鶹Լ Proms Composer - Poulenc with Jeremy Sams and Andrew McGregor
Jeremy Sams chooses five indispensable recordings of Proms Composer Poulenc and explains w.hy you need to hear them. Plus the best of recent classical releases
Andrew McGregor with a selection of the best new classical releases.
9.30
Proms Composer: Poulenc
Jeremy Sams chooses five indispensable recordings of Proms Composer Poulenc and explains why you need to hear them.
11.25
Record of the Week
Bruckner
Adagio from Symphony No 6 in A Major
鶹Լ Philharmonic
Juanjo Mena
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Music Played
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Camille Saint‐Saëns
Carnival of the Animals: Aquarium
Narrator: Alex Vizorek. Director: Lucie Leguay. Orchestra: Orchestre national de Lille. Ensemble: Duo Játékok.- Saint-Saëns: Le carnaval des animaux - Poulenc: Double Concerto.
- Alpha.
- 16.
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Angelo Notari
Ancor che col partire
Performer: Julia Fritz. Performer: Johannes Hämmerle. Singer: Magdalene Harer.- Notari & Fontana: Early baroque music from the Basilica Palatina Mantova.
- Audite.
- 9.
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Frédéric Chopin
Chopin Preludes & Ligeti Musica Ricercata
Performer: Alice Sara Ott.- Echoes of Life.
- DG.
- 4.
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John Luther Adams
Arctic Dreams: No. 2, Pointed Mountains Scattered All Around
Performer: Robert Black. Performer: Robin Lorentz. Performer: Ron Lawrence. Performer: Michael Finckel. Ensemble: Synergy Vocals.- John Luther Adams: Arctic Dreams.
- Cold Blue Music.
- 2.
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Jean-Baptiste Senaillé
Sonata in G minor, Op. 1 No. 6: I. Preludio. Largo
Performer: William Christie. Performer: Théotime Langlois de Swarte.- Generations: Senaille & Leclair: Sonates pour violon et clavecin.
- Harmonia Mundi.
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Francis Poulenc
Concerto in D minor for Two Pianos & Orchestra
Performer: Sylviane Deferne. Performer: Pascal Rogé. Conductor: Charles Dutoit. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra.- Poulenc: Concerto in D minor for Two Pianos & Orchestra, etc..
- Decca.
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Francis Poulenc
Le Bal Masque: Intermede, Malvina & Bagatelle
Singer: José van Dam. Conductor: Kent Nagano. Orchestra: Orchestre de l’Opéra de Lyon.- Erato.
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Francis Poulenc
Figure Humaine: VIII. Liberte
Ensemble: Ensemble Vocal Aedes. Conductor: Mathieu Romano.- Fauré: Requiem - Poulenc: Figure Humaine - Debussy: 3 Chansons.
- Aparte.
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Francis Poulenc
Carmelites: Mes cheres filles & Qu'allez-vous devenir?
Orchestra: National Theater Opera Orchestra of Paris. Conductor: Pierre Dervaux. Choir: Choeur de l'Opera National de Paris.- Poulenc: Dialogues des Carmelites.
- Warner Classics.
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Jean Sibelius
Tapiola Op.112
Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.- Sibelius: Lunnotar, Op. 70 & Other Orchestral Works.
- Chandos.
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George Gershwin
3 Preludes
Performer: Isata Kanneh‐Mason.- Summertime.
- Decca.
- 9.
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Anonymous
Exulta Syon - En ai je bien trouve
Ensemble: Huelgas Ensemble. Conductor: Paul Van Nevel.- En Albion: Medieval Polyphony in England.
- Deutsche Harmoni Mundi.
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Franz Liszt
Liebestraum, S541 No. 3 (Nocturne in A flat major)
Performer: Olivier Latry.- Franz Liszt: Inspirations.
- La Dolce Volta.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 31 in D, K297 'Paris'
Orchestra: Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Roger Norrington.- Mozart: Essential Symphonies.
- SWR Music.
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Antonio Vivaldi
In furore iustissimae irae, RV626: III. Aria. Tunc meus fletus & IV. Alleluia
Director: Marie van Rhijn. Singer: Samuel Mariño. Orchestra: Orchestre de l'Opera Royal.- Pergolesi & Vivaldi: Stabat Mater pour deux castrats.
- Château de Versailles Spectacles.
- 15.
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Anton Bruckner
Symphony No. 6 in A Major, WAB 106: II. Adagio. Sehr feierlich
Conductor: Juanjo Mena. Orchestra: 鶹Լ Philharmonic.- Bruckner: Symphony No. 6 in A Major, WAB 106.
- Chandos.
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Record Review
9.00am
Saint-Saëns: Le carnaval des animaux - Poulenc: Double Concerto
Alex Vizorek (narrator)
Duo Jatekok
Orchestre National de Lille
Lucie Leguay (conductor)
Alpha ALPHA749
Notari & Fontana: Early baroque music from the Basilica Palatina Mantova
Julia Fritz (recorders)
Magdalene Harer (soprano)
Reinhild Waldek (harp)
Johannes Hämmerle (organ)
Audite AUDITE97797
Echoes of Life – Music by Chopin, Tristano, Ligeti, etc
Alice Sara Ott (piano)
DG 4860474
John Luther Adams: Arctic Dreams
Robin Lorentz (violin)
Ron Lawrence (viola)
Michael Finckel (cello)
Robert Black (double bass)
Synergy Vocals
CB0060 Cold Blue Music
Générations: Senaillé & Leclair: Sonates pour violon et clavecin
Théotime Langlois de Swarte (violin)
William Christie (harpsichord)
Harmonia Mundi HAF8905292
9.30am – Proms Composer: Jeremy Sans on Poulenc
Poulenc: Concerto in D minor for Two Pianos & Orchestra, etc.
Pascal Rogé (piano)
Peter Hurford (organ)
Sylviane Deferne (piano)
The Philharmonia Orchestra
Charles Dutoit (conductor)
Decca 4365462
Songs with Orchestra – Music by Poulenc, Ravel, Ibert & Martin
José Van Dam (baritone)
Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
Kent Nagano (conductor)
Erato 3633102
Poulenc: Figure Humaine - Debussy: 3 Chansons - Fauré: Requiem
Ensemble Aedes
Les Siècles
Mathieu Romano (conductor)
Aparté AP201
Poulenc: Dialogues des Carmélites
Denise Duval (Blanche de la Force / soprano)
Regine Crespin (Madame Lidoine / soprano)
Denise Scharley (Madame de Croissy / contralto)
Rita Gorr (Mere Marie / mezzo-soprano)
Liliane Berton (Soeur Constance / soprano)
Xavier Depraz (Le Marquis de la Force / bass)
Paul Finel (Le Chevalier de la Force / tenor)
Louis Rialland (Monsieur Javelinot / tenor)
Choeurs et Orchestre du Théâtre National de l’Opéra de Paris
Pierre Dervaux (conductor)
Warner Classics 5627512
Poulenc: Voyage à Paris
Felicity Lott (soprano)
Graham Johnson (piano)
The Songmakers' Almanac
Helios CDH55366
Poulenc - Le Bestiaire, Britten - Sonnets
Pierre Barnac (baritone)
Francis Poulenc (piano)
Peter Pears (tenor)
Benjamin Britten (piano)
EMI 7546052
10.15am – New Releases
Sibelius: Luonnotar; Tapiola & Spring Song
Lise Davidsen (soprano)
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Edward Gardner (conductor)
Chandos CHSA 5217 (Hybrid SACD)
Summertime – Music by Barber, Beach, Coleridge-Taylor, Copland, Gershwin & Wild
Isata Kanneh-Mason (piano)
Decca 4851663
En Albion: Medieval Polyphony in England
Huelgas-Ensemble
Paul Van Nevel (director)
Deutsche HM G010003746631P
Franz Liszt: Inspirations
Olivier Latry (organ)
La Dolce Volta LDV95
Mozart: Essential Symphonies
Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR
Sir Roger Norrington (conductor)
SWR Music SWR19526CD (6 CDs)
Pergolesi & Vivaldi: Stabat Mater pour deux castrats
Samuel Mariño (soprano)
Filippo Mineccia (counter-tenor)
Orchestre de l'Opéra Royal
Marie Van Rhijn (director)
Château de Versailles Spectacles CVS033
11.20am – Record of the Week
Bruckner: Symphony No. 6 in A Major
鶹Լ Philharmonic
Juanjo Mena (conductor)
Chandos CHAN20221
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