Andrew McGregor with Jeremy Summerly and Lucy Parham
Building a Library: Jeremy Summerly surveys recordings of Stravinsky's Mass. Lucy Parham reviews new releases of piano music and Andrew McGregor rounds up recent releases.
with Andrew McGregor
09.30
Building a Library: Jeremy Summerly surveys recordings of Stravinsky's Mass
Stravinsky's Mass was written between 1944 and 1948 and is one of the most austere and archaic works of his neoclassical period. Stravinsky incorporated elements of his Russian Orthodox faith but chose to set the text of the Catholic Mass out of a desire to create a liturgical work - an impossibility in the Russian Orthodox tradition, which forbids the use of instruments in church. The Mass is one of only a few of Stravinsky's works not to have been commissioned, which suggests that the work came about as a result of the composer's own renewed religious consciousness.
10.30
Lucy Parham reviews recent releases of piano music by composers including Debussy, Beethoven and Bartok.
11.45
Andrew chooses an outstanding new release as his Disc of the Week
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Edward Elgar
Wand of Youth Suite: No.2: II.The Little Bells; III. Moths and Butterflies
Orchestra: 贬补濒濒茅. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder.- 贬补濒濒茅.
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Thomas Tomkins
Barafostus Dreame
Performer: Mahan Esfahani.- Hyperion.
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Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson
Louisiana Blues Strut (A Cakewalk)
Performer: Rachel Barton Pine.- Cedille Records.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto in B flat, K.450: III. Allegro
Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet. Conductor: G谩bor Tak谩cs鈥怤agy. Orchestra: Manchester Camerata.- Chandos.
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Gustav Mahler
Symphony No.6: II. Scherzo
Orchestra: MusicAeterna. Conductor: Teodor Currentzis.- Sony.
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Franz Liszt
脺ber allen Gipfeln ist Ruh' S306
Performer: Julius Drake. Singer: Allan Clayton.- Hyperion.
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Cheryl Frances-Hoad
Magic Lantern Tales: I. Marching
Performer: Sholto Kynoch. Singer: Nicky Spence.- Champs Hill Records.
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Hubert Parry
English Lyrics Bk. 12: No.7 'The Sound of Hidden Music'
Performer: Andrew West. Singer: Sarah Fox.- Somm Recordings.
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Hubert Parry
Symphony No.4 in E minor (original version): IV. Scherzo
Orchestra: 麻豆约拍 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.- Chandos.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Sinfonia in B minor
Performer: V铆kingur 脫lafsson.- DG.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Organ Sonata, BWV 528: II. Andante
Performer: V铆kingur 脫lafsson.- DG.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Partita No.3 in E major for Solo Violin, BWV 1006: II. Gavotte
Composer: Sergey Rachmaninov. Performer: V铆kingur 脫lafsson.- DG.
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B茅la Bart贸k
Improvisation on a Hungarian Peasant Song
Performer: Florent Boffard.- Mirare.
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B茅la Bart贸k
Out of Doors: Night music
Performer: Florent Boffard.- MIRARE.
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B茅la Bart贸k
Out of Doors: The Chase
Performer: Florent Boffard.- MIRARE.
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Alexander Scriabin
2 Impromptus, Op.14: I. B Major
Performer: Katya Apekisheva.- Champs Hill Records.
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Gabriel Faur茅
Impromptu No.3 in A flat, Op.34
Performer: Katya Apekisheva.- Champs Hill Records.
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Claude Debussy
L' Isle joyeuse
Performer: Nikolai Lugansky.- Harmonia Mundi.
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Claude Debussy
Jardins sous la pluie
Performer: Nikolai Lugansky.- Harmonia Mundi.
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Claude Debussy
Deux Arabesque, L. 66: II. Allegretto scherzando
Performer: Jonas Vitaud.- Mirare.
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Claude Debussy
Fantasie for piano and orchestra: I. Andante ma non troppo
Performer: Jonas Vitaud. Conductor: Clement Mao-Takacs. Orchestra: Secession Orchestra.- Mirare.
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Claude Debussy
Fantasie for piano and orchestra: III. Allegro molto
Performer: Jonas Vitaud. Orchestra: Secession Orchestra. Conductor: Clement Mao-Takacs.- Mirare.
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Carl Maria von Weber
Clarinet Quintet in B flat major, Op. 34
Performer: Julian Bliss. Ensemble: Carducci String Quartet.- Signum.
Record Review
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Elgar: The Wand of Youth Suite
The Hall茅
Mark Elder (conductor)
Hall茅 CD HLL 7548
鈥楾he Passinge Mesures鈥� 鈥� English virginal music
Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord)
Hyperion CDA68249
鈥楤lues Dialogues鈥� 鈥� Violin music by black composers including David Baker, Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, William Grant Still, Clarence Cameron White & Duke Ellington
Rachel Barton Pine (violin)
Matthew Hagle (piano)
Cedille Records CDR 90000 182
鈥楳ozart: Piano Concertos, Vol.3鈥� 鈥� Concerto in D major, KV451; Concerto in B flat major, KV450; Quintet in E flat major, KV452
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano)
Manchester Camerata (orchestra)
Rachel Clegg (oboe)
Fiona Cross (clarinet)
Naomis Atherton (horn)
Ben Hudson (bassoon)
Gabor Takacs-Nagy (conductor)
Chandos CHAN 20035
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9.30am 鈥� Building a Library 鈥� Jeremy Summerly on Stravinsky鈥檚 Mass
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Composer: Igor Stravinsky
Reviewer: Jeremy Summerly
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Recommended Recording:
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Westminster Cathedral Choir
City of London Sinfonia
James O鈥橠onnell (conductor)
Hyperion CDA66437
Other Recommended Recordings:
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Historical:
New York Church of the Blessed Sacrament Choir
Igor Stravinsky (conductor)
Andante AND1140 (1949)
Gregg Smith Singers
Columbia Symphony Winds & Brass
Igor Stravinsky (conductor)
Sony Classical SM2K 46 301
Gregg Smith Singers
Orchestra of St Luke鈥檚
Robert Craft (conductor)
Naxos 8.557
Choral & instrumental virtuosity:
Netherlands Chamber Choir
Schonberg Ensemble
Reinbert de Leeuw (conductor)
Philips 454 477-2
RIAS Kammerchor
Musikfabrik (ensemble)
Daniel Reuss (conductor)
Harmonia Mundi HMC 801913
Liturgical:
Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford
London Sinfonietta
Simon Preston (conductor)
Decca 430 346-2
Choir of St Mary鈥檚 Edinburgh
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Duncan Ferguson (conductor)
Delphian DCD 34164
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10.20am 鈥� New Releases
Mahler: Symphony No.6
MusicAeterna (orchestra)
Teodor Currentzis (conductor)
Sony 19075822952
Liszt: The complete songs, Vol.5
Allan Clayton (tenor)
Julius Drake (piano)
Hyperion CDA68179
鈥楳agic Lantern Tales鈥� 鈥� songs by Cheryl Frances-Hoad
Nicky Spence (tenor)
Sholto Kynoch (piano)
Champs Hill Records CHRCD146
Parry: 12 sets of English Lyrics, Volume 3
Sarah Fox (soprano)
Roderick Williams (baritone)
Andrew West (piano)
Somm Recordings SOMMCD 272
Parry: Symphony No.4; Proserpine; Three movements from 鈥楽uite moderne鈥�
Ladies of 麻豆约拍 National Chorus of Wales
麻豆约拍 National Orchestra of Wales
Rumon Gamba (conductor)
Chandos CHAN 10994
10.50am New Releases: Lucy Parham on piano releases
Solo piano works and transcriptions by JS Bach
V铆kingur 脫lafsson (piano)
DG 4835022
鈥楻acines鈥� 鈥� solo piano works by Bartok
Florent Boffard (piano)
Mirare MIR410
Piano impromptus by Scriabin, Faure & Chopin
Katya Apekisheva (piano)
Champs Hill Records CHRCD135
鈥楽uite bergamesque鈥� 鈥� Debussy: L鈥橧sle joyeuse, Deux Arabesques, Suite bergamasque, La plus que lente, Estampes, Images II, Hommage 脿 Haydn
Nikolai Lugansky (piano)
Harmonia Mundi HMM902309
鈥楧ebussy: Jeunes Ann茅es鈥� -听 early works for solo piano by Debussy
Jonas Vitaud (piano)
Mirare MIR392
Mozart: Clarinet Quintet in A Major, K.581; Weber: Clarinet Quintet in B flat Major, Op.34
Julian Bliss (clarinet)
Carducci String Quartet
Signum SIGCD552
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