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Building a Library: Bruckner's Symphony No 3

With Andrew McGregor. Including Building a Library: Bruckner's Symphony No 3; Shostakovich cello concertos and other 20th- and 21st-century violin concertos; Disc of the Week.

with Andrew McGregor including Mozart symphonies from the Australian Chamber Orchestra directed by Richard Tognetti and violin concertos from Isabel Faust and Il Giardino Armonico.

0930
Building a Library: Tom Service recommends a version of Bruckner's Symphony No. 3 in D minor.

Dedicated to his hero Wagner, the Third Symphony is a work which, even by Bruckner's unhappy standards, cost him dear in setbacks, humiliation and confidence. One result was that Bruckner revised the symphony twice and, confusingly, a collector has to choose between at least three quite different versions.

1030
Helen Wallace assesses recent recordings of Shostakovich cello concertos with Alisa Weilerstein and Xavier Phillips, plus 20th- and 21st-century violin concertos played by Renaud Capu莽on, Vadim Repin and Benjamin Schmidt.

1145
Andrew plays an outstanding new release as his Disc of the Week.

3 hours, 12 minutes

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Sat 31 Dec 2016 09:00
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Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No. 39 In E Flat Major K.543, iv. Allegro

    Performer: Richard Tognetti. Orchestra: Australian Chamber Orchestra.
    • ABC Classics : 481 2880.
    • ABC Classics.
    • 4.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Concerto No. 3 In G Major K.216 For Violin And Orchestra

    Performer: Isabelle Faust. Orchestra: Il Giardino Armonico. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.
    • Harmonia Mundi : HMC902230.31.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 9-10.

  • Dieterich Buxtehude

    Cantata: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme BUXWV101

    Singer: Sally Bruce-Payne. Singer: Samuel Burkey. Orchestra: London Bach Players.
    • Hyphen Press : 010.
    • Hyphen Press.
    • 1.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata No. 150 Bwv.150 (Nach Dir, Herr, Verlanget Mich)

    Ensemble: Vox Luminis. Conductor: Lionel Meunier.
    • Alpha : 258.
    • Alpha.
    • 9-10.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Vergn眉gte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust (Cantata No 170)

    Singer: Philippe Jaroussky. Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Petra M眉llejans.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata No. 170 Bwv.170 (Vergnugte Ruh', Beliebte Seelenlust)

    Singer: Iestyn Davies. Ensemble: Arcangelo. Director: Jonathan Cohen.
    • Hyperion : CDA68111.
    • Hyperion.
    • 1.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata No. 54 Bwv.54 (Widerstehe Doch Der Sunde)

    Singer: Iestyn Davies. Ensemble: Arcangelo. Director: Jonathan Cohen.
    • Hyperion : CDA68111.
    • Hyperion.
    • 7.

  • Renaud Capu莽on & Wiener Symphoniker

    Gedicht Des Malers

    • Erato : 0825646026876.
    • Erato.
    • 1.

  • Pascal Dusapin

    Aufgang (Ascent) For Violin And Orchestra

    Performer: Renaud Capu莽on. Orchestra: Vienna S O.. Conductor: Philippe Jordan.
    • Erato : 0825646026876.
    • Erato.
    • 3.

  • Renaud Capu莽on & Philippe Jordan

    Jeux D'Eaux

    • Erato : 0825646026876.
    • Erato.
    • 5.

  • Sir James MacMillan

    Concerto For Violin And Orchestra

    Performer: Vadim Repin. Orchestra: 成人快手 Scottish S O. Conductor: Donald Runnicles.
    • Onyx : 4157.
    • Onyx.
    • 1.

  • Sir James MacMillan

    Concerto For Violin And Orchestra

    Performer: Vadim Repin. Orchestra: 成人快手 Scottish S O. Conductor: Donald Runnicles.
    • Onyx : 4157.
    • Onyx.
    • 3.

  • Benjamin Schmid & Oulu Sinfonia

    Violin Concerto

    • Ondine : 1278-2.
    • Ondine.
    • 6.

  • Einar Englund

    Concerto For Violin And Orchestra

    Performer: Benjamin Schmid. Performer: Oulu Sinfonia. Conductor: Johannes Gustavsson.
    • Ondine : 1278-2.
    • Ondine.
    • 1.

  • Einar Englund

    Concerto For Violin And Orchestra

    Performer: Benjamin Schmid. Performer: Oulu Sinfonia. Conductor: Johannes Gustavsson.
    • Ondine : 1278-2.
    • Ondine.
    • 2.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Concerto No. 1 In E Flat Major Op.107 For Cello And Orchestra

    Performer: Xavier Phillips. Performer: Les Dissonances. Performer: David Grimal.
    • LD : 009.
    • LD.
    • 2.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Concerto No. 1 In E Flat Major Op.107 For Cello And Orchestra

    Performer: Xavier Phillips. Performer: Les Dissonances. Performer: David Grimal.
    • LD : 009.
    • LD.
    • 1.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Concerto No. 1 In E Flat Major Op.107 For Cello And Orchestra

    Performer: Alisa Weilerstein. Orchestra: Munich Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Pablo Heras鈥怌asado.
    • Decca : 4830835.
    • Decca.
    • 1.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Concerto No. 2 In G Major Op.126 For Cello And Orchestra

    Performer: Alisa Weilerstein. Orchestra: Munich Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Pablo Heras鈥怌asado.
    • Decca : 4830835.
    • Decca.
    • 6.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mass In C Minor K.427 (Great) [unfinished]

    Performer: Masaaki Suzuki. Singer: Carolyn Sampson. Singer: Olivia Vermeulen. Singer: Makoto Sakurada. Ensemble: Japan Bach Collegium.
    • BIS : BIS-2171.
    • BIS.
    • 1-9.

9.00am

Mozart鈥檚 Last Symphonies
MOZART: Symphony No. 39 in E flat major, K543; Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K550; Symphony No. 41 in C major, K551 'Jupiter'
Australian Chamber Orchestra, Richard Tognetti (conductor)
ABC CLASSICS ABC4812880 (2CD)

Mozart: Complete Violin Concertos
MOZART: Violin Concertos Nos. 1-5 (Complete); Rondo for Violin and Orchestra in B flat, K269; Rondo for Violin and Orchestra in C, K373; Adagio for Violin and Orchestra in E, K261
Isabelle Faust (violin), Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini (conductor)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMC902230/31 (2CD)

9.30am 鈥� Building a Library

Composer: Anton Bruckner
Piece: Symphony No. 3
Reviewer: Tom Service

Building a Library: Bruckner's Third Symphony

Recommended recording: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Herbert Blomstedt (conductor)
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 3 in D minor 鈥榃agner Symphony'
QUERSTAND VKJK1017 (Hybrid SACD)

Other recommended recordings:
Below is a shortlist of other recordings which Tom Service also liked, although we can鈥檛 guarantee the availability of these discs.

1873 version:
Bamberger Symphoniker, Jonathan Nott (conductor)
TUDOR TUDOR7133

1877 version:
Bruckner - Symphonies Nos. 3 & 8
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Bernard Haitink (conductor)
PHILIPS 4705342聽

1889 version:
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Klaus Tennstedt (conductor)
PROFIL MEDIEN PH04093

Historic recording:
Carl Schuricht conducts Bruckner & Haydn
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 3 in D minor 鈥榃agner Symphony'
HAYDN: Symphony No. 86 in D major
Wiener Philharmoniker, Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart, Carl Schuricht (conductor)
MEDICI MASTERS MM0162

10.25am 鈥� JS Bach round-up of new releases

Sleepers Awake!
BACH, J S: Cantata BWV140 'Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme'
BUXTEHUDE: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme BuxWV 101; Sonata in C major, BuxWV266; Quemadmodum desiderat cervus, BuxWV92; Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BuxWV 100
ERLEBACH: Trio Sonata No. 6 in F major
The Bach Players, Nicolette Moonen
HYPHEN PRESS MUSIC HPM010 (CD)

JS Bach: Actus Tragicus
BACH, J S: Cantata BWV106 'Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit' (Actus tragicus); Cantata BWV150 'Nach dir, Herr, verlanget mich'; Cantata BWV12 'Weinen, Klagen, sorgen, Zagen'; Cantata BWV131 'Aus der Tiefe rufe ich, Herr, zu dir'
Vox Luminis, Lionel Meunier
ALPHA ALPHA258 (CD)

JS Bach & Telemann: Sacred Cantatas (CD+DVD Deluxe)
BACH, J S: Cantata BWV170 'Vergnugte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust'; Cantata BWV82 'Ich habe genug'
TELEMANN: Der am Olberg zagende Jesus TVWV 1:364; Jesus liegt in letzten Zuegen TVWV 1:983
Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor), Freiburger Barockorchester
ERATO 2564649159 (2CD + DVD Video)

JS Bach: Cantatas Nos 54, 82 & 170
BACH, J S: Cantata BWV170 'Vergnugte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust'; Cantata BWV54 'Widerstehe doch der Sunde'; Cantata BWV82 'Ich habe genug'; Sinfonia: Cantata BWV174; Cantata BWV52 'Falsche Welt, dir trau ich nicht': Sinfonia
Iestyn Davies (countertenor), Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen (conductor)
HYPERION CDA68111 (CD)

10.45am 鈥� Helen Wallace reviews new releases of concertos

Renaud Capucon plays Three Modern Concertos
DUSAPIN: Aufgang
MANTOVANI, B: Jeux d'eau pour violon et orchestra
RIHM: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra 'Poem of the painter'
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Myung-Whun Chung (conductor), Orchestre de l'Opera national de Paris, Philippe Jordan (conductor), Wiener Symphoniker, 聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Renaud Capucon (violin)
ERATO 2564602687 (CD mid-price)

MacMillan: Violin Concerto & Symphony No. 4
MACMILLAN: Violin Concerto; Symphony No. 4
Vadim Repin (violin), 成人快手 Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Donald Runnicles (conductor)
ONYX ONYX4157 (CD)

Uuno Klami & Einar Englund: Violin Concertos
ENGLUND: Violin Concerto
KLAMI: Violin Concerto Op. 32
Benjamin Schmid (violin), Oulu Symphony Orchestra, Johannes Gustavsson
ONDINE ODE12782 (CD)

Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 1 & Symphony No. 5
SHOSTAKOVICH: Cello Concerto No. 1 in E flat major Op. 107; Symphony No. 5 in D minor Op. 47
Xavier Phillips (cello), David Grimal (violin, direction), Les Dissonances
DISSONANCES RECORDS LD009 (CD + Book)

Shostakovich: Cello Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
SHOSTAKOVICH: Cello Concerto No. 1 in E flat major Op. 107; Cello Concerto No. 2 in G minor Op. 126
Alisa Weilerstein (cello), Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Pablo Heras-Casado (conductor)
DECCA 4830835 (CD)

11.45am 鈥� Disc of the Week

Mozart: Mass in C minor, K427 'Great'
MOZART: Mass in C minor, K427 'Great'; Exsultate, jubilate, K165
Olivia Vermeulen (mezzo), Makoto Sakurada (tenor), Christian Immler (bass), Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Bach Collegium Japan Chorus, Orchestra, Masaaki Suzuki (conductor)
BIS BIS2171 (Hybrid SACD)

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