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大象传媒 Proms Composer - Bartok with Kate Molleson and Andrew McGregor

Kate Molleson chooses five indispensable recordings of Proms Composer Bartok 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.

9.30
Proms Composer: Bartok
Kate Molleson chooses five indispensable recordings of Proms Composer Bartok and explains why you need to hear them.

11.20
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.
Brahms
2nd Symphony in D Major: 1st Movement Allegro non troppo
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Vladimir Jurowski (conductor)

2 hours, 47 minutes

Music Played

  • Antonio Bertali

    Ciaconna

    Composer: Tarquinio Merula. Composer: Claudio Monteverdi. Performer: Tabea Debus. Performer: Jonathan Rees. Performer: Alex McCartney.
    • Delphian.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No. 27 in B flat major, K595 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Francesco Piemontesi. Director: Andrew Manze. Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra.
    • Linn.
  • Gustav Mahler

    Das Lied von der Erde (4th mvt)

    Singer: Dame Sarah Connolly. Orchestra: Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin. Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski.
    • Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde (Live).
    • PENTATONE.
    • 104.
  • Franz Liszt

    Ernani - paraphrase de concert after Verdi S.432

    Performer: Marc-Andr茅 Hamelin.
    • Hyperion.
  • B茅la Bart贸k

    Bluebeard's Castle: Prologue & Opening (excerpt)

    Librettist: Bal谩zs B茅la. Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.
    • Bart贸k - Bluebeard's Castle.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.
  • B茅la Bart贸k

    Bartok: Contrasts, Sz. 111: III. Sebes (Fast Dance)

    Performer: Michael Collins. Performer: Chantal Juillet. Performer: Martha Argerich.
    • Martha Argerich - The Warner Classics Recordings.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 269.
  • B茅la Bart贸k

    String Quartet No.6, BB 119 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Tak谩cs Quartet.
    • Decca.
  • B茅la Bart贸k

    3 Hungarian Folksongs from the Csik District

    Performer: Zolt谩n Kocsis.
    • Decca.
  • B茅la Bart贸k

    Piano Concerto no.3 Sz.119 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Sir Andr谩s Schiff. Conductor: Iv谩n Fischer. Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra.
    • Elatus.
  • Henry Purcell

    From Those Serene and Rapturous Joys, Z.326 (extract)

    Performer: Ben Davies. Performer: Katy Hill. Performer: Jeremy Budd. Performer: Kirsty Hopkins. Choir: The Sixteen. Orchestra: The Sixteen Orchestra. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • Royal Welcome Songs for King Charles II Volume III.
    • CORO.
    • 17.
  • Traditional Cypriot

    Drepanin

    Performer: Michalis Kouloumis. Performer: Yurdal Tokcan. Performer: Vagelis Karipis. Director: Dmitris Psonis.
    • Synergia.
    • Alia Vox.
    • 8.
  • Leos Jan谩膷ek

    The Cunning Little Vixen, JW I/9, (Act II Interlude IV and scene VI)

    Singer: Lucy Crowe. Choir: London Symphony Chorus. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Jan谩膷ek: The Cunning Little Vixen, Sinfonietta.
    • Lso Live.
    • 23-30.
  • Oscar Straus

    Piano Concerto in B Minor (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Oliver Triendl. Orchestra: Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbr眉cken und Kaiserslautern. Conductor: Ernst Theis.
    • Oscar Straus: Orchestral Works.
    • CPO.
    • 3.
  • Franti拧ek Ign谩c Tuma

    Stabat Mater in G minor (ending)

    Ensemble: Pluto Ensemble. Director: Marnix De Cat. Ensemble: Hathor Consort. Director: Romina Lischka.
    • Ricercar.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Cello Concerto No. 1 in E flat major, Op. 107 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Alban Gerhardt. Orchestra: WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne. Conductor: Jukka鈥怭ekka Saraste.
    • Hyperion.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski.
    • Brahms: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2.
    • London Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • 5.

Record Review

9.00am

Ohrwurm: music by Handel, Bertali, Marais, Castrucci, Falconieri, Freya Waley-Cohen 听and more

Tabea Debus (recorders)

Jonathan Rees (viola da gamba)

Alex McCartney (theorbo & guitar)

Delphian DCD34243

Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 19 & 27, Rondo K.386

Francesco Piemontesi (piano)

Scottish Chamber Orchestra

Andrew Manze (conductor)

LINN CKD 622

Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde

Sarah Connolly (mezzo soprano)

Robert Dean Smith (tenor)

Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin

Vladimir Jurowski (conductor)

Pentatone PTC 5186760 (Hybrid SACD)

Liszt & Thalberg: Opera transcriptions & fantasies

Marc-Andr茅 Hamelin (piano)

Hyperion CDA68320

9.30am 鈥 Kate Molleson on Bela Bart贸k

Recommended Recordings:

Bluebeard鈥檚 Castle

Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo soprano)

John Tomlinson (bass)

Berliner Philharmoniker

Bernard Haitink (conductor)

Warner Classics 5561622

Contrasts

Michael Collins (clarinet)

Chantal Juillet (violin)

Martha Argerich (piano)

Warner Classics 9029541939

String Quartet No. 6

Takacs Quartet

Decca 4552972 (2CDs)

3 Hungarian Folksongs from the Csik District

Zoltan Kocsis (piano)

Decca 4782364 (8CDs) or Philips E4756720 (download only)

Piano Concerto No. 3

Andr谩s Schiff (piano)

Budapest Festival Orchestra

Iv谩n Fischer (conductor)

Elatus 0927467352

10.20am 鈥 New Releases

Purcell: Royal Welcome Songs for King Charles II, Volume III

The Sixteen

Harry Christophers (conductor)

CORO COR16182

Synergia: Music from the Island of Cyprus

Katerina Papadopoulou, Eda Karaytug (vocals), Michalis Kouloumis (violin), Yurdal Tokcan (oud), Vagelis Karipis (percussion)

Dimitri Psonis (santar, saz, lute, direction)

Alia Vox AV9938

Jan谩膷ek: The Cunning Little Vixen, Sinfonietta

Lucy Crowe听(Vixen), Gerald Finley听(Forester), Sophia Burgos听(Fox, Chocholka), Peter Hoare听(Schoolmaster, Cock, Mosquito), Jan Martin铆k听(Badger, Parson), Hanno M眉ller-Brachmann听(Haraschta),听 Paulina Malefane听(Forester's Wife, Owl, Woodpecker),听Anna Lapkovskaja听(Mrs Pasek, Dog),听Jonah Halton听(Pasek), Irene Hoogveld听(Jay)

London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, LSO Discovery Voices

Sir Simon Rattle (conductor)

LSO Live 0850 (2 Hybrid SACDs)

Oscar Straus: Piano Concerto in B minor

Oliver Treindl (piano)

Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbr眉ken Kaiserslautern

Ernst Theis (conductor)

CPO 555 280-2

T暖ma: Stabat Mater; Biber: Requiem

Marnix De Cat (counter tenor)

Romina Lischka (viola da gamba)

Hathor Consort

Pluto-Ensemble

Ram茅e RAM1914

Shostakovich: Cello Concertos

Alban Gerhardt (cello)

WDR Sinfonieorchester

Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor)

Hyperion CDA68340

11.20am 鈥 Proms Building a Library Recommendation

Brahms: Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73
Reviewer: Stephen Johnson, June 2013

Recommended recording:
London Philharmonic Orchestra

Vladimir Jurowski (conductor)

LPO LPO0043

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