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Summer CD Review: Rachmaninov, Tchaikovsky, Kodaly, Jessye Norman, Monteverdi, Bruckner

With Andrew McGregor. Rachmaninov, Tchaikovsky piano trios (excerpts); Proms Composer: Kodaly; Jessye Norman; Monteverdi: Vespers (excerpt); Bruckner: Symphony No 7 (excerpt).

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Sat 23 Aug 2014 09:00
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Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Partita no.4 in D major BWV.828 for keyboard: Menuett & Gigue

    Performer: Igor Levit.
    • SONY : 88843-036822.
    • SONY.
    • 18.

  • Anton Bruckner

    Symphony no. 7 in E major: 2nd movement; Adagio and 3rd movement; Scherzo

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iván Fischer.
    • Channel Classics: CCS SA 33714.
    • Channel Classics.
    • 2.

  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Beatus vir for 6 voices, 2 vn, 3 va da brazzo/tbn, bc [1640]

    Ensemble: Concerto Italiano. Director: Rinaldo Alessandrini.
    • NAIVE : OP-30557.
    • NAIVE.
    • 9.

  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Beatus vir for 6 voices, 2 vn, 3 va da brazzo/tbn, bc [1640]

    Ensemble: The King’s Consort. Conductor: Robert King. Choir: King's Consort Choir.
    • HYPERION : SACDA-67428.
    • HYPERION.
    • 3.

  • Zoltán Kodály

    Hary Janos - suite Op.35a [1927]: Intermezzo

    Orchestra: Hungarian R S O. Conductor: 8 Bit.
    • BUDAPEST MUSIC CENTRE RECORDS : BMCCD-141.
    • BUDAPEST MUSIC CENTRE RECORDS.
    • 5.

  • Zoltán Kodály

    Summer evening [Nyari este]

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Hungarica. Conductor: Antal Doráti.
    • DECCA : 478-2303.
    • DECCA.
    • 5.

  • Zoltán Kodály

    Mez, mez, mez [Honey] (After Nursery Songs, 1958)

    Conductor: Denes Szabo. Choir: Cantemus.
    • HUNGAROTON : HCD-31291.
    • HUNGAROTON.
    • 19.

  • Zoltán Kodály

    Quartet no. 2 Op.10 for strings: Andante (quasi recit.) - allegro giocoso

    Ensemble: Dante Quartet.
    • HYPERION : CDA-67999.
    • HYPERION.
    • 9.

  • Zoltán Kodály

    Este [Evening] for chorus

    Singer: Helle Charlotte Pedersen. Choir: Danish National Radio Choir. Conductor: Stefan Parkman.
    • CHANDOS : CHAN-9754.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 10.

  • Zoltán Kodály

    Hary Janos - Singspiel Op.15: Act 1, no.8; Uncle Marczi's drinking song (O, mely sok hal)

    Orchestra: London S O.. Singer: Laszlo Palocz. Conductor: István Kertész. Narrator: Peter Ustinov.
    • DECCA : 443-488-2.
    • DECCA.
    • 8.

  • Zoltán Kodály

    Sonata Op.8 for cello solo: 1st movement; Allegro maestoso ma appassionato

    Performer: Alisa Weilerstein.
    • DECCA : 478-5296.
    • DECCA.
    • 1.

  • Zoltán Kodály

    Laudes organi for chorus and organ: no.8; Fiat Amen

    Conductor: James O’Donnell. Performer: Andrew Reid. Choir: Westminster Cathedral Choir.
    • HYPERION : CDA-67147.
    • HYPERION.
    • 16.

  • Zoltán Kodály

    Psalmus Hungaricus Op.13 for tenor, chorus and orchestra

    Singer: Jozsef Simandy. Orchestra: Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Antal Doráti. Choir: Budapest Chorus.
    • HUNGAROTON : HCD-11392-2.
    • HUNGAROTON.
    • 1.

  • Zoltán Kodály

    Hungarian folk-music - book 4 for voice and piano: no.22 - Three women; no.23 - I have but just arrived; no.24 - Gipsy song

    Singer: Judit Nemeth. Singer: Andrea Melath. Performer: Tamás Vásáry. Singer: Szabolcs Brickner.
    • HUNGAROTON : HCD-32557-59.
    • HUNGAROTON.
    • 22.

  • Zoltán Kodály

    Symphony in C major: 3rd movement; Vivo

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Hungarica. Conductor: Antal Doráti.
    • DECCA : 478-2303.
    • DECCA.
    • 8.

  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Vespro della Beata Vergine [1610]: Psalm 109 Dixit Dominus

    Conductor: Leonardo García Alarcón. Choir: Namur Chamber Choir. Ensemble: Cappella Mediterranea.
    • AMBRONAY : AMY 041.
    • AMBRONAY.
    • 3.

  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Magnificat primo à 8 (Selve morale e spirituale)

    Ensemble: Concerto Italiano. Director: Rinaldo Alessandrini.
    • NAIVE : OP-30557.
    • NAIVE.
    • 20.

  • Zoltán Kodály

    Concerto for orchestra

    Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier. Orchestra: Â鶹ԼÅÄ Philharmonic.
    • CHANDOS : CHAN-9811.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 2.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Elegiac trio no. 1 in G minor for piano and strings [1892]

    Ensemble: Trio Testore.
    • AUDITE : 92.691.
    • AUDITE.
    • 1.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano concerto no.19 in F major K.459: 2nd movement; Allegretto

    Director: Mitsuko Uchida. Performer: Mitsuko Uchida. Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra.
    • DECCA : 478-6763.
    • DECCA.
    • 3.

09:00

Elegiac trio no. 1 in G minor for piano and strings [1892]

Performers:ÌýÌýÌýÌý Trio Testore

Composers:ÌýÌýÌý Sergei Rachmaninov

Album Title:ÌýÌýÌýÌý AUDITE Ìý92.691 (Hybrid SACD)

Ìý

Concerto no. 19 in F major K.459 for piano and orchestra

Performers: ÌýÌýÌý Mitsuko Uchida (piano/director), Cleveland Orchestra.

Composers: ÌýÌý Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Album title: ÌýÌýÌýÌý DECCA 478 6763

Ìý

Partita no. 4 in D major BWV.828 for keyboard ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý

Performers:ÌýÌýÌýÌý Igor Levit (piano)

Composers:ÌýÌýÌý Johann Sebastian Bach

Album Title:ÌýÌýÌýÌý SONY Ìý88843 036822 (2CDs)

9.30am Proms Composer: Zoltan Kodaly

Hary Janos - suite Op.35a [1927]

Performers:ÌýÌýÌýÌý Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Adam Fischer (conductor)

Composers:ÌýÌýÌý Zoltan Kodaly

Album Title:ÌýÌýÌýÌý BUDAPEST MUSIC CENTRE RECORDS BMC CD 141

Ìý

Hary Janos - Singspiel Op.15 ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý

Performers:ÌýÌýÌýÌý Peter Ustinov (narrator), Laszlo Palocz, London Symphony Orchestra, Istvan Kertesz (conductor)

Composers:ÌýÌýÌý Zoltan Kodaly

Album Title:ÌýÌýÌýÌý DECCA 278 2303 (5CDs)

Ìý

Este [Evening] for chorus ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý

Performers:ÌýÌýÌýÌý Helle Charlotte Pedersen, Danish National Radio Choir, Stefan Parkman

Composers:ÌýÌýÌý Zoltan Kodaly

Album Title:ÌýÌýÌýÌý CHANDOS CHAN 9754

Ìý

Summer evening [Nyari este]

Performers: ÌýÌýÌý Philharmonia Hungarica, Antal Dorati (conductor)

Composers: ÌýÌý Zoltan Kodaly

Album title: ÌýÌýÌýÌý DECCA 278 2303 (5CDs)

Ìý

Magyar nepzene [Hungarian folk-music] - book 4 for voice and piano

Performers: ÌýÌýÌý Judit Nemeth (mezzo-soprano), Andrea Melath (mezzo-soprano), Szabolcs Brickner (tenor), Tamas Vasary (piano)

Composers: ÌýÌý Zoltan Kodaly

Album title:ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý HUNGAROTON HCD 32557-59 (3CDs)

Ìý

Sonata Op.8 for cello solo

Performers:ÌýÌýÌýÌý Alisa Weilerstein (cello)

Composers:ÌýÌýÌý Zoltan Kodaly

Album Title:ÌýÌýÌýÌý DECCA 478 5296 (October release)

Ìý

Quartet no. 2 Op.10 for strings

Performers:ÌýÌýÌýÌý Dante String Quartet

Composers: ÌýÌý Zoltan Kodaly

Album title:ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý HYPERION CDA 67999

Ìý

Psalmus Hungaricus Op.13 for tenor, chorus and orchestra

Performers: ÌýÌýÌý Jozsef Simandy (tenor), Budapest Chorus, Hungarian State Orchestra, Antal Dorati (conductor)

Composers: ÌýÌý Zoltan Kodaly

Album title: ÌýÌýÌýÌý HUNGAROTON HCD 11392-2

Ìý

Concerto for orchestra

Performers:ÌýÌýÌýÌý Â鶹ԼÅÄ Philharmonic, Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor)

Composers:ÌýÌýÌý Zoltan Kodaly

Album title:ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý CHANDOS CHAN 9811

Ìý

Mez, mez, mez [Honey] [Wine, sweet wine]

Performers:ÌýÌýÌýÌý Cantemus, Denes Szabo (conductor)

Composers:ÌýÌýÌý Zoltan Kodaly

Album title: ÌýÌýÌýÌý HUNGAROTON HCD 31291

Ìý

Symphony in C major

Performers:ÌýÌýÌýÌý Philharmonia Hungarica, Antal Dorati (conductor)

Composers:ÌýÌýÌý Zoltan Kodaly

Album title:ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý DECCA 478 2303

Ìý

Laudes organi for chorus and organ

Performers:ÌýÌýÌýÌý Westminster Cathedral Choir, Andrew Reid (organ), James O'Donnell (conductor)

Composers:ÌýÌýÌý Zoltan Kodaly

Album title:ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý HYPERION CDA 67147

10.15am Interview with Jessye Norman

Andrew talks to soprano Jessye Norman about her new memoir, the extraordinary recording career, memories of finding herself working in a divided Berlin having grown up in the segregated American south, a bizarre encounter during a song recital, the joy of performing Tippett's A Child of our Time with its innovative use of spirituals and her deeply held conviction that the arts are an essential part of life which touch the depths of the human spirit.Ìý

11.15am Monteverdi Vespers

Vespro della Beata Vergine [1610]

Performers:ÌýÌýÌýÌý Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini (conductor)

Composers:ÌýÌýÌý Claudio Monteverdi

Album Title:ÌýÌýÌýÌý NAIVE OP 30557

Ìý

Vespro della Beata Vergine [1610] ÌýÌýÌý

Performers:ÌýÌýÌýÌý Namur Chamber Choir, Capella Mediterranea, Leonardo Garcia Alarcon (conductor)

Composers:ÌýÌýÌý Claudio Monteverdi

Album Title:ÌýÌýÌýÌý AMBRONAY AMY 041

Ìý

Beatus vir for 6 voices, 2 vn, 3 va da brazzo/tbn, bc [1640]

Performers:ÌýÌýÌýÌý King's Consort Choir, The King's Consort, Robert King (conductor)

Composers:ÌýÌýÌý Claudio Monteverdi

Album Title:ÌýÌýÌýÌý HYPERION SACDA 67428

Ìý

Sonata a 6 [Sonate e canzoni bk.6, 1636] ÌýÌýÌýÌý

Performers:ÌýÌýÌýÌý Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini (conductor)

Composers:ÌýÌýÌý Giovanni Battista Buonamente

Album Title:ÌýÌýÌýÌý NAIVE OP-30557

Ìý

Vespro della Beata Vergine [1610] ÌýÌýÌý

Performers:ÌýÌýÌýÌý Charles Daniels (tenor), James Gilchrist (tenor), Peter Harvey (bass), The King's Consort, Robert King (conductor)

Composers:ÌýÌýÌý Claudio Monteverdi

Album Title:ÌýÌýÌýÌý HYPERION SACDA 67531/2

Ìý

Magnificat Primo a 8 (Selva morale e spirituale 1640-1641))

Performers:ÌýÌýÌýÌý Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini (conductor)

Composers:ÌýÌýÌý Claudio Monteverdi

Album title:ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý NAIVE OP 30557

11.45am

Symphony no. 7 in E major

Performers:Ìý Budapest Festival Orchestra, Ivan Fischer (conductor)

Composers:Ìý Anton Bruckner

Album Title:Ìý CHANNEL CLASSICS CCS SA 33714 (Hybrid SACD)

Broadcast

  • Sat 23 Aug 2014 09:00
    Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 3

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