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Presented by Rob Cowan. As part of the Comedy Classics series, Rob talks to author, broadcaster, actor and entertainer Gyles Brandreth about his favourite classical music.

Rob Cowan presents Breakfast and as part of the Comedy Classics series, talks to author, broadcaster, actor and entertainer Gyles Brandreth about his favourite classical music. Well known to fans of Have I Got News for You (ѿý TV) and Just a Minute (Radio 4), former MP Gyles Brandreth has enjoyed a career as a prolific broadcaster and currently reports regularly for ѿý TV's The One Show. He has also found success as a writer of children's books and as a novelist and biographer. Best known as a witty raconteur for all occasions, he is currently touring with his One to One Show which won great acclaim at the Edinburgh Fringe last summer.

3 hours

Last on

Mon 2 May 2011 07:00

Music Played

  • Johannes Brahms

    Hungarian Dance no.5: Allegro – Vivace

    Orchestrator: Martin Schmeling Performer: Vienna Philharmonic Performer: Claudio Abbado (conductor)

    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 410 615-2.
  • Claude Debussy

    Danse (Tarantelle styrienne)

    Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano)

    • CHANDOS CHAN 10443.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Larghetto from Organ concerto No.13, HWV.295: 'The Cuckoo and the nightingale'

    Performer: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Performer: Bob van Asperen (organ/director)

    • VIRGIN VERITAS 5 45236 2.
  • Alessandro Scarlatti

    Dixit Dominus (from Dixit Dominus)

    Performer: Concerto Italiano Performer: Rinaldo Alessandrini (director)

    • NAÏVE OP 30350.
  • Edward Elgar

    Serenade for Strings, Op.20

    Performer: Telemark Chamber Orchestra Performer: Lars-Erik ter Jung (conductor)

    • FABRA FBRCD-07.
  • Franz Schubert

    An die Musik

    Performer: Ian Bostridge (tenor) Performer: Julius Drake (piano)

    • EMI CLASSICS 5 56347 2.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Symphonic Dance: Allegro moderato e marcato, Op.64 No.1

    Performer: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra Performer: Neeme Järvi (conductor)

    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 419 431-2.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Cypresses for String quartet – 4. Never will love lead us to that glad goal; 5. The old le

    Performer: Panocha Quartet

    • Supraphon Su 4048 2.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Andante from Serenade no.5 in D major K.204

    Performer: Concentus Musicus Vienna Performer: Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor)

    • TELDEC 9031-72289-2.
  • Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Waltz from Sleeping Beauty – suite, Op.66a

    Performer: Berlin Philharmonic Performer: Mstislav Rostropovich (conductor)

    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 449 726-2.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Polonaise Op.40 No. 1 in A major, 'Military'

    Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)

    • DECCA 421 032-2.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    O mio babbino caro from Gianni Schicchi

    Performer: Leona Mitchell (soprano – Lauretta) Performer: National Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Kurt Herbert Adler (conductor)

    • DECCA 433 865-2.
  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Menuetto. Capriccio presto from Clarinet quintet Op.34

    Performer: Eduard Brunner (clarinet) Performer: Hagen Quartet

    • DEUTSHCE GRAMMOPHON 419 600-2.
  • Frederick Delius

    Summer Evening

    Arranger: Beecham Performer: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Sir Thomas Beecham (conductor)

    • EMI CLASSICS 9 09915 2.
  • Jean‐Philippe Rameau

    Les Surprises de l'Amour – Prologue (le retour d'Astrée)

    Performer: Les Talens Lyriques Performer: Christophe Rousset (conductor)

    • L’OISEAU LYRE 455 293-2.
  • Fritz Kreisler

    Liebesleid

    Performer: Maurice Gendron (cello) Performer: Peter Gallion (piano)

    • Philips 438 960 2.
  • Franz Liszt

    Les jeux d'eau á la Ville d'Este from Années de pèlerinage – Troisième année

    Performer: Louis Lortie (piano)

    • CHANDOS CHAN 10662.
  • Zoltán Kodály

    Marosszék Dances

    Performer: The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Performer: Hugh Wolf (conductor)

    • TELDEC 9031-73134-2.
  • Comedy Classics - Gyles Brandreth's choices

    • Felix Mendelssohn

      Wedding March (from A Midsummer Night's Dream)

      Performer: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Performer: Frans Brüggen (conductor)

      • Glossa GCD 921101.
    • Gilbert & Sullivan - Am I alone and unobserved + If you are anxious for to shine from Pati

      Performer: George Baker (baritone: Bunthorne) Performer: Pro Arte Orchestra Performer: Sir Malcolm Sargent (conductor)

    • Benjamin Britten

      Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra: Fugue

      Performer: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Libor Pešek (conductor)

      • Virgin 5 61782 2.
    • Arnold Bax

      Tintagel

      Performer: ѿý Philharmonic Performer: Vernon Handley (conductor)

      • Chandos CHAN10122.
    • Eric Coates

      Knightsbridge March

      Performer: ѿý Philharmonic Performer: Rumon Gamba (conductor)

      • Chandos CHAN 9869.
    • Edward Elgar

      Salut d'amour

      Performer: Vladimir Spivakov (violin) Performer: Sergei Bezrodny (piano)

      • RCA RED SEAL 09026 62524 2.

Broadcast

  • Mon 2 May 2011 07:00