Andrew McGregor with Kirsten Gibson and Anna Picard
The long-running showcase of the best classical releases. Plus, in Building a Library, Kirsten Gibson compares recordings of Purcell's opera Dido and Aeneas and picks a favourite.
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Building a Library: Kirsten Gibson compares recordings of Purcell's opera Dido and Aeneas and picks a favourite.
Uncertainty surrounds the origins Purcell's Dido and Aeneas. It's thought to be from the late 1680s, towards the end of Purcell's short life, and some evidence points to a Chelsea girls' school as the unlikely venue of its premiere. Unlikely because the exceptional quality of its music and drama make the English court a more probable location for one of the greatest of all English musical stage works. Based on part of Virgil's Aeneid, love, abandonment and despair are its eternal themes, all of which are devastatingly portrayed in its most famous number, Dido's lament 'When I am laid in earth', an aria which has always attracted some of the most starry singers.
The current catalogue shows Dido is an internationally acknowledged masterpiece and the preserve of period performance specialists, but its recorded history began in the 1930s, long predating both of those aspects.
11.50
Anna Picard has been listening to recent recordings of Haydn, Beethoven and Schumann, including a complete set of the Beethoven Piano Concertos from Jan Lisiecki and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields.
11.25
Andrew chooses an outstanding new release as his Recording of the Week.
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Sergey Rachmaninov
Moment Musicaux in E minor Op.16 No.4
Performer: Barry Douglas.- Chandos.
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Johannes Brahms
Double Concerto in A minor Op. 102 ii. Andante
Performer: Antje Weithaas. Performer: Maximilian Hornung. Orchestra: NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Manze.- CPO.
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Carlo Gesualdo
Madonna, io ben vorrei
Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants. Conductor: Paul Agnew.- Gesualdo: Madrigali, Libri primo & secondo.
- harmonia mundi.
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Carlo Gesualdo
Com'esser pu貌 ch'io viva se m'uccidi
Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants. Conductor: Paul Agnew.- Gesualdo: Madrigali, Libri primo & secondo.
- harmonia mundi.
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George Enescu
Violin Sonata No. 3 in A minor, Op. 25: II. Andante sostenuto e misterioso
Performer: Diana Tishchenko. Performer: Zolt谩n Fej茅rv谩ri.- Warner Classics.
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Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns
Carnival Of The Animals: XIV. Finale
Orchestra: Utah Symphony. Conductor: Thierry Fischer.- Hyperion.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Quintet for Piano and Winds in E flat, K452: I. Largo - Allegro moderato
Performer: Christian Ihle Hadland. Orchestra: Oslo Kammerakademi.- Lawo.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Tuba Concerto in F Minor (Arr. for Euphonium & Orchestra): III. Finale - Rondo alla tedesca. Allegro
Orchestra: 成人快手 Philharmonic. Conductor: Ben Gernon.- Chandos.
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Marin Marais
Pi猫ces de viole, Livre IV "Suite d'un Go没t Etranger": No. 82. La Reveuse
Performer: Johanna Rose. Performer: Josep Maria Marti Duran.- Histoires d'un Ange.
- Rubicon Classics.
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Allan Pettersson
Vox Humana: ii. Ballade
Singer: Conny Thimander. Ensemble: Musica Vitae. Ensemble: Ensemble SYD. Conductor: Daniel Hansson.- CPO.
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Joseph Haydn
Symphony No.99 in E-flat major, Hob.I:99
Orchestra: Handel and Haydn Society Orchestra. Conductor: Harry Christophers.- CORO.
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Antoine Reicha
Grande symphonie de salon No. 1 for 9 instruments in D: i. Adagio. Allegro
Director: Julien Chauvin. Ensemble: Le Concert de la Loge.- Reicha: Grande symphonie de salon - Beethoven: Septet, Op. 20.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Septet in E flat major Op.20 (1st mvt)
Ensemble: Le Concert de la Loge. Conductor: Julien Chauvin.- Reicha: Grande symphonie de salon - Beethoven: Septet, Op. 20.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No.1 in C major: iii. Rondo. Allegro
Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Jan Lisiecki.- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Robert Schumann
Symphony No.2 in C major: ii. Scherzo
Orchestra: Antwerp Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Philippe Herreweghe.- Aparte.
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Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
Piano Concerto in G minor, Op. 33: i. Allegro agitato
Performer: Ivo Kah谩nek. Orchestra: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jakub Hr暖拧a.- Supraphon.
Record Review
9.00am
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Tchaikovsky: Plus One, Vol. 2: Grande Sonate, M茅ditation & Rachmaninov: Moments Musicaux
Barry Douglas (piano)
Chandos CHAN20121
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Schumann: Violin Concerto & Brahms: Double Concerto
Antje Weithaas (violin)
Maximilian Hornung (cello)
NDR Radiophilharmonie
Andrew Manze (conductor)
CPO 555172-2
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Gesualdo: Madrigali, Libri primo & secondo
Les Arts Florissants
Paul Agnew (conductor)
Harmonia Mundi HAF890530708 (2CDs)
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Strangers in Paradise: music by Ravel, Enescu, Ysa每e and Prokofiev
Diana Tishchenko (violin)
Zolt谩n Fej茅rv谩ri (piano)
Warner Classics 9029540391
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Saint-Sa毛ns: Symphony No. 1 & The Carnival of the Animals
Utah Symphony
Thierry Fischer (conductor)
Hyperion CDA68223
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9.30am 鈥� Building a Library 鈥� Kirsten Gibson on Purcell鈥檚 Dido and Aeneas
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Composer: Henry Purcell
Reviewer: Kirsten Gibson
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Recommended Recording:
Rebecca Outram (soprano)
Carys Lane (soprano)
Sarah Tynan (soprano)
Lucy Crowe (soprano)
Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano)
Patricia Bardon (mezzo-soprano)
William Purefoy (counter-tenor)
John Mark Ainsley (tenor)
Gerald Finley (baritone)
Choir & Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Elizabeth Kenny (director)
Steven Devine (director)
Chaconne CHAN0757
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Other Recommended Recordings:
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Susan Graham (soprano)
Camilla Tilling (soprano)
C茅cile de Boever (soprano)
Felicity Palmer (mezzo-soprano)
David Daniels (counter-tenor)
Ian Bostridge (tenor)
Paul Agnew (tenor)
European Voices
Le Concert d鈥橝str茅e
Emmanuelle Ha茂m (harpsichord & direction)
Erato 9668212
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Kirsten Flagstad (soprano)
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano)
Eilidh McNab (soprano)
Sheila Rex (soprano)
Anna Pollak (soprano)
Arda Mandikian (mezzo-soprano)
David Lloyd (tenor)
Thomas Hemsley (baritone)
The Mermaid Singers and Orchestra
Geraint Jones (conductor)
Naxos 8111264
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Eileen Poulter (soprano)
Rhianon James (soprano)
Patricia Clarke (soprano)
Dorothy Dorow (soprano)
Catherine Wilson (soprano)
Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
Monica Sinclair (mezzo-soprano)
John Mitchinson (tenor)
Raimund Herincx (baritone)
The St. Anthony Singers
Thurston Dart (continuo)
English Chamber Orchestra
Anthony Lewis (conductor)
Decca 4663872
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10.20am 鈥� New Releases
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Mozart/Danzi/Beethoven For Piano and Winds
Christian Ihle Hadland (piano)
Oslo Kammerakademi
LAWO LWC1187
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The Symphonic Euphonium II: David Childs plays Vaughan Williams, Gregson, Mealor and Ball
David Childs (euphonium)
成人快手 Philharmonic
Ben Gernon (conductor)
Chandos CHAN10997
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Histoires d'un Ange: music by Marais, de Vis茅e, Fran莽ois Couperin and Rameau
Johanna Rose (viola da gamba)
Josep Maria Mart铆 Duran (theorbo)
Javier N煤帽ez (harpsichord)
Rubicon RCD1041
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Allan Pettersson: Vox Humana & 6 S氓nger
Kristina Hellgren (soprano)
Anna Grevelius (alto)
Conny Thimander (tenor)
Jakob H枚str枚m (baritone)
Musicae Vitae
Ensemble SYD
Daniel Hansson
CPO 999286-2
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10.45am 鈥� New Releases 鈥� Anna Picard on music by Haydn, Reicha, Beethoven and Schumann
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Haydn Symphony No. 99 & Harmoniemesse
Mireille Asselin (soprano)
Catherine Wyn-Rogers (mezzo-soprano)
Jeremy Budd (tenor)
Sumner Thompson (baritone)
Handel and Haydn Society
Harry Christophers (conductor)
Coro COR16176
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Reicha: Grande Symphonie de Salon & Beethoven: Septet, Op. 20
Le Concert de la Loge
Julien Chauvin (violin and director)
Apart茅 AP211
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Beethoven: Complete Piano Concertos
Jan Lisiecki (piano/director)
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Deutsche Grammophon 4837637 (3CDs)
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Schumann: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 4
Antwerp Symphony Orchestra
Philippe Herreweghe (conductor)
PHI LPH032
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11.15am 鈥� Record of the Week
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Dvo艡谩k & Martin暖: Piano Concertos
Ivo Kah谩nek (piano)
Bamberger Symphoniker
Jakub Hr暖拧a (conductor)
Supraphon SU42362
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