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Pianist Edward Leung performs live and director Mark Ravenhill on Richard Strauss' Salome

Regents Opera is staging a new production of Richard Strauss' Salome in London's York Hall. Mark Ravenhill chats to Petroc about directing the opera in the historic East End home of British Boxing. And pianist Edward Leung performs live in the studio.

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Music Played

  • Léo Delibes

    Coppélia (Waltz)

    Orchestra: Minnesota Orchestra. Conductor: Antal Doráti.
    • Delibes: Sylvia & Coppelia: LSO/Fistoulari/Minneapolis SO/Dorati.
    • Mercury.
    • 11.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Piano Trio No. 44 in E Major, Op. 86 No. 2, Hob. XV:28: I. Allegro moderato

    Ensemble: Trio Gaspard.
    • Haydn: Complete Piano Trios, Vol. 5.
    • Chandos.
    • 109.
  • Paolo Tosti

    Aprile

    Singer: José Carreras. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Edoardo Müller.
    • PHILIPS.
  • Cécile Chaminade

    Thème varié, Op. 89

    Performer: Edward Leung.
  • Sarah Cattley

    Ave Maria

    Choir: The Purcell Singers. Director: Jonathan Schranz.
    • A Spotless Rose.
    • Divine Art.
    • 301.
  • Jasdeep Singh Degun

    Rageshri

    • Anomaly.
    • Real World Records.
    • 8.
  • Franz Liszt

    Der Tanz in der Dorfschenke [Mephisto Waltz no.1]

    Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Conductor: Kazuki Yamada.
    • German Dances.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 2.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Prelude in C sharp minor op.3 no.2

    Performer: Edward Leung.
  • Pyotr Tchaikovsky

    The Nutcracker Suite - Miniature Overture

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.
    • Tchaikovsky: Ballet Suites, Wiener Philharmoniker.
    • Decca.
    • 7.
  • Gerald Finzi

    Before and After Summer, Op. 16: No. 4, Overlooking the River

    Performer: Clifford Benson. Lyricist: Thomas Hardy. Singer: Stephen Varcoe.
    • Finzi: Earth and Air and Rain & Other Settings of Thomas Hardy.
    • Hyperion.
  • Edward Elgar

    Salut d'amour Op.12

    Performer: Sol Gabetta. Orchestra: Danish National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Mario Venzago.
    • Elgar: Cello Concerto: Sol Gabetta/Danish National Symphony Orchestra/Venzago.
    • RCA.
    • 6.
  • Nadia Boulanger

    Vers la vie nouvelle

    Performer: Edward Leung.
  • Hubert Bath

    Out of the Blue

    Ensemble: Central Band of the Royal Air Force. Conductor: Wing Commander A.E. Sims.
    • BBC.
  • Billy Mayerl

    Bats in the Belfry

    Performer: Susan Tomes.
    • Virgin.
  • Franz Schubert

    Schwanengesang, D. 957: No. 4, Ständchen

    Performer: Emmanuelle Bertrand. Performer: Pascal Amoyel.
    • harmonia mundi.
  • Tom Gladwin

    The ladies in Vaux- hall- Gardens, to the British Officers at Dettingen

    Singer: Eleanor Dennis. Orchestra: London Early Opera. Conductor: Bridget Cunningham.
    • Handel At Vauxhall, Vol. 2.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 901.
  • Richard Strauss

    Dance of the Seven Veils (Salome Op.54)

    Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden. Conductor: Rudolf Kempe.
    • Richard Strauss: Tone Poems.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 4.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Prelude in C sharp minor Op.45

    Performer: Alexander Gadjiev.
  • Percy Grainger

    Molly on the Shore

    Music Arranger: Leopold Stokowski. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Chandos.

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