union Baroque Orchestra, Lars Ulrik Mortensen (conductor) 04:38 AM Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) The Swan of Tuonela (Lemminkainen suite, Op 22) BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Thomas Søndergård (conductor) 04:49 AM György Ligeti (1923-2006) Studies for piano (selection) Francesco Piemontesi (piano) 04:55 AM Walter Piston (1894-1976) Prelude and Allegro (for organ and orchestra) (1943) David Schrader (organ), Grant Park Orchestra, Carlos Kalmar (conductor) 05:06 AM Jocelyn Pook (b.1960), Andrew Motion (author) Mobile King's Singers 05:10 AM Dinu Lipatti (1917-1950) Piano Concertino, 'en style ancien', Op 3 Horia Mihail (piano), Romanian Radio Chamber Orchestra, Horia Andreescu (conductor) 05:27 AM César Franck (1822-1890), Jean Pierre Rampal (arranger) Sonata for flute and piano (orig. violin and piano) Carlos Bruneel (flute), Levente Kende (piano) 05:53 AM Claude Debussy (1862-1918), Henri Büsser (orchestrator) Printemps – symphonic suite (orch. Busser) Ukrainian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Volodymyr Sirenko (conductor) 06:09 AM Hyacinthe Jadin (1776-1800) Trio no 4 in E flat major, Op 2 no 1 (1797) Trio AnPaPié

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  1. Track
    Artist
  2. 1.
    Piano Sonata no 17 in D major, D.850
    Piano Sonata no 17 in D major, D.850
    Franz Schubert
  3. 2.
    Piano Sonata in B minor, S.178
    Piano Sonata in B minor, S.178
    Franz Liszt
  4. 3.
    Au lac de Wallenstadt, from 'Années de pèlerinage: première année: Suisse S.160'
    Au lac de Wallenstadt, from 'Années de pèlerinage: première année: Suisse S.160'
    Franz Liszt