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Summer Record Review

Andrew McGregor talks to Harriet Smith about Walter Gieseking's Bach interpretations from his legendary 1950 recordings, including The Well-Tempered Clavier.

with Andrew McGregor;

1030 Andrew talks to Harriet Smith about a recent release of Walter Gieseking's Bach interpretations from his legendary 1950 recordings, including The Well-Tempered Clavier, Partitas and Inventions.

1130
Mozart
Violin Sonata in F major, K377
Alina Ibragimova (violin)
Cédric Tiberghien (piano).

3 hours, 12 minutes

Music Played

  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Vespro Della Beata Vergine [1610]

    Ensemble: Dunedin Consort. Conductor: John Butt.
    • Monteverdi Vespers 1610.
    • Linn Records.
    • 1.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata No. 82 Bwv.82 "Ich Habe Genug" (Schlummert ein)

    Singer: Matthias Goerne. Performer: Gottfried von der Goltz. Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra.
    • Cantatas for bass.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 12.
  • Joseph Haydn

    L' Isola Disabitata - Azione Teatrale In 2 Acts H.28.9

    Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.
    • Solo e Pensoso.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 5.
  • Sir George Benjamin

    Palimpsest 1

    Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir George Benjamin.
    • Ligeti/Murail/Benjamin.
    • Neos.
    • 3.
  • Grażyna Bacewicz

    Quartet No. 7 For Strings iii Finale

    Ensemble: Silesian String Quartet.
    • Bacewicz: Complete String Quartets.
    • Chandos.
    • 11.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata No. 82 Bwv.82 (Ich Habe Genug)

    Singer: Iestyn Davies. Ensemble: Arcangelo. Director: Jonathan Cohen.
    • Bach Cantatas 54, 82, 170.
    • Hyperion.
    • 11.
  • Giuseppe Torelli

    Sinfonia In C Major (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Adrian Chandler. Ensemble: La Serenissima.
    • The Italian Job.
    • Avie.
    • 23.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Da tempeste il legno infranto [aria, Cleopatra]

    Performer: Maxim Emlyanychev. Singer: Joyce DiDonato. Orchestra: Il Pomo d’Oro.
    • In War & Peace.
    • Erato.
    • 15.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude in C minor, BWV999

    Performer: Walter Gieseking.
    • Walter Gieseking - Complete Bach Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon.
    • DG.
    • 9.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Partita No. 1, BWV825 - Praeludium & Allemande

    Performer: Walter Gieseking.
    • Walter Gieseking - Complete Bach Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon.
    • DG.
    • 1.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Partita No. 3 BWV827, Sarabande

    Performer: Walter Gieseking.
    • Walter Gieseking - Complete Bach Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon.
    • DG.
    • 16.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Partita No. 6, BWV830 - Gigue

    Performer: Walter Gieseking.
    • Walter Gieseking - Complete Bach Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon.
    • DG.
    • 14.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Overture in the French Style, BWV831 - Echo

    Performer: Walter Gieseking.
    • Walter Gieseking - Complete Bach Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon.
    • DG.
    • 22.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Invention No. 5 in E flat major, BWV776

    Performer: Walter Gieseking.
    • Walter Gieseking - Complete Bach Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon.
    • DG.
    • 6.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Book 1, Prelude and beginning of Fugue in E flat minor, BWV853

    Performer: Walter Gieseking.
    • Walter Gieseking - Complete Bach Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon.
    • DG.
    • 8.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Book 2, Prelude in D major, BWV874

    Performer: Walter Gieseking.
    • Walter Gieseking - Complete Bach Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon.
    • DG.
    • 9.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Opening or the slow Adagissimo Capriccio on the departure of the most beloved brother, BWV992

    Performer: Walter Gieseking.
    • Walter Gieseking - Complete Bach Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon.
    • DG.
    • 7.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue, BWV903

    Performer: Walter Gieseking.
    • Walter Gieseking - Complete Bach Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon.
    • DG.
    • 4.
  • Karol Szymanowski

    Concerto No. 1 Op.35 For Violin And Orchestra i & ii

    Performer: Tasmin Little. Orchestra: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Szymanowski/Karlowicz : Violin Concertos.
    • Chandos.
    • 1.
  • Richard Strauss

    An Sie Op.43 No.1 & Die Ulme Zu Hirsau Op.43 No.3

    Performer: Roger Vignoles. Singer: Nicky Spence.
    • The Complete Songs - 8.
    • Hyperion.
    • 4.
  • Hector Berlioz

    Seul pour lutter (Benvenuto Cellini)

    Singer: Michael Spyres. Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: Carlo Rizzi.
    • Espoir.
    • Opera Rara.
    • 8.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Sonata In F Major K.377 For Violin And Keyboard

    Performer: Cédric Tiberghien. Performer: Alina Ibragimova.
    • Mozart Violin Sonatas.
    • Hyperion.
    • 1.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Violin Sonata In B Flat Major K.8

    Performer: Alina Ibragimova. Performer: Cédric Tiberghien.
    • Mozart Violin Sonatas.
    • Hyperion.
    • 4.

Record Review

9.00 a.m.

Monteverdi: Vespro della beata Vergine (1610)

Dunedin Consort, His Majestys Sagbutts, Cornetts, John Butt (conductor)

LINN CKD569 (2CD)

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JS Bach: Cantatas for Bass

BACH, J S: Cantata BWV21 'Ich hatte viel Bekummernis': Sinfonia; Cantata BWV56 'Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen'; Oboe d'amore Concerto in A major, BWV1055; Cantata BWV82 'Ich habe genug'

Matthias Goerne (baritone), ÌýÌý Katharina Arfken (baroque oboe), Gottfried von der Goltz (violin, director), Freiburger Barockorchester

HARMONIA MUNDI HMM902323 (CD)

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0931 Gramophone Awards 2017…highlights

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Haydn 2032 Volume 3: Solo e pensoso

HAYDN: Solo e pensoso, Hob. XXIVb:20; L'isola disabitata: Overture in G minor, Hob.Ia:13; Symphony No. 4 in D major; Symphony No. 42 in D Major; Symphony No. 64 in A major 'Tempora Mutantur'

Francesca Aspromonte (soprano), Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini (conductor)

ALPHA ALPHA672 (CD)

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Musica Viva 22

BENJAMIN, G: Palimpsests

LIGETI: Lontano

MURAIL: Le Desenchantement Du Monde. Concerto Symphonique Pour Piano Et Orchestre

Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano), Symphonieorchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks, George Benjamin

NEOS NEOS11422 (Hybrid SACD)

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Bacewicz: String Quartets

BACEWICZ: String Quartet No. 1; String Quartet No. 2; String Quartet No. 3; String Quartet No. 4; String Quartet No. 5; String Quartet No. 6; String Quartet No. 7

Silesian Quartet

CHANDOS CHAN10904(2) (2CD)

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JS Bach: Cantatas Nos 54, 82 & 170

BACH, J S: Cantata BWV170 'Vergnugte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust'; Cantata BWV54 'Widerstehe doch der Sunde'; Cantata BWV82 'Ich habe genug'; Sinfonia: Cantata BWV174; Cantata BWV52 'Falsche Welt, dir trau ich nicht': Sinfonia

Iestyn Davies (countertenor), Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen (conductor)

HYPERION CDA68111 (CD)

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The Italian Job

ALBINONI: Concerto Op. 9 No. 3 for two oboes & strings in F major

CALDARA: Sinfonia for 2 oboes, 2 bassoons, 2 trumpets, timpani, violin, strings & continuo in C

CORELLI: Sinfonia, WoO 1, to the oratorio Santa Beatrice d'Este

TARTINI: Concerto in E major, D51

TORELLI: Sinfonia for 4 trumpets, timpani, 2 oboes, 2 bassoons, 2 violins, 2 cellos, strings & continuo in C, G 33

VIVALDI: Concerto RV151 in G major for strings & basso continuo 'Alla rustica'; Bassoon Concerto, RV 467 in C major

Gail Hennessy, Rachel Chaplin (oboes), Peter Whelan (bassoon), La Serenissima, Adrian Chandler (violin, director)

AVIE AV2371 (CD)

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In War & Peace

HANDEL: Scenes of horror (from Jephtha); Svegliatevi nel core (from Giulio Cesare); Pensieri, voi mi tormentate! (from Agrippina); Lascia ch'io pianga (from Rinaldo); Augeletti che cantate (from Rinaldo); Crystal streams in murmurs flowing: Susanna; Da tempeste il legno infranto (from Giulio Cesare)

JOMMELLI: Sprezza il furor del vento (from Attila Regolo); Par che di Giubilo (from Attilio Regolo)

LEO: Prendi quel ferro, o barbaro! (from Andromaca)

MONTEVERDI: Illustratevi, o cieli (from Il ritorno di Ulisse in patria)

PURCELL: They tell us that your mighty powers, Z630; When I am laid in earth (from Dido and Aeneas); O lead me to some peaceful gloom (from Bonduca or The British Heroine, Z574); Why should men quarrel? (from The Indian Queen, Z630)

Joyce DiDonato (mezzo), Il Pomo d'Oro, Maxim Emelyanychev (harpsichord, director)

ERATO 9029592846 (CD)

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1023 Reissues: Harriet Smith on Gieseking’s Bach

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Walter Gieseking – Complete Bach Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon

BACH, J S:

Partitas BWV 825-830

Overture BWV 831

Toccata BWV 911

The Well-Tempered Clavier I & II

Italian Concerto BWV 971

Chromatic Fantasia & Fugue BWV 903

Fantasia & Fugue BWV 906

Capriccio BWV 992

10 Little Preludes

Fantasia & Fugue BWV 944

Two-Part Inventions

Three-Part Sinfonias

Bonus: SCHUMANN: Piano Concerto

DEUTCHE GRAMMOPHONÌý 479 7362Ìý (7 CDs)

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1108 New Releases

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Szymanowski & Karlowicz: Violin Concertos

KARLOWICZ: Violin Concerto in A major Op. 8

SZYMANOWSKI: Violin Concerto No. 1 Op. 35; Violin Concerto No. 2 Op. 61

Tasmin Little (violin), ´óÏó´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner (conductor)

CHANDOS CHSA5185 (Hybrid SACD)

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Richard Strauss: The Complete Songs 8

STRAUSS, R: Cacilie Op. 27 No. 2; Wenn ... Op. 31 No. 2; Bruder Liederlich Op. 41 No. 4; An Sie Op. 43 No. 1; Die Ulme zu Hirsau Op. 43 No. 3; Funf Gedichte Op. 46; Junggesellenschwur Op. 49 No. 6; Wer wird von der Welt verlangen Op. 67 No. 4; Hab'ich euch denn je geraten Op. 67 No. 5; Wanderers Gemutsruhe Op. 67 No. 6; Der Pokal Op. 69, No. 2; Vier letzte Lieder; Sie wissen's nicht Op. 49 No. 5

Nicky Spence (tenor), Rebecca Evans (soprano), Roger Vignoles (piano)

HYPERION CDA68185 (CD)

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Espoir

AUBER: Ils s’e´loignent, je reste (from Le Lac des fe´es)

BERLIOZ: Seul pour lutter, seul avec mon courage (from Benvenuto Cellini)

DONIZETTI: Dopo i lauri di vittoria (from Rosmonda d’Inghilterra); Seul sur la terre (from Dom Sebastien, Roi de Portugal); La maitresse du roi?...Ange si pur (from La Favorite); Tombe degl'avi miei … Fra poco a me ricovero...Tu che a Dio spiegasti l'ali (from Lucia di Lammermoor)

HALEVY: Dans ces lieux (from Guido et Gine´vra); Tu seras donc pour moi (from Guido et Gine´vra); De mes ai¨eux ombres sacre´es (from La Reine de Chypre)

ROSSINI: Venise, o^ ma patrie (from Otello)

VERDI: L'infamie…O mes amis, mes freres (from Jerusalem)

Michael Spyres (tenor), Joyce El-Khoury (soprano), The Halle, Carlo Rizzi (conductor)

OPERA RARA ORR251 (CD)

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1142 DOTW

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Mozart: Violin Sonatas Volume 4

MOZART: Violin Sonata No. 26 in B flat major, K378; Violin Sonata No. 11 in Eb major, KV26; Violin Sonata No. 13 in C, K28; Violin Sonata No. 8 in F major, K13; Violin Sonata No. 20 in C major, K303; Six Variations in G minor on 'Helas, j'ai perdu mon amant', K360; Violin Sonata No. 3 in B flat major, K8; Violin Sonata No. 25 in F major, K377; Violin Sonata No. 30 in C major, K403

Alina Ibragimova (violin), Cedric Tiberghien (piano)

HYPERION CDA68164 (2CD)

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