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Building a Library: Mozart: horn concertos

With Andrew McGregor. Including Building a Library: Mozart: horn concertos; New releases reviewed and assessed; Disc of the Week.

3 hours, 12 minutes

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Sat 16 May 2015 09:00
大象传媒 Radio 3

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  • Francis Poulenc

    Sonata For Piano Duet (1918, Rev. 1939 - III. Finale)

    Performer: Dagmar Clottu. Performer: Martha Argerich.
    • Martha Argerich & Friends - Live from Lugano 2014.
    • Warner.
    • 3.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No. 1 In C Major Op.21 (IV. Finale)

    Orchestra: Chorus Viennensis. Conductor: Martin Haselb枚ck.
    • Re Sound Beethoven.
    • Alpha.
    • 4.

  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony No. 9 in D major (I. First Movement - Opening)

    Conductor: Iv谩n Fischer. Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra.
    • Mahler Symphony No. 9.
    • Channel Classics.
    • 1.

  • George Frideric Handel

    L' Allegro, Il Penseroso, Ed Il Moderato (Part 2, "Me, when the sun begins to fling; Hide me from day's garish eye)

    Ensemble: Gabrieli Players. Director: Paul McCreesh. Singer: Gillian Webster.
    • Handel: L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato.
    • Winged Lion/Signum.
    • 3-4.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    The Song of the Forests, Op. 81 (6. A walk into the future)

    Singer: Alexei Tanovitski. Orchestra: Estonian National S O. Choir: Narva Boys Choir. Singer: Konstantin Andreyev. Choir: Estonian Concert Choir. Conductor: Paavo J盲rvi.
    • Shostakovich Cantatas.
    • Erato.
    • 8.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    7 Variations in E flat major on 'Bei Mannern, Welche Liebe Fuhlen' from Mozart's Die Zauberflote, Woo.46

    Performer: Martha Argerich. Performer: Mischa Maisky.
    • Martha Argerich & Friends - Live from Lugano 2014.
    • Warner.
    • 4.

  • Alexander Borodin

    Quintet In C Minor For Piano And Strings (II. Scherzo)

    Performer: Andrey Baranov. Performer: Geza Hosszu-Legocky. Performer: Nora Romanoff-Schwarzberg. Performer: Jing Zhao. Performer: Alexander Mogilevsky.
    • Martha Argerich & Friends - Live from Lugano 2014.
    • Warner.
    • 6.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Concerto No. 1 In A Minor Op.77 For Violin And Orchestra

    Performer: Leonidas Kavakos. Conductor: Valery Gergiev. Orchestra: Mariinsky Orchestra.
    • Shostakovich Symphony No. 9 / Violin Concerto No. 1.
    • MARIINSKY.
    • 6.

9.00am

Re-Sound Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 1 in C major Op. 21; Symphony No. 2 in D major Op. 36

Orchester Wiener Akademie, Martin Haselbock (conductor)

ALPHA ALPHA470 (CD)

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MAHLER: Symphony No. 9

Budapest Festival Orchestra, Ivan Fischer (conductor)

CHANNEL CCSSA36115 (Hybrid SACD)

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HANDEL: L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato

Gillian Webster (soprano), Laurence Kilsby (treble), Jeremy Ovenden (tenor), Peter Harvey (baritone), Ashley Riches (bass), William Whitehead (organ), Gabrieli Consort and Players, Paul McCreesh (conductor)

SIGNUM SIGCD392 (2CD mid-price)

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Shostakovich: Cantatas

SHOSTAKOVICH: The Execution of Stepan Razin Op. 119; The Sun Shines on Our Motherland Op. 90; The Song of the Forests Op. 81

Aleksei Tanovitski (bass), Kostiantin Andrejev (tenor), Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Narva Boys Choir, Estonian Concert Choir, Paavo Jarvi (conductor)

ERATO 2564616666 (CD)

9.30am Building a Library

Jonathan Freeman-Attwood compares recordings of Mozart鈥檚 Horn Concertos and makes a personal recommendation.

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Top recommendation:

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Mozart - Horn Concertos & Horn Quintet

MOZART: Horn Concertos Nos. 1-4 (complete); Horn Quintet in E flat, K407

David Pyatt (horn), Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner (conductor), Kenneth Sillito (violin), Robert Smissen, Stephen Tees (violas), Stephen Orton (cello)

APEX 2564681619 (CD budget)

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10.20am Martha Argerich & Friends: Lugano 2014

Martha Argerich & Friends: Live from Lugano 2014

BEETHOVEN: Variations (7) on "Bei Mannern, welche Liebe fuhlen", for Cello and Piano, WoO 46

BORODIN: Piano Quintet in C minor

BRIDGE: Cello Sonata in D minor, H125

MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No. 1 in C minor Op. 11

MILHAUD: La Creation du Monde for piano quintet Op. 81b

MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K466

POULENC: Sonata for Piano Four Hands (a mademoiselle Simone Tilliard); Cello Sonata Op. 143

SCRIABIN: Fantasy in A minor Op. post.

WEINBERG: Sonata for Violin & Piano No. 5 Op. 53

Martha Argerich (piano), Mischa Maisky (cello), Alexander Mogilevsky (piano), Andrey Baranov (violin I), Geza Hosszu-Legocky (violin II), Nora Romanoff (viola), Jing Zhao (cello), Gautier Capucon (cello), Gabriela Montero (piano), Akane Sakai (piano), Lilya Zilberstein (piano), Anton Gerzenberg (piano), Daniel Gerzenberg (piano), Eduardo Hubert (piano), Dora Schwarzberg (violin I), Michael Guttmann (violin II), Mark Drobinsky (cello), Orchestra della Svizzera italiana, Jacek Kaspszyk (conductor), Dagmar Clottu (piano), Francesco Piemontesi (piano), Daniel Rivera (piano), Gidon Kremer (violin)

WARNER CLASSICS 2564613460 (3CD budget)


10.45am New Releases

Andrew is joined by John Bridcut to discuss some recent discs of music from composers who fought during the Great War.

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M茅lodies: Prescience 鈥� Conscience

HALPHEN: Pour Cyth猫re

F脡VRIER: La derni猫re chanson

J脺RGENS: Das Treue Paar; Der Geworbene; Deh Nicht; Fromm

RAVEL: Trois Chansons

BUTTERWORTH: On the idle hill of summer; Loveliest of trees; The lads in their hundreds

KELLY: Shall I Compare Thee?

FAUR脡: C鈥檈st la paix op. 114

FARRAR: 3 pi猫ces pour piano, op. 23

DEVAERE: La fl没te am猫re de l'automne op. 1; Grave et poignant, pour piano

STEPHAN: Pappel im Strahl; Heimat; Abendfrieden

DEBUSSY: No毛l des enfants qui n'ont plus de maison

HAHN: Le plus beau pr茅sent

SCHULHOFF: 5 Ges盲nge op. 39

Marc Mauillon (baritone), Anne Le Bozec (piano)

EDITIONS HORTUS 704 (CD)

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La naissance d'un nouveau monde

SCHULLHOFF: Sonata for cello and piano op. 17

BRIDGE: Sonata for cello and piano in D minor

GRANADOS: Madrigal

DE LA PRESLE: Guitare

Thomas Duran (cello), Nicolas Mallarte (piano)

EDITIONS HORTUS 705 (CD)

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Les altistes engages

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Romance

HINDEMITH: Viola Sonata Op. 11 鈥� 4

SCHMITT: L茅gende

KOECHLIN: Viola Sonata Op. 53

EDITIONS HORTUS 707 (CD)

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Concertos pour la main gauche

BRITTEN: Diversions, for piano left hand and orchestra

KORNGOLD: Concerto for piano left hand in C sharp, Op. 17

Nicolas Stavy (piano), Orchestre National de Lille, Paul Polivnick (conductor)

EDITIONS HORTUS 710 (CD)

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11.35am Disc of the Week

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 9 & Violin Concerto No. 1

SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 9 in E flat major Op. 70; Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor Op. 99

Leonidas Kavakos (violin), Mariinsky Orchestra, Valery Gergiev (conductor)

MARIINSKY MAR0524 (Hybrid SACD)

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  • Sat 16 May 2015 09:00
    大象传媒 Radio 3

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