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Haydn's The Creation in Building a Library with Jeremy Summerly and Andrew McGregor

In Building a Library Jeremy Summerly chooses his favourite recording of Haydn's The Creation. plus celebrated oboist Nicholas Daniel shares his selection of the best new releases.

Andrew McGregor with the best new recordings of classical music.

9.30 am
Celebrated British oboist Nicholas Daniel brings a clutch of new releases into the studio and shares his On Repeat track, music which he has been listening to again and again.

10.30 am
Jeremy Summerly chooses his favourite recording of Joseph Haydn's The Creation.

Haydn's The Creation was his late, great response at the end of the 18th century to hearing large-scale performances of Handel's oratorios in London. Through rousing choruses, tuneful solo numbers and often spectacular orchestration, it tells the Biblical creation story, beginning with God's reorganisation of chaos and ending with Adam and Eve, happy in the prelapsarian Garden of Eden.

To begin with, The Creation was an instant hit in England and on the Continent. However, outside Austria, as the 19th century progressed, the charms of its musical representations of nature 鈥� roaring lions, cooing doves, buzzing insects, bleating sheep and the like 鈥� began to pall (Berlioz famously declared that hearing The Creation made him want to murder someone). But now Haydn has had the last laugh and The Creation has long-been a staple of amateur choral societies and professional performers, with an extensive recorded catalogue.

Jeremy's choice:
Katharina Konradi (soprano)
Julian Habermann (tenor)
Tobias Berndt (baritone)
Gaechinger Cantorey
Hans-Christoph Rademann (conductor)

11.20 am
Record of the Week: Andrew鈥檚 top pick.

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2 hours, 47 minutes

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Sat 6 Jan 2024 09:00
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Music Played

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    La forza del destino (Overture)

    Music Arranger: Matthias H枚fs. Ensemble: The Philharmonic Brass. Conductor: Tugan Sokhiev.
    • Overture!.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 3.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Hymn to St Cecilia, Op. 27

    Choir: Martin暖 Voices. Director: Luk谩拧 Vasilek.
    • Supraphon.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Double Concerto in F Major, Hob. XVIII:6 i) Allegro moderato

    Orchestra: M眉nchner Kammerphilharmonie dacapo. Conductor: Franz Schottky.
    • Haydn: Violinkonzerte & Doppelkonzert.
    • Gramola Records.
    • 107.

  • Erwin Schulhoff

    5 Pieces for String Quartet: No.2 Alla Serenata

    Ensemble: Schumann Quartett.
    • Berlin Classics.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Symphony No. 8 in C Minor Op. 65 iii) Allegro non troppo

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Constantin Silvestri.
    • Shostakovich: Symphony No. 8 - Kabalevsky: Colas Breugnon Overture.
    • ICA Classics.
    • 3.

  • Gy枚rgy Ligeti

    Chamber Concerto: III. Movimento preciso e meccanico, pour Friedrich Cerha

    Orchestra: Les Si猫cles. Conductor: Fran莽ois鈥怷avier Roth.
    • Ligeti: Six Bagatelles, Chamber Concerto & Ten Pieces for Wind Quintet (Live).
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 109.

  • Carl Nielsen

    Clarinet Concerto, Op. 57: Ib. Poco adagio

    Performer: Johnny Teyssier. Conductor: Fabio Luisi. Orchestra: Danish National Symphony Orchestra.
    • Nielsen: The Concertos.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 8.

  • Louise Farrenc

    Violin Sonata No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 37: I. Largo - Allegro

    Performer: Konstanze Eickhorst. Performer: Winfried Rademacher.
    • Farrenc: Piano Trios Nos. 2 & 4, Opp. 34 & 45, Variations concertantes sur un ai.
    • CPO.
    • 109.

  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet Op.33 no.2 'Joke' (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Chiaroscuro Quartet.
    • Haydn: String Quartets Op. 33 Nos 1-3.
    • BIS.
    • 204.

  • Gy枚rgy Ligeti

    Chamber Concerto: IV. Presto, pour Walter Schmieding

    Orchestra: Les Si猫cles. Conductor: Fran莽ois鈥怷avier Roth.
    • Ligeti: Six Bagatelles, Chamber Concerto & Ten Pieces for Wind Quintet (Live).
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 110.

  • Erik Satie

    3 Gymnop茅dies: I. Lent et douloureux

    Performer: Fazil Say.
    • Debussy: Pr茅ludes, Book 1 - Satie: 3 Gymnop茅dies & 6 Gnossiennes.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 19.

  • Joseph Martin Kraus

    Overture to Soliman

    Orchestra: Theresia Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Astronio.
    • Joseph Martin Kraus: Overtures.
    • CPO.
    • 4.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Violin Sonata No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1016 i) Adagio

    Performer: Sirkka-Liisa Kaakinen-Pilch. Performer: Tuija Hakkila.
    • Bach: Six Sonatas, BWV 1014-1019.
    • Ondine.
    • 301.

  • Anton Bruckner

    Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, WAB 101 (1866-1868 Linz version) i) Allegro

    Orchestra: Bruckner Orchester Linz. Conductor: Markus Poschner.
    • Bruckner: Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, WAB 101 (1866-1868 Linz version).
    • CapriccioNR.
    • 1.

  • Franz Schubert

    4 Impromptus, D899: No. 4 in A-Flat Major

    Performer: Radu Lupu.
    • Doremi.

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Violin Concerto in D

    Performer: James Ehnes. Orchestra: 成人快手 Philharmonic. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.
    • Chandos.

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    成人快手 Radio 3

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