
30 minutes of classical inspiration
A cheeky waltz by Jacques Ibert starts a half hour journey of back to back classical music, including well-known favourites by Bach, Malcolm Arnold and Gershwin, and some lesser known gems by Debussy, Ravel, Kurt Weill and Joseph Rheinberger.
Producer: Helen Garrison
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Jacques Ibert
Valse (Divertissement)
Conductor: Richard Hickox. Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia.- Bizet, Faure, Ibert, Ravel: CLS, Hickox.
- Virgin Classics.
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Osvaldo Golijov
Confesión (La Pasión según San Marcos)
Orchestra: Orquesta La Pasión. Singer: Biella Da Costa. Singer: Jessica Rivera. Singer: Reynaldo González Fernández. Singer: Gioconda Cabrera. Singer: Manolo Mairena. Singer: Alex Alvear. Choir: Schola Cantorum de Venezuela. Orchestra: Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: María Guinand.- La Pasion segun San Marcos, Osvaldo Golijov.
- Deutsche Grammaphon.
- 1.
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Malcolm Arnold
4 English dances - set 2 Op.33 (no.1)
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Bryden Thomson. Conductor: Bryden Thomson.- Malcolm Arnold: Dances: Philharmonia, Thomson.
- Chandos.
- 5.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Cantata No. 106 BWV.106 Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit: Sonatina
Ensemble: Vox Luminis. Conductor: Lionel Meunier.- JS Bach: Actus Tragicus.
- Alpha.
- 1.
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Kurt Weill
Lonely house (Street Scene)
Singer: Dawn Upshaw. Orchestra: Orchestra of St. Luke’s. Conductor: David Zinman.- Dawn Upshaw: The World So Wide.
- Nonesuch.
- 6.
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Claude Debussy
Reverie for piano
Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet. -
Josef Rheinberger
Abenlied from 3 Geistliche Gesange Op.69 for chorus
Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Director: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.- SDG.
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Maurice Ravel
Conversations of Beauty and the Beast (Mother Goose)
Conductor: François‐Xavier Roth. Orchestra: Les Siècles.- Ravel: Ma Mère l'Oye, Le tombeau de Couperin & Shéhérazade, ouverture de féerie.
- HARMONIA MUNDI.
- 106.
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George Gershwin
Walking the Dog (Shall we Dance)
Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Performer: Michael Tilson Thomas.- Gershwin: The 1920s & 1930s: Tilson Thomas.
- CBS Masterworks.
- 8.
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- Tue 19 Sep 2023 19:00ѿý Radio 3
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