Cynthia Morahan asks when was the last time you sat down and really listened to music with no distractions? Listening Room blends together classics, jazz, and beyond, in a tailor-made mix to help you find the time to listen and enjoy.
Music is often the first place people turn when they are in the first flush of romantic love – whether it lasts or not... the music often does... Today some enduring romantic duets.
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Music Details:
Theme: MEYER: BT - Joshua Bell (vln), Edgar Meyer (dbass), Sam Bush (mandolin), Mike Marshall (mandola) (Sony SK 60864)
MOZART: Credo In Unum Deum from Mass In C Minor, K 427, "Great" - Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh (Archiv 477 5744)
WAINWRIGHT: Do I Disappoint You - Rufus Wainwright (GEFFEN 173016)
SAINT-SAENS: Air & Dance Bacchanale, from Samson & Delilah - Pittsburgh SO, Lorin Maazel (Sony SK 53979)
MONTERO: BACH: Prelude - Gabriela Montero (EMI 5 14838)
MONTERO: HANDEL: Hallelujah - Gabriela Montero (EMI 5 14838)
MONTERO: PACHELBEL: Canon - Gabriela Montero (EMI 5 14838)
MONTERO: VIVALDI: Summer & Winter - Gabriela Montero (EMI 5 14838)
ALLEGRI: Miserere - Tallis Scholars, Peter Phillips (Gimell CDGIM 041)
MELBOURNE arr BENSON: Tui - Dudley Benson, The Dawn Chorus (choir) (GOLDEN RETRIEVER 737259)
COPLAND: 4TH movt from Symphony No. 3 - Atlanta SO, Yoel Levi (Telarc CD 80201)
DE LANGE: If I'm Lucky - Melody Gardot, Charlie Haden Quartet West (EMARCY 275081)
HANDEL:Concerto for oboe and strings No 2a in B flat HWV302a-David Reichenberg (oboe), English Concert, Trevor Pinnock(ARCHIV 415 291)
KORNGOLD: Die Tote Stadt - Glück, Das Mir Verblieb - Jonas Kaufmann (ten), Julia Kleiter (sop), Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Jochen Rieder (Sony 88843087712)
MACCOLL: The First Time Ever I Saw Her Face - Michael Kaeshammer (vocal, piano) & Dione Taylor (vocal) (Alert Records)
YOUNG: 4th movt from Euphonium Concerto - Rikki McDonnell, New Zealand SO/Ken Young (RNZ-CFM)