Building a Library: Purcell's Music for Queen Mary's Funeral
With Andrew McGregor. Including Building a Library: Purcell's Music for Queen Mary's Funeral; A debate on UK music retailing to mark Record Store Day. 11.45am Disc of the Week.
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Purcell: Music for Queen Mary's Funeral and Funeral Sentences
Duration: 49:13
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Georg Philipp Telemann
Overture (Suite) In F Major Twv.55:F3
Performer: Alexis Kossenko. Ensemble: Les Ambassadeurs.- ALPHA : 200.
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Georg Philipp Telemann
Concerto In A Minor Twv.51:A1 For Oboe, Strings And Continuo: 1st Movement; Adagio
Performer: Alexis Kossenko. Director: Alexis Kossenko. Ensemble: Les Ambassadeurs.- ALPHA : 200.
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Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 85 In B Flat Major H.1.85 (La Reine): 3rd movement; Menuetto
Orchestra: Z眉rcher Kammerorchester. Conductor: Sir Roger Norrington.- SONY CLASSICAL : 88875-021332.
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Alasdair Nicholson
String Quartet No. 2 "The Keeper Of Sheep": 1st Movement; The moonlight seen through the tall branches
Ensemble: Astrid String Quartet.- DELPHIAN : DCD-34153.
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Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
Requiem Mass Op.89: Pie Jesu
Singer: Bernarda Fink. Orchestra: Antwerp Symphony Orchestra. Singer: Ilse Eerens. Conductor: Philippe Herreweghe. Singer: Maximilian Schmitt. Choir: Collegium Vocale Gent.- PHI : LPH-016.
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B茅la Bart贸k
Contrasts Sz.111 For Violin, Clarinet And Piano: no.3; Sebes [Fast dance]
Performer: Michael Collins. Performer: James Ehnes. Performer: Andrew Armstrong.- Chandos: CHAN 10820.
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Bedrich Smetana
Quartet no. 1 in E minor (From my life) for strings: 1st movement; Allegro vivo appassionata
Ensemble: Pavel Haas Quartet.- SUPRAPHON : SU-4172-2.
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Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
Symphony No.9 in E minor "From the New World": 4th movement; Allegro con fuoco
Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: V谩clav Talich.- SUPRAPHON : SU-3833-2.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Concerto for oboe and strings in A minor
Performer: Nicholas Daniel. Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: James MacMillan.- HARMONIA MUNDI : HMU-807573.
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John Sheppard
Media Vita.....Nunc Dimittis For 6 Voices [och Mus.979-83]
Director: Owen Rees. Ensemble: Contrapunctus.- SIGNUM CLASSICS : SIGCD-408.
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Telemann: Ouverture-suite & Concerti pour Darmstadt
TELEMANN: Overture (Suite) TWV 55:F3 in F major for 2 horns, 2 oboes, horn, strings & b.c.; Concerto TWV 51:a1 in A minor for violin (or oboe), strings & b.c.; Concerto TWV 51:D1 in D major for flute, strings & b.c.; Concerto TWV 52:e3 in E minor for flute, violin, strings & b.c.; Concerto TWV 51:D2 in D major for transverse flute, strings & b.c.
Zefira Valova (violin), Alexis Kossenko (flute), Les Ambassadeurs
ALPHA ALPHA200 (CD)
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HAYDN: Symphonies Nos. 82 - 87 (the Paris Symphonies)
Zurich Chamber Orchestra, Sir Roger Norrington (conductor)
SONY 88875021332 (3CD budget)
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Luminate - Live Music Now Scotland celebrates 30 years
GEDDES: A Castle Mills Suite
MCGUIRE, E: Dance Suite for Two
NICOLSON, A: String Quartet No. 2 (The Keeper of Sheep)
SWEENEY, W: Luminate: From the Islands
Emma Versteeg (soprano), Maryam Sherhan (piano), Laura Margaret Smith (mezzo-soprano), Geoffrey Tanti (piano), Astrid String Quartet, Spencer-Strachan Duo
DELPHIAN DCD34153 (CD)
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DVORAK: Requiem Op. 89
Ilse Eerens (soprano), Bernarda Fink (mezzo-soprano), Maximilian Schmitt (tenor), Nathan Berg (bass-baritone), Collegium Vocale Gent, Royal Flemish Philharmonic, Philippe Herreweghe (conductor)
PHI LPH016 (2CD mid-price)09.30am Building a Library
Kirsten Gibson explores the currently available recordings which include Henry Purcell's Music for Queen Mary's Funeral and Funeral Sentences and makes a personal recommendation.
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English Royal Funeral Music
PURCELL: Hear my prayer, O Lord, Z15; Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary, 1695: March; Thou know'st, Lord, Z 58b; Canzona; O dive custos Auriacae domus, Z504; Man that is born of a woman, Z27; In the midst of life, Z 17a; Thou know'st, Lord, Z 58c; Remember not, O Lord, our offences, Z50
MORLEY: I am the resurrection and the life; I know that my Redeemer liveth; We brought nothing into this world; Man that is born of a woman; In the midst of life; I heard a voice from heaven
PAISIBLE: The Queen鈥檚 Farewell
TOMKINS: A sad Pavan for these distracted times; I am the resurrection and the life; I know that my Redeemer liveth; We brought nothing into this world; I heard a voice from heaven
WEELKES: Death hath deprived me
Les Trompettes des Plaisirs, Lingua Franca, Vox Luminis, Lionel Meunier
RICERCAR RIC332 (CD)
10.20am Record Store Day
To mark Record Store Day Andrew is joined by life-long record collector and chief music critic of The Times Richard Morrison, and retailer Chris O'Reilly to discuss the current habits of the UK's record-buying public. With a virtual wallet containing 拢50 in their pockets they tell us what they would buy.
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Bartok: Works for Violin and Piano Volume 3
BARTOK: Sonatina, BB 69, Sz. 55; Contrasts for violin, clarinet & piano, BB 116, Sz. 111; 44 Duos for Two Violins, BB 104, Sz. 98
Andrew Armstrong (piano), Michael Collins (clarinet), Amy Schwartz Moretti (violin), James Ehnes (violin)
CHANDOS CHAN10820 (CD)
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Rachmaninov: Songs
RACHMANINOV: Songs (6) Op. 4; Songs (6) Op. 8; Songs (14) Op. 14; Were you hiccoughing, Natasha?; Songs (12) Op. 21; Songs (15) Op. 26; Letter to K.S. Stanislavsky; Songs (14) Op. 34; 6 Songs Op. 38
Evelina Dobraceva, Ekaterina Siurina (sopranos), Justina Gringyte (mezzo-soprano), Daniil Shtoda (tenor), Andrei Bondarenko, Rodion Pogossov (baritones), Alexander Vinogradov (bass), Iain Burnside (piano)
DELPHIAN DCD34127 (3CD mid-price)
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Smetana: String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2
SMETANA: String Quartet No. 1 in E minor 'From My Life'; String Quartet No. 2 in D minor
Pavel Haas Quartet
SUPRAPHON SU41722 (CD)
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Vaclav Talich: Special Edition 13
DVORAK: Symphony no.8 in G major, Op.88; Symphony no.9 in E minor, Op.95 鈥淔rom the New World鈥
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Vaclav Talich (conductor)
SUPRAPHON SU-3833-02听 (CD)
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The Decca Sound 鈥 Mono Years (The Birth of High Fidelity) - Vinyl Edition
ALBENIZ: Iberia, books 1-4 (complete)
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 6 in F major Op. 68 'Pastoral'
BRITTEN: Four Sea Interludes and Passacaglia from Peter Grimes Op. 33; The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra Op. 34
LALO: Namouna - Ballet Suites 1 & 2
RACHMANINOV: Cello Sonata in G minor Op. 19
STRAVINSKY: Petrushka
TURINA: Danzas fantasticas Op. 22
Ataulfo Argenta (piano), Erich Kleiber (conductor), Eduard van Beinum (conductor), Jean Martinon (conductor), Zara Nelsova (cello), Ernst Ansermet
DECCA 4788027 (6Vinyl)
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Vaughan Williams & James Macmillan: Oboe Concertos
BRITTEN: Suite on English Folk Tunes 'A Time there was' Op. 90
MACMILLAN: One for chamber orchestra; Oboe Concerto
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Oboe Concerto in A minor
Nicholas Daniel (cor anglais), James MacMillan (conductor), Nicholas Daniel (oboe), conductor), Britten Sinfonia
HARMONIA MUNDI HMU807573 (Hybrid SACD)
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J.S. Bach: The Unaccompanied Violin Sonatas 鈥 Volume 1
BACH: Sonata No. 1 in G minor BWV1001; Partita No. 1 in B minor BWV1002
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HAYDN: Symphonies Nos. 82 - 87 (the Paris Symphonies)
Zurich Chamber Orchestra, Sir Roger Norrington (conductor)
SONY 88875021332 (3CD budget)
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Entre elle et lui: Natalie Dessay Sings Michel Legrand
LEGRAND: Chanson de Delphine (from the movie Les Demoiselles de Rochefort); Le Cinema; Chanson de Delphine a Lancien (from the movie Les Demoiselles de Rochefort); Papa can you hear me? (from Yentl); Recette pour un Cake d'Amour (from the movie Peau d'Ane); La valse des lilas; Les moulins de mon coeur; L'ame soeur a l'hamecon; What are you doing the rest of your life?; Chanson des jumelles (from the movie Les Demoiselles de Rochefort); Le rouge et le noir; Conseil de la Fee Lilas (from the movie Peau d'Ane); Duo de Guy et Genevieve (from the movie Les Parapluies de Cherbourg); La chanson de Louba; La chanson; Paris Violon; The Summer Knows; Mon dernier concert
Laurent Naouri (bass-baritone), Natalie Dessay (soprano), Catherine Michel (harp), Patricia Petibon (soprano)
ERATO 9341452 (CD)
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Mozart: Opera & Concert Arias
MOZART: Aer tranquillo (from Il re pastore); Giunse alfin il momento... Deh, vieni, non tardar鈥 (from Le nozze di Figaro); Ch'io mi scordi di te?... Non temer, amato bene, K505; Lucio Silla, K135: Overture; Misera, dove son? - Ah! non son' io che parlo! K369; Ach, ich fuhl's (from Die Zauberflote, K620); La clemenza di Tito, K621: Overture; Non piu di fiori (from La clemenza di Tito); Temerari!...Come scoglio! (from Cosi fan tutte); In uomini, in soldati (from Cosi fan tutte)
Karina Gauvin (soprano), Benedetto Lupo (piano), Andre Moisan (basset-horn), Les Violons du Roy, Bernard Labadie (conductor)
ATMA ACD22636 (CD)
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Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 20 & 25 - Vinyl Edition
MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 25 in C major, K503; Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K466
Martha Argerich (piano), Orchestra Mozart, Claudio Abbado (conductor)
DG 4793601 (Vinyl)
11.50am Disc of the Week
In the Midst of Life
BYRD: Circumdederunt me; Audivi Vocem De Caelo a5
GERARDE: Sive vigilem
MUNDY, W: Sive vigilem
PARSONS, R: Libera me, Domine from Responds for the Dead; Peccantem me, quotidie from Responds for the Dead; Credo quod Redemptor
SHEPPARD, J: Media vita
TALLIS: Nunc Dimittis for 5 voices
TAVERNER: Quemadmodum a 6
Contrapunctus, Owen Rees
SIGNUM SIGCD408 (CD)
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Mercury Living Presence 3 - Vinyl Edition
BLOCH, E: Concerto Grosso No. 1, for string orchestra & piano; Concerto Grosso No. 2, for string orchestra & string quartet
FRANCK, C: Symphony in D minor
RESPIGHI: Roman Festivals; Vetrate di chiesa
Eastman-Rochester Orchestra, Howard Hanson (conductor), Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorati (conductor)
MERCURY LIVING PRESENCE 4788058 (6Vinyl)
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