Building a Library: Chopin: Four Ballades
With Andrew McGregor. Building a Library: Chopin: Four Ballades; Reviews of Beethoven and Prokofiev; Disc of the Week: Beethoven, Bruckner, Hartmann and Holliger: string quartets.
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Chopin: Four Ballades
Duration: 47:31
9.05am
HANDEL: Trio Sonatas Op. 2; Passacaglia
The Brook Street Band
AVIE AV2282 (CD)
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Sonnerie and other portraits
Works by MARAIS / RAMEAU / FRANCOEUR / LECLAIR / DU PHLY / DORNEL
Fantasticus
Full details and download from www.resonusclassics.com/fantasticus-sonnerie
RESONUS CLASSICS RES10122 (download)
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FALVETTI: Nabucco
Fernando Guimaraes (Nabucco), Alessandro Meerapfel (Daniele), Fabian Schofrin (Arioco), Caroline Weynants (Anania), Mariana Flores (Azaria, Idolatria), Magdalena Padilla Osvaldes (Misaele), Matteo Bellotto (Eufrate), Capucine Keller (Superbia), Cappella Mediterranea, Choeur de Chambre de Namur, Leonardo Garcia Alarcon (conductor)
AMBRONAY AMY036 (CD)
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Orient Occident II – Hommage a la Syrie
Full details from www.alia-vox.com
Hesperion XXI, Jordi Savall (conductor)
ALIA VOX AVSA9900 (Hybrid SACD + book)
9.30am Building a Library
Jessica Duchen surveys recordings of Chopin’s Ballades and makes a recommendation:
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CHOPIN: Four Ballades
c/w Fantasia in F minor Op. 49; Barcarolle in F# Op. 60
Krystian Zimerman (piano)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON E4230902 (CD)
10.20am
SCHOENBERG: Verklarte Nacht Op. 4; Chamber Symphony No. 2 Op. 38
WEBERN: Langsamer Satz
Lausanne Chamber Orchestra, Heinz Hollinger (conductor)
ZIG ZAG TERRITOIRES ZZT328 (CD)
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RAVEL: Tzigane; Pavane pour une infante defunte; Le Tombeau de Couperin
DEBUSSY: Petite Suite; Danses sacree et profane; Sarabande; Danse
Emmanuel Ceysson (harp), Thomas Zehetmair (violin and conductor), Orchestre de Chambre de Paris
NAIVE V5345 (CD)
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Ravel: Orchestral Works Vol. 2
RAVEL: Valses nobles et sentimentales; Le tombeau de Couperin; La Valse
RAVEL orch. CONSTANT: Gaspard de la Nuit
Orchestre National de Lyon, Leonard Slatkin (conductor)
NAXOS 8572888 (CD budget)
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10.40am New Releases
Pianist Roger Vignoles and critic Geoffrey Norris join Andrew to discuss recent recordings of piano music
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BACH, J S: Goldberg Variations BWV988
Jeremy Denk (piano)
NONESUCH 7559795869 (CD + DVD)
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Beethoven - Diabelli-Variationen
BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor Op. 111*; Diabelli Variations Op. 120*; Diabelli Variations Op. 120^; Six Bagatelles Op. 126^
Andras Schiff (Bechstein piano 1921* and Franz Brodmann fortepiano c.1820^)
ECM 4810446 (2CD mid-price)
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PROKOFIEV: Piano Concerto No. 3
BARTOK: Piano Concerto No. 2
Lang Lang (piano), Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle (conductor)
SONY 88883732262 (CD + DVD)
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RACHMANINOV: Piano Sonata No. 2 in Bb minor Op. 36
GRIEG: Piano Sonata in E minor Op. 7
LISZT: Piano Sonata in B minor S178
Boris Giltburg (piano)
ORCHID CLASSICS ORC100035 (CD)
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11.45am Disc of the Week
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BEETHOVEN: String Quartet in F Op. 135
BRUCKNER: String Quartet in C minor
HARTMANN, K: String Quartet No. 2
HOLLIGER: String Quartet No. 2
Zehetmair Quartet
ECM 4763942 (2CD mid-price)
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- Sat 30 Nov 2013 09:00Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 3
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