Andrew McGregor with Flora Willson and William Mival
Building a Library on Verdi's opera Force of Destiny and William Mival reviews new releases of Sibelius, Shostakovich and Tchaikovsky.
with Andrew McGregor.
09.30
Building a Library: Flora Willson listens to and compares recordings of Verdi's opera La forza del destino
La forza del destino, or The Force of Destiny, is an opera written and conceived on the grandest scale. An accidental death in the first scene ignites a drama of retribution in which the heroine, Leonora and her lover, Don Alvaro, are stalked by Leonora's vengeful brother Don Carlo. This dark tale is offset by lively scenes of daily life in military encampments and monastic orders than in many ways anticipates the great epic tableaux of Russian opera.
10.30
Andrew talks to William Mival about new releases of symphonies by Sibelius, Shostakovich and Tchaikovsky
11.45
Andrew chooses an outstanding new release as his Disc of the Week.
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Joseph Haydn
Symphony No.67 in F major, Hob. I:67: I. Presto
Orchestra: Kammerorchester Basel. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.- Alpha.
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Marin Marais
Couplets de Folies
Performer: Lucie Horsch. Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music.- Decca.
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Sergey Prokofiev
Peter and the Wolf: I. Full of devilment
Music Arranger: Tommy Smith. Orchestra: Scottish National Jazz Orchestra. Narrator: Tam Dean Burn. Conductor: Tommy Smith.- Spartacus Records.
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Felix Mendelssohn
Piano Concerto No.2 in D minor, Op.40: III. Finale. Presto scherzando
Performer: Jan Lisiecki. Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.- DG.
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Franz Schubert
Symphony No. 5 in B flat D485 i. Allegro
Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.- Chandos.
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Bernd Alois Zimmermann
Violin Concerto: I. Sonata
Performer: Leila Josefowicz. Orchestra: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Hannu Lintu.- Ondine.
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Marchetto Cara
Ostinato vo' seguire
Singer: Marco Beasley. Ensemble: Accordone. Director: Guido Morini.- Cypres.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No.40 in G minor, K550: I. Molto Allegro
Orchestra: NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Manze. -
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Francesco Cavalli
Fanfare
Ensemble: Galilei Consort. Director: Benjamin Ch茅nier.- Chateau de Versailles.
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Francesco Cavalli
Kyrie (Grand Venetian Mass for Franco-Spanish Peace)
Ensemble: Galilei Consort. Director: Benjamin Ch茅nier.- Chateau de Versailles.
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Joseph Haydn
Keyboard Sonata in C Minor, Hob.XVI:20
Performer: Kristian Bezuidenhout.- Haydn: Piano Sonatas.
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Record Review
9.00am
鈥楬aydn 2032, Vol.7: Gli Impresari鈥� 鈥� Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 9, 65 & 67; Mozart: Thamos, King of Egypt
Kammerorchester Basel
Giovanni Antonini (conductor)
Alpha 680
鈥楤aroque Journey鈥� 鈥� Music for recorders by Handel, Bach, Sammartini, Marais, Couperin, Purcell etc.
Lucie Horsch (recorders)
Charlotte Barbour-Condini (recorder)
Thomas Dunford (lute)
Academy of Ancient Music (ensemble)
Decca 483 4722
Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf (Arr. for jazz orchestra by Tommy Smith, text adapted by Liz Lochhead)
Scottish National Jazz Orchestra
Tommy Smith (conductor)
Tam Dean Burn (narrator)
Spartacus Records STS027
Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2, Variations s茅rieuses & Rondo capriccioso
Jan Lisiecki (piano)
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Deutsche Grammophon 483 6471
9.30am 鈥� Building a Library 鈥� Flora Willson on Verdi鈥檚 La Forza del Destino
Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
Reviewer: Flora Willson
Recommended Recording:
Donna Leonora听听听听听听听听听听 Leontyne Price (soprano)
Don Alvaro听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 Richard Tucker (tenor)
Don Carlo听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 Robert Merrill (baritone)
Preziosilla听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 Shirley Verrett (mezzo-soprano)
Padre Guardiano听听听听听听听听 Giorgio Tozzi (bass)
RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra and Chorus
Thomas Schippers (conductor)
Sony G010003563730H(Digital download)
Recorded 1964
Other Recommended Recordings:
DVD
Donna Leonora听听听听听听听听听听 Anja Harteros (soprano)
Don Alvaro听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 Jonas Kaufmann (tenor)
Don Carlo听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 Ludovic T茅zier (baritone)
Preziosilla听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 Nadia Krasteva (mezzo-soprano)
Padre Guardiano听听听听听听听听 Vitalij Kowaljow (bass)
Bayerischen Staatsoper Chorus & Orchestra
Asher Fisch (conductor)
Directed by Martin Kusej
Sony 88875160649听(2 DVDs)
10.20am 鈥� New Releases
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Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 3, 5 & 8 鈥楿nfinished鈥�
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Edward Gardner (conductor)
Chandos CHSA 5234 (Hybrid SACD)
Zimmermann: Violin Concerto, Photoptosis & Vocal Symphony for 6 singers 鈥楧ie Soldaten鈥�
Leila Josefowicz (violin)
Anu Komsi (soprano)
Jeni packalen (alto)
Hilary Summers (contralto)
Peter Tantsits (tenor)
Ville Rusanen (baritone)
Juha Uusitalo (bass-baritone)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Hannu Lintu (conductor)
Ondine ODE 1325-2
鈥業namorato: Trilogia Italiana鈥� 鈥� Italian vocal music from the Renaissance to the 18th Century including works by Marco Cara, Monteverdi, Frescobaldi etc.
Marco Beasley (vocalist)
Accordone (ensemble)
Guido Morini (conductor)
Cypres CYP9620 (3 CDs)
Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 40 & 41 鈥楯upiter鈥�
NDR Radiophilharmonie
Andrew Manze (conductor)
Pentatone PTC 5186 757 (Hybrid SACD)
Cavalli: Missa 1660
Galilei Consort (ensemble)
Benjamin Ch茅nier (director)
Chateau de Versailles CVS006
10.50am 鈥� William Mival on orchestral new releases
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.4 & Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
London Symphony Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)
LSO 0810 (Hybrid SACD)
Shostakovich: Symphony No.5 & Four Romances on Poems by Pushkin
James Platt (bass)
贬补濒濒茅
Mark Elder (conductor)
贬补濒濒茅 CD HLL 7550
Sibelius: Complete Symphonies 1-7
Orchestre de Paris
Paavo J盲rvi (conductor)
RCA 19075924512 (3 CDs)
11.45am 鈥� Disc of the Week
Haydn: Keyboard Sonatas Nos. 20 & 48, Partita in G major Hob.XVI:6, Variations Hob.XVII:6 & Variations on the theme 鈥楪ott erhalte Franz, den Kaiser鈥�
Kristian Bezuidenhout (Fortepiano: McNulty copy of A.Walter & Sohn, Vienna 1805)
Harmonia Mundi HMM 902273
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