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Schubert's 9th in Building a Library with Katy Hamilton and Andrew McGregor

Katy Hamilton's ultimate recommendation for Schubert's Symphony no.9, plus the rest of the week's top new releases.

Andrew McGregor with the week's top new releases.

9.30am
Conductor and musicologist Jeremy Summerly with his personal pick of recent releases, plus the track he currently has "On Repeat"

10.30
Katy Hamilton's ultimate recommendation for Schubert's Symphony no.9 to buy, download or stream. Schubert's ninth was the last symphony he completed, and is by far the longest - leading one commentator to talk of its "heavenly lengths"
Recommended version: Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Nikolaus Harnoncourt - ICA Classics ICAC5160 (4CD)

11.15
Record of the Week
Andrew's personal pick of the best of the best this week
Prokofiev
Symphony no.3
LSO, Gianandrea Noseda
LSO Live LSO0391 (digital only)

2 hours, 47 minutes

Music Played

  • Florence Price

    String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor iii) Juba

    Ensemble: Ragazze Quartet.
    • Channel Classics.
  • Anton Bruckner

    Ave Maria, WAB 6

    Choir: St. Florianer Sängerknaben. Conductor: Markus Stumpner.
    • Solo Musica.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Concerto No. 7 for three pianos and orchestra in F major K242 iii) Rondo

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

    Stabat Mater: Tui nati

    Ensemble: La Tempête. Conductor: Simon‐Pierre Bestion.
    • Alpha.
  • Jean‐Baptiste Lully

    Te Deum (excs)

    Ensemble: Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles. Conductor: Stéphane Fuget.
    • Chateau de Versailles.
  • Meta Cohen

    love is a love is a love: we

    Choir: Divisi Chamber Singers.
    • ABC Classics.
  • Maurice Duruflé

    Requiem: Lux aeterna

    Choir: The Choir Of Trinity College, Cambridge. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • Hyperion.
  • Roy Harris

    Symphony No. 3

    Orchestra: Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • Copland: Symphony No. 3 - Harris: Symphony No. 3.
    • Chandos.
  • Jasdeep Singh Degun

    Lament

    Performer: Sally Herbert. Performer: Simeon Walker. Performer: Ian Burdge. Music Arranger: Ian Burdge.
    • Lament.
    • Real World Records.
    • 1.
  • Nicola Porpora

    Occhi mesti (Il trionfo della divina Giustizia ne' tormente e morte di Gesù Cristo)

    Performer: Alessandro Tampieri. Singer: Andreas Scholl. Ensemble: Accademia Bizantina.
    • ï.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No. 12 in A Major, K. 414 iii) Rondeau

    Performer: Jean-Efflam Ba. Orchestra: Manchester Camerata. Conductor: Gábor Takács‐Nagy.
    • Chandos.
  • Trad.

    Moj E Bukura More

    Performer: Giovanni Sollima. Music Arranger: Giovanni Sollima. Orchestra: Il Pomo d’Oro.
    • Warner Classics.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Symphony No. 3 in C minor Op. 44 i) Moderato

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

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  • Sat 9 Mar 2024 09:00

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