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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.

2 hours, 57 minutes

Last on

Sun 18 Nov 2012 09:00

Music Played

  • Les Witches

    Nobody's Jig, Mr Lane's Maggott, Black and Grey

    Composer: Anon

    • Alpha.
    • 502.
  • Gerald Finzi

    A Severn Rhapsody Op. 3

    Performers: London P O / Sir Adrian Boult

    • Lyrita.
    • SRCD 239.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Organ Sonata in D Kv69

    Performers: Marie-Claire Alain (organ), Jean-François Paillard Chamber Orchestra

    • Erato.
    • 5950466-6695-2-0.
  • 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.
  • Edward Elgar

    Introduction & Allegro

    Performers: Boston S O / Charles Munch (conductor)

    • RCA.
    • 09026 61424 2.
  • Léo Delibes

    Lakmé – stances

    Performers: Gabriel Bacquier (baritone), Orchestra / Jésus Etcheverry (conductor)

    • Decca.
    • 4806399.
  • Johann Strauss

    Eljen a Magyar!

    Performers: Berlin R S O / Ferenc Fricsay (conductor)

    • DG.
    • 427 217-2.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cello Suite No. 5 in C minor, BWV1011 - Gigue

    Performers: Pieter Wispelwey (baroque cello)

    • EPR-Classic.
    • EPRC 012.
  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Sinfonia y Quejas (Il ritorna d'Ulisse)

    Performers: Cappella Mediterranea / Leonardo Garcia Alarcon (conductor)

    • Ambronay.
    • AMY034.
  • 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.
  • Edward Elgar

    Three Characteristic Pieces, Op. 10: Gavotte AD 1700 and 1900

    Performers: London PO / Elgar (conductor)

    • EMI.
    • CDS 7 54564 2.
  • Zoltán Kodály

    Dances of Marosszek

    Performers: Philadelphia Orchestra / Eugene Ormandy (conductor)

    • Sony.
    • SBK 62 404.
  • André Campra

    L'Europe Galante – suite (excerpts)

    Editor: Frederick Hewitt Performers: English C O / Raymond Leppard (conductor)

    • Decca Eloquence.
    • 480 2374.
  • Jules Massenet

    Le Cid: Aragonaise

    Performers: Hollywood Bowl SO / Carmen Dragon (conductor)

    • EMI.
    • CDM 7 63734 2.
  • Trad.

    Ciorcarlia

    Performers: Grigoras Dinicu & orchestra

    • Symposium.
    • 1218.
  • George Enescu

    Romanian Rhapsody No. 1

    Performers: USSR State Radio & TV Symphony Orchestra / Alexander Gauk (conductor)

    • Brilliant.
    • 8866.
  • 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.
  • Victor Herbert

    Serenade Op. 12 – iv Canzonetta

    Performers: London Octave / Kypros Markou (conductor)

    • Dutton.
    • CDLX 7238.
  • Franz Schubert

    Rondo in B minor D.895

    Performers: Max Rostal (violin), Colin Horsley (piano)

    • Symposium.
    • 1068.
  • Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Francesca De Rimini Fantasy Op. 32

    Performers: Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra / Gustavo Dudamel (conductor)

    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 477 8022.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Prelude in D flat major op28 no15

    Performers: Alfred Cortot (piano)

    • EMI.
    • 50999 704 907 25.
  • 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