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Brahms Double Concerto in A minor in Building a Library with Roger Parker and Andrew McGregor

Roger Parker recommends a recording of Brahms Double Concerto in A minor; Laura Tunbridge on some exciting new releases

Andrew McGregor with the best new recordings of classical music

9.30 am
Laura Tunbridge chooses her pick of new releases, as well as the track which she has regularly "On Repeat" - includes music from Vivaldi to Berg

10.30 am
Building a Library
Roger Parker recommends a recording of Brahms Double Concerto in A minor

The Double Concerto was Brahms' last orchestral work, composed in 1887. It was written partly as a gesture of reconciliation towards his friend the violinist, Joachim. The old friends had fallen out over Joachim's divorce. The concerto has been praised for its "vast and sweeping humour". It needs two brilliant and well matched soloists.

11.20 am
Record of the Week
Andrew's pick of the best of the best this week

2 hours, 47 minutes

Music Played

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Concerto for violin and strings in D minor: Allegro

    Performer: Fabio Biondi. Ensemble: Europa Galante.
    • Mendelssohn: Orchestral Works.
    • Naive.
    • 6.
  • Giovanni Battista Bononcini

    Affeto gioia (Griselda)

    Singer: Randall Scotting. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor: Laurence Cummings.
    • The Crown: Heroic Arias for Senesino.
    • Signum Classic.
    • 15.
  • Charlotte Sohy

    Trio, Op 24: I. Allegro

    Performer: 袧懈泻芯谢邪 袧懈泻芯谢芯胁. Performer: Xavier Phillips. Performer: C茅lia Oneto Bensaid.
    • Compositrice de la Belle Epoque.
    • La Boite A Pepites.
    • 16.
  • Albert Roussel

    Bacchus et Ariane, Op 43 - Suite No 2: Danse d'Ariane et de Bacchus (Moderato e pesante) - Bacchanale (Allegro brillante)

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Domingo Hindoyan.
    • Debussy, Dukas & Roussel.
    • Onyx.
    • 7.
  • Chevalier de Saint-Georges Joseph Bologne

    Violin Concerto in G major Op 8: III. Rondeau

    Performer: Renaud Capu莽on. Orchestra: Lausanne Chamber Orchestra.
    • Erato.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Violin Concerto in G minor Op 80: I. Allegro maestoso

    Performer: Elena Urioste. Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra.
    • DECCA.
  • Alban Berg

    Passacaglia

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Giacomo Meyerbeer

    Ombre legere (from Le Pardon de Ploermel)

    Singer: Jodie Devos. Orchestra: Brussels Philharmonic. Conductor: Pierre Bleuse.
    • Bijoux Perdus.
    • ALPHA.
    • 2.
  • Robert Schumann

    Scenes from Goethe's Faust: Faust's Death

    Singer: Bryn Terfel. Singer: Jan鈥怘endrik Rootering. Choir: Radiok枚ren. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • SONY.
  • Errollyn Wallen

    Hunger

    Ensemble: Continuum Ensemble. Ensemble: Ensemble X. Conductor: Philip Headlam.
    • Wallen: Photography: Orchestral Works.
    • NMC.
    • 2.
  • Charles Gounod

    Sapho, CG 1, Act 3 No 19: 'Ou suis-je ? ... O ma lyre immortelle' (Sapho)

    Singer: Marina Viotti. Ensemble: Les Talens Lyriques. Conductor: Christophe Rousset.
    • A Tribute To Pauline Viardot.
    • Aparte.
    • 11.
  • Karol Szymanowski

    Szymanowski: 9 Preludes, Op. 1 - No. 1 in B Minor. Andante ma non troppo

    • Karol Szymanowski: Piano Works.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.
  • Georg Frideric Handel

    Neun deutsche Arien: Susse Stille, sanfte Quelle, HWV 205

    Performer: Davina Clarke. Singer: Mary Bevan. Ensemble: Davina Clarke Ensemble.
    • Sweet Stillness.
    • Voces8 Records.
    • 17.
  • Franz Schubert

    String Quintet in C major, D956: I. Allegro ma non troppo

    Performer: Laura van der Heijden. Ensemble: Brodsky Quartet.
    • Schubert: String Quintet, Quartettsatz.
    • Chandos.
    • 1.

Record Review

The link below each recording takes you directly to the label鈥檚 website. Please be aware that non-UK labels may be cheaper via a record store or an online retailer.

9.00am

Mendelssohn: Orchestral Works

Europa Galante

Fabio Biondi

Naive听 V7262

The Crown: Heroic Arias For Senesino 鈥 music by Orlandini, Bononcini, Lotti, etc.

Randall Scotting (countertenor)

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

Laurence Cummings

Signum 听SIGCD719

Charlotte Sohy: Compositrice de la Belle Epoque

Marie-Laure Garnier (soprano)

David Kadouch (piano)

H茅lo茂se Luzzati (cello)

Nikola Nikolov (violin)

C茅lia Oneto Bensaid (piano)

Xavier Phillips (cello)

Marie Vermeulin (piano)

Mathilde Calderini (flute)

Constance Luzzati (harp)

Marie Perbost (soprano)

Aude Extr茅mo (mezzo-soprano)

Cordelia Palm (violin)

Quatuor Herm猫s

Orchestre National Avignon-Provence

Debora Waldman

La Bo卯te 脿 P茅pites听 BAP01.03 (3 CDs)

Debussy, Dukas & Roussel

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

Domingo Hindoyan

Onyx 听ONYX4224

09.30am 鈥 Laura Tunbridge: New Releases

Vivaldi: The Four Seasons & Saint-Georges: Violin Concertos Op.5 & 8

Renaud Capu莽on (violin)

Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne

Erato听 5419718972

Coleridge-Taylor

Elena Urioste (violin)

Chineke! Orchestra

Decca听 4853322 (2 CDs)

Berg: Violin Concerto, Three Pieces for Orchestra

James Ehnes (violin)

大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra

Sir Andrew Davis

Chandos 听CHSA 5270 (Hybrid SACD)

Bijoux Perdus 鈥 music by Meyerbeer, Auber, Adam, etc.

Jodie Devos (soprano)

Brussels Philharmonic

Pierre Bleuse

Alpha听 ALPHA877

Laura Tunbridge: On Repeat

Schumann: Scenes from Goethe's Faust, WoO 3

Karita Mattila (soprano)

Barbara Bonney (soprano)

Brigitte Poschner-Klebel (soprano)

Susan Graham (soprano)

Iris Vermillion (mezzo)

Endrik Wottrich (tenor)

Hans-Peter Blochwitz (tenor)

Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone)

Jan-Hendrik Rootering (bass)

Harry Peeters (bass)

Berliner Philharmoniker

Claudio Abbado

Sony听 S2K66308

10:10 am

Listener On Repeat

Errollyn Wallen: Photography

Matthew Sharp (cello)

Tim Harries (bass guitar)

Errollyn Wallen (voice)

Ensemble X

Quartet X

The Continuum Ensemble

Nicholas Kok

Philip Headlam

NMC听 NMCD221

A Tribute To Pauline Viardot 鈥 music by Rossini, Donizetti, Gounod, etc.

Marina Viotti (mezzo)

Les Talens Lyriques

Christophe Rousset

Apart茅听 AP290

10.30am 鈥 Building a Library: Roger Parker on Brahms鈥 Double Concerto

Recommended recording:

Renaud Capu莽on (violin)

Gautier Capu莽on (cello)

Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester

Myung-Whun Chung

Other recommendation:

Jascha Heifetz (violin)

Gregor Piatigorsky (cello)

RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra

Alfred Wallenstein

RCA听 G010000416462T

11:15 am

Karol Szymanowski: Piano Works

Krystian Zimerman (piano)

DG听 4863007

Sweet Stillness 鈥 music by Handel

Davina Clarke (violin)

Mary Bevan (soprano)

The Davina Clarke Ensemble

Voces8 Records听 VCM148D

11.25am 鈥 Record of the Week

Schubert: String Quintet, Quartettsatz

Brodsky Quartet (string quartet)

Laura van der Heijden (cello)

Chandos听 CHAN 10978

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  • Sat 1 Oct 2022 09:00

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