大象传媒

Iain Burnside explores music centring on extremes - high and low, loud and soft, great and small. He joined by Christopher Potter, author of You Are Here, A Portable History of the Universe, and presents music by Mozart, Wagner, Webern and Nancarrow

Ligeti: Continuum for Harpsichord
Carmen Piazzini (harpsichord)
TACET 129 CD1 Tr 20
Dur: 3m10s

Eva dell'Aqua
J'ai vu passer l'hirondelle
Mado Robin
Orchestre Lamoureux
Georges Briez (conductor)
HMV OVD 50043 Tr 7
Dur: 3m15s

Edgar Meyer: Duet
Edgar Meyer (double bass)
Bela Fleck (banjo)
MCA MCAD5694 Tr 5
Dur: 5m21s

Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No 2
Concentus Musicus Wien
Teldec 4509 95980 2 Trs 1-3
Dur: 11m50s

CPE Bach: Fantasia 1
Inger Grudin-Brandt (clavichord)
BIS-CD-142 Tr 4
Dur: 4m59s

Wagner: Das Rheingold (opening)
Orchestra of English National Opera
Reginald Goodall (conductor)
EMI CMS 764 110 2 CD1 Tr 1
Dur: 5m05s

Nancarrow: Study No 21 (aka X)
Wergo WER 60166750 CD1 - vol 3 Tr 8
Dur: 3m05s

Mozart: Idomeneo (March - Act 3)
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Colin Davis (conductor)
Philips 422 537-2 CD2 Tr 23
Dur: 2m00s

Webern: Five Orchestral Pieces, Op 10
Staatskapelle Dresden
Giuseppe Sinopoli (conductor)
Teldec 3984 22902 2 Trs 9-13
Dur: 4m50s

Elgar: Dream of Gerontius (conclusion)
Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
Richard Lewis (tenor)
Ambrosian Singers
Halle Orchestra
John Barbirolli (conductor)
EMI CMS 763 185 2 cd2 Trs 12-13
Dur: 12m58s

Tchaikovsky, arr Michael Copley/Ian Moore: Swan Lake (excerpt - Scene of the Dying Swan)
Classic Buskers (Michael Copley/Ian Moore)
Seaview Music SMCD 007371 Tr 17
Dur: 1m55s

Sorabji: Opus Clavicembalisticum - Toccata
John Ogdon (piano)
Altarus AIRCD9075 CD 3 Tr 1
Dur: 5m40s

Satie: Gnossienne No 2
Reinbert de Leeuw (piano)
Philips 446 672 2 Tr 2
Dur: 2m49s

Nigel Westlake: From Antarctica: The last place on earth
John Williams (guitar)
Australian Concert Orchestra
Richard Hickox (conductor)
Sony SK53361 Tr 2
Dur: 6m33s

Vaughan Williams: Tuba Concerto
Patrick Harrild (tuba)
London Symphony Orchestra
Bryden Thomson (conductor)
CHAN 8740 Trs 5-7
Dur: 13m11s

Wagner: Gotterdammerung (end)
Birgit Nilsson (Brunnhilde)
Vienna Philharmonic
Georg Solti (conductor)
DECCA 414 115-2 CD4 Tr 15
Dur: 8m37s.

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