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Building a Library: Handel: Orlando

With Andrew McGregor. Building a Library: Handel: Orlando; New release - Mahler: Symphony No 9; Reissue - Shostakovich: Symphony No 1; Disc of the Week: Bach: Keyboard Partitas.

3 hours, 12 minutes

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Music Played

  • Herbert Howells

    Sine nomine for soloists, chorus, organ and orchestra

    Choir: Bach Choir.. Singer: Alison Hill. Conductor: David Hill. Singer: Benjamin Hulett. Orchestra: Bournemouth S O.
    • NAXOS : 8.573176.
    • NAXOS.
    • 9.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Partita no. 5 in G major BWV.829 for keyboard

    Performer: Igor Levit.
    • SONY CLASSICAL : 88843-036822.
    • SONY CLASSICAL.
    • 8.
  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    Gluck, Das Mir Verlieb (Die Tote Stadt)

    Orchestra: Berlin R S O.. Conductor: Jochen Rieder. Singer: Julia Kleiter. Singer: Jonas Kaufmann.
    • SONY CLASSICAL : 88843-087712.
    • SONY CLASSICAL.
    • 16.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Concerto no. 9 in E flat major K.271 for piano and orchestra

    Performer: Alfred Brendel. Conductor: Neville Marriner. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields.
    • DECCA : 478-2695.
    • DECCA.
    • 2.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sonata in G major BWV.1039 for 2 flutes and continuo

    Performer: James Galway. Performer: Moray Welsh. Performer: Phillip Moll. Performer: Kyung-Wha Chung.
    • SONY CLASSICAL : 88843-026332.
    • SONY CLASSICAL.
    • 4.
  • Rued Langgaard

    Quartet no. 3 for strings

    Ensemble: Nightingale String Quartet.
    • DACAPO : 6.220575.
    • DACAPO.
    • 7.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Sonata in A major Op.69 for cello and piano

    Performer: Jean‐Guihen Queyras. Performer: Alexander Melnikov.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI : HMC-902183.84.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
    • 2.

9.00am

Gluck, das Mir verlieb (Die Tote Stadt - opera in 3 acts Op.12)

Performers: Julia Kleiter (soprano), Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Berlin R S O, Jochen Rieder

Composers: Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897 - 1957)

Album Title: SONY CLASSICAL : 88843-087712

Sine nomine for soloists, chorus, organ and orchestra

Performers: Alison Hill (soprano), Benjamin Hulett (tenor), Bach Choir, Bournemouth S O, David Hill

Composers: Herbert Howells (1892 - 1983)

Album Title: NAXOS : 8.573176

Sonata in A major Op.69 for cello and piano

Performers: Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello), Alexander Melnikov (piano)

Composers: Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)

Album Title: HARMONIA MUNDI : HMC-902183.84

9.30am Building a Library

Anna Picard compares recordings of Handel’s opera Orlando makes a recommendation:

HANDEL: Orlando

Bejun Mehta (Orlando), Sophie Karthauser (Angelica), Kristina Hammarstrom (Medoro), Sunhae Im (Dorinda), Konstantin Wolff (Zoroastro), B'Rock Orchestra, Rene Jacobs (conductor)

DG ARCHIV 4792199 (2CD mid-price)

10.30am

Concerto in D major Op.77 for violin and orchestra

Performers: Leonidas Kavakos (violin), Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly

Composers: Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)

Album Title: DECCA : 478-5342

Quartet no. 3 for strings

Performers: Nightingale String Quartet

Composers: Rued Langgaard (1893 - 1952)

Album Title: DACAPO : 6.220575

Sonata in G major BWV.1039 for 2 flutes and continuo

Performers: James Galwaym(flute), Kyung-Wha Chung (violin), Moray Welsh (cello), Phillip Moll (harpsichord)

Composers: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)

Album Title: SONY CLASSICAL : 88843-026332

Concerto no. 9 in E flat major K.271 for piano and orchestra

Performers: Alfred Brendel, Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin-In-The-Fields

Composers: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)

Album Title: DECCA : 478-2695

Cantemus in omni die (Hymn)

Performers: Gonville and Caius Coll. Cambridge Choir, Barnaby Brown (triplepipes), Geoffrey Webber (director)

Composers: ANONYMOUS

Album Title: DELPHIAN : DCD-34137

Symphony no. 3 in F major Op.90

Performers: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly

Composers: Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)

Album Title: DECCA : 478-5344

10.50am New Releases

Edward Seckerson talks to Andrew about recent releases of Mahler's 9th Symphony, a reissue of Stokowski's performance of Shostakovich's 1st Symphony and the final instalment of Petrenko's complete Shostakovich symphony cycle.

SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 5 in D minor Op. 47

Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Andrey Boreyko (conductor)

HANSSLER HAEN93326 (CD)

Leopold Stokowski - Amirov, Shostakovich, Vaughan Williams, Kurka 1960 & 1962

SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No.1

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis

AMIROV: Symphonic Suite on Azerbeijan Folk Tunes

KURKA: Symphonic Epilogue on Shakespeare’s ‘Julius Caesar’

GUILD GHCD 2415 (CD)

Mahler: Symphony No. 9 & Symphony No. 10 Adagio

MAHLER: Symphony No. 9 in D major; Symphony No. 10 in F sharp major - Adagio

Gurzenich Orchestra of Cologne, Markus Stenz (conductor)

OEHMS OC654 (2Hybrid SACD)

MAHLER: Symphony No. 9 in D major

Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Michael Schonwandt (conductor)

CHALLENGE CLASSICS CC72636 (2CD mid-price)

SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 13 in B flat minor Op. 113 'Babi Yar'

Alexander Vinogradov (bass), Huddersfield Choral Society, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir, Vasily Petrenko (conductor)

NAXOS 8573218 (CD budget)

11.50am Disc of the Week

BACH, J S: Partitas Nos. 1-6, BWV825-830

Igor Levit (piano)

SONY 88843036822 (2CD)

Broadcast

  • Sat 20 Sep 2014 09:00

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