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鶹Լ Proms Composer - JS Bach with Joseph McHardy and Andrew MacGregor

Joseph McHardy chooses five essential recordings of 鶹Լ Proms Composer JS Bach and explains why you need to hear them, plus the best new classical releases.

Andrew McGregor with a round-up of the best recent classical recordings.

9.30
鶹Լ Proms Composer: JS Bach
Joseph McHardy chooses five essential recordings of 鶹Լ Proms Composer JS Bach and explains why you need to hear them.

Generally regarded as one of the greatest composers in the history of western music, Bach was a Baroque composer famous for the Brandenburg Concertos, the Cello Suites, the Goldberg Variations, the Well-Tempered Clavier, the St Matthew Passion and the Mass in B minor. Bach's music is at the same time intellectually rigorous with its virtuosic counterpoint, and sensually thrilling with its dance rhythms and luxurious melodies.

11.25
Record of the Week: an outstanding new release.

2 hours, 47 minutes

Music Played

  • George Frideric Handel

    The King Shall Rejoice HWV260 Mvt. III & IV

    Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel. Conductor: Hervé Niquet.
    • ALPHA.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata in G Op. 79 Mvt. I. Presto alla tedesca

    Performer: Martin Roscoe.
    • DEUX ELLES.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Souvenir d'un lieu cher, Op. 42: Méditation in D minor

    Performer: Niek Baar. Music Arranger: Alexandru Lascae. Orchestra: Concertgebouw Kamerorkest.
    • CHANNEL.
  • Marcel Dupré

    Symphonie-Passion, Op. 23 Mvt. 1: Le monde dans l'attente du Sauveur

    Performer: Marko Sever.
    • Dupre - Symphonie-Passion.
    • 3.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 BWV 1048 "Allegro"

    Conductor: Reinhard Goebel. Orchestra: Musica Antiqua Köln.
    • Deutsche Grammophon Archiv (DG).
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Trio super Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr BWV 664

    Performer: Bine Bryndorf.
    • Haenssler.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    St John Passion BWV 245 Recitative "Barabbas aber", Arioso "Betrachte meine Seel'", Aria "Mein Jesu"

    Performer: Masaaki Suzuki. Singer: Gerd Türk. Singer: Peter Kooij. Singer: Makoto Sakurada. Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan.
    • BIS.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    English Suite No.2 in A minor BWV 807 "Prelude"

    Performer: Gustav Leonhardt.
    • VIRGIN CLASSICS.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Magnificat in D BWV 243, "Suscepit Israel"; "Sicut locutus est"; "Gloria Patri"

    Choir: Vox Luminis. Conductor: Lionel Meunier.
    • ALPHA.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Violin Sonata No. 9 in A major, Op. 47 'Kreutzer' Mvt. I. Adagio sostenuto - Presto

    Performer: Colin Jacobsen. Ensemble: The Knights. Conductor: Eric Jacobsen.
    • AVIE.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Salve Regina, HWV 241 Mvt. I: Salve Regina

    Singer: Julie Roset. Orchestra: Millenium Orchestra. Conductor: Leonardo García Alarcón.
    • RICERCAR.
  • Olivier Messiaen

    O sacrum convivium

    Performer: Sean Shibe.
    • PENTATONE.
  • Hildegard von Bingen

    O coruscans lux stellarum

    Performer: Sean Shibe. Music Arranger: Sean Shibe.
    • PENTATONE.
  • Leos Janáček

    Pohádka (Fairy Tale) for Cello and Piano

    Performer: Truls Mørk. Performer: Håvard Gimse.
    • ALPHA.
  • Benjamin Godard

    Scènes écossaises, Op. 138

    Performer: Christopher Cowie. Orchestra: 鶹Լ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Martin Yates.
    • Dutton Epoch.
  • Johann Jakob Walther

    Aria in E minor (Scherzi da violin no. XII)

    Performer: Bojan Čičić. Orchestra: Illyria Consort.
    • DELPHIAN.
  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony No 4: III. Ruhevoll, poco adagio

    Ensemble: Les Siècles. Conductor: François‐Xavier Roth.
    • Mahler: Symphony No. 4.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 3.

Record Review

The link below each recording takes you directly to the label’s website. Please be aware that non-UK labels may be cheaper via a record store or an online retailer.



9.00am


Handel: Coronation Anthems

Le Concert Spirituel

Hervé Niquet

Alpha ALPHA868

Beethoven Piano Sonatas Volume 9: Hammerklavier

Martin Roscoe (piano)

Deux-Elles DXL1169

Obsession – music by Kreisler, Tchaikovsky, Ravel, etc.

Niek Baar (violin)

Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra

Channel CCS44822

Dupré: Symphonie-Passion

Marko Sever (Grand Organ of Westminster Cathedral)

0930 - Proms Composer: Joseph McHardy on J. S. Bach


Bach – Brandenburg Concertos 1, 2 & 3

Musica Antiqua Köln

Reinhard Goebel

Deutsche Grammophon – DG142747

Bach, J S: Chorale Preludes III, BWV 651-668 ‘Leipzig Chorales‘ (‘The Great Eighteen’)

Bine Bryndorf (organ)

Hanssler Classic – 92.097

Bach - St. John Passion

Gerd Türk (Evangelist)

Chiyuki Urano (Jesus)

Ingrid Schmithüsen (soprano)

Yoshikazu Mera (countertenor)

Makoto Sakurada (tenor)

Peter Kooij (bass)

Bach Collegium Japan

Masaaki Suzuki

BIS – BIS921 (2 CDs)

Bach: English Suites – Partitas

Gustav Leonhardt (harpsichord)

Virgin Classics – 5 61157 2 (4 CDs)

Bach: Magnificat – Handel: Dixit Dominus

Vox Luminis

Lionel Meunier

Alpha – ALPHA370


10.15 a.m. – New Releases


The Kreutzer Project – music by Beethoven, Janáček, Clyne, Jacobsen.

The Knights

Eric Jacobsen

Avie - AV2555

 Handel: Salve Regina

Julie Roset (soprano)

Millenium Orchestra

Leonardo García Alarcón

Ricercar - RIC442

Lost & Found – music by Messiaen, Hildegard von Bingen, Feshareki, etc.

Sean Shibe (electric guitar)

Pentatone – PTC 5186 988

Benjamin Godard Vol. 3

Sergey Levitin (violin)

Christopher Cowie (oboe)

Ann Noakes (flute)

鶹Լ Concert Orchestra

Martin Yates

Dutton - CDLX7399 (Hybrid SACD)

Johann Jakob Walther: Scherzi da violino

Bojan Čičić

The Illyria Consort

Delphian - DCD34294 (2 CDs)

11:20 a.m. – Record Of The Week

Mahler: Symphony No. 4

Sabine Devieilhe (soprano)

Les Siècles

François-Xavier Roth

Harmonia Mundi HMM905357


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  • Sat 27 Aug 2022 09:00

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