Andrew McGregor with William Mival and Alexandra Coghlan
Building a library on Schumann's Symphony No 4 with William Mival, plus releases of music by women composers with Alexandra Coghlan.
with Andrew McGregor
9.30
Building a Library: Schumann's Symphony No 4 with William Mival
Schumann's Symphony No. 4 in D minor was first completed in 1841 and then heavily revised in 1851. The composer's widow, Clara, later claimed that the first version had just been a sketch which was only fully orchestrated in the second version. However, it turns out that this was not true, and Brahms, no less greatly preferred the earlier, more lightly scored version.
10.45
Andrew talks to Alexandra Coghlan about new releases of music by women composers including music by Louise Farrenc, Grazyna Bacewicz and Galina Ustwolskaja.
11.45
Andrew chooses an outstanding new release as his Disc of the Week.
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Claude Debussy
Quartet In G Minor Op.10: I. Anim茅
Ensemble: Jerusalem Quartet.- Harmonia Mundi HMM902304.
- Harmonia Mundi.
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Marc鈥怉ntoine Charpentier
Deuxieme Le莽on de t茅n猫bres H138
Director: Jonathan Cohen. Singer: Samuel Boden. Ensemble: Arcangelo.- Hyperion.
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George Frideric Handel
Messiah: Pifa
Performer: David Power. Ensemble: Camerata Kilkenny.- RTE Lyric FM CD156.
- RTE Lyric FM.
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Trad.
The Fox Chase
Performer: David Power. Ensemble: Camerata Kilkenny.- RTE Lyric FM CD156.
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Alberto Ginastera
Concierto Argentino: iii. Allegro rustico
Performer: Xiayin Wang. Orchestra: 成人快手 Philharmonic. Conductor: Juanjo Mena.- Chandos CHAN 10949.
- Chandos.
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Richard Strauss
Don Juan
Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.- BPHR 180221.
- BPHR.
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B茅la Bart贸k
Piano Concerto No.2: III. Allegro molto
Performer: Yuja Wang. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.- Berliner Philharmoniker BPHR 180221.
- Berliner Philharmoniker.
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Unsuk Chin
Choros Chordon
Performer: Yuja Wang. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.- Berliner Philharmoniker.
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Maurice Ravel
Piano Concerto In G Major: III. Presto
Performer: Seong-Jin Cho. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.- Berliner Philharmoniker BPHR 180221.
- Berliner Philharmoniker.
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Richard Wagner
Das Rheingold: Scene 1
Singer: Sarah Tynan. Singer: Madeleine Shaw. Singer: Leah-Marian Jones. Singer: Samuel Youn. Orchestra: 贬补濒濒茅. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder.- Hall茅 CDHLD 7549.
- 贬补濒濒茅.
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Record Review
9.00补尘听
听
Debussy & Ravel - String Quartets
Jerusalem Quartet
Harmonia Mundi HMM902304 听听
听
M-A Charpentier: Le莽ons de t茅n猫bres
Arcangelo
Jonathan Cohen (director)
Hyperion CDA68171
听
The Piper and the Fairy Queen
David Power (Uillean pipes)
Camerata Kilkenny
RTE Lyric FM CD156
听
Ginastera: Orchestral Works, Vol. 3
Xiayin Wang (piano)
成人快手 Philharmonic
Juanjo Mena (conductor)
Chandos CHAN 10949
听听
9.30am 鈥� Building a Library 鈥� William Mival on Schumann鈥檚 Symphony No. 4听
Composer: 听听听听 Schumann
Piece: Symphony No. 4
Reviewer:听听听听听听听 William Mival
Recommended Recording:
Staatskapelle Berlin; Daniel Barenboim (conductor)
Warner Classics 2564611796 (digital download)
Other Recommended Recordings:
Below are other recordings that William also liked, although we can鈥檛 guarantee availability.
Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor)
Warner Classics 2564699285 (3 CDs)
听
Dresden Staatskapelle; Wolfgang Sawallisch (conductor)
Warner Classics 2564607594 (2 CDs)
听
Philharmonia Orchestra, Guido Cantelli (conductor)
Warner Classics 2435748015 (digital download)
听
Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, David Zinman (conductor)
RCA 88843027282 (50 CDs)
听
10.30 鈥� New Releases: Berlin Philharmonic & Simon Rattle Asia Tour Set
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Berliner Philharmoniker - The Asia Tour
Yuja Wang (piano)
Seong-Jin Cho (piano)
Berliner Philharmoniker
Sir Simon Rattle (conductor)
Berliner Philharmoniker BPHR 180221 (5 CDs + Blu-ray)
听听
10.50am New Releases: Alexander Coghlan on women composers
Jacquet de la Guerre - L'Inconstante
Marie van Rhijn (harpsichord)
Evidence EVCD047
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Louise Farrenc: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3
Soloists Europ茅ens Luxembourg
Christoph K枚nig (conductor)
Naxos 8573706
20th Century Polish String Quartets
Diverso String Quartet
RECART RecArt0024
Gra偶yna Bacewicz: Two Piano Quintets, Quartet for four Violins & Quartet for four Cellos
Szymon Krzeszowiec (violin)
Krzysztof Laso艅 (violin)
Ma艂gorzata Wasiucionek (violin)
Arkadiusz Kubica (violin)
Wojciech 艢wita艂a (piano)
Silesian Quartet
Polish Cello Quartet
Chandos CHAN10976
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Ustvolskaya: Violin & Piano
Andreas Seidel (violin)
Steffen Schleiermacher (piano)
MDG MDG6132055
听听
11.45am 鈥� Disc of the Week
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Wagner: Das Rheingold
Samuel Youn (Alberich)
Iain Paterson (Wotan)
Susan Bickley (Fricka)
Emma Bell (Freia)
Reinhard Hagen (Fasolt)
Clive Bayley (Fafner)
David Stout (Donner)
David Butt Philip (Froh)
Will Hartmann (Loge)
Nicky Spence (Mime)
Susanne Resmark (Erda)
The Halle
Sir Mark Elder (conductor)
Hall茅 CDHLD 7549
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