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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)

2 hours, 47 minutes

Music Played

  • 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.
  • Henri Dutilleux

    Oboe Sonata (3rd mvt)

    Performer: François Leleux. Performer: Emmanuel Strosser.
    • Warner Classics.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Aram Khachaturian

    Masquerade Suite (5th mvt, Galop)

    Orchestra: Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Dmitri Georgievich Kitayenko.
    • Oehms.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Sir James MacMillan

    Vidi Aquam

    Ensemble: ORA. Conductor: Suzi Digby.
    • Spem in alium. Vidi aquam.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 15.
  • 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.
  • Robert Schumann

    Symphony no..1 in B flat major Op.38 'Spring' (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Gürzenich-Orchester Köln. Conductor: François‐Xavier Roth.
    • Myrios.
  • 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.
  • 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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  • Sat 22 Aug 2020 09:00

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