Pranked!
Tom Service invites you to hear the work of musical fakers, from the perpetrators of innocent pranks to calculating fraudsters, and ponders its aesthetic value.
Tom Service invites you to take stroll around a rogues' gallery of musical fakers, from the perpetrators of innocent pranks, to calculating fraudsters' deliberate deceptions. As well as the satisfying sight of seeing musical experts consuming humble pie, what are the motivations behind musical hoaxes? How can aesthetic value shift when work, once thought to be by a musical giant, is discovered to be a forgery or a by a much lesser figure? To help answer these and other questions, Tom is joined by Frances Christie, Sotheby's Head of Modern British Art, and author of An Incomplete History of the Art of Funerary Violin, Rohan Kriwaczek.
David Papp (producer)
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Toccata BWV565 in D minor
Performer: Peter Hurford.- EMI.
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Rohan Kriwaczek ('Hieronymous Gratchenfleiss')
The Sombre Coquetry of Death
Performer: Rohan Kriwaczek.- The Guild of Funerary Violinists.
- Rapier Musica.
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FrΓ©dΓ©ric Chopin
Etude Op.10, No.12 in C minor
Performer: Yuki Matsuzawa.- Pianissimo.
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Fritz Kreisler
La Precieuse in style of Louis Couperin
Performer: Joshua Bell. Performer: Paul Coker.- Decca.
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Remo Giazotto
Adagio in G minor
Performer: Neville Marriner. Performer: Academy of St Martin in the Fields.- EMI.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No.1 K.16: 1st movement Allegro molto
Performer: The English Concert. Performer: Trevor Pinnock.- Archiv.
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Anton Bruckner
Symphony 9 in D Minor: 1st movement Feierlich misterioso
Performer: Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra. Performer: Cornelius Meister.- Capriccio.
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Winfried Michel
Sonata 22 in A XVI 2c No. 23 in B minor, 2nd Movement
Performer: Paul Badura-Skoda.- Koch.
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Winfried Michel
Sonata 21 XVI 2a in D minor: 1st Movement Moderato
Performer: Paul Badura-Skoda.- Koch.
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Fritz Kreisler
Praeludium and allegro in the style of Gaetano Pugnani
Performer: Joshua Bell. Performer: Paul Coker.- Decca.
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Hans Keller & Susan Bradshaw
Mobile for Tape and Percussion
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FrΓ©dΓ©ric Chopin
Etude Op.25 No.5 in E minor
Performer: Yuki Matsuzawa.- Pianissimo.
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Rohan Kriwaczek ('Pierre Dubuisson')
Sept regards sur l'esprit de la mort: Marche funèbre
Performer: Rohan Kriwaczek.- The Guild of Funerary Violinists.
- Rohan Kriwaczek.
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Rohan Kriwaczek ('Michel Meunier')
Pompes funèbre no.2: Pompe II
Performer: Rohan Kriwaczek.- The Guild of Funerary Violinists.
- Rohan Kriwaczek.
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Rohan Kriwaczek ('Hieronymous Gratchenfleiss')
The Noble March of Death
Performer: Rohan Kriwaczek.- The Guild of Funerary Violinists.
- Rohan Kriwaczek.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Partita No.2 in D minor, BWV1004: Chaconne
Performer: Rachel Podger.- Chanel Classics.
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Winfried Michel
Sonata 21 XVI 2a in D minor: 3rd Movement Allegro
Performer: Paul Badura-Skoda.- Koch.
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