Harpist Rachel Masters with music that touches the soul
Harpist Rachel Masters reveals familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light, from beautiful brass melodies to orchestral delights.
Rachel Masters is the principal harpist in the London Philharmonic Orchestra, and today on Inside Music she reveals her passion for good orchestration - from Tchaikovsky鈥檚 ability to transform the simplest melody into something magnificent, to Henri Dutilleux鈥檚 capacity to make every single note matter.
Rachel also revels in the dreamy brass sounds of Toru Takemitsu鈥檚 Night Signal, is transported to another world by John Williams, and finds herself feeling jealous that she can鈥檛 transfer the smooth chord progressions of the guitar onto the harp.
Plus, a brief history of the harp: from an instrument stretching back centuries, to the concert harp that Rachel plays every day鈥�
A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside.
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Giovanni Gabrieli
Canzon septimi et octavi toni a 12 (Sacrae symphoniae)
Music Arranger: Eric Crees. Ensemble: London Symphony Brass. Conductor: Eric Crees.- NAXOS.
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Richard Strauss
Im Abendrot (Four Last Songs, No. 4)
Singer: Lucia Popp. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Klaus Tennstedt.- WARNER.
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Benjamin Britten
Passacaglia (Peter Grimes, Op. 33b)
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andr茅 Previn.- WARNER.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
The Cloud-Capp'd Towers (Three Shakespeare Songs, No. 2)
Ensemble: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.- SIGNUM.
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Henri Dutilleux
The Shadows of Time (I. Les Heures)
Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Seiji Ozawa.- WARNER CLASSICS.
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Diego Ortiz
Divisions on Paradetas
Performer: Andrew Lawrence鈥怟ing.- HELIOS.
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Ella Fitzgerald & Joe Pass
One Note Samba
- ORIGINAL JAZZ CLASSICS.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Manfred Symphony, Op. 58 (I. Lento lugubre)
Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski.- LPO.
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Benjamin Britten
Ceremony of Carols, Op. 28 (As Dew in Aprille; This Little Babe)
Performer: Rachel Masters. Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury.- ARGO.
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John Williams
Flying Theme (E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial)
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: John Williams.- SONY.
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Toru Takemitsu
Night Signal
Orchestra: London Sinfonietta. Conductor: Oliver Knussen.- DG.
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Hector Berlioz
Symphonie Fantastique (II. Un bal)
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Colin Davis.- LSO LIVE.
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Stephen Sondheim
Pretty Women (Sweeney Todd)
Singer: Edmund Lyndeck. Singer: Len Cariou. Singer: Victor Garber.- RCA RED SEAL.
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Ottorino Respighi
Fountains of Rome (III. La fontana di Trevi al merigigo; IV. La fontana di Villa Medici al tramonto)
Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Eugene Ormandy.- RCA.
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Julius Fucik
Florentier March
Ensemble: Grimethorpe Colliery Band.- MUSIC FOR PLEASURE.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
The Creatures of Prometheus (V. Adagio - Andante quasi allegretto)
Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.- DG.
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