Resolutions
Especially for New Year, Tom looks at the idea of resolutions - and what they mean in the world of music.
The word 'resolution' has several meanings. It can refer to something that has been settled or resolved. It can infer a desire to do something differently or to behave in a changed way - as in a New Year resolution. It can also mark the final unravelling of some great complication or drama. In music, it means something more specific: the progression from discord to consonance. With New Year in mind, Tom Service considers the idea of resolution in music in the widest sense of the word; including a look at how composers set about creating a resolve to their musical ideas. Tom's guest expert is the composer Dobrinka Tabakova.
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Auld Lang Syne
Performer: The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards.- Decca (UMO).
- B001RTVEKS.
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Mike Oldfield
Tubular Bells: Part One
Performer: Mike Oldfield.- UMC (Universal Music Catalogue).
- 00602455589514.
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Robert Schumann
Papillons Op.2 No.12
Performer: Marc-André Hamelin.- Hyperion.
- CDA-67120.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No 1 in C major I. 'Adagio molto - Allegro con brio'
Conductor: Michael Gielen. Performer: Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra.- SWR Classic.
- SWR19103CD.
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Richard Wagner
Tristan und Isolde; Act 3, Liebestod (Mild und leise, wie er lachelt)
Conductor: Herbert von Karajan. Performer: Jessye Norman. Performer: Wiener Philharmonika.- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
- 00028942361324.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Ein Musikalischer Spass IV. Presto
Performer: Capella Istropolitana.- EMG Classical.
- 894231644924.
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BĂ©la BartĂłk
Sonata for 2 pianos and percussion III. Allegro non troppo
Performer: Jean-Pierre Drouet. Performer: Katia Labèque. Performer: Marielle Labèque. Performer: Sylvio Gualda.- Warner Classics.
- 190296422089.
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John Coltrane
Giant Steps
Performer: John Coltrane.- Violent Hill Records.
- 887396298590.
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Dobrinka Tabakova
Such Different Paths
Conductor: Stacy Watton. Performer: Amihai Grosz. Performer: Boris Andrianov. Performer: Janine Jansen. Performer: Julia-Maria Kretz.- ECM New Series.
- 4764826.
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Dobrinka Tabakova
Timber and Steel
Conductor: Delyana Lazarova. Performer: Hallé.- Halle Concerts Society.
- CDHLL7562.
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Dmitry Shostakovich
Symphony no. 5 in D minor IV. Allegro non troppo
Conductor: Charles Mackerras. Performer: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. -
Joseph Haydn
Symphony no. 45 in F sharp minor (Farewell) IV. Finale (Presto - adagio)
Conductor: Neville Marriner. Performer: Academy of St Martin in the Fields.- Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd..
- 00028948432387.
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Roger Waters
Grantchester Meadows
Performer: Pink Floyd.- Pink Floyd Records.
- 5099902983257.
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Dudley Moore
Beethoven Sonata Parody
Performer: Dudley Moore Trio.- Techniche Label OMP.
- N/A.
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Peter Schickele
Quodlibet for Small Orchestra
Conductor: Peter Schickele (1935). Performer: P D Q Bach (1935).- Vanguard Records.
- 00015707919555.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony no. 5 in C minor II. Andante con moto
Conductor: Franz Konwitschny. Performer: MDR Sinfonieorchester.- Forlane.
- FC16674.
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Jean Sibelius
Symphony no. 5 in E flat major Original IV. Allegro Commodo - Largamente Molto [1915]
Conductor: Osmo Vänskä. Performer: Lahti Symphony Orchestra.- BIS.
- BIS-CD-863.
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Jean Sibelius
Symphony no. 5 in E flat major Final III. III. Allegro Molto - Largamente Assai [1919]
Conductor: Ole Schmidt. Performer: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.- Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
- RPO103.
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John Dowland
In Darkness Let Me Dwell
Performer: Iestyn Davies. Performer: Jonathan Manson. Performer: Thomas Dunford.- Wigmore Live.
- WHLIVE0074.
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Erik Satie
Vexations
Performer: Peter Dickinson.- Sony Music.
- 88697532072.
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DADABOTS
Bach Faucets
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London Vegetable Orchestra
Melang
Performer: London Vegetable Orchestra.- Transacoustic Research.
- TRES008.
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Henry Mancini
Baby Elephant Walk
Performer: Henry Mancini & His Orchestra.- RCA Victor.
- RD-85938.
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