鶹Լ Proms Composer Vivaldi with Hannah French and Andrew McGregor
Hannah French selects five must-hear recordings of 鶹Լ Proms Composer Vivladi, plus the usual round-up of the best latest classical releases.
Andrew McGregor with a selection of the best new classical releases.
9.30
Proms Composer: Vivaldi
Hannah French selects five must hear recordings of 鶹Լ Proms Composer Vivladi, plus the usual round-up of the best latest classical releases.
11.25
Record of the Week
Verdi: Requiem (extract)
Verdi: Requiem
Julia Varady (soprano)
Alexandrina Milcheva (mezzo-soprano)
Alberto Cupido (tenor)
Nicola Ghiuselev (bass)
ORF Chor
ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra
Leif Segerstam (conductor)
Last on
Music Played
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Astor Piazzolla
Histoire du Tango (Version for Violin & Guitar): I. Bordel 1900
Performer: Karen Gomyo. Performer: Stephanie Jones.- A Piazzolla Trilogy.
- BIS.
- 8.
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Frédéric Chopin
Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21: II. Larghetto
Performer: Seong-Jin Cho. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda.- Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2; Scherzi.
- DG.
- 6.
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Jean‐Baptiste Lully
Lully: Alceste, LWV 50
Singer: Véronique Gens. Ensemble: Ensemble Les Surprises. Ensemble: Centre of Baroque Music Versailles. Director: Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas.- Lully, Charpentier & Desmarets: Passion.
- Alpha.
- 18.
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Ferruccio Busoni
Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C Major (Bach BWV 564): I. Tocatta
Performer: Peter Donohoe.- Busoni: Toccata, BV 287, Elegien, BV 252, Sonatina No. 6, BV 284 & Toccata, Adag.
- Chandos.
- 12.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto in C major for mandolin / lute, RV425: I. Allegro
Performer: Duilio Galfetti. Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico. Director: Giovanni Antonini.- Il Giardino Armonico.
- Warner Classics.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Chamber Concerto in G Minor, RV107: III. Allegro
Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico. Director: Giovanni Antonini.- Il Giardino Armonico.
- Warner Classics.
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Antonio Vivaldi
The Four Seasons: Winter, RV297: I. Allegro non molto
Performer: Rachel Podger. Ensemble: Brecon Baroque.- Vivaldi: Le Quattro Stagioni.
- Channel Classics.
- 10.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Dixit Dominus, RV594: De torrente in via & Gloria Patri
Singer: Roberta Invernizzi. Ensemble: Concerto Italiano. Director: Rinaldo Alessandrini.- Vivaldi: Vespri solenni per la festa dell’Assunzione di Maria Vergine.
- Naive.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for violin, strings & continuo in B flat, RV365
Ensemble: La Serenissima. Director: Adrian Chandler.- Vivaldi: The French Connection 2.
- Avie.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Sol da te, mio dolce amore (from Orlando Furioso)
Ensemble: Ensemble Matheus. Director: Jean‐Christophe Spinosi. Singer: Philippe Jaroussky. Singer: Jennifer Larmore. Singer: Marie‐Nicole Lemieux. Singer: Lorenzo Regazzo.- Vivaldi: Orlando Furioso, RV728.
- Naive.
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Anton Bruckner
Symphony No. 3 in D Minor, WAB 103 "Wagner" (1873 version): III. Scherzo
Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard.- Bruckner: Symphony No. 3 in D Minor, WAB 103 "Wagner" (1873 Version).
- BIS.
- 3.
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Anon.
O vera, O pia
Ensemble: Ensemble Céladon. Director: Paulin Bündgen.- Hieros.
- Fuga Libera.
- 2.
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Béla Bartók
Divertimento, Sz. 113: I. Allegro non troppo
Orchestra: c/o chamber orchestra.- Divertissement!.
- BIS.
- 10.
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Camille Saint‐Saëns
La princesse jaune: Duo. Ce doux mot qu'ignorant de moi-meme
Singer: Mathias Vidal. Singer: Judith van Wanroij. Orchestra: Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse. Conductor: Leo Hussain.- Saint-Saëns: La princesse jaune.
- Bru Zane.
- 15.
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Šimon Brixi
Gloria from Missa ex D
Singer: Hana Blažíková. Singer: Jaromir Nosek. Ensemble: Hipocondria Ensemble. Director: Jan Hadek.- Simon Brixi: Magnificat.
- Supraphon.
- 2.
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Igor Stravinsky
The Soldier's Tale - Part II, Scene 3
Performer: Isabelle Faust. Performer: Alexander Melnikov. Narrator: Dominique Horwitz.- Stravinsky: The Soldier's Tale (English Version).
- Harmonia Mundi.
- 25.
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Giuseppe Verdi
Messa da requiem
Choir: Vienna Radio Symphony Chorus. Orchestra: Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Leif Segerstam. Singer: Alexandrina Milcheva.- Verdi: Messa da requiem.
- Orfeo.
- 4.
Record Review
9.00am
A Piazzolla Trilogy
Karen Gomyo (violin)
Stephanie Jones (guitar)
Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire
BIS BIS2385 (hybrid SACD)
Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2; Scherzi
Seong-Jin Cho (piano)
London Symphony Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)
DG 4860435
Lully, Charpentier & Desmarets: Passion
Véronique Gens (soprano)
Ensemble Les Surprises
Les Chantres du Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles
Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas
Alpha ALPHA747
Busoni: Toccata, BV 287, Elegien, BV 252, Sonatina No. 6, BV 284 & Toccata, Adagio & Fugue in C Major, BV B 29 No. 1
Peter Donohoe (piano)
Chandos CHAN20237
9.30am – Proms Composer: Vivaldi with Hannah French
Il Giardino Armonico – Music by Vivaldi, Bach, Handel, Scarlatti, etc.
Il Giardino Armonico
Giovanni Antonini (director)
Warner Classics 2564632642 (11 CDs)
Vivaldi: Le Quattro Stagioni
Rachel Podger (violin)
Brecon Baroque
Channel Classics CCSSA40318 (SACD)
Vivaldi: Vespri solenni per la festa dell’Assunzione di Maria Vergine
Gemma Bertagnolli, Roberta Invernizzi & Anna Simboli (sopranos)
Sara Mingardo (contralto)
Gianluca Ferrarini (tenor)
Matteo Bellotto (baritone)
Antonio De Secondi (violin)
Concerto Italiano ensemble vocale e strumentale
Rinaldo Alessandrini (director)
Naïve OP30383
Vivaldi: The French Connection 2
Adrian Chandler (director/violin)
Katy Bircher (flute)
Gail Hennessy (oboe)
Peter Whelen (bassoon)
La Serenissima
Avie AV2218
Vivaldi: Orlando Furioso, RV728
Veronica Cangemi (soprano)
Ann Hallenberg, Jennifer Larmore & Blandine Staskiewicz (mezzo-sopranos)
Marie-Nicole Lemieux (contralto)
Philippe Jaroussky (counter-tenor)
Lorenzo Regazzo (bass-baritone)
Choeur Les Eléments & Ensemble Matheus
Jean-Christophe Spinosi (director)
Naïve OP30393
10.15am – New Releases
Bruckner: Symphony No. 3 (original 1873 version)
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Thomas Dausgaard (conductor)
BIS BIS2464 (hybrid SACD)
Hieros – Music by Goude, etc.
Ensemble Céladon
Paulin Bündgen (conductor)
Fuga Libera FUG767
Divertissement - Works by Bartok, Bernard, Ibert & Ippolito
C/O Chamber Orchestra
BIS BIS2499 (hybrid SACD)
Saint-Saëns: La princesse jaune
Mathias Vidal (tenor)
Judith van Wanroij (soprano)
Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse
Leo Hussain (conductor)
Bru Zane BZ1045 (CD + Book)
Šimon Brixi: Magnificat
Hana Blažiková (soprano)
Jaromir Nosek (bass)
Hipocondria Ensemble
Jan Hádek (director)
Supraphon SU42932
Stravinsky: The Soldier's Tale (English Version)
Isabelle Faust (violin)
Alexander Melnikov (piano)
Lorenzo Coppola (clarinet)
Javier Zafra (bassoon)
Reinhold Friedrich (cornet)
Jorgen van Rijen (trombone)
De Boeve (double bass)
Raymond Curfs (percussion)
Dominique Horwitz (narrator)
Harmonia Mundi HMM992671
11.20am – Record of the Week
Verdi: Requiem
Julia Varady (soprano)
Alexandrina Milcheva (mezzo-soprano)
Alberto Cupido (tenor)
Nicola Ghiuselev (bass)
ORF Chor
ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra
Leif Segerstam
Orfeo C210232 (2 CDs)
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