Monday - Sara Mohr-Pietsch
Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents. In the Comedy Classics season, she talks to guest Charlie Higson about his favourite classical music.
Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents Breakfast, and in the second of the new Comedy Classics series at 9 o'clock, she talks to special guest Charlie Higson about his favourite classical music. Higson is an actor, comedian and author and is probably best known for ´óÏó´«Ã½ TV's "The Fast Show" in which he starred and for which he was one of the main writers. He is now busy building up a younger audience with his series of novels about a young James Bond.
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Dmitry Shostakovich
Ballet suite no. 2 - Finale (Galop) (ed. Atovmyan)
Performer: Russian Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Dmitry Yablonsky (conductor)
- NAXOS 8.557208.
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Johann Christian Bach
Symphony (Op.8`4) in F major
Performer: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra Performer: Gottfried von der Goltz, director
- CARUS 83.307.
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Frédéric Chopin - Waltz in C sharp minor Op.64 No. 2
Performer: Stephen Hough (piano)
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Arthur Sullivan
Iolanthe Overture
Performer: Academy of St Martin in the Fields Performer: Neville Marriner (conductor)
- PHILIPS 434 916-2.
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Antonio Lolli
Concerto for violin and orchestra in C major: 1st mvt Andante
Performer: Giuliano Carmignola Performer: Venice Baroque Orchestra Performer: Andrea Marcon (director)
- ARCHIV 477 6606.
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Maurice Ravel
Le Tombeau de Couperin for piano: No. 5 - Menuet
Performer: Kathryn Stott (piano)
- SONY 88697573852.
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Vincenzo Bellini
Norma: Casta Diva
Performer: Cecilia Bartoli (soprano) Performer: Orchestra La Scintilla Performer: Adam Fischer (conductor)
- DECCA 478 2558.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude & Fugue in g minor BWV861 (WTC bk2)
Performer: Richard Egarr (harpsichord)
- HARMONIA MUNDI HMU 907431.32.
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Modest Mussorgsky
A Night on the bare mountain (ed. Rimsky-Korsakov)
Performer: Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Mariss Jansons (conductor)
- EMI 3 50824 2.
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William Henry Harris
Faire is the heaven
Performer: The Sixteen Performer: Harry Christophers (conductor)
- UCJ 179 5732.
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Giuseppe Maria Jacchini
Sonata a 5 in D major
Performer: Alison Balsom (trumpet) Performer: The Parley of Instruments Performer: Peter Holman (organ)
- HYPERION CDA67359.
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Sergey Rachmaninov
Prelude in C sharp minor Op.3 No. 2
Performer: Steven Osborne (piano)
- HYPERION CDA67700.
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Giuseppe Verdi
La Forza del destino - Overture
Performer: National Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Riccardo Chailly (conductor)
- DECCA 410 141-2.
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Maurice Ravel
Miroirs - no.3; Une Barque sur l'ocean
Performer: Artur Pizzaro (piano)
- LINN CKD290.
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George Frideric Handel
Ariodante - Act 2 sc.3; E vivo ancore ... Scherza infida
Performer: Joyce DiDonato (soprano) Performer: Les Talens Lyriques Performer: Christophe Rousset (director)
- VIRGIN CLASSICS 519038.
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Comedy Classics: Charlie Higson's choices
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Edward Elgar
Cello Concerto: Mvt I
Performer: Jacqueline Du Pre (cello) Performer: Philadelphia Orchestra Performer: Daniel Barenboim (conductor)
- CBS MK 76529.
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Michael Nyman
The Piano: The heart asks pleasure first
Performer: Michael Nyman (piano/director) Performer: Michael Nyman Band
- MNRCD107.
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Granville Bantock
Sappho: prelude
Performer: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Vernon Handley (conductor)
- Hyperion CDA66899.
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Malcolm Arnold
Symphony No 5: Mvt III – con fuoco
Performer: London Symphony Orchestra Performer: Richard Hickox (conductor)
- CHANDOS CHAN 9385.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis
Performer: London Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Sir Roger Norrington (conductor)
- Decca 467 047-2.
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Broadcast
- Mon 28 Mar 2011 07:00´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 3