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Stravinsky's ballet The Fairy's Kiss with Jeremy Sams and Andrew McGregor

Jeremy Sams chooses his favourite recording of Stravinsky's ballet The Fairy's Kiss, and Robert Hollingworth shares some remarkable new releases.

Andrew McGregor with the best new recordings of classical music.

9.30 am
The conductor Robert Hollingworth shares some remarkable new releases which have caught his ear and shares his 'On Repeat' track – a recording which he is currently listening to again and again.

10.30 am
Building a Library: Jeremy Sams chooses his favourite recording of Stravinsky's ballet The Fairy's Kiss.

The Fairy's Kiss (Le Baiser de la fée) is a neoclassical ballet which Igor Stravinsky composed in 1928 and revised in 1950 for George Balanchine and the New York City Ballet. He based it on Hans Christian Andersen's short story, The Ice-Maiden. The work pays homage to Tchaikovsky and was written for the 35th anniversary of his death. Stravinsky used and elaborated several melodies from early piano pieces and songs by Tchaikovsky in his score. The ballet was choreographed by Bronislava Nijinska and premiered in Paris on 27 November 1928.

Recommended version:
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Neeme Jarvi (conductor)
CHANDOS CHAN8630

11.20 am
Record of the Week: Andrew’s top pick.
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2 hours, 47 minutes

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Music Played

  • Charles-Valentin Alkan

    Toccatina, Op. 75

    Performer: Mark Viner.
    • Piano Classics.

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Tönet die Freude, belebte Trompeten, TVWV 1:1410

    Singer: Matthias Vieweg. Choir: Rheinischen Kantorei. Orchestra: Das Kleine Konzert. Conductor: Hermann Max.
    • Georg Philipp Telemann: A Christmas Oratorio.
    • CPO.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Slavonic Dances, Op. 46: No. 4 in F major. Tempo di menuetto

    Orchestra: Prague Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Tomáš Brauner.
    • Supraphon.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Piano Trio in A minor i) Pantoum

    Ensemble: Busch Trio.
    • Alpha.

  • Friedrich von Flotow

    Piano Concerto No. 2 in A Minor i) Andantio - Allegro

    Performer: Matthias Kirschnereit. Orchestra: Munich Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Ulf Schirmer.
    • Flotow: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 & Overtures.
    • CPO.
    • 104.

  • Heinrich Schütz

    Gedenke deinem Knechte an dein Wort

    Orchestra: Musica Fiata. Choir: La Capella Ducale. Choir: Roland Wilson.
    • Heinrich Schütz: Schwanengesang.
    • CPO.
    • 401.

  • Olivier Messiaen

    Quatuor pour la fin du temps i) Liturgie de cristal

    Ensemble: Het Collectief.
    • Alpha.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Die Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes, BWV 76, Pt. 1, No. 7, Es woll uns Gott gnädig sein

    Choir: Gaechinger Cantorei. Director: Hans-Christoph Rademann.
    • ±áä²Ô²õ²õ±ô±ð°ù.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Die Elenden sollen essen, BWV 75, Pt. 1, No. 3: Mein Jesus soll mein alles sein!

    Singer: Patrick Grahl. Choir: Gaechinger Cantorei. Director: Hans-Christoph Rademann.
    • ±áä²Ô²õ²õ±ô±ð°ù.

  • György Ligeti

    String Quartet No. 1 'Métamorphoses nocturnes'

    Ensemble: Minetti Quartet.
    • ±áä²Ô²õ²õ±ô±ð°ù.

  • Nils Greenhow

    Advent Calendar

    Composer: Rowan Williams. Ensemble: St Martin's Voices. Conductor: Andrew Earis.
    • A Winter Breviary: Choral Works for Christmas.
    • Resonus Classics.
    • 9.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Suite No. 6 in G Minor, HWV 439 iii) Gigue

    Performer: Sophie Yates.
    • Handel: Harpsichord Works, Vol. 1.
    • Chandos.
    • 20.

  • Franz Schmidt

    Symphony No. 2 in E flat major i) Lebhaft

    Orchestra: Â鶹ԼÅÄ National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Jonathan Berman.
    • Accentus.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Waltz in C sharp minor Op. 64 No. 2

    Performer: Dmitry Ablogin.
    • Frederick Chopin Institute.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Nocturne No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 9 No. 2

    Performer: Dmitry Ablogin.
    • Frederick Chopin Institute.

  • Frederick Delius

    A Mass of Life

    Singer: Gemma Summerfield. Singer: Claudia Huckle. Singer: Bror Magnus Tødenes. Singer: Roderick Williams. Choir: Edvard Grieg Chor. Choir: Collegium Musicum Chor. Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder.
    • Lawo.

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  • Sat 16 Dec 2023 09:00
    Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 3

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