Building a Library: Berg's Violin Concerto
With Andrew McGregor. Including Building a Library: Berg: Violin Concerto; New opera releases including Wagner, Gluck and Mozart; Disc of the Week.
with Andrew McGregor
0930 Building a Library
Kate Molleson compares recordings of Berg's Violin Concerto which was written after the death from polio of 18-year-old Manon Gropius, the daughter of Alma Mahler. Berg dedicated the concerto "To the memory of an angel". It has come to be one of his most popular works.
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Andrew talks to Iain Burnside about a fascinating batch of new opera releases including Wagner's Das Rheingold, Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice and Mozart's Entfuhrung aus dem Serail.
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Andrew chooses an outstanding recording for his Disc of the Week.
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Berg: Violin Concerto
Duration: 43:23
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Giovanni Gabrieli
Magnificat
Choir: King's College Cambridge Choir. Ensemble: His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury.- Kings : KGS-0012.
- Kings.
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Francesco Cavalli
L'Armonia
Singer: Hana Bla啪铆kov谩. Ensemble: L鈥橝rpeggiata. Conductor: Christina Pluhar.- Erato : 0825646166435.
- Erato.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto No. 2 In E major BWV.1042
Performer: Alina Ibragimova. Performer: Jonathan Cohen. Ensemble: Arcangelo.- Hyperion : CDA-68068.
- Hyperion.
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Bernhard Crusell
Quartet No. 2 In C Minor Op.4 For Clarinet And Strings
Performer: Alan Hacker. Ensemble: The Music Party.- L'Oiseau-Lyre : 478-8694.
- L'Oiseau-Lyre.
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Joseph Haydn
Arianna A Naxos
Singer: Arleen Aug茅r. Orchestra: Handel and Haydn Society Orchestra. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.- L'Oiseau-Lyre : 478-8694.
- L'Oiseau-Lyre.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Eine Kleine Gigue K.574
Performer: Sir Andr谩s Schiff.- L'Oiseau-Lyre : 478-8694.
- L'Oiseau-Lyre.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 20 In D minor K.466
Performer: Robert Levin. Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.- L'Oiseau-Lyre : 478-8694.
- L'Oiseau-Lyre.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Soave sia il vento - Cosi fan tutte
Singer: Rachel Yakar. Singer: Alicia Naf茅. Singer: Georgine Resick. Orchestra: Drottningholm Court Theatre Orchestra. Choir: Drottningholm Court Theatre Chorus. Conductor: Arnold 脰stman.- L'Oiseau-Lyre : 478-8694.
- L'Oiseau-Lyre.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Sonata No. 1 In F Minor Op.2
Performer: Malcolm Binns.- L'Oiseau-Lyre : 478-8694.
- L'Oiseau-Lyre.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Sonata No. 32 In C Minor Op.111
Performer: Malcolm Binns.- L'Oiseau-Lyre : 478-8694.
- L'Oiseau-Lyre.
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Carl Maria von Weber
Reigen (Sagt Mir An) J.159, from 6 Lieder Op. 30
Performer: Christopher Hogwood. Singer: Martyn Hill.- L'Oiseau-Lyre : 478-8694.
- L'Oiseau-Lyre.
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Christoph Willibald Gluck
Orfeo ed Euridice: Act 2 Scene 2 - 'Che puro ciel'
Singer: Franco Fagioli. Conductor: Laurence Equilbey. Orchestra: Insula Orchestra.- Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice.
- DG ARCHIV.
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Christoph Willibald Gluck
Orfeo ed Euridice: Act 1 Scene 2 - 'Addio, o miei sospiri!'
Music Arranger: Thibaut Perrine. Singer: Franco Fagioli. Orchestra: Insula Orchestra. Conductor: Laurence Equilbey.- Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice.
- DG ARCHIV.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail: Act 2 Scene 6 - 'Welche Wonne, welche Lust'
Singer: Mari Eriksmoen. Conductor: Ren茅 Jacobs. Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin.- Mozart: Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail.
- Harmonia Mundi.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail: Act 1 Scene 3 - 'Ich kann doch nicht noch so einen Schurken'
Singer: Dimitry Ivashchenko. Singer: Julian Pr茅gardien. Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin. Conductor: Ren茅 Jacobs.- Mozart: Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail.
- Harmonia Mundi.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Des Entfuhrung aus dem Serail: Act 3 Scene 9 - Vaudeville
Singer: Robin Johannsen. Singer: Maximilian Schmitt. Singer: Mari Eriksmoen. Singer: Julian Pr茅gardien. Singer: Dimitry Ivashchenko. Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin. Conductor: Ren茅 Jacobs.- Mozart: Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail.
- Harmonia Mundi.
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Robert Schumann
Das Paradies und die Peri: No.11 - Ihr erstes Himmelshoffen schwand
Singer: Mark Padmore. Singer: Sally Matthews. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.- Schumann: Das Paradies und die Peri.
- LSO Live.
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Robert Schumann
Das Paradies und die Peri: No.26 - Freud, ewge Freude, mein Werk ist getan
Singer: Sally Matthews. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.- Schumann: Das Paradies und die Peri.
- LSO Live.
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Richard Wagner
Das Rheingold: Scene 1 - 'Der Welt Erbe gewann ich zu eigen durch dich?'
Singer: Tomasz Konieczny. Singer: Mirella Hagen. Singer: Stefanie Iranyi. Singer: Eva Vogel. Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.- Wagner: Das Rheingold.
- BR Klassik.
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Richard Wagner
Das Rheingold: Scene 2 - 'Wotan, Gemahl, erwache!'
Singer: Michael Volle. Singer: Elisabeth Kulman. Singer: Annette Dasch. Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.- Wagner: Das Rheingold.
- BR Klassik.
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Richard Wagner
Das Rheingold: Scene 4 - 'Zur Burg fuhrt die Brucke'
Singer: Benjamin Bruns. Singer: Michael Volle. Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.- Wagner: Das Rheingold.
- BR Klassik.
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John Taverner
Missa Corona Spinea
Choir: Tallis Scholars. Conductor: Peter Phillips.- Gimell : CDGIM-046.
- Gimell.
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Gabrieli in Venice
GABRIELI, G: In ecclesiis a 14; Canzon Seconda a 6; Suscipe, clementissime Deus a 12; Hodie completi sunt dies pentecostes; Jubilate Deo 10vv; Canzon Terza a 6; Quem vidistis pastores a 14 (reconstructed Hugh Keyte); Sonata XXI con tre violini; Exsutavit cor meum in Domino a 6; Surrexit Christus a 11; Canzone prima a 5; Litaniae Beatissimae Mariae Virginis; Magnificat a14
The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, His Majesty's Sagbutts and Cornetts, Stephen Cleobury (conductor)
KINGS COLLEGE KGS0012 (SACD + Blu-ray Audio budget)
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Cavalli: L鈥檃more innamorato
CAVALLI, F: L鈥橭rmindo (excerpts); Il Giasone (excerpts); La Calisto (excerpts); L鈥橝rtemisia (excerpts); La Rosinda (excerpt)
KAPSPERGER, G.G.: Toccata Prima; La Didone (excerpts)
FALCONIERI: La suave melodia
Nuria Rial (soprano), Hana Blaz铆kov谩 (soprano), L'Arpeggiata, Christina Pluhar (conductor)
ERATO 2564616643 (CD + DVD)
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JS Bach: Violin Concertos
BACH, J S: Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, BWV1041; Violin Concerto No. 2 in E major, BWV1042; Violin Concerto in A major, BWV1055; Violin Concerto in G minor, BWV1056; Violin Concerto in D minor, BWV1052
Alina Ibragimova (violin), Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen (conductor)
HYPERION CDA68068 (CD)9.30am Building a Library
Kate Molleson compares recordings of Alban Berg鈥檚 Violin Concerto and makes a personal recommendation.
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Top recommendation:
Beethoven & Berg: Violin Concertos
BEETHOVEN: Violin Concerto in D major Op. 61
BERG: Violin Concerto 'To the Memory of an Angel' (1935)
Isabelle Faust (violin), Orchestra Mozart, Claudio Abbado (conductor)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMC902105 (CD)
10.15am Reissues: l'Oiseau-Lyre box
Andrew listens again to recently rereleased recordings of music from the Classical and Romantic periods, taken from a new 50CD L鈥橭iseau-Lyre box set.
听L'Oiseau-Lyre: Classical & Romantic
Works by Stamitz, Boccherini, F.J. Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Weber, Hummel, Crusell, Krommer, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Glinka and Liszt.
DECCA 4788694 (50CD budget)
10.50am Iain Burnside on new opera releases
Andrew is joined by pianist Iain Burnside to discuss recently released opera recordings.
GLUCK: Orfeo ed Euridice
Franco Fagioli (Orfeo), Malin Hartelius (Euridice), Emmanuelle de Negri (Amor), Accentus, Insula Orchestra, Laurence Equilbey (conductor)
DG ARCHIV 4795315 (3CD mid-price)
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MOZART: Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail, K384
Mari Eriksmoen (Blondchen), Robin Johannsen (Konstanze), Maximilian Schmitt (Belmonte), Julian Pregardien (Pedrillo), Dimitry Ivashchenko (Osmin), Cornelius Obonya (Bassa Selim), RIAS Kammerchor, Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin, Rene Jacobs (conductor)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMC902214/15 (2CD mid-price)
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SCHUMANN: Das Paradies und die Peri Op. 50
Sally Matthews (Peri), Mark Padmore (narrator), Kate Royal (soprano), Bernarda Fink (alto), Andrew Staples (tenor), Florian Boesch (bass), Soloists from Guildhall School (Quartet), London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, Sir Simon Rattle (conductor)
LSO LIVE LSO0782 (2SACD + Blu-ray Audio budget)
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WAGNER: Das Rheingold
Michael Volle (Wotan), Tomasz Konieczny (Alberich), Burkhard Ulrich (Loge), Elisabeth Kulman (Fricka), Herwig Pecoraro (Mime), Peter Rose (Fasolt), Eric Halfvarson (Fafner), Annette Dasch (Freia), Janina Baechle (Erda), Christian van Horn (Donner), Benjamin Bruns (Froh), Mirella Hagen (Woglinde), Stefanie Iranyi (Wellgunde), Eva Vogel (Flosshilde), Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Sir Simon Rattle (conductor)
BR KLASSIK 900133 (2CD)11.50am Disc of the Week
Taverner: Missa Corona spinea
TAVERNER: Missa Corona Spinea; Dum transisset Sabbatum I; Dum transisset Sabbatum II
The Tallis Scholars, Peter Phillips (conductor)
GIMELL CDGIM046 (CD)Broadcast
- Sat 31 Oct 2015 09:00成人快手 Radio 3
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