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Strauss: Don Juan and Ein Heldenleben

STRAUSS, R: Don Juan Op. 20; Ein Heldenleben Op. 40

Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Mariss Jansons (conductor)

BR KLASSIK 900127 (CD)

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Nielsen: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 7

NIELSEN: Symphony No. 1 in G minor Op. 7 (FS16); Symphony No. 3 Op. 27 (FS60) 'Sinfonia espansiva'

Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Sakari Oramo (conductor)

BIS BIS2048 (Hybrid SACD)

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Sibelius: Symphony No. 2

SIBELIUS: Symphony No. 2 in D major Op. 43

WAGNER: Tannhauser: Overture

Boston Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons (conductor)

BSO CLASSICS BSO1401 (CD)

Caroline Gill compares recordings of Palestrina’s Missa Papae Marcelli and makes a recommendation:

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PALESTRINA: Missa Papae Marcelli; Missa Aeterna Christi Munera

Oxford Camerata, Jeremy Summerly (conductor)

NAXOS 8550573 (CD budget)

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PALESTRINA: Missa Papae Marcelli; Missa Aeterna Christi Munera; Stabat mater

ALLEGRI: Miserere

Oxford Schola Cantorum, Oxford Camerata, Jeremy Summerly (conductor)

NAXOS 8553238 (CD budget)

Simon Heighes visits an unusual recording session at the Royal College of Music – where students and early recording experts have teamed up to recreate Arthur Nikisch and the Berlin Philharmonic’s 1913 recording of Beethoven’s 5th Symphony. The original recording, one of the earliest one and most successful attempts to record an entire symphony using (close to) a full orchestra, used an acoustic horn to cut into a wax disc. Simon talked to participants in the 2014 re-enactment about the challenges of re-creating a recording process that pre-dated the use of electronic microphones.

Peter Dickinson: Three Concertos & Merseyside Echoes

DICKINSON: Piano Concerto; Violin Concerto; Organ Concerto; Merseyside Echoes

Howard Shelley (piano), ´óÏó´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra, David Atherton (conductor), Chloe Hanslip (violin), ´óÏó´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales, Clark Rundell (conductor), Jennifer Bate (organ)

HERITAGE HTGCD276 (CD)

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Concertos for Piano and Strings: Mark Bebbington

CARWITHEN: Concerto for Piano and Strings

JACOB, G: Piano Concerto No. 1

WILLIAMSON: Piano Concerto No. 2 in F sharp minor

Mark Bebbington (piano), Innovation Chamber Ensemble (CBSO Players), Richard Jenkinson

SOMM SOMMCD254 (CD)

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British Cello Concertos

JOUBERT: Concerto in Two Movements for Cello and Chamber Orchestra Op. 171

SIMPSON, R: Concerto for Cello and Orchestra

WRIGHT, C: Concerto for Cello and Orchestra

Raphael Wallfisch (cello), ´óÏó´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales, William Boughton (conductor)

LYRITA SRCD344 (CD)

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David Owen Norris joins Andrew live in the studio to discuss recent recordings of piano repertoire by Schumann & Chopin performed by Daniel Grimwood, Ingrid Fliter, David Wilde, Andrew Tyson, Valentina Lisitsa and Andreas Staier.

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Valentina Lisitsa: Etudes

CHOPIN: Etudes (12) Op. 10; Etudes (12) Op. 25

SCHUMANN: Etudes symphoniques Op. 13

Valentina Lisitsa (piano)

DECCA 4787697 (CD)

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Chopin: Preludes

CHOPIN: Preludes (24) Op. 28; Mazurka No. 13 in A minor Op. 17 No. 4; Mazurka No. 11 in E minor Op. 17 No. 2; Mazurka No. 41 in C sharp minor Op. 63 No. 3; Mazurka No. 32 in C sharp minor Op. 50 No. 3; Mazurka No. 1 in F sharp minor Op. 6 No. 1; Nocturne No. 3 in B major Op. 9 No. 3; Nocturne No. 8 in D flat major Op. 27 No. 2

Ingrid Fliter (piano)

LINN CKD475 (Hybrid SACD)

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Chopin: Preludes Op. 28

CHOPIN: Preludes (24) Op. 28; Prelude Op. 45 in C sharp minor (No. 25); Prelude in A sharp major KK IVb No. 7; Impromptu No. 3 in G flat major Op. 51; Mazurkas Op. 59 Nos. 1-3

Andrew Tyson (piano)

ZIGZAG ZZT347 (CD)

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Schumann: Variations & Fantasy Pieces

SCHUMANN: Abegg Variations Op. 1; Theme with Variations in E flat major WoO 24 ('Geistervariationen'); Fantasiestucke Op. 12; Fantasiestucke Op. 111

Andreas Staier (piano Erard, Paris 1837)

HARMONIA MUNDI HMC902171 (CD)

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FAURE: Nocturnes Nos. 1-13

Daniel Grimwood (piano)

EDITION PETERS EPS001 (CD)

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David Wilde plays Chopin II

CHOPIN: Nocturne No. 7 in C sharp minor Op. 27 No. 1; Nocturne No. 8 in D flat major Op. 27 No. 2; Polonaise No. 6 in A flat major Op. 53 'Heroique'; Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor Op. 35 'Marche funebre'; Nocturne No. 2 in E flat major Op. 9 No. 2; Prelude Op. 28 No. 15 in D flat major ‘Raindrop'; Fantasia in F minor Op. 49

David Wilde (piano)

DELPHIAN DCD34138 (CD)

Strauss: Four Last Songs

STRAUSS, R: Vier letzte Lieder; Ein Heldenleben Op. 40

Anna Netrebko (soprano), Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim (conductor)

DG 4793964 (CD)