鶹Լ Proms Composer - Verdi with Flora Willson and Tom Service
Flora Willson chooses five indispensable recordings of Proms composer Verdi and explains why you need to hear them, plus the best of recent classical releases.
Tom Service with a selection of the best new classical releases.
9.30
Proms Composer: Verdi
Flora Willson chooses five indispensable recordings of Proms composer Verdi and explains why you need to hear them.
11.15
Proms Recording
Mozart: Requiem (excerpt)
Joanne Lunn (soprano),
Rowan Hellier (alto),
Thomas Hobbs (tenor),
Matthew Brook (bass-baritone),
Dunedin Consort,
John Butt (conductor)
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Music Played
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 'Eroica' (3rd mvt)
Orchestra: Le Concert des Nations. Conductor: Jordi Savall.- Alia Vox.
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Henri Dutilleux
Oboe Sonata (3rd mvt)
Performer: François Leleux. Performer: Emmanuel Strosser.- Warner Classics.
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Ethel Smyth
The Prisoner Understands His Own Immortality (The Prison)
Singer: Sarah Brailey. Singer: Dashon Burton. Ensemble: Experiential Orchestra and Chorus. Conductor: James Blachly.- Chandos.
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Francisco Guerrero
Beatus Achacius
Choir: The Queen’s Six.- Journeys to the New World: Hispanic Sacred Music from the 16th & 17th Centuries.
- Signum Classics.
- 14.
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Aram Khachaturian
Masquerade Suite (5th mvt, Galop)
Orchestra: Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Dmitri Georgievich Kitayenko.- Oehms.
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Giuseppe Verdi
Messa da Requiem, Sequenza (mvts 3-5)
Singer: René Pape. Choir: Chorus of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.- Verdi: Requiem.
- Warner Classics.
- 3-5.
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Giuseppe Verdi
Ernani (Act 1 excerpt)
Singer: Carlo Bergonzi. Singer: Leontyne Price. Orchestra: Orchestra della RCA Italiana. Choir: Coro della RCA Italiana. Conductor: Thomas Schippers.- RCA.
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Giuseppe Verdi
'Ah! Dite alla giovine' (La Traviata, Act I Scene II)
Singer: Rosa Ponselle. Singer: Lawrence Tibbett. Orchestra: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Ettore Panizza.- Pearl.
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Giuseppe Verdi
Don Carlos (Excerpt)
Singer: Scot Weir. Singer: José van Dam. Singer: Eric Halfvarson. Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris – Philharmonie. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.- EMI.
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Giuseppe Verdi
Falstaff (Act III, final scene)
Singer: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf. Singer: Tito Gobbi. Singer: Fedora Barbieri. Singer: Rolando Panerai. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra.- Verdi: Falstaff.
- Warner Classics.
- 24-26.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Kristian Bezuidenhout. Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Pablo Heras‐Casado.- Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4.
- harmonia mundi.
- 4.
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Sir James MacMillan
Vidi Aquam
Ensemble: ORA. Conductor: Suzi Digby.- Spem in alium. Vidi aquam.
- harmonia mundi.
- 15.
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Giovanni Picchi
Canzon decima nona a doi chori from 'Canzoni da sonar'
Ensemble: Concerto Scirocco. Director: Giulia Genini. -
Jean Sibelius
String Quartet in D minor, Op. 56 'Voces Intimae' (3rd mvt)
Ensemble: Vertavo Quartet.- Lawo.
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Robert Schumann
Symphony no..1 in B flat major Op.38 'Spring' (1st mvt)
Orchestra: Gürzenich-Orchester Köln. Conductor: François‐Xavier Roth.- Myrios.
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Outi Tarkiainen
Saxophone Concerto "Saivo" (5th mvt, Fissure)
Orchestra: Lapin kamariorkesteri. Conductor: John Storgårds.- Outi Tarkiainen: The Earth, Spring's Daughter & Saxophone Concerto "Saivo".
- Ondine.
- 15.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Requiem in D minor, K626 (1-8)
Singer: Joanna Lunn. Singer: Rowan Hellier. Singer: Thomas Hobbs. Singer: Matthew Brook. Ensemble: Dunedin Consort. Director: John Butt.- Linn.
Record Review
9.00am
Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1 - 5
Le Concert des Nations
Jordi Savall (conductor)
Alia Vox AVSA9937 (2 Hybrid SACDs)
Bienvenue En France: music by Saint-Saëns, Dutilleux, Debussy, Pécou etc.
François Leleux (oboe/cor anglais)
Emmanuel Strosser (piano)
Warner Classics 9029524957
Smyth: The Prison
Dashon Burton (bass-baritone, The Prisoner)
Sarah Brailey (soprano, His Soul)
Experiential Chorus (Voices)
Experiential Orchestra
James Blachly (conductor)
Chandos CHSA5279 (Hybrid SACD)
Journeys to the New World: Hispanic Sacred Music from the 16th & 17th Centuries
The Queen's Six
Signum SIGCD626
Orchestral Suites by Sergei Prokofiev & Aram Khachaturian
Zagreb Philharmonic
Dmitri Kitayenko (conductor)
Oehms OC471 (2 CDs)
9.30am – Flora Willson with her Top 5 Verdi recordings
Recommended Recordings:
Requiem
Anja Harteros (soprano)
Sonia Ganassi (mezzo-soprano)
Rolando Villazon (tenor)
René Pape (bass)
Coro dell’Accademia di Santa Cecilia
Orchestra dell’Accademia di Santa Cecilia
Antonio Pappano (conductor)
Warner Classics 6989362 (2 CDs)
Ernani
Leontyne Price (soprano, Elvira)
Carlo Bergonzi (tenor, Ernani)
Mario Sereni (baritone, Don Carlo)
Ezio Flagello (bass, Don Ruy)
Fernando Iacopucci (tenor, Don Riccardo)
RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra and Chorus
RCA Italiana Opera Chorus
Thomas Schippers (conductor)
Sony G010003563725B
La Traviata
Rosa Ponselle (soprano, Violetta Valery)
Frederick Jagel (tenor, Alfredo Germont)
Lawrence Tibbett (baritone, Giorgio Germont)
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus
Ettore Panizza (conductor)
Sony G0100030276090
Don Carlos
José Van Dam (bass-baritone, Philippe II)
Roberto Alagna (tenor, Don Carlos)
Thomas Hampson (baritone, Rodrigue)
Eric Halfvarson (bass, Le Grand Inquisiteur)
Csaba Airizer (bass, Un moine)
Karita Mattila (soprano, Élisabeth de Valois)
Waltraud Meier (mezzo-soprano, La princesse Eboli)
Donna Brown (soprano, Une voix d’en haut)
Choeur du Théâtre du Châtelet
Orchestre de Paris
Antonio Pappano (conductor)
Erato 9029581793 (3 CDs)
Falstaff
Tito Gobbi (baritone, Falstaff)
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano, Alice)
Nan Merriman (mezzo-soprano, Meg Page)
Rolando Panerai (bass-baritone, Ford)
Fedora Barbieri (mezzo-soprano, Mrs Quickly)
Anna Moffo (soprano, Nannetta)
Luigi Alva (tenor, Fenton)
Philharmonia Orchestra And Chorus
Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
Warner Classics 3773492
10.15am – New Releases
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 & 2 Overtures
Kristian Bezuidenhout (fortepiano)
Freiburger Barockorchester
Pablo Heras-Casado (conductor)
Harmonia Mundi HMM902413
Spem in alium - Vidi aquam: music by Tallis, MacMillan, Ferrabosco, Byrd etc.
ORA Singers
Suzi Digby (director)
Harmonia Mundi HMM90266970 (CD + DVD)
Picchi: Canzoni da sonar con ogni sorte d'istromenti
Concerto Scirocco
Giulia Genini (director)
Arcana A476
Verdi/Sibelius
Vertavo String Quartet
LAWO LWC1201
Schumann: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4
Gürzenich-Orchester Köln
François-Xavier Roth (conductor)
Myrios MYR028 (Hybrid SACD)
Outi Tarkiainen: The Earth, Spring's Daughter & Saivo
Virpi Räisänen (mezzo-soprano)
Jukka Perko (soprano saxophone)
Lapland Chamber Orchestra
John Storgårds (conductor)
11.20am – Proms Building a Library Recommendation
Mozart: Requiem in D minor, K626
Reviewer: Nicholas Kenyon, February 2016
Recommended recording:
Reconstruction of first performance
Joanne Lunn (soprano)
Rowan Hellier (alto)
Thomas Hobbs (tenor)
Matthew Brook (bass)
The Dunedin Consort
John Butt (conductor)
Linn CKR449
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