Andrew McGregor with Nicholas Kenyon and Gillian Moore
Building a library on Mozart's Don Giovanni with Nicholas Kenyon, plus Gillian Moore reviews recent releases of Mahler songs and symphonies.
with Andrew McGregor.
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Building a Library on Mozart's Don Giovanni with Nicholas Kenyon.
The Marriage of Figaro had been a sensational success with Prague audiences. So, forsaking the fickle Viennese, Mozart wrote his new opera Don Giovanni especially for Prague where he anticipated - and received - another rapturous reception.
When it comes to gratifying his lust, Don Giovanni is a man who never takes no for an answer and he only gets his comeuppance when, as a consequence of his latest encounter, he has to confront the supernatural and descends, defiantly unrepentant, to hell. With its compelling drama and characterisation bound up in a succession of unforgettable musical numbers, Don Giovanni is among Mozart's greatest stage works; it sometimes feels as if the total of its recordings (by some of the finest musicians of this and the last century) adds up to the same number as Giovanni's sexual conquests.
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Gillian Moore reviews rounds up recent releases of Mahler songs and symphonies.
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Disc of the Week: Andrew chooses an outstanding new release.
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Hugo Alfv茅n
Symphony No.1: iii. Allegro, molto scherzando, Op.7
Orchestra: German Symphony Orchestra Berlin. Conductor: Lukasz Borowicz.- CPO 555 043-2.
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Fr茅d茅ric Chopin
Nocturne in E major, Op.62
Performer: Kevin Kenner.- Warner Classics 0190295635206.
- Warner Classics.
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Orazio Benevoli
Missa Si Deus Pro Nobis: Gloria
Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel. Conductor: Herv茅 Niquet.- Alpha.
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Josef Suk
Song of Love, Op.7 No.1
Performer: Jonathan Plowright.- Hyperion : CDA68198.
- Hyperion.
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Richard Rodney Bennett
Concerto For Stan Getz: ii. Elegy
Performer: Howard McGill. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Scottish S O. Conductor: John Wilson. -
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Richard Rodney Bennett
One Equal Music
Choir: Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Chamber Choir. Conductor: Paul Spicer. -
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Fromental Hal茅vy
La Reine de Chypre: Act 1 Finale
Singer: V茅ronique Gens. Singer: Cyrille Dubois. Singer: 脡tienne Dupuis.- Ediciones Singulares.
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Felix Mendelssohn
A Midsummer Night's Dream - Incidental Music, Op.61
Singer: Anna Lucia Richter. Singer: Barbara Kozelj. Choir: Pro Musica Women'S Choir. Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iv谩n Fischer.- Channel Classics CCS SA 37418.
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Record Review
Saturday 7th July 2018
9.00am
Hugo Alfv茅n: Symphony No.1, Drapa and Midsommarvaka
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Lukasz Borowicz (conductor)
Chandos CPO 555 043-2
Chopin: Late piano works
Kevin Kenner (piano)
Warner Classics 0190295635206
Benevolo: Missa si deus pro nobis & Magnificat
Le Concert Spirituel (choir)
Herv茅 Niquet
Alpha 400
9.30am 鈥� Building a Library 鈥� Nicholas Kenyon on Don Giovanni
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Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piece: Don Giovanni
Reviewer: Nicholas Kenyon
Recommended Recording:
Ildebrando D鈥檃rcangelo (Don Giovanni)
Luca Pisaroni (Leporello)
Diana Damrau (Donna Anna)
Joyce DiDonata (Donna Elvira)
Rolando Villaz贸n (Don Ottavio)
Mojca Erdmann (Zerlina)
Konstantin Wolff (Masetto)
Vitalij Kowaljow (Commendatore)
Mahler Chamber Orchestra / Yannick N茅zet-S茅guin
DG 477 9878 (3 CDs)
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Other Recommended Recordings:
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Below are other recordings that Nicholas Kenyon also liked, although we can鈥檛 guarantee availability.
Vienna Philharmonic & Vienna State Opera Chorus
Josef Krips
Decca 4781389
Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra
Carlo Maria Giulini (conductor)
EMI CDC 747260-2
English baroque Soloists & Monteverdi Choir
John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
DG Archiv 4458702
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10.20am 鈥� New Releases
Josef Suk: Piano Music
Jonathan Plowright (piano)
Hyperion CDA68198
Richard Rodney Bennett: Orchestral works including Concerto for Stan Getz, Symphony No.2, Serenade and Partita
Howard McGill (tenor saxophone)
大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra
John Wilson (conductor)
Chandos CHSA5212 (Hybrid SACD)
Richard Rodney Bennett: Choral music
Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Chamber Choir
Nicholas Morris (organ)
Paul Spicer (director)
Somm Recordings SOMMCD 0184
Fromental Hal茅vy: La Reine de Chypre
V茅ronique Gens (Catrina Cornaro)
Cyrille Dubois (G茅rard de coucy)
脡tienne Dupuis (Andrea Cornaro)
Orchestre de Chambre de Paris
Flemish Radio Choir
Herv茅 Niquet (conductor)
Ediciones Singulares ES1032 (2 CDs)
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10.50am New Releases: Gillian Moore on Mahler
Mahler: Wunderhorn-Lieder & Adagio from Symphony No.10
Michael Volle (baritone)
Munich Philharmonic Orchestra
Christian Thielemann (conductor)
MPHIL 0007
Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde arr. Schoenberg
Dagmar Peckov谩 (mezzo soprano)
Richard Samek (tenor)
Schoenberg Chamber Orchestra
Petr Altrichter (conductor)
Supraphon SU-4242-2
Mahler: Symphony No.9
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Leonard Bernstein (conductor)
Helicon Classics 029656
Mahler: Symphony No.9
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Harding (conductor)
Harmonia Mundi HMM 902258
Mahler: Symphony No.6
S眉dwestfunk Orchestra Baden-Baden
Kirill Kondrashin (conductor)
SWR Classic SWR19416CD
Mahler: Symphony No.6
Minnesota Orchestra
Osmo Vanska (conductor)
BIS 2266 (Hybrid SACD)
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11.45am 鈥� Disc of the Week: Mendelssohn: Overture and Incidental Music to A Midsummer Night鈥檚 Dream
Mendelssohn: Overture & Incidental Music to a Midsummer Night鈥檚 Dream
Anna Lucia Richter (soprano)
Barbara Kozelj (alto)
Pro Musica women鈥檚 choir
Budapest Festival Orchestra
Ivan Fischer (conductor)
Channel Classics CCS SA 37418 (Hybrid SACD)
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