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Monday with Suzy Klein - Armando Ianucci, Road Signs and Musical Notation, Ravel's String Quartet

Suzy Klein presents the best in classical music, and featured guest Armando Ianucci reveals the cultural influences that have shaped him.

Suzy takes us through the morning with the best in classical music:

0930 Suzy explores potential companion pieces for Ravel's String Quartet

1010 Time Traveller. A quirky slice of cultural history

1050 Writer, satirist and classical music fan Armando Ianucci talks about the ideas that have inspired and shaped him throughout his life.

3 hours

Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mitridate, Re di Ponto, K.87 (Overture)

    Orchestra: La Cetra Baroque Orchestra Basle. Conductor: Andrea Marcon.
    • DG.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Trio A minor, Op.114 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: ensemble incanto.
    • Johannes Brahms/Max Bruch.
    • EBS.
    • 3.
  • Johann Friedrich Fasch

    Sonata for two oboes, bassoon and basso continuo in B flat major

    Ensemble: Zefiro.
    • Arcana.
  • Anatoly Konstantinovich Lyadov

    Village Scene by the Inn

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Vassily Sinaisky.
    • Chandos.
  • Maurice Ravel

    String Quartet in F major (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Belcea Quartet.
    • EMI.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Courtly Dances (Gloriana)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Benjamin Britten: Works for Orchestra.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 3.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Rondo brillant in E flat major Op.29 for piano and orchestra

    Performer: Martin Helmchen. Orchestra: Antwerp Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Philippe Herreweghe.
    • PENTATONE.
  • C茅sar Franck

    Sonata in A major for violin and piano, ed Jean-Piere Rampal for flute. 4th movt

    Performer: Sharon Bezaly. Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • BIS.
  • Frank Bridge

    Berceuse

    Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: Nicholas Cleobury.
    • Bridge: Suite for Strings etc: Britten Sinfonia/Nicholas Cleobury.
    • Conifer.
    • 15.
  • Franz Schubert

    An die Musik D.547

    Singer: Ian Bostridge. Performer: Julius Drake.
    • Schubert: Lieder: Bostridge, Drake.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 12.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    Scherzo Fantastique Op.3

    Orchestra: St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • Stravinsky: Firebird Suite: St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra/Ashkenazy.
    • Decca.
    • 11.
  • Thomas Arne

    Where the bee sucks (The Tempest)

    Singer: Elin Manahan Thomas. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • HELIODOR.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Simple symphony Op.4 (Playful pizzicato)

    Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Benjamin Britten.
    • Decca.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Introduction and Allegro

    Performer: Osian Ellis. Ensemble: Melos Ensemble.
    • Decca.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    'The Assault on Beautiful Gorky' (The Unforgettable Year 1919)

    Performer: Ellena Alekseyeva. Orchestra: The Moscow Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Adriano.
    • NAXOS.
  • Anonymous

    Sonata XIV in G major, Siempre piano

    Ensemble: Florilegium. Director: Ashley Solomon.
    • Florilegium and Arakaendar Bolivia Choir: Bolivian Baroque, Vol. 3.
    • Channel Classics.
    • 9.
  • Ernest John Moeran

    Rhapsody No 2 in E major

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley.
    • Moeran: 3 Rhapsodies.
    • Chandos.
    • 2.
  • Franz Schubert

    Gretchen am Spinnrade, D 118

    Performer: Malcolm Martineau. Singer: Kate Royal.
    • A Lesson in Love: Kate Royal/Malcolm Martineau.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 8.
  • Gabriel Faur茅

    La Fileuse (Pelleas et Melisande - suite Op.80)

    Performer: Gil Shaham. Performer: Akira Eguchi.
    • Vanguard Classics.
  • Richard Wagner

    Spinning Chorus (The Flying Dutchman)

    Singer: Ricarda Merbeth. Singer: Silvia Hablowetz. Choir: Berlin Radio Choir. Orchestra: Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin. Conductor: Marek Janowski.
    • PENTATONE.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Piano Concerto No 2 in B flat major, Op 83 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Maurizio Pollini. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Brahms: Piano Concerto No.2.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 3.
  • Joseph Bodin de Boismortier

    Serenade no.1 'Simphonie francoise' Op.39 (Chaconne)

    Orchestra: Le Concert Spirituel. Director: Herv茅 Niquet.
    • Boirmortier: Ballets de Village: Serenade.
    • Naxos.
    • 23.
  • Michael Torke

    Javelin

    Orchestra: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Yoel Levi.
    • Michael Torke: Three: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra.
    • Ecstatic Records.
    • 1.

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  • Mon 30 Oct 2017 09:00

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