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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

2 hours, 47 minutes

Music Played

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Chopin Preludes & Ligeti Musica Ricercata

    Performer: Alice Sara Ott.
    • Echoes of Life.
    • DG.
    • 4.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Francis Poulenc

    Le Bal Masque: Intermede, Malvina & Bagatelle

    Singer: José van Dam. Conductor: Kent Nagano. Orchestra: Orchestre de l’Opéra de Lyon.
    • Erato.
  • Francis Poulenc

    Figure Humaine: VIII. Liberte

    Ensemble: Ensemble Vocal Aedes. Conductor: Mathieu Romano.
    • Fauré: Requiem - Poulenc: Figure Humaine - Debussy: 3 Chansons.
    • Aparte.
  • 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.
    • 7.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Tapiola Op.112

    Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Sibelius: Lunnotar, Op. 70 & Other Orchestral Works.
    • Chandos.
    • 2.
  • George Gershwin

    3 Preludes

    Performer: Isata Kanneh‐Mason.
    • Summertime.
    • Decca.
    • 9.
  • Anonymous

    Exulta Syon - En ai je bien trouve

    Ensemble: Huelgas Ensemble. Conductor: Paul Van Nevel.
    • En Albion: Medieval Polyphony in England.
    • Deutsche Harmoni Mundi.
    • 6.
  • Franz Liszt

    Liebestraum, S541 No. 3 (Nocturne in A flat major)

    Performer: Olivier Latry.
    • Franz Liszt: Inspirations.
    • La Dolce Volta.
    • 5.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No. 31 in D, K297 'Paris'

    Orchestra: Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Roger Norrington.
    • Mozart: Essential Symphonies.
    • SWR Music.
    • 8.
  • 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.
  • 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.
    • 2.

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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  • Sat 31 Jul 2021 09:00

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