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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)

2 hours, 47 minutes

Music Played

  • Astor Piazzolla

    Histoire du Tango (Version for Violin & Guitar): I. Bordel 1900

    Performer: Karen Gomyo. Performer: Stephanie Jones.
    • A Piazzolla Trilogy.
    • BIS.
    • 8.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Chamber Concerto in G Minor, RV107: III. Allegro

    Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico. Director: Giovanni Antonini.
    • Il Giardino Armonico.
    • Warner Classics.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    The Four Seasons: Winter, RV297: I. Allegro non molto

    Performer: Rachel Podger. Ensemble: Brecon Baroque.
    • Vivaldi: Le Quattro Stagioni.
    • Channel Classics.
    • 10.
  • 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.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto for violin, strings & continuo in B flat, RV365

    Ensemble: La Serenissima. Director: Adrian Chandler.
    • Vivaldi: The French Connection 2.
    • Avie.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Anon.

    O vera, O pia

    Ensemble: Ensemble Céladon. Director: Paulin Bündgen.
    • Hieros.
    • Fuga Libera.
    • 2.
  • Béla Bartók

    Divertimento, Sz. 113: I. Allegro non troppo

    Orchestra: c/o chamber orchestra.
    • Divertissement!.
    • BIS.
    • 10.
  • 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.
  • Šimon Brixi

    Gloria from Missa ex D

    Singer: Hana Blažíková. Singer: Jaromir Nosek. Ensemble: Hipocondria Ensemble. Director: Jan Hadek.
    • Simon Brixi: Magnificat.
    • Supraphon.
    • 2.
  • 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.
  • 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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