Rich musical discoveries introduced by Mark Williams
Choral director and organist Mark Williams opens up a colourful selection of classical music from the inside - revealing familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light.
Mark Williams brings his own special insights to a wide range of music: from Saint-Saens鈥檚 Organ Symphony actually proving to be a piece of cake for organists, to the hazards of playing a harmonium on stage.
Mark also explores the genius of the 16-year-old Mendelssohn鈥檚 Octet for strings and finds there鈥檚 more in common than you鈥檇 think between playing the keyboard in baroque music and in jazz. Plus, he shows how the greatest Renaissance composers achieved huge emotional impact even when they were working within the confines of complex musical rules.
At 2 o'clock Mark鈥檚 Must Listen piece is an unusual piece by Rossini that mixes the sacred and the profane.
A series in which each week a musician reveals a selection of music - from the inside.
A Tandem Production for 大象传媒 Radio 3.
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Johannes Brahms
Feldeinsamkeit Op.86 No.2
Performer: Roger Vignoles. Singer: Bernarda Fink.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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Orlando Gibbons
In nomine a 5 (In Nomine I)
Ensemble: Phantasm.- AVIE.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Invention and Sinfonia no.5 in E flat BWV 776 & BWV 791
Performer: Glenn Gould.- CBS.
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Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns
Finale of Symphony No.3 'Organ Symphony'
Performer: Daniele Rossi. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.- WARNER CLASSICS.
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Karol Szymanowski
Stabat Mater - 6th movement Chrystus niech mi...
Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Choir: CBSO Chorus. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle. Conductor: Simon Halsey.- EMI.
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George Frideric Handel
Yet can I hear that dulcet lay (The Choice of Hercules)
Singer: Iestyn Davies. Ensemble: Arcangelo. Conductor: Jonathan Cohen.- HYPERION.
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Felix Mendelssohn
Allegro moderato ma con fuoco from Octet in E flat
Ensemble: Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble.- PHILIPS.
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Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Improperium expectavit
Choir: Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge. Conductor: Richard Marlow.- CHANDOS.
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Gioachino Rossini
Crucifixus, Et resurrexit, Et vitam from Petite Messe Solennelle
Performer: Gary Cooper. Performer: Matthew Halls. Performer: Mark Williams. Singer: Carolyn Sampson. Singer: Hilary Summers. Singer: Andrew Tortise. Singer: Andrew Foster-Williams. Choir: The King's Consort. Conductor: Robert King.- HYPERION.
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Maurice Durufl茅
Fugue sur le nom d'Alain
Performer: John Scott.- HYPERION.
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Thomas Ad猫s
The Tempest Act 3 Scene 4 'How good they are'
Singer: Kate Royal. Singer: Toby Spence. Singer: Simon Keenlyside. Singer: Philip Langridge. Singer: Graeme Danby. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Choir: Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: Thomas Ad猫s.- EMI.
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Franz Schubert
Impromptu in G flat D899 No.3
Performer: Alfred Brendel.- PHILIPS.
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Cole Porter
It's De-Lovely
Singer: Sarah Vaughan.- VERVE.
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Philippe de Monte
Super flumina Babylonis
Ensemble: Contrapunctus. Conductor: Owen Rees.- SIGNUM.
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Edward Elgar
Dream of Gerontius - But hark..., And now the threshold, Praise to the Holiest
Singer: Gwynne Howell. Singer: Felicity Palmer. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Choir: London Symphony Chorus. Conductor: Richard Hickox.- CHANDOS.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Nocturne - Morceau Op.19 No.4
Performer: Johannes Moser. Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Conductor: Andrew Manze.- PENTATONE.
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- Sat 2 Feb 2019 13:00大象传媒 Radio 3
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