Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf in Building a Library with Kate Molleson and Andrew McGregor
Kate Molleson chooses her favourite recording of Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf, and William Mival shares some remarkable new releases.
Andrew McGregor with the best new recordings of classical music.
9.30 am
William Mival shares some new releases which have caught his ear and shares his 'On Repeat' track 鈥� a recording which he is currently listening to again and again.
10.30 am
Building a Library: Kate Molleson chooses her favourite recording of Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf
Peter and the Wolf is a "symphonic fairy tale for children", and one of the most popular ways for young people to get into classical music. The narrator tells a children's story, while the orchestra illustrates it with different instruments which play different themes to represent different characters in the story: the bird by a flute, the duck by an oboe, the cat by a clarinet, the grandfather by a bassoon, the wolf by three horns, Peter by the string quartet etc.
11.20 am
Record of the Week: Andrew鈥檚 top pick.
Send us your On Repeat recommendations at recordreview@bbc.co.uk or tweet us @成人快手Radio3
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Music Played
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Eric Coates
Last Love: Romance
Orchestra: 成人快手 Philharmonic. Conductor: John Wilson.- Chandos.
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Sergey Prokofiev
Sonata for 2 Violins in C Major, Op. 56: III. Commodo, quasi allegretto
Performer: Julia Fischer. Performer: Kirill Troussov.- Violin Duos.
- Orchid Classics.
- 108.
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Richard Strauss
Suite from Der Rosenkavalier, Op. 59, TrV 227: I. St眉rmisch bewegt (from Act I)
Music Arranger: Franz Welser鈥怣枚st. Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: Franz Welser鈥怣枚st.- Berg: Three Pieces from Lyric Suite 鈥� Strauss: Suite from Der Rosenkavalier.
- Cleveland Orchestra.
- 104.
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William Byrd
Ave verum Corpus
Ensemble: The Gesualdo Six. Conductor: Owain Park.- Hyperion.
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Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Rondo in C minor Wq.59 No.4 for keyboard
Performer: Einav Yarden.- Challenge Classics.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
St. John Passion, BWV 245: Mein teurer Heiland
Singer: Harrison Hintzsche. Orchestra: Cantata Collective. Conductor: Nicholas McGegan.- Avie.
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Claude Debussy
C'est l'extase - Ten settings of Paul Verlaine. op. 118 vii) Spleen
Music Arranger: Robin Holloway. Singer: Vannina Santoni. Orchestra: Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France. Conductor: Mikko Franck.- Alpha.
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Claude Debussy
C'est l'extase - Ten settings of Paul Verlaine. op. 118 viii) Paysages belges
Music Arranger: Robin Holloway. Singer: Vannina Santoni. Orchestra: Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France. Conductor: Mikko Franck.- Alpha.
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Eric Coates
The Three Elizabeths Suite iii) March. Youth of Britain (The Princess Elizabeth)
Orchestra: 成人快手 Philharmonic. Conductor: John Wilson.- Chandos.
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Anton Bruckner
Symphony No. 7 in E Major ii) Adagio
Orchestra: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Lahav Shani.- Warner Classics.
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Javier 脕lvarez
Temazcal
Performer: Luis Julio Toro.- Saydisc.
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Antonio Caldara
Maddalena ai piedi di Cristo (In lagrime stemprato il cor qui cade)
Singer: Mar铆a Cristina Kiehr. Ensemble: Schola Cantorum Basiliensis. Conductor: Ren茅 Jacobs.- Harmonia Mundi.
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Franz Liszt
Liebestraume - 3 notturnos S.541 for piano: no.1 in A flat major
Performer: Saskia Giorgini.- Pentatone.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
The Art of Fugue, BWV1080: Contrapunctus IX, a 4 alla duodecima
Ensemble: Casals Quartet.- Harmonia Mundi.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
The Art of Fugue, BWV1080: Contrapunctus X, a 4 alla decima
Ensemble: Casals Quartet.- Harmonia Mundi.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
The Art of Fugue, BWV1080: Contrapunctus XI, a 4
Ensemble: Casals Quartet.- Harmonia Mundi.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Variations on a rococo theme Op.33 arr. for cello, 4 saxophones and piano
Performer: Alban Gerhardt. Music Arranger: Stefan Malzew. Ensemble: Alliage Quintett.- Hyperion.
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George Frideric Handel
Serse, HWV 40, Act I
Singer: Emily D'Angelo. Singer: Paula Murrihy. Singer: Lucy Crowe. Singer: William Dazeley. Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: Harry Bicket.- Linn.
Record Review
9.00am
Violin Duos
Works by Shostakovich and Prokofiev
Julia Fischer & Kirill Troussov (violins)
Orchid Classics ORC100234 (download only)
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Berg: Three Pieces from Lyric Suite 鈥� Strauss: Suite from Der Rosenkavalier
Cleveland Orchestra
Franz Welser-M枚st (conductor)
Cleveland Orchestra TCO0007 (download only)
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Byrd: Mass For Five Voices & Other Works
The Gesualdo Six
Owain Park (conductor)
Hyperion CDA68416
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JS & CPE Bach: Father and Son
Einav Yarden (piano)
Challenge Classics CC72952
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09.30am 鈥�听William Mival New Releases
Bach: St John Passion
Thomas Cooley (tenor)
Paul Max Tipton (bass-baritone)
Nola Richardson (soprano)
Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen (countertenor)
Derek Chester (tenor)
Harrison Hintzsche (baritone)
Cantata Collective
Nicholas McGegan (conductor)
Avie AV2605
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Debussy arr. Robin Holloway: C'est l'extase - La mer
Vannina Santoni (soprano)
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
Mikko Franck (conductor)
Alpha ALPHA981
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Eric Coates: Orchestral Works, Vol. 3
成人快手 Philharmonic Orchestra
John Wilson听(conductor)
Chandos CHAN20164
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Bruckner: Symphony No. 7
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
Lahav Shani听(conductor)
Warner Classics 5419761966
William Mival: On Repeat
Javier Alvarez: Papalotl - Transformaciones Ex贸ticas
Hugh Webb (harp)
Luis Julio Toro (percussion)
Philip Mead (piano)
Inok Paek (kayagum)
Simon Limbrick (percussion)
Saydisc听SDL390
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Listener On Repeat
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Antonio Caldara: Maddalena ai piedi di Cristo
Maria Cristina Kiehr (soprano)
Bernarda Fink (alto)
Andreas Scholl (countertenor)
Schola Cantorum Basiliensis
Ren茅 Jacobs (conductor)
Harmonia Mundi HMC905221.22 (2CDs)
10.10am 鈥� New Releases
Consolations
Liszt:听Consolations, Six Pens茅es po茅tiques, S. 172 etc.
Saskia Giorgini (piano)
Pentatone PTC5187045
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J.S. Bach: The Art of Fugue
Cuarteto Casals
Harmonia Mundi HMM902717
10.30am 鈥� Building a Library: Kate Molleson on Prokofiev鈥檚 Peter and the Wolf
Recommended recording:
Sting (narrator)
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Claudio Abbado (conductor)
Deutsche Grammophon 4293962
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Also recommended:
David Bowie (narrator)
Philadelphia Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy (conductor)
Sony 88883765802
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Alec McCowen (narrator)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Bernard Haitink (conductor)
Philips 4422782
11.15am 鈥� New Releases
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Palestrina, Vol. 9
Missa Ut Re Mi Fa Sol La etc.
The Sixteen
Harry Christophers (conductor)
Coro COR16197
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Phantasy in Blue
Works by Tchaikovsky, Vivaldi, Falla, Shostakovich and Gershwin
Alban Gerhardt (cello)
Alliage Quintett
Hyperion CDA68419
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11.25am 鈥� Record of the Week
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Handel: Serse
Emily D鈥橝ngelo (Serse)
Lucy Crowe (Romilda)
Paula Murrihy (Arsamene)
Mary Bevan (Atalanta)
Daniela Mack (Amastre)
Ariodate (Neal Davies)
William Dazeley (Elviro)
The English Concert
Harry Bicket (conductor)
Linn CKD709 (3CDs)
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