Bach's Coffee Cantata, with Simon Heighes and Andrew McGregor
Simon Heighes chooses his favourite recording of Bach's Coffee Cantata and Laura Tunbridge reviews recent chamber music albums, plus a round-up of the best classical releases.
9.30 Building a Library
Simon Heighes compares recordings of Bach's Coffee Cantata and chooses his favourite.
Among Bach's secular cantatas, perhaps the most famous and frequently recorded is Schweigt stille, plaudert nicht 鈥� the Coffee Cantata 鈥� BWV 211. Probably composed in 1734 for a performance at Leipzig's Zimmermann Coffee House with the student group collegium musicum, the comic cantata satirises the Saxon obsession with coffee, depicting a family dispute between father and daughter, Schlendrian and Liesgen, at odds about the benefits of the hot drink.
10.45
Laura Tunbridge reviews recent chamber music releases including the latest albums from the Chiaroscuro, Escher and Eb猫ne quartets.
11.20
Record of the Week
Andrew recommends an outstanding new release.
Last on
Music Played
-
![]()
Francesco Sponga Usper
Battaglia per sonar e cantar a 8
Performer: Bojan 膶i膷i膰. Ensemble: Marian Consort. Director: Rory McCleery. Ensemble: The Illyria Consort.- Adriatic Voyage: Seventeenth-Century Music from Venice to Dalmatia.
- Delphian.
- 18.
-
![]()
Alfred Schnittke
Foxtrott & Riot (From "Tagessterne")
Conductor: Frank Strobel. Orchestra: Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin.- Schnittke: Film Music, Vol. 5.
- CapriccioNR.
- 4.
-
![]()
Alexander von Zemlinsky
String Quartet No. 1 in A Major, Op. 4: IV. Vivace e con fuoco
Ensemble: Auner Quartett.- Versinkende Sonne.
- Gramola Records.
- 4.
-
![]()
Modest Mussorgsky
The Nursery: No. 5, Bedtime Prayer
Performer: Yefim Bronfman. Singer: Magdalena Ko啪en谩.- Nostalgia.
- PENTATONE.
- 10.
-
![]()
B茅la Bart贸k
Music for Strings, Percussion & Celesta, Sz. 106: IV. Allegro molto
Conductor: Susanna M盲lkki. Orchestra: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra.- Bart贸k: Orchestral Works.
- BIS.
- 4.
-
![]()
Florence Price
Symphony no.3 in C minor (1st mvt)
Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin.- Florence Price: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3.
- DG.
- 5.
-
![]()
Jacob Regnart
Missa Freu dich, du werthe Christenheit
Ensemble: Cinquecento.- Regnart: Missa Christ ist erstanden.
- Hyperion.
- 33.
-
![]()
Howard Hanson
Before the Dawn, Op. 17
Conductor: Robert Trevino. Orchestra: Euskadiko Orkestra Sinfonikoa.- Americascapes.
- Ondine.
- 6.
-
![]()
袛屑懈褌褉o 袥褜胁芯胁懈褔 袣谢械斜邪薪i胁
Trio No. 2 for Piano, Violin and Cello: II. Scherzo
Ensemble: ARC Ensemble.- Dmitri Klebanov: Chamber Works.
- Chandos.
- 6.
-
![]()
Ruth Gipps
Rhapsody for Clarinet & String Quartet in E-Flat Major, Op. 23
Performer: Peter Cigleris. Performer: John Mills. Performer: Jeremy Isaac. Performer: Lydia Lowndes-Northcott. Performer: Bozidar Vukotic. Ensemble: Tippett Quartet.- Gipps: Clarinet Chamber Music.
- SOMM Recordings.
- 1.
-
![]()
Samuel Barber
String Quartet in B Minor, Op. 11: IV. Finale. Andante mosso, un poco agitato -
Ensemble: Escher String Quartet.- Barber & Ives: String Quartets.
- BIS.
- 4.
-
![]()
Charles Ives
A Set of 3 Short Pieces: No. 2, Holding Your Own! (Version for String Quartet)
Ensemble: Escher String Quartet.- Barber & Ives: String Quartets.
- BIS.
- 3.
-
![]()
Ludwig van Beethoven
String Quartet No. 3 in D Major, Op. 18 No. 3: IV. Presto
Ensemble: Chiaroscuro Quartet.- Beethoven: String Quartets, Op. 18 Nos. 1-3.
- BIS.
- 304.
-
![]()
B茅la Bart贸k
Violin Concerto No. 1, BB48a, Sz 36
Performer: Frank Peter Zimmermann. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Alan Gilbert.- Beethoven, Berg & Bartok: Violin Concertos.
- Berlin Philharmoniker.
- 1.
Record Review
听
09.00 鈥� 11.45, 麻豆约拍 Radio 3
Presenter: Andrew McGregor
听
听
9.00am
听
听
Adriatic Voyage: Seventeenth-Century Music from Venice to Dalmatia 鈥� Music by Usper, Puliti, Vinko, etc.听
The Illyria Consort
Bojan 膶i膷i膰 (director)
Marian Consort
Rory McCleery (director)
Delphian听 DCD34260
听
听
听
Schnittke: Film Music Vol. 5
Rundfunkchor Berlin
Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin
Frank Strobel (conductor)听
Capriccio听 C5350听
听
听
听
Vesinkende Sonne 鈥� Music By Webern, Kreisler, Zemlinsky & Wellesz
Auner Quartett
Gramola Records听 99220听
听
听
听
Nostalgia 鈥� Music by Brahms, Mussorgsky, Bart贸k
Magdalena Ko啪en谩 (mezzo-soprano)
Yefim Bronfman (piano)
Pentatone听 PTC5186777听
听
听
听
Bart贸k: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta & Concerto for Orchestra
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
Susanna M盲lkki
BIS听 BIS2378听 (Hybrid SACD)听
听
听
听
9.30am 鈥� Building a Library 鈥� Simon Heighes on J. S. Bach Coffee Cantata BWV211
听听听听听听听听听听听
Recommended Recording:听
Masaaki Suzuki (conductor)听
Carolyn Sampson (soprano)
Makoto Sakurada (tenor)
Stephan Schreckenberger (bass)
Bach Collegium Japan
BIS听 BISCD1411听
&
BIS2491 (10 hybrid SACDs)听
听
听
听
Other recommendation:听
Christopher Hogwood (conductor)
Emma Kirkby (soprano)
Rogers Covey-Crump (tenor)听 听
David Thomas (bass)
The Academy of
Ancient Music
Decca听 E4176212
听
听
听
10.15am 鈥� New Releases
听
听
Florence Price: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3
Philadelphia Orchestra
Yannick N茅zet-S茅guin (conductor)听
DG听 4861900 听(download only)
听
听
听
Regnart: Missa Christ ist erstanden & other works
Cinquecento听
Hyperion听 CDA68369听
听
听
听
Americascapes 鈥� Music by Cowell, Hanson, Loeffler and Ruggles
Basque National Orchestra
Robert Trevino (conductor)听
Ondine听 ODE 1396-2听
听
听
听
10.40am 鈥� Laura Tunbridge鈥檚 Chamber Music
听
听
Dmitri Klebanov: Chamber Works
Arc Ensemble
Chandos听 CHAN 20231
听
听
听
Dedication: Ruth Gipps
Peter Cigleris (clarinet)
Gareth Hulse (oboe)
Duncan Honeybourne (piano)
Tippett Quartet听
Somm听 SOMMCD0641听
听
听
听
Barber & Ives: String Quartets
Escher String Quartet
BIS听 BIS-2360听 (Hybrid SACD)听
听听听
听
听
'round midnight 鈥� Music by Dutilleux, Merlin & Schoenberg
Quatuor Eb猫ne (string quartet)
Erato听 9029664190
听
听
听
Beethoven: String Quartets, Op. 18 Nos. 1-3
Chiaroscuro Quartet
BIS听 BIS2488听 (hybrid SACD)
听
听
听
11.20am 鈥� Record of the Week
听
听
Beethoven, Berg & Bartok: Violin Concertos
Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin)
Berliner Philharmoniker
Daniel Harding, Kirill Petrenko & Alan Gilbert (conductors)
Berlin Philharmoniker听 BPHR210151听 (2 CDs + Blu-ray Audio)
听
听
听
听
***听 ENDS ***听
听
听
听
听
Broadcast
- Sat 2 Oct 2021 09:00麻豆约拍 Radio 3
Composers A to Z
Visit the extensive Radio 3 audio archive of programmes about composers and their works.
Browse previous episodes of the Record Review Podcast
All episodes since 2010, listed alphabetically by composer surname.
Why the music we love as teens stays with us for life
Cognitive neuropyschology can explain why we return to old favourites again and again.