BBC Proms Composer: John Barry with Neil Brand and Andrew McGregor
Andrew McGregor with the best new classical releases, joined by Neil Brand who picks his top 5 recordings of music by this week's BBC Proms Composer, John Barry.
Andrew McGregor with the best new classical releases, joined by Neil Brand who picks his top 5 recordings of music by this week's BBC Proms Composer, John Barry.
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BBC Proms Composer: John Barry
Pianist, composer and film expert Neil Brand picks his 5 essential recordings by this week's Proms Composer, John Barry.
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Record of the Week
Andrew's top pick of the week's new releases.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Sonata sopr' il soggetto Reale (mvts 3 and 4) (Musical Offering BWV.1079)
Music Arranger: Jan Böttcher. Orchestra: Potsdam Chamber Academy.- Genuin.
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Xavier Montsalvatge
Cancion de cuna para dormir a un negrito (5 Canciones negras)
Singer: Aigul Akhmetshina. Performer: Sir Antonio Pappano.- Decca.
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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
The Nightingale and the Rose, Op.2 No.2
Singer: Aigul Akhmetshina. Performer: Sir Antonio Pappano.- Decca.
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Anton Bruckner
Symphony no.3 in D minor (1st mvt)
Orchestra: Anima Eterna Brugge. Conductor: Pablo Heras‐Casado.- Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 "Romantic".
- Harmonia Mundi.
- 1.
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Duke Ellington
Come Sunday
Ensemble: PUBLIQuartet.- Avie.
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Daniel Bernard Roumain
Hip-hop studies and etudes, bk.1 (no.10 in C sharp minor)
Ensemble: PUBLIQuartet.- Avie.
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John Barry
The Ipcress File (Main Titles)
Orchestra: The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Adam Klemens.- Quartet Records.
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John Barry
The Persuaders (Theme)
Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.- Universal.
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John Barry
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (Ski Chase)
Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. Conductor: John Barry.- On Her Majesty's Secret Service (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack / Expanded E.
- Capitol Records.
- 4.
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John Barry
Dances With Wolves (The John Dunbar Theme)
Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. Conductor: John Barry.- Dances With Wolves - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack.
- Epic/Legacy.
- 24.
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John Barry
Dances with Wolves (The Death of Timmons)
Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. Conductor: John Barry.- Dances With Wolves - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack.
- Epic/Legacy.
- 5.
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John Barry
High Road to China - Suite (Main theme)
Orchestra: The John Barry Orchestra. Conductor: John Barry.- BSX Records, Inc..
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Anton Bruckner
Symphony no.7 in E major (3rd mvt)
Music Arranger: Hanns Eisler. Music Arranger: Erwin Stein. Music Arranger: Karl Rankl. Performer: Renaud Capuçon. Performer: Christoph Koncz. Performer: Gérard Caussé. Performer: Julia Hagen. Performer: Alois Posch. Performer: Daniel Ottensamer. Performer: David Guerrier. Performer: Adélaïde Ferrière. Performer: Guillaume Bellom.- Capuçon & Friends – Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 in E Major (Chamber Version).
- Platoon.
- 103.
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Jean-Nicolas Geoffroy
Symphonie for 3 viols
Ensemble: La Rêveuse.- L'Énigme Sainte Colombe.
- harmonia mundi.
- 114.
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Jean de Sainte‐Colombe
Concert 'La Vignon' (Chaconne)
Ensemble: La Rêveuse.- L'Énigme Sainte Colombe.
- harmonia mundi.
- 113.
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Nancy Dalberg
Symphony in C sharp minor (3rd mvt)
Orchestra: Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard.- Dalberg: Symphony in C-Sharp Minor.
- Dacapo.
- 103.
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Edmundo Villani-Côrtes
Caratinguê
Performer: Clélia Iruzun. Ensemble: I Musicanti.- Treasures from the New World, Vol. 4: Brazilian Piano Quartets.
- SOMM Recordings.
- 114.
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Niccolò Paganini
Violin Concerto no.1 in D major Op.6 (1st mvt)
Performer: Joshua Bell. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields.- Sony.
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