Birds and Birdsong
Rob Cowan presents music that explores the avian world of birds and birdsong, plus this week's Telemann cantata.
Rob Cowan's Sunday selection concerns itself with birds and birdsong, through the musical prism of such composers as Vaughan Williams, Vivaldi, Beethoven and Liszt. His theme and variations of the day are by Max Reger, in his variations and fugue on a theme of J. A. Hiller. The Telemann cantata this week is Deine Toten werden leben, TVWV 1:213.
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harmonised/orchestrated: Pablo Casals
El Cant des ocells
Performer: Pablo Casals (cello), Prades Festival Orchestra
- CBS Masterworks.
- Portrait MPK 46724.
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Franz Schubert
An die Nachtigall, D.497
Performer: Elly Ameling (soprano), Dalton Baldwin (piano)
- Pentatone.
- PTC 5186 132.
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Carl Nielsen
Bohemian-Danish Folk Tune
Performer: Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra, Juha Kangas
- Finlandia.
- 8573-81966-2.
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Johann Adam Hiller
Overture "The Hunt"
Performer: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Herbert Blomstedt
- Gewandhaus.
- VKJK 0507.
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Richard Strauss, arr Percy Grainger
Ramble on 'Love' (Der Rosenkavalier)
Performer: Percy Grainger (piano)
- Vanguard Classics USA.
- OVC 8205.
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Georg Philipp Telemann
Deine Toten werden leben (TVWV 1:213; B盲renreiter Nr. 28) (1725-26)
Performer: Bergen Barokk, ensemble, Mona Julsrud, soprano, Frode Thorsen, recorder, Thomas Boysen, lute, Markku Luolajan-Mikkola, cello, Hans Knut Sveen, harpsichord
- Toccata Classics.
- TOCC 074.
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Frederick Delius
Irmelin Prelude
Performer: Hall茅 Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli
- Barbirolli Society.
- SJB 1059-60.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Air autrichien 'A Schl眉sserl und a Reindl'
Performer: Wolfgang Schulz (flute), Rudolf Buchbinder (piano)
- Warner Classics.
- 2564 66074-5.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Die Zauberfl枚te, Act 1: Der Vogelf盲ngler bin ich ja
Performer: Walter Berry (baritone), Philharmonia / Otto Klemperer
- EMI.
- 5 67388 2.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
The Lark Ascending
Performer: Tasmin Little (violin), 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis
- Warner.
- 2564 61730-2.
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Franz Liszt
Two Legends: St. Francis of Assisi Preaching To The Birds
Performer: Wilhelm Kempff (piano)
- Philips.
- 456 867-2.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto Op. 10 No. 3 in D, RV90 'Il Gardellino'
Performer: Giovanni Antonini (recorder), Il Giardino Armonico
- Teldec.
- 9031-73267-2.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
To the Blackbird (from 26 Welsh Songs, WoO 155)
Performer: Christopher Maltman (baritone), Marieke Blankenstun (violin), Usula Smith (cello), Malcolm Martineau (piano)
- DG.
- 477 5133.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Swan Lake, Act 2, No. 13d 鈥� Dance of the Little Swans
Performer: London SO / Pierre Monteux
- Philips.
- 420 872-2.
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Fran莽ois Couperin
Le Rossignol-en-amour
Performer: Olivier Baumont (harpsichord)
- Warner Classics.
- 2564 64176-2.
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Robert Schumann
Waldszenen, Op. 82: Vogel als Prophet
Performer: Fou Ts鈥檕ng (piano)
- Meridian.
- CDE 84490/1-2.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Suite for Solo Cello no 6 (Praeludium)
Performer: Janos Starker (cello)
- Mercury Living Presence.
- 432 758-2.
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Johann Gottlieb Graun
Sinfonia Grosso in D
Performer: Vienna Academy Orchestra, Martin Haselblock (conductor)
- CPO.
- 999 887 2.
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Modest Mussorgsky
Song of the Flea
Performer: Boris Christoff (bass), French Radio National Orchestra / George Tzipine
- EMI.
- 6 82937 2.
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Max Reger
Variations and Fugue on a Theme of J. A. Hiller, Op. 100
Performer: London S O / Carl Schuricht
- 大象传媒 Legends.
- 大象传媒L 4213-2.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Suite for Solo Cello no 6 (Gigue)
Performer: Janos Starker (cello)
- Mercury Living Presence.
- 432 758-2.
Broadcast
- Sun 5 May 2013 09:00大象传媒 Radio 3