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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.

2 hours, 57 minutes

Last on

Sun 4 Aug 2013 09:00

Music Played

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Minuet, WoO 7/No/1

    Performer: Swedish Chamber Orchestra Örebro, Thomas Dausgaard (conductor)

    • Simax.
    • PSC 1284.
  • Albert Roussel

    Segovia, Op. 29

    Performer: Julian Bream (guitar)

    • RCA.
    • 09026 61595 2.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Klavierstücke Op. 76, No. 2: Capriccio in B minor

    Performer: Gerhard Oppitz (piano)

    • Eurodisc.
    • RD 69248.
  • Léo Delibes

    Lakme: Bell Song

    Performer: Gianna d’Angelo (soprano), Opéra-Comique National Theatre Orchestra, Georges Prêtre (conductor)

    • EMI.
    • 9 28046 2.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Year as Life (film soundtrack): Morning

    Performer: studio orchestra

    • Bel Air Music.
    • BAM 2048.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Scherzo capriccioso

    Performer: London Symphony Orchestra, István Kertész (conductor)

    • Decca.
    • 430 046-2.
  • Fritz Kreisler

    Caprice viennois

    Performer: Ruggiero Ricci (violin), Brooks Smith (piano)

    • DG.
    • 477 9942.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Capriccio on the Departure of his Beloved Brother

    Performer: Wanda Landowska (harpsichord)

    • RCA.
    • GD60919.
  • 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.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Rondo capriccioso, Op. 14

    Performer: Alexander Brailowsky (piano)

    • RCA.
    • 09026 68165 2.
  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Capriccio espagnole

    Performer: London Symphony Orchestra, Ataulfo Argenta (conductor)

    • Decca.
    • 443 580-2.
  • Henryk Wieniawski

    Etude Caprice no 5 in E major

    Performer: David and Igor Oistrach (violins)

    • DG.
    • 477 8168:.
  • Armas Järnefelt

    Berceuse

    Performer: Capitol Symphony Orchestra, Carmen Dragon (conductor)

    • Memory Lane.
    • GLM/Y-69.
  • Tomás Luis de Victoria

    Requiem: Responsary - Libera Me

    Performer: Tallis Scholars, Peter Phillips

    • Gimell.
    • CDGIM012.
  • 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.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern BWV739

    Performer: Robert Quinney (organ at Trinity College, Cambridge)

    • Coro.
    • COR16112.
  • Wojciech Kilar

    Requiem pour le père Kolbe

    Performer: Polish National Philharmonic Orchestra, Kazimierz Kord (conductor)

    • Jade.
    • 699 778-2.
  • Heitor Villa‐Lobos

    Prelude no 1

    Performer: Narciso Yepes

    • DG.
    • 477 8168.

Broadcast

  • Sun 4 Aug 2013 09:00