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28/04/2013

Sunday Morning

Rob Cowan looks at how one composer has tackled the work of another, including Thomas Beecham's arrangements of Handel, and plays the week's Telemann cantata.

Rob Cowan's Sunday selection explores famous composers' works through the eyes of another, including Thomas Beecham's arrangements of Handel, Stokowski's take on Mussorgsky and Gordon Jacob's view of Liszt. The programme also includes Dvorak's Symphonic Variations, and the Telemann cantata: Christus der ist min Leben.

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Sun 28 Apr 2013 09:00

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Acanthe Et Céphise – Overture

Performer: Soloists of the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela, Bruno Procopio
- Paraty.
- Paraty 512120.
Georges Bizet

The Pearl Fishers – Nadir's Romance

Performer: Alain Vanzo (tenor), Studio Orchestra
- Malibran.
- CDRG 201.
Ralph Vaughan Williams

Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis

Performer: Boston Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Monteux
- IMG Artists/Boston Symphony.
- BSO CB 101/2.
Frédéric Chopin

Mazurka, Op. 50 No. 3 in C sharp minor

Performer: William Kapell (piano)
- RCA.
- 88765431362(1).
Georg Philipp Telemann

Christus der ist mein Leben (Choral Cantata) TWV 1.138

Performer: Max Hermann, Kleine Consort, Rheinische Kantorei
- Capriccio.
- 10 853.
Christoph Willibald Gluck, arr. Felix Mottl

Ballet Suite after Gluck – Musette

Performer: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Rudolf Kempe
- Testament.
- 5 86516 2.
Dieterich Buxtehude

Toccata in D minor, BuxWV 155

Performer: Marie-Claire Alain (Schnitger Ahrend, Groningen)
- Warner Classics.
- 2564 65179-0.
George Frideric Handel

Love in Bath – Hornpipe, Rondeau and Gigue

Performer: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham
- EMI.
- 5 86516 2.
Stephen Foster

Sweet Laura Lee

Performer: London String Quartet
- Music & Arts.
- CD-1253.
Franz Liszt

Rigoletto Concert Paraphrase

Performer: Aldo Ciccolini (piano)
- EMI.
- CDS 7 54142 2.
Franz Liszt

Apparitions ballet – Galop

Performer: Philharmonia Orchestra, Constant Lambert
- EMI.
- CDM 7 63911 2.
Jehan Alain, orch. Henri Dutilleux

Prière pour nous autres charnels

Performer: Martyn Hill (tenor), Neal Davies (baritone), BBC Philharmonic Orchestra Yan Pascal Torltelier
- Chandos.
- CHAN 9504.
Modeste Mussorgsky, orch. Leopold Stokowski

Pictures at an Exhibition

Performer: Philadelphia Orchestra , Leopold Stokowski
- Pristine Audio.
- PASC 372.
Stanley Black

Overture to a Costume Comedy

Performer: London Symphony Orchestra, Piero Gamba
- Decca.
- 480 3899.
Alexander Scriabin

Preludes, Op. 11 – Nos. 4-5

Performer: Rudolf Kehrer (piano)
- Melodiya.
- MEL CD 1002066.
Anton Webern

Six Pieces for Orchestra Op. 6

Performer: SWR Symphonieorchester, Michael Gielen
- Hanssler.
- 93.017.
Antonín Dvořák

Symphonic Variations, Op. 78

Performer: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Václav Neumann
- Supraphon.
- SU 4090-2.
Engelbert Humperdinck

String Quartet Movement in E Minor

Performer: Diogenes Quartett
- CPO.
- 777 547-2.