30 minutes of Classical Inspiration
Tonight, a swooning sigh, symphonies from Mendelssohn and Magnard, Till Eulenspiegel in an ash grove, Leo Delibes’ Sylvia and crocodiles, ostriches and hippos dance away the hours.
This evening, after a swooning sigh, Felix Mendelssohn and Alberic Magnard appear in symphonic guise, that master of tricks and wheezes Till Eulenspiegel travels by an ash grove courtesy of Richard Strauss and Benjamin Britten, and we trip lightly with Leo Delibes’ Sylvia before crocodiles, ostriches and hippos dance away the hours with Amicare Ponchielli.
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Franz Liszt
Un Sospiro (3 Concert studies)
Performer: Jorge Bolet.- Decca.
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Albéric Magnard
Symphony No 3 in B flat minor, Op 11 (2nd mvt)
Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jean-Yves Ossonce.- Magnard: The Four Symphonies.
- HYPERION.
- 2.
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Richard Strauss
Till Eulengspiegel einmal anders
Music Arranger: Franz Hasenöhrl. Ensemble: Orchestre symphonique de Montréal.- ANALEKTA.
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Trad.
The Ash Grove
Music Arranger: Benjamin Britten. Performer: Graham Johnson. Singer: Philip Langridge.- Britten: Folk Song Arrangements.
- Naxos.
- 6.
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Léo Delibes
Pizzicato (Sylvia)
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Anatole Fistoulari. Conductor: Anatole Fistoulari.- Delibes: Sylvia & Coppelia: LSO/Fistoulari/Minneapolis SO/Dorati.
- Mercury.
- 5.
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Amilcare Ponchielli
Dance of the Hours (La Gioconda)
Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.- Intermezzo: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra/Jarvi.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 15.
Broadcast
- Mon 17 Jan 202219:00BBC Radio 3
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