Isaac wanted (as a proud Northerner) to appear more informed and cultured than he really is. David (a pensioner) wanted to feel young again by pretending he's still at university, and to abuse Isaac every time he mispronouces anything. Will actually knows something about music, so tries to keep the rest of us in order.
Together, we will pick some music to play, and we will undoubtedly make a bedtime show with the singular potential to lull anyone to sleep - but only when we're talking...
Track | Artist | Time |
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Monteverdi: L'Orfeo - Donde vieni? Ove vai? - Tu se' morta | John Mark Ainsley, New London Consort, Philip Pickett | 20:07 |
Rameau: Atys - Prologue | Les Arts Florissants, William Christie | 20:16 |
Purcell: Dido and Aeneas - Act 3: When I am laid in earth (Dido's Lament) | Catherine Bott, Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood | 20:28 |
Handel: Rinaldo - Act2, Scene 4 - Lascia Ch'io Pianga | Miah Persson, James Rutherford, Freiburger Barockorchester, René Jacobs | 20:33 |
Mozart: Così fan tutte, Act 1 - "Soave sia il vento" | Lucia Popp, Brigitte Fassbaender, Tom Krause, Vienna Haydn Orchestra, István Kertész | 20:42 |
Beethoven: Fidelio - Act I: "Abscheulicher! Wo eilst du hin? ... Komm, Hoffnung, lass den letzten Stern" | Christa Ludwig, Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer | 20:47 |
Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia - Act I - "La calunnia è un venticello" | Sir Thomas Allen, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner | 20:56 |
Rossini: William Tell - Overture | London Classical Players, Roger Norrington | 21:03 |
Verdi: La Traviata - "Follie! Follie! ... Sempre libera" | Natalie Dessay, Concerto Köln, Evelino Pido | 21:16 |
Johann Strauss II: "Die Fledermaus" - Overture | Wiener Philharmoniker, Lorin Maazel | 21:22 |
Bizet: Carmen, Act 2 - Toreador Song "Votre toast!" | José van Dam, John Alldis Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti | 21:32 |
Wagner: Die Walküre - Act III, Scene I - Prelude (The Ride of the Valkyries) | Hallé Orchestra, Sir Mark Elder | 21:41 |
Puccini: Madama Butterfly, Act 2 - "Un bel dì vedremo" | Mirella Freni, Vienna Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan | 21:45 |
Britten: Peter Grimes - Act I. Interlude "The Storm" | Stuart Skelton, Susan Bickley, Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Roderick Williams, Robert Murray, Bergen Philharmoinic Orchestra, Edward Gardner | 21:51 |