The Don Quixote Connection
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Don Quixote, illustrator unknown (U.S. 1874)
Few works of literature have had the impact of Miguel de Cervantes’ great comic novel, Don Quixote, whose title character becomes obsessed with tales of knights, ladies and chivalry, and sets out to recreate them all.
The story has been adapted and dramatized, danced and painted—and has inspired works of instrumental and vocal music—for more than 400 years.
In this hour, Don Quixote in works by Purcell, Telemann, Mendelssohn, de Falla, Strauss, Rodrigo and more.
FEATURED RECORDINGS
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CD Title
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Group/Artist
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Catalog #
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UPC
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R. Strauss: Don Quixote
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Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan
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DG 000289 439 0272 4
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028943902724
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Purcell Songs and Sacred Arias [for “Let the dreadful engines of eternal will”]
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Maurice Bevan, George Malcolm
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Regis RRC 1366
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5055031313662
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Boismortier: Don Quichotte chez la Duchesse
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Le Concert Spirituel, Herve Niquet,
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Naxos 8.553647
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730099464727
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Telemann: Don Quixote at the Wedding of Camacho
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Academy for Ancient Music of Bremen, Michael Schneider
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CPO 999 210-2
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76120392102
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Mendelssohn Overtures [for The Wedding of the Camachos]
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Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner
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Capriccio C10708
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845221001623
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Rubinstein: Concerto for Violoncello, etc. [for Don Quixote]
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Wuppertal Symphony Orchestra, George Hanson
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MDG 335 1165-2
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760623116525
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Minkus: Don Quixote
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Sofia National Opera Orchestra, Nayden Todorov
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Naxos 8.557065-66
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747313206520
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Massenet: Don Quichotte
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Choirs and Orchestra of the Capitol of Toulouse, Michel Plasson.
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EMI Classics 5099930910027
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5099930910027
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De Falla: El Amor Brujo, etc. [for El Retablo de Maese Pedro]
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Ginesa Ortega, Barcelona Theatre Chamber Orchestra, Josep Pons.
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Harmonia Mundi 905213
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093046521325
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Jose Van Dam: Songs With Orchestra [for “The Drinking Song” from Ravel’s Don Quixote to Dulcinea]
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Jose Van Dam, Opera Orchestra of Lyon, Kent Nagano.
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Virgin Classics 759236 2
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077775922721
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Don Quixote in Spanish Music
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Orchestra of the Community of Madrid, Jose Ramon Encinar
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Naxos 8.570260
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0747313026074
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Kareyev Symphony No. 3, Don Quixote
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Russian Philharmonic Orchestra,Dmitry Yablonsky.
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Naxos 8.570720
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0747313072071
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