
A journey to Elgar's Sea Pictures
Sara Mohr-Pietsch maps a musical landscape around Elgar’s Sea Pictures, listening in deeply to find sonic connections across time and space.
Sara Mohr-Pietsch maps the musical terrain around Thomas Tallis’s 40-part motet Spem in Alium, wandering down sonic avenues that link music across time and space. We take journeys across the brine with Schubert, Mozart, Britten Grace Williams and Charles Trenet, delve into the history of the song cycle with music by Martin Codax and Berlioz, and we hear Handel from the voice of Dame Clara Butt, the extraordinary contralto for whom Elgar wrote his Sea Pictures.
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Edward Elgar
Sea Pictures, Op 37
Singer: Janet Baker. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: John Barbirolli.- Elgar: Cello Concerto, Op. 85 & Sea Pictures, Op. 37.
- Warner Classics.
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Franz Schubert
Auf dem Wasser zu singen, D.774
Music Arranger: Franz Liszt. Performer: Murray Perahia.- Sony.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Soave sia il vento from Cosi fan tutte
Singer: Renée Fleming. Singer: Anne Sofie von Otter. Singer: Michele Pertusi. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Georg Solti. Conductor: Georg Solti.- Mozart: Cosi Fan Tutte: London Voices/Chamber Orchestra of Europe/Solti.
- Decca.
- 20.
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Grace Williams
Sea Sketches: Vv) Calm Sea in Summer
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Oliver Zeffman.- Ozero Records.
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Gracie Fields
Isle of Capri
- Let's Get Away from It All! - A Global Tour in Songs and Melodies.
- Memory Lane.
- 2.
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Benjamin Britten
Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes (Dawn)
Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.- Chandos.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Full Fathom Five (3 Shakespeare Songs, No 1)
Conductor: Nigel Short. Choir: Tenebrae.- Music of the Spheres.
- Signum Classics.
- 501.
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Max Richter
The Swimmer
Performer: Max Richter.- Editions Milan Music.
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Charles Trenet
La Mer
Orchestrator: Albert Lasry. Performer: Charles Trenet. Orchestra: Orchestra & Choir. Conductor: Albert Lasry.- Les Plus Grandes Chansons Du Siecle CD2.
- EMI.
- 1.
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Edward Elgar
Nimrod [Enigma Variations, Op.36], vers for piano
Performer: Lang Lang.- Piano Book (Deluxe Edition).
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
- 39.
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Martín Codax
Cantigas de amigo: Mandad' ei comigo
Singer: Mara Kiek. Ensemble: Sinfonye. Director: Stevie Wishart.- HELIOS.
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Hector Berlioz
Les Nuits d'été, Op. 7, H 81b: i) Villanelle, H 82b
Singer: Véronique Gens. Orchestra: Orchestre de l’Opéra de Lyon. Conductor: Louis Langrée.- Berlioz: Les Nuits d'été.
- Warner Classics.
- 1.
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Heitor Villa‐Lobos
Bachianas brasileiras No. 5 (I. Aria "Cantilena")
Performer: Sheku Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Plínio Fernandes.- Saudade.
- Decca Records US.
- 6.
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George Frideric Handel
Serse, HWV 40, Act I: Ombra mai fu, "Largo"
Singer: Clara Butt. Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. Conductor: Henry Wood.- Symposium.
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Alan Menken
The Little Mermaid (Live Action Picture, 2023): Finale
Performer: Unknown.- The Little Mermaid (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack/Deluxe Edition).
- Walt Disney Records.
- 15.
Broadcast
- Sun 25 Aug 2024 13:30ѿý Radio 3