Life is Beautiful with ABC Classic FM Volume 5

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1Praeludium from the suite Fra Holbergs tid (From Holberg’s Time), op. 40
orchestra:
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Pinchas Steinberg (conductor)
recording of:
Fra Holbergs tid, op. 40: I. Præludium (Allegro vivace) (for string orchestra)
composer:
Edvard Grieg (composer) (in 1884)
arrangement of:
Fra Holbergs tid, op. 40: I. Præludium (Allegro vivace) (for piano)
part of:
Fra Holbergs tid, op. 40 (Holberg Suite, op. 40, for string orchestra)
Edvard Grieg2:45
2Für Elise (Bagatelle in A minor, WoO59)
piano:
Stephanie McCallum (pianist)
recording of:
Bagatelle for Piano in A minor, WoO 59 “Für Elise”: Poco moto (Bagatelle for Piano in A minor “Für Elise”, WoO 59)
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer) (from 1808 until 1810)
part of:
Classic 100: Piano (2004) (number: 15), Classic 100: Piano (2025) (number: 17) and Kinsky catalogue (Beethoven WoO works) (number: WoO 59)
Ludwig van Beethoven2:50
3Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet: Fantasy-Overture
orchestra:
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
David Stanhope (Australian composer, conductor and virtuoso pianist)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky3:26
4Ständchen (Serenade) from Schwanengesang (Swansong), D957
classical guitar:
Karin Schaupp (Australian classical guitarist)
recorder:
Genevieve Lacey
recording of:
Schwanengesang, D. 957: IV. Ständchen (catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Franz Schubert (composer)
arrangement of:
Schwanengesang, D. 957: IV. Ständchen (Leise flehen meine Lieder) (original for voice and piano)
is based on:
סרנדה
Franz Schubert3:48
5Assez vif, très rythmé (2nd movement: Rather lively, very rhythmic) from String Quarte
cello:
Rachel Johnston (cellist)
string quartet and strings:
Australian String Quartet
viola:
Sally Boud (violist)
violin:
Anne Horton (violinist) and Sophie Rowell (violinist)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC for short, national public broadcaster, for copyrights/licensing use only)
recording of:
String Quartet in F major: II. Assez vif – Très rythmé
composer:
Maurice Ravel (French composer) (from 1902 until 1903)
arrangement of:
Assez vif - Très rythmé
part of:
String Quartet in F major
recording of:
String Quartet in F major: IV. Vif et agité
composer:
Maurice Ravel (French composer) (from 1902 until 1903)
arrangement of:
Vif et agité
part of:
String Quartet in F major
Maurice Ravel6:09
6Sinfonia (Arioso) from Cantata BWV156 ‘Ich steh mit einem Fuss im Grabe’ (I stand with one foot in the grave)
cello:
Sally Maer (English/Australian cellist)
orchestra:
Sinfonia Australis
conductor:
William Motzing (conductor, composer, trombonist)
arranger:
Julie Simonds (arranger)
recording of:
Kantate, BWV 156 “Ich steh mit einem Fuß im Grabe”: I. Sinfonia
premiered in:
Leipzig, Sachsen (Saxony), Germany (in 1729)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) (in 1729)
is based on:
Concerto no. 5 for Keyboard and Orchestra in F minor, BWV 1056
part of:
Kantate, BWV 156 "Ich steh mit einem Fuß im Grabe"
Johann Sebastian Bach5:17
7Andante (2nd movement) from Concerto in G major f or two guitars (originally for two mandolins), RV532
classical guitar:
Leonard Grigoryan (Australian classical guitarist) and Slava Grigoryan (Australian classical guitarist)
orchestra:
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Benjamin Northey (Australian conductor)
recording of:
Concerto in G major for Two Mandolins, Strings and Continuo, RV 532: II. Andante
composer:
Antonio Vivaldi (Italian baroque composer and violinist)
part of:
Concerto in G major for Two Mandolins, Strings and Continuo, RV 532
Antonio Vivaldi3:55
8Minuet from String Quintet in E major, op. 13 no. 5 (G275)
classical guitar:
Leonard Grigoryan (Australian classical guitarist) and Slava Grigoryan (Australian classical guitarist)
orchestra:
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Benjamin Northey (Australian conductor)
recording of:
Concerto in G major for Two Mandolins, Strings and Continuo, RV 532: II. Andante
composer:
Antonio Vivaldi (Italian baroque composer and violinist)
part of:
Concerto in G major for Two Mandolins, Strings and Continuo, RV 532
Luigi Boccherini3:01
9Waltz 2
solo violin:
Adrian Bendt (violinist / concertmaster)
orchestra:
The Cove Chamber Orchestra
conductor:
Stephen Williams (Australian conductor)
recording of:
Waltz 2 (in 2002)
composer:
George Palmer (Australian composer)
George Palmer4:37
10Nocturne in C-sharp minor, op. posth.
piano:
Leigh Harrold (pianist)
vibraphone:
Nick Parnell (vibraphonist)
recording of:
Nocturne no. 20 in C‐sharp minor “Reminiscence”, op. posth. 1 no. 16, B. 49, KKIVa/16
composer:
Fryderyk Chopin (Frédéric Chopin, composer) (in 1830)
part of:
Chopin National Edition: WN Catalogue (number: WN 37), Chopin: An Index of His Works in Chronological Order (The Brown Catalogue) (number: B. 49) and Katalog Dzieł Fryderyka Chopina (Catalogue of the Works of Frédéric Chopin, Chomiński Catalogue) (number: C. 127)
Frédéric Chopin4:02
11Meeresstille und glückliche Fahrt (Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage) (Excerpt)
orchestra:
Adelaide Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
David Stanhope (Australian composer, conductor and virtuoso pianist)
partial recording of:
Meeresstille und glückliche Fahrt D-Dur, op. 27 (Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage, Op. 27)
composer:
Felix Mendelssohn (composer) (in 1828)
dedicated to:
Friedrich Wilhelm IV. von Preußen
part of:
Works of Felix Mendelssohn by opus number (number: op. 27) and Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Thematisch-systematisches Verzeichnis der musikalischen Werke (MWV) (number: MWV P 5)
Felix Mendelssohn3:50
12Lady Hunsdon’s Puffe
lute:
Rosemary Hodgson (lutenist)
recording of:
Lady Hunsdon's Puffe, P. 54
composer:
John Dowland (English Renaissance composer, lutenist, and singer)
part of:
John Dowland's lute works (number: P. 54)
John Dowland1:34
13Barcarolle from Les contes d’Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann)
orchestra:
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Leonard Dommett (conductor and violinist)
recording of:
Les Contes d’Hoffmann: Barcarolle (The Tales of Hoffmann: Barcarolle, catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Jacques Offenbach (German-French composer, cellist and impresario)
arrangement of:
Les Contes d’Hoffmann: Acte III. “Belle nuit, ô nuit d’amour” (Nicklausse, Giulietta)
Jacques Offenbach3:54
14Toccata (3rd movement) from the suite Pour le piano (For the piano)
piano:
John Chen (NZ classical pianist)
recording of:
Pour le piano, L. 95, CD 95: III. Toccata. À N.G. Coronio. Vif
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer) (from 1894 until 1901)
dedicated to:
Nicolas G. Coronio
part of:
Pour le piano, L. 95, CD 95
Claude Debussy3:44
15Waltz of the Flowers from The Nutcracker
recording engineer:
Alan Calvert and Robert Hobson (engineer)
producer:
Robert Karbow
orchestra:
Queensland Symphony Orchestra (aka The Queensland Orchestra between 2001–2010)
conductor:
Werner Andreas Albert (conductor)
recording of:
The Nutcracker (suite from the ballet), op. 71a: III. Valse des fleurs. Tempo di Valse
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer)
part of:
The Nutcracker (suite from the ballet), op. 71a
revision of:
Щелкунчик, op. 71: Действие II, Картина III, no. 13. Вальс цветов (The Nutcracker, op. 71: Act II, Scene III. Waltz of the flowers, valse des fleurs; waltz of the flowers)
recording of:
Щелкунчик, op. 71: Действие II, Картина III, no. 13. Вальс цветов (The Nutcracker, op. 71: Act II, Scene III. Waltz of the flowers, valse des fleurs; waltz of the flowers)
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer)
part of:
Щелкунчик, op. 71: Действие II (The Nutcracker, op. 71: Act 2)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky6:35
16Andantino – Allegretto (4th movement) from Piano Quintet in A major, D667 ‘Trout’
Franz Schubert7:43
17"Vissi d’arte" (I lived for art) from Tosca
soprano vocals [soprano]:
Rita Hunter (soprano)
conductor:
Dobbs Franks (conductor)
orchestrator:
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
Giacomo Puccini3:16
18* Lento (2nd movement) from String Quartet in F major, B179 ‘American’
Antonín Dvořák6:53
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1Jesus bleibet meine Freude (Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring) from Cantata BWV147 ‘Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben’ (Heart and Mouth and Deed and Life)
choir vocals:
Sydney Philharmonia Symphonic Chorus
orchestra:
Sydney Philharmonia
conductor:
Antony Walker (Australian conductor)
live recording of:
Kantate, BWV 147 “Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben”: Teil II, X. Choral “Jesus bleibet meine Freude” (Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring; catch‐all for arrangements and unknown orchestrations)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
arrangement of:
Kantate, BWV 147 „Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben“: Teil II, X. Choral „Jesus bleibet meine Freude“ (Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring)
recording of:
Kantate, BWV 147 “Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben”: Teil II, X. Choral “Jesus bleibet meine Freude” (Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring; catch‐all for arrangements and unknown orchestrations)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
arrangement of:
Kantate, BWV 147 „Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben“: Teil II, X. Choral „Jesus bleibet meine Freude“ (Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring)
recording of:
Kantate, BWV 147 „Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben“: Teil II, X. Choral „Jesus bleibet meine Freude“ (Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring)
premiered in:
Leipzig, Sachsen (Saxony), Germany (on 1723-07-02)
lyricist:
Martin Janus (German Protestant minister, c. 1620–1682) (in 1665)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) (in 1723)
part of:
Classic 100: Piano (2025) (number: 15)
part of:
Kantate, BWV 147 „Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben“
Johann Sebastian Bach2:46
2Vocalise, op. 34 no. 14
orchestra:
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
David Stanhope (Australian composer, conductor and virtuoso pianist)
recorded at:
ABC Odeon in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (from 1999-09-14 until 1999-09-16)
recording of:
Vocalise, op. 34 no. 14 (arr. by composer for orchestra) (from 1999-09-14 until 1999-09-16)
orchestrator:
Сергей Васильевич Рахманинов (Sergei Rachmaninoff, Russian composer) (in 1919)
composer:
Сергей Васильевич Рахманинов (Sergei Rachmaninoff, Russian composer) (in 1912)
orchestration of:
14 Romances, op. 34 no. 14: Vocalise (Vocalise, for voice and piano, original version)
Serge Rachmaninoff6:42
3Ruhe sanft (Sleep gently) from Zaide, KV344
soprano vocals [Zaide]:
Shu-Cheen Yu (Chinese-Australian soprano)
orchestra:
The Queensland Orchestra (aka The Queensland Orchestra between 2001–2010)
conductor:
Brett Kelly (trombonist and conductor)
recording of:
Zaide, K. 336b/344 (fragment): Akt I. No. 3 Arie "Ruhe sanft, mein holdes Leben" (Zaide)
composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer)
librettist:
Johann Andreas Schachtner (Librettist)
part of:
Zaide, K. 336b/344: Akt I
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart6:54
4Allegro (1st movement) from Violin Concerto in D major, RV230, from L’estro armonico, op. 3
violin:
Paul Wright (Australian violinist)
orchestra:
Australian Brandenburg Orchestra
conductor:
Paul Dyer (conductor)
recording of:
Violin Concerto in D major, op. 3 no. 9, RV 230: I. Allegro
composer:
Antonio Vivaldi (Italian baroque composer and violinist) (in 1711)
part of:
Violin Concerto in D major, op. 3 no. 9, RV 230
Antonio Vivaldi2:08
5Consolation No. 3 in D-flat major, S172
piano:
Stephanie McCallum (pianist)
recording of:
Consolation in D‐flat major, S. 172 no. 3: Lento placido
composer:
Franz Liszt (Hungarian composer, pianist and conductor)
part of:
Consolations, S. 172
Franz Liszt4:11
6Rondo (3rd movement: Allegretto) from Quintet for piano and winds in E-flat major, KV452
bassoon:
Peter Moore (Classical music bassoonist)
clarinet:
Craig Hill (Classical music clarinetist)
fortepiano:
Geoffrey Lancaster (pianist / conductor)
horn:
Darryl Paulsen
instruments:
Australian Classical Wind Band
oboe:
Antony Chesterman
partial recording of:
Quintet for Piano, Oboe, Clarinet, Horn & Bassoon in E-flat major, K. 452
composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer) (in 1784)
part of:
Köchelverzeichnis (Köchel catalogue, original numbering) (number: 452) and Köchelverzeichnis (Köchel catalogue, sixth edition, 1964, K⁶) (number: K. 452)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart6:09
7Allegro con brio (1st movement) from Symphony no. 5
orchestra:
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
David Porcelijn (composer and conductor)
recording of:
Symphony no. 5 in C minor, op. 67: I. Allegro con brio
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer) (from 1804 until 1808)
part of:
Symphony no. 5 in C minor, op. 67
Ludwig van Beethoven6:50
8Sospiri (Sighs), op. 70
orchestra:
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
David Stanhope (Australian composer, conductor and virtuoso pianist)
recording of:
Sospiri, op. 70 (for strings, harp (or piano) and organ (or harmonium))
composer:
Edward Elgar (composer) (in 1914)
dedicated to:
William Henry Reed
publisher:
Breitkopf & Härtel
part of:
Works of Edward Elgar by opus number (number: op. 70)
Edward Elgar4:30
9Allegro non troppo – Allegro molto vivace (3rd movement) from Violin Concerto no. 2 in E minor
violin:
Niki Vasilakis (violinist)
orchestra:
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Sebastian Lang-Lessing
recording of:
Violinkonzert in e-Moll, op. 64: III. Allegretto non troppo – Allegro molto vivace (Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in E minor, op. 64: III. Allegretto non troppo - Allegro molto vivace)
composer:
Felix Mendelssohn (composer) (from 1838 until 1844-09-16)
revised by:
Felix Mendelssohn (composer) (in 1845)
part of:
Violinkonzert in e-Moll, op. 64 (Violin Concerto in E minor, op. 64)
Felix Mendelssohn6:56
10Lacrimosa from Requiem, KV626
choir vocals:
Sydney Philharmonia Symphonic Chorus
orchestra:
Sydney Philharmonia
conductor:
Antony Walker (Australian conductor) and Brett Weymark (music director/chorusmaster of Sydney Philharmonia Choirs)
recording of:
Requiem in D minor, K. 626: III. Sequenz: f. Lacrimosa dies illa (catch-all for unknown editions)
composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer) (in 1791)
part of:
Requiem in D minor, K. 626 (catch-all for unknown editions)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart3:14
11Left Bank Waltz
piano:
David Stanhope (Australian composer, conductor and virtuoso pianist)
recording of:
Left Bank Waltz, W70
composer:
Peter Sculthorpe (composer) (in 1958)
part of:
Peter Sculthorpe's Worklist (number: W70) and Classic 100: Piano (2025) (number: 43)
Peter Sculthorpe1:34
12Lascia ch’io pianga (Let me weep) from Rinaldo, HWV7
soprano vocals:
Yvonne Kenny (Australian soprano) (from 1997-09-22 until 1997-09-30)
orchestra:
Australian Brandenburg Orchestra (from 1997-09-22 until 1997-09-30)
conductor:
Paul Dyer (conductor) (from 1997-09-22 until 1997-09-30)
recorded at:
Eugene Goossens Hall, ABC Centre (ABC Studio 200) in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (from 1997-09-22 until 1997-09-30)
recording of:
Rinaldo, HWV 7a: Atto II, Scene IV, no. 22. Aria “Lascia ch’io pianga mia cruda sorte” (Almirena)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1711)
librettist:
Giacomo Rossi
part of:
Rinaldo, HWV 7a: Atto II
George Frideric Handel4:19
13Prelude from the suite The Birds
orchestra:
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Omri Hadari (conductor)
recording of:
Gli uccelli, P. 154: I. Preludio (The Birds: I. Prelude, Prelude)
composer:
Ottorino Respighi (composer) (in 1928)
is based on:
Arie in C per organo o clavicembalo No. 2
part of:
Gli uccelli, P. 154 (The Birds, P.154, The Birds)
Ottorino Respighi2:47
14Act I Prelude from La traviata
orchestra:
Orchestra Victoria
conductor:
Richard Divall (conductor)
recording of:
La traviata: Preludio
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Antonio Ghislanzoni
part of:
La traviata
part of:
La traviata (english lyrics)
part of:
La traviata (french lyrics)
part of:
La Traviata (aka Violetta, german lyrics)
part of:
Violetta (La traviata) (german lyrics)
Giuseppe Verdi3:49
15Waltz in A-flat major, op. 39 no. 15
piano:
David Stanhope (Australian composer, conductor and virtuoso pianist)
Johannes Brahms2:00
16Larghetto (2nd movement) from Clarinet Quintet in A major, KV581
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart6:44
17Chacony in G minor
conductor:
Geoffrey Lancaster (pianist / conductor)
orchestrator:
Tasmanian Symphony Chamber Players
Henry Purcell4:29
18Wiegenlied (Lullaby), op. 49 no. 4
harp:
Alice Giles (harpist)
Johannes Brahms2:02