A Guide to the Orchestra
Saturday 25 March 2006 14:00-15:00 (Radio 3)
In 1947, Benjamin Britten composed his celebrated Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra - in which he 'took the whole orchestra to pieces and then put it back together again' in order to give the listener a better understanding of how it works.
Charles Hazlewood offers the same material as a starting point, and probes the subject a little deeper.
Playlist
Britten: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
Bournemouth SO
conducted by Richard Hickox
CHANDOS CHAN 9221
Purcell: Hornpipe from "Abdelazer"
Academy of Ancient Music
conducted by Christopher Hogwood
L'Oiseau Lyre CD 425 893-2
Debussy: Syrinx for solo flute
Bartold Kuijken
ARCANA A303
Schumann: Symphony No 1 in B flat - IV mvt
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt
TELDEC 0630 12674-2
Ravel: Ma Mere l'Oye - Pavane de la Belle au bois dormant
Orchestre symphonique de Montreal
conducted by Charles Dutoit
DECCA 475 043-2
Shostakovich: Symphony No 7 - I mvt
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
conducted by Mark Wigglesworth
BIS CD 873
Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin - Prelude
Orchestre symphonique de Montreal
conducted by Charles Dutoit
DECCA 475 043-2
Berg: Violin Concerto - I mvt
Thomas Zehetmair (conductor and soloist)
Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie
TELDEC 4509 97449-2
Nielsen: Symphony No 5 - 1st Mvt
Royal Stockholm Philharmonic orchestra
conducted by Gennady Rozhdestvensky
CHANDOS Chan 7094-2
Vivaldi: Bassoon Concerto in C RV 472 - III mvt
Robert Thompson (bassoon)
The London Mozart Players
directed by Philip Ledger
CHANDOS Chan 6529
Brahms: Piano Concerto No 1 in D minor - II mvt
Elizabeth Leonskaya (piano)
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
conducted by Kurt Masur
TELDEC 0630 18948-2
Sibelius: Symphony No 5 - III mvt
LSO
conducted by Colin Davies
RCA Victor 09026 61963-2
Mahler: Symphony No 10 - I mvt
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
conducted by Simon Rattle
EMI CDC5 56972
R Strauss: Ein Heldenleben
Staatskapelle Dresden
conducted by Rudolph Kempe
Brilliant Classics 7591
R Strauss: Don Juan
Staatskapelle Dresden
conducted by Rudolph Kempe
Brilliant Classics 7591
Beethoven: Missa Solemnis - Credo
New Philharmonia Chorus
New Philharmonia Orchestra
conducted by Carlo Maria Guilini
EMI CD 5 69440-2
Ravel: Valse Nobles et Sentimental - I. Modere
Orchestre symphonique de Montreal
conducted by Charles Dutoit
DECCA 475 043-2
Beethoven: Symphony No 9 - II. mvt
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
conducted by Herbert von Karajan
DG 463 088-2
JS Bach: Fugue VIII in D sharp minor Bk 1 WTK
Sviatolsav Richter (piano)
RCA Victor GD 60949
Britten: YPGttO
LSO
conducted by Benjamin Britten
DECCA 4369902-1
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