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Andrew McGregor with Tom Service

Andrew McGregor with a selection of outstanding recent releases. Building a Library on Mozart's 'Prague' Symphony with Tom Service.

with Andrew McGregor

09.30
Building a Library on Mozart's 'Prague' Symphony - No. 38 in D, K504 - with Tom Service.

Prague was the scene of Mozart's greatest operatic triumph to date, The Marriage of Figaro, and audiences there adored him. Before Mozart brought them his next stage masterpiece, Don Giovanni, he wrote his 'Prague' Symphony, a deeply expressive, boundary-pushing symphonic drama on an unprecedented scale, bursting with ideas and energy. And that's just the first movement. It's these qualities which have appealed alike to the big-name maestros of yore and more recent period instrument ensembles, resulting in a rich and varied recorded legacy.

10.15
Andrew presents a selection of outstanding new and recent releases, ending at 11.35 with his Disc of the Week.

3 hours, 15 minutes

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Sat 30 Dec 2017 09:00
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Music Played

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No.80 in D minor Hob. I:80

    Orchestra: Kammerorchester Basel. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.
    • Haydn 2032 Volume 5 - L’Homme De Genie.
    • Alpha.
    • 1.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata in E major Op.109

    Performer: Tom Beghin.
    • Inside the Hearing Machine: Beethoven on his Broadwood.
    • Evil Penguin Records.
    • 3.

  • Cecilia McDowall

    Alma Redemptoris Mater

    Choir: The Marian Consort. Director: Rory McCleery.
    • Music for the Queen of Heaven.
    • Delphian.
    • 5.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied BWV225

    Choir: Norwegian Soloists Choir. Conductor: Grete Pedersen. Ensemble: Ensemble Allegria.
    • Bach – Motets.
    • BIS.
    • 20.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Christmas Oratorio BWV 248

    Performer: Gundula Janowitz. Performer: Christa Ludwig. Performer: Fritz Wunderlich. Choir: Munich Bach Choir. Conductor: Karl Richter. Orchestra: Munich Bach Orchestra.
    • Bach, J S: Christmas Oratorio, BWV248.
    • Archiv.
    • 9.

  • Johann Georg Pisendel

    Violin Sonata in C minor, BWV1024

    Performer: Amandine Beyer. Performer: Gli Incogniti.
    • BWV… or not.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 3.

  • Francesco Landini

    Musica son / Già furon / Ciascun vuol

    Ensemble: Sollazzo Ensemble.
    • Parle qui veut.
    • Linn Records.
    • 3.

  • Anon

    Parle qui veut

    Ensemble: Sollazzo Ensemble.
    • Parle qui veut.
    • Linn Records.
    • 8.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Sound Sleep

    Performer: Elizabeth Watts. Performer: Mary Bevan. Performer: Kitty Whately. Orchestra: Â鶹ԼÅÄ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
    • Vaughan Williams: A London Symphony & other works.
    • Hyperion.
    • 5.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    A London Symphony

    Performer: Elizabeth Watts. Performer: Mary Bevan. Performer: Kitty Whately. Orchestra: Â鶹ԼÅÄ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
    • A London Symphony & other works.
    • Hyperion.
    • 2.

  • Claude Debussy

    Sonata for Cello and Piano

    Performer: Steven Isserlis. Performer: Connie Shih.
    • The Cello in Wartime.
    • BIS.
    • 1.

  • Alban Berg

    Lulu Suite - v. Adagio

    Performer: Barbara Hannigan. Orchestra: Ludwig Orchestra.
    • Crazy Girl Crazy: Music by Gershwin, Berg and Berio.
    • Alpha.
    • 6.

  • George Gershwin

    Girl Crazy Suite

    Performer: Barbara Hannigan. Orchestra: Ludwig Orchestra.
    • Crazy Girl Crazy: Music by Gershwin, Berg and Berio.
    • Alpha.
    • 7.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    String Quartet in E flat Op.127

    Ensemble: Elias String Quartet.
    • Beethoven: The Complete String Quartets Volume 4.
    • Wigmore Hall Live.
    • 5.

Record Review

9.00am

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L’HOMME DE GÉNIE

FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN: Symphony No.80 in D minor, Hob.I:80; Symphony No.81 in G major, Hob.1:81; Symphony No.19 in D major, Hob.I:19

JOSEPH MARTIN KRAUS: Symphony in C minor VB 142

Kammerorchester Basel; Giovanni Antonini (conductor)

Alpha 676 (CD)

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INSIDE THE HEARING MACHINE: BEETHOVEN ON HIS BROADWOOD

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonatas Opus 109, 110 and 111

Tom Beghin (fortepiano – Chris Maene copy of Beethoven’s 1817 Broadwood piano)

Evil Penguin Records EPRC 0025 (CD)

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MUSIC FOR THE QUEEN OF HEAVEN

GABRIEL JACKSON: Salve Regina

JUDITH WEIR: Ave Regina caelorum

HERBERT HOWELLS: Salve Regina

ANDRZEJ PANUFNIK: Song to the Virgin Mary

CECILIA MCDOWALL: Alma redemptoris mater

MATTHEW MARTIN: Ave virgo sanctissima

CHERYL FRANCES-HOAD: Gaude et laetare

HILARY CAMPBELL: Ave Maria

STEPHEN DODGSON: Dormi, Jesu

ROXANNA PANUFNIK: Magnificat (St Pancras Service)

LENNOX BERKELEY: Regina coeli, laetare

JAMES MACMILLAN: Ave maris stella

The Marian Consort; Rory McCleery (director)

Delphian DCD34190 (CD)

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9.30am – Building a Library

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Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Piece: ‘Prague’ Symphony No. 38 in D K504

Reviewer: Tom Service

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Recommended Recording:

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Mozart Essential Symphonies Vol.IV

Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra; Roger Norrington (conductor)

Hänssler HAEN93214 (CD)

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Other Recommended Recordings:

Below is a shortlist of other recordings which Tom also liked, although we can’t guarantee the availability of these discs.

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Mozart - Symphonies

Freiburger Barockorchester; René Jacobs (conductor)

Harmonia Mundi HMX2901958 (CD)

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Sir Thomas Beecham: The Classical Tradition

London Philharmonic Orchestra; Thomas Beecham (conductor)

Warner Classics 9099462 (download only)

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10.20am

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J.S. BACH: THE MOTETS

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: Komm, Jesu, Komm, BWV 229; Fürchte dich nicht, ich bin bei dir, BWV 228; Der Geist hilft unser Schwachheit auf, BWV 226; Jesu, meine freude, BWV 227; Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden, BWV 230; O Jesu Christ, meins Lebens Licht, BWV 118; Singet dem Herr nein neues Lied, BWV 225

Norwegian Soloists’ Choir; Ensemble Allegria; Grete Pedersen (conductor)

BIS 2251 (Hybrid SACD)

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KARL RICHTER: BACH SACRED WORKS

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: St Matthew Passion, BWV 244; St John Passion, BWV 245; Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248; Magnificat, BWV 243; Mass in B minor, BWV 232

Gundula Janowitz (soprano); Christa Ludwig (alto); Fritz Wunderlich (tenor); Munich Bach Choir and Orchestra; Karl Richter (conductor)

Archiv 00289 479 7788 (11 CDs, 4 DVDs and 1 BluRay Audio)

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BWV… OR NOT?

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: Suite for violin and cembalo obligato, BWV 1025; Fuga, BWV 1026; Sonata ‘sopr’ il Soggetto Reale’ for traverso, violin and basso continuo

JOHANN GEORG PISENDEL: Sonata for violin and basso continuo, BWV 1024

J.S. BACH/CARL PHILIPP EMANUEL BACH: Sonata for traverso, violin in scordatura and basso continuo, BWV 1038

C.P.E. BACH: Sonata for violin and cembalo obligato, BWV 1036

JOHANN GOTTLIEB GOLDBERG: Sonata for two violins and basso continuo, BWV 1037

Gli Incogniti; Amandine Beyer (violin)

Harmonia Mundi HMM 902322 (CD)

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PARLE QUI VEUT

NICCOLÒ DA PERUGIA: Il megli’ è pur tacere

GIOVANNI DA FIRENZE: Angnel son biancho

FRANCESCO LANDINI: Musicha son/Già furon/Ciascun viol

ANDREA DA FIRENZEÌý: Dal traditor

ANONYMOUS: Va, Fortune; Hont paur; Parle qui veut; Pour che que je ne puis; O pensieri vani

SOLAGE: Le basile

PAOLO DA FIRENZE: Perché vendecta

JOHANNES CICONIA: Ligiadra donna

ANTONIO ‘ZACARA’ DA TERAMO: Cacciando per gustar/Ai cinci, ai toppiÌý ÌýÌýÌý

Sollazzo Ensemble

Linn Records CKD529 (CD)

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VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: A LONDON SYMPHONY & OTHER WORKS

RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: A London Symphony (1920 revision); Sound Sleep; Orpheus with his lute; Variations

Elizabeth Watts (soprano); Mary Bevan (soprano); Kitty Whately (mezzo-soprano); Â鶹ԼÅÄ Symphony Orchestra; Royal College of Music Brass Band; Martyn Brabbins (conductor)

Hyperion CDA68190 (CD)

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THE CELLO IN WARTIME

CLAUDE DEBUSSY: Sonata for Cello and Piano, L.144

FRANK BRIDGE: Sonata for Cello and Piano, H.125

GABRIEL FAURÉ: Sonata No.1 in D minor for cello and piano, Op.109

ANTON WEBERN: Drei kleine Stücke, Op.11

CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS: The Swan

HUBERT PARRY: Jerusalem

IVOR NOVELLO: Keep the Â鶹ԼÅÄ-Fires Burning

TRADITIONAL: God Save the King

Steven Isserlis (cello & trench cello); Connie Shih (piano)

BIS 2312 (Hybrid SACD)

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CRAZY GIRL CRAZY

LUCIANO BERIO: Sequenza III

ALBAN BERG: Lulu Suite

GEORGE GERSHWIN ARR. BILL ELLIOTT & BARBARA HANNIGAN: Girl Crazy Suite

Ludwig Orchestra; Barbara Hannigan (soprano and conductor)

Alpha 293 (CD and DVD)

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11.30am – Disc of the Week

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BEETHOVEN: THE COMPLETE STRING QUARTETS – VOLUME 4

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN: String Quartet in G major, Op.18 No.2; String Quartet in E flat major, Op.127; String Quartet in F major, Op.59 No.1 ‘Razumovsky’

Elias String Quartet

Wigmore Hall Live WHLive0089/2 (2 CDs)

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