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Rob Cowan - Serenades

Sunday Morning

Rob Cowan explores the serenade, with examples by Mozart, Bernstein and Silvestrov. Plus Vladimir Horowitz in themes and variations and a Telemann cantata: Machet die Tore weit.

"Serenade" is a well known term, but how well known is the music it describes? This morning Rob Cowan dips into the genre, with examples by composers as varied as Mozart, Bernstein and Silvestrov. Plus there are some celebrated recordings by Vladimir Horovitz introducing Rob's new mini-series of themes and variations for piano.

The week's Telemann cantata for the first Sunday in Advent is Machet die Tore weit (He maketh the gates wide) with Gunter Graulich directing Ensemble '76 Stuttgart with Barbara Ulrich (soprano), Heidi Reiss (contralto), Oly Pfaff (tenor), and Bruce Abel (bass).

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Sun 1 Dec 2013 09:00

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Claude Debussy

Children's Corner: Serenade for the Doll
Orchestra: Orchestre symphonique de Montréal. Conductor: Charles Dutoit.
- Debussy: Orchestral Works.
- Decca.
Frederick Delius

Legende
Performer: Tamsin Little. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic. Conductor: Andrew Davis.
- Tamsin Little: The Lark Ascending, etc..
- Chandos.
George Gershwin

Cuban Overture
Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Adrian Boult.
- Sir Adrian Boult: The Complete Conductor.
- Warner Classics.
Franz Schubert

Schwanengesang: Standchen
Performer: Vladimir Horowitz.
- Horowitz at Home.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
Georg Philipp Telemann

Cantata Machet die Tore weit
Conductor: Gunter Graulich. Ensemble: Ensemble '76. Conductor: Wolfgang Rosch. Singer: Barbara Ulrich. Singer: Heidi Reiss. Singer: Oly Pfaff. Singer: Bruce Abel.
- Machet die Tore weit, etc..
- Carus.
Francis Chagrin

Helter Skelter, Concert Overture
Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Pritchard.
- Decca.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Serenata Notturna (Serenade No. 6 Kv239)
Orchestra: Camerata Salzburg. Conductor: Sándor Végh.
- Mozart: Serenaden & Divertimenti.
- Capriccio.
Leonard Bernstein

Serenade after Plato's "Symposium"
Performer: Zino Francescatti. Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.
- Berstein Conducts Bernstein.
- Sony Classical.
Ronald Binge

Elizabethan Serenade
Orchestra: Studio Two Concerto Orchestra. Conductor: Reginald Kilbey.
- British Light Classics.
- Classics for Pleasure.
Valentin Silvestrov

Abschiedsserenade
Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kirill Karabits.
- Silvestrov: Orchestral Works.
- Naxos.
David Popper

Serenade
Performer: Hillel Zori. Performer: Arnon Erez.
- Cello Classics.
Gioachino Rossini

Grand'overtura 'obbligata a contrabasso'
Orchestra: Prague Sinfonia Orchestra. Conductor: Christian Benda.
- Rossini: Complete Overtures 3.
- Naxos.
Josef Suk

Elegie for Piano Trio, Op. 23
Ensemble: Sukovo trio.
- Supraphon.
Ferruccio Busoni

Nine Variations on a Chopin Prelude
Performer: Marc-André Hamelin.
- Busoni: Late Piano Music.
- Hyperion.
Pablo de Sarasate

Navarra Op. 33
Performer: Aaron Rosand. Performer: Eileen Flissler.
- Aaron Rosand plays Sarasate.
- Vox Allegretto.
Franz von Suppé

Boccaccio: Florenz hat schone Frauen
Singer: Hermann Prey. Singer: Anneliese Rothenberger. Orchestra: Graunke Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Carl Michalski.
- Strauss II: Wiener Blut, von Suppe: Boccacio.
- Warner Classics.
Ludwig van Beethoven

32 Variations on an Original Theme in C minor, WoO 80
Performer: Vladimir Horowitz.
- Great Moments: Horowitz live at Carnegie Hall.
- Sony Classical.
François Couperin

Qu'on me dise & Douz liens de mon coeur
Singer: Judith Nelson. Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.
- Premiers & Encores.
- Lyrita.