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大象传媒 Proms Composer Vivaldi with Hannah French and Andrew McGregor

Hannah French selects five must-hear recordings of 大象传媒 Proms Composer Vivladi, plus the usual round-up of the best latest classical releases.

Andrew McGregor with a selection of the best new classical releases.

9.30
Proms Composer: Vivaldi
Hannah French selects five must hear recordings of 大象传媒 Proms Composer Vivladi, plus the usual round-up of the best latest classical releases.

11.25
Record of the Week
Verdi: Requiem (extract)
Verdi: Requiem

Julia Varady (soprano)
Alexandrina Milcheva (mezzo-soprano)
Alberto Cupido (tenor)
Nicola Ghiuselev (bass)
ORF Chor
ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra
Leif Segerstam (conductor)

2 hours, 47 minutes

Music Played

  • Astor Piazzolla

    Histoire du Tango (Version for Violin & Guitar): I. Bordel 1900

    Performer: Karen Gomyo. Performer: Stephanie Jones.
    • A Piazzolla Trilogy.
    • BIS.
    • 8.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21: II. Larghetto

    Performer: Seong-Jin Cho. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda.
    • Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2; Scherzi.
    • DG.
    • 6.
  • Jean鈥怋aptiste Lully

    Lully: Alceste, LWV 50

    Singer: V茅ronique Gens. Ensemble: Ensemble Les Surprises. Ensemble: Centre of Baroque Music Versailles. Director: Louis-No毛l Bestion de Camboulas.
    • Lully, Charpentier & Desmarets: Passion.
    • Alpha.
    • 18.
  • Ferruccio Busoni

    Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C Major (Bach BWV 564): I. Tocatta

    Performer: Peter Donohoe.
    • Busoni: Toccata, BV 287, Elegien, BV 252, Sonatina No. 6, BV 284 & Toccata, Adag.
    • Chandos.
    • 12.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in C major for mandolin / lute, RV425: I. Allegro

    Performer: Duilio Galfetti. Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico. Director: Giovanni Antonini.
    • Il Giardino Armonico.
    • Warner Classics.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Chamber Concerto in G Minor, RV107: III. Allegro

    Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico. Director: Giovanni Antonini.
    • Il Giardino Armonico.
    • Warner Classics.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    The Four Seasons: Winter, RV297: I. Allegro non molto

    Performer: Rachel Podger. Ensemble: Brecon Baroque.
    • Vivaldi: Le Quattro Stagioni.
    • Channel Classics.
    • 10.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Dixit Dominus, RV594: De torrente in via & Gloria Patri

    Singer: Roberta Invernizzi. Ensemble: Concerto Italiano. Director: Rinaldo Alessandrini.
    • Vivaldi: Vespri solenni per la festa dell鈥橝ssunzione di Maria Vergine.
    • Naive.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto for violin, strings & continuo in B flat, RV365

    Ensemble: La Serenissima. Director: Adrian Chandler.
    • Vivaldi: The French Connection 2.
    • Avie.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Sol da te, mio dolce amore (from Orlando Furioso)

    Ensemble: Ensemble Matheus. Director: Jean鈥怌hristophe Spinosi. Singer: Philippe Jaroussky. Singer: Jennifer Larmore. Singer: Marie鈥怤icole Lemieux. Singer: Lorenzo Regazzo.
    • Vivaldi: Orlando Furioso, RV728.
    • Naive.
  • Anton Bruckner

    Symphony No. 3 in D Minor, WAB 103 "Wagner" (1873 version): III. Scherzo

    Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard.
    • Bruckner: Symphony No. 3 in D Minor, WAB 103 "Wagner" (1873 Version).
    • BIS.
    • 3.
  • Anon.

    O vera, O pia

    Ensemble: Ensemble C茅ladon. Director: Paulin B眉ndgen.
    • Hieros.
    • Fuga Libera.
    • 2.
  • B茅la Bart贸k

    Divertimento, Sz. 113: I. Allegro non troppo

    Orchestra: c/o chamber orchestra.
    • Divertissement!.
    • BIS.
    • 10.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    La princesse jaune: Duo. Ce doux mot qu'ignorant de moi-meme

    Singer: Mathias Vidal. Singer: Judith van Wanroij. Orchestra: Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse. Conductor: Leo Hussain.
    • Saint-Sa毛ns: La princesse jaune.
    • Bru Zane.
    • 15.
  • 艩imon Brixi

    Gloria from Missa ex D

    Singer: Hana Bla啪铆kov谩. Singer: Jaromir Nosek. Ensemble: Hipocondria Ensemble. Director: Jan Hadek.
    • Simon Brixi: Magnificat.
    • Supraphon.
    • 2.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    The Soldier's Tale - Part II, Scene 3

    Performer: Isabelle Faust. Performer: Alexander Melnikov. Narrator: Dominique Horwitz.
    • Stravinsky: The Soldier's Tale (English Version).
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 25.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Messa da requiem

    Choir: Vienna Radio Symphony Chorus. Orchestra: Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Leif Segerstam. Singer: Alexandrina Milcheva.
    • Verdi: Messa da requiem.
    • Orfeo.
    • 4.

Record Review


9.00am

A Piazzolla Trilogy

Karen Gomyo (violin)

Stephanie Jones (guitar)

Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire

BIS听 BIS2385 (hybrid SACD)听

听听

Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2; Scherzi

Seong-Jin Cho (piano)

London Symphony Orchestra

Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)听

DG听 4860435

Lully, Charpentier & Desmarets: Passion听

V茅ronique Gens (soprano)

Ensemble Les Surprises

Les Chantres du Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles

Louis-No毛l Bestion de Camboulas

Alpha听 ALPHA747

Busoni: Toccata, BV 287, Elegien, BV 252, Sonatina No. 6, BV 284 & Toccata, Adagio & Fugue in C Major, BV B 29 No. 1

Peter Donohoe (piano)

Chandos听 CHAN20237听

9.30am 鈥 Proms Composer:听 Vivaldi with Hannah French

Il Giardino Armonico 鈥 Music by Vivaldi, Bach, Handel, Scarlatti, etc.听听

Il Giardino Armonico

Giovanni Antonini (director)听

Warner Classics听 2564632642听 (11 CDs)听

Vivaldi: Le Quattro Stagioni

Rachel Podger (violin)

Brecon Baroque

Channel Classics听 CCSSA40318听 (SACD)听

Vivaldi: Vespri solenni per la festa dell鈥橝ssunzione di Maria Vergine

Gemma Bertagnolli, Roberta Invernizzi 听& Anna Simboli (sopranos)

Sara Mingardo (contralto)

Gianluca Ferrarini (tenor)

Matteo Bellotto (baritone)

Antonio De Secondi (violin)

Concerto Italiano ensemble vocale e strumentale

Rinaldo Alessandrini (director)听

Na茂ve OP30383

Vivaldi: The French Connection 2

Adrian Chandler (director/violin)

Katy Bircher (flute)

Gail Hennessy (oboe)

Peter Whelen (bassoon)

La Serenissima

Avie听 AV2218听

Vivaldi: Orlando Furioso, RV728

Veronica Cangemi (soprano)

Ann Hallenberg, Jennifer Larmore & Blandine Staskiewicz (mezzo-sopranos)

Marie-Nicole Lemieux (contralto)

Philippe Jaroussky (counter-tenor)

Lorenzo Regazzo (bass-baritone)

Choeur Les El茅ments & Ensemble Matheus

Jean-Christophe Spinosi (director)听

Na茂ve听 OP30393听

10.15am 鈥 New Releases

Bruckner: Symphony No. 3 (original 1873 version)

Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra

Thomas Dausgaard (conductor)听

BIS听 BIS2464 (hybrid SACD)听

Hieros 鈥 Music by Goude, etc.听

Ensemble C茅ladon

Paulin B眉ndgen (conductor)听

Fuga Libera听 FUG767听

Divertissement - Works by Bartok, Bernard, Ibert & Ippolito

C/O Chamber Orchestra

BIS听 BIS2499 (hybrid SACD)听

Saint-Sa毛ns: La princesse jaune

Mathias Vidal (tenor)听

Judith van Wanroij (soprano)

Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse

Leo Hussain (conductor)听

Bru Zane听 BZ1045 (CD + Book)

艩imon Brixi: Magnificat

Hana Bla啪ikov谩 (soprano)

Jaromir Nosek (bass)

Hipocondria Ensemble

Jan H谩dek (director)

Supraphon听 SU42932听

鈥奡travinsky: The Soldier's Tale (English Version)

Isabelle Faust (violin)

Alexander Melnikov (piano)

Lorenzo Coppola (clarinet)

Javier Zafra (bassoon)听

Reinhold Friedrich (cornet)听

Jorgen van Rijen (trombone)

De Boeve (double bass)听

Raymond Curfs (percussion)听

Dominique Horwitz (narrator)

Harmonia Mundi听 HMM992671

11.20am 鈥 Record of the Week

Verdi: Requiem

Julia Varady (soprano)

Alexandrina Milcheva (mezzo-soprano)

Alberto Cupido (tenor)

Nicola Ghiuselev (bass)

ORF Chor

ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra

Leif Segerstam

Orfeo听 C210232 (2 CDs)听


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