Wednesday with Rob Cowan - Johann Strauss II's Blue Danube, Patricia Routledge, Macon
Rob Cowan presents potential companion pieces for Strauss' Blue Danube Waltz, and Dame Patricia Routledge lists her influences and inspirations.
Essential Classics with Rob Cowan
Rob takes us through the morning with the best in classical music including:
0930 Rob explores potential companion pieces for a well-known piece of music. This morning, he's after your suggestions for where to head musically after Johann Strauss's Blue Danube waltz - the glorious melodies of which prompted no less a composer than Brahms to say 'Alas! not by Johannes Brahms'.
1010 Time Traveller. A quirky slice of cultural history
1050 Actress Dame Patricia Routledge reveals the cultural influences that have shaped and inspired her.
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Jacques Offenbach
Mazurka (Ga卯t茅 parisienne)
Orchestra: Boston Pops Orchestra. Conductor: Arthur Fiedler.- RCA.
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Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto grosso in F major Op.6`2
Ensemble: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.- Corelli: Concerto Grossi op. 6.
- ARCHIV.
- 008.
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Michael Tippett
Dance, clarion air (A Garland for the Queen)
Choir: Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford. Director: Stephen Darlington.- Tippett: Choral Works.
- Nimbus.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata in F sharp major Op.78
Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.- chandos.
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Johann Strauss II
The Blue Danube
Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Willi Boskovsky.- Johann Strauss: Famous Waltzes: Boskovsky.
- Decca.
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Sylvius Leopold Weiss
Courante (Lute Suite No 14 in F major)
Performer: David Russell.- The Grandeur of the Baroque.
- Telarc.
- 17.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Four Last Songs
Orchestrator: Anthony Payne. Singer: Roderick Williams. Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.- Chandos.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Horn Concerto No 4 in E flat major, K 495
Performer: Roger Montgomery. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Director: Margaret Faultless.- Signum.
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Georg Philipp Telemann
Divertimento in B flat major, TWV 50:23
Orchestra: Musica Antiqua K枚ln. Director: Reinhard Goebel.- Archiv.
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Johannes Brahms
18 Liebeslieder Watzer, Op. 52
Performer: Andrea Rost. Performer: Magdalena Ko啪en谩. Performer: Matthew Polenzani. Performer: Thomas Quasthoff. Performer: Yefim Bronfman. Performer: James Levine.- DG.
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Michael Haydn
Trumpet Concerto no.2 in C major
Performer: H氓kan Hardenberger. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Elgar Howarth.- Trumpet Concertos.
- Philips.
- 12.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
The Waves (A Sea Symphony)
Choir: Hall茅 Choir. Orchestra: Hall茅. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder.- Halle.
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Percy Grainger
Ramble on Love (after the love duet from Der Rosenkavalier)
Performer: Yekwon Sunwoo.- Decca.
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Claude Debussy
Jeux
Orchestra: Singapore Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Lan Shui.- BIS.
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Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau
Les Boreades (Contredanse tr猫s vive)
Ensemble: Le Concert des Nations. Conductor: Jordi Savall.- Alia Vox.
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Alexander Glazunov
M茅lodie (2 Pieces Op.20)
Performer: Jamie Walton. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Okko Kamu.- SIGNUM.
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Henry Litolff
Concerto Symphonique no.4 Op.102 (2nd mvt)
Performer: Yuja Wang. Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.- AVIE.
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Gioachino Rossini
William Tell (Overture)
Orchestra: National Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.- Famous Italian Overtures - Chailly.
- Decca.
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