Schumann's Dichterliebe on Building a Library with Laura Tunbridge and Andrew McGregor
Andrew McGregor and Laura Tunbridge discuss the available recordings of Schumann's poignant song cycle Dichterliebe, plus Katy Hamilton on the latest Beethoven releases.
with Andrew McGregor
9.30am
Building a Library
Another chance to hear Laura Tunbridge discussing the available recordings of Schumann's poignant song-cycle 'Dichterliebe' and making a recommendation.
Dichterliebe, or 'A Poet's Love', is Schumann's best-known song cycle and comprises 16 songs taken from Heine's Lyrisches Intermezzo of 1822-23. Schumann's masterly setting of the poems was composed just 17 years later, in 1840. Each poem is underpinned by the romantic idea that love leads to loss and even death. The cycle begins with a gentle song set in the month of may when the poet tells the birds of his desires, through songs that display the many facets of love - fickleness of young love, betrayal, nightmares -and ends on the Rhine as the poet watches his coffin making its way to sea, carrying the heavy burden of all his loss and sorrows within.
10.45am
Katy Hamilton joins Andrew McGregor to discuss the latest new releases of Beethoven's music in this, the 250th anniversary year of his birth.
11.15am
Disc of the Week
Andrew recommends an outstanding new release.
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Music Played
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Antonio Vivaldi
Clarinet Concerto No 3 (final mvts)
Performer: Martin Frost. Orchestra: Concerto K枚ln.- Sony.
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Edward Elgar
Sea pictures Op.37 (The Swimmer)
Singer: Kathryn Rudge. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.- Onyx.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Sarabande & Bourr茅e (Lute Suite in E Minor, BWV.996)
Music Arranger: Sean Shibe. Performer: Sean Shibe.- Delphian.
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Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
Violin Concerto in A minor, Op.53 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Augustin Hadelich. Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jakub Hr暖拧a.- Warner Classics.
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Witold Lutos艂awski
Variations on a Theme by Paganini, for piano & orchestra
Composer: Alexander Warenberg. Performer: Denis Matsuev. Orchestra: Kammerorchester Wien - Berlin. Conductor: Rainer Honeck.- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Jean鈥怣arie Leclair
Trio Sonata No. 4 in F Major, Op. 4 (2nd mvt)
Ensemble: Ensemble Diderot. Director: Johannes Pramsohler.- Leclair: Trio Sonatas, Op. 4.
- Audax Records.
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Peteris Vasks
Concerto for Viola & String Orchestra (1st mvt)
Performer: Maxim Rysanov. Orchestra: Sinfonietta R墨ga.- P膿teris Vasks: Viola Concerto & Symphony No. 1 "Voices".
- BIS.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
String Quartet No. 2 in G major, Op. 18 No. 2 (Finale)
Ensemble: Quatuor 脡b猫ne.- Warner Classics.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Trio No. 5 in D Major, Op. 70 No. 1 'The Ghost' (2nd mvt)
Ensemble: Beethoven Trio Bonn.- Beethoven: Ghost Trio & Triple Concerto.
- CAvi-music.
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Franz Joseph Clement
Violin Concerto No. 2 in D Minor (3rd mvt)
Performer: Mirijam Contzen. Orchestra: WDR Sinfonieorchester. Conductor: Reinhard Goebel.- Sony.
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Antoine Reicha
Sinfonia Concertante for 2 Cellos in E major (2nd mvt)
Performer: Bruno Delepelaire. Performer: Stephan Koncz. Orchestra: Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbr眉cken und Kaiserslautern. Conductor: Reinhard Goebel.- Sony.
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Uri Caine
Diabelli Variations after Ludwig van Beethoven (variations 9-13)
Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven. Performer: Uri Caine. Orchestra: Concerto K枚ln.- Winter and Winter.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Trio in D major [arr. from Symphony no.2] (4th mvt)
Ensemble: Beethoven Trio Bonn.- Beethoven: Piano Trio Op. 70 No. 2 & Symphony No. 2.
- CAvi-music.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 36, TH 27 (1st mvt)
Orchestra: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Manfred Honeck.- Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 - Johnathan Leshnoff: Double Concerto for Clarinet &.
- Reference Recordings.
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Record Review
9.00am
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Martin Fr枚st - Vivaldi
Martin Fr枚st (clarinet)
Alexander Scherf (cello)
Concerto K枚ln
Sony 19075929912
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Elgar: Sea Pictures & The Music Makers
Kathryn Rudge (mezzo-soprano)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Vasily Petrenko (conductor)
Onyx ONYX4206
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Bach - Pour La Luth 脪 Cembal
Sean Shibe (guitar)
Delphian DCD34233
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Bohemian Tales: music by Dvo艡谩k, Jan谩膷ek and Suk
Augustin Hadelich (violin)
Charles Owen (piano)
Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Jakub Hru拧a (conductor)
Warner Classics 9029527476
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9.30am 鈥� Building a Library 鈥� Laura Tunbridge on Schumann鈥檚 Dichterliebe song cycle (NOTE: this is a repeat; it was first broadcast on 28th December 2019)
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Composer: Robert Schumann
Reviewer: Laura Tunbridge
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Recommended Recording:
Christian Gerhaher (baritone)
Gerold Huber (piano)
RCA 82876589952 (Download only)
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Other Recommended Recordings:
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Fritz Wunderlich (tenor)
Hubert Giesen (piano)
Deutsche Grammophon 4497472 (Download) and 4796438 (32 CDs)
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Brigitte Fassbaender (mezzo)
Aribert Reimann (piano)
EMI 6829682 (8 CDs)and Warner Classics 2435580125 (download)
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Mark Padmore (tenor)
Kristian Bezuidenhout (fortepiano)
Harmonia Mundi HMU907521
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10.15am 鈥� New Releases
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Shostakovich / Schnittke / Lutos艂awski
Denis Matsuev (piano)
Gabor Tark枚vi (trumpet)
Thomas Lechner (percussion)
Erwin Falk (percussion)
Kammerorchester Wien-Berlin
Rainer Honeck (conductor)
Deutsche Grammophon 4838489
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Leclair: Trio Sonatas Op. 4
Ensemble Diderot
Johannes Pramsohler (director)
Audax ADX13724
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Vasks: Viola Concerto & String Symphony 'Voices'
Sinfonietta R墨ga
Maxim Rysanov (viola/conductor)
BIS BIS2443 (Hybrid SACD)
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10.45am 鈥� New Releases 鈥� Katy Hamilton on new Beethoven releases
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Beethoven: The Complete String Quartets
Quatuor Eb猫ne
Erato 9029533981 (7 CDs)
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Beethoven: Ghost Trio & Triple Concerto
Beethoven Trio Bonn
Avi Music AVI8553108
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Beethoven's World - Clement: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
Mirijam Contzen (violin)
WDR Sinfonieorchester
Reinhard Goebel (conductor)
Sony 19075929632
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Beethoven's World - Reicha, Romberg: Concertos for Two Cellos
Bruno Delepelaire (cello)
Stephan Koncz (cello)
Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbr眉cken und Kaiserslautern
Reinhard Goebel (conductor)
Sony 19075929652
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Uri Caine - Diabelli Variations after Ludwig van Beethoven
Uri Caine (fortepiano)
Concerto Koln
Winter and Winter 9102652
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Beethoven: Piano Trio Op. 70 No. 2 & Symphony No. 2
Beethoven Trio Bonn
Avi Music AVI8553967
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11.15am 鈥� Record of the Week
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Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 & Leshnoff: Double Concerto
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Manfred Honeck (conductor)
Reference Recordings FR-738 (Hybrid SACD)
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