
Caprice
In this Sunday's selection, Rob Cowan explores the caprice, with music by Bach, Delius, Dvorak, Mendelssohn and Rimsky Korsakov. This week's guitar concerto is by Villa-Lobos, and the Telemann cantata is Der Herr ist Koenig, "The Lord is King" in a recording by Hermann Max.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Minuet, WoO 7/No/1
Performer: Swedish Chamber Orchestra Örebro, Thomas Dausgaard (conductor)
- Simax.
- PSC 1284.
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Albert Roussel
Segovia, Op. 29
Performer: Julian Bream (guitar)
- RCA.
- 09026 61595 2.
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Johannes Brahms
Klavierstücke Op. 76, No. 2: Capriccio in B minor
Performer: Gerhard Oppitz (piano)
- Eurodisc.
- RD 69248.
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Léo Delibes
Lakme: Bell Song
Performer: Gianna d’Angelo (soprano), Opéra-Comique National Theatre Orchestra, Georges Prêtre (conductor)
- EMI.
- 9 28046 2.
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Kurt Atterberg
Suite for violin, viola and strong orchestra Op. 19 No. 3
Performer: Terje Tønnesen (violin), Lars Anders Tomter (viola), Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, Terje Tønnesen (leader)
- Simax.
- PSC 1264.
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Georg Philipp Telemann
Der Herr Ist Konig
Performer: Das Kleine Konzert, Rheinische Kantorei, Hermann Max (conductor), Ann Monoyios (soprano), Wilfried Jachens (tenor), Harry van der Kamp (bass), Stephan Schreckenberger (bass)
- Cappricio.
- C5098.
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Dmitry Shostakovich
Year as Life (film soundtrack): Morning
Performer: studio orchestra
- Bel Air Music.
- BAM 2048.
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Antonín Dvořák
Scherzo capriccioso
Performer: London Symphony Orchestra, István Kertész (conductor)
- Decca.
- 430 046-2.
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Fritz Kreisler
Caprice viennois
Performer: Ruggiero Ricci (violin), Brooks Smith (piano)
- DG.
- 477 9942.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Capriccio on the Departure of his Beloved Brother
Performer: Wanda Landowska (harpsichord)
- RCA.
- GD60919.
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Frederick Delius
Two pieces for cello and chamber orchestra: Caprice
Performer: Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner (conductor)
- Decca.
- 478 3084.
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Felix Mendelssohn
Rondo capriccioso, Op. 14
Performer: Alexander Brailowsky (piano)
- RCA.
- 09026 68165 2.
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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Capriccio espagnole
Performer: London Symphony Orchestra, Ataulfo Argenta (conductor)
- Decca.
- 443 580-2.
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Henryk Wieniawski
Etude Caprice no 5 in E major
Performer: David and Igor Oistrach (violins)
- DG.
- 477 8168:.
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Armas Järnefelt
Berceuse
Performer: Capitol Symphony Orchestra, Carmen Dragon (conductor)
- Memory Lane.
- GLM/Y-69.
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Tomás Luis de Victoria
Requiem: Responsary - Libera Me
Performer: Tallis Scholars, Peter Phillips
- Gimell.
- CDGIM012.
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Heitor Villa‐Lobos
Concerto for guitar and small orchestra
Performer: Pepe Romero (guitar), Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner (conductor)
- Philips.
- 478 4819.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern BWV739
Performer: Robert Quinney (organ at Trinity College, Cambridge)
- Coro.
- COR16112.
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Wojciech Kilar
Requiem pour le père Kolbe
Performer: Polish National Philharmonic Orchestra, Kazimierz Kord (conductor)
- Jade.
- 699 778-2.
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Heitor Villa‐Lobos
Prelude no 1
Performer: Narciso Yepes
- DG.
- 477 8168.
Broadcast
- Sun 4 Aug 2013 09:00ѿý Radio 3