Chris and Sridhar do a live listening of Mozart’s newly discovered piece before discussing the peculiar role of Spain in Western music, operas set in Seville, and the greatness of Georges Bizet’s “Carmen.”

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Mozart's Allegro in D

The Unknown Mozart

Previously unknown Mozart piece enthuses Mozart week

Classic FM article on Mozart's Allegro in D

Joaquín Rodrigo - wikipedia

Manuel Barrueco plays Rodrigo - Concierto de Aranjuez for Guitar

Pablo de Sarasate - wikipedia

Gil Shaham plays Sarasate - Zigeunerweisen

Gil Shaham in "Run Gil Run" (feat. Sarasate's Zapateado)

Georges Bizet - wikipedia

Carmen - wikipedia

Barenboim/Berlin Philharmonic - Carmen Suite No. 1

Emmanuel Pahud - Entr'acte to Act III

Elīna Garanča - "L'amour est un oiseau rebelle" (Habanera)

Laurent Naori - Toreador song

Elīna Garanča - "Près des remparts de Séville"

Elīna Garanča - "Les tringles des sistres tintaient" (Chanson bohème)

Leonard Bernstein - "La cloche a sonné"

Sridhar & Thomaz (as a matador) play the ending to Borne's Carmen Fantaisie

Maxim Vengerov - Carmen Fantasy by Franz Waxman

Gil Shaham - Carmen Fantasy by Pablo de Sarasate

A scene from Rebecca showcasing Waxman's score

Waxman - Rebecca Suite

Hitchcock's "Rebecca" - full movie (shh...don't tell anyone!)

Carmen on the theremin

Erich Wolfgang Korngold - wikipedia

Gil Shaham - Korngold Violin Concerto

Shaham - Korngold Much Ado About Nothing

Claudio Abbado/London Symphony - Carmen

Stromae - wikipedia

Stromae - Carmen music video