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Dvo艡谩k 'New World' Symphony in Building a Library with Katy Hamilton and Andrew McGregor

In Building a Library, Katy Hamilton chooses her favourite recording of Dvo艡谩k's Symphony No 9 in E minor, 'From the New World', plus a round-up of the best new releases.

Andrew McGregor with the best new recordings of classical music.

9.30 am
Gillian Moore comes into the studio with her selection of new albums and she shares her On Repeat track, music which she has been listening to again and again.

10.15 am
Katy Hamilton chooses her favourite recording of Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k's Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 "From the New World".

With its beguiling blend of spontaneous-sounding and memorable American- and Bohemian-inspired folk-like melodies, nostalgia and drama, Dvo艡谩k's "New World" Symphony is perhaps one of the best-known works in the symphonic repertoire and certainly one of the most recorded. Undaunted, Katy Hamilton has found her favourite recording...

Katy's choice:
Prague Symphony Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras
Supraphon SU38482

Also recommended:
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop
Naxos 8570714

11.20 am
Record of the Week: Andrew鈥檚 top pick.

Send us your On Repeat recommendations at recordreview@bbc.co.uk or tweet us @麻豆约拍Radio3

2 hours, 47 minutes

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Sat 11 Nov 2023 09:00
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Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550: i) Molto allegro

    Orchestra: Il Pomo d鈥橭ro. Conductor: Maxim Emelyanychev.
    • Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 29 & 40 - Oboe Concerto.
    • 础辫补谤迟茅.
    • 108.

  • Franz Schubert

    The Trout, D.550

    Performer: Christopher Glynn. Singer: Roderick Williams.
    • Signum.

  • Franz Schubert

    Longing, D.877/1

    Performer: Christopher Glynn. Singer: Rowan Pierce. Singer: Roderick Williams.
    • Signum.

  • Luigi Boccherini

    String Quintet in F minor, G348 iv) Rondeau

    Performer: Rapha毛l Feye. Ensemble: Karski Quartet.
    • Evil Penguin.

  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Alle danze, alle gioie

    Ensemble: Concerto Italiano. Conductor: Rinaldo Alessandrini.
    • Naive.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Violin Sonata no.9 in A major Op.47 'Kreutzer' (1st mvt)

    Music Arranger: Nemanja Radulovi膰. Performer: Nemanja Radulovi膰. Ensemble: Double Sens.
    • Warner.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Symphonic Dances Op. 45: No. 1, Non Allegro

    Performer: Inon Barnatan. Music Arranger: Inon Barnatan.
    • Pentatone.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Piano Concerto no.1 in D minor Op.15 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Simon Trpceski. Orchestra: WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne. Conductor: Cristian M膬celaru.
    • Linn.

  • Duke Ellington

    Nutcracker Suite [after TCHAIKOVSKY] (Overture)

    Composer: Billy Strayhorn. Music Arranger: Jeff Tyzik. Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Grams.
    • The Nutcracker Suite.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Anna Meredith

    Honeyed Words

    Performer: Anna Meredith. Music Arranger: Richard Jones. Ensemble: Ligeti Quartet.
    • Nuc.
    • Mercury Classics.
    • 3.

  • Franz Schubert

    Chor der Engel, D. 440

    Choir: Berlin Radio Choir. Conductor: Dietrich Knothe.
    • Schubert, F.: Sacred Music.
    • Capriccio.
    • 8.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Moments Musicaux, Op. 16: No. 4, Presto in E Minor

    Performer: Inon Barnatan.
    • Rachmaninoff: Reflections.
    • Pentatone.
    • 107.

  • Peter Maxwell Davies

    O magnum mysterium: iv) The Fader of Heven

    Choir: Bavarian Radio Chorus. Conductor: Howard Arman.
    • Davies: O magnum mysterium.
    • BR-Klassik.
    • 104.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Concerto No. 7 for Two Pianos in F, K242 i) Allegro

    Performer: Robert Levin. Performer: Ya-Fei Chuang. Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Laurence Cummings.
    • AAM.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cello Suite No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1009: vii) Gigue

    Performer: Sonia Wieder鈥怉therton.
    • Bach: Cello Suites Nos. 3 & 4.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 6.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Symphony No. 5 in B flat Op. 100 ii) Allegro marcato

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda.
    • LSO Live.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    String Quartet No. 13 in B-Flat Major, Op. 130: V. Cavatina; VI. Finale

    Ensemble: Chiaroscuro Quartet.
    • Beethoven: String Quartets Nos. 10 & 13, Opp. 74 & 130.
    • BIS.

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    麻豆约拍 Radio 3

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