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鶹Լ Proms Composer - Antonín Dvořák with Nigel Simeone and Andrew McGregor

Nigel Simeone chooses five indispensable recordings of 鶹Լ Proms Composer Antonín Dvořák 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: Antonín Dvořák
Nigel Simeone chooses five indispensable recordings of 鶹Լ Proms Composer Antonín Dvořák and explains why you need to hear them.

11.25
Record of the Week
Strauss: Don Quixote
Tabea Zimmermann (viola)
Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello)
Gürzenich-Orchester Köln
François-Xavier Roth (conductor)

2 hours, 45 minutes

Music Played

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No. 18 in G Major, Hob. I:18: II. Allegro molto

    Orchestra: Heidelberger Sinfoniker. Conductor: Johannes Klumpp.
    • Haydn: Complete Symphonies, Vol. 25.
    • haenssler CLASSIC.
    • 2.
  • Édouard Lalo

    Cello Concerto in D Minor: II. Intermezzo. Andantino con moto - Allegro presto

    Orchestra: German Symphony Orchestra Berlin. Conductor: Alexandre Bloch.
    • Four Visions of France.
    • Orfeo.
    • 402.
  • Peteris Vasks

    Music for a Summer Evening

    • Northscapes.
    • Sono Luminus.
    • 8.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Eine kleine Nachtmusik, K. 525: V. Rondo. Allegro

    Orchestra: Berliner Barock Solisten. Conductor: Reinhard Goebel.
    • Mozart: Serenades.
    • haenssler CLASSIC.
    • 11.
  • Cheryl Frances-Hoad

    Taking Your Leave

    Performer: Anna Lapwood.
    • Images.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 14.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Piano Quintet in A major, Op. 81: III. Scherzo -Furiant - Molto vivace

    Performer: Boris Giltburg. Ensemble: Pavel Haas Quartet.
    • Dvorak: Quintets Op. 81 & 97.
    • Supraphon.
    • 3.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Symphonic Variations, Op. 78

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: István Kertész.
    • Dvorák: Complete Symphonies.
    • Decca.
    • 1.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Te Deum, Op.103, B.176

    Conductor: Jakub Hrůša. Singer: Kateřina Kněžíková. Singer: Svatopluk Sem. Choir: Prague Philharmonic Choir. Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic.
    • Dvorak: Requiem, Biblical Songs & Te Deum.
    • 17.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Rusalka, Op. 114

    Singer: Franz Hawlata. Singer: Renée Fleming. Choir: Kühnův smíšený sbor. Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Dvorak: Rusalka, Op. 114.
    • Decca.
    • 8.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 'From the New World'

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Rafael Kubelík.
    • Mozart: Symphony No. 38 & Dvorak: Symphony No. 9.
    • Denon.
  • Johann Rosenmüller

    Magnificat anima mea Dominum

    Ensemble: Ensemble 1684. Director: Gregor Meyer.
    • Johann Rosenmüller: Magnificat and Sacred Concertos.
    • CPO.
    • 1.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Fantasia in D minor, K397 & Rondo in D major, K485

    Performer: Víkingur Ólafsson.
    • Mozart & Contemporaries.
    • DG.
    • 7.
  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Symphony in F Major, R. 163 "Urbs Roma": II. Molto vivace

    Orchestra: Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège. Conductor: Jean‐Jacques Kantorow.
    • Գ-ëԲ: Symphonies, Vol. 2.
    • BIS.
    • 2.
  • Arnold Bax

    Oboe Quintet (1922): III. Allegro giocoso

    Performer: Nicholas Daniel. Ensemble: Doric String Quartet.
    • British Oboe Quintets.
    • Chandos.
    • 3.
  • Alban Berg

    Sieben fruhe Lieder (Seven Early Songs)

    Performer: Anna Tilbrook. Singer: Lucy Crowe.
    • Longing. Lieder by Strauss, Berg, Schoenberg.
    • Linn.
  • Arvo Pärt

    Passio (ending)

    Conductor: Nils Schweckendiek. Choir: Helsingin kamarikuoro.
    • Arvo Pärt: Passio.
    • BIS.
    • 10.
  • Richard Strauss

    Don Quixote, Op. 35

    Performer: Jean‐Guihen Queyras. Performer: Tabea Zimmermann. Orchestra: Gurzenich Orchestra of Cologne. Conductor: François‐Xavier Roth.
    • Richard Strauss: Don Quixote & Till Eulenspiegel.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 1.
  • Johann Christoph Bach

    Ach dass ich Wassers g’nug hätte (Lamento)

    Performer: Iestyn Davies. Performer: Silas Wollston. Performer: Fretwork.
    • Lamento.
    • Signum Classics.
    • SIGCD684.
    • 3.

Record Review

9.00am

Haydn: Complete Symphonies, Vol. 25 (No. 2, 17, 18, 19 & 20)

Heidelberger Sinfoniker

Johannes Klumpp (conductor)

Hänssler HC21035

Four Visions of France – Music by Fauré, Honnegger, Lalo & Գ-ëԲ

Daniel Müller-Schott (cello)

DSO Berlin

Alexandre Bloch (conductor)

Orfeo C988211

Northscapes – Music by Sørensen, Thoresen, Vasks, etc

Ieva Jokubaviciute (piano)

Dorian Sono Luminus DSL-92251

Mozart: Serenades

Berlin Baroque Soloists

Reinhard Goebel (conductor)

Hänssler HC21013

Images – Music by Britten, Boulanger, Debussy, Ravel, etc.

Anna Lapwood (organ of Ely Cathedral)

Signum SIGCD688

9.30am – Proms Composer: Dvořák with Nigel Simeone

Dvorak: Quintets Op. 81 & 97

Boris Giltburg (piano)

Pavel Nikl (viola)

Pavel Haas Quartet

Supraphon SU41952

Dvorák: Complete Symphonies

Pilar Lorengar (soprano)

Erszebet Komlossy (mezzo)

Robert Ilosfalvy (tenor)

Tom Krause (bass)

London Symphony Orchestra

The Ambrosian Singers

István Kertész (conductor)

Decca 4786459 (9 CDs)

Dvořák: Requiem, Biblical Songs & Te Deum

Ailyn Pérez, Kateřina Kněžíková (sopranos)

Christianne Stotijn (mezzo-soprano)

Michael Spyres (tenor)

Jan Martínik (bass)

Svatopluk Sem (baritone)

Czech Philharmonic

Prague Philharmonic Choir

Jiří Bělohlávek, Jakub Hrůša (conductors)

Decca 4850509 (2 CDs)

Dvořák: Rusalka, Op. 114

Renée Fleming (Rusalka/soprano)

Ben Heppner (Prince/tenor)

Dolora Zajick (Jezibaba/mezzo-soprano)

Eva Urbanová (Foreign Princess/soprano)

Franz Hawalta (Water Goblin/bass)

Kühn Mixed Choir

Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

Charles Mackerras (conductor)

Decca 4605682

Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 & Mozart: Symphony No. 38

Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

Rafael Kubelik (conductor)

Denon 5797282

10.15am – New Releases

Johann Rosenmüller: Magnificat and Sacred Concertos

Ensemble 1684

Gregor Meyer (director)

CPO 555 174-2

Mozart & Contemporaries – Music by CPE Bach, Cimarosa, Galuppi, Haydn & Mozart

Víkingur Ólafsson (piano)

DG 486 0525

Գ-ëԲ: Symphony No. 3 ‘Organ’ & ‘Urbs Roma’

Thierry Escaich (organ)

Orchestre Philharmonique de Liège

Jean-Jacques Kantorow (conductor)

BIS BIS2470 (hybrid SACD)

Lamento – Music by JC Bach, Scheidt, Schein, Tunder, etc.

Iestyn Davies (counter-tenor)

Hugh Cutting (counter-tenor)

Fretwork

Silas Wollston (organ)

Signum SIGCD684

British Oboe Quintets – Music by Bax, Bliss, Delius, Finzi & Vaughan-Williams

Nicholas Daniel (oboe/cor anglais)

Doric String Quartet

Chandos CHAN 20226

Longing. Lieder by Strauss, Berg, Schoenberg

Lucy Crowe (soprano)

Anna Tilbrook (piano)

Linn CKD656

Pärt: Passio

Helsinki Chamber Choir

Nils Schweckendiek (conductor)

BIS BIS2612

11.20am – Record of the Week

Richard Strauss: Don Quixote & Till Eulenspiegel

Tabea Zimmermann (viola)

Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello)

Gürzenich-Orchester Köln

François-Xavier Roth (conductor)

Harmonia Mundi HMM902370

*** ENDS ***

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  • Sat 4 Sep 2021 09:00

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