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Episode m0019xq5, broadcast at Monday 15th August 2022, 7:00pm.
“The threatening majesty of Rachmaninov’s Prelude in C sharp minor leads to an epic struggle with fate for Beethoven. Stravinsky’s elephantine Circus Polka pushes the boundaries and Nina Simone joins the struggle to be free. Suddenly, love makes an entrance with Khachaturian, and we move from sensuous sublimity to the cheeky panache of Leroy Anderson, topped off with a whizzing Beethoven variation, which brings tonight’s cocktail of classics to a conclusion. Produced by Richard Denison”
Track listing
- 0:02 – Prelude in C sharp minor, Op 3 No 2 (track , My gift to you - piano encores: Antonin Kubalek)
- Composer Sergey Rachmaninov
- Performer Antonín Kubálek
- 4:07 – Symphony No.5 in C minor, Op.67; I. Allegro con brio (track 1, Beethoven, Symphony no. 5 and no. 7: Vienna Philharmonic)
- Composer Ludwig van Beethoven
- Orchestra Vienna Philharmonic
- Conductor Carlos Kleiber
- 11:23 – Circus Polka (track , Stravinsky in America: London Symphony Orchestra, Tilson Thomas)
- Orchestra London Symphony Orchestra
- Composer Igor Stravinsky
- Conductor Michael Tilson Thomas
- 14:44 – I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free
- Performer Nina Simone
- 17:03 – Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia (Spartacus) (track 3, Tchaikovsky 1812 - Borodin - Glinka - And More - Kirov Orchestra - Gergiev)
- Conductor Valery Gergiev
- Composer Aram Khachaturian
- Orchestra Mariinsky Orchestra
- 25:42 – Plink Plank Plunk
- Composer Leroy Anderson
- Conductor Ronald Corp
- Orchestra The New London Orchestra
- 28:07 – Diabelli Variations, Op 120 (Variation 10) (track 11, Beethoven The Collector's Edition 50 CDs The Masterpieces The Greatest Artists)
- Composer Ludwig van Beethoven
- Performer Georges Solchany