Andrew McGregor with Caroline Rae, plus Caroline Gill and Simon Heighes
Building a library on Debussy's Violin Sonata with Caroline Rae, plus Andrew McGregor reviews new choral releases with Caroline Gill and Simon Heighes.
with Andrew McGregor
9.30
Building a Library: Debussy's Violin Sonata by Caroline Rae.
Debussy's Sonata for Violin was written in 1917 and was intended as the third in a cycle of six sonatas for various instruments. It follows the sonatas that he wrote for cello, for flute and for viola and harp, but turned out to be the last major work that he would complete before cancer prematurely ended his life. The premiere took place on 5th May 1917 with Debussy himself at the piano accompanying the violinist Gaston Poulet. Debussy was profoundly affected by the First World War and his Sonata for Violin begins with an elegiac movement. The final movement, inspired by Hungarian gypsy music, does however bring the sonata to a more optimistic close.
10.45
Andrew talks about new choral releases with Caroline Gill and Simon Heighes from Buxtehude sung by Vox Luminis and Lassus from Gallicantus, to Arcangelo's Charpentier and Tenebrae's Lukaszewski.
11.45
Andrew chooses an outstanding new release as his Disc of the Week.
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Franz Liszt
Annees De Pelerinage - Suisse: v. Orage
Performer: Francesco Piemontesi.- Orfeo C 944 1821.
- Orfeo.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Suite In G Minor Bwv.995 For Lute: I. Prelude
Performer: Thomas Dunford.- Alpha 361.
- Alpha.
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Kurt Weill
Youkali
Performer: Rapha毛l Imbert. Singer: Marion Rampal. Ensemble: Le Quatuor Manfred.- Harmonia Mundi HMM 902295.
- Harmonia Mundi.
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Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony No.2 'Lobgesang': x. Final Chorus
Performer: North German Radio Choir. Performer: NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. Performer: Andrew Manze. Choir: WDR Rundfunkchor K枚ln.- Pentatone PTC 5186 639.
- Pentatone.
- 13.
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Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 26 In D Minor 'Lamentatione': ii. Adagio
Orchestra: Kammerorchester Basel. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.- Alpha 678.
- Alpha.
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Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber
Passacaglia (Harmonium Artificiosa Part 5)
Performer: Julia Schr枚der. Ensemble: Lautten Compagney.- Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 88985344082.
- Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.
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Astor Piazzolla
La Muerte Del Angel
Performer: Julia Schr枚der. Ensemble: Lautten Compagney.- Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 88985344082.
- Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.
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Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
Iver-Song (Lullaby)
Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.- Hyperion CDA68176.
- Hyperion.
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Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
Humoresque
Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.- Hyperion CDA68176.
- Hyperion.
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Anton Bruckner
Symphony No. 3 In D Minor (Nowak 1889): I. Mehr langsam, Misterioso
Orchestra: Munich Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Valery Gergiev.- Munich Philharmonic MPHIL0009.
- Munich Philharmonic.
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Record Review 23/06/18
9.00am
Liszt: Ann茅es de p猫lerinage: Premi猫re ann茅e 鈥� Suisse
Francesco Piemontesi (piano)
Orfeo C 944 182 1 (CD + DVD)
Bach: Music for solo lute
Thomas Dunford (archlute)
Alpha 361
鈥楤ye Bye Berlin鈥� 鈥� Music from 1920s Berlin (Weill, Eisler, Hindemith and others)
Marion Rampal (vocals)
Rapha毛l Imbert (saxophones)
Manfred Quartet
Harmonia Mundi HMM 902295
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 2 鈥楲obgesang鈥�
Anna Lucia Richter (soprano)
Esther Dierkes (soprano)
Robin Tritschler (tenor)
WDR Rundfunkchor K枚ln
NDR Choir
Radiophilharmonie
Andrew Manze (conductor)
Pentatone PTC 5186 639 (Hybrid SACD)
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9.30am 鈥� Building a Library 鈥� Caroline Rae on Debussy鈥檚 Violin Sonata
Composer: Claude Debussy
Piece: Violin Sonata in G minor
Reviewer: Caroline Rae
Recommended Recording:
Jennifer Pike (violin); Martin Roscoe (piano)
Chandos 10667 (CD)
Other Recommended Recordings:
Below are other recordings that Caroline Rae also liked, although we can鈥檛 guarantee availability.
Joseph Szigeti (violin); Bela Bart贸k (piano)
Vanguard Classics 08 8008 71
G茅rard Poulet (violin); No毛l Lee (piano)
Arion ARN 68228
Renaud Capu莽on (violin); Bertrand Chamayou (piano)
Erato 9029577396
Joshua Bell (violin); Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano)
Decca 421 817-2
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10.20am 鈥� New Releases
Haydn: Symphony No. 26 鈥楲amentatione鈥� plus 3, 30 & 79
Kammerorchester Basel
Giovanni Antonini (conductor)
Alpha 678
鈥楳isterioso鈥� 鈥� Music by Biber and Piazzolla
Julia Schr枚der (baroque violin)
Lautten Compagney
Wolfgang Katschner (conductor)
Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 88985344082
Stephen Hough鈥檚 Dream Album
Stephen Hough (piano)
Hyperion CDA68176
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10.50am New Releases: Caroline Gill and Simon Heighes on choral releases
Buxtehude: Abendmusiken
Vox Luminis (choir)
Ensemble Masques (instrumental ensemble)
Olivier Fortin (director)
Alpha 287
Sebasti谩n de Vivanco: Missa Assumpsit Jesus
De Profundis
Robert Hollingworth (conductor)
Hyperion CDA68257
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Sibylla 鈥� Choral music by Lassus, Tymoczko, von Bingen & Cole
Gallicantus
Gabriel Crouch (director)
Signum SigCD520
San Marco di Venezia 鈥� 鈥楾he Golden Age鈥�
Les Travers茅es Baroques (choir)
Laurent Stewart (fortepiano)
Etienne Meyer (conductor)
Accent ACC24345
鈥楻efugium鈥� 鈥� British Choral Music
Trinity Boys Choir
David Swinson (conductor)
Stone Records 5060192780819
Charpentier: Le莽ons de t茅n猫bres, Litanies & Magnificat
St茅phane Degout (baritone)
Samuel Boden (tenor)
Arcangelo
Jonathan Cohen (conductor)
Hyperion CDA68171
Sigismund Neukomm: Missa Solemnis & Requiem
Choeur de Chambre de Namur
La Grande 脡curie et la Chambre du Roy (instrumental ensemble)
Jean-Claude Malgoire (director)
Accent 24344
鈥楧aylight Declines鈥� 鈥� Choral Music by Pawe艂 艁ukaszewski
Tenebrae
Nigel Short (conductor)
Signum SIGCD521
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11.45am 鈥� Disc of the Week: Munich Philarmonic & Valery Gergiev - Bruckner Symphony No.3 in D minor
Bruckner: Symphony No. 3 in D minor (ed. Nowak 1888/89)
Munich Philharmonic
Valery Gergiev (conductor)
Munich Philharmonic MPHIL0009
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