Pianist Tom Poster on fresh approaches to listening
Pianist Tom Poster reveals familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light, from the perfect phrasing of Ella Fitzgerald singing Cole Porter, to surprising childhood favourites.
Pianist Tom Poster rediscovers music from childhood, from the moreish sound of rackets (AKA sausage bassoons), to the only fugue Tom actually likes to listen to, in Britten鈥檚 Young Person鈥檚 Guide to the Orchestra.
Tom also explains that Faur茅鈥檚 music seems like it never really begins or ends, we just step into his sound world, and Tom also plays a track from his Kaleidoscope ensemble that features a fiendishly difficult piano part.
Plus, vocal treats ranging from the smooth legato phrasing of Ella Fitzgerald, to the piercing heights of Cyndia Sieden, and the low resonant timbre of Paul Robeson.
A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside.
A Tandem Production for 大象传媒 Radio 3
Photo credit: Elena Urioste
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Ella Fitzgerald
Miss Otis Regrets
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Giorgio Mainerio
Rackett, 'Caro ortolano' (Il Primo Libro di Balli, 1578)
Ensemble: Early Music Consort of London. Director: David Munrow.- ERATO.
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Edvard Grieg
En Svane (Six Songs, Op. 25)
Singer: Barbara Bonney. Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.- DG.
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Benjamin Britten
The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (excerpt)
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Benjamin Britten.- DECCA.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Es ist vollbracht (Cantata BWV 159)
Performer: Xenia L枚ffler. Singer: Peter Harvey. Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.- SDG.
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Gabriel Faur茅
Piano Quintet No. 1 in D minor, Op. 89 (I. Molto moderato)
Performer: Anthony Marwood. Ensemble: Domus.- HYPERION.
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Stephen Sondheim
Take Me to the World (Evening Primrose)
Singer: Bernadette Peters. Singer: Mandy Patinkin. Director: Paul Gemignani.- CBS.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Serenade in B flat, K. 361, 'Gran Partita' (VII. Finale - molto allegro)
Ensemble: Mark Simpson & friends. Director: Mark Simpson.- ORCHID CLASSICS.
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Richard Heuberger
Midnight Bells
Performer: Fritz Kreisler. Music Arranger: Fritz Kreisler. Orchestra: Victor Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Charles O'Connell.- NAXOS HISTORICAL.
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Traditional Spiritual
Deep River
Performer: Harriet Wingreen. Singer: Paul Robeson.- EDITIONS AUDIOVISUEL BEULAH.
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Federico Mompou
Can莽ons i danses, No. 14
Performer: Alicia de Larrocha.- DECCA.
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Lili Boulanger
Faust et H茅l猫ne (excerpt)
Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Singer: Jason Howard. Singer: Bonaventura Bottone. Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier.- CHANDOS.
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Fanny Mendelssohn
Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 11 (I. Allegro molto vivace)
Ensemble: Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective.- CHANDOS.
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Thomas Ad猫s
Five Fathoms Deep (The Tempest)
Singer: Cyndia Sieden. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: Thomas Ad猫s.- WARNER.
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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Violin Concerto in G minor, Op. 80 (2nd movement)
Performer: Elena Urioste. Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Kevin John Edusei.- DECCA.
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Joni Mitchell
Amelia
Music Arranger: Vince Mendoza. Singer: Joni Mitchell. Orchestra: Session Orchestra. Conductor: Vince Mendoza.- NONESUCH.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Ah perdona al primo affetto (La Clemenza di Tito)
Singer: Lucia Popp. Singer: Brigitte Fassbaender. Orchestra: Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper. Conductor: Istv谩n Kert茅sz.- DECCA.
Broadcast
- Sat 5 Nov 2022 13:00大象传媒 Radio 3
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