Andrew McGregor with Anna Picard
Andrew McGregor with new releases, and in Building a Library Anna Picard compares recordings of Ravel's' surreal, poignant and funny one act opera, L'enfant et les sortil猫ges
with Andrew McGregor.
09.30
Building a Library: Anna Picard listens to some of the available recordings of Ravel's L'enfant et les sortil猫ges and makes a recommendation.
Maurice Ravel's 1925 one act L'enfant et les sortil猫ges - The Child and the Spells - portrays a spoiled, violent and surly child who gets his comeuppance from all the things he's abused, destroyed and killed. In a stream of surreal set-pieces, inanimate objects (including an armchair, teapot, wallpaper and a clock) and animals (among them a bat, cats, a squirrel, a frog and a dragonfly) lead the child to a genuine sense of remorse and empathy. At once funny and moving, Freudian allusion rubs shoulders with Ravel's take on American musical comedy, and the opera demands a top-flight orchestra, conductor and cast for it to take wing.
10.55
Jeremy Summerly rounds up recent releases of choral music.
11.45
Andrew chooses an outstanding new release as his Disc of the Week.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Cantata 52: 'Falsche Welt, dir trau ich nicht!'
Performer: Xenia L枚ffler. Singer: Anna Prohaska. Ensemble: Collegium 1704. Conductor: V谩clav Luks.- Accent.
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Richard Strauss
Schlagobers Suite, Op.70: IV. Schlagoberswalzer
Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Conductor: Jonathan Nott.- Pentatone.
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James Oswald
Divertimento I
Performer: Sean Shibe.- Delphian.
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Steve Reich
Electric Counterpoint: I. Fast
Performer: Sean Shibe.- Delphian.
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Jane Vignery
Horn Sonata Op.7: III. Allegro
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Sergey Prokofiev
March Op.99
Ensemble: Marinierskapel der Koninklijke Marine. Conductor: Arjan Tien.- Channel Classics.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
The Blue Bird (orch. Yates)
Orchestrator: Martin Yates. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Martin Yates.- Dutton Epoch.
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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Concerto for Clarinet & Military Band
Performer: Olivier Patey. Ensemble: Marinierskapel der Koninklijke Marine. Conductor: Arjan Tien.- Channel Classics.
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John Woolrich
Ulysses Awakes
Performer: Simon Rowland-Jones. Ensemble: 12 Ensemble.- Sancho Panza.
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Anonymous
O Maria maris stella; O Maria virgo davitica
Choir: Ensemble Gilles Binchois. Director: Dominique Vellard.- Evidence.
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Anon.
Portum in ultimo
Ensemble: Lorelei Ensemble. Director: Beth Willer.- Impermanence.
- Dorian Sono Luminus.
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Toru Takemitsu
Kaze no uma: Vocalise No. 1
Ensemble: Lorelei Ensemble. Director: Beth Willer.- Impermanence.
- Dorian Sono Luminus.
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Maurice Durufl茅
Ubi caritas et amor
Conductor: Jaan-Eik Tulve. Choir: Vox Clamantis.- Sacrum convivium.
- Mirare.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Vine, Vine and Eglantine
Choir: Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea. Director: William Vann.- Albion Records.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Old Folks at Home
Choir: Chapel Choir of the Royal Hopsital Chelsea. Director: William Vann. Singer: Thomas Stoddart.- Albion Records.
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Julian Anderson
Sanctus
Performer: Michael How. Choir: Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge. Director: Geoffrey Webber.- Delphian.
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Roxanna Panufnik
Unending Love
Ensemble: Milapfest. Choir: Ex Cathedra Choir. Conductor: Jeffrey Skidmore.- Roxanna Panufnik: Celestial Bird.
- Signum Classics.
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Roxanna Panufnik
St Pancras Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis: Magnificat
Choir: Ex Cathedra Choir. Conductor: Jeffrey Skidmore.- Roxanna Panufnik: Celestial Bird.
- Signum Classics.
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Roxanna Panufnik
Salve Regina
Choir: Ex Cathedra Choir. Conductor: Jeffrey Skidmore.- Roxanna Panufnik: Celestial Bird.
- Signum Classics.
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Fr茅d茅ric Chopin
Celllo Sonata in G minor, Op.65
Performer: Steven Isserlis. Performer: D茅nes V谩rjon.- Hyperion.
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Fr茅d茅ric Chopin
Nie ma czego trzeba (arr. Isserlis)
Performer: Steven Isserlis. Performer: D茅nes V谩rjon. Music Arranger: Steven Isserlis.- Hyperion.
Record Review
9.00am
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Bach: Oboe Concertos BWV 1055, 1056 & 1061; Cantatas 52 & 84
Xenia Loffler (oboe)
Anna Prohaska (soprano)
Collegium 1704 (ensemble)
V谩clav Luks (conductor)
Accent ACC 24347
Strauss: Schlagobers suite Op.70 plus orchestral music by Debussy & Ligeti
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Jonathan Nott
Pentatone PTC5186 (3 CDs)
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Acoustic & electric guitar music by Lang, Wolfe, Reich, Macmillan plus Scottish traditional
Sean Shibe (guitars)
Delphian DCD34213
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Chamber music for horn by Jane Vignery, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Widmann, R. Strauss, F. Strauss and Hindemith
Tillmann H枚fs (horn)
Akiko Nikami (piano)
Genuin GEN18615
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9.30am 鈥� Building a Library 鈥� Anna Picard on Ravel鈥檚 L鈥檈nfant et les sortil猫ges
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Composer: Maurice Ravel
Piece: L鈥檈nfant et les sortil猫ges
Reviewer: Anna Picard
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Recommended Recording:
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
Mikko Franck
Julie Pasturaud (mezzo-soprano)
Jean-Francois Lapointe (baritone)
Francois Piolino (tenor)
Sabine Devieilhe (soprano)
Chlo茅 Briot (mezzo-soprano)
Nathalie Stutzmann (contralto)
Nicolas Courjal (bass)
Erato 0190295896928 (2 CDs)
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Other Recommended Recordings:
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Below are other recordings that Anna Picard also liked, although we can鈥檛 guarantee availability.
Berliner Philharmoniker
Simon Rattle (conductor)
Warner Classics 2641972
Orchestre National de France
Lorin Maazel (conductor)
Deutsche Grammophon 423 718-2
10.20am 鈥� New Releases
Music for winds by 19th and 20th century Russian composers
Marine Band of the Royal Netherlands Navy
Soloists of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Major Arjan Tien (conductor)
Channel Classics CCS 40818
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Orchestral music by Vaughan Williams plus David Matthews鈥檚 Norfolk March
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Martin Yates (conductor)
Dutton Epoch CDLX 7351 (Hybrid SACD)
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Contemporary music by Lutoslawski, Woolrich,Whitley and Dessner
12 Ensemble
Sancho Panza SPANCD001
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10.50am New Releases: Jeremy Summerly on choral music
Sacred vocal music from 13th century Spain
Ensemble Gilles Binchois
Dominique Vellard (conductor)
Evidence EV CD 051
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Ancient and contemporary vocal music
Lorelei Ensemble
Dorian Sono Luminus DSL 92226 (CD & Blu-ray)
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Motets by Durufl茅 and Poulenc plus gregorian chant
Vox Clamantis
Jaan-Eik Tulve
Mirare MIR 366
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Vaughan Williams: Choral premieres
Chapel choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea
William Vann (conductor)
Albion Records ALB CD 034
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Julian Anderson: Choral music
The Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge
Geoffrey Webber (conductor)
Delphian DCD 34202
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Roxanna Panufnik: Choral music
Ex Cathedra (choir)
Milapfest (ensemble)
Jeffrey Skidmore (conductor)
Signum classics SIG CD 543
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11.45am 鈥� Disc of the WeekMusic for cello and piano by Chopin & Schubert
Steven Isserlis (cello)
D茅nes V谩rjon (piano)
Hyperion CDA68227
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