Mozart's Magic Flute in Building a Library with Flora Willson
The best classical releases, plus Flora Willson chooses her favourite recording of Mozart's opera, The Magic Flute, and Mark Lowther reviews new releases of chamber music.
with Andrew McGregor
9.30 Building a Library
Flora Willson chooses her favourite recording of Mozart's opera, The Magic Flute.
Mozart's masonic opera is a wonderful but challenging combination of the high moral seriousness of the two young lovers Tamino and Pamina with the low knockabout comedy of Papageno and his feathered girlfriend, Papagena. It can be difficult to bring off in the theatre and recording studio because of these different levels which need to be brought together. And some of the female and racial stereotypes haven't aged well. But this quintessential piece of late Mozart distils all the humanity and beauty that people love in his operas.
10.30
Mark Lowther reviews a new box set of the complete works of Ravel on the Warner Classics label.
11.20
Record of the Week
Andrew recommends an outstanding new release.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Ruhe sanft, mein holdes Leben (from Za茂de)
Singer: Regula M眉hlemann. Orchestra: Kammerorchester Basel. Conductor: Umberto Benedetti Michelangeli.- Sony.
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Luigi Cherubini
Gloria (Missa solemnis in D minor)
Choir: Kammerchor Stuttgart. Orchestra: Klassische Philharmonie Stuttgart. Conductor: Frieder Bernius.- Carus.
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Andrea Falconieri
Corrente dicha la Cuella, Il Spiritillo Brando & Brando dicho el Melo
Ensemble: Il Ricercar Continuo.- Arcana.
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Florent Schmitt
Musique sur l'eau, Op. 33
Singer: Susan Platts. Orchestra: Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: JoAnn Falletta.- Schmitt: Orchestral Works.
- Naxos.
- 201.
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Emmanuel Despax
The Sound of Music Fantasy
Performer: Emmanuel Despax.- Signum Classics.
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Franz Schubert
Symphony No. 9 in C Major, D. 944 "The Great" (4th mvt)
Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: Franz Welser鈥怣枚st.- Schubert: Symphony No. 9 in C Major "The Great" - K艡enek: Static and Ecstatic.
- Cleveland Orchestra.
- 104.
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John Eccles
Ground. Aire III (The Mad Lover Suite)
Performer: Th茅otime Langlois de Swarte. Performer: Thomas Dunford.- Harmonia Mundi.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
How Cold the Wind Doth Blow (Folk Songs from Sussex)
Performer: Jack Liebeck. Performer: William Vann. Singer: Mary Bevan. Singer: Toby Spence.- Albion.
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Richard Wagner
Die Meistersinger von N眉rnberg (Act 3, excerpt)
Singer: Klaus Florian Vogt. Singer: Georg Zeppenfeld. Choir: Chor der Staatsoper Dresden. Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden. Conductor: Christian Thielemann.- Profil Medien.
Record Review
9.00am
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Mozart Arias II
Regula M眉hlemann (soprano)
Basel Chamber Orchestra
Umberto Benedetti Michelangeli (conductor)
Sony 19439752372
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Luigi Cherubini: Messe Solenelle No 2 in D
Ruth Ziesak (soprano)
Christa Mayer (mezzo-soprano)
Christoph Genz (tenor)
Thomas E. Bauer (baritone)
Kammerchor Stuttgart
Klassische Philharmonie Stuttgart
Frieder Bernius (conductor)
Carus CAR83512
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Pulchra es. Affetti in 17th-century Italian instrumental music: Castello, Bertoli, Rognoni etc.
Il Ricercar Continuo
Arcana A118
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Florent Schmitt: La Trag茅die de Salom茅 and other works
Susan Platts (mezzo-soprano)
Nikki Chooi (violin)
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
JoAnn Falletta (conductor)
Naxos 8574138
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Emmanuel Despax: The Sound of Music Fantasy
Emmanuel Despax (piano)
Signum Classics SIGCD820 (download only)
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9.30am 鈥� Building a Library 鈥� Flora Willson on Mozart鈥檚 The Magic Flute, K. 620
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Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Reviewer: Flora Willson
Recommended Recording:
Marlis Petersen (soprano, Pamina)
Daniel Behle (tenor, Tamino)
Anna-Kristiina Kaappola (soprano, Queen of the Night)
Marcos Fink (bass-baritone, Sarastro)
Daniel Schmutzhard (baritone, Papageno)
Sunhae Im (soprano, Papagena)
RIAS Kammerchor
Akademie f眉r Alte Musik Berlin
Ren茅 Jacobs (conductor)
Harmonia Mundi HMC902068/70 (3 CDs)
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Other Recommended Recording(s):
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Pilar Lorengar (soprano, Pamina)
Stuart Burrows (tenor, Tamino)
Cristina Deutekom (soprano, Queen of the Night)
Martti Talvela (bass, Sarastro)
Hermann Prey (bass-baritone, Papageno)
Renate Holm (soprano, Papagena)
Wiener S盲ngerknaben
Wiener Staatsoper
Wiener Philharmoniker
Georg Solti (conductor)
Decca 4780394 (3 CDs)
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10.15am 鈥� New Releases
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Schubert: Symphony No. 9 & K艡enek: Static and Ecstatic
Cleveland Orchestra
Franz Welser-M枚st (conductor)
Cleveland Orchestra TCO0002 (Hybrid SACD)
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The Mad Lover: music by Eccles, Purcell, Dunford, Matteis etc.
Theotime Langlois de Swarte (violin)
Thomas Dunford (lute)
Harmonia Mundi HMM902305
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Ralph Vaughan Williams: Folk Songs Volume 1
Mary Bevan (soprano)
Nicky Spence (tenor)
Roderick Williams (baritone)
Jack Liebeck (violin)
William Vann (piano)
Albion Records ALBCD042
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10.45am 鈥� New Releases 鈥� Mark Lowther on new Ravel box
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Ravel: The Complete Works
Various artists
Warner Classics 9029528326 (21 CDs)
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11.15am 鈥� Record of the Week
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Wagner: Die Meistersinger von N眉rnberg
Georg Zeppenfeld (bass, Hans Sachs)
Klaus Florian Vogt (tenor, Walther von Stolzing)
Jacquelyn Wagner (soprano, Eva)
Adrian Erod (baritone, Sixtus Beckmesser)
Sebastian Kohlhepp (tenor, David)
Vitalij Kowaljow (bass, Veit Pogner)
Staatsopernchor Dresden
Staatskapelle Dresden
Christian Thielemann (conductor)
Profil Medien PH20059 (4 CDs)
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