
Rob Cowan
Rob Cowan's selection of music explores nature as seen by various composers including Dvorak, Wagner, Sibelius and Bridge. The week's concert overture is by Anthony Collins, and the programme begins a new short series exploring Britten's string quartets, starting with No. 1.
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Georg Böhm
Ach, wie nichtig, ach, wie fluchtig
Performer: Gustav Leonhardt.- Renaissance and Baroque Organs: Northern Germany.
- Sony Music.
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Bohuslav Martinů
Czech Rhapsody
Performer: Hana Kotkova. Performer: Simon Mulligan.- Martinu: Czech Rhapsody; Sonatas 1, 2, 3.
- Matous.
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Hugo Alfvén
Swedish Rhapsody No. 1 - Midsummer Vigil
Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Eugene Ormandy.- Eugene Ormandy conducts 20th Century Classics.
- Sony.
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Anthony Collins
Festival Royal - Overture
Orchestra: ѿý Concert Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.- Anthony Collins: Vanity Fair, etc..
- Dutton.
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Hector Berlioz
The Trojans: Royal Hunt and Storm
Orchestra: Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Paray.- French Opera Highlights.
- Mercury.
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Alexander Borodin
Prince Igor, Act 2: Vladimir’s Cavatina
Singer: Ivan Kozlovsky. Orchestra: Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra. Conductor: Nikolai Golovanov.- Kozlovsky: Singers of Russia.
- RCD.
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Antonín Dvořák
In Nature’s Realm Overture, Op. 91
Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: José Serebrier.- Dvorak: Slavonic Dance Op 46 No 8, etc..
- Warner Classics.
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Richard Wagner
Siegfried, Act 2, scene 3: Da lieg auch du, dunkler Wurm
Singer: Wolfgang Windgassen. Singer: Joan Sutherland. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Georg Solti.- Wagner: Siegfried.
- Decca.
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Jean Sibelius
The Language of the Birds
Orchestra: Turku Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Leif Segerstam.- Sibelius: Belshazzar's Feast, etc..
- Naxos.
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George Frideric Handel
Organ Concerto No. 13 in F major, HWV 'The Cuckoo and the Nightingale'
Performer: Nicholas Parle. Ensemble: London Baroque. Conductor: Charles Medlam.- Emma Kirkby: A Vauxhall Gardens Entertainment.
- Erato.
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Claude Debussy
Beau Soir
Performer: Aaron Rosand. Performer: John Covelli. Music Arranger: Jascha Heifetz.- Violin Romances.
- Musical Concepts.
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Frank Bridge
Summer
Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Charles Groves.- Frank Bridge: The Sea, etc..
- Warner Classics.
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Jules Massenet
Le Vierge: Last Sleep of the Virgin
Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Louis Frémaux.- Works by Massenet, Charpenter.
- EMI.
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Modest Mussorgsky
Boris Godunov: Lament of the Simpleton and finale of Act 3 scene 1
Singer: Ivan Kozlovsky. Singer: Марк Осипович Рейзен. Orchestra: The Orchestra of the Moscow Grand Theatre. Conductor: Nikoli Golovanov.- Golovanoff 1948.
- LYS.
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Benjamin Britten
String Quartet No. 1 in D major, Op. 25
Ensemble: Takács Quartet.- Britten: String Quartets 1, 2 & 3.
- Hyperion.
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Maurice Ravel
Sonatine
Performer: Ivan Moravec.- Works for Piano by Debussy and Ravel.
- Connoisseur Society.
Broadcast
- Sun 6 Sep 2015 09:00ѿý Radio 3