Bruckner Symphony No 6 in Building a Library with Tom Service and Andrew McGregor
Tom Service chooses his favourite recording of Bruckner's Sixth Symphony, and Yshani Perinpanayagam recommends new 20th and 21st-century orchestral, percussion and piano recordings.
with Andrew McGregor
9.30 Building a Library
Tom Service chooses his favourite recording of Anton Bruckner's Symphony No. 6 in A major.
"Die Sechste ist die keckste" -- "The sixth is the boldest/sauciest" -- is how Bruckner's described the shortest and for a long time the least performed of his mature symphonies (Bruckner only ever heard the two middle movements in a private performance). But this bold and saucy Bruckner is now much less of a repertoire rarity, reflected in a clutch of recent recordings from conductors who perhaps relish the lack of the performing traditions that cling so doggedly to this symphony's successors.
10.45
Yshani Perinpanayagam recommends new 20th and 21st-century orchestral, percussion and piano recordings from Iceland, Lithuania and beyond.
11.20
Record of the Week
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Ludwig van Beethoven
The Creatures Of Prometheus (Finale)
Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Gottfried von der Goltz.- Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 - The Creatures of Prometheus.
- harmonia mundi.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Ich habe genug, BWV 82a (Opening aria)
Singer: Valer Barna-Sabadus. Orchestra: Kammerorchester Basel. Conductor: Julia Schr枚der.- Sony.
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Franz Liszt
Ave Maria (after Schubert)
Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor.- Decca.
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Giuseppe Verdi
Carlos, 脡coute... Don Carlos Act 4 Scene 2
Singer: Ludovic T茅zier. Orchestra: Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna. Conductor: Fr茅d茅ric Chaslin.- Sony.
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Ernest Chausson
Concerto in D major Op. 21 iv. Finale. Tr猫s anim茅
Performer: Daniel Rowland. Performer: Natacha Kudritskaya. Performer: Francesca Sica. Performer: Asia Jim茅nez Ant贸n de Vez. Performer: Jo毛l Waterman. Performer: Maja Bogdanovi膰.- Champs Hill.
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Henry Purcell
Hornpipe (King Arthur)
Singer: Eug茅nie Lefebvre. Ensemble: Les Surprises. Conductor: Louis-No毛l Bestion de Camboulas.- ALPHA.
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John Eccles
I burn, I burn (Don Quixote)
Singer: Eug茅nie Lefebvre. Ensemble: Les Surprises. Conductor: Louis-No毛l Bestion de Camboulas.- Alpha.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92: II. Allegretto
Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Gottfried von der Goltz.- Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 - The Creatures of Prometheus.
- harmonia mundi.
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Sam Eastmond
Brit-Ish
Orchestra: The Spike Orchestra.- NMC.
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Magn煤s Bl枚ndal J贸hannsson
Adagio
Orchestra: Iceland Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Dan铆el Bjarnason.- Sono Luminis.
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Leos Jan谩膷ek
Our Evenings (Na拧e ve膷ery)
Performer: Lars Vogt.- Ondine.
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Edgard Var猫se
Ionisation
Ensemble: Percurama Percussion Ensemble. Conductor: Jean Thorel.- Naxos.
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Leos Jan谩膷ek
A Blown-Away Leaf (L铆stek odvanut媒)
Performer: Lars Vogt.- Ondine.
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沤ibuokl臈 Martinaityt臈
Chiaroscuro III. Darkness of Light (from Chiaroscuro Trilogy)
Performer: Gabrielius Alekna. Orchestra: Lietuvos kamerinis orkestras. Conductor: Giedr臈 艩lekyt臈.- Ondine.
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Robert Schumann
Canonic Studies Op. 56
Composer: Theodor Kirchner. Ensemble: Trio Kar茅nine.- La Nuit transfigur茅e.
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Record Review
9.00am
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Beethoven: The Creatures of Prometheus; Symphony No 7
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra
Gottfried von der Goltz (conductor)
Harmonia Mundi HMM90244647
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Bach and Telemann: Arias
Valer Barna-Sabadus (counter-tenor)
Julia Schr枚der (violin)
Basel Chamber Orchestra
Sony 19439803302
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Liszt: Piano Sonata in B Minor, Berceuse, Ann茅es de p猫lerinage II, Petrarca,听 Sonnets Nos. 47, 104 & 123, R茅miniscences de Norma, Ave Maria
Benjamin Grosvenor (piano)
Decca 4851450
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Verdi: Arias
Ludovic T茅zier (baritone)
Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna
Fr茅d茅ric Chaslin (conductor)
Sony 19439753632
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9.30am 鈥� Building a Library 鈥� Tom Service on Bruckner鈥檚 Symphony No 6
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Recommended Recording:
Staatskapelle Dresden
Eugen Jochum (conductor)
Warner 9029526184
Also recommended:
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Munich Philharmonic
Sergiu Celibidache (conductor)
Warner Classics 9029520143
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Berlin Philharmonic
Wilhelm Furtwangler
Berliner Philharmoniker BPHR180181
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10.15am 鈥� New Releases
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A French Connection (Chausson, Debussy, Franck)Daniel Rowland (violin)
Natacha Kudritskaya (piano)
Champs Hill Records CHRCD157
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Purcell: Tyrannic LoveEug茅nie Lefebvre (soprano)
Etienne Bazola (baritone)
Ensemble Les Surprises
Louis-No毛l Bestion de Camboulas
Alpha A663
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10.40am 鈥� Yshani Perinpanayagam recommends new recordings of 20th- and 21st-century music
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Sam Eastmond: Brit-IshSpike Orchestra
NMC DL201913
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Occurrence (Icelandic orchestral music)
Pekka Kuusisto (violin)
Mario Caroli (violin)
Iceland Symphony Orchestra
Dan铆el Bjarnason (conductor)
Sono Luminus DSL-92243 CD + Bluray Audio
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Janacek: On An Overgrown Path, In the Mists, Sonata 1. X. 1905 (From the Street)
Lars Vogt (piano)
Ondine ODE1382-2
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American Percussion Music 鈥� Cage, Ginastera, Harrison, Varese
Percurama Percussion Ensemble
Jean Thorel (conductor)
Naxos 8.574244
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沤ibuokl臈 Martinaityt臈: Saudade
Gabrielius Alekna (piano)
Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra
Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra
Giedr臈 艩lekyt臈 (conductor)
Ondine ODE1386-2
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11.20am 鈥� Record of the Week
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La Nuit Transfigur臈e (Liszt, Schoenberg, Schumann)
Trio Kar臈nine
Mirare MIR554
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