Andrew McGregor with David Owen Norris
Building a library on Vaughan Williams' On Wenlock Edge with David Owen Norris. Plus, Andrew McGregor reviews new releases of early music with Caroline Gill.
with Andrew McGregor
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Building a Library: Vaughan Williams' On Wenlock Edge.
Vaughan Williams' song cycle, On Wenlock Edge, was premiered in London in November 1909 and sets six poems from the Victorian poet A. E. Housman's 1896 collection, A Shropshire Lad. His orignal setting of the Housman poems was particularly novel because of the scoring for tenor, piano and string quartet and, in 1924, he made an orchestral version of the cycle. The six poems from A Shropshire Lad that Vaughan Williams set are On Wenlock Edge, From Far, from Eve and Morning, Is My Team Ploughing, Oh, When I Was in Love with You, Bredon Hill, Clun.
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Andrew talks about new releases of early music with Caroline Gill.
11.45
Andrew chooses an outstanding new release as his Disc of the Week.
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Fr茅d茅ric Chopin
Nocturne No.13 in C minor Op.48/1
Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.- Sony.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Grabmusik K42/35a (original 1767): Nos.1 & 2
Singer: Jacques Imbrailo. Ensemble: The Mozartists. Conductor: Ian Page.- Signum Classics.
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George Enescu
Octet for strings in C Op. 7: iv. Movement de valse
Performer: Vilde Frang. Performer: Erik Schumann. Performer: Gabriel Le Magadure. Performer: Rosanne Philippens. Performer: Lawrence Power. Performer: Lily Francis. Performer: Nicolas Altstaedt. Performer: Jan-Erik Gustafsson.- Warner Classics.
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Wilhelm Stenhammar
Symphony No.2 in G minor Op.34: i. Allegro energico
Orchestra: Antwerp Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Christian Lindberg.- BIS.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
"Moonlight" sonata in C sharp minor Op. 27/2: iii. Presto
Performer: Pavel Kolesnikov.- Hyperion.
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Luigi Boccherini
Cello Sonata in G major G.5: iii. Tempo di minuetto
Performer: Bruno Cocset. Ensemble: Les Basses R茅unies.- Alpha.
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Magnus Lindberg
Tempus Fugit: Part 5
Orchestra: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Hannu Lintu.- Ondine.
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Arnold Schoenberg
Verkl盲rte Nacht - 1st version (rev. 1943)
Performer: Alisa Weilerstein. Performer: Geir Inge Lotsberg. Ensemble: TrondheimSolistene.- Pentatone.
Record Review
Chopin: Ballades & Nocturnes
Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)
Sony 19075822932
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Mozart: Grabmusik & Bastien und Bastienne
Anna Lucia Richter (Der Engel / Bastienne)
Jacques Imbrailo (Die Seele)
Alessandro Fisher (Bastien)
Darren Jeffery (Colas)
The Mozartists (ensemble)
Ian Page (conductor)
Signum Classics SIGCD547
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Bartok: Violin Concerto No.1 & Enescu: Octet
Vilde Frang (violin)
Orchestra Philharmonique de Radio France
Mikko Franck (conductor)
Vilde Frang (violin)
Erik Schumann (violin)
Gabriel Le Magadure (violin)
Roseanne Philippens (violin)
Lawrence Power (viola)
Lily Francis (viola)
Nicolas Altstaedt (cello)
Jan-Erik Gustavsson (cello)
Warner Classics 0190295662554
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9.30am 鈥� Building a Library 鈥� David Owen Norris on Vaughan Williams鈥檚 鈥極n Wenlock Edge鈥�听
Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams
Piece: On Wenlock Edge
Reviewer: David Owen Norris
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Recommended Recording:
Andrew Kennedy (tenor)
Dante Quartet
Simon Crawford-Phillips
Signum听 SIGCD112 (CD)
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Other Recommended Recordings:听
Below are other recordings that David Owen Norris also liked, although we can鈥檛 guarantee availability.
Orchestral Choice:
Robert Tear (tenor)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Simon Rattle (conductor)
CDM7647312 (CD)
Historical Choice:
Peter Pears (tenor)
Zorian Quartet
Benjamin Britten (conductor)
PEARL GEMS0062 (CD)
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10.20am 鈥� New Releases
Stenhammer: Symphony No.2 & 鈥楳usic for A Dream Play by August Strindberg鈥�
Antwerp Symphony Orchestra
Christian Lindberg (conductor)
BIS-2329 (Hybrid SACD)
Beethoven: Moonlight Sonata & other piano music
Pavel Kolesnikov (piano)
Hyperion CDA68237
Luigi Boccherini: Cello sonatas vol. 2
Bruno Cocset (cello)
Les Basses R茅unies
Alpha 409
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Magnus Lindberg: Tempus Fugit & Violin Concerto No.2
Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Hannu Lintu (conductor)
Ondine ODE 1308-5
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10.50am New Releases: Caroline Gill on Baroque听
Louis Couperin: Nouvelles Suites de clavecin
Christophe Rousset (harpsichord)
Harmonia Mundi HMM 902501.02 (2 CDs)
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Giuseppe Tartini: Sonate Op.1
Evgeny Sviridov (violin)
Stansislav Gres (harpsichord)
Davit Melkonyan (cello)
Ricercar听 RIC 391
Antonio Caldara: Maddalena ai piedi di Christo
Le Banquet C茅leste (choir)
Damien Guillon (director)
Alpha 426 (2 CDs)
J.S. Bach: Harpsichord concertos transcribed for mandolin
Davide Ferella (mandolin)
Profil Barocchi (ensemble)
Dorina Frati (mandolin II)
Dynamic听 CDS 7821听
J.S. Bach: Harpsichord Concertos Nos. 1, 2 & 3
Marcin Swiatkiewicz (harpsichord)
Zefira Valova (violin)
Anna Nowak-Pokrzywinska (violin)
Dymitr Olszewski (viola)
Tomasz Pokrzywinski (cello)
Channel Classics听 CCS 40418
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11.45am 鈥� Disc of the Week:Schoenberg: Verkl盲rte Nacht听& Haydn: Cello Concerto Nos. 1 & 2
Alisa Weilerstein (cello)
Trondheim Soloists
Pentatone PTC 5186 717
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