麻豆约拍 Proms Composer - Handel with Hannah French and Andrew McGregor
Hannah French chooses five essential recordings of this week's 麻豆约拍 Proms Composer, Handel, and explains why you need to hear them. Also, the best of recent classical releases.
Andrew McGregor with a selection of the best new classical releases.
9.30am
麻豆约拍 Proms Composer: Handel
Hannah French chooses five essential recordings of this week's 麻豆约拍 Proms Composer, Handel, and explains why you need to hear them. Also, the best of recent classical releases.
11.15am
Record of the Week
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Leonard Bernstein
Candide: Overture
Conductor: John Mauceri.- Dutton Vocalion.
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Anonymous
No-Body's Jigg - Mr Lane's Magot - Fantomenland - Fig for a Kiss
Ensemble: Ensemble I Zefirelli.- Ensemble I Zefirelli - Mr. H盲ndel im Pub.
- arcantus Musikproduktion.
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Stephen Dodgson
Tournament for Twenty Fingers, Pt. 2: No. 3, A Bohemian Entertainment
Performer: Emma Abbate. Performer: Julian Perkins.- Tournament for Twenty Fingers.
- BIS.
- 603.
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Bohuslav Martin暖
Symphony No 5, H 310: III. Lento - Allegro
Orchestra: Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Roger Norrington.- Bohuslav Martin暖: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 6.
- SWR Music.
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George Frideric Handel
Zadok the priest, HWV 258
Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.- Handel: Coronation Anthems: The Sixteens / Christophers.
- Coro.
- 10.
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George Frideric Handel
Giulio Cesare: Piangero la sorte mia
Singer: Sandrine Piau. Ensemble: Les Paladins. Director: J茅r么me Corr茅as.- Alpha.
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George Frideric Handel
Suite No. 3 in D Minor: Presto
Performer: Francesco Corti.- Arcana.
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George Frideric Handel
Brockes Passion: Lasst Diese Tat Nicht Ungerochen
Singer: Alex Potter.- Alpha.
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George Frideric Handel
Brockes Passion: Soll Mein Kind, Mein Leben Sterben
Singer: Mary Bevan. Singer: Konstantin Krimmel.- Alpha.
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Franz Schubert
Symphony No. 3 in D Major, D. 200: I. Adagio maestoso - Allegro con brio
Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard. Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra.- Schubert: The Symphonies.
- BIS.
- 201.
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James Lee III
A Different Soldier's Tale: I. Vigilant Patrol
Orchestra: Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.- Voyages 鈥� Orchestral Music by James Lee III.
- AVIE Records.
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Susan Spain-Dunk
Rhapsody Quintet
Ensemble: Camarilla.- Dutton Epoch.
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Hugo Wolf
Italienisches Liederbuch: Nos 1, 17, 18 & 46
Performer: Joseph Middleton. Lyricist: Paul Heyse. Singer: Carolyn Sampson. Singer: Allan Clayton.- Wolf: Italienisches Liederbuch.
- BIS.
- 1.
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Hugo Wolf
Penthesilea: I. Aufbruch der Amazonen nach Troja
Conductor: Simon Gaudenz. Orchestra: Jenaer Philharmonie.- Wolf: Orchesterlieder & Penthesilea.
- CPO.
- 901.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Concerto in D Major, Op. 61a: III. Rondo. Allegro ma non troppo
Performer: Michael Korstick. Orchestra: Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Constantin Trinks.- Beethoven: Piano Concertos.
- CPO.
- 303.
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Leonard Bernstein
Symphonic Dances from 'West Side Story'
Conductor: Andr茅s Orozco鈥怑strada. Orchestra: Houston Symphony.- Bernstein: West Side Story Suite.
- PENTATONE.
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Record Review
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9.00am
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Bernstein: Trouble in Tahiti* & Candide (鈥淐helsea Version鈥�, 1973)
Nancy Williams (Dinah)*
Julian Patrick (Sam)*
Columbia Wind Ensemble*
Leonard Bernstein*
Lewis J Stadlen (Pangloss)
Mark Baker (Candide)
Maureen Brennan (Cunegonde)
June Gable (Old Lady)
John Mauceri (conductor)
Dutton听 2CDLK4643 (2 Hybrid SACDs)
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Ensemble I Zefirelli - Mr. H盲ndel im Pub 鈥� music by anon., Purcell, Handel, etc.
Ensemble I Zefirelli
Arcantus Musikproduktion听 arc21025
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Tournament for Twenty Fingers 鈥� music by Berkeley, Dodgson, Lambert, etc.
Emma Abbate (piano)
Julian Perkins (piano)
BIS听 BIS2578 (Hybrid SACD)
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Bohuslav Martin暖: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 6
Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR
Sir Roger Norrington
SWR Records 听SWR19119CD
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9.30am 鈥� Proms Composer: Hannah French on Handel
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Handel - Coronation Anthems
The Sixteen
Harry Christophers
Coro听 COR16066
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Handel: Enchantresses
Sandrine Piau (soprano)
Les Paladins
J茅r么me Correas
Alpha听 ALPHA765
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Handel: Winged Hands - The Eight Great Suites & Overtures
Francesco Corti (harpsichord)
Arcana听 A499 (2 CDs)
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Handel: Brockes-Passion
Sandrine Piau (Tochter Zion; soprano)
Stuart Jackson (Evangelist; tenor)
Konstantin Krimmel (Jesus; baritone)
Arcangelo
Jonathan Cohen
Alpha听 ALPHA644 (2 CDs)
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Handel: Water Music Suites Nos. 1-3, HWV348-350
Akademie f眉r Alte Musik Berlin
Georg Kallweit
Harmonia Mundi听 HMC902216
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10.15am 鈥� new releases
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Schubert: The Symphonies
Swedish Chamber Orchestra
Thomas Dausgaard
BIS听 BIS2514 (4 Hybrid SACDs)
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Frank Bridge & Benjamin Britten 鈥� Chamber Works
H茅l猫ne Cl茅ment (viola)
Dame Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano)
Alasdair Beatson (piano)
Chandos 听CHAN 20247
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Voyages - Orchestral Music By James Lee III
ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop
Avie 听AV2507
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York Bowen, Susan Spain-Dunk, Gordon Jacob, John Blackwood McEwen, Gustav Holst, Karl Jenkins 鈥� Wind Quintets
Camarilla Ensemble
Dutton听 CDLX7398 (Hybrid SACD)
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Wolf: Italienisches Liederbuch
Allan Clayton (tenor)
Carolyn Sampson (soprano)
Joseph Middleton (piano)
BIS听 BIS2553 (Hybrid SACD)
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Wolf: Orchesterlieder & Penthesilea
Benjamin Appl (baritone)
Jenaer Philharmonie
Simon Gaudenz
CPO听 5553802
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Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concertos 0-7; Rondo in B Flat Woo 6
Michael Korstick (piano)
ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra
Constantin Trinks
CPO听 555447-2 (4 CDs)
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11.20am 鈥� Record of the Week
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Bernstein: West Side Story Suite
Houston Symphony Orchestra
Andr茅s Orozco-Estrada
Pentatone听 PTC5187014
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