Vaughan Williams's The Lark Ascending in Building a Library with Kate Kennedy and Tom Service
Mark Seow rounds up some new releases that have taken his fancy, and in Building a Library, Kate Kennedy chooses her favourite recording of Vaughan Williams's The Lark Ascending.
Tom Service with the best new recordings of classical music
9.30 am
Violinist, musicologist, and writer Mark Seow brings a selection of new releases to the studio including the latest from pianist V铆kingur 脫lafsson and violinist Vilde Frang, and in On Repeat he shares a track with Tom and explains his current preoccupation with it.
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Building a Library
Continuing Radio 3's Vaughan Williams Today season, marking the 150th anniversary of the composer鈥檚 birth, Kate Kennedy chooses her favourite recording of Ralph Vaughan Williams' The Lark Ascending.
In Vaughan Williams' modal and folk music-inflected The Lark Ascending a solo violin takes flight above the orchestra evoking for many the very essence of an idealised English countryside. But this popular work, written on the eve of the First World War, has perhaps inevitably become freighted with nostalgia for both a lost generation and a rural way of life which was soon to vanish forever.
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Record of the Week
An exceptional new release.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
String Quartet No 13 in B-Flat Major, Op 130: IV. Alla danza tedesca. Allegro
Ensemble: Dover Quartet.- Beethoven: Complete String Quartets, Vol. 3.
- Cedille.
- 308.
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Thomas Ad猫s
Marchentanz (nos 3 & 4)
Performer: Pekka Kuusisto. Orchestra: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.- ONDINE.
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Adam Michna
St谩la Matka Lituj铆c铆 [The Sorrowful Mother]
Singer: Hana Bla啪铆kov谩. Ensemble: Collegium Marianum.- A Lily Among Thorns.
- SUPRAPHON.
- 13.
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Fr茅d茅ric Chopin
4 Mazurkas, Op. 24, B. 89: No. 15 in C Major
Performer: Peter Jablonski.- Chopin: Complete Mazurkas, Vol. 1.
- Ondine.
- 115.
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Ruth Gipps
Chanticleer - overture Op.28
Orchestra: 成人快手 Philharmonic. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.- Ruth Gipps Orchestral Works, Volume 2.
- CHANDOS.
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Igor Stravinsky
Violin Concerto in D major Op.8 (4th mvt)
Performer: Vilde Frang. Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. Conductor: Pekka Kuusisto.- Beethoven & Stravinsky: Violin Concertos.
- Warner Classics.
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Johann Jakob Kress
Violin Concerto no.3 in F major (1st mvt)
Performer: Johannes Pramsohler. Ensemble: Ensemble Diderot.- Travel Concertos.
- AUDAX RECORDS.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Trio Sonata no.1 BWV.525 (Allegro moderato)
Performer: V铆kingur 脫lafsson. Performer: Halla Oddn媒 Magn煤sd贸ttir. Music Arranger: Gy枚rgy Kurt谩g.- From Afar.
- DG.
- 11.
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Sigvaldi Kaldal贸ns
Ave Maria
Performer: V铆kingur 脫lafsson. Music Arranger: V铆kingur 脫lafsson.- From Afar.
- DG.
- 12.
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Fran莽ois Franc艙ur
Le Troph茅e (2eme Air)
Composer: Fran莽ois Rebel. Performer: Th茅otime Langlois de Swarte. Performer: Justin Taylor.- Les Fr猫res Franc艙ur.
- ALPHA CLASSICS.
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Fran莽ois Franc艙ur
Le th茅芒tre s'茅claire (Les Augustales)
Composer: Fran莽ois Rebel. Performer: Th茅otime Langlois de Swarte. Performer: Justin Taylor.- Les Fr猫res Franc艙ur.
- ALPHA CLASSICS.
- 16.
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Andrea Falconieri
O vezzosetta (Aria sopra la Ciaccona) - L'Eroica
Performer: L鈥橝rpeggiata. Performer: Christina Pluhar. Singer: Zachary Wilder. Singer: Jo茫o Fernandes.- Alla Napoletana.
- Erato.
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Edward Elgar
Angel's farewell (The Dream of Gerontius)
Singer: Alice Coote. Director: Mark Elder. Orchestra: Hall茅.- Elgar Violin Concerto: Halle Orchestra, Elder.
- Halle.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No 5 in E minor, Op 64, III. Valse. Allegro moderato
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda.- Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 - Rimsky-Korsakov: Kitezh Suite.
- LSO Live.
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Steve Reich
Music for Ensemble and Orchestra: I. Sixteenths
Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Conductor: Susanna M盲lkki.- Steve Reich: Runner & Music for Ensemble and Orchestra.
- Nonesuch.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestral Suite no.3 in D major BWV.1068
Ensemble: Dunedin Consort. Conductor: John Butt.- Bach: Orchestral Suites BWV 1066-1069.
- Linn.
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Gustav Mahler
Symphony No 5 in C sharp Minor: III. Scherzo. Kr盲ftig, nicht zu schnell
Conductor: Semyon Bychkov. Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic.- Mahler: Symphony No. 5 in C-Sharp Minor.
- PENTATONE.
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Record Review
The link below each recording takes you directly to the label鈥檚 website. Please be aware that non-UK labels may be cheaper via a record store or an online retailer.
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Beethoven: Complete String Quartets, Vol. 3Top of Form
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Dover Quartet
Cedille听 CDR90000215 (3 CDs)
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Thomas Ad猫s: M盲rchent盲nze, Hotel Suite from Powder Her Face, Lieux retrouv茅 & Dawn
Pekka Kuusisto (violin)
Tomas Nu帽ez (cello)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Nicholas Collon
Ondine 听ODE 1411-2
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A Lily Among Thorns 鈥� music by Michna, Biber, Albrici, etc.
Hana Bla啪铆kov谩 (soprano)
Collegium Marianum
Supraphon听 SU43172
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Chopin: Complete Mazurkas, Vol. 1
Peter Jablonski (piano)
Ondine听 ODE 1412-2
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Gipps: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2
Juliana Koch (oboe)
成人快手 Philharmonic
Rumon Gamba
Chandos 听CHAN20161
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09.30am 鈥� Mark Seow: New Releases
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Beethoven & Stravinsky: Violin Concertos
Vilde Frang (violin)
Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen
Pekka Kuusisto
Warner Classics听 9029667740
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Travel Concertos 鈥� Music by JS Bach, Kress, Durant, etc.
Ensemble Diderot
Johannes Pramsohler (violin)
Audax 听ADX11204D
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From Afar 鈥� music by Brahms, Kaldal贸ns, Schumann, etc.
V铆kingur 脫lafsson (piano)
DG听 4861681 (2 CDs)
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Les fr猫res Franc艙ur 鈥� music by Rebel, Francoeur, Anet, etc.
Justin Taylor (harpsichord)
Th茅otime Langlois de Swarte (violin)
Alpha 听ALPHA895
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Mark Seow: On Repeat
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Alla Napoletana 鈥� music by Falconieri, Caresana, Giramo, etc.
L'Arpeggiata
Christina Pluhar
Erato听 9029660361 (2 CDs)
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10:10 am
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Listener On Repeat
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Elgar: Violin Concerto 鈥� includes excerpts from The Dream Of Gerontius
Thomas Zehetmair (violin)
Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano)
Hall茅 Orchestra
Sir Mark Elder
Hall茅听 CDHLL7521
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Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 - Rimsky-Korsakov: Kitezh Suite
London Symphony Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda
LSO Live LSO0858 (Hybrid SACD)
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Steve Reich: Runner & Music for Ensemble and Orchestra
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Susanna M盲lkki
Nonesuch听 7559791018
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10.30am 鈥� Building a Library: Kate Kennedy on Vaughan Williams鈥檚 The Lark Ascending
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Recommended recording:
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Janine Jansen (violin)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Barry Wordsworth
Decca听 4750112
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Bach: Orchestral Suites BWV 1066-1069
Dunedin Consort
John Butt
Linn 听CKD666 (2 CDs)
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11.25am 鈥� Record of the Week
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Mahler: Symphony No. 5
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Semyon Bychkov
Pentatone听 PTC5187021
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