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Rob Cowan - Ancient Rome

Rob Cowan explores music depicting ancient Rome, including Liszt, Beethoven, Barber and Handel. Plus a cantata by Kuhnau: Uns ist ein Kind Geboren and Dvorak's Sextet in A, Op 18.

Rob Cowan looks at music depicting Ancient Rome by composers including Liszt, Beethoven, Barber and Handel. He plays a seasonal baroque cantata by Johan Kuhnau, Uns ist ein Kind Geboren (Unto us a child is born) formerly attributed to J S Bach. He also begins a short season of string sextets with Dvorak's A Major work, Opus 18.

2 hours, 57 minutes

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Sun 29 Dec 2013 09:00
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Hector Berlioz

    Roman Carnival Overture

    Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Munch.
    • Berlioz: Harold in Italy Overtures.
    • RCA.

  • Johann Kuhnau

    Uns ist ein Kind Geboren (Unto us a child is born) [formerly attributed to J S Bach as BWV 142]

    Ensemble: Alsfelder Vokalensemble. Conductor: Wolfgang Helbich. Singer: Dorothee Mields. Singer: Henning Voss. Singer: Henning Kaiser. Singer: Ralph Grobe.
    • Bach: Apocryhal Cantatas II.
    • CPO.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    String Quartet No. 1: Andante Cantabile 'Op. posth'

    Performer: Mstislav Rostropovich. Ensemble: Members of the Berlin Philharmonic.
    • Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 2 etc..
    • Decca Eloquence.

  • Franz Schubert

    Wanderer Fantasy

    Performer: Sviatoslaw Richter.
    • Svjatoslav Richter: Mozart, Betthoven, Schubert, Schumann, Grieg.
    • EMI.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Coriolan Overture, Op. 62

    Orchestra: BERLIN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA. Conductor: Rudolf Kempe.
    • Rudolf Kempe: Beethoven 5 Overtures, etc..
    • Testament.

  • Franz Liszt

    Cypresses of the Villa d'Este

    Performer: Alfred Brendel.
    • Liszt: Piano Works.
    • Philips.

  • Samuel Barber

    Antony and Cleopatra: Give me my robe

    Singer: Leontyne Price. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Schippers.
    • Samuel Barber: Two Scenes from Anthony and Cleopatra.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Franz Liszt

    Lamento e Trionfo

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Constantin Silvestri.
    • Silvestri: Complete EMI Recordings.
    • EMI.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Julius Caesar: "Wenn ihr mir nicht Mitlied spendet"

    Singer: Lucia Popp. Orchestra: Munich Philharmonic. Conductor: Ferdinand Leitner.
    • Handel: Julius Caesar.
    • Orfeo.

  • Thomas Arne

    Harpsichord Sonata No. 3 in G

    Performer: Christopher Hogwood.
    • Arne: Eight Harpsichord Sonatas.
    • Decca Eloquence.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    String Sextet in A major, Op. 18 (B 80)

    Ensemble: Panocha Quartet. Performer: Josef Kluso艌. Performer: Michal Ka艌ka.
    • Dvorak: Chamber Works.
    • Supraphon.

  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, op. 28

    Performer: Joshua Bell. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.
    • Chausson: Poeme, etc..
    • Decca.

  • Fryderyk Chopin

    Waltz in A-Flat Major Op. 69 No. 1

    Performer: Marjan Kiepura.
    • Patria.

Broadcast

  • Sun 29 Dec 2013 09:00
    大象传媒 Radio 3