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.
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Music Played
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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.
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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.
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Felix Mendelssohn
Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 49: II. Andante con moto tranquillo
Ensemble: Trio Chausson.- Fanny & Felix Mendelssohn.
- Mirare.
- 6.
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Claudio Monteverdi
Dolci miei sospiri
Ensemble: Concerto di Margherita.- Il gioco della cieca. Madrigali, Canzoni & Villanelle per cantare, et sonare.
- Arcana.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Derek Bourgeois
Serenade Op.22
Performer: Thomas Trotter.- Symphony Hall Sorcery.
- Regent.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Franz Liszt
Ballade No.2, S.171
Performer: Kenneth Hamilton.- Kenneth Hamilton Plays Liszt, Volume 1: Death and Transfiguration.
- Prima Facie.
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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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