Baritone Roderick Williams rifles through some favourite records
Baritone Roderick Williams reveals familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light, including some epic Mahler and a revolutionary track by The Beatles.
Baritone Roderick Williams takes inspiration both from his parents' record collection and from composers who absorbed and reworked music from other times.
Roderick’s playlist effortlessly moves from symphonies by Schubert and Mahler to vocal music by Francis Potts and a certain Roderick Williams, as well as revelling in the sounds of The Modern Jazz Quartet and music written by Michael Giacchino for the film Batman. There’s also storytelling by Prokofiev and Britten and a piece of musical defiance by Michael Tippett.
And if you’ve ever had reservations about classical crossover, Benjamin Luxon singing the music of Herman Hupfeld might very well convince you to think again…
A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside.
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Herman Hupfeld
As time goes by
Singer: Benjamin Luxon. Orchestra: National Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Owain Arwel Hughes.- RCA RED SEAL.
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Sergey Prokofiev
Procession to the zoo (Peter and the Wolf)
Narrator: Alexander Armstrong. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.- WARNER CLASSICS.
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Guillaume de Machaut
Douce Dame Jolie
Composer: Roderick Williams. Choir: I Fagiolini. Choir: SDASA Chorale.- DETOUR.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
12 Variations on 'Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen', Op.66
Performer: Mischa Maisky. Performer: Martha Argerich.- DG.
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Benjamin Britten
'Over Hill, Over Dale' (Midsummer Night's Dream, Act 1)
Choir: Choir of Downside School, Purley. Choir: Wandsworth School Boys’ Choir. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Benjamin Britten.- DECCA.
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Tielman Susato
Danserye (IX. Ronde; III. Ronde & Saltereille)
Ensemble: Early Music Consort of London. Director: David Munrow.- ERATO.
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Marvin Gaye
What's Going On
- MOTOWN.
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Michael Tippett
Go down, Moses (A Child of our Time)
Singer: Carys Lane. Singer: Robert Evans. Ensemble: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.- CORO.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto in G major, after Vivaldi, BWV 980 (I. Allegro)
Performer: Sophie Yates.- CHANDOS.
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Hector Berlioz
Les Pèlerins étant venus (L'Enfance du Christ, Op. 25, Pt. 2)
Singer: Anthony Rolfe Johnson. Orchestra: L'Orchestre de l'Opera de Lyon. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.- WARNER CLASSICS.
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Igor Stravinsky
Pulcinella Suite (I. Overture: Sinfonia; II. Serenata)
Orchestra: Tapiola Sinfonietta. Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki.- BIS.
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Francis Pott
Laudate Dominum
Choir: ORA Singers. Conductor: Suzi Digby.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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Franz Schubert
Symphony No. 3 in D major, D.200 (IV. Presto vivace)
Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.- WARNER CLASSICS.
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Michael Giacchino
Moving in for the Gil (Batman)
Choir: Tiffin Boys’ Choir. Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.- WATERTOWER MUSIC.
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The Modern Jazz Quartet
Django
- ATLANTIC.
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Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 8, 'Symphony of a Thousand' (Part 2: Final scene)
Choir: Chicago Symphony Chorus. Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Georg Solti.- DECCA.
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The Beatles
Revolution 9
- PARLOPHONE.
Broadcast
- Sat 13 Aug 2022 13:0091Èȱ¬ Radio 3