13/07/2013
With Andrew McGregor. Including conductor Andrew Parrott, new releases and a chance to hear favourite discs from 2013. With music by Debussy, Szymanowski and Rachmaninov.
Summer CD Review with Andrew McGregor, including an interview with conductor Andrew Parrott, new releases and a chance to revisit favourite discs from the past year, including:
9am
Debussy: La mer
Les Siecles, Francois-Xavier Roth
piano music by Chopin & Zarzycki
Jan Lisiecki & Jonathan Plowright
10am
Andrew talks to conductor Andrew Parrott about his new recording of Monteverdi's l'Orfeo
Szymanowski: Symphony no.2
LSO, Valery Gergiev
11.30am
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto no.1
Yevgeny Sudbin; Singapore SO, Lan Shui.
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Music Played
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Claude Debussy
La Mer
Performer: Les Si猫cles. Performer: Fran莽ois鈥怷avier Roth.- Musicales Actes Sud ASM 10 tk 5-7.
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Richard Wagner
O Sink Hernieder聟(Tristan Und Isolde)
Performer: Camilla Nylund. Performer: Klaus Florian Vogt. Performer: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra. Performer: Jonathan Nott.- Sony 88765445152 tk 7.
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Fr茅d茅ric Chopin
Piano Concerto In F Minor Op. 21 (2nd Mvt.)
Performer: Jan Lisiecki. Performer: Sinfonia Varsovia. Performer: Howard Shelley.- NIFCCD 200 tk 2.
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Fr茅d茅ric Chopin
Piano Concerto In F Minor Op. 21 (2nd Mvt, 2nd Half)
Performer: Yulianna Avdeeva (Erard, 1849). Performer: Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century. Performer: Frans Br眉ggen.- NIFCCD 029 tk 2.
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Fr茅d茅ric Chopin
Variations In D On A Theme Of Thomas Moore
Performer: Daniel Vaiman (piano). Performer: Dina Yoffe (piano).- NIFCCD 210 tk 1.
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Aleksander Zarzycki
Grande Polonaise In E Flat Op. 7
Performer: Jonathan Plowright. Performer: 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Performer: 艁ukasz Borowicz.- Hyperion CDA67958 tk 6.
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Interview
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Andrew Parrott (Monteverdi L'orfeo)
Claudio Monteverdi
L'orfeo 聳 Toccata And Prologue (extract)
Performer: David Hurley. Performer: Taverner Players. Performer: Andrew Parrott.- AVIE AV2278 CD 1 tks 1 聳2.
Claudio Monteverdi
L'orfeo 聳 Act 2, Opening ('ecco Pur Ch'a Voi Ritorno' / 'VI ricorda o boschi ombrosi')
Performer: Charles Daniels. Performer: Gareth Morrell. Performer: Simon Wall. Performer: Taverner Consort and Players. Performer: Andrew Parrott.- AVIE AV2278 CD 1 tks 14聳15.
Claudio Monteverdi
L'orfeo 聳 Act 3, Conclusion 聳 Chorus Of Infernal Spirits ('nulla Impresa Per Huom')
Performer: Taverner Consort and Players. Performer: Andrew Parrott.- AVIE AV2278 CD 2 tk 10.
Claudio Monteverdi
Vespers Of 1610 聳 Sonata Sopra Sancta Maria
Performer: Tessa Bonner. Performer: Taverner Players. Performer: Andrew Parrott.- EMI 2126852 CD 2 tk 14.
Claudio Monteverdi
L'orfeo 聳 Act 5, Conclusion ('Perch猫 A Lo Sdegno' / 'Saliam cantando al Cielo' / 'Vanne Orfeo felice a pieno' / Moresca)
Performer: Guy Pelc (baritone, Apollo). Performer: Charles Daniels. Performer: Taverner Consort and Players. Performer: Andrew Parrott.- AVIE AV2278 CD 2 tks 18聳21.
Karol Szymanowski
Symphony No. 2
Performer: London Symphony Orchestra. Performer: Valery Gergiev.- LSO Live LSO0731 tks 3-11.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Violin Sonata K306 In D (finale)
Performer: Susan Tomes. Performer: Erich H枚barth.- e-Album tk 3.
Giovanni Gabrieli
Vox Domini Super Aquas Jordanis A 10
Performer: His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts. Performer: Concerto Palatino. Choir: Ex Cathedra Choir. Conductor: Jeffrey Skidmore.- Hyperion CDA67957 tk 1.
Giovanni Gabrieli
Canzon primi toni a 10
Conductor: Jeffrey Skidmore.- Hyperion CDA67957 tk 3.
Giovanni Gabrieli
Exultet Iam Angelica Turba 17
Performer: Ex Cathedra Choir. Performer: His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts. Performer: Concerto Palatino. Performer: Jeffrey Skidmore.- Hyperion CDA67957 tk 11.
Sergey Rachmaninov
Piano Concerto No. 1 In F Sharp Minor Op. 1
Performer: Yevgeny Sudbin. Performer: Singapore Symphony Orchestra. Performer: Lan Shui.- BIS-2012 SACD tks 5-7.
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9.05am
DEBUSSY: La Mer; Premiere Suite d'Orchestre (1st recording)
Les Siecles (period instruments), Francois-Xavier Roth (conductor)
ACTES SUD ASM10 (CD)
9.30am
WAGNER: Fanget an! (Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg); Am stillen Herd (Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg); Mein lieber Schwan (Lohengrin); Amfortas! Die Wunde! (Parsifal); Nur eine Waffe taugt (Parsifal); Allmacht'ger Vater, blick herab! (Rienzi); O sink hernieder, Nacht der Liebe (Tristan und Isolde); Willst jenes Tag麓s du nicht dich mehr entsinnen? (Der fliegende Hollander); Brunnhilde, heilige Braut! (Gotterdammerung); Ein Schwert verhiess mir der Vater (Die Walkure); Du bist der Lenz (Die Walkure)
Klaus Florian Vogt (tenor), Camilla Nylund (soprano), Bamberger Symphoniker, Jonathan Nott (conductor)
SONY 88765445152 (CD)
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CHOPIN: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor Op. 11; Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor Op. 21
Jan Lisiecki (piano), Sinfonia Varsovia, Howard Shelley (conductor)
FREDERICK CHOPIN INSTITUTE NIFCCD200 (CD)
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CHOPIN: Andante spianato & Grande Polonaise Op. 22; Mazurkas Op. 17; Rondo in C major for two pianos Op. 73; Variations in D major for 2 pianos; Grand Duo in E KKIIb/1
Daniel Vayman (piano), Dina Yoffe (piano)
FREDERICK CHOPIN INSTITUTE NIFCCD210 (CD)
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The Romantic Piano Concerto 59 - Zarzycki & Zelenski
ZARZYCKI: Piano Concerto in A flat major Op. 17; Grande Polonaise in E flat major Op. 7
ZELENSKI: Piano Concerto in E flat major Op. 60
Jonathan Plowright (piano), 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Lukasz Borowicz (conductor)
HYPERION CDA67958 (CD)
10.00am Andrew Parrott
MONTEVERDI: L'Orfeo
Charles Daniels (Orfeo), Faye Newton (Euridice), Emily Van Evera (Messaggiera), Clare Wilkinson (Speranza/Proserpina), Curtis Streetman (Caronte), Christopher Purves (Plutone), Anna Dennis (Ninfa), Guy Pelc (Apollo), Rodrigo del Pozo, Simon Wall, Gareth Morrell & Robert Macdonald (Pastori), Richard Latham, Gareth Morrell, Curtis Streetman (Spiriti infernali), Taverner Consort & Players, Andrew Parrott (conductor)
AVIE AV2278 (2CD mid-price)
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Monteverdi - Vespers
MONTEVERDI: Vespro della beata Vergine (1610); Selva morale e spirituale (excerpts)
Taverner Consort, Choir & Players, Andrew Parrott (conductor)
EMI 2126852 (2CD budget)
10.50am
SZYMANOWSKI: Symphony No. 1 in F minor Op. 15; Symphony No. 2 in B flat major Op. 19
London Symphony Orchestra, Valery Gergiev (conductor)
LSO LIVE LSO0731 (Hybrid SACD mid-price)
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MOZART: Piano and Violin Sonata in D Major, K 306; Piano and Violin Sonata in E Flat Major, K 481; Piano and Violin Sonata in a Major, K 526
Susan Tomes (piano), Erich H枚barth (violin)
e-album (download only, recorded live in Perth, Scotland)
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Gabrieli: Sacred Symphonies
GABRIELI: Vox Domini super aquas Jordanis C64; In ecclesiis a 14; Canzon primi toni a 10 C176; O Jesu me dulcissime; Omnes gentes plaudite manibus a 16; O Jesu mi dulcissime a 8, C 56; Kyrie C71-73; Maria virgo C35; Magnificat; Litaniae Beatissimae Mariae Virginis; Exultet Iam Angelica
Ex Cathedra, His Majestys Sagbutts & Cornetts, Concerto Palatino, Jeffrey Skidmore (conductor)
HYPERION CDA67957 (CD)
11.45am
Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 1 & Piano Concerto No. 1
RACHMANINOV: Symphony No. 1 in D minor Op. 13; Piano Concerto No. 1 in F sharp minor Op. 1
Yevgeny Sudbin (piano), Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Lan Shui (conductor)
BIS BIS2012 (Hybrid SACD)
Broadcast
- Sat 13 Jul 2013 09:00大象传媒 Radio 3
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