Stuart Maconie
Writer and broadcaster, and enthusiastic fell walker, Stuart Maconie, introduces a personal selection of music reflecting his interest in music "off the beaten track".
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Percy Grainger
Walking tune vers. for wind quintet
Performer: Academy of St Martin-In-The-Fields Chamber Ensemble
- Chandos Grainger Edition CHAN9819.
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Maurice Johnstone
Tarn Hows - a Cumbrian rhapsody
Conductor: Gavin Sutherland Performer: Royal Ballet Sinfonia
- Resonance CDRSB502.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
On Wenlock Edge for tenor, piano and string quartet ad lib. - Bredon Hill
Performer: Mark Padmore Performer: Schubert Ensemble
- CHANDOS CHAN10465.
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Gustav Holst
Egdon Heath Op.47
Conductor: Andrew Davis Performer: BBC Symphony Orchestra
- TELDEC 4509 945541-2.
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Judith Weir
Ardnamurchan Point for 2 pianos
Performer: Petra Casen Performer: William Howard
- NMC NMCD090.
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Jean Sibelius
Night ride and sunrise Op.55
Conductor: Simon Rattle Performer: Philharmonia Orchestra
- EMI CDM7641222.
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Einojuhani Rautavaara
Cantus arcticus (Concerto for birds and orchestra) Op.61 [with taped birdsong] - 3rd movem
Conductor: Jorma Panula Performer: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
- FINLANDIA FACD 009.
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Claude Debussy
Preludes - book 1 - no.5; Les Collines d'Anacapri
Performer: Krystian Zimerman
- DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
- DG-4357732 2.
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Claude Debussy
Preludes - book 2 - no.5; Bruyeres
Performer: Krystian Zimerman
- DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON DG-4357732 2.
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Alan Hovhaness
Symphony no. 2 Op.132 (Mysterious mountain) - 1st movement; Andante
Conductor: Gerard Schwarz Performer: Seattle Symphony Orchestra
- Delos DE3421.
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Arnold Bax
Tintagel - symphonic poem
Conductor: Vernon Handley Performer: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
- Chandos CHAN10122.
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Eric Fenby
Rossini on Ilkla Moor - overture
Conductor: Gavin Sutherland Performer: Royal Ballet Sinfonia
- Resonance CDRSB502.
Broadcast
- Sat 2 Mar 201315:00BBC Radio 3
