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Ravel's Daphnis and Chloe with Jeremy Sams and Andrew McGregor

Jeremy Sams recommends his favourite recording of Ravel's Daphnis and Chloe, and Kirsten Gibson reviews new releases of choral and vocal works by Lully and Rameau.

with Andrew McGregor

9.30
Building a Library: Jeremy Sams recommends his favourite recording of Ravel's Daphnis and Chloe (complete ballet).

Maurice Ravel described his ballet, Daphnis and Chloe as a choreographic symphony. The story concerns the love between the goatherd Daphnis and the shepherdess Chloé. Ravel began work in 1909 after a commission from Sergei Diaghilev and it was premiered in Paris by his Ballets Russes in 1912. The orchestra was conducted by Pierre Monteux, the choreography was by Michel Fokine, and Vaslav Nijinsky and Tamara Karsavina danced the parts of Daphnis and Chloé. With rich harmonies and lush orchestrations it is one of Ravel's most popular works.

10.45
Kirsten Gibson reviews new releases of choral and vocal works by Lully and Rameau.

11.25
Record of the Week: an outstanding new release.

2 hours, 47 minutes

Music Played

  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Magnificat in D Major, Wq. 215: I. Magnificat

    Choir: Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart. Director: Hans-Christoph Rademann.
    • J.S. Bach & C.P.E. Bach: Magnificat.
    • Accentus Music.
    • 13.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Le tombeau de Couperin, M. 68: VI. Toccata

    Music Arranger: Kenneth Hesketh. Orchestra: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • Ravel: La valse, M. 72 & Other Works.
    • BIS.
    • 6.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 49: II. Andante con moto tranquillo

    Ensemble: Trio Chausson.
    • Fanny & Felix Mendelssohn.
    • Mirare.
    • 6.
  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Dolci miei sospiri

    Ensemble: Concerto di Margherita.
    • Il gioco della cieca. Madrigali, Canzoni & Villanelle per cantare, et sonare.
    • Arcana.
    • 1.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Deidamia, HWV 42, Act 3: "Ai greci questa spada sovra i nemici estinti" (Achille)

    Singer: Emőke Baráth. Ensemble: Ensemble Artaserse. Director: Philippe Jaroussky.
    • Dualita.
    • Erato.
    • 4.
  • Anton Bruckner

    Symphony No. 7 in E Major: I. Allegro moderato

    Orchestra: Gürzenich-Orchester Köln. Conductor: François‐Xavier Roth.
    • Bruckner: Symphony No. 7.
    • Myrios.
    • 1.
  • Franz Schubert

    Nachthelle, Op. 134, D. 892

    Performer: Justus Zeyen. Lyricist: Johann Gabriel Seidl. Singer: Andrew Lepri Meyer. Choir: Bavarian Radio Symphony Choir. Conductor: Howard Arman.
    • Schubertiade.
    • BR-Klassik.
    • 7.
  • Derek Bourgeois

    Serenade Op.22

    Performer: Thomas Trotter.
    • Symphony Hall Sorcery.
    • Regent.
  • Jean‐Baptiste Lully

    Ti non star Furba (from Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme)

    Ensemble: Le Poème Harmonique. Director: Vincent Dumestre.
    •  Lully: Le bourgeois gentilhomme.
    • Chateau de Versailles Spectacles.
    • 21.
  • Jean‐Baptiste Lully

    Ecce enim in inquitatibus & Asperges me hysopo (from Quare fremuerunt gentes LWV67)

    Ensemble: Les Epopees. Director: Stéphane Fuget.
    • Lully: Miserere.
    • Chateau de Versailles Spectacles.
    • 4.
  • Jean‐Philippe Rameau

    Sonuerunt et turbata (from Deus noster refugium, grand motet)

    Orchestra: Choeur & Orchestre Marguerite Louise. Director: Gaëtan Jarry.
    • Rameau: Grands motets.
    • Chateau de Versailles Spectacles.
    • 18.
  • Jean‐Philippe Rameau

    Les Paladins: Act 1 (extract)

    Singer: Anne-Catherine Gillet. Singer: Sandrine Piau. Singer: Mathias Vidal. Singer: Philippe Talbot. Singer: Florian Sempey. Singer: Frédéric Caton. Orchestra: La Chapelle Harmonique. Director: Valentin Tournet.
    • Rameau: Les paladins.
    • Chateau de Versailles Spectacles.
    • 4.
  • Jean‐Philippe Rameau

    Je vole amour (from Les Paladins: Act 2)

    Singer: Anne-Catherine Gillet. Singer: Sandrine Piau. Singer: Mathias Vidal. Singer: Philippe Talbot. Singer: Florian Sempey. Singer: Frédéric Caton. Orchestra: La Chapelle Harmonique. Director: Valentin Tournet.
    • Rameau: Les paladins.
    • Chateau de Versailles Spectacles.
    • 23.
  • Franz Liszt

    Ballade No.2, S.171

    Performer: Kenneth Hamilton.
    • Kenneth Hamilton Plays Liszt, Volume 1: Death and Transfiguration.
    • Prima Facie.
    • 1.

Record Review


9.00am

J.S. Bach & C.P.E. Bach: Magnificat

Miriam Feuersinger (soprano)

Anja Scherg (soprano)

Marie Henriette Reinhold (alto)

Patrick Grahl (tenor)

Markus Eiche (bass)

Gaechinger Cantorey

Hans-Christoph Rademann (director)

Accentus Music ACC30563

Ravel: La valse & Other Works

Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

Sakari Oramo

BIS BIS-2438 (Hybrid SACD)

Fanny & Felix Mendelssohn Piano Trios

Trio Chausson

Mirare MIR594

Il gioco della cieca. Madrigali, Canzoni & Villanelle per cantare, et sonare

Concerto di Margherita

Arcana A498

Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 14, 17 & 23

Nikolai Lugansky (piano)

Harmonia Mundi HMM902442

9.30am - Building A Library: Jeremy Sams on Ravel Daphnis & Chloë

Recommended Recording:

Pierre Boulez
Berlin Philharmonic

DG E4470572

Other Recommendations:

François-Xavier Roth

Les Siècles & Ensemble Aedes,

Harmonia Mundi HMM905280


Lionel Bringuier

Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, Zürcher Sing-Akademie

DG 4795524

10.15am – New Releases

Dualità – Music by Handel

Emöke Baráth (soprano)

Artaserse

Philippe Jaroussky (conductor)

Erato 9029637062

Bruckner: Symphony No. 7

Gürzenich-Orchester Köln

François-Xavier Roth

Myrios MYR030

Vivaldi, Leclair, Locatelli: Violin Concertos

Théotime Langlois de Swarte (violin)

Les Ombres

Harmonia Mundi HMM902649

Franz Schubert: Schubertiade

Justus Zeyen (piano)

Christina Landshamer (soprano)

Merit Ostermann (mezzo-soprano)

Andrew Lepri Meyer (tenor)

Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks

Howard Arman (conductor)

BR Klassik 900528

Symphony Hall Sorcery – Music by Bourgeois, Dukas, Widor, etc.

Thomas Trotter (Organ of Symphony Hall, Birmingham)

Regent Records REGCD566

1040am – Kirsten Gibson on New Recordings of Lully & Rameau

Lully: Le bourgeois gentilhomme

Le Poème Harmonique

Vincent Dumestre (director)

Château de Versailles Spectacles CVS030

Lully: Miserere

Les Epopees

Stephane Fuget (director)

Château de Versailles Spectacles CVS059

Rameau: Grands motets

Choeur & Orchestre Marguerite Louise

Gaétan Jarry (director)

Château de Versailles Spectacles CVS052

Rameau: Les paladins
Sandrine Piau (Argie/soprano)

Anne-Catherine Gillet (Nerine/soprano)

Mathias Vidal (Attis/tenor)

Florian Sempey (Orcan/baritone)

Frédéric Caton (Anselme/bass)

Philippe Talbot (Manto/tenor)

La Chapelle Harmonique

Valentin Tournet (director)

Château de Versailles Spectacles CVS054 (3 CDs)

11.20am – Record of the Week

Kenneth Hamilton Plays Liszt, Volume 1: Death and Transfiguration

Kenneth Hamilton (piano)

Prima Facie PFCD167 (2 CDs)

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  • Sat 12 Feb 2022 09:00

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