23/12/2012
Rob Cowan delves into his record collection for instrumental music inspired by or drawn from opera by Wagner, Verdi, Mozart and Johann Strauss. And he introduces this week's cantata by J S Bach, Bereitet die Wege, bereitet die Bahn! (Prepare the paths, prepare the road!) BWV 132.
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Music Played
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JaromÃr Weinberger
Schwanda the Bagpiper - Polka and Fugue
Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Rudolf Kempe.- SBT121281.
- Testament.
- 5.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Bereitet die Wege, bereitet die Bahn! (Prepare the paths, prepare the road!)BWV 132
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Rondo a capriccio in G Op. 129, 'Rage Over a Lost Penny'
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Max Reger
Böcklin Portraits: 'Isle of the Dead'
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Juan Cabanilles
Batalla Imperial
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Don Giovanni: De, vieni alla finestra
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Giuseppe Verdi & Franz Liszt
Il Trovatore: Miserere
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Richard Wagner
Tristan und Isolde: Love Music from Acts II and III
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Leopold Godowsky & Johann Strauss (ii)
Die Fledermaus
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Franz Waxman
Carmen Fantasy
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Giuseppe Verdi
Rigoletto - Parmi veder le lagrime (Act III)
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Johann Sebastian Bach & Prof. Hugo Thomas
Chaconne (D minor Partita)
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Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Swan Lake - Waltz
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Giovanni Gabrieli
Sonata pian' e forte
Ensemble: Philip Jones Brass Ensemble.- Decca Eloquence.
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Hugo Alfvén
Swedish Rhapsody No. 1
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Thamos, King of Egypt - Maestoso - allegro
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Sergey Rachmaninov
Dances from Aleko: Men's Dance
Performers: Royal Liverpool P O + Vasily Petrenko (conductor)
- EMI.
- 9 15473 2.
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Peter Kiesewetter
Tango pathétique
Performers: Martha Argerich (piano), Gidon Kremer (violin), Mischa Maisky (cello)
- DG.
- 459 326-2.
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JaromÃr Weinberger
Schwanda the Bagpiper – Polka and Fugue
Performers: Royal P O + Rudolf Kempe (conductor)
- Testament.
- SBT12 1281.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Bereitet die Wege, bereitet die Bahn!
Performers: Ton Koopman, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and Choir, Barbara Schlick, Kai Wessel, Christoph Prégardien, Klaus Mertens
- Challenge Classics.
- CC72202.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Rondo a capriccio in G Op. 129, 'Rage Over a Lost Penny'
Performers: Alexis Weissenberg (piano)
- EMI.
- 7 69336 2.
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Max Reger
Böcklin Portraits: 'The Isle of the Dead'
Performers: North German RSO + Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt (conductor)
- Acanta.
- 233594.
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Juan Cabanilles
Batalla Imperial
Performers: Jonathan Woods (harpsichord)
- Allegro.
- PCD 1086.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Don Giovanni: De, vieni alla finestra
Arranger: Anon (1792-1809) Performers: Wolfgang Schulz (flute), Hansjörg Schelleberger (oboe)
- DG.
- 423 611-2.
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Giuseppe Verdi & Franz Liszt
Il Trovatore: Miserere
Performers: Aldo Ciccolini (piano)
- EMI.
- CDS 7 54142 2.
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Richard Wagner
Tristan und Isolde: Love Music from Acts II and III
Arranger: Leopold Stokowski Performers: Philadelphia Orchestra + Leopold Stokowski (conductor)
- Sony.
- 88691971152.
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Sergio Fiorentino (piano)
Die Fledermaus
Composer: Johann Strauss II & Leopold Godowsky
- APR.
- APR 7036.
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Franz Waxman
Carmen Fantasy
Performers: Isaac Stern (violin), studio orchestra + Franz Waxman (conductor)
- Sony.
- SM2K 64 501.
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Giuseppe Verdi
Rigoletto - Parmi veder le lagrime (Act III)
Performers: Placido Domingo (tenor), New Philharmonia Orchestra + Sherrill Milnes (conductor)
- RCA.
- 88691975792.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Chaconne (D minor Partita)
Performers: Gordon Nikolitch (violin), Tenebrae
- LSO Live.
- LSO 0728.
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Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Swan Lake: Waltz
Performers: Berlin PO + Herbert Von Karajan (conductor)
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 419 175-2.
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Giovanni Gabrieli
Sonata pian' e forte
Performers: Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
- Decca Eloquence.
- 480 6556.
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Hugo Alfvén
Swedish Rhapsody No. 1
Performers: Philadelphia Orchestra + Eugene Ormandy (conductor)
- RCA.
- 88725417202.
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Stef Conner
This Endris Night
Performers: Cadenza + Jenny Summerling (conductor)
- Bright Star.
- CACD03.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Thamos, King of Egypt - Maestoso - allegro
Performers: Geneva Chamber Orchestra + David Greilsammer (conductor)
- Sony.
- 88725430252.
Broadcast
- Sun 23 Dec 2012 09:00´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 3