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15/06/2014

Rob Cowan presents depictions of love in music by Purcell, Smetena, Puccini, Gershwin and Falla. Plus Beethoven: Violin Sonata No 1 in D, Op 12 and Glazunov's Symphony No 6.

This Sunday, Rob Cowan presents depictions of love in music by composers as diverse as Henry Purcell and Bedrich Smetena, with additional variations on the idea from Puccini, Gershwin, and de Falla.

The week's Beethoven violin sonata is No.1 in D Major, Op.12 No.1 in a recording by Josef Suk and Jan Panenka, The cycle of lesser known symphonies continues with Glazunov's Symphony No 6 in C minor.

2 hours, 57 minutes

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Sun 15 Jun 2014 09:00
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Edward Elgar

    Imperial March

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Elgar: Cockaigne Overture, Symphony No. 2, etc..
    • Sony.

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Concerto "Les Rainettes"

    Performer: Stephen Mai. Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin.
    • Telemann: Orchestral Suites.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Le rossignol et la rose

    Singer: Rita Streich. Orchestra: Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin. Conductor: Kurt Gaebel.
    • Rita Streich: Waltzes & Arias, Folk Songs & Lullabies.
    • Deutsche Grammophon Eloquence.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Inter Natos Mulierum

    Choir: T枚lzer Knabenchor. Performer: European Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Gerhard Schmidt鈥怗aden.
    • Mozart: Mizza longa, K.262, etc..
    • Sony.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Violin Sonata No. 1 in D major, Op. 12 No. 1

    Performer: Josef Suk. Performer: Jan Panenka.
    • Beethoven: Violin Sonatas.
    • Supraphon.

  • Bedrich Smetana

    Ma vlast: Sarka

    Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden. Conductor: Paavo Berglund.
    • Paavo Berglund: The Bournemouth Years.
    • EMI.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Madama Butterfly: love duet

    Singer: Carlo Bergonzi. Singer: Renata Scotto. Orchestra: Rome Theatre and Opera Orchestra. Conductor: John Barbirolli.
    • The Very Best of Renata Scotto.
    • EMI.

  • George Gershwin

    Porgy & Bess: Bess you is my woman now

    Performer: Jascha Heifetz. Performer: Emanuel Bay. Music Arranger: Jascha Heifetz.
    • Heifetz: It Ain't Necessarily So.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Henry Purcell

    The Faery Queen: Part III - The Sweet Passion: Overture, If love's a sweet passion, The Plaint, O let me weep, for ever weep!

    Singer: Peter Pears. Singer: Jennifer Vyvyan. Performer: Peter Graeme. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Benjamin Britten.
    • Britten: The Performer.
    • Decca.

  • Manuel de Falla

    La vida breve: Interlude and dance

    Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Fritz Reiner.
    • Spain.
    • RCA.

  • Richard Wagner

    Tristan und Isolde: Isolde's Liebestod

    Performer: Vladimir Horowitz. Music Arranger: Franz Liszt.
    • Horowitz: The Last Recording.
    • Sony.

  • Thomas Morley

    It was a lover and his lass

    Singer: Alfred Deller. Performer: Desmond Dupr茅.
    • The Very Best of English Song.
    • EMI.

  • Thomas Morley

    O mistress mine

    Singer: Alfred Deller. Performer: Desmond Dupr茅.
    • The Very Best of English Song.
    • EMI.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Hunt Cantata BWV 208 'Sheep may safely graze'

    Orchestra: Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Karl M眉nchinger.
    • Bach: Cantatas BWV 10, 51, 80, 140, 202.
    • Decca Eloquence.

  • Alexander Glazunov

    Symphony No. 6 in C minor, Op. 58

    Orchestra: Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Fedoseyev.
    • Glazunov: Complete Symphonies.
    • Brilliant.

  • Edward Herbert

    Pavan of the Composition of mee and Castle Island 1640

    Performer: Paul O鈥橠ette.
    • Lord Herbert of Cherbury's Lute Book.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Sonata No. 2 in F K280

    Performer: Maria Jo茫o Pires.
    • Brilliant.

Broadcast

  • Sun 15 Jun 2014 09:00
    大象传媒 Radio 3