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Pastoral Pleasures

Suzy Klein's guest is Roger Scruton in a programme centring on pastoral pleasures in music. Music is by Beethoven, Debussy, Schubert and Strauss.

With Suzy Klein.

Shepherds, nymphs and fauns cavort in idyllic surroundings as Suzy is joined by writer and philosopher Roger Scruton for a programme focusing on pastoral pleasures in music. With works by Beethoven, Debussy, Schubert and Strauss.

Rameau: Diane et Acteon, Air Gai: Fuyez, fuyez, faune sauvage
Hugues Cu脙漏nod (tenor)
Robert Brink (violin)
Alfred Zighera (viola da gamba)
Daniel Pinkham (director/harpsichord)
LYS 140-141, CD2 Tr 2
Duration: 2m30s

Strauss: Vars II and III from Don Quixote, Op 35
Milton Preves (viola)
Antonio Janigro (cello)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Fritz Reiner (conductor)
RCA RD85734 Trs 4-5
Duration: 1m51s; 8m38s

Schubert: Wohin? (Die Schone Mullerin, D795)
Peter Schreier (tenor)
Walter Olbertz (piano)
Berlin Classics 0092842BC Tr 2
Duration: 2m16s

Fisher: Whispering Grass (Don't tell the Trees), Inkspots
EMI CD MFP 6064 Tr 4
Duration: 2m44s

Corelli: Concerto grosso, Op 6 No 8 (Fatto per la notte di Natale)
Collegium Musicum 90
Simon Standage (conductor)
CHAN 0754 X Trs 18-23
Duration: 14m27s

Bach, arr. Friedmann: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV645
Piers Lane (piano)
CHAN 9493 Tr 9
Duration: 3m36s

Berlioz: Serenade of a mountaineer of the Abruzzi to his mistress (Harold in Italy, Op 16)
Yehudi Menuhin (viola)
Philharmonia Orchestra
Colin Davis (conductor)
EMI CDM 7635302 Tr 3
Duration: 6m26s

Brahms: Geistliches Wiegenlied, Op 91 No 2
Brigitte Fassbaender (mezzo)
Thomas Riebl (viola)
Irwin Gage (piano)
Acanta 43507 Tr 13
Duration: 6m13s

Bach: Cantata No 104 (Du Hirte Israel, hore)
Bach Collegium Japan
Masaaki Suzuki (conductor)
BIS CD 1261 Trs 13-18
Duration: 17m50s

Three Tales: Dolly
Steve Reich Ensemble
Synergy Vocals
Nonesuch 7559798352 Tr 15
Duration: 1m53s

Handel: Du roter als die Kirsche (Acis and Galatea)
John Tomlinson (baritone)
English Concert
Trevor Pinnock (conductor)
DG 447700, CD2 Tr 4
Duration: 3m6s

Beethoven: Sonata in D, Op 28 (Rondo: Allegro ma non troppo)
Alfred Brendel (piano)
Philips 446624-2 Tr 8
Duration: 5m36s

Earl Robinson and Alfred Hayes: Joe Hill
Joan Baez (guitar and vocal)
Europe 260 001, CD1 Tr 9
Duration: 2m40s

Vaughan Williams: Pastoral Symphony (Symphony No 3) (3rd mvt: Moderato pesante)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Bernard Haitink (conductor)
EMI 7423 5565642 1 Tr 3
Duration: 7m20s

Debussy: Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune
Cleveland Orchestra
Pierre Boulez (conductor)
DG 435766-2 Tr 1
Duration: 8m52s.

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Sun 23 Aug 2009 10:00

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  • Sun 23 Aug 2009 10:00