Mozart's Symphony No 39 in E flat on Building a Library with Nicholas Kenyon and Andrew McGregor
The best new classical releases, plus Nicholas Kenyon chooses his favourite recording of Mozart's late, great Symphony No 39 in E flat, plus Katy Hamilton on Bruno Walter.
with Andrew McGregor
9.30
Building a Library
Nicholas Kenyon chooses his favourite recording of Mozart's late, great Symphony No. 39 in E flat major.
Summer 1788. Broke and out of favour with the fickle Viennese public, Mozart completes the remarkable trio of his final three symphonies in just nine weeks. No. 39 is the first of the set, exuberant and full of energy, ending with a characteristically ingenious and playful Mozartian touch: an effervescent moto perpetuo finale whose second theme is the first theme in disguise.
10.45
During his lifetime, conductor Bruno Walter's reputation could hardly have been higher. Born in Germany in 1876, assistant and prot茅g茅 of Mahler, peer of Toscanini, Walter was a key interpreter of the classical and Romantic Austro-German core repertoire but in the decades since his death in 1962 he seems to have been largely forgotten. Katy Hamilton has been listening to the 77-CDs in Sony's new box of Bruno Walter's US recordings for the Columbia label and makes a contemporary assessment.
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Record of the Week
Andrew recommends an outstanding new release.
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Maurice Durufl茅
Trois Danses, Op. 6 (3rd mvt. Tambourin)
Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.- Chandos.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Violin Sonata No. 22 in A major, K305 (1st mvt)
Performer: Isabelle Faust. Performer: Alexander Melnikov.- Harmonia Mundi.
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Franz Liszt
Oh! quand je dors (Hugo), S282
Performer: Julius Drake. Singer: Julia Kleiter.- Hyperion.
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Luigi Cherubini
Symphony in D major (4th mvt)
Orchestra: La Scala Philharmonic. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.- Decca.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue No.22 BWV867 (Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1)
Ensemble: Phantasm.- Linn.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Septet, Op. 20 (1st mvt)
Ensemble: Berkeley Ensemble.- Resonus Classics.
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Hans Abrahamsen
Left, Alone (1st mvt. Very fast)
Performer: Alexandre Tharaud. Orchestra: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin.- Erato.
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Hans Abrahamsen
Left, Alone (2nd mvt. Slowly walking)
Performer: Alexandre Tharaud. Orchestra: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin.- Erato.
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Anon.
Omnis mundus iucundetur
Singer: Karoliina Kantelinen. Choir: Utopia Chamber Choir. Conductor: Andrew Lawrence鈥怟ing.- Alia Vox.
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Richard Wagner
Overture to The Flying Dutchman
Orchestra: Columbia Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Bruno Walter.- Sony.
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Samuel Barber
Symphony No.1, Op.9 (3rd mvt, Andante tranquillo)
Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Bruno Walter.- Sony.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
"Der H枚lle Rache" (Act II, The Magic Flute)
Singer: Lily Pons. Orchestra: Columbia Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Bruno Walter.- Sony.
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Gustav Mahler
Symphony No.9 (1st mvt)
Orchestra: Columbia Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Bruno Walter.- Sony.
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Johann Strauss II
Strauss Kaiser Waltz
Conductor: Bruno Walter. Orchestra: Columbia Symphony Orchestra.- Sony.
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Sergey Prokofiev
Piano Sonata No. 7 in B flat major, Op. 83
Performer: Steven Osborne.- Hyperion.
Record Review
9.00am
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Escales: French Orchestral Works 鈥� music by Chabrier, Durufl茅, Saint-Sa毛ns, Ibert, Massenet and Ravel
Sinfonia of London
John Wilson (conductor)
Chandos CHSA5252 (Hybrid SACD)
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Mozart: Sonatas for Fortepiano & Violin, Vol. 2
Isabelle Faust (violin)
Alexander Melnikov (fortepiano)
Harmonia Mundi HMM902361
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Liszt: The Complete Songs, Vol. 6 - Julia Kleiter
Julia Kleiter (soprano)
Julius Drake (piano)
Hyperion CDA68235
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Cherubini Discoveries
Orchestra Filarmonica Della Scala
Riccardo Chailly (conductor)
Decca 4831591
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Bach: The Well-Tempered Consort 鈥� I
Phantasm
Linn CKD618
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9.30am 鈥� Building a Library 鈥� Nicholas Kenyon on Mozart鈥檚 Symphony No. 39 in E-Flat Major, K. 543
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Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Reviewer: Nicholas Kenyon
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Recommended Recording:
Freiburger Barockorchester
Ren茅 Jacobs (conductor)
Harmonia Mundi HMC901959 (download only)
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Other Recommended Recording(s):
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Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Sir Charles Mackerras
Linn CKD308 (2 Hybrid SACDs)
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10.15am 鈥� New Releases
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Beethoven: Septet, Op. 20 & Clarinet Trio, Op. 11
Berkeley Ensemble
Resonus Classics RES10255
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The Lyrical Clarinet, Volume 3: music by Debussy, Kreisler, Gaubert and Faur茅 etc.
Michael Collins (clarinet)
Michael McHale (piano)
Chandos CHAN20147
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Contemporary Concertos by Pesson, Abrahamsen & Strasnoy
Alexandre Tharaud (piano)
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
Yannick N茅zet-S茅guin (conductor)
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra
Tito Ceccherini (conductor)
Les Violons du Roy
Mathieu Lussier (conductor)
Erato 9029532307
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Piae Cantiones: medieval Latin songs
Karoliina Kantelinen (singer)
Utopia Chamber Choir
Andrew Lawrence-King (conductor)
Alia Vox AV9932
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10.45am 鈥� New Releases 鈥� Katy Hamilton reviews a new 77-CD box of Bruno Walter Columbia recordings
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Bruno Walter - The Complete Columbia Album Collection
Various soloists including Rudolf Serkin (piano), Lily Pons (soprano) and Lotte Lehmann (soprano)
Bruno Walter (conductor)
Columbia Symphony Orchestra
New York Philharmonic
Sony 19075923242 (77 CDs)
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11.15am 鈥� Record of the Week
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Prokofiev: Piano Sonatas Nos 6, 7 & 8
Steven Osborne (piano)
Hyperion CDA68298
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