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)
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Music Played
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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.
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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.
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Jurgis Karnavicius
String Quartet No. 3, Op. 10: I. Andante
Ensemble: Valstybinis Vilniaus kvartetas.- Jurgis Karnavičius: String Quartets Nos. 3 & 4.
- Ondine.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Felix Mendelssohn
Six Songs for Voice and Piano, Op. 99, No. 2 & Op. 9 No. 8
- Mendelssohn: Complete Songs Vol. 2.
- Champs Hill Records.
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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.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Wellingtons Sieg, Op. 91: Die Schlacht & Sieges-Symphonie
Conductor: Marcus Bosch. Orchestra: Cappella Aquileia.- Beethoven: Orchestral Works.
- CPO.
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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.
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Josquin des Prez
Scaramella va alla guerra (villotta)
Ensemble: Early Music Consort of London. Director: David Munrow.- Josquin & the Franco-Flemish School.
- Warner Classics.
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Alexander Glazunov
Glazunov, Sinding, Arensky & Grieg
Conductor: François‐Xavier Roth. Orchestra: Les Siècles.- Stravinsky: Ballets Russes.
- Harmonia Mundi.
- 25.
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Charles Ives
String Quartet No. 1 "From the Salvation Army": II. Prelude. Allegro
Ensemble: Escher String Quartet.- Barber & Ives: String Quartets.
- BIS.
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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.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Goldberg Variations, BWV988: No 27-30
Performer: Samuele Telari.- JS Bach: Goldberg Variations.
- Delphian.
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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.
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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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