Building a Library: Purcell: Hail! Bright Cecilia
With Andrew McGregor. Including Building a Library: Purcell: Hail! Bright Cecilia; Rachmaninov: complete works; Disc of the Week: Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius, Sea Pictures.
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Purcell: Hail! Bright Cecilia
Duration: 48:01
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Richard Strauss
Beim Schlafengehen (Four Last Songs)
Conductor: Daniel Barenboim. Singer: Anna Netrebko. Orchestra: Berlin State Orchestra.- DG : 479-3964.
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Edward Elgar
The Dream of Gerontius Op.38
Choir: Â鶹ԼÅÄ Symphony Chorus. Orchestra: Â鶹ԼÅÄ S O.. Singer: Dame Sarah Connolly. Singer: Stuart Skelton. Conductor: Andrew Davis.- CHANDOS : CHSA-5140.
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Edward Elgar
Sea pictures Op.37 for mezzo-soprano and orchestra
Singer: Dame Sarah Connolly. Orchestra: Â鶹ԼÅÄ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.- CHANDOS : CHSA-5140.
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Claude Debussy
Brouillards (Preludes - book 2)
Performer: Marc-André Hamelin.- HYPERION : CDA-67920.
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James MacMillan
Cecilia Virgo for chorus
Performer: Choir of Royal Holloway. Performer: Rupert Gough.- HYPERION : CDA 68047.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Cosi fan tutte, ossia La scuola degli amanti - opera buffa in 2 acts K.588
Singer: Simone Kermes. Singer: Kenneth Tarver. Orchestra: Musica Aeterna Orchestra. Singer: Konstantin Wolff. Conductor: Teodor Currentzis. Singer: Christopher Maltman. Singer: Anna Kasyan. Singer: Malena Emman.- SONY CLASSICAL : 88765-466162.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Quintet in E flat major K.452 for piano, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and horn
Ensemble: Les Vents Francais. Performer: Eric Le Sage.- WARNER CLASSICS : 0825646231850.
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Harry Partch
Happy Birthday to you! (Even Wild Horses Act 1 Scene 3)
Ensemble: Harry Partch.- BRIDGE : 9432.
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Gabriel Pierné
Piano Trio in C minor Op. 45
Ensemble: Trio Wanderer.- HARMONIA MUNDI : HMC-902192.
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Jacques Guillaume de Sauville de La Presle
Nocturne (1912)
Singer: Stephanie D' Oustrac. Performer: Pascal Jourdan.- AMBRONAY : AMY-042.
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Alexander Campkin
Colour blinds the eye
Conductor: Erik Westberg. Performer: Daniel Stighall. Performer: Daniel Stighall. Ensemble: Serikon. Performer: Serikon.- FOOTPRINT : FRCD073.
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Claudio Merulo
Sanctus a 16
Conductor: Erik Westberg. Performer: Daniel Stighall. Ensemble: Serikon.- FOOTPRINT : FRCD-073.
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9.00am
Hymns to Saint Cecilia
BENNETT, R R: Verses
BLISS: Sing, mortals!
BRITTEN: Hymn to St Cecilia Op. 27
DYSON: Live For Ever, Glorious Lord
ELGAR: There is sweet music Op. 53 No. 1
GARDNER, JOHN: A Song for St Cecilia’s Day Op. 119
HOWELLS: A Hymn for St Cecilia
JACKSON, GABRIEL: La musique
MACMILLAN: Cecilia Virgo
ROSE, B: Feast Song for St Cecilia
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Silence and Music
Dame Felicity Lott (soprano), Royal Holloway Choir, Rupert Gough
HYPERION CDA68047 (CD)
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Strauss: Four Last Songs
STRAUSS, R: Vier letzte Lieder; Ein Heldenleben Op. 40
Anna Netrebko (soprano), Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim (conductor)
DG 4793964 (CD)
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Serikon: Acqua Alta
GABRIELI: Canzon X a 8; Canzon II a 4; Omnes gentes plaudit minibus a 16
MERULO: Sanctus a 16
CAMPKIN: Colour Blinds the Eye
WILLAERT: De profundis
STROZZI: Salve Regina
CASTELLO: Sonata duodecima, Libro II
ROVETTA: Domine Deus noster
SANDSTROM: Acqua Alta
ANDREA GABRIELI: Domine ne in furore (Psalm 6)
Serikon, Daniel Stighall (artistic director), Erik Westberg (conductor)
FOOTPRINT FRCD073 (CD)
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Plectra and Percussion Dance
PARTCH: Castor and Pollux; Ring Around the Moon; Even Wild Horses
Partch (ensemble)
BRIDGE BRIDGE9432 (CD)
9.30am Building a Library
Simon Heighes compares recordings of Purcell’s Ode on St Cecilia’s Day and makes a recommendation:<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />
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Purcell, Handel & Haydn - Odes to St Cecilia
HANDEL: Alexander's Feast
HAYDN: Mass, Hob. XXII: 5 in C major 'Cacilienmesse'
PURCELL: Hail! Bright Cecilia (Ode for St Cecilia's Day 1692), Z328
Choir Of King's College, Cambridge, English Chamber Orchestra, Philip Ledger (conductor), Chœurs et orchestre de la Fondation Gulbekian, Michel Corboz (conductor), Taverner Consort, Players, Andrew Parrott (conductor)
Available as a digital download and previously on CD as VIRGIN 2663562
10.20am Rachmaninov Box Set
Sarah Walker joins Andrew to discuss a new 32-disc box of Rachmaninov’s complete works featuring performances from Argerich, Ashkenazy, Previn, Richter & Söderström:
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Rachmaninov: The Complete Works
ALTSCHULER: Melodie on a theme by Rachmaninov
MUSSORGSKY: Sorochintsy Fair: Gopak
RACHMANINOV: Preludes Op. 23 Nos. 1-10 (complete); Preludes Op. 32 Nos. 1-13 (complete); Variations on a theme of Corelli Op. 42; Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor Op. 36; Variations on a Theme of Chopin Op. 22; Piano Sonata No. 1 in D minor Op. 28; Etudes-Tableaux Op. 33; Etudes-Tableaux Op. 39; Russian Rhapsody for two pianos Op. post.; Romance in G major for piano duet; Moments Musicaux Op. 16; Morceaux de Fantaisie Op. 3; Fragments; Prelude in D minor Op. post. (1917); How fair this spot Op. 21 No. 7; Vocalise Op. 34 No. 14; Transcriptions; Suite No. 1 (Fantaisie-tableaux) Op. 5; Suite No. 2 for Two Pianos Op. 17; Symphonic Dances Op. 45; Morceaux de Salon Op. 10; Three Nocturnes; Song without words; Canon in E minor; Fuga in D minor (1891); Four Pieces (?1888); Prelude in F major; Morceau de fantaisie 'Delmo' in G minor (1899); Fughetta in F (1899); Oriental Sketch (1917); Night is sorrowful Op. 26 No.12; Nunc Dimittis; Cello Sonata in G minor Op. 19; Pieces (2) for cello & piano (Prelude & Oriental Dance) Op. 2; Lied (Romance) in F minor; Vocalise Op. 34 No. 14; Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor Op. 36; Trio elegiaque No. 1 in G minor Op. post.; Trio elegiaque No. 2 in D minor Op. 9; Romance in A minor Op. Posth; String Quartet No. 1; Romance in D Minor Op. 6 No. 1; Danse Hongroise Op. 6 No. 2; String Quartet No. 2; Sorochintsy Fair: Hopak (after Mussorgsky); A prayer; All glory to God; The Songs; Piano Concertos Nos. 1-4 (complete); Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Op. 43; Symphonic Dances Op. 45; Symphony No. 1 in D minor Op. 13; Symphony No. 2 in E minor Op. 27; The Isle of the Dead - Symphonic Poem Op. 29; Symphony No. 3 in A minor Op. 44; The Bells Op. 35; Prince Rostislav; Caprice Bohemien Op. 12; The Rock - Fantasy for Orchestra Op. 7; Etude-Tableau Op. 39 No. 2 in A minor; Etude-Tableau Op. 33 No. 4 in A minor; Etude-Tableau Op. 39 No. 7 in C minor; Etude-Tableau Op. 39 No. 8 in D minor; Etude-Tableau Op. 39 No. 9 in D major; Scherzo in D minor; Symphonic Movement in D minor 'Youth Symphony'; Vocalise Op. 34 No. 14; Six Choruses for women's voices Op. 15; Spring Op. 20; Three Russian Songs Op. 41; Panteley the Healer; Chorus of Spirits; O mother of God vigilantly praying; Deus Meus; Liturgy of St John Chrysostom Op. 31; Vespers Op. 37; Monna Vanna: Opera in one act; Aleko; The Miserly Knight Op. 24; Francesca da Rimini; Six Pieces Op. 11; Pieces (2) in A major for piano 6 hands - Waltz & Romance; Polka italienne; Piano Concerto No. 1 in F sharp minor Op. 1; Piano Concerto No. 4 in G minor Op. 40; Piano Concerto No. 1 in F sharp minor Op. 1; Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor Op. 18; Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor Op. 30; Piano Concerto No. 4 in G minor Op. 40; Elegie Op. 3 No. 1; Prelude Op. 3 No. 2 in C sharp minor; Melodie in E Major Op. 3 No. 3; Polichinelle Op. 3, No. 4; Serenade Op. 3 No. 5; Barcarolle in G minor. Op. 10 No. 3; Humoresque in G major Op. 10 No. 5; Prelude Op. 23 No. 5 in G minor; Etude-Tableau Op. 39 No. 4 in B minor; Etude-Tableau Op. 39 No. 6 in A minor; Lilacs Op. 21 No. 5; Polka de V.R.; Liebesfreud (after Kreisler); Liebesleid (after Kreisler)
RIMSKY KORSAKOV: Flight of the Bumble Bee
SCHUBERT: Wohin? (No. 2 from Die schone Mullerin, D795)
Sergei Rachmaninov (piano), Lynn Harrell (cello), Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano), Mikhail Pletnev (piano), Zoltan Kocsis (piano), Jorge Bolet (piano), Alexis Weissenberg (piano), Andre Previn (piano), Vovka Ashkenazy (piano), Martha Argerich, Nelson Freire (piano), Heinrich Schiff (cello), Elisabeth Leonskaja (piano), Peter Jablonski (piano), Beaux Arts Trio, Dene Olding (violin), Goldner String Quartet, Joan Rodgers (soprano), Elisabeth Soderstrom (soprano), London Symphony Orchestra, Andre Previn (conductor), Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy (conductor), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Walter Weller (conductor), Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Edo de Waart (conductor), Ryszard Karcykowski (tenor), Chorus of the Concertgebouw Orchestra, Sydney Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, Charles Dutoit (conductor), Prague Philharmonic Choir, Sergei Leiferkus, Choral Arts Society Of Philadelphia, Russian State Symphony Cappella, Valeri Polyansky (conductor), Vocal Ensemble C Sharp Minor, Elger Niels, St. Petersburg Chamber Choir, Nikolai Korniev (conductor), Olga Borodina (mezzo), Sherrill Milnes, John Thorsteinsson, Nickolas Karousatos, Seth McCoy, Blythe Walker, Iceland Symphony Orchestra, Igor Buketoff, Maria Guleghina, Ilya Levinsky, Anatolij Kotscherga, Goteborgs Symfoniker, Gothenburg Opera Chorus, Neeme Jarvi (conductor), Sergej Larin, Sergei Aleksashkin, Vladimir Chernov, Dody Ashkenazy (piano), Alastair Mackie (trumpet), Alexander Ghindin (piano), Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Byron Janis (piano), Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Kirill Kondrashin (conductor), Sviatoslav Richter (piano), Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra, Stanislaw Wislocki, Martha Argerich (piano), Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Riccardo Chailly (conductor), San Francisco Symphony
DECCA 4786765 (32CD budget)
11.20am New Releases
Les Vents Francais: Winds & Piano
BEETHOVEN: Quintet in E flat major for piano and winds Op.16
CAPLET: Quintet for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon & piano
FARRENC: Sextet Op. 40 in C minor for Piano, Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Horn & Bassoon
MOZART: Quintet for Piano and Winds in E flat, K452
POULENC: Sextet for piano and wind quintet Op. 100
RIMSKY KORSAKOV: Quintet in B flat major for piano, flute, clarinet, horn & bassoon
ROUSSEL: Divertissement for wind quintet & piano Op. 6
THUILLE: Sextet in B flat major Op. 6
Les Vents Francais
WARNER CLASSICS 2564623185 (3CD mid-price)
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Faure & Pierne: Piano Trios
FAURE: Piano Trio in D minor Op. 120
PIERNE, G: Piano Trio
Trio Wanderer
HARMONIA MUNDI HMC902192 (CD)
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Invitation Au Voyage
BOULANGER, L: Clairieres dans le ciel; Nous nous aimerons tant; Vous m'avez regarde avec toute votre ame
DEBUSSY: Le Balcon; Harmonie du soir; Le Jet d'eau (from Cinq poemes de Baudelaire); Recueillement; La Mort des amants; Soupir; Placet futile; Eventail
DUPARC: L'Invitation au voyage; Soupir; Chanson triste; La Vie anterieure
HAHN, R: La Chere Blessure; A Chloris
LA PRESLE: Odelette; Voeu; Dedette; Nocturne
Stephanie d’Oustrac (mezzo-soprano), Pascal Jourdan (piano)
AMBRONAY AMY042 (CD)
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Debussy: Images & Preludes II
DEBUSSY: Preludes - Book 2 (12, complete); Images pour piano - Books 1 & 2
Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano)
HYPERION CDA67920 (CD)
11.40am Discs of the Week
Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius & Sea Pictures
ELGAR: The Dream of Gerontius Op. 38; Sea Pictures Op. 37
Stuart Skelton (tenor), Sarah Connolly (mezzo), David Soar (bass), Â鶹ԼÅÄ Symphony Chorus, Â鶹ԼÅÄ Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis (conductor)
CHANDOS CHSA5140(2) (2Hybrid SACD mid-price)
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MOZART: Cosi fan tutte, K588Simone Kermes (Fiordiligi), Malena Ernman (Dorabella), Anna Kasyan (Despina), Kenneth Tarver (Ferrando), Christopher Maltman (Guglielmo), Konstantin Wolff (Don Alfonso), MusicAeterna, Teodor Currentzis (conductor)
SONY 88765466162 (3CD mid-price)
Broadcast
- Sat 22 Nov 2014 09:00Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 3
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