大象传媒 Proms Composer 鈥� Vaughan Williams with Kate Kennedy and Andrew McGregor
Kate Kennedy chooses five indispensable recordings of Proms composer Ralph Vaughan Williams and explains why you need to hear them, plus the best of recent classical releases.
Andrew McGregor with a selection of the best new classical releases:
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Proms Composer: Vaughan Williams
Kate Kennedy chooses five indispensable recordings of Proms composer Ralph Vaughan Williams and explains why you need to hear them.
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Proms Recording:
To round off each edition of Summer Record Review, Andrew introduces the Building a Library recommendation of a major work featured in this year's 大象传媒 Proms:
Schubert: Symphony No 4
London Classical Players
Roger Norrington, conductor
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Johannes Brahms
Symphony no.4 in E minor Op.98 (3rd mvt)
Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard.- Brahms: Orchestral Works.
- BIS.
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Antonio Lotti
Lascia che nel suo viso (from Teofane)
Singer: N煤ria Rial. Ensemble: Artemandoline.- Deutsche HM.
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Sergey Rachmaninov
Pr茅lude in G sharp minor No. 12, Op. 32
Performer: Sergei Babayan.- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Sergey Rachmaninov
Lilacs, Op.21
Performer: Sergei Babayan.- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Ian Venables
Offertorium (Requiem, Op. 48)
Performer: Jonathan Hope. Choir: Gloucester Cathedral Choir. Director: Adrian Partington.- Somm.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis
Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Adrian Boult.- Warner Classics.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
The infinite shining heavens (Songs of Travel)
Lyricist: Robert Louis Stevenson. Singer: Thomas Allen. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.- The Very Best of English Song.
- Warner Classics.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Symphony No. 4 in F Minor (4th mvt)
Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Ryan Wigglesworth.- Vaughan Williams: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 8.
- London Philharmonic Orchestra.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
The Lark Ascending
Performer: Janine Jansen. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.- Janine Jansen.
- Decca.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Symphony No 5 in D major (3rd mvt)
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: John Barbirolli.- EMI.
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Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber
Laetatus Sum
Ensemble: Les Passions de l鈥橝me. Director: Meret L眉thi.- Deutsche HM.
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Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104 (2nd mvt)
Performer: Kian Soltani. Orchestra: Staatskapelle Berlin. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Joseph Haydn
Keyboard Sonata No. 19 in E Minor, Hob. XVI:47bis (1st & 2nd mvts)
Performer: Tuija Hakkila.- Haydn: 8 Early Sonatas.
- Ondine.
- 11-12.
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Nils Henrik Asheim
Muohta (excerpt)
Choir: Norwegian Soloists' Choir. Ensemble: Ensemble Allegria. Conductor: Grete Pedersen.- Lament.
- BIS.
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Johannes Brahms
Cello Sonata No. 2 in F Major, Op. 99 (1st mvt)
Performer: Daniel M眉ller鈥怱chott. Performer: Francesco Piemontesi.- Brahms: Sonatas Opp. 38, 78 & 99.
- Orfeo.
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Franz Leh谩r
Vilja Song (The Merry Widow)
Singer: Lisa della Casa. Ensemble: American Opera Society Orchestra & Chorus. Conductor: Franz Allers.- Sepia.
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Franz Schubert
Symphony No. 4 in C minor, D417 'Tragic'
Orchestra: London Classical Players. Conductor: Sir Roger Norrington.- Erato.
Record Review
9.00am
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Brahms: Symphony No. 4, Hungarian Dances & Tragic Overture
Swedish Chamber Orchestra
Thomas Dausgaard (conductor)
BIS BIS2383 (Hybrid SACD)
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Venice's Fragrance: music by Traetta, Vivaldi, Galuppi, Manna, Conti etc.
Nuria Rial (soprano)
Artemandoline
Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 19439743812
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Sergei Babayan 鈥� Rachmaninoff: Pr茅ludes, 脡tudes-Tableaux, Moments Musicaux
Sergei Babayan (piano)
Deutsche Grammophon 4839181
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Venables: Requiem
Catherine Perfect (alto)
Alex Taylor (treble)
Arthur Johnson (treble)
Charles Lucas (treble)
Matthew Clarke (baritone)
Jonathan Hope (organ)
Gloucester Cathedral Choir
Adrian Partington (director)
Somm SOMMCD 0618
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9.30am 鈥� Proms Composer: Kate Kennedy on Vaughan Williams
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Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams
Reviewer: Kate Kennedy
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Recommended Recordings:
Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Rodney Friend (violin)
Russell Gilbert (violin)
John Chambers (viola)
Alexander Cameron (cello)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Adrian Boult (conductor)
Warner Classics 7777640175 (download only)
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Songs of Travel (from Very Best of English Song)
Thomas Allen (bass-baritone)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Sir Simon Rattle (conductor)
Warner Classics 6805132 (download only)
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Symphony No. 4 in F minor
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Ryan Wigglesworth (conductor)
LPO LPO0082 (download only)
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Symphony No. 5 in D major
Philharmonia Orchestra
John Barbirolli (conductor)
Warner Classics 2161512 (download only)
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The Lark Ascending
Janine Jansen (violin)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Barry Wordsworth (conductor)
Decca 4750112
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10.15am 鈥� New Releases
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Divina: music by Biber and Schmelzer
Les Passions de l'Ame
Meret L眉thi (violin)
Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 19439763522
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Dvo艡谩k: Cello Concerto, Silent Woods, Songs my Mother Taught Me, Lasst mich allein, Goin鈥� Home
Kian Soltani (cello)
Staatskapelle Berlin
Daniel Barenboim (conductor)
Deutsche Grammophon 4836090
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Haydn: Eight Early Sonatas
Tuija Hakkila (fortepiano)
Ondine ODE13602D (2 CDs)
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Lament: Works by Hagen, Asheim and Nordheim
Magnhild Korsvik (soprano)
Masashi Tsuji (tenor)
Mari Askvik (alto)
Halvor F. Melien (bass)
Hans-Kristian Kjos S酶rensen (percussion)
Daniel Paulsen (percussion)
Terje Viken (percussion)
Lars Petter Hagen (tape)
Arne Nordheim (tape)
The Norwegian Soloists鈥� Choir
Ensemble Allegria
Grete Pedersen (director)
BIS BIS2431 (Hybrid SACD)
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Brahms: The Cello Sonatas
Daniel M眉ller-Schott (cello)
Francesco Piemontesi (piano)
Orfeo C979201
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The Merry Widow (sung in English)
Lisa della Casa (Hanna Glawari)
John Reardon (Count Danilo Danilowitsch, attach茅 at the embassy)
Paul Franke (Baron Mirko Zeta, Pontevedrian ambassador in Paris)
Laurel Hurley (Valencienne, his wife)
Charles K. L. Davis (Camille de Rosillon)
Howard Kahl (Vicomte Cascada)
Paul Richards (Raoul de St. Brioche)
The American Opera Society Orchestra and Chorus
Franz Allers (conductor)
Sepia SEPIA1356
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11.20am 鈥� Proms Building a Library Recommendation
Schubert: Symphony No. 4 in C minor, D417 'Tragic'
Reviewer: Richard Wigmore, November 2012
Recommended recording:
London Classical Players
Roger Norrington (conductor)
Erato 5622272 (2CDs)
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