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Building a Library: Vivaldi: Stabat Mater

With Andrew McGregor. Including Building a Library: Vivaldi: Stabat Mater; Reissues of EMI recordings featuring Carlo Maria Giulini; Disc of the Week: Chopin: Piano Concertos.

3 hours, 12 minutes

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Sat 5 Apr 2014 09:00

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  • Johannes Brahms

    Opening of Piano concerto no.2 in B flat major Op.83

    Performer: Maurizio Pollini. Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden. Conductor: Christian Thielemann.
    • DG : 479-2384.
    • DG.
    • 1.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Finale from Piano concerto no. 18 in B flat major K.456

    Performer: Ronald Brautigam. Orchestra: Cologne Academy. Conductor: Michael Alexander Willens.
    • BIS : SACD-2044.
    • BIS.
    • 3.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Concerto no. 2 in F minor Op.21 for piano and orchestra

    Performer: Ingrid Fliter. Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Jun Märkl.
    • LINN : CKD-455.
    • LINN.
    • 4.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    Dammi I colori! Recondita armonia from Tosca

    Singer: Plácido Domingo. Singer: Paul Plishka. Orchestra: New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. Conductor: George Schick.
    • SONY CLASSICAL : 88843-031602.
    • SONY CLASSICAL.
    • 14.
  • Franz Schubert

    Opening of Fantasy in C major D.760 (Wandererfantasie) for piano

    Performer: Barry Douglas.
    • CHANDOS : CHAN-10807.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 7.
  • Jules Massenet

    On l'appelle Manon from Act 2 of Manon

    Singer: Mirella Freni. Singer: Luciano Pavarotti. Orchestra: Orchestra of La Scala, Milan. Conductor: Peter Maag.
    • DECCA : 478-5946.
    • DECCA.
    • 19.
  • Christoph Willibald Gluck

    Quel silence...Dieux... from Iphigenie en Tauride

    Singer: Paul Groves. Conductor: Louis Langrée. Singer: Plácido Domingo. Orchestra: New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra.
    • SONY CLASSICAL : 88843-031602.
    • SONY CLASSICAL.
    • 3.
  • Lyell Cresswell

    Adagio I (2nd movement) from Piano concerto [in memory of Edward Harper]

    Performer: Stephen De Pledge. Orchestra: New Zealand S O. Conductor: Hamish Mckeich.
    • NAXOS : 8.573199.
    • NAXOS.
    • 2.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    Che gelida manina from Act 1 of La Boheme

    Singer: Luciano Pavarotti. Orchestra: Orchestra del Teatro Municipale, Reggio Emilia. Conductor: Peter Maag.
    • DECCA : 478-5946.
    • DECCA.
    • 12.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    E lucevan le stelle (Tosca)

    Singer: Luciano Pavarotti. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: Sir Edward Downes.
    • DECCA : 478-5946.
    • DECCA.
    • 2.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    E lucevan le stelle from Act 3 of Tosca

    Singer: Plácido Domingo. Orchestra: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. Conductor: James Levine.
    • SONY CLASSICAL : 88843-031602.
    • SONY CLASSICAL.
    • 15.

9am

Concerto no. 2 in B flat major Op.83 for piano and orchestraÌý

Performers:ÌýÌýÌýÌý Maurizio Pollini, Dresden State Orchestra, Christian ThielemannÌýÌýÌýÌý

Composers:ÌýÌýÌý Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý

Album Title:ÌýÌýÌýÌý DG : 479-2384 ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý

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Fantasy in C major D.760 (Wandererfantasie) for piano

Performers:ÌýÌýÌýÌý Barry Douglas

Composers:ÌýÌýÌý Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828)ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý

Album Title:ÌýÌýÌýÌý CHANDOS : CHAN-10807 ÌýÌý

ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý

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Concerto for piano and orchestra [in memory of Edward Harper]

Performers:ÌýÌýÌýÌý Stephen de Pledge, New Zealand S O, Hamish MckeichÌýÌýÌýÌý

Composers:ÌýÌýÌý Lyell Cresswell (1944)ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý

Album Title:ÌýÌýÌýÌý NAXOS : 8.573199 ÌýÌýÌý

ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý

ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý

Concerto no. 18 in B flat major K.456 for piano and orchestra

Performers:ÌýÌýÌýÌý Ronald Brautigam, Cologne Academy, Michael Alexander WillensÌý

Composers:ÌýÌýÌý Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)ÌýÌýÌýÌý

Album Title:ÌýÌýÌýÌý BIS : SACD-2044

9.30am Building a Library

Caroline Gill compares recordings of Vivaldi’s Stabat Mater, and makes a recommendation.

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VIVALDI: Nisi Dominus; Stabat mater; Salve regina, RV 616; Concerto for Strings in D minor, RV 128; Sinfonia in B minor, RV 169

Michael Chance (counter tenor), English Concert, Trevor Pinnock (director)

ARCHIV 477 9586 (2CDs Budget)

10.20am Domingo and Pavarotti

Domingo at the Met, Anniversary Edition

Arias by Verdi, Bellini, Puccini, Giordano, Leoncavallo, Berlioz, Bizet, Wagner

SONY CLASSICAL : 88843-031602 (Budget CD)

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Luciano PavarottiÌý Volume 1: The First Decade

Works and arias by Bellini, Donizetti, Verdi, Puccini

DECCA 478 5946 (27CDs Budget, plus Vinyl EP)

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Extracts from the above sets:

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Tosca - opera in 3 acts

Performers:ÌýÌýÌýÌý Placido Domingo, Paul Plishka, New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, George SchickÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý

Composers:ÌýÌýÌý Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924)ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý

Album Title:ÌýÌýÌýÌý SONY CLASSICAL : 88843-031602

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Tosca - opera in 3 acts

Performers:ÌýÌýÌýÌý Placido Domingo, New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James LevineÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý

Composers:ÌýÌýÌý Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924)ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý

Album Title:ÌýÌýÌýÌý SONY CLASSICAL : 88843-031602

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Tosca - opera in 3 acts

Performers:ÌýÌýÌýÌý Luciano Pavarotti, Royal Opera House Orchestra, Edward DownesÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý

Composers:ÌýÌýÌý Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924)ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý

Album Title:ÌýÌýÌýÌý DECCA : 478-5946 ÌýÌýÌý

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La Boheme - opera in 4 acts

Performers:ÌýÌýÌýÌý Luciano Pavarotti, Orchestra del Teatro Municipale, Reggio Emilia, Peter MaagÌýÌýÌý

Composers:ÌýÌýÌý Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924)ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý

Album Title:ÌýÌýÌýÌý DECCA : 478-5946 ÌýÌýÌý

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Manon - opera comique in 5 acts

Performers:ÌýÌýÌýÌý Mirella Freni, Luciano Pavarotti, La Scala Orchestra, Peter MaagÌýÌý

Composers:ÌýÌýÌý Jules Massenet (1842 - 1912)ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý

Album Title:ÌýÌýÌýÌý DECCA : 478-5946 ÌýÌýÌý

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Iphigenie en Tauride - opera

Performers:ÌýÌýÌýÌý Paul Groves, Placido Domingo, New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Louis LangreeÌý

Composers:ÌýÌýÌý Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714 - 1787)ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý

Album Title:ÌýÌýÌýÌý SONY CLASSICAL : 88843-031602

10.50am New Releases

Richard Morrison joins Andrew to review re-issued recordings of the conductor Carlo Maria Giulini in his Centenary year.

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Carlo Maria Giulini – The Chicago Years

Including works by Beethoven, Berlioz, Brahms, Bruckner, Mahler, Stravinsky

WARNER CLASSICS 4 341752 2Ìý (4CDs)

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Carlo Maria Giulini – The London Years

Including works by Beethoven, Brahms, Britten, Debussy, Dvorak, Falla, Ravel, Rossini, Schumann, Tchaikovsky

WARNER CLASSICS 9 93739 2Ìý (17CDs)

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Carlo Maria Giulini – The Concerto Recordings

Including works by Brahms, Haydn, Mozart, Saint-Saens, Schumann, Prokofiev, Vivaldi

WARNER CLASSICS 4 31761 2Ìý (9CDs)

11.40am Disc of the Week

Concerto no. 2 in F minor Op.21 for piano and orchestra

Performers:ÌýÌýÌýÌý Ingrid Fliter, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Jun MarklÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý

Composers:ÌýÌýÌý Fryderyk Chopin (1810 - 1849)ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý

Album Title:ÌýÌýÌýÌý LINN : CKD-455 (Hybrid SACD)

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  • Sat 5 Apr 2014 09:00

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