Largo Al Factotum

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"Make way for the factotum!" sings the barber of Seville in Rossini’s
eponymous opera. We’ll make way for morning music with the opera’s
Overture, and then a guitar/violin version of the barber’s famous "Largo al factotum" aria.

Playlist:
8:08 am
  • The Barber of Seville: Overture
  • Composer: Gioacchino Rossini
  • Ensemble: Chamber Orchestra of Europe
  • Conductor: Claudio Abbado
  • CD/Album: "Rossini: Overtures"
  • Record co./Cat #: Deutsche Grammophon 431653
8:16 am
  • Paraphrase on "Largo al Factotum" (from Rossini's "The Barber of Seville")
  • Composer: Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
  • Soloists: Gil Shaham, violin ; Akira Eguchi, piano
  • CD/Album: "The Fiddler of the Opera"
  • Record co./Cat #: Deutsche Grammophon 447640
8:21 am
  • Clarinet Trio in Eb, K498 "Kegelstatt"
  • Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Ensemble: Borodin Trio
  • CD/Album: "Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven: Trios - The Borodin Trio"
  • Record co./Cat #: Chandos 8655
8:44 am
  • Ma Vlast: Vysehrad
  • Composer: Bedrich Smetana
  • Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Symphony
  • Conductor: Rafael Kubelik
  • CD/Album: "Smetana: Mein Vaterland-Kubelik"
  • Record co./Cat #: Orfeo 115841
9:02 am
  • 3 German Dances, K 605/#3 in C: Dance #3 "The Sleighride"
  • Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Ensemble: Salzburg Mozarteum Quartet
  • Conductor: Hans Graf
  • CD/Album: "Mozart: Dances and Minuets"
  • Record co./Cat #: Laser Light 15887
9:06 am
  • Sleigh Ride
  • Composer: Frederick Delius
  • Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
  • Conductor: David Hill
  • CD/Album: "Christmas Fantasy"
  • Record co./Cat #: London 444130
9:14 am
  • Symphony #1 in g, Op. 13 "Winter Daydreams"
  • Composer: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  • Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
  • Conductor: Riccardo Muti
  • CD/Album: "Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 1"
  • Record co./Cat #: EMI 47866

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