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Musical Games

Rob Cowan explores how composers including Debussy, Bartok and Janacek have depicted games in music. He also concludes the current Mozart symphony cycle with No. 18, K130, and adds a little more Mozart for good measure. In the final hour, the week's piano quintet is by Dmitri Shostakovich.

2 hours, 57 minutes

Last on

Sun 13 Apr 2014 09:00

Music Played

  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Fantasie in F sharp minor

    Performer: Alexei Lubimov.
    • Selected Signs III.
    • ECM.
  • B茅la Bart贸k

    Mikrokosmos, Nos. 106, 108, 124, 130, 139, 146

    Performer: Zolt谩n Kocsis.
    • Zoltan Kocsis plays Bartok.
    • Philips.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Un moto di gioia, K579

    Singer: Kathleen Battle. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andr茅 Previn.
    • Mozart: Exsultate, Jubilate.
    • Warner Classics.
  • Claude Debussy

    Jeux

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.
    • Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam: The Radio Legacy.
    • RCO.
  • Leos Jan谩膷ek

    Sinfonietta

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Claudio Abbado: The Decca Years.
    • Decca.
  • Oct谩vio Pinto

    Three Scenes from Childhood

    Performer: Byron Janis.
    • Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3, etc..
    • Mercury Living Presence.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Piano Quintet

    Performer: Gilbert Kalish. Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.
    • 2 From Bach.
    • Music@Menlo.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Sympony No.18 in F K130

    Conductor: Jaap ter Linden. Orchestra: Mozart Akademie Amsterdam.
    • Mozart Complete Edition.
    • Brilliant Classics.
  • Arthur Sullivan

    The Mikado: Overture

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Sullivan.
    • EMI.
  • Jarom铆r Weinberger

    Schwanda the Bagpiper: Schwanda's aria

    Singer: Christoph Pohl. Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden. Conductor: Constantin Trinks.
    • Weinberger: Schwanda, der Dudelsackpfeifer.
    • Hannsler Profil.
  • Richard Strauss

    Capriccio: Prelude Op. 85

    Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Karl B枚hm.
    • Richard Strauss: Capriccio.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

Broadcast

  • Sun 13 Apr 2014 09:00