Andrew McGregor with Natasha Loges and Sarah Devonald
Andrew McGregor presents. Wagner's Wesendonck Lieder features for Building a Library, while Sarah Devonald discusses releases of chamber music for wind instruments.
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Building a Library: Natasha Loges recommends the best recording of Wagner's Wesendonck Lieder. These five settings of poems by Mathilde Wesendonck were written in the late 1850s, when Wagner was staying by their villa in Zurich. He'd fallen deeply in love with Mathilde and although no one knows what really happened between them, the mutual infatuation certainly contributed to the intensity in the creation of his opera Tristan und Isolde. Nested within that opera are these five songs steeped in yearning and lust which share the motifs of night and day, the sun and the sea.
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Oboist and radio producer Sarah Devonald joins Andrew to discuss recent releases of chamber music for wind instruments including original works for saxophone quartet and for wind orchestra.
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Andrew chooses an outstanding new release as his Disc of the Week.
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Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder
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Francesco Maria Veracini
Sonata in G minor Op. 2 No. 5 i. Adagio ii. Capriccio
Ensemble: Brecon Baroque. Director: Rachel Podger.- Grandissima Gravita.
- Channel Classics.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Kantate BWV158: Aria & Choral: Welt, ade, ich bin dein m眉de
Performer: Petra M眉llejans. Performer: Roel Dieltiens. Performer: Andreas Staier. Singer: Anna Lucia Richter. Singer: Georg Nigl.- Bach Privat.
- ALPHA.
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Barbara
Septembre & Au Bois De Saint-Amand
Performer: Alexandre Tharaud. Singer: Cam茅lia Jordana. Singer: Rokia Traor茅.- Alexandre Tharaud - Barbara.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Serenade In G Major K.525 (Eine Kleine Nachtmusik)
Performer: Terje T酶nnesen. Orchestra: Camerata Nordica.- Mozart - Serenades & Divertimenti.
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Jean Sibelius
Impromptu in B minor Op.5 No.5
Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.- Leif Ove Andsnes - Sibelius.
- Sony Classical.
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Thomas Simpson
Volta
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John Dowland
Sorrow, Come
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Imogen Holst
String Quintet: III. Theme & Variations
- Imogen Holst: String Chamber Music.
- NMC Recordings.
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Georg Philipp Telemann
Telemann: Fantasias for viola da gamba Nos. 9-11
Performer: Paolo Pandolfo.- Telemann - Fantasias for Viola da Gamba.
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Record Review
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Grandissima Gravita
VIVALDI: Sonata for violin and continuo in A major op.2 no.2
TARTINI: Sonata for violin and continuo in A minor op.2 no.5
VERACINI: Sonata for violin and continuo in G minor op.2 no.5; Sonata No.12 for violin and continuo in D minor op.2 no.12 (Sonate Accademiche)
PISENDEL: Sonata for violin and harpsichord in C minor
Brecon Baroque; Rachel Podger (violin & director)
CHANNEL CLASSICS CCS SA 39217 (CD)
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Bach Privat
BACH, J S: Cantata BWV6 'Bleib bei uns, denn es will Abend werden'; Cantata BWV27 'Wer weiss, wie nahe mir mein Ende?'; Cantata BWV36 'Schwingt freudig euch empor'; Cantata BWV49 'Ich geh und suche mit Verlangen'; Cantata BWV92 'Ich hab in Gottes Herz und Sinn'; Cantata BWV158 'Der Friede sei mit dir'; Cello Suite No. 5 in C minor, BWV1011: Sarabande; Little Prelude in D major, BWV936; Chorale Prelude BWV691 'Wer nun den lieben Gott lasst walten'; Sonata for Violin & Harpsichord No. 6 in G major, BWV1019a
Georg Nigl (baritone), Anna Lucia Richter (soprano), Petra Mullejans (violin), Roel Dieltiens (cello), Andreas Staier (harpsichord)
ALPHA ALPHA241 (CD)
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Barbara
Alexandre Tharaud (piano), Juliette Binoche, Vanessa Paradis, Jane Birkin, Radio Elvis, Benabar, Dominique A, Tim Dup, Jean-Louis Aubert, Albin de la Simone, Camelia Jordana, Rokia Traore, Hindi Zahra, Luz Casal, Guillaume Gallienne, Renaud Capucon, Michel Porta, Modigliani string quartet
ERATO 9029575915 (2CD)
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9.30am 鈥 Building a Library
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听Building a Library: a weekly look at a piece of music, a comparison of the available recordings, and a recommendation.
Composer: Richard Wagner
Piece: Wesendonck-Lieder
Reviewer: Natasha Loges
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Recommended recording:
Julia Varady (soprano), Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (conductor)
Orfeo C467 981A
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Also recommended:
Eileen Farrell (soprano), New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein (conductor)
Sony Classical SMK 47644
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Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano), Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer (conductor)
Warner Classics 5099924846820
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1019 鈥 New Releases
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Mozart: Serenata notturna, 3 Divertimenti & Eine kleine Nachtmusik
MOZART: Adagio & Fugue in C minor for Strings, K546; Serenade No. 13 in G major, K525 'Eine kleine Nachtmusik'; Serenade No. 6 in D major, K239 'Serenata Notturna'; Divertimento in D major, K136; Divertimento in B flat major, K137; Divertimento in F major, K138
Camerata Nordica, Terje Tonnesen (violin & director)
BIS BIS2326 (Hybrid SACD)
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Sibelius: Piano Works
SIBELIUS: Impromptu in B minor Op. 5, No. 5; Impromptu Op. 5, No. 6; Kylikki, Three Lyric Pieces Op. 41; Romance in D flat major Op. 24, No. 9; Barcarola Op. 24, No. 10; Ten Pieces Op. 58 No. 4: Der Hirt; Valse Triste Op. 44 No. 1; Sonatina in F sharp minor Op. 67 No. 1; Koivu (The Birch) Op. 75/4; The Spruce Tree Op. 75 No. 5; Rondino in G sharp minor, Op .68 No. 2; Elegiaco Op. 76 No. 10; Six Bagatelles Op. 97, No. 2: Lied; Six Bagatelles Op. 97, No. 4: Humoristischer Marsch; Six Bagatelles Op. 97, No. 5: Impromptu; Esquisses (5) Op. 114
Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)
SONY 88985408502 (CD)
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A Pleasing Melancholy: Works by Dowland & Others
DANYEL: Eyes, look no more
DOWLAND: Lachrimae, or Seaven Teares; George Whitehead's Almand; Paduana Lachrymae; Flow my teares (Lacrimae); Volta; If floods of tears; Mourne, mourne, day is with darknesse; Sorrow, come
HOLBORNE: My heavy sprite
HUME, T: What greater griefe
Emma Kirkby (soprano), Chelys Consort of Viols, James Akers (lute)
BIS BIS2283 (Hybrid SACD)
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Imogen Holst 鈥 String Chamber Music
HOLST: Phantasy Quartet; Duo for Viola and Piano; String Trio No.1; The Fall of the Leaf; Sonata for Violin and Cello; String Quintet.
Court Lane Music.
NMC 鈥 D236 (CD)
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Echoes of Land & Sea
BRITTEN: Holiday diary Op.5
STEVENSON: Peter Grimes Fantasy
IRELAND: Ballade of London Nights; Sea Fever
R.WILLIAMS: Goodwood by the Sea
LEIGHTON: Six Studies (Study-Variations) Op.56
HOLST: The Solo Piano Music 1924-1923; Brook Green Suite
Maria Marchant (piano)
SOMM SOMMCD 0174 (CD)
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1058 鈥 Sarah Devonald on wind ensembles
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Flux: Original Works for Saxophone Quartet
BOZZA: Andante et Scherzo pour quatour saxophones
GREGORY, W: Hoe Down
LAGO: Ciudades; The Wordsworth Poems
PIERNE, G: Introduction et variations sur une ronde populaire, for saxophone quartet
REINHART: Quartet in F minor
SINGELEE: Grand Quatuor concertant Op. 79
Ferio Saxophone Quartet
CHANDOS CHAN10987 (CD)
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Fanfare and Filigree 鈥 chamber music from Paris and Dresden
FASCH: Sonata in G Minor for two Oboes, Bassoon and Basso Continuo FWV N:g1
DORNEL: Sonate II 鈥淟A Triomphante鈥 from Sonates en trio
ZELENKA: Sonata I in F Major for two Oboes, Bassoon and Basso Continuo ZWV 181/1
DORNEL: Overture From Premiere Suite; Allemande From Troisieme Suite (Livre de Symphonies, 1709)
COUPERIN: From Huitieme Concert (Les Gouts Reunis, 1724); From Treizieme Concert (Les Gouts Reunis, 1724); La Steinquerque.
PHILIDOR: From Troisieme Suite (Six Suites, 1717)
MARAIS: From Pieces en trio.
Kleine Kammermusik
ACIS APL 00244 (CD)
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Hindemith: Complete Chamber Music for Clarinet
HINDEMITH: Quartet for Clarinet, Violin, Violoncello and Piano; Sonata for Clarinet & Piano in B flat major; Clarinet Quintet Op. 30; Musikalisches Blumengartlein und Leyptziger Allerley; Abendkonzert from 'Ploner Musiktag D Nr.2'; Ludus minor, 5 pieces for clarinet & cello
Matteo Fossi (piano), Duccio Ceccanti (violin), Vittorio Ceccanti (cello), Quartetto Savinio, Marc-Antoine Bonanomi (double bass), Alexander Grytsayenko (violin), Joel Marosi (cello), Davide Bandieri (clarinet)
BRILLIANT CLASSICS 95295BR (2CD)
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Nigel Clarke: Music for Symphonic Wind Orchestra
CLARKE, N: Concerto for Cornet and Wind Orchestra 'Mysteries of the Horizon'; Symphony No. 1 'A Richer Dust' for Speaker and Wind Orchestra
Harmen Vanhoorne (cornet), H. Stephen Smith (narrator), Middle Tennessee State University Wind Ensemble, Reed Thomas
TOCCATA CLASSICS TOCC0412 (CD)
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Music for Five Winds
BOZZA: Trois Pieces pour une musique de nuit
FRANCAIX: Wind Quintet No. 2
MOWER: Jazz Suite
TAFFANEL: Wind Quintet
ZEMLINSKY: Humoreske (from Drei Stucke)
Atea Quintet
COVIELLO COV91714 (CD)
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1058 鈥 DISC OF THE WEEK
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Telemann: Fantasias for viola da gamba TWV40:26-37
TELEMANN: Fantasias (12) for Viola da Gamba, TWV 40:26-37; Sonata TWV 40:1 in D major for viola da gamba
Paolo Pandolfo (viola da gamba)
GLOSSA GCD920417 (2CD)
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