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Proms Composer: Boulez

With Andrew McGregor. Includes Mozart: Fantasia, K475; Proms Composer: Pierre Boulez; Prokofiev: Symphony No 4 (excerpt). Shostakovich: Symphony No 9 (excpt). Plus Mozart, Strauss.

with Andrew McGregor, including:

0900
Mozart: C minor Fantasie K475
Christian Blackshaw (piano)

0930
Proms Composer: Pierre Boulez
Summer CD Review's Proms Composers explores recordings of music by French composer and conductor Pierre Boulez. Boulez has the reputation of being something of an enfant terrible and is well-known for his development of integral serialism and electronic music. As a thinker he holds often controversial views. He is also a prolific writer on music and a former head of IRCAM in Paris.

1000
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 4 Op. 47 (extract)
Bournemouth SO/Kirill Karabits

1015
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 9 in E flat Op. 70 (extract)
Mariinsky Orchestra/Valery Gergiev

1030
Andrew talks to David Nice about a major reissue of Karajan's opera recordings for DG - including some classic recordings with stellar casts.

1130
Mozart: String Quartet No. 15 in D minor K421 (extract)
Chiaroscuro Quartet

1145
R. Strauss: Sinfonia domestica (extract)
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra/Marek Janowski.

3 hours, 12 minutes

Last on

Sat 25 Jul 2015 09:00
麻豆约拍 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Anton Webern

    6 Pieces Op.6 For Orchestra Vers. Original [1909]

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.
    • Pierre Boulez: 20th Century.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 007.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Fantasia In C Minor K.475 For Piano

    Performer: Christian Blackshaw.
    • Wigmore Hall Live WHLive076/2.
    • Wigmore Hall Live.
    • 004.

  • Henri Duparc

    Le Manoir De Rosemonde / L鈥橧nvitation au Voyage / Chanson Triste

    Singer: Soile Isokoski. Orchestra: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Storg氓rds.
    • Ondine ODE1261-2.
    • Ondine.
    • 010.

  • Anton Webern

    6 Pieces Op.6 For Orchestra Vers. Original [1909]

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.
    • Pierre Boulez: 20th Century.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 007.

  • Pierre Boulez

    Notations for Piano - Nos. 1 & 2

    Performer: David Fray.
    • David Fray: Works by Bach & Boulez.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 008.

  • Pierre Boulez

    Notations II For Orchestra

    Orchestra: Orchestre national de Lyon. Conductor: David Robertson.
    • Na茂ve NC40005.
    • 狈补茂惫别.
    • 006.

  • Pierre Boulez

    Le Marteau Sans Maitre - Commentaire I de Bourreaux de solitude

    Singer: Hilary Summers. Orchestra: Ensemble intercontemporain. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.
    • Pierre Boulez: Complete Works.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 007.

  • Pierre Boulez

    Pli Selon Pli, Portrait De Mallarm茅 - Improvisation sur Mallarm茅 I

    Singer: Halina 艁ukomska. Orchestra: 麻豆约拍 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.
    • Boulez Conducts Boulez.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 002.

  • Pierre Boulez

    Derive I For 6 Instruments

    Orchestra: Ensemble intercontemporain. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.
    • Pierre Boulez: 20th Century.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 010.

  • Pierre Boulez

    R茅pons - Section 1

    Orchestra: Ensemble intercontemporain. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.
    • Pierre Boulez: Complete Works.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 002.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Symphony No. 4 In C Major Op.47 - (i. Andante-Allegro)

    Orchestra: Bournemouth S O. Conductor: Kirill Karabits.
    • Onyx Classics ONYX4147.
    • Onyx Classics.
    • 005.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    脡tude for Piano No.1, Op. 2

    Performer: Garrick Ohlsson.
    • Etudes.
    • Hyperion.
    • 013.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Symphony No. 9 In E Flat Major Op.70 (Movements 3-5)

    Orchestra: Mariinsky Orchestra. Conductor: Valery Gergiev.
    • Shostakovich Symphony No 9.
    • Mariinsky.
    • 003.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Quartet In D Minor K.421 For Strings (i. Allegro)

    Ensemble: Chiaroscuro Quartet.
    • Aparte AP092.
    • Aparte.
    • 001.

  • Richard Strauss

    Symphonia Domestica Op.53 (Movements 3-4)

    Orchestra: Berlin State Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Marek Janowski.
    • Richard Strauss Symphonia Domestica & Die Tageszeiten.
    • Pentatone.
    • 003.

9.00am

Mozart: Piano Sonatas Volume 3

MOZART: Piano Sonata No. 6 in D, K284 "Durnitz"; Piano Sonata No. 12 in F major, K332; Piano Sonata No. 16 in C major, K545 'Facile'; Fantasia in C minor, K475; Piano Sonata No. 14 in C minor, K457

Christian Blackshaw (piano)

WIGMORE HALL LIVE WHLIVE0076/2 (2CD mid-price)

听

Soile Isokoski sings Chausson, Berlioz & Duparc

BERLIOZ: Les Nuits d'ete Op. 7

CHAUSSON: Poeme de l'amour et de la mer Op. 19

DUPARC: Le Manoir de Rosemonde; L'Invitation au voyage; Chanson triste

Soile Isokoski (soprano), Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, John Storgards (conductor)

ONDINE ODE12612 (CD)

09.30am Proms Composer 鈥� Pierre Boulez

The second instalment of Summer CD Review's Proms Composers explores the recordings of composer and conductor Pierre Boulez. Boulez has the reputation of being something of an enfant terrible and is well-known for his development of integral serialism and electronic music. As a thinker he holds often controversial views. He is also a prolific writer on music and a former head of IRCAM in Paris.

听

Pierre Boulez: Complete 20th-Century Recordings

DG 4794261 (44CD budget)听http://www.deutschegrammophon.com/gb/cat/4794261

听

David Fray - Bach / Boulez Piano Recital

BACH, J S: Partita No. 4 in D major, BWV828; French Suite No. 1 in D Minor, BWV812

BOULEZ: 12 notations pour piano; Sur Incises

David Fray (piano)

VIRGIN 3857872 (CD)

听

听

Boulez - Piano Sonatas, Rituel, Notations & Figures-doubles-prismes

BOULEZ: Piano Sonata No. 1; Piano Sonata No. 2; Piano Sonata No. 3; Rituel in memoriam Bruno Maderna; Notations 1, 2, 3, 4 & 7; Figures-doubles-prismes

Claude Helffer (piano), Orchestre National de Lyon, David Robertson (conductor)

NAIVE NC40005 (2CD budget)

听

Pierre Boulez: The Complete Works

SONY 88843013332 (67CD budget)

10.05am

Prokofiev: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5

PROKOFIEV: Symphony No. 4 in C major Op. 47 (original 1930 version); Symphony No. 5 in B flat major Op. 100; Dreams Op. 6: Symphonic Poem

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Kirill Karabits (conductor)

ONYX ONYX4147 (CD)

听

Debussy, Bartok & Prokofiev: Etudes

BARTOK: 3 Studies, BB 81, Sz. 72 Op. 18

DEBUSSY: Etudes pour piano (12) (complete)

PROKOFIEV: Four Etudes Op. 2

Garrick Ohlsson (piano)

HYPERION CDA68080 (CD)

听

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 9 & Violin Concerto No. 1

SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 9 in E flat major Op. 70; Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor Op. 99

Leonidas Kavakos (violin), Mariinsky Orchestra, Valery Gergiev (conductor)

MARIINSKY MAR0524 (Hybrid SACD)

10.30am Reissues: David Nice on Karajan Operas

Andrew talks to David Nice about a major reissue of Karajan's opera recordings for DG - including some classic recordings with stellar casts.

听

Karajan: The Complete Opera Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon and Decca

DG 4794640 (70CD supra-budget)听http://www.deutschegrammophon.com/gb/cat/4794640

Opera extracts from:

听

Mozart Don Giovanni K. 527 (recorded January 1985)

听

Mozart Le Nozze di Figaro K. 492 (recorded May 1978)

听

Mozart Die Zauberflote K. 620 (recorded January 1980)

听

Frederick Lowe My Fair Lady (first release in 1960)

听

Wagner Die Walkure (recorded December 1966)

听

Richard Strauss Der Rosenkavalier (recorded December 1982)

听

Verdi Otello (recorded May 1961)

听

Leoncavallo Pagliacci (recorded October 1965)

听

Puccini La Boheme (recorded October 1972)

听

Puccini Tosca (recorded September 1979)

听

Puccini Turandot (recorded May 1981)

11.32

Chiaroscuro Quartet play Mozart & Mendelssohn

MENDELSSOHN: String Quartet No. 2 in A minor Op. 13

MOZART: String Quartet No. 15 in D minor, K421

Chiaroscuro Quartet

APARTE AP092 (CD)

11. 45am Disc of the Week

R. Strauss: Symphonia Domestica & Die Tageszeiten

STRAUSS, R: Symphonia Domestica Op. 53; Die Tageszeiten Op. 76

Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Marek Janowski (conductor)

PENTATONE PTC5186507 (Hybrid SACD)

Broadcast

  • Sat 25 Jul 2015 09:00
    麻豆约拍 Radio 3

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