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Building a Library: Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro

With Andrew McGregor. Including Building a Library: Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro; Box set: Neville Marriner - The Argo Years; Disc of the Week: Arensky: Piano Trios. Leonore Trio.

3 hours, 12 minutes

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Music Played

  • Anton Stepanovich Arensky

    Trio no. 2 in F minor Op.73 for piano and strings

    Performer: Leonore Piano Trio.
    • HYPERION : CDA68015.
    • HYPERION.
    • 5.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto in C minor BWV.1060 for 2 keyboards and string orchestra [from lost co

    • BIS : 2051.
    • Bis.
    • 14.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Concerto in A minor Op.102 for violin, cello and orchestra

    • DECCA : 5346246.
    • DECCA.
    • 2.
  • Christoph Willibald Gluck

    L' Ivrogne corrige - opera comique

    • EDITIONS ARTS FLORISSANTS : AF002.
    • EDITIONS ARTS FLORISSANTS.
    • 10.
  • Neville Marriner

    John Bridcut on 'Neville Marriner - the Argo Years' on Decca

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Building a Library: Sarah Lenton on Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro (on DVD)

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Adagio and fugue in C minor K.546 for strings

    • HARMONIA MUNDI : HMC902159.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 6.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony no. 39 in E flat major K.543

    • GLOSSA : GCD921119.
    • GLOSSA.
    • 1.
  • Niccolò Paganini

    Concerto no. 1 in D major Op.6 for violin and orchestra

    • DECCA : 5346246.
    • DECCA.
    • 3.
  • Niccolò Paganini

    Caprice no.24 Op.1 for violin solo

    • DECCA : 5346246.
    • DECCA.
    • 24.
  • Jean‐Philippe Rameau

    Ah! loin de rire, pleurons - canon for 4 voices

    • EDITIONS ARTS FLORISSANTS : AF002.
    • EDITIONS ARTS FLORISSANTS.
    • 12.
  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Concerto no. 2 in C major Op.58 for violin and orchestra

    • DECCA : 5346246.
    • DECCA.
    • 7.
  • Henryk Wieniawski

    Capriccio-valse in E major Op.7 for violin and piano

    • DECCA : 5346246.
    • DECCA.
    • 4.

9.00am

L' Ivrogne corrige - opera comique

Performers: Les Arts Florissants, William Christie

Composers: Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714 - 1787)

Album Title: Le Jardin de Monsieur Rameau

EDITIONS ARTS FLORISSANTS : AF002

Ah! loin de rire, pleurons - canon for 4 voices

Performers: Les Arts Florissants, William Christie

Composers: Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683 - 1764)

Album Title: Le Jardin de Monsieur Rameau

EDITIONS ARTS FLORISSANTS : AF002

Concerto in C minor BWV.1060 for 2 keyboards and string orchestra [from lost concerto for 2vn or ob & vn]

Performers: Masaaki Suzuki, Masato Suzuki, Japan Bach Collegium

Composers: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)

Album Title: BIS : 2051

Adagio and fugue in C minor K.546 for strings

Performers: Berlin Academy of Ancient Music

Composers: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)

Album Title: HARMONIA MUNDI : HMC902159

Symphony no. 39 in E flat major K.543

Performers: Orchestra of the 18th Century, Frans Bruggen

Composers: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)

Album Title: GLOSSA : GCD921119

9.30am Building a Library

Sarah Lenton compares DVD recordings of Mozart’s opera The Marriage of Figaro and makes a recommendation:

MOZART: Le nozze di Figaro, K492

Erwin Schrott (Figaro), Miah Persson (Susanna), Gerald Finley (Count Almaviva), Dorothea Roschmann (Countess Almaviva), Rinat Shaham (Cherubino), The Royal Opera Chorus, The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Antonio Pappano (conductor), David McVicar (stage director)

OPUS ARTE OA0990D (DVD)

10.15am

Concerto no. 1 in D major Op.6 for violin and orchestra

Performers: Ivry Gitlis, Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Stanislaw Wislocki

Composers: Nicolo Paganini (1782 - 1840)

Album Title: DECCA : 5346246

Caprice no.24 Op.1 for violin solo

Performers: Ivry Gitlis

Composers: Nicolo Paganini (1782 - 1840)

Album Title: DECCA : 5346246

Concerto no. 2 in C major Op.58 for violin and orchestra

Performers: Ivry Gitlis, Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra, Edouard van Remoortel

Composers: Camille Saint-Saens (1835 - 1921)

Album Title: DECCA : 5346246

Concerto in A minor Op.102 for violin, cello and orchestra

Performers: Ivry Gitlis, Maurice Gendron, Orchestre National de l'ORTF, Michael Tabachnik

Composers: Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)

Album Title: DECCA : 5346246

Capriccio-valse in E major Op.7 for violin and piano

Performers: Ivry Gitlis, Shigeo Neriki

Composers: Henryk Wieniawski (1835 - 1880)

Album Title: DECCA : 5346246

New Releases

John Bridcut talks to Andrew about a recently released box set of early recordings with Neville Marriner

Sir Neville Marriner - The Argo Years

Various works

Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner (conductor)

DECCA 4786883 (28CD budget)

Disc of the Week

Trio no. 2 in F minor Op.73 for piano and strings

Performers: Leonore Piano Trio

Composers: Anton Stepanovich Arensky (1861 - 1906)

Album Title: HYPERION : CDA68015

Broadcast

  • Sat 10 May 2014 09:00

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