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Rob Cowan

Along with folksong arrangements by Brahms, and De Falla's Three Cornered Hat Suite, Rob Cowan looks at preludes and fugues by various composers. These include works by Liszt, Mendelssohn, Honegger and Britten. And he reflects the season with Holst's Winter Idyll.

2 hours, 57 minutes

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Sun 7 Feb 2016 09:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Dieterich Buxtehude

    Prelude & fugue in E minor

    Performer: Hans Helmut Tillmanns.
    • The Buxtehude Organ.
    • Koch Schwann.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Selected Songs Op. 14

    Performer: Jörg Demus. Singer: Dietrich Fischer‐Dieskau. Singer: Kerstin Meyer.
    • Brahms: Lieder and Duets; Schumann: Dichterliebe.
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.

  • Leos Janáček

    Youth for Wind Sextet

    Ensemble: Foerster Wind Quintet.
    • Chamber Music by Janacek.
    • PANTON.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No. 80 in D minor, Hob. 1:80

    Orchestra: Wiener Symphoniker. Conductor: Hermann Scherchen.
    • Original Masters: Hermann Scherchen.
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.

  • Franz Liszt

    Prelude & fugue on B-A-C-H

    Performer: Martin Haselböck.
    • Franz Liszt: Die Orgelwerke.
    • NCA.

  • Arthur Honegger

    Prelude, fugue & postlude

    Orchestra: Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire. Conductor: Georges Tzipine.
    • Les Rarissimes de George Tzipine.
    • EMI Classics.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Prelude and fugue No. 5 in F minor

    Performer: Howard Shelley.
    • Mendelssohn: The Complete Solo Piano Music - 4.
    • Hyperion.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Prelude and fugue No. 5 in F minor

    Orchestra: Det Norske Kammerorkester. Conductor: Iona Brown.
    • Prelude & fugue, Op. 29.
    • EMI CLASSICS.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Prelude & Fugue Op. 87 No. 5

    Performer: Dmitry Shostakovich.
    • Shostakovich Edition.
    • BRILLIANT CLASSICS.

  • Marcel Dupré

    Prelude & Fugue No. 3 in C major

    • Marcel Dupre at Saint Sulpice Vol. 5.
    • MERCURY.

  • Jean‐Philippe Rameau

    La Poule

    Ensemble: MusicAeterna. Conductor: Teodor Currentzis.
    • The Sound of Light.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 009.

  • Manuel de Falla

    The Three-cornered Hat Ballet: three dances

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Jean Fournet.
    • Jean Fournet In Prague.
    • Supraphon.

  • Anon, They Move...

    Baju-bai, Op. 31 No. 5; Ai du du, Op 31 No. 1

    Performer: Erik Werba. Music Arranger: Alexander Gretchaninov. Singer: Evelyn Lear. Singer: thomas stewart.
    • Evelyn Lear & Thomas Stewart: A Musical Tribute.
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
    • 014.

  • Gustav Holst

    A Winter Idyll

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: David Atherton.
    • Holst: A Winter Idyll.
    • LYRITA.

  • Henryk Wieniawski

    Violin Concerto No. 1 in F sharp minor Op. 14

    Performer: Ivry Gitlis. Orchestra: Orchestra of Monte Carlo National Opera. Conductor: Jean‐Claude Casadesus.

  • Francesco Canova da Milano

    Spagna Contrapunto

    Ensemble: Atrium Musicæ de Madrid.
    • La Spagna.
    • Bis.
    • 1.

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