Andrew McGregor with Jonathan Cross
Jonathan Cross chooses five indispensable recordings of works by Proms composer Igor Stravinsky and explains why you need to hear them. Plus Jeremy Summerly reviews new releases.
with Andrew McGregor
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Proms Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Jonathan Cross chooses five indispensable recordings of the music of Proms Composer Igor Stravinsky, one of the greatest and most influential of all 20th-century musical figures, and explains why you need to hear them.
10.50
Jeremy Summerly is spoilt for choice as he picks the plums from a two-box, 34-CD set celebrating Harmonia Mundi's 60th anniversary.
11.45
Proms Recording: Schuman Piano Quintet E flat major, Op.44 with Leif Ove Andsnes and the Artemis Quartet.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 9 in F Major, Op. 14, No. 1: I. Allegro moderato (Arr. for String Quartet)
Music Arranger: Ludwig van Beethoven. Ensemble: Casals Quartet.- Beethoven: Inventions 2.
- harmonia mundi.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 9 in F Major, Op. 14, No. 1: II. Allegretto (Arr. for String Quartet)
Music Arranger: Ludwig van Beethoven. Ensemble: Casals Quartet.- Beethoven: Inventions 2.
- harmonia mundi.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 9 in F Major, Op. 14, No. 1: III. Allegro (Arr. for String Quartet)
Music Arranger: Ludwig van Beethoven. Ensemble: Casals Quartet.- Beethoven: Inventions 2.
- harmonia mundi.
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Igor Stravinsky
Chant fun猫bre
Orchestra: Lucerne Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.- Decca.
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Igor Stravinsky
Ebony Concerto i) Allegro moderato
Performer: Benny Goodman. Ensemble: Columbia Jazz Ensemble. Conductor: Igor Stravinsky.- Sony.
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Igor Stravinsky
Mass: Kyrie
Choir: Collegium Vocale Gent. Orchestra: Antwerp Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Philippe Herreweghe.- Pentatone.
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Igor Stravinsky
Mass: Gloria
Choir: Collegium Vocale Gent. Orchestra: Antwerp Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Philippe Herreweghe.- Pentatone.
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Igor Stravinsky
Pulcinella: Overture
Orchestra: London Sinfonietta. Conductor: Esa鈥怭ekka Salonen.- Sony.
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Igor Stravinsky
Pulcinella: Vivo
Orchestra: London Sinfonietta. Conductor: Esa鈥怭ekka Salonen.- Sony.
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Igor Stravinsky
Pulcinella: Finale
Orchestra: London Sinfonietta. Conductor: Esa鈥怭ekka Salonen.- Sony.
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Igor Stravinsky
The Rite of Spring (Part 2)
Ensemble: Les Si猫cles. Conductor: Fran莽ois鈥怷avier Roth.- Actes Sud.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor BWV1041: i) Allegro Moderato
Performer: Daniel Lozakovich. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of the Bavarian RSO.- Deutsche Grammophon 479 9372.
- DG.
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Leonard Bernstein
Prelude, Fugue And Riffs (original version)
Performer: Alessandro Carbonare. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.- Warner Classics.
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Claude Debussy
Preludes, Book II, L. 123: No. 10. Canope
Performer: Sheila Arnold.- ECOUTEZ! Debussy, Cage & Takemitsu.
- CAvi-music.
- 117.
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Toru Takemitsu
La Pause Ininterrompue: No. 3. A song of love
- ECOUTEZ! Debussy, Cage & Takemitsu.
- CAvi-music.
- 118.
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John Cage
Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano: Third Interlude
Performer: Sheila Arnold.- ECOUTEZ! Debussy, Cage & Takemitsu.
- CAvi-music.
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Claude Debussy
Preludes, Book II, L. 123: No. 12 Feux d'artifice
Performer: Sheila Arnold.- ECOUTEZ! Debussy, Cage & Takemitsu.
- CAvi-music.
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Gabriel Jackson
Stabat Mater (opening)
Choir: The Marian Consort. Director: Rory McCleery.- Delphian.
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Sir James MacMillan
String Quartet No. 3 iii) Patiently and painfully slow
Ensemble: Royal String Quartet.- Hyperion.
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Ivor Gurney
All Night Under The Moon
Performer: Joseph Middleton. Singer: Dame Sarah Connolly.- Chandos.
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Rebecca Clarke
The Cloths of Heaven
Performer: Joseph Middleton. Singer: Dame Sarah Connolly.- Chandos.
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Michael Tippett
Songs For Ariel
Performer: Joseph Middleton. Singer: Dame Sarah Connolly.- Chandos.
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Georges Bizet
Les Pecheurs De Perles: 脌 cette voix quel trouble agitait tout mon 锚tre?
Singer: Julie Fuchs. Singer: Cyrille Dubois. Choir: Les Cris de Paris.- Pentatone.
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Georges Bizet
Les Pecheurs De Perles - Je crois entendre encore
Singer: Julie Fuchs. Singer: Cyrille Dubois. Choir: Les Cris de Paris.- Pentatone.
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Georges Bizet
Les Pecheurs De Perles - Le ciel est bleu!
Singer: Julie Fuchs. Singer: Cyrille Dubois. Choir: Les Cris de Paris.- Pentatone.
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Georges Bizet
Les Pecheurs De Perles - 脭 dieu Brahma!
Singer: Julie Fuchs. Singer: Cyrille Dubois. Choir: Les Cris de Paris.- Pentatone.
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Robert Schumann
Piano Quintet in E flat major, Op.44
Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes. Ensemble: Artemis Quartet.
Summer Record Review
9.00am
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Come to Me in My Dreams: 120 years of songs from the RCM - Songs by Howells, Dunhill, Ireland, Bridge, Britten, Gurney etc.
Sarah Connolly (mezzo)
Joseph Middleton (piano)
Chandos CHAN10944
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365 Volume 1
Fiddle player Aidan O鈥橰ourke's musical response to James Robertson's collection '365: Stories'
Aidan O鈥橰ourke (violin)
Kit Downes (piano and harmonium)
Reveal Records REVEAL074CDX (2 CDs)
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The Lily & the Rose: Music from late medieval England including the Missa Flos Regalis by Wlter Frye
The Binchois Consort
Andrew Kirkman
Hyperion CDA68228
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Beethoven: The Complete String Quartets Vol. 1
Inventions: String Quartets nos.1, 3 & 4 op.18 | Piano Sonata no.9 op. 14 no.1 | no. 7 op.59听 | no. 1 no.12 op.127 | no. 16 op.135
Cuarteto Casals
Harmonia Mundi HMM902400.02 (3 CDs)
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9.30am 鈥� Proms Composer 鈥� Jonathan Cross on Stravinsky
Stravinsky: Chant Fun猫bre & Le Sacre du printemps
Sophie Koch (mezzo)
Lucerne Festival Orchestra
Riccardo Chailly
Decca 4832562
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Stravinsky conducts Stravinsky: Symphonies and Concertos
Benny Goodman (clarinet)
Isaac Stern (violin)
Philippe Entremont (piano)
Festival Singers of Toronto
Elmer Iseler (chorus master),
Columbia Jazz Ensemble
Columbia Symphony Orchestra
CBC Symphony Orchestra
Igor Stravinsky
Sony 88875126242 (3 CDs)
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Stravinsky: Monumentum pro Gesualdo di Venosa ad CD annum, Mass, Symphony of Psalms & Choral Variations 'Vom Himmel hoch da komm' ich her'
Collegium Vocale Gent
Royal Flemish Philharmonic
Philippe Herreweghe
Pentatone PTC5186349 (Hybrid SACD)
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Stravinsky: Pulcinella, Ragtime, Renard & Octet
Yvonne Kenny (soprano)
John Aler (tenor)
Nigel Robson (tenor)
John Tomlinson (bass)
David Wilson-Johnson (baritone)
London Sinfonietta
Esa-Pekka Salonen
Sony G0100012227616
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Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps, Petrouchka
Les Si猫cles
Fran莽ois-Xavier Roth
Actes Sud ASM15
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10.20am 鈥� New Releases
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JS Bach: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 and Partita No. 2 in D minor
Daniel Lozakovich (violin)
Kammerorchester des Symphonieorchesters des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Radoslaw Szulc
DG 4799372
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Bernstein: The 3 Symphonies and Prelude, Fugue & Riffs
Marie-Nicole Lemieux (mezzo)
Nadine Sierra (soprano)
Dame Josephine Barstow (narrator)
Alessandro Carbonare (clarinet)
Beatrice Rana (piano)
Coro e Voci Bianche dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Orchestra dell鈥橝ccademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Sir Antonio Pappano
Warner Classics 9029566158 (2 CDs)
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Ecoutez! Debussy, Cage, Takemitsu
Sheila Arnold (piano)
Avi Music AVI8553257
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In Sorrow's Footsteps: Music by Gabriel Jackson, Palestrina, Allegri and James MacMillan
The Marian Consort
Rory McCleery
Delphian DCD34215
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James MacMillan: String Quartets 1-3
Royal String Quartet
Hyperion CDA68196
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Bizet: Les P锚cheurs de Perles
Julie Fuchs (soprano)
Cyrille Dubois (tenor)
Luc Bertin-Hugault (bass)
Florian Sempey (baritone)
Les Cris de Paris
Orchestre National de Lille
Alexandre Bloch
Pentatone PTC5186685 (2 Hybrid SACDs)
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11.45am 鈥� BAL Proms Choice 鈥� Schumann Piano Quintet in E flat Op. 44 as chosen by David Fanning on 12th April 2008
Brahms & Schumann: Piano Quintets
Artemis Quartet
Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)
Erato 3951432
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