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Building a Library: Elgar: Cello Concerto

With Andrew McGregor. Including Building a Library: Elgar: Cello Concerto; New Releases: Bruckner and Beethoven symphonies; Disc of the Week: Prokofiev: Violin Sonatas.

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Sat 21 Jun 2014 09:00
麻豆约拍 Radio 3

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  • John Adams

    City noir for orchestra

    Performer: Timothy McAllister. Orchestra: St Louis S O. Conductor: David Robertson.
    • NONESUCH : 7559-795644.
    • NONESUCH.
    • 3.

  • Alma Mahler-Werfel

    Laue Sommernacht - 5 Songs for voice and piano [1910]

    Singer: Karen Cargill. Performer: Simon Lepper.
    • LINN : CKD-453.
    • LINN.
    • 3.

  • Richard Strauss

    Sonatina no. 1 in F major for 16 winds

    Ensemble: Armonia Ensemble.
    • BERLIN CLASSICS : 0300576-BC.
    • BERLIN CLASSICS.
    • 2.

  • Lukas Foss

    Capriccio for cello and piano [1946]

    Performer: Zuill Bailey. Performer: Lara Downes.
    • STEINWAY & SONS : 30025.
    • STEINWAY & SONS.
    • 9.

  • Samuel Barber

    A Stopwatch and an ordnance map Op.15 for male voices, brass and timpani

    Ensemble: Stuttgart SWR Vocal Ensemble. Conductor: Marcus Creed.
    • HANSSLER CLASSIC : CD-93.306.
    • HANSSLER CLASSIC.
    • 14.

  • Christoph Willibald Gluck

    Oggi per me non sudi(La Contesa de' numi)

    Singer: Daniel Behle. Orchestra: Armonia Atenea. Conductor: George Petrou.
    • DECCA : 478-6758.
    • DECCA.
    • 7.

  • Leonard Bernstein

    Serenade [after Plato's "The symposium"] for violin, string orch, harp and percu

    Performer: Tai Murray. Orchestra: Poitou-Charentes Orchestra. Conductor: Jean鈥怓ran莽ois Heisser.
    • MIRARE : MIR-244.
    • MIRARE.
    • 1.

  • Gustav Mahler

    Um Mitternacht - 5 Ruckert-Lieder vers. for voice and piano

    Singer: Karen Cargill. Performer: Simon Lepper.
    • LINN : CKD-453.
    • LINN.
    • 9.

  • George Crumb

    Voices from the Heartland: no.7 - Beulah Land

    Singer: Ann Crumb. Orchestra: Orchestra 2001. Conductor: James Freeman.
    • BRIDGE : 9413.
    • BRIDGE.
    • 12.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Quartet no. 12 in F major Op.96 (American) for strings

    Ensemble: Cypress String Quartet.
    • AVIE : AV-2304.
    • AVIE.
    • 3.

  • Charles Tomlinson Griffes

    Sketches on Indian themes: no.2

    Ensemble: Cypress String Quartet.
    • AVIE : AV-2304.
    • AVIE.
    • 6.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Sonata in D major H.16.51 for piano

    Performer: Gottlieb Wallisch.
    • LINN : CKD-464.
    • LINN.
    • 4.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Sonata no. 1 in F minor Op.80 for violin and piano

    Performer: Alina Ibragimova. Performer: Steven Osborne.
    • HYPERION : CDA-67514.
    • HYPERION.
    • 1.

  • Andy Pape

    An Amerikaner in Danmark (opening)

    Orchestra: Odense Symfoniorkester.
    • DA CAPO : 6.220567.
    • DA CAPO.
    • 1.

9.00am

Sonatina no. 1 in F major AV.135 for 16 wind instruments听听听听

Performers:听听听听 Armonia Ensemble听听听听

Composers:听听听 Richard Strauss (1864 - 1949)听听听听听听听听听听

Album Title:听听听听 BERLIN CLASSICS : 0300576-BC 听听

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Oggi per me non sudi (La Contesa de' numi) 听听听听听听听听听听听

Performers:听听听听 Daniel Behle (tenor), Armonia Atenea, George Petrou听听听听听听听听听

Composers:听听听 Christoph Willibald Gluck听听听听听听听

Album Title:听听听听 DECCA : 478-6758 听听听

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Sonata in D major H.16.51 for piano

Performers:听听听听 Gottlieb Wallisch听听听听听听听听

Composers:听听听 Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809)听

Album Title:听听听听 LINN : CKD-464 听听听听听听听

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Laue Sommernacht - 5 Songs for voice and piano [1910] 听听

Performers:听听听听 Karen Cargill (mezzo), Simon Lepper (piano)听听听听听听听听听听听

Composers:听听听 Alma Mahler (1879 - 1964)听听听听

Album Title:听听听听 LINN : CKD-453听听听听听听听听听

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Um Mitternacht 听- 5 Ruckert-Lieder vers. for voice and piano 听听听听听听听听

Performers:听听听听 Karen Cargill (mezzo), Simon Lepper (piano)听听听听听听听听听听听

Composers:听听听 Gustav Mahler (1860 - 1911)

Album Title:听听听听 LINN : CKD-453听听听听听听听听

Building a Library

Helen Wallace compares recordings of Elgar鈥檚 cello concerto and makes a recommendation:

听听

Top recommendation - only available as a download or as a collected edition:

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Greatest Cello Concertos (Blue Boxes)

BACH, C P E; BRITTEN; BRUCH; DUTILLEUX; DVORAK; ELGAR; HAYDN; KERNIS; MIASKOVSKY; PART; PROKOFIEV; SCHUMANN; SHOSTAKOVICH;听 TCHAIKOVSKY.

Truls Mork (cello), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle (conductor)

WARNER CLASSICS 6158102 (9CD budget)

听

听

Recommendation on single disc:

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ELGAR: Cello Concerto in E minor Op. 85

LUTOSLAWSKI: Cello Concerto

Pieter Wispelwey (cello), The Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Jac van Steen (conductor)

CHANNEL CCS12998 (CD)

听

听

Historic recommendation on single disc:

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Elgar: Cello Concerto, Sea Pictures & Cockaigne Overture

ELGAR: Cockaigne Overture Op. 40 'In London Town'; Cello Concerto in E minor Op. 85; Sea Pictures Op. 37

Jacqueline du Pre (cello), London Symphony Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli (conductor)

EMI 6230752 (CD mid-price)

听

听

Historic recommendation as a collected edition:

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Jacqueline du Pre: The Complete EMI Recordings

BACH; BEETHOVEN; BOCCHERINI; BRAHMS;听 BRITTEN; BRUCH; CHOPIN; COUPERIN, F; DELIUS; DVORAK; ELGAR; FALLA; FAURE; FRANCK, C; HANDEL; HAYDN; LALO; MENDELSSOHN; MONN; PARADIS; SAINT-SAENS;

SCHUMANN; STRAUSS, R; TCHAIKOVSKY.

Jacqueline du Pre (cello), London Symphony Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli (conductor)

EMI 0919342 (17CD budget)

New Releases

Richard Morrison joins Andrew to discuss recently released DVDs of orchestral works by Bruckner and Beethoven.

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听

George Szell conducts The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 3 in D minor 鈥榃agner Symphony'

MOZART: Serenade No. 13 in G major, K525 'Eine kleine Nachtmusik'

WALTON: Variations on a Theme by Hindemith

Wiener Philharmoniker, George Szell (conductor)

VAI DVDVAI4566 (DVD Video)

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听

Bruckner: The Mature Symphonies (Symphony No. 7)

BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 7 in E Major

Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim (conductor)

ACCENTUS MUSIC ACC202177 (DVD Video) ACC102177 (Blu-Ray)

听

听

BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 8 in C minor

Staatskapelle Dresden, Christian Thielemann (conductor)

C MAJOR 716108 (DVD Video) 715204 (Blu-Ray)

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听

Claudio Abbado conducts Brahms, Schoenberg & Beethoven

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 3 in E flat major Op. 55 'Eroica'

BRAHMS: Tragic Overture Op. 81

SCHOENBERG: Lied der Waldtaube (from Gurrelieder); Orchestral Interlude (from Gurrelieder)

Mihoko Fujimura (alto), The Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Claudio Abbado (conductor)

ACCENTUS MUSIC ACC20282 (DVD Video) ACC10282 (Blu-Ray)

11.00am

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Quartet no. 12 in F major Op.96 (American) for strings 听听听听听听

Performers:听听听听 Cypress String Quartet听听听听听听听听听听

Composers:听听听 Antonin Dvorak (1841 - 1904)听听听听听听听听听听听

Album Title:听听听听 AVIE : AV-2304 听听听听听听听听

听

听

Sketches on Indian themes: no.2 听听听听听

Performers:听听听听 Cypress String Quartet听听听听听听听听听听

Composers:听听听 Charles Tomlinson Griffes听听听听听

Album Title:听听听听 AVIE : AV-2304 听听听听听听听听

听

听

A Stopwatch and an ordnance map Op.15 for male voices, brass and timpani 听听听听听

Performers:听听听听 Stuttgart SWR Vocal Ensemble, Marcus Creed听听听听听听听

Composers:听听听 Samuel Barber (1910 - 1981)

Album Title:听听听听 HANSSLER CLASSIC : CD-93.306

听

Missa brevis for chorus, organ and percussion 听听听听听听听听

Performers:听听听听 Stuttgart SWR Vocal Ensemble, Marcus Creed听听听听听听听

Composers:听听听 Leonard Bernstein (1918 - 1990)听听听听听听听

Album Title:听听听听 HANSSLER CLASSIC : CD-93.306

听

听

Capriccio for cello and piano [1946] 听

Performers:听听听听 Zuill Bailey (cello), Lara Downes (piano)听听听听听听听

Composers:听听听 Lukas Foss (1922 - 2009)听听听听听听

Album Title:听听听听 STEINWAY & SONS : 30025 听听听听听听听听听听

听

听

Serenade [after Plato's "The symposium"] for violin, string orch, harp and percussion 听听听听听听

Performers:听听听听 Tai Murray (violin), Poitou-Charentes Orchestra, Jean-Francois Heisser听听听听

Composers:听听听 Leonard Bernstein (1918 - 1990)听听听听听听听

Album Title:听听听听 MIRARE : MIR-244 听听

听

听

City noir for orchestra 听听听听听听听听听听听

Performers:听听听听 Timothy Mcallister, St Louis S O, David Robertson听听

Composers:听听听 John Adams (1947)听听听

Album Title:听听听听 NONESUCH : 7559-795644

听

听

Voices from the Heartland: no.7 - Beulah Land 听听听听听听听

Performers:听听听听 Ann Crumb (soprano), Orchestra 2001, James Freeman听听听听

Composers:听听听 George Crumb听听听听听听听听听听听

Album Title:听听听听 BRIDGE : 9413 听听听听听听听听听

听

听

An Amerikaner in Danmark (opening) 听听听听听听听听听

Performers:听听听听 Odense S O, Henrik Vagn Christensen听听听听听听听听

Composers:听听听 Andy Pape (1955)听听听听听听

Album Title:听听听听 DA CAPO : 6.220567 听听听听听听听听听听听 (hybrid SACD)

Disc of the Week

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Prokofiev: Violin Sonatas & Five Melodies

PROKOFIEV: Violin Sonata No. 1 in F minor Op. 80; Five Melodies for Violin and Piano Op. 35b; Violin Sonata No. 2 in D major Op. 94a

Alina Ibragimova (violin), Steven Osborne (piano)

HYPERION CDA67514 (CD mid-price)

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