Andrew McGregor and Laura Tunbridge
Mark Lowther chooses five indispensable recordings of the music of Proms composer Vaughan Williams and explains why they need to be heard. Plus the week's outstanding new releases.
with Andrew McGregor
9.30
Proms Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams
This week Mark Lowther chooses five indispensable recordings of Proms Composer Vaughan Williams and explains why you need to hear them.
10.30
Laura Tunbridge unpacks some recordings of operas by Tchaikovsky
11.45
Proms Recording: Prokofiev Piano Concerto No 3 with pianist Vladimir Krainev, and The Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra under the conductor, Dmitri Kitayenko.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor K478 iii) Rondo (Allegro moderato)
Performer: Daniel Barenboim. Performer: Michael Barenboim. Performer: Yulia Deyneka. Performer: Kian Soltani.- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Richard Strauss
Duet-Concertino, TrV 293 i) Allegro Moderato
Performer: Sarah Watts. Performer: Laurence Perkins. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Sian Edwards.- Hyperion.
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Richard Strauss
Duet-Concertino, TrV 293 ii) Andante
Performer: Sarah Watts. Performer: Laurence Perkins. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Sian Edwards.- Hyperion.
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Giovanni Battista Bononcini
La Converzione di Maddalena: "Al sibilar tremendo"
Orchestra: Les Accents. Singer: Blandine Staskiewicz. Conductor: Thibault Noally.- Oratorio.
- 础辫补谤迟茅.
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Giovanni Battista Bononcini
La Converzione di Maddalena: "In tepidi fiumi"
Orchestra: Les Accents. Singer: Blandine Staskiewicz. Conductor: Thibault Noally.- Oratorio.
- 础辫补谤迟茅.
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Germaine Tailleferre
Trio pour violon, violoncelle et piano: IV. Tr猫s anim茅
Ensemble: Trio Kar茅nine.- Faur茅, Ravel & Tailleferre.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
The Infinite Shining Heavens
Performer: Bryn Terfel. Performer: Malcolm Martineau.- DG.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Sea Symphony - 4th mvt
Singer: Felicity Lott. Singer: Jonathan Summers. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.- EMI.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Symphony No.5 - Scherzo
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: John Barbirolli.- EMI.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Concerto for Bass Tuba & Orchestra (First Movt.)
Performer: John Fletcher. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andr茅 Previn.- RCA.
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Max Bruch
Scottish Fantasy Op. 46: iv) Finale
Performer: Joshua Bell. Ensemble: Academy of St Martin in the Fields.- Sony.
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Liza Lehmann
When I Am Dead, My Dearest
Performer: Sebastian Wybrew. Singer: Sophie Bevan.- Wigmore Hall Live.
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Frank Bridge
Come To Me In My Dreams
Performer: Sebastian Wybrew. Singer: Sophie Bevan.- Wigmore Hall Live.
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Richard Rodney Bennett
Partita: i) Intrada. Allegro giocoso
Orchestra: 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.- Chandos.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Fantasia In C Minor K475
Performer: Alicia de Larrocha.- Decca.
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Federico Mompou
Preludio No. 7: A Alicia de Larrocha (1949)
Performer: Alicia de Larrocha.- Decca.
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Sergey Prokofiev
Piano Concerto No.3 in C major, Op.26
Performer: Vladimir Krainev. Orchestra: Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Dmitri Georgievich Kitayenko.- Melodiya.
Summer Record Review
9.00补尘听
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Mozart: Piano Quartets
Daniel Barenboim (piano)
Michael Barenboim (violin)
Yiulia Deyneka (viola)
Kian Soltani (cello)
DG 4835255
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The Princess & the Bear
Music by Richard Strauss, Beethoven and Glinka
Laurence Perkins (bassoon)
Sarah Watts (clarinet)
Martin Roscoe (piano)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Sian Edwards
Hyperion CDA68263
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Oratorio: Sacred Works by Scarlatti, Porpora, Bononcini & Gasparini
Blandine Staskiewicz (mezzo-soprano)
Les Accents
Thibault Noally (violin and conductor)
Apart茅 AP178
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Trio Kar茅nine: Faur茅, Ravel & Tailleferre
Trio Kar茅nine
Mirare MIR376
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9.30am 鈥� Proms Composer 鈥� Mark Lowther on Vaughan Williams
The Vagabond and other songs by Vaughan Williams, Butterworth, Finzi and Ireland
Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone)
Malcolm Martineau (piano)
DG 4459462
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Vaughan Williams: The Complete Symphonies
Felicity Lott (soprano)
Jonathan Summers (bass-baritone)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Choir
Bernard Haitink
Warner Classics 9847592 (7 CDs)
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Vaughan Williams - Symphony No. 5 & Serenade to Music
Elsie Morison (soprano)
Marjorie Thomas (mezzo- soprano )
Duncan Robertson (tenor)
Trevor Anthony (bass)
London Symphony Orchestra/Sir Malcolm Sargent
Philharmonia Orchestra/Sir John Barbirolli
Warner Classics 2161512
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Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 5 & other orchestral works
John Fletcher (tuba)
London Symphony Orchestra
Andr茅 Previn
RCA G010001641756R
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Vaughan Williams - Symphonies Nos. 4-6
John Williams (oboe)
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/Constantin Silvestri, Paavo Berglund
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Alexander Gibson
Warner Classics 2161462
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10.20am 鈥� New Releases
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Bruch: Scottish Fantasy, Op. 46 / Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 26
Joshua Bell (violin/director)
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Sony 19075842002
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Songs of Vain Glory
Includes Britten: O the sight entrancing, Ives: Tom Sails Away, Gurney: Most Holy Night etc
Sophie Bevan (soprano)
Sebastian Wybrew (piano)
Wigmore Hall Live 听WHLIVE0090
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Sir Richard Rodney Bennett: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2
Concerto for Stan Getz, Symphony No. 2, Serenade, Partita
Howard McGill (tenor saxophone)
Gordon Rigby (timpani)
Scott Dickinson (viola)
大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra
John Wilson
Chandos CHSA5212
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10.45 - Reissues: Laura Tunbridge on Tchaikovsky Operas
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Tchaikovsky: Complete Operas, Fragments and Incidental Music
Soloists of Bolshoi Theatre
Profil Medien PH17053 (22 CDs)
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11.30: Reissues - Alicia De Larrocha box set
Alicia De Larrocha: Complete Decca Recordings
Alicia De Larrocha (piano)
Decca 4834120 (41 CDs + 1 DVD)
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11.45am 鈥� BAL Proms Choice 鈥� Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Op. 26 as chosen by Marina Frolova-Walker on 6th May 2017
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Prokofiev: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 - 5
Vladimir Krainev (piano)
The Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Dmitri Kitayenko
Melodiya MELCD1002227 (2 CDs)
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