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9.00am

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GABRIELI FOR BRASS: VENETIAN EXTRAVAGANZA

GIOVANNI BATTISTA BUONAMENTE:

Sonata a 6

GIROLAMO FRESCOBALDI:

Canzon a due canti No. 3

GIOVANNI GABRIELI

Canzona per sonare a quattro - ‘La Spiritata'

Canzon III a 6

Canzon VIII

Canzon V

Canzon duodecimi toni, a 10 (No. 1)

Canzon noni toni a 12, C 183

Canzon septimi toni a 8

Sonata No.19 à 15

Sonata No. 18 à 14

Sonata XXI con tre violini

Sonata XX a 22

Sonata octavi toni a 12

Sonata pian e forte a 8

CESARIO GUSSAGO:

Canzona a 4 "La Bottaga"

PIETRO LAPPI:

Canzon Undecima ‘La Serafina’ a 4

TIBURTIO MASSAINO: Canzon XXXIII

LODOVICO DA VIADANA:

Sinfonia "La bergamasca"

Royal Academy of Music and Juilliard School Brass, Reinhold Friedrich

Linn CKD581 (CD)

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THE ROMANTIC PIANO CONCERTO 74 - SIR WILLIAM STERNDALE BENNETT

SIR WILLIAM STERNDALE BENNETT:

Piano Concerto No.1 In D Minor, Op. 1

Piano Concerto No.2 In E Flat, Op. 4

Piano Concerto No.3 In C Minor, Op. 9

Howard Shelley (piano & conductor), ´óÏó´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Hyperion CDA68178 (CD)

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JS BACH: CONSOLATIO

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH:

Cantata BWV22 'Jesus nahm zu sich die Zwölfe'

Cantata BWV75 'Die Elenden sollen essen'

Cantata BWV127 'Herr Jesu Christ, wahr' Mensch und Gott'

Hannah Morrison (soprano), Carlos Mena (counter-tenor), Hans-Jorg Mammel (tenor) Matthias Vieweg (bass), Ricercar Consort/Philippe Pierlot

Mirare MIR 332 (CD)

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9.30am – Building a Library – Flora Willson on Massenet’s Manon

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Composer:ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Massenet

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Piece: ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Manon

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Reviewer:ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Flora Willson

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Recommended Recording:

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Angela Gheorghiu (Manon); Roberto Alagna (Chevalier des Grieux)

Orchestre Symphonique de la Monnaie; Antonio Pappano (conductor)

Warner Classics 4563892 (3 CDs)

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Other Recommended Recordings:

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Below are other recordings that Flora also liked, although we can’t guarantee availability.

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Victoria De Los Angeles (Manon); Henri Legay (Chevalier des Grieux)
Orchestre du Théâtre national de l’Opéra-Comique; Pierre Monteux (conductor)

TESTAMENT SBT3203Ìý(3 CDs).Ìý Also on Naxos 8111268-70 and EMI 7635492.

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Germaine Feraldy (Manon); Joseph Rogatchewsky (Chevalier des Grieux)

Orchestre de l’Opéra-Comique de Paris; Elie Cohen (conductor)

Classical Collector FDC22001.Ìý Also on Naxos 8110203-04.

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Anna Netrebko (Manon); Rolando Villazón (Chevalier des Grieux)

Staatsopernchor and Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim (conductor)

DG 0734431 (2 DVDs)

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10.20am New Releases:

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HORENSTEIN CONTUCTS SIBELIUS

JEAN SIBELIUS:

Symphony No. 2

Violin Concerto

Ivry Gitlis (violin), Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre Radio National de France, Jascha Horenstein

Pristine Audio PASC 516 (CD)

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SARGENT CONDUCTS ELGAR:

EDWARD ELGAR:

Cello Concerto

The Dream of Gerontius

Jacqueline du Pré (cello), Richard Lewis (tenor), Marjorie Thomas (mezzo), John Cameron (baritone), Huddersfield Choral Society, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, ´óÏó´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent

Pristine Audio PASC 525 (CD)

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Pristine Audio releases can be found at

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1050 New Releases: Simon Heighes on baroque vocal

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HANDEL'S LAST PRIMA DONNA: GIULIA FRASI IN LONDON

GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL:

Susanna, HWV 66: Crystal Streams in Murmurs Flowing

VINCENZO CIAMPI:

L'Adriano: O Dio! Mancar mi sento

Il trionfo di Camilla: Là per l'ombrosa sponda

THOMAS ARNE:

Artaxerxes: Why Is Death for Ever Late

JOHN CHRISTOPHER SMITH:

Paradise Lost: Oh! Do Not, Adam, Exercise on Me Thy Hatred

Paradise Lost: It Comes! It Comes! It Must Be Death!

Rebecca: But See, the Night with Silent Pace Steals On

Rebecca: O Balmy Sleep!

THOMAS ARNE:

Alfred: Gracious Heav'n, O Hear Me! (Revised Version, 1753)

GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL:

Theodora, HWV 68:

Symphony

O Thou Bright Sun!

With Darkness Deep as Is My Woe

Symphony of Soft Musick

But Why Art Thou Disquieted, My Soul?

Oh That I on Wings Could Rise

PHILIP HAYES:

Telemachus: Soon Arrives Thy Fatal Hour

GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL:

The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: There the Brisk Sparkling Nectar Drain

Jephtha, HWV 70: Ye Sacred Priests

Jephtha, HWV 70: Farewell, Ye Limpid Springs

Solomon, HWV 67: Will the Sun Forget to Streak

Ruby Hughes (soprano) Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Laurence Cummings

Chandos CHSA0403 (Hybrid SACD)

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CEREMONIAL OXFORD, MUSIC FOR THE GEORGIAN UNIVERSITY BY WILLIAM HAYES

WILLIAM HAYES:

The Passions

O worship the Lord

Psalm 23: Lo! My Shepherd's hand divine

Lord, how long wilt thou be angry

Organ Concerto in G major

Save, Lord, and hear us

Voluntary in G Major

Lord, thou has been our refuge

Psalm 120 - To God I cry'd with anguish stung

O be joyful I God, all ye lands

The Fall of JerichoÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý

The Hundredth Psalm

The Choir of Keble College, Instruments of Time & Truth, Edward Higginbottom (organ), Rory Moules (organ), Matthew Martin (organ and director),

CRD CRD3534 (CD)

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BACH, J S: MASS IN B MINOR, BWV232

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH:

Mass In B Minor, BWV 232

Katherine Watson (soprano), Helen Charlston (mezzo-soprano), Iestyn Davies (countertenor), Gwilym Bowen (tenor), Neal Davies (bass), Trinity College Choir Cambridge, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Stephen Layton

Hyperion CDA68181/2 (2 CDs)

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11.45am – Disc of the Week

BACH, J S: MASS IN B MINOR, BWV232

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH:

Mass In B Minor, BWV 232

Katherine Watson (soprano), Tim Mead (countertenor), Reinoud Van Mechelen (tenor), André Morsch (bass), Les Arts Florissants, William Christie

Harmonia Mundi HAF 8905293.94 (2 CDs)