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Haydn's Symphony No 100 in G Major β€˜Military’ in Building a Library with Simon Heighes and Andrew McGregor

In Building a Library Simon Heighes chooses his favourite recording of Haydn's Symphony No 100 in G Major β€˜Military’, plus Allyson Devenish with an exciting pile of new releases.

Andrew McGregor with the best new recordings of classical music.

9.30 am
Collaborative pianist and music director, Allyson Devenish brings an exciting pile of new releases to the studio and shares her On Repeat track: music she has been listening to again and again.

10.30 am
Building a Library

Simon Heighes chooses his favourite recording of Haydn's Symphony No 100 in G Major β€˜Military’

Haydn's Military Symphony is the eighth of his twelve London symphonies and was completed in 1794. The nickname "Military" comes from the second movement (and the end of the finale), which features prominent trumpet fanfares with percussion effects. One contemporary wrote after the first performance that the second movement evoked the "hellish roar of war increasing to a climax of horrid sublimity!"

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Handel and Haydn Society Orchestra
Harry Christophers (conductor)
Coro COR16181

11.20 am
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2 hours, 47 minutes

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Sat 2 Mar 2024 09:00
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Music Played

  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    GlΓΌck, das mir verbleib 'Marietta's Lied' (from Die Tote Stadt)

    Performer: Svetlin Roussev. Performer: Yeol Eum Son.
    • Naive.

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Dich rΓΌhmen die Welten: 1st Aria; Chorale

    Singer: ZoΓ« Brookshaw. Ensemble: Solomon's Knot. Orchestra: Les Passions de l’Ame. Conductor: Meret LΓΌthi.
    • Georg Philipp Telemann: Die Donner-Ode.
    • CPO.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77 iii) Allegro giocoso

    Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Dalia Stasevka.
    • Brahms: Concerto in D Major, Op. 77: III. Allegro giocoso.
    • Chandos.
    • 101.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 "Choral" iv) Finale

    Singer: Camilla Tilling. Singer: Kelley O'Connor. Singer: Issachah Savage. Singer: Ryan McKinny. Choir: The Washington Chorus. Orchestra: National Symphony Orchestra, Kennedy Center. Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda.
    • Beethoven: The Complete Symphonies.
    • National Symphony Orchestra.
    • 504.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Violin Sonata No.3, Op.108 i) Allegro

    Performer: Tomoko Mayeda.
    • Gramola.

  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    String Sextet in D major, Op 10 iv) Finale. Presto

    Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
    • Hyperion.

  • Camille Saint‐SaΓ«ns

    Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, op. 22 iii) Presto

    Performer: Lang Lang. Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Daniel FranΓ§ois Esprit Auber

    Spectacle affreux (from La muette de Portici)

    Singer: Michael Spyres. Orchestra: Les Talens Lyriques. Conductor: Christophe Rousset.
    • Erato.

  • The Oscar Peterson Trio

    Hymn To Freedom

    • ICON.
    • Universal Music Canada.
    • 11.

  • Johann Nepomuk Hummel

    Piano Concerto No.2 in A minor, Op.85: iii. Rondo

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Bryden Thomson.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony No. 6 in A Minor "Tragic" iii) Scherzo. Wuchtig

    Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Mahler: Symphony No. 6 in A Minor "Tragic".
    • BR-Klassik.
    • 103.

  • Johanna Senfter

    Clarinet Quintet in B-Flat Major, Op. 119 i) Munter

    Performer: Kilian Herold. Ensemble: Armida Quartett.
    • Avi Music.

  • Gaetano Donizetti

    L'Esule di Roma (end of Act 1)

    Singer: Albina Shagimuratova. Singer: Sergey Romanovsky. Singer: Nicola Alaimo. Choir: Opera Rara Chorus. Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: Carlo Rizzi.
    • Opera Rara.

  • Bedrich Smetana

    MÑ Vlast, JB1:112: iv) Z českých luhů a hÑjů

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Semyon Bychkov.
    • Smetana: MΓ‘ Vlast: II Vltava.
    • Pentatone.
    • 4.

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