Andrew McGregor with Helen Wallace and Nicholas Kenyon
Latest recordings with Andrew McGregor, Building a Library on Beethoven's Piano Trios, Op 1, with Helen Wallace, and new releases of Haydn with Nicholas Kenyon.
with Andrew McGregor.
09.30
Building a Library: Helen Wallace listens to and compares recordings of Beethoven's Piano Trios Op. 1
Beethoven's Opus 1 is a set of three piano trios (written for piano, violin, and cello), first performed and published in 1795. The wit, creativity and sheer energy of these works is astonishing. Clearly Beethoven waited until he had three substantial works he was happy with to publish as his first Opus number. They must have made quite a splash at the time, and remain infectiously vital pieces today.
10.50
Andrew McGregor talks to Nicholas Kenyon about the first releases of Haydn 2032, an ambitious project to record all the Haydn symphonies before the 300th anniversary of his birth in 2032.
11.25
Andrew chooses an outstanding new release as his Disc of the Week.
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George Frideric Handel
Dance Suite: III. Sarabanda (From Almira, HWV 1)
Conductor: Maurice Steger. Ensemble: La Cetra.- Mr Handel's Dinner.
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Tom谩s Luis de Victoria
Unus ex discipulis meis
Ensemble: I Fagiolini. Director: Robert Hollingworth.- Coro.
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Edmund Rubbra
Amicus Meus
Performer: Robert Hollingworth. Ensemble: I Fagiolini.- Coro.
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Leos Jan谩膷ek
String Quartet No.2 'Intimate Letters': III. Moderato
Performer: Belcea Quartet.- Alpha.
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Johannes Brahms
Violin Concerto in D major: I. Allegro non troppo (Cadenza by Hadelich)
Composer: Augustin Hadelich. Performer: Augustin Hadelich. Orchestra: Norwegian Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Miguel Harth-Bedoya.- Warner Classics.
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Jacques Offenbach
La cr茅ole: Ouverture
Orchestra: Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt. Conductor: Howard Griffiths.- Offenbach: Opera Ouvertures.
- CPO.
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William Henry Harris
Faire Is the Heaven
Choir: Choir of St John鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Conductor: Andrew Nethsingha.- Locus Iste.
- Signum Classics.
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Robert Schumann
Dichterliebe Op.48: Nos.3-6
Performer: Eric Le Sage. Singer: Julian Pr茅gardien. Singer: Sandrine Piau.- Alpha.
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Matthew Dubourg
Hibernia's sons, your voices raise
Performer: Huw Daniel. Performer: Sophie Gent. Performer: Claire Duff. Orchestra: Irish Baroque Orchestra. Choir: Irish Baroque Chorus. Director: Peter Whelan.- Linn.
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Matthew Dubourg
Dubourg's Maggot
Performer: Huw Daniel. Performer: Sophie Gent. Performer: Claire Duff. Orchestra: Irish Baroque Orchestra. Choir: Irish Baroque Chorus. Director: Peter Whelan.- Linn.
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Gaetano Donizetti
L'Ange de Nisida
Singer: Vito Priante. Singer: Laurent Naouri. Singer: David Junghoon Kim. Singer: Joyce El-Khoury. Singer: Evgeny Stavinsky. Choir: Royal Opera House Chorus. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder.- Opera Rara.
Record Review
9.00am
鈥楳r Handel鈥檚 Dinner鈥� 鈥� Concertos etc. by Handel, Geminiani, Finger & Babell
Maurice Steger (recorder & direction)
La Cetra (ensemble)
Harmonia Mundi HMM902607
鈥楲eonardo: Shaping the Invisible鈥� 鈥� Choral music by Tallis, Howells, Monteverdi, Jean-Yves Daniel-Lesur, Victoria, Rubbra, Monteverdi, Vecchi, JS Bach, Janequin, Desprez, de Rore, Janequin + Adrian Williams
I Fagiolini (choir)
Robert Hollingworth (director)
Coro COR16171
Janacek: String Quartets Nos.1 & 2; Ligeti: String Quartet No.1
Belcea Quartet
Alpha 454
Brahms: Violin Concerto (cadenza: Hadelich); Ligeti: Violin Concerto (cadenza: Ad猫s)
Augustin Hadelich (violin)
Norwegian radio Orchestra
Miguel Harth-Bedoya (conductor)
Warner Classics 0190295510459
9.30am 鈥� Building a Library 鈥� Helen Wallace on Beethoven Op.1 Piano Trios 1-3
Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
Reviewer: Helen Wallace
Recommended Recording:
Daniel Barenboim (piano)
Pinchas Zukerman (violin)
Jacqueline Du Pr茅 (cello)
EMI 3507982 (2 CDs 鈥� also available as a download on Warner Classics)
Other Recommended Recordings:
Florestan Trio
Hyperion CDS44471/4
10.20am 鈥� New Releases
鈥極ffenbach 鈥� Folies Symphoniques鈥� 鈥� Offenbach overtures
Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt
Howard Griffiths (conductor)
CPO 555 275-2
鈥楲ocus Iste鈥� 鈥� sacred choral music by Harris, Rorem, Finzi, Britten, Stanford, Tavener, Dove, Poulenc, Robinson, Woolf, Bruckner, Swayne, Rachmaninoff & Parry
The Choir of St John鈥檚 College Cambridge
Glen Dempsey (organ)
Laura van der Heijden (cello)
Andrew Nethsingha (conductor)
Signum Classics SIGCD567
Schumann: Dichterliebe + 3 Romanzen & others
Julian Pr茅gardien (tenor)
Sandrine Piau (soprano)
脡ric le Sage (Bl眉thner piano, Leipzig 1856)
Alpha 457
鈥榃elcome home, Mr. Dubourg鈥� 鈥� Matthew Dubourg: Concertos in A Major & D Major, Violin Sonata in A Major, Ode for Dublin Castle + others
Anna Devin (soprano)
Rachel Kelly (mezzo-soprano)
Edward Grint (bass)
Sophie Gent, Claire Duff & Huw Daniel (violins)
Irish Baroque Orchestra
Irish Baroque Chorus
Peter Whelan (conductor)
Linn CKD 532
10.20am 鈥� New Releases 鈥� Nick Kenyon on Antonini鈥檚 鈥楬aydn 2032鈥� etc.
鈥楬aydn 2032 鈥� Vol.1 (La Passione)鈥� 鈥� Haydn: Symphonies Nos.1, 39 & 49; Gluck: Don Juan ou le Festin de Pierre
Il Giardino Armonico (orchestra)
Giovanni Antonini (conductor)
Alpha 670
鈥楬aydn 2032 鈥� Vol.3 (Solo e Pensoso)鈥� 鈥� Haydn: Symphonies Nos.3, 42 & 64, L鈥橧sola Disabitata (overture) & Solo e Pensoso (Aria)
Francesca Aspromonte (soprano)
Il Giardino Armonico (orchestra)
Giovanni Antonini (conductor)
Alpha 672
鈥楬aydn 2032 鈥� Vol.4 (Il Distratto)鈥� 鈥� Haydn: Symphonies Nos.60, 70 & 12; Cimarosa: Il Maestro di Cappella
Riccardo Novaro (baritone)
Il Giardino Armonico (orchestra)
Giovanni Antonini (conductor)
Alpha 674
鈥楬aydn 2032 鈥� Vol.5 (L鈥橦omme de G茅nie)鈥� 鈥� Haydn: Symphonies Nos.80, 81 & 19; Kraus: Symphony in C minor
Kammerorchester Basel (ensemble)
Giovanni Antonini (conductor)
Alpha 676
鈥楬aydn 2032 鈥� Vol.7 (Gli Impresari)鈥� 鈥� Haydn: Symphonies Nos,67, 65 & 9; Mozart: Thamos, King of Egypt
Kammerorchester Basel (ensemble)
Giovanni Antonini (conductor)
Alpha 680
Haydn: String Quartets Op.64/4, 20/2 & 54/2
Jubilee Quartet
Rubicon RCD1039
Boccherini: Cello Concerto Nos2, 6 & 9, Symphony No.6, String Quintet in C major & Stabat Mater
Oph茅lie Gaillard (cello)
Sandrine Piau (soprano)
Pulcinella Orchestra
Aparte AP194 (2 CDs)
11.20am 鈥� Record of the Week
Donizetti: L鈥橝nge de Nisida
Sylvia聽 聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Joyce El-Khoury (soprano)
The King聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Vito Priante (baritone)
Don Gaspar 聽聽聽 Laurent Naouri (bass baritone)
Casaldi聽 聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 David Junghoon Kim (tenor)
The Monk聽 聽聽聽聽聽 Evgeny Stavinsky (bass)
Royal Opera House Chorus
Royal Opera House Orchestra
Mark Elder (conductor)
Opera Rara ORC58 (2 CDs)
Record Review
9.00am
鈥楳r Handel鈥檚 Dinner鈥� 鈥� Concertos etc. by Handel, Geminiani, Finger & Babell
Maurice Steger (recorder & direction)
La Cetra (ensemble)
Harmonia Mundi HMM902607
鈥楲eonardo: Shaping the Invisible鈥� 鈥� Choral music by Tallis, Howells, Monteverdi, Jean-Yves Daniel-Lesur, Victoria, Rubbra, Monteverdi, Vecchi, JS Bach, Janequin, Desprez, de Rore, Janequin + Adrian Williams
I Fagiolini (choir)
Robert Hollingworth (director)
Coro COR16171
Janacek: String Quartets Nos.1 & 2; Ligeti: String Quartet No.1
Belcea Quartet
Alpha 454
Brahms: Violin Concerto (cadenza: Hadelich); Ligeti: Violin Concerto (cadenza: Ad猫s)
Augustin Hadelich (violin)
Norwegian radio Orchestra
Miguel Harth-Bedoya (conductor)
Warner Classics 0190295510459
9.30am 鈥� Building a Library 鈥� Helen Wallace on Beethoven Op.1 Piano Trios 1-3
Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
Reviewer: Helen Wallace
10.20am 鈥� New Releases
鈥極ffenbach 鈥� Folies Symphoniques鈥� 鈥� Offenbach overtures
Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt
Howard Griffiths (conductor)
CPO 555 275-2
鈥楲ocus Iste鈥� 鈥� sacred choral music by Harris, Rorem, Finzi, Britten, Stanford, Tavener, Dove, Poulenc, Robinson, Woolf, Bruckner, Swayne, Rachmaninoff & Parry
The Choir of St John鈥檚 College Cambridge
Glen Dempsey (organ)
Laura van der Heijden (cello)
Andrew Nethsingha (conductor)
Signum Classics SIGCD567
Schumann: Dichterliebe + 3 Romanzen & others
Julian Pr茅gardien (tenor)
Sandrine Piau (soprano)
脡ric le Sage (Bl眉thner piano, Leipzig 1856)
Alpha 457
鈥榃elcome home, Mr. Dubourg鈥� 鈥� Matthew Dubourg: Concertos in A Major & D Major, Violin Sonata in A Major, Ode for Dublin Castle + others
Anna Devin (soprano)
Rachel Kelly (mezzo-soprano)
Edward Grint (bass)
Sophie Gent, Claire Duff & Huw Daniel (violins)
Irish Baroque Orchestra
Irish Baroque Chorus
Peter Whelan (conductor)
Linn CKD 532
10.20am 鈥� New Releases 鈥� Nick Kenyon on Antonini鈥檚 鈥楬aydn 2032鈥� etc.
鈥楬aydn 2032 鈥� Vol.1 (La Passione)鈥� 鈥� Haydn: Symphonies Nos.1, 39 & 49; Gluck: Don Juan ou le Festin de Pierre
Il Giardino Armonico (orchestra)
Giovanni Antonini (conductor)
Alpha 670
鈥楬aydn 2032 鈥� Vol.3 (Solo e Pensoso)鈥� 鈥� Haydn: Symphonies Nos.3, 42 & 64, L鈥橧sola Disabitata (overture) & Solo e Pensoso (Aria)
Francesca Aspromonte (soprano)
Il Giardino Armonico (orchestra)
Giovanni Antonini (conductor)
Alpha 672
鈥楬aydn 2032 鈥� Vol.4 (Il Distratto)鈥� 鈥� Haydn: Symphonies Nos.60, 70 & 12; Cimarosa: Il Maestro di Cappella
Riccardo Novaro (baritone)
Il Giardino Armonico (orchestra)
Giovanni Antonini (conductor)
Alpha 674
鈥楬aydn 2032 鈥� Vol.5 (L鈥橦omme de G茅nie)鈥� 鈥� Haydn: Symphonies Nos.80, 81 & 19; Kraus: Symphony in C minor
Kammerorchester Basel (ensemble)
Giovanni Antonini (conductor)
Alpha 676
鈥楬aydn 2032 鈥� Vol.7 (Gli Impresari)鈥� 鈥� Haydn: Symphonies Nos,67, 65 & 9; Mozart: Thamos, King of Egypt
Kammerorchester Basel (ensemble)
Giovanni Antonini (conductor)
Alpha 680
Haydn: String Quartets Op.64/4, 20/2 & 54/2
Jubilee Quartet
Rubicon RCD1039
Boccherini: Cello Concerto Nos2, 6 & 9, Symphony No.6, String Quintet in C major & Stabat Mater
Oph茅lie Gaillard (cello)
Sandrine Piau (soprano)
Pulcinella Orchestra
Aparte AP194 (2 CDs)
11.20am 鈥� Record of the Week
Donizetti: L鈥橝nge de Nisida
Sylvia聽 聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Joyce El-Khoury (soprano)
The King聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Vito Priante (baritone)
Don Gaspar 聽聽聽 Laurent Naouri (bass baritone)
Casaldi聽 聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 David Junghoon Kim (tenor)
The Monk聽 聽聽聽聽聽 Evgeny Stavinsky (bass)
Royal Opera House Chorus
Royal Opera House Orchestra
Mark Elder (conductor)
Opera Rara ORC58 (2 CDs)
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