Building a Library: Handel: Orlando
With Andrew McGregor. Building a Library: Handel: Orlando; New release - Mahler: Symphony No 9; Reissue - Shostakovich: Symphony No 1; Disc of the Week: Bach: Keyboard Partitas.
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Handel: Orlando
Duration: 56:04
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Herbert Howells
Sine nomine for soloists, chorus, organ and orchestra
Choir: Bach Choir.. Singer: Alison Hill. Conductor: David Hill. Singer: Benjamin Hulett. Orchestra: Bournemouth S O.- NAXOS : 8.573176.
- NAXOS.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Partita no. 5 in G major BWV.829 for keyboard
Performer: Igor Levit.- SONY CLASSICAL : 88843-036822.
- SONY CLASSICAL.
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Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Gluck, Das Mir Verlieb (Die Tote Stadt)
Orchestra: Berlin R S O.. Conductor: Jochen Rieder. Singer: Julia Kleiter. Singer: Jonas Kaufmann.- SONY CLASSICAL : 88843-087712.
- SONY CLASSICAL.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Concerto no. 9 in E flat major K.271 for piano and orchestra
Performer: Alfred Brendel. Conductor: Neville Marriner. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields.- DECCA : 478-2695.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Sonata in G major BWV.1039 for 2 flutes and continuo
Performer: James Galway. Performer: Moray Welsh. Performer: Phillip Moll. Performer: Kyung-Wha Chung.- SONY CLASSICAL : 88843-026332.
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Rued Langgaard
Quartet no. 3 for strings
Ensemble: Nightingale String Quartet.- DACAPO : 6.220575.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Sonata in A major Op.69 for cello and piano
Performer: Jean‐Guihen Queyras. Performer: Alexander Melnikov.- HARMONIA MUNDI : HMC-902183.84.
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Gluck, das Mir verlieb (Die Tote Stadt - opera in 3 acts Op.12)
Performers: Julia Kleiter (soprano), Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Berlin R S O, Jochen Rieder
Composers: Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897 - 1957)
Album Title: SONY CLASSICAL : 88843-087712
Sine nomine for soloists, chorus, organ and orchestra
Performers: Alison Hill (soprano), Benjamin Hulett (tenor), Bach Choir, Bournemouth S O, David Hill
Composers: Herbert Howells (1892 - 1983)
Album Title: NAXOS : 8.573176
Sonata in A major Op.69 for cello and piano
Performers: Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello), Alexander Melnikov (piano)
Composers: Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
Album Title: HARMONIA MUNDI : HMC-902183.84
9.30am Building a Library
Anna Picard compares recordings of Handel’s opera Orlando makes a recommendation:
HANDEL: Orlando
Bejun Mehta (Orlando), Sophie Karthauser (Angelica), Kristina Hammarstrom (Medoro), Sunhae Im (Dorinda), Konstantin Wolff (Zoroastro), B'Rock Orchestra, Rene Jacobs (conductor)
DG ARCHIV 4792199 (2CD mid-price)
10.30am
Concerto in D major Op.77 for violin and orchestra
Performers: Leonidas Kavakos (violin), Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly
Composers: Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)
Album Title: DECCA : 478-5342
Quartet no. 3 for strings
Performers: Nightingale String Quartet
Composers: Rued Langgaard (1893 - 1952)
Album Title: DACAPO : 6.220575
Sonata in G major BWV.1039 for 2 flutes and continuo
Performers: James Galwaym(flute), Kyung-Wha Chung (violin), Moray Welsh (cello), Phillip Moll (harpsichord)
Composers: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
Album Title: SONY CLASSICAL : 88843-026332
Concerto no. 9 in E flat major K.271 for piano and orchestra
Performers: Alfred Brendel, Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin-In-The-Fields
Composers: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
Album Title: DECCA : 478-2695
Cantemus in omni die (Hymn)
Performers: Gonville and Caius Coll. Cambridge Choir, Barnaby Brown (triplepipes), Geoffrey Webber (director)
Composers: ANONYMOUS
Album Title: DELPHIAN : DCD-34137
Symphony no. 3 in F major Op.90
Performers: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly
Composers: Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)
Album Title: DECCA : 478-5344
10.50am New Releases
Edward Seckerson talks to Andrew about recent releases of Mahler's 9th Symphony, a reissue of Stokowski's performance of Shostakovich's 1st Symphony and the final instalment of Petrenko's complete Shostakovich symphony cycle.
SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 5 in D minor Op. 47
Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Andrey Boreyko (conductor)
HANSSLER HAEN93326 (CD)
Leopold Stokowski - Amirov, Shostakovich, Vaughan Williams, Kurka 1960 & 1962
SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No.1
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
AMIROV: Symphonic Suite on Azerbeijan Folk Tunes
KURKA: Symphonic Epilogue on Shakespeare’s ‘Julius Caesar’
GUILD GHCD 2415 (CD)
Mahler: Symphony No. 9 & Symphony No. 10 Adagio
MAHLER: Symphony No. 9 in D major; Symphony No. 10 in F sharp major - Adagio
Gurzenich Orchestra of Cologne, Markus Stenz (conductor)
OEHMS OC654 (2Hybrid SACD)
MAHLER: Symphony No. 9 in D major
Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Michael Schonwandt (conductor)
CHALLENGE CLASSICS CC72636 (2CD mid-price)
SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 13 in B flat minor Op. 113 'Babi Yar'
Alexander Vinogradov (bass), Huddersfield Choral Society, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir, Vasily Petrenko (conductor)
NAXOS 8573218 (CD budget)
11.50am Disc of the Week
BACH, J S: Partitas Nos. 1-6, BWV825-830
Igor Levit (piano)
SONY 88843036822 (2CD)
Broadcast
- Sat 20 Sep 2014 09:00˿ Radio 3
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