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17/10/2015

Andrew McGregor and guests review Rebecca Clarke's Viola Sonata and Sir David Willcocks - The Complete Argo Recordings, featuring the Choir of King's College, Cambridge.

with Andrew McGregor

0930 Building a Library
Helen Wallace compares available versions of Rebecca Clarke's Viola Sonata and makes a personal recommendation. The Viola Sonata was written in 1918 and 1919, Clarke started it in Honolulu and finished it in Detroit. She submitted it to the international competition for chamber music run by Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge at her 1919 Berkshire Chamber Music Festival. 73 scores were submitted and two scores for viola and piano tied-Bloch's Suite and Clarke's Sonata. The prize went to Bloch on Coolidge's casting vote.

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Andrew talks to Jeremy Summerly about the release of a 29 disc set featuring The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, and celebrating the late Sir David Willcocks's tenure as Director of Music from 1957-1973. Six of these albums will be released on CD for the first time. Included in the set, titled The Complete Argo Recordings, are many of the choral greats: Bach's St John Passion, Tallis's Spem in Alium, Haydn's Nelson Mass, Allegri's Miserere - all recorded in the gorgeous acoustic of King's College Chapel.

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Andrew chooses an outstanding recording for his Disc of the Week.

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  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail (Opening)

    Performer: Dimitry Ivashchenko. Performer: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin. Performer: Ren茅 Jacobs. Singer: Maximilian Schmitt.
    • Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 1.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony No. 4 In E Minor (i. Allegro non troppo)

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iv谩n Fischer.
    • Brahms: Symphony No. 4.
    • Channel Classics.
    • 1.

  • Arnold Schoenberg

    Verklarte Nacht (Schwer Betont & Sehr Briet und Langsam)

    Performer: Nicolas Borne. Performer: Ant么nio Meneses. Ensemble: Belcea Quartet.
    • ALPHA 209.
    • ALPHA.
    • 15.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Hungarian Dance No. 7 in A minor

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iv谩n Fischer.
    • Channel Classics CCS SA 35315.
    • Channel Classics.
    • 8.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in G Op. 10 RV101 (iii. Allegro)

    Performer: Jeremias Schwarzer. Ensemble: Holland Baroque Society.
    • Channel Classics CCS SA CCS SA7615.
    • Channel Classics.
    • 18.

  • Toshio Hosokawa

    Singing Garden in Venice 'Nachspiel. Nacht - Schlaf'

    Performer: Holland Baroque Society. Performer: Jeremias Schwarzer.
    • Sounds and Clouds: Works by Hosokawa & Vivaldi.
    • Channel Classics.
    • 19.

  • Wim Henderickx

    Nada Brahma (iii. Sacred Noise)

    Performer: Hendrikje Van Kerckhove. Performer: Jorrit Tamminga. Ensemble: Hermes Ensemble. Director: Wim Henderickx.
    • Hermes Ensemble HMES002.
    • Hermes Ensemble.
    • 3.

  • Sally Beamish

    Under The Wing Of The Rock

    Performer: Branford Marsalis. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
    • BIS-2156.
    • BIS.
    • 11.

  • Edward McGuire

    Euphoria

    Performer: Red Note Ensemble.
    • Delphian DCD34157.
    • Delphian.
    • 2.

  • Krzysztof Penderecki

    A Sea of Dreams Did Breathe On Me (Part 3, Nos. 1 & 2)

    Singer: Olga Pasichnyk. Singer: Ewa Marciniec. Singer: Jaros艂aw Br臋k. Choir: Warsaw Philharmonic Chorus. Orchestra: Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Antoni Wit.
    • Naxos 8.573062.
    • Naxos.
    • 12.

  • Roger Doyle

    Time Machine (iii. Back in Time)

    • Heresy 017.
    • Heresy.
    • 3.

  • George Frideric Handel

    'For who is God?' from Chandos Anthem no.10 'The Lord is my light', HWV 255

    Performer: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Conductor: Sir David Willcocks.
    • The Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge 鈥� THE COMPLETE argo RECORDINGS.
    • Decca.
    • 6.

  • Thomas Tallis

    Spem in Alium

    Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Conductor: Sir David Willcocks.
    • The Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge 鈥� THE COMPLETE argo RECORDINGS.
    • Decca.
    • 3.

  • William Byrd

    Sanctus from Mass for Five Voices

    Performer: Sir David Willcocks. Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge.
    • The Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge 鈥� THE COMPLETE argo RECORDINGS.
    • Decca.
    • 4.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Benedictus from Missa in Angustiis (Nelson Mass)

    Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Conductor: Sir David Willcocks. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.
    • The Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge 鈥� THE COMPLETE argo RECORDINGS.
    • Decca.
    • 9.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    When Jesus Christ was yet a child

    Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Conductor: Sir David Willcocks.
    • The Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge 鈥� THE COMPLETE argo RECORDINGS.
    • Decca.
    • 16.

  • Gregorio Allegri

    Miserere mei, Deus (sung in English)

    Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Conductor: Sir David Willcocks. Singer: Roy Goodman.
    • The Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge 鈥� THE COMPLETE argo RECORDINGS.
    • Decca.
    • 12.

  • Herbert Howells

    Magnificat (Collegium Regale)

    Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Conductor: Sir David Willcocks.
    • The Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge 鈥� THE COMPLETE argo RECORDINGS.
    • Decca.
    • 4.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    St. John Passion, 'Herr, unser Herrscher'

    Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Conductor: Sir David Willcocks. Orchestra: Philomusica of London.
    • The Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge 鈥� THE COMPLETE argo RECORDINGS.
    • Decca.
    • 1.

  • Orlando Gibbons

    Nunc Dimittis (Short Service)

    Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Conductor: Boris Ord.
    • The Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge 鈥� THE COMPLETE argo RECORDINGS.
    • Decca.
    • 7.

  • Charles Villiers Stanford

    Magnificat in G

    Performer: Hugh Maclean. Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Singer: Richard White. Conductor: Boris Ord.
    • The Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge 鈥� THE COMPLETE argo RECORDINGS.
    • Decca.
    • 9.

  • Anonymous

    A Virgin Most Pure

    Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Conductor: Boris Ord.
    • The Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge 鈥� THE COMPLETE argo RECORDINGS.
    • Decca.
    • 13.

  • Henry John Gauntlett

    Once in Royal David's City

    Performer: Hugh Maclean. Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Conductor: Boris Ord.
    • The Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge 鈥� THE COMPLETE argo RECORDINGS.
    • Decca.
    • 1.

  • Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

    Rosary (Mystery) Sonata No. 5 in A major (The Finding in the Temple)

    Performer: Rachel Podger. Performer: David Miller. Performer: Marcin 艢wi膮tkiewicz.
    • Channel Classics CCS SA 37315.
    • Channel Classics.
    • 5.

  • Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

    Rosary (Mystery) Sonata No. 6 In C minor (The Agony In The Garden)

    Performer: Rachel Podger. Performer: David Miller. Performer: Marcin 艢wi膮tkiewicz.
    • Channel Classics CCS SA 37315.
    • Channel Classics.
    • 6.

  • Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

    Rosary (Mystery) Sonata No. 7 In F major (The Scourging)

    Performer: Rachel Podger. Performer: David Miller. Performer: Marcin 艢wi膮tkiewicz.
    • Channel Classics CCS SA 37315.
    • Channel Classics.
    • 7.

9.00am

MOZART: Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail, K384

Mari Eriksmoen (Blondchen), Robin Johannsen (Konstanze), Maximilian Schmitt (Belmonte), Julian Pregardien (Pedrillo), Dimitry Ivashchenko (Osmin), Cornelius Obonya (Bassa Selim), RIAS Kammerchor, Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin, Rene Jacobs (conductor)

HARMONIA MUNDI HMC902214/15 (2CD)

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Brahms: Symphony No. 4

BRAHMS: Symphony No. 4 in E minor Op. 98; Hungarian Dance No. 3 in F major; Hungarian Dance No. 7; Hungarian Dance No. 11

Istvan Kadar (violin), Andras Szabo (viola), Attila Martos (bass), Budapest Festival Orchestra, Ivan Fischer (conductor)

CHANNEL CCSSA35315 (Hybrid SACD)

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Berg, Schoenberg & Webern: Chamber Music

BERG: Lyric Suite - for string quartet (1926)

SCHOENBERG: Verklarte Nacht Op. 4

WEBERN: Langsamer Satz, (slow movement) Op. post. (1905); Five movements for String Quartet Op. 5 (1909)

Belcea Quartet, Nicolas Bone (violin), Antonio Meneses (cello)

ALPHA ALPHA209 (CD)

9.30am Building a Library

Helen Wallace compares recordings of Rebecca Clarke鈥檚 Sonata for Viola and Piano and makes a personal recommendation.

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Top recommendation:

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Zimmermann & Gerstein: Sonatas for Viola & Piano Vol. 1

BRAHMS: Viola Sonata No. 2 in E flat major Op. 120 No. 2

CLARKE, REBECCA: Viola Sonata

VIEUXTEMPS: Viola Sonata in B flat Op. 36

Tabea Zimmermann (viola), Kirill Gerstein (piano)

MYRIOS MYR004 (CD)

10.15am Contemporary Newcomers

Andrew considers several new releases of new music.

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Sounds & Clouds: Works by Hosokawa & Vivaldi

HOSOKAWA: Singing Garden in Venice

VIVALDI: Concerto in G major, RV101; Flute Concerto Op. 10 No. 1 in F major, RV 433 'La tempesta di mare'; Flute Concerto Op. 10 No. 2 in G minor, RV 439 'La notte'; Flute Concerto Op. 10 No. 3 in D major, RV 428 'Il gardellino'

Jeremias Schwarzer (recorder), Holland Baroque

CHANNEL CCSSA37615 (Hybrid SACD)

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Triptych

HENDERICKX: Nada Brahma; On the Road; Atlantic Wall

Hendrickje Van Kerckhove (soprano), Karin De Fleyt (bass flute), Mireille Capelle (mezzo), Jorrit Tamminga (electronics), HERMESensemble, Wim Henderickx (conductor)

HERMESensemble HMES002 (CD)

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Sally Beamish: The Singing

BEAMISH: Concerto for accordion and orchestra 'The Singing'; A Cage of Doves; Under the Wing of the Rock; Reckless for chamber orchestra; Trumpet Concerto

James Crabb (accordion), Branford Marsalis (alto saxophone), Hakan Hardenberger (trumpet), National Youth Orchestra of Scotland, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins (conductor)

BIS BIS2156 (Hybrid SACD)

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Eddie McGuire: Entangled Fortunes

MCGUIRE, E: Elegy; Euphoria; String Trio; Entangled Fortunes; Quintet 2

Red Note Ensemble

DELPHIAN DCD34157 (CD)

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PENDERECKI: A Sea of Dreams Did Breathe on Me

Olga Pasichnyk (soprano), Ewa Marciniec (mezzo-soprano), Jaroslaw Brek (bass baritone), Warsaw Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra, Antoni Wit (conductor)

NAXOS 8573062 (CD budget)

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Roger Doyle: Time Machine

DOYLE, R: Back from hospital; Back in time; Birth; Chalant; Coat-hanger kisses; Departure; It's very serious; Jonathan Prelude; Salome at the gate; Voices of Parents; Wassane

Roger Doyle

HERESY RECORDS HERESY017 (CD)

10.50am Jeremy Summerly on King鈥檚 College, Cambridge and David Willcocks

Jeremy Summerly joins Andrew to discuss a new limited edition box set: the complete Argo recordings of the Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge under the late Sir David Willcocks.

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The Choir of King鈥檚 College Cambridge: The Complete Argo Recordings

BACH, J S: Motet BWV227 'Jesu, meine Freude'; St John Passion, BWV245

BYRD: Magnificat; Nunc dimittis; Ave verum Corpus; Mass for three voices; Mass for four voices; Mass for five voices

CROFT: The Burial Service

HANDEL: Coronation Anthems Nos. 1-4; Chandos Anthems Nos. 1-11; Ode for St Cecilia's Day, HWV76

HAYDN: Mass, Hob. XXII:11 in D minor 'Nelsonmesse'

PALESTRINA: Stabat mater

TALLIS: Spem in alium for eight five-part choirs '40-part Motet'; Lamentations of Jeremiah I & II

TAVERNER: Mass 'The Western Wynde'

VIVALDI: Gloria in D major, RV589

The Choir of King鈥檚 College Cambridge, David Willcocks (conductor)

DECCA 4788918 (29CD budget)

11.45am Disc of the Week: Rachel Podger plays Biber鈥檚 Rosary Sonatas

BIBER: The Rosary Sonatas (Mystery Sonatas)

Rachel Podger (violin), Marcin Swiatkiewicz (harpsichord/organ), Jonathan Manson (cello/viola da gamba), David Miller (theorbo/archlute)

CHANNEL CCSSA37315 (2Hybrid SACD)

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