Andrew McGregor with Simon Heighes and Sarah Devonald
Simon Heighes looks at Handel's Concerti a due cori in Building a Library, and Sarah Devonald rounds up recent releases of wind and brass music.
with Andrew McGregor.
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Building a Library: Handel's Concerti a due cori with Simon Heighes.
For Handel a concerto was a means to an end, a tempting bonbon to entice an audience to the main event of the evening. His three Concerti a due cori (Concertos for two choirs) were specially written to help sell seats to his 1747 and 1748 Covent Garden oratorio seasons, Handel recycling highlights from his older choral works and operas, stirringly re-scored for two orchestras with prominent wind and horn parts. Thus these concertos are an attractive proposition, packed full of Handel's 'greatest hits', one after another, whose qualities come over especially well in period instrument performances.
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Sarah Devonald rounds up releases of solo and ensemble music for wind and brass, including discs from leading British horn player Alec Frank-Gemmill, the virtuoso French saxophones of Quatuor Morphing and the first in the Royal Norwegian Navy Band's new series of Percy Grainger's complete music for wind band.
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Disc of the Week: Andrew chooses an outstanding new release.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Viola D'amore Concerto In A minor RV397 i) Allegro
Performer: Alessandro Tampieri. Ensemble: Accademia Bizantina. Conductor: Ottavio Dantone.- Naive.
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Franz Schubert
Octet in F-Major, D. 803: III. Allegro vivace - Trio
Performer: Isabelle Faust.- Schubert: Oktett.
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Herbert Howells
4 Anthems to the Blessed Virgin Mary, Op. 9: No. 4. Salve Regina
Choir: Gabrieli Consort. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.- A Rose Magnificat.
- Signum Classics.
- 901.
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Arvo P盲rt
Los Angeles Symphony No. 4 iii) Insistentemente. Con intimo sentimento
Orchestra: New Wroclaw Philharmonic. Conductor: T玫nu Kaljuste.- ECM.
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Pelham Humfrey
Like As The Hart
Choir: Oxford Consort of Voices. Ensemble: Instruments of Time and Truth. Conductor: Edward Higginbottom.- Pan Classics.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Mass in G Minor: Kyrie
Conductor: Andrew Nethsingha. Choir: Choir of St John鈥檚 College, Cambridge.- Vaughan Williams: Mass in G Minor.
- Signum Classics.
- 101.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Lord, Thou hast been our refuge
Conductor: Andrew Nethsingha. Choir: Choir of St John鈥檚 College, Cambridge.- Vaughan Williams: Mass in G Minor.
- Signum Classics.
- 901.
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Alexander Gretchaninov
Liturgie Johannes Chrysostomos No. 2, Op. 29: VI. Cherubic Hymn
Ensemble: Choir of Clare College, Cambridge. Conductor: Graham Ross.- O lux beata Trinitas.
- harmonia mundi.
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Georgy Sviridov
Canticles & Prayers, Having Beheld a Strange Nativity: No. 9, Glory (Monastic)
Choir: Latvian Radio Choir. Conductor: Sigvards K募ava.- Sviridov: Canticles & Prayers.
- Ondine.
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Georgy Sviridov
Canticles & Prayers, Having Beheld a Strange Nativity: No. 10, Repentance of the Prodigal Son
Choir: Latvian Radio Choir. Conductor: Sigvards K募ava.- Sviridov: Canticles & Prayers.
- Ondine.
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Georgy Sviridov
Canticles & Prayers, Having Beheld a Strange Nativity: No. 11, Glory (Quiet)
Choir: Latvian Radio Choir. Conductor: Sigvards K募ava.- Sviridov: Canticles & Prayers.
- Ondine.
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Georg Philipp Telemann
Seliges Erw盲gen - Passions-Oratorium, TWV 5:2, Third meditation: 19. Aria "Ihr b
Performer: Anna Lucia Richter. Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Gottfried von der Goltz.- Telemann: Seliges Erw盲gen - Passion-Oratorium.
- 础辫补谤迟茅.
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Georg Philipp Telemann
Seliges Erw盲gen - Passions-Oratorium, TWV 5:2, Third meditation: 20. Choral "Tri
Performer: Julienne Mbodj茅. Performer: Hanna Zumsande. Performer: Michael Feyfar. Performer: Henk Neven. Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Gottfried von der Goltz.- Telemann: Seliges Erw盲gen - Passion-Oratorium.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Sinfonia Concertante in E flat K297b
Ensemble: Les Vents Fran莽ais. Orchestra: M眉nchener Kammerorchester. Conductor: Daniel Giglberger.- Warner Classics.
Record Review
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VIVALDI: CONCERTI PER ARCHI III & CONCERTI PER VIOLA D鈥橝MORE
ANOTNIO VIVALDI:
Concerto for strings in C major RV109
Concerto RV117 for strings in C major
Concerto for strings RV 118
Concerto for Strings in D major, RV126
Concerto for Strings in F major, RV 138
Concerto for strings RV 142
Concerto for strings RV 145
Concerto for strings, RV 152
Concerto for Strings RV 155
Concerto for strings RV 161
Concerto for strings "Conca" RV 163
Violin Concerto in B flat major, RV 165
Concerto for strings RV 167
Viola d'amore concerto in D minor RV393
Viola d'amore concerto in D minor RV394
Viola d'amore concerto in D minor RV395
Viola d'amore concerto in A major RV396
Viola d'amore concerto in A minor RV397
Alessandro Tampieri (viola d'amore), Accademia Bizantina, Ottavio Dantone
Naive OP30570 (2 CDs)
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SCHUBERT: OCTET
FRANZ SCHUBERT:
Octet in F major, D803
Schubert: 5 Minuets with 6 Trios, D89:
No. 3 (transcribed for octet)
No. 5 (transcribed for octet)
Isabelle Faust (violin), Anne Katharina Schreiber (violin), Danusha Waskiewicz (viola), Kristin von der Goltz (cello), Lorenzo Coppola (clarinet), Javier Zafra (bassoon), Teunis van der Zwart (horn), James Munro (double bass)
Harmonia Mundi HMM902263 (CD)
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A ROSE MAGNIFICAT
KENNETH LEIGHTON:
Of a rose is all my song
THOMAS TALLIS:
Videte miraculum
PETER WARLOCK:
As dew in Aprylle
ROBERT WHITE:
Magnificat
JAMES Macmillan:
Ave maris stella
JOHN SHEPPARD:
Ave maris stella
OWAIN PARK:
听Ave Maris Stella
ROBERT WYLKYNSON:
Salve Regina
HERBERT HOWELLS:
Salve Regina
JONATHAN LANE:
There is No Rose
MATTHEW MARTIN:
A Rose Magnificat
Gabrieli Consort, Paul McCreesh
Signum SIGCD536 (CD)
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P脛RT: THE SYMPHONIES
ARVO P脛RT:
Symphony No. 1
Symphony No. 2
Symphony No. 3
Symphony No. 4 'Los Angeles'
NFM Wroclaw Philharmonic, Tonu Kaljuste
ECM 4816802 (CD)
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9.30am 鈥� Building a Library 鈥� Simon Heighes on Handel鈥檚 Concerti a due Cori
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Composer: 听听听听 Handel
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Piece: 听听听听听听听听听听听听 Concerti a due Cori听
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Reviewer:听听听听听听听 Simon Heighes
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Recommended Recording:
Freiburger Barockorchester; Gottfried von der Goltz and Petra M眉llejans (conductors)
Harmonia Mundi HMM 905272听(CD)
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Other Recommended Recordings:
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Below are other recordings that Simon also liked, although we can鈥檛 guarantee availability.
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Zefiro; Alfredo Bernardini (conductor)
Arcana A386听
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The Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood
Decca 4117212听(digital download)
The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock (conductor)
DG Archiv 4791932 (11 CDs)
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1020 鈥� New Releases: Choral recordings
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HUMFREY: SYMPHONY ANTHEMS
PELHAM HUMFREY:听听听听听听
The King shall rejoice
By the waters of Babylon
Hear my prayer, O God
O Lord my God
Hear my crying, O God
Haste thee, O God
Like as the hart
Oxford Consort of Voices, Instruments of Time and Truth, Edward Higginbottom
Pan Classics PC10388 (CD)
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VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: MASS IN G MINOR
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS:
Mass in G minor
Te Deum in G Major
O vos omnes
5 Mystical Songs: V. Antiphon
3 Preludes on Welsh Hill Tunes: II. Rhosymedre
O Taste and See
Prayer to the Father of Heaven
O Clap Your Hands (Psalm 47)
Lord, Thou has been our refuge
Choir of St John鈥檚 College Cambridge, Joseph Wicks (Organ), David Blackadder (trumpet), Andrew Nethsingha
Signum SIGCD541 (CD)
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O LUX BEATA TRINITAS
ALEXANDER TIKHONOVICH GRECHANINOV:
Liturgie Johannes Chrysostomos No. 2, Op. 29: VI. Cherubic Hymn
BENJAMIN BRITTEN:
Festival Te Deum in E, Op. 32
GRAHAM ROSS:
Duo Seraphim
CHARLES VILLIERS STANFORD:
Laudate Dominum, Psalm 150
PAVEL GRIGORIEVICH CHESNOKOV:
Choral Pieces (10), Op. 27: No. 5. Cherubic Hymn
JOHN STAINER:
I saw the Lord
JAMES Macmillan:
Mass: Sanctus - Benedictus
PIOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY:
Nine Sacred Choruses (1884 / 5): Cherubic Hymn No. 1
JOHN SHEPPARD:
Libera nos 1 & 2
WILLIAM BYRD:
O Lux beata Trinitas
SERGEY VASSILIEVICH RACHMANINOV:
Liturgy of St John Chrysostom, Op.31: No. 8. Cherubic Hymn
JOSHUA PACEY:
Tres sunt
MIKHAIL IVANOVICH GLINKA:
Cherubic Hymn
GABRIEL JACKSON:
Hymn to the Trinity 'Honor, virtus et potestas'
CHARLES WOOD:
Hail, gladdening Light
Nicholas Morris & Eleanor Carter (organ), Choir of Clare College Cambridge, Graham Ross
Harmonia Mundi HMM902270 (CD)
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GEORGY SVIRIDOV: CANTICLES AND PRAYERS
GEORGY SVIRIDOV:
Canticles & Prayers, Inexpressible Wonder
Canticles & Prayers, Having Beheld a Strange Nativity
Canticles & Prayers, From the Old Testament
Canticles & Prayers, Other Songs
Pasha krasnaya (The Red Easter)
Latvian Radio Choir, Sigvards Klava
Ondine ODE1322 (CD)
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TELEMANN: DAS SELIGES ERW脛GEN
GEORG PHILIPP TELEMANN:
Seliges Erw盲gen - Passions-Oratorium, TWV 5:2
Anna Lucia Richter (soprano), Colin Balzer (tenor), Michael Feyfar (tenor), Peter Harvey (baritone), Henk Neven (baritone), Freiburger Barockorchester & Chor盲le Chorals, Gottfried von der Goltz
Apart茅 AP175 (2 CDs)
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10.50am New Releases: Sarah Devonald on Wind and Brass
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GRAINGER: COMPETE MUSIC FOR WIND BAND, VOL. 1
PERCY GRAINGER:
Molly on the Shore, BFMS 23 (Version for Wind Ensemble)
Bell Piece (ramble on J. Dowland's Now, O now I needs must part) (version for voice and wind ensemble)
Marching Song of Democracy (version for wind ensemble)
Chosen Gems for Winds: O Mensch bewein鈥� dein鈥� Su虉nde gro脽 (After J.S. Bach)
Let's Dance Gay in Green Meadow, "Faeroe Island Dance" (version for wind ensemble)
Country Gardens (2nd version) (version for wind ensemble)
Chosen Gems for Winds: 6-Part Fantasy & Air No. 1 (After W. Lawes) [Version for Wind Ensemble]
Hill-Song No. 2 (version for wind ensemble)
Chosen Gems for Winds: Folk-Tune (After E. Goossens)
Shepherd's Hey, BFMS 21 (Version for Wind Ensemble)
Room-Music Tit-Bits: No. 3. Walking Tune (version for wind ensemble)
Spoon River (Arr. W.S. Carson & A. Naylor for Wind Ensemble)
Down Longford Way (Arr. P. Grainger & L. Osmon)
Chosen Gems for Winds: S茅r茅nade toscane (After G. Faur茅)
The Royal Norwegian Navy Band, Bjarte Engeset
Naxos 8573679 (CD)
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METAMORPHOSIS, HORN & PIANO
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN:
Horn Sonata in F major, Op. 17
ROBERT SCHUMANN:
Adagio and Allegro in A flat major, Op. 70
Fantasiest眉cke, Op. 73
Romances (3), Op. 94
GISELHER KLEBE:
Sonata for Horn & Piano, Op. 95 (Alteration of Beethoven Piano Sonata Op. 27 No. 2)
P艡emysl Vojta (horn), Tobias Koch (piano)
Avi Music AVI8553383 (CD)
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BEFORE MOZART: EARLY HORN CONCERTOS
CHRISTOPH F脰RSTER:
Horn Concerto in E-Flat Major
GEORG PHILIPP TELEMANN:
Concerto TWV 51:D8 in D major for horn, strings & b.c.
JOHANN BAPTIST GEORG NERUDA:
Horn Concerto in E-Flat Major
LEOPOLD MOZART:
Sinfonia da camera in D Major, LMW VII:D5
JOSEPH HAYDN:
Horn Concerto No. 1 in D major, Hob.VIId:3
Alec Frank-Gemmill (horn), Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan
BIS BIS2315 (Hybrid SACD)
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RAVEL & MENDELSSOHN
MAURICE RAVEL:
String Quartet in F major
FELIX MENDELSSOHN:
Four pieces for String Quartet, Op. 81
Quatuor Morphing
Klarthe KLA045D (CD)
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11.40am 鈥� Disc of the Week
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LES VENTS FRAN脟AIS: CONCERTANTE
FRANZ DANZI:
Sinfonia concertante in E flat major
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART:
Sinfonia concertante in E flat for Oboe, Clarinet, Horn, Bassoon & Orchestra, K297b
FRAN脟OIS DEVIENNE:
Sinfonia Concertante No.2 in F major for Flute, Oboe, Bassoon, Horn and Orchestra
FRANZ DANZI:
Sinfonia Concertante
IGNAZ JOSEF PLEYEL:
Sinfonia concertante in F major, Ben. 115
Les Vents Francais & Munich Chamber Orchestra, Daniel Giglberger
Warner Classics 9029570487 (2 CDs)
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