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鶹Լ Proms Composer - Felix Mendelssohn with Katy Hamilton and Andrew McGregor

Katy Hamilton chooses five indispensable recordings of 鶹Լ Proms Composer Felix Mendelssohn and explains why 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: Felix Mendelssohn
Katy Hamilton chooses five indispensable recordings of 鶹Լ Proms Composer Mendelssohn and explains why you need to hear them.

11.25
Record of the Week
Britten: Sinfonia da Requiem
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla (conductor)

2 hours, 47 minutes

Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto for 3 violins, strings & continuo in D major, BWV 1064: I. Allegro

    Performer: Thüringer Bach Collegium.
    • Virtuosi: Music from JS Bach; Johann Ernst IV. von Sachsen-Weimar; Johann Gottfr.
    • Audite.
    • 1.
  • Alexander Gretchaninov

    Let Us Hasten with Fervour (Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom No 2, Op 29)

    Conductor: Vladimir Gorbik. Choir: PaTRAM Institute Male Choir.
    • More Honourable Than the Cherubim.
    • Chandos.
    • 3.
  • Jurgis Karnavicius

    String Quartet No. 3, Op. 10: I. Andante

    Ensemble: Valstybinis Vilniaus kvartetas.
    • Jurgis Karnavičius: String Quartets Nos. 3 & 4.
    • Ondine.
    • 1.
  • Nikolai Girshevich Kapustin

    Concerto for Violin & Piano, Op. 105: III. Allegretto

    Performer: Frank Dupree. Performer: Rosanne Philippens. Orchestra: Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn. Conductor: Case Scaglione.
    • Kapustin: Orchestral Works.
    • CapriccioNR.
    • 4.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Octet in E flat major, Op. 20: I. Allegro moderato ma con fuoco

    Performer: James Ehnes. Ensemble: Seattle Chamber Music Octet. Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • James Ehnes plays Mendelssohn.
    • Onyx.
    • 4.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Elijah, Op. 70: Elias, Op. 70, MWV A25, Pt. 2: Hebe deine Augen auf & Siehe, der Hüter Israels

    Performer: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin. Singer: Thomas Oliemans. Choir: RIAS Chamber Choir. Singer: Maximilian Schmitt. Singer: Marlis Petersen. Singer: Lioba Braun. Conductor: Hans-Christoph Rademann.
    • Mendelssohn: Elijah, Op. 70.
    • Accentus Music.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 56 'Scottish' - I. Andante & II. Vivace non troppo

    Ensemble: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin.
    • Mendelssohn: Symphonies Nos. 1-5.
    • DG.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Six Songs for Voice and Piano, Op. 99, No. 2 & Op. 9 No. 8

    • Mendelssohn: Complete Songs Vol. 2.
    • Champs Hill Records.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Piano Trio No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 49, MWV Q 29: II. Andante con moto tranquillo

    Performer: Lev Oborin. Performer: David Oistrakh. Performer: Святослав Кнушевицкий.
    • David Oistrakh Collection Volume 9.
    • Doremi.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Wellingtons Sieg, Op. 91: Die Schlacht & Sieges-Symphonie

    Conductor: Marcus Bosch. Orchestra: Cappella Aquileia.
    • Beethoven: Orchestral Works.
    • CPO.
    • 21.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    From the Bohemian Forest, Op. 68, B. 133: II. By the Black Lake

    Performer: Christophe Sirodeau. Performer: Anna Zassimova.
    • Dvorak: Legends & From the Bohemian Forest.
    • Melism.
    • 4.
  • Josquin des Prez

    Scaramella va alla guerra (villotta)

    Ensemble: Early Music Consort of London. Director: David Munrow.
    • Josquin & the Franco-Flemish School.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.
  • Alexander Glazunov

    Glazunov, Sinding, Arensky & Grieg

    Conductor: François‐Xavier Roth. Orchestra: Les Siècles.
    • Stravinsky: Ballets Russes.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 25.
  • Charles Ives

    String Quartet No. 1 "From the Salvation Army": II. Prelude. Allegro

    Ensemble: Escher String Quartet.
    • Barber & Ives: String Quartets.
    • BIS.
    • 6.
  • Marcel Lattès

    Le Diable a Paris: Act II. Couplets Blues

    Performer: David Plantier. Performer: Les Plaisirs du Parnasse.
    • Marcel Lattes: Le Diable A Paris.
    • B Records.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Goldberg Variations, BWV988: No 27-30

    Performer: Samuele Telari.
    • JS Bach: Goldberg Variations.
    • Delphian.
    • 12.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 20

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Mirga Gražinytė‐Tyla.
    • The British Project - Britten: Sinfonia da Requiem.
    • DG.
    • 2.

Record Review

9.00am

Virtuosi: Music from JS Bach; Johann Ernst IV. von Sachsen-Weimar; Johann Gottfried Walther

Thüringer Bach Collegium

Audite AUDITE97790

More Honourable Than the Cherubim

Mikhail Davydov (bass-baritone)

PaTRAM Institute Male Choir

Vladimir Gorbik (conductor)

Chandos CHSA5287 (Hybrid SACD)

Karnavicius: String Quartets Nos. 3 & 4

Vilnius String Quartet

Ondine ODE 1387-2

Kapustin: Piano Concerto No. 4, Concerto for Violin & Piano & Chamber Symphony

Frank Dupree (piano)

Rosanne Philippens (violin)

Wurttembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn

Case Scaglione (conductor)

Capriccio C5437

9.30am – Proms Composer: Katy Hamilton on Felix Mendelssohn

James Ehnes plays Mendelssohn

James Ehnes (violin)

Philharmonia Orchestra

Seattle Chamber Music Octet

Vladimir Ashkenazy (conductor)

Onyx ONYX4060

Mendelssohn: Elijah, Op. 70

Marlis Petersen (soprano)

Lioba Braun (mezzo ‐ soprano)

Maximilian Schmitt (tenor)

Thomas Oliemans (baritone)

RIAS Kammerchor & Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin,

Hans‐Christoph Rademann (conductor)

Accentus Music ACC30356

Mendelssohn: Symphonies Nos. 1-5

Chamber Orchestra of Europe

RIAS Kammerchor

Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor)

DG 4797337 (3 CDs)

Mendelssohn: Complete Songs Vol. 2

Malcolm Martineau (piano)

Mary Bevan & Sophie Bevan (soprano)

Paula Murrihy & Kitty Whately (mezzo soprano)

Robin Tritschler (tenor)

Jonathan McGovern & Benjamin Appl (baritone)

Champs Hill Records CHRCD091

David Oistrakh Collection Volume 9 – Music by Mendelssohn

David Oistrakh (violin)

Sviatoslav Knushevitsky (cello)

Vladimir Yampolsky (piano)

Pyotr Bondarenko (violin)

Mikhail Terian (viola)

Doremi DHR7790

10.15am – New Releases

Beethoven: Overtures & Wellington's Victory

Raffaela Lintl (soprano)

Frederic Böhle (bass)

Cappella Aquileia

Markus Bosch (conductor)

CPO 555302-2 (Hybrid SACD)

Dvořák: Legends & From the Bohemian Forest (Versions for Piano Four-Hands)

Christophe Sirodeau & Anna Zassimova (pianos)

Melism 590468

Josquin & the Franco-Flemish School – Music by Binchois, Dufay, Isaac, de Lassus etc.

Ensemble Gilles Binchois

Hilliard Ensemble

Early Music Consort of London

The King's Singers

Andrew Parrott (director)

David Munrow (director)

Anthony Rooley (director)

Capella Antiqua München

Chorale Philippe Caillard

Taverner Choir, Consort & Players

Warner Classics 9029673084 (34 CDs)

Stravinsky: Ballets Russes – Music By Arensky, Glazunov, Grieg, etc.

Michaël Rolland

Marion Ralincourt

Les Siècles

François-Xavier Roth (conductor)

Harmonia Mundi HMX2905342.43 (2 CDs)

Barber/Ives: String Quartets

Escher String Quartet

BIS BIS2360 (Hybrid SACD)

Marcel Lattes: Le Diable A Paris

David Plantier (violin)

Les Plaisirs Du Parnasse

B Records LBM033 (2 CDs)

JS Bach: Goldberg Variations

Samuele Telari (accordion)

Delphian DCD34257

11.20am – Record of the Week

The British Project – Elgar, Britten, Vaughan Williams and Walton

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla (conductor)

DG 4861547 (2 CDs)

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  • Sat 7 Aug 2021 09:00

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