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Sean Rafferty is joined by the Barbican String Quartet, who play live in the studio, and conductor Stephen Bell, who previews the Hallé orchestra's 4th of July 'Stars & Stripes' concert later this week, featuring some of the best-known American music.
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Joe Hisaishi
Merry-Go-Round of Life (Howl's Moving Castle)
Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Joe Hisaishi.- DG.
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Edvard Grieg
Piano Concerto in A minor, Op 16 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes. Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Dmitri Kitayenko.- Leif Ove Andsnes: A Portrait.
- EMI Classics.
- 3.
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Lili Boulanger
Psaume 129
Singer: Pierre Mollet. Choir: Chœurs Élisabeth Brasseur. Orchestra: Orchestre Lamoureux. Conductor: Igor Markevitch.- Everest.
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Alexander Faris
Upstairs, Downstairs, (theme from the TV drama series)
Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. Conductor: Harry Rabinowitz. -
Arnold Bax
Tintagel
Conductor: Vernon Handley. Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra.- Bax: The Symphonies: ѿý Philharmonic/Handley.
- Chandos.
- 2.
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Joseph Haydn
Quartet in D major, Op.20 No.4: 1. Allegro di molto
Ensemble: Barbican Quartet. -
Elena Kats‐Chernin
Eliza's Aria (Wild Swans)
Singer: Jane Sheldon. Orchestra: Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ola Rudner.- Elena Kats-Chernin - Wild Swans.
- ABC.
- 2.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestral Suite no.1 in C major, BWV.1066 (Overture)
Orchestra: Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Ton Koopman.- J.S. Bach, Orchestral Suites, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra / Ton Koopman.
- RCA.
- 1.
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Robert Schumann
Quartet in A major, Op.41 No.3: 2. Adagio molto
Ensemble: Barbican Quartet. -
William Grant Still
Song For The Lonely
Performer: Titus Underwood. Performer: Lara Downes.- Remember Me To Harlem.
- Rising Sun Records.
- 103.
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Maurice Ravel
DZé
Conductor: Pierre Boulez. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker.- Ravel: Bolero: Berliner Philharmoniker, Boulez.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 15.
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John Philip Sousa
The Stars and Stripes Forever (arr. Stokowski)
Orchestra: Cincinnati Pops Orchestra. Conductor: Erich Kunzel.- Pomp & Pizazz.
- Telarc.
- 009.
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Cole Porter
Always true to you in my fashion
Music Arranger: Guy Barker. Singer: Clare Teal. Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: Stephen Bell.- MUD RECORDS.
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Maurice Ravel
Le Tombeau de Couperin (Prélude)
Orchestra: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.- Ravel: La valse, M. 72 & Other Works.
- BIS.
- 301.
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George Frideric Handel
Coronation Anthem No. 3, HWV260 'The King Shall Rejoice' - final section 'Glory and Worship' and Alleluia
Ensemble: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.- Coro.
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Claude Debussy
Reverie
Performer: Jean‐Yves Thibaudet.- Debussy: Preludes etc.: Jean-Yves Thibaudet.
- Decca.
- 18.
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- Mon 1 Jul 2024 17:00ѿý Radio 3