18/11/2012
Rob Cowan explores dance music from antique jigs to the Viennese swirl of the Strauss Waltz and from Monteverdi to Massenet. And there's this week's Bach cantata Ach wie flüchtig, ach wie nichtig (Ah! how fleeting, ah! how futile), BWV 26, in a classic performance directed by Karl Richter.
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Les Witches
Nobody's Jig, Mr Lane's Maggott, Black and Grey
Composer: Anon
- Alpha.
- 502.
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Gerald Finzi
A Severn Rhapsody Op. 3
Performers: London P O / Sir Adrian Boult
- Lyrita.
- SRCD 239.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Organ Sonata in D Kv69
Performers: Marie-Claire Alain (organ), Jean-François Paillard Chamber Orchestra
- Erato.
- 5950466-6695-2-0.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Ach wie flüchtig, ach wie nichtig (Ah! how fleeting, ah! how futile), BWV 26
Performers: Richter, Munich Bach Choir, Mathis, Schmidt, Schreier, Fischer Dieskau
- Archiv Producktion.
- 427 130 2.
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Edward Elgar
Introduction & Allegro
Performers: Boston S O / Charles Munch (conductor)
- RCA.
- 09026 61424 2.
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Léo Delibes
Lakmé – stances
Performers: Gabriel Bacquier (baritone), Orchestra / Jésus Etcheverry (conductor)
- Decca.
- 4806399.
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Johann Strauss
Eljen a Magyar!
Performers: Berlin R S O / Ferenc Fricsay (conductor)
- DG.
- 427 217-2.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Cello Suite No. 5 in C minor, BWV1011 - Gigue
Performers: Pieter Wispelwey (baroque cello)
- EPR-Classic.
- EPRC 012.
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Claudio Monteverdi
Sinfonia y Quejas (Il ritorna d'Ulisse)
Performers: Cappella Mediterranea / Leonardo Garcia Alarcon (conductor)
- Ambronay.
- AMY034.
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Johannes Brahms
Hungarian Dances for piano four hands: No. 2 in D minor
Performers: Yaara Tal and Andreas Groethuysen (piano)
- Sony.
- 886 919 280 62.
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Edward Elgar
Three Characteristic Pieces, Op. 10: Gavotte AD 1700 and 1900
Performers: London PO / Elgar (conductor)
- EMI.
- CDS 7 54564 2.
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Zoltán Kodály
Dances of Marosszek
Performers: Philadelphia Orchestra / Eugene Ormandy (conductor)
- Sony.
- SBK 62 404.
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André Campra
L'Europe Galante – suite (excerpts)
Editor: Frederick Hewitt Performers: English C O / Raymond Leppard (conductor)
- Decca Eloquence.
- 480 2374.
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Jules Massenet
Le Cid: Aragonaise
Performers: Hollywood Bowl SO / Carmen Dragon (conductor)
- EMI.
- CDM 7 63734 2.
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Trad.
Ciorcarlia
Performers: Grigoras Dinicu & orchestra
- Symposium.
- 1218.
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George Enescu
Romanian Rhapsody No. 1
Performers: USSR State Radio & TV Symphony Orchestra / Alexander Gauk (conductor)
- Brilliant.
- 8866.
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Ferdinand Hérold
Clog Dance from La fille mal gardée (Act 1 no 17a)
Arranger: John Lanchbery Performers: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / John Lanchbery (conductor)
- Decca.
- 478 4746.
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Victor Herbert
Serenade Op. 12 – iv Canzonetta
Performers: London Octave / Kypros Markou (conductor)
- Dutton.
- CDLX 7238.
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Franz Schubert
Rondo in B minor D.895
Performers: Max Rostal (violin), Colin Horsley (piano)
- Symposium.
- 1068.
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Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Francesca De Rimini Fantasy Op. 32
Performers: Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra / Gustavo Dudamel (conductor)
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 477 8022.
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Frédéric Chopin
Prelude in D flat major op28 no15
Performers: Alfred Cortot (piano)
- EMI.
- 50999 704 907 25.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Andante in C K315
Performers: Frans Vester (transverse flute) / Mozart-Ensemble Amsterdam / Frans Brüggen (conductor)
- Sony Classical.
- 01-060381-10.
Broadcast
- Sun 18 Nov 2012 09:00´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 3