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Essential Classics with Ian Skelly: The Raggle Taggle Gypsies, Lemn Sissay, Beethoven's Rondino for wind octet

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1050 Cultural inspirations from our guest of the week, the author and broadcaster Lemn Sissay..

1130 Slow Moment - time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection

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Tue 17 Sep 2019 09:00
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev

    Overture on Three Russian Themes

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Evgeny Fyodorovich Svetlanov.
    • Hyperion.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Nocturne in E Minor, Op. 72 (Posthumous)

    Performer: Bruno Rigutto.
    • Chopin: Nocturnes.
    • APARTE.
    • 1.

  • Francesca Caccini

    La liberazione di Ruggiero (excerpts)

    Ensemble: Toronto Consort.
    • MARQUIS.

  • Hector Berlioz

    Royal Hunt and Storm (The Trojans)

    Orchestra: Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Paray.
    • MERCURY.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Rondino in E flat major WoO.25

    Ensemble: Bl盲serensemble Sabine Meyer.
    • Beethoven: Octet etc.: Sabine Meyer Wind Ensemble.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 9.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Soir茅es musicales, Op 9

    Orchestra: National Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Bonynge.
    • Rossini/Respighi: La Boutique Fantasque: National Philharmonic Orchestra/Bonynge.
    • Decca.
    • 2-6.

  • Henry Purcell

    Hear My Prayer, O Lord, Z.15

    Choir: Vox Luminis. Conductor: Lionel Meunier.
    • RICERCAR.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    String Quintet in E flat major Op.97 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Jerusalem Quartet. Performer: Veronika Hagen.
    • Dvorak: String Quintet, Op. 97 & String Sextet, Op. 48.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 108.

  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Danse macabre, Op 40

    Performer: Karl鈥怬ve Mannberg. Orchestra: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: James DePreist.
    • Saint-Saens: Organ Symphony etc: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra/DePreist.
    • BIS.
    • 4.

  • Modest Mussorgsky

    The Gnome (Pictures from an Exhibition)

    Orchestrator: Maurice Ravel. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Mussorgsky / Borodin: Berliner Philharmoniker / Rattle.
    • EMI.
    • 4.

  • Trad.

    The Wraggle Taggle Gipsies

    Performer: Desmond Dupr茅. Singer: Alfred Deller.
    • Vanguard Classics.

  • Joby Talbot

    The Queen Of Hearts' Tango (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - suite)

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Christopher Austin.
    • Alice's Adventures In Wonderland.
    • SIGNUM CLASSICS.
    • 6.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Trio sonata in D minor RV.63 'La Follia'

    Ensemble: Les Accents.
    • Venezia 1700.
    • APARTE.
    • 24.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Serenade in B flat, K.361 'Gran Partita' (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Linos Ensemble.
    • Mozart: Serenade No. 10 in B flat major, K361 'Gran Partita': Linos Ensemble.
    • Capriccio.
    • 3.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Octet for strings (Op.20) in E flat major - iii. Scherzo

    Ensemble: Emerson String Quartet.
    • DG.

  • Robert Schumann

    Genoveva (Overture)

    Orchestra: Orchestra Mozart. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • DG.

  • Witold Lutos艂awski

    Variations on a theme of Paganini

    Performer: Martha Argerich. Performer: Nelson Freire.
    • Rachmaninov:Suite No.2 /Ravel a Valse/Lutoslawski:/Paganini Variations - Argeric.
    • Philips.
    • 6.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Ombra cara di mia sposa (Radamisto)

    Singer: Bejun Mehta. Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Ren茅 Jacobs.
    • Ombra Cara: Arias of George Frideric Handel - Bejun Mehta: Rosemary Joshua: Frei.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 9.

  • Bedrich Smetana

    Prague Carnival

    Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic.
    • Smetana: Orchestral Works Vol. 1: 大象传媒 Phil, Noseda.
    • Chandos.
    • 6.

  • Astor Piazzolla

    Nightclub 1960 (L'histoire du tango)

    Performer: Augustin Hadelich. Performer: Pablo Sainz-Villegas.
    • Histoire du Tango: Augustin Hadelich/Pablo Sainz Villegas.
    • Avie.
    • 3.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Prelude, Op 12 No 7 (Ten Pieces for piano)

    Performer: Boris Berman.
    • Prokofiev: Piano Music Vol.6: Bori Berman.
    • Chandos.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Double Concerto in A minor, Op 102 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Julia Fischer. Performer: Daniel M眉ller鈥怱chott. Orchestra: Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest. Conductor: Yakov Kreizberg.
    • Pentatone.

  • Gabriela Montero

    Baroque and Me

    Performer: Gabriela Montero.
    • Improvisations.
    • Warner.
    • 5.

  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Chiome d'oro

    Singer: Ulla-Carin Borjesdotter. Singer: Lena Susanne Norin. Performer: Fredrik Malmberg. Ensemble: Harmony of Voices. Director: Fredrik Malmberg.
    • Soavi Accenti: Harmony of Voices, Fredrik Malmberg.
    • Proprius.

  • Hugo Alfv茅n

    Swedish Rhapsody no.1 'Midsummer Vigil'

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paavo Berglund.
    • Warner.

Broadcast

  • Tue 17 Sep 2019 09:00
    大象传媒 Radio 3

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