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Building a Library: Hildegard von Bingen

With Andrew McGregor. Including Building a Library.

with Andrew McGregor

In today's Building a Library, Sara Mohr-Pietsch surveys the music on record of the 11th century composer, writer, mystic and Benedictine abbess Hildegard of Bingen, specifically the many liturgical songs that were collected into the extraordinary cycle known as the 'Symphonia armoniae celestium revelationum'.

Plus to mark Record Store Day Andrew is joined by journalist and critic Kate Molleson and classical music retailer Jim Elliott to discuss the current habits of the UK's record-buying public. With a virtual wallet containing 拢50 in their pockets they tell us what they would buy.

If you too had a virtual wallet with 拢50 to spend on recorded classical music what would you buy and where would you buy it? How much do you spend a month on new recordings? When did you last go to your local record store, or is the very notion of a record store outdated? Have CDs had their day as a format? Tell us the answer to these and ask us your own questions via email, Twitter or post.

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3 hours, 12 minutes

Last on

Sat 16 Apr 2016 09:00
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Henryk Wieniawski

    脡tude-caprice in A minor, Op 18 No 4

    Performer: David Oistrakh. Performer: Igor Oistrakh.
    • DG: 00289 479 5516.
    • DG.
    • 15.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Piano Concerto No 1 in D minor, Op 15

    Performer: Paul Lewis. Orchestra: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Harding.
    • Harmonia Mundi HMC 902191.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 1.

  • Erik Satie

    Sylvie (Trois Melodies)

    Performer: Reinbert de Leeuw. Singer: Barbara Hannigan.
    • Winter & Winter 910 234-2.
    • Winter & Winter.
    • 3.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    A London Symphony - 3rd movement, Scherzo

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Manze.
    • Onyx ONYX 4155.
    • Onyx.
    • 3.

  • Orlando Gibbons

    This is the Record of John

    Singer: Alfred Deller. Ensemble: Deller Consort. Ensemble: Gamba Consort Of Schola Cantorum Basiliensis. Director: August Wenzinger.
    • AliaVox AVSA 9838.
    • AliaVox.
    • 2.

  • La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Hesp猫rion XXI & Jordi Savall

    Exultet Caelum Laudibus

    • AliaVox AVSA 9838.
    • AliaVox.
    • 2.

  • The City Of Prague Philharmonic And Chorus C Stepa

    The Ninth Gate

    • The Ninth Gate.
    • Silva Screen.
    • 16.

  • Leveret

    Dundas

    • Rootbeat Records.
    • Rootbeat Records.
    • 3.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No. 41 in C major K551 (Jupiter)

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century. Conductor: Frans Br眉ggen.
    • GLOSSA : GCD921119.
    • GLOSSA.
    • 3.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Piano Concerto in G major

    Performer: Monique Haas. Orchestra: Northwest German Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Hans Schmidt鈥怚sserstedt.
    • DG: 00289 479 5516.
    • DG.
    • 3.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Exsultate, Jubilate (K 165)

    Singer: Maria Stader. Orchestra: Rias S O. Conductor: Ferenc Fricsay.
    • DG: 00289 479 5516.
    • DG.
    • 1.

  • Hector Berlioz

    Benvenuto Cellini (Overture)

    Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic. Conductor: Paul van Kempen.
    • DG: 00289 479 5516.
    • DG.
    • 15.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Symphony No 10 in E minor, Op.93 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Karel An膷erl.
    • DG.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Sonata in F major K.332

    Performer: Conrad Hansen.
    • DG: 00289 479 5516.
    • DG.
    • 9.

  • Franz Schubert

    String Quartet in G major (D.887)

    Ensemble: Amadeus Quartet.
    • DG: 00289 479 5516.
    • DG.
    • 1.

  • Richard Strauss

    Der Rosenkavalier (Act III)

    Singer: Tiana Lemnitz. Singer: Elfride Tr枚tschel. Singer: Georgine Von Milinkovic. Orchestra: Wurttemberg State Orchestra. Conductor: Ferdinand Leitner.
    • DG: 00289 479 5516.
    • DG.
    • 6.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Qual farfalletta (Partenope)

    Singer: Amanda Forsythe. Ensemble: Apollo鈥檚 Fire. Conductor: Jeannette Sorrell.
    • Avie AV2350.
    • Avie.
    • 5.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto in C minor for oboe and violin, BWV.1060 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Alfredo Bernardini. Performer: Cecilia Bernardini. Ensemble: Dunedin Consort. Conductor: John Butt.
    • Linn Records CKD 519.
    • Linn Records.
    • 3.

9.00am

Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 & Ballades Op. 10
BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor Op. 15; Ballades (4) Op. 10
Paul Lewis (piano), Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Harding (conductor)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMC902191 (CD)

Satie: Socrate
SATIE: Trois Melodies; 3 autres Melodies Chanson; Hymne; Socrate - Drame Symphonique
Barbara Hannigan (soprano), Reinbert de Leeuw (piano)
WINTER AND WINTER 9102342 (CD)

Vaughan Williams: Symphonies Vol. 1
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Symphony No. 2 'A London Symphony'; Symphony No. 8 in D minor
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Manze (conductor)
ONYX ONYX4155 (CD)

9.30am Building a Library

Sara Mohr-Pietsch surveys the music of 11th century composer, writer, mystic and Benedictine abbess Hildegard of Bingen.

Building a Library Recommendations

Top recommendation:

Sequentia: Celestial Hierarchy
HILDEGARD: O splendidissima gemma; O dulcis electe; O speculum columbae; O spectabilis viri; O cohors militiae; O victoriosissimi Triumphatores; Kyrie eleison; O vos imitatores excelse; O gloriosissimi lux; O vos angeli
Sequentia
DEUTSCHE HARMONA MUNDI 88765468642 (CD)

Other recordings:

Below is a shortlist of other recordings which Sara Mohr-Pietsch also liked, although we can鈥檛 guarantee the availability of these discs.

Abbess Hildegard of Bingen - A feather on the breath of God
HILDEGARD: Columba aspexit; Ave generosa; O ignis Spiritus Paracliti; O Jerusalem aurea civitatis, sequence to St Rupert; O Euchari; O viridissima virga; O presul vere civitas; O Ecclesia
Emma Kirkby (soprano), Gothic Voices, Christopher Page (conductor)
HYPERION CDA66039 (CD mid-price)

Hildegard von Bingen: Heavenly Revelations
HILDEGARD: O Euchari; Alleluia; Ave generosa; For the Trinity (Laus Trinitati); Kyrie; O presul vere civitas; O ignis Spiritus Paracliti; Ordo Virtutum; O pastor animarum; O viridissima virga; O virga ac diadema
Oxford Camerata, Jeremy Summerly (conductor)
NAXOS 8550998 (CD budget)

Hildegard von Bingen / John Cage
HILDEGARD: O Rubor Sanguinis, Studium Divinatis, O Virtus Sapientiae, O Viridissma Virga, O Felix Apparitio, Aer Enim, Et Ideo Puellae, Deus Enim Rorem, Sed Diabolus; CAGE: Sonnekus Parts 1-9; HILDEGARD/CAGE: O Rubor Sanguinis, Sonnekus Part I, Studium Divinatis, Sonnekus Part II, O Virtus Sapientiae, Sonnekus Part III, O Viridissma Virga, Sonnekus Part IV, O Felix Apparitio, Sonnekus Part V, Aer Enim, Sonnekus Part VI, Et Ideo Puellae, Sonnekus Part VII, Deus Enim Rorem, Sonnekus Part VIII, Sed Diabolus, Sonnekus Part IX
Irene Kurka (soprano)
EDITION WANDELWEISER RECORDS EWR 1201 (CD)

Hildegard von Bingen: Vox Cosmica
ABELARD: Planctus David super Saul et lonatha
HILDEGARD: O tu suavissima; Divine Love (Karitas Habundat); Ave Maria; For the Creator (O Quam Mirabilis); O virtus sapientae
JOHANSEN, P: Meditation I; Meditation II; Meditation III; Meditation IV
Arianna Savall (singer, harp), Hirundo Maris
CARPE DIEM CD16304 (CD mid-price)

10.20am - Record Store Day Virtual Wallet

To mark Record Store Day Andrew is joined by journalist and critic Kate Molleson and classical music retailer Jim Elliott to discuss the current habits of the UK's record-buying public. With a virtual wallet containing 拢50 in their pockets they tell us what they would buy.

Listener suggestions and choices are also featured and discussed throughout the programme.

Decca Sound: Dutoit 路 Montreal
Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal, Charles Dutoit (conductor)
DECCA 4789466 (32CD budget)

Archiv Produktion: 1947 鈥� 2013
A Celebration of Artistic Excellence from the Home of Early Music
DECCA (55 CDs)

Isabel I, Queen of Castile
CORNAGO: Patres nostri peccaverunt; Bassa & Alta Danza 'Mappamundi'
DUFAY: Je ne vis oncques
ENCINA: Pavane (Pues que jamas olvidaros); El que rige y el regido; Levanta, Pascual; Triste Espana sin ventura
ESCOBAR, P: Requiem aeternam
NARVAEZ: Paseabase el Rey moro
TORDESILLAS: Franceses, 驴por que rrazon?
TORRE, F: Alta, danza sobre La Spagna; Al-Andalus - Cancion en ritmo Quddan de la Nuba Gribt Al Hussein de Marruecos
VERARDI: Historia Baetica: Viva el gran Re Don Fernando
Montserrat Figueras (soprano), La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Hesperion XXI, Jordi Savall (conductor)
ALIA VOX AVSA9838 (Hybrid SACD mid-price)

The Ninth Gate
City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
SILVA SCREEN RECORDS FILMCD321 (CD)

Leveret: In the Round
VARIOUS: The Good Old Way (Roud 23864), The Rising Sun, Dundas, Namptwich Fair / Rose Howard, Not Basingstoke, Glory of the Sun / The Road to Poynton, Grinders / Solomon's Joak, Miss Wright's Fancy, An Italian Rant, The Height of Cader Idris / Jack a Lent
Andy Cutting (diatonic button accordion, melodeon), Sam Sweeney (fiddle, viola), Rob Harbron (English concertina)
ROOTBEAT RECORDS RBRCD29

Mozart: The last three symphonies
MOZART: Symphony No. 39 in E flat major, K543; Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K550; Symphony No. 41 in C major, K551 'Jupiter'
Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century, Frans Bruggen (conductor)
GLOSSA GCD921119 (2CD budget)

The Power of Love
HANDEL: Amor e qual vento (from Orlando); Geloso tormento (from Almira); Chaconne from 'Terpsichore' HWV 8b; Qual farfalletta (from Partenope); Piangero la sorte mia (from Giulio Cesare); Terpsichore: Entree (Jalousie); Il Primo Ardor (from Ariodante); Dunque, I laci d'un volto...Ah! Crudel (from Rinaldo); Terpsichore: air; Tornami a vagheggiar (from Alcina); Amarti si vorrei (from Teseo); Terpsichore: Ballo; Da tempeste il legno infranto (from Giulio Cesare)
Amanda Forsythe (soprano), Jeannette Sorrell (harpsichord/director), Apollo's Fire
AVIE AV2350 (CD mid-price)

JS Bach: Violin Concertos
BACH, J S: Concerto for Oboe, Violin and Strings BWV1060R; Violin Concerto No. 2 in E major, BWV1042; Cantata BWV21 'Ich hatte viel Bekummernis': Sinfonia; Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, BWV1041; Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, BWV1043
Alfredo Bernardini (oboe), Huw Daniel (violin), Cecilia Bernardini (violin), Dunedin Consort, John Butt (conductor)
LINN CKD519 (Hybrid SACD)

11.00am - Reissues: DG The Mono Era 1948 鈥� 1957

Deutsche Grammophon: The Mono Era
DG 4795516 (51CD budget)

11.45am - Disc of the Week

HANDEL: Arminio
Max Emanuel Cencic (Arminio), Layla Claire (Tusnelda), Ruxandra Donose (Ramise), Vince Yi (Sigismondo), Juan Sancho (Varo), Xavier Sabata (Tullio) and Petros Magoulas (Segeste), Armonia Atenea, George Petrou (conductor)
DECCA 4788764 (2CD mid-price)

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