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Ian Skelly with the best in classical music. Plus comedian Stewart Lee talks about his cultural inspirations.
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Music and featured items
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Alfredo Casella
The Snake Woman (Prologue)
Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda.- Chandos.
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Erik Satie
Je te veux
Performer: Anne Queffélec.- ERATO.
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Joseph Haydn
Horn Concerto No. 1 in D Major, Ist mvt. Allegro
Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas McGegan.- Before Mozart: Early Horn Concertos.
- BIS.
- 501.
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Amy Woodforde-Finden
Kashmiri Song (4 Indian Love Lyrics)
Singer: Anthony Rolfe Johnson. Performer: Graham Johnson.- In Praise of Woman.
- HELIOS.
- 017.
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Edward Elgar
Pomp and Circumstance March No 2 in A minor, Op 39
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.- Elgar: Enigma Variations/Pomp and Circumstance Marches etc.: Ormandy/Barenboim/D.
- Sony Classical.
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Franz Schubert
Piano Quintet in A major, D 667, 'Trout' (4th mvt)
Performer: Christian Zacharias. Performer: Andreas Seidel. Performer: Ivo Bauer. Performer: Matthias Moosdorf. Performer: Christian Ockert. Ensemble: Leipziger Streichquartett.- Schubert: Piano Qunitet D 667.
- MD&G.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
O ewiges Feuer, o Ursprung der Liebe (Cantata no.34)
Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.- Bach Choruses - Gardiner.
- SDG.
- 1.
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Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Much Ado About Nothing Suite, Op. 11
Orchestra: Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg. Conductor: Marc Albrecht.- Pentatone.
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Gabriel Fauré
Fantaisie, Op.79
Performer: Sharon Bezaly. Performer: Roland Pöntinen.- Cafe au Lait: Sharon Bezaly/Roland Pontinen.
- BIS.
- 14.
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Time Traveller: Nose Art
Duration: 02:14
Frédéric Chopin
Nocturne in E flat major, Op 9 No 2
Performer: Jean‐Yves Thibaudet.- Chopin: Preludes/Nocturnes/Waltzes: Thibaudet.
- Dal Segno.
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Paul Dukas
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Orchestra: Les Siècles. Conductor: François‐Xavier Roth.- Musicales Actes Sud.
Claude Debussy
Images - set 2 for piano, no.3; Poissons d'or
Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.- Hyperion.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Quintet in E flat for piano and winds K 452 - 3rd mvt
Performer: Murray Perahia. Performer: Neil Black. Performer: Thea King. Performer: Anthony Halstead. Performer: Graham Sheen.- Mozart / Beethoven: Quintets for Piano & Winds.
- CBS Masterworks.
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Improvisation
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Ensemble: Tembembe Ensamble Continuo. Ensemble: La Capella Reial de Catalunya. Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI. Conductor: Jordi Savall.- El Nuevo Mundo: Folías Criollas.
- Alia Vox.
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Cultural Inspirations: Stewart Lee on improvisation
Duration: 04:31
Gabriela Montero
Hallelujah [Improvisation on the Theme of the Hallelujah Chorus from Messiah]
Performer: Gabriela Montero.- EMI.
Witold Lutosławski
Little Suite
Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.- Chandos.
Antonín Dvořák
Prague Waltzes
Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iván Fischer.- Dvorak: Legends: Prague Waltzes: Buadapest festival Orchestra / Ivan Fischer.
- Phillips.
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Johann Strauss II
Roses from the South Op.388
Music Arranger: Arnold Schoenberg. Ensemble: Linos Ensemble. Performer: Ryoko Morooka.- Capriccio.
Robert Parsons
Ave Maria
Director: Philip Cave. Choir: Magnificat Choir.- Where late the sweet birds sang: Latin Music form Tudor England.
- Linn.
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Francis Poulenc
Concert champêtre (3rd mvt)
Performer: Ton Koopman. Orchestra: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: James Conlon.- Poulenc: Organ concert/Piano concertos: Conlon.
- Erato.
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Richard Strauss
Festliches Präludium, Op 61
Performer: Peter Solomon. Orchestra: Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich. Conductor: David Zinman.- Strauss: Orchestral Works: Zinman.
- Arte Nova Classics.
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Broadcast
- Fri 13 Apr 2018 09:00ѿý Radio 3