Britten's Peter Grimes with Kate Kennedy and Andrew McGregor
Kate Kennedy chooses her favourite recording of Britten's Peter Grimes in Building a Library, and conductor Ben Gernon reviews a box of reissues from conductor Bernard Haitink
Andrew McGregor with the best new recordings of classical music.
9.30 am
The conductor, Ben Gernon reviews a box of reissues from conductor Bernard Haitink and shares his 'On Repeat' track 鈥� a recording which he is currently listening to again and again.
10.30 am
Building a Library: Kate Kennedy chooses her favourite recording of Britten's Peter Grimes
The opera Peter Grimes is set in a fictional small town that bears some resemblance to Britten's home of Aldeburgh, Suffolk, on England's east coast. It is a drama about outsiders and oppression. As Britten himself said, it was "a subject very close to my heart 鈥� the struggle of the individual against the masses. The more vicious the society, the more vicious the individual". The score is full of great orchestral descriptions of the Suffolk coast and highly dramatic confrontations.
11.20 am
Record of the Week: Andrew鈥檚 top pick.
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Gustav Holst
Mercury, the winged messenger (The Planets, Op.32)
Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Harding.- The Planets.
- BR-Klassik.
- 103.
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Joseph Haydn
The Seven last words of our Saviour on the Cross (Introduction)
Ensemble: London Haydn Quartet.- String Quartets Opp 42, 77 & Seven Last Words.
- HYPERION.
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Benjamin Britten
The Nightingale and the Rose (The Poet's Echo Op.76)
Performer: Abi Hyde-Smith. Performer: Jocelyn Freeman. Music Arranger: Abi Hyde-Smith. Music Arranger: Jocelyn Freeman. Singer: Gemma Summerfield.- The Poet's Echo.
- Rubicon.
- 15.
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Johannes Brahms
Symphony no.3 in F major Op.90 (3rd mvt)
Orchestra: Lucerne Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Sanderling.- Warner Classics.
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Cecilia McDowall
O Lord, make thy servant Elizabeth our Queen to rejoice in Thy strength'
Performer: Sioned Williams. Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.- Coronation - Music for Royal Occasions.
- CORO.
- 9.
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Richard Wagner
Lohengrin WWV 75 - Prelude to Act III
Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.- Bernard Haitink - Concertgebouw Edition - Complete Studio Recordings.
- Decca.
- 5.
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Johannes Brahms
Symphony No.2 in D Op.73 Mvt I. Allegro non troppo
Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.- Bernard Haitink - Concertgebouw Edition - Complete Studio Recordings.
- Decca.
- 1.
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Gustav Mahler
Symphony No.2 in C minor "Resurrection" - Mvt Vb. Maestoso. Sehr zur眉ckhaltend - Wieder zur眉ckhaltend
Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.- Bernard Haitink - Concertgebouw Edition - Complete Studio Recordings.
- Decca.
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Claude Debussy
La Mer L.111 Mvt. III Dialogue du vent et de la mer
Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.- Bernard Haitink - Concertgebouw Edition - Complete Studio Recordings.
- Decca.
- 8.
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Astor Piazzolla
Fuga y misterio
Music Arranger: Jos茅 Carli.- Essential Tangos.
- Warner Classics.
- 201.
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Richard Strauss
Also sprach Zarathustra Op.30 (Opening)
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Fran莽ois鈥怷avier Roth.- Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra - Debussy: Jeux.
- LSO Live.
- 1-4.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
A Musical Offering BWV.1079 (extract)
Ensemble: Ensemble Diderot. Conductor: Johannes Pramsohler.- A Musical Offering.
- Audax Records.
- 4-9.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Concerto no.2 in B flat major Op.19 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Martha Argerich. Orchestra: Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Lahav Shani.- Avanti Classic.
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William Byrd
Songs in six parts: V. If in thine Heart
Choir: Alamire. Ensemble: Fretwork. Director: David Skinner.- Songs of sundrie natures.
- Inventa.
- 15.
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Gustav Mahler
Symphony no.2 in C minor 'Resurrection' (3rd & 4th mvts)
Singer: Christiane Karg. Singer: Elisabeth Kulman. Choir: Prague Philharmonic Choir. Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Semyon Bychkov.- PENTATONE.
Record Review
9.00am
Gustav Holst: The Planets
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Harding
BR Klassik 900208
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Haydn: String Quartets Opp 42, 77 & Seven Last Words
The London Haydn Quartet
Hyperion CDA68410 (2CDs)
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听
The Poet鈥檚 Echo 鈥� music by Britten, Prokofiev, Shostakovich
Gemma Summerfield (soprano)
Gareth Brynmor John (baritone)
Abi Hyde-Smith (cello)
Jocelyn Freeman (piano)
Rubicon RCD1115
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听
Brahms: The Four Symphonies, Piano Quartet no.1
Lucerne Symphony Orchestra
Michael Sanderling (conductor)
Warner Classics 5419748237 (5CDs)
听
听
Coronation - Music for Royal Occasions. Music by Tallis, Byrd, Tippett, Britten, McDowall etc
David Clegg (counter-tenor)
Angus Davidson (counter-tenor)
Jonathan Arnold (bass baritone)
Ben Davies (bass)
Kirsty Hopkins (soprano)
Jeremy Budd (tenor)
George Pooley (tenor)
The Sixteen
The Sixteen Orchestra
Harry Christophers (conductor)
Coro COR16196
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09.30am 鈥� Ben Gernon: Reissues听
and听On RepeatConcertgebouworkest: Bernard Haitink Complete Studio Recordings
Concertgebouw Orchestra
Bernard Haitink (conductor)
Decca 4852737听听(113CDs & 4DVDs)
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On Repeat
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50 x 12: Half a Century of Music. Styne, Goldsmith, Youmans, Shearing, Williams, Piazzolla etc
The 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic
Warner Classics 5419739290 (Digital download)
Listener On Repeat
Elgar: Symphony No. 2, The Wand of Youth Suite No. 1
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Adrian Boult (conductor)
Regis RRCD005听
10.10am 鈥� New Releases
Music by R Strauss and Debussy
London Symphony Orchestra
Fran莽ois-Xavier Roth (conductor)
LSO Live LSO0833 (SACD Hybrid)
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Bach: enigma. The canons of the Musical Offering
Ensemble Diderot
Johannes Pramsohler (violin & direction)
Audax ADX13871 (digital download only)
10.30am 鈥� Building a Library: Kate Kennedy on Benjamin Britten鈥檚 Peter Grimes
Recommended recording:
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Britten: Peter Grimes
Philip Langridge (Peter Grimes)
Ned Harrison (Boy [John])
Janice Watson (Ellen Orford)
Alan Opie (Captain Balstrode)
Ameral Gunson (Auntie)
Yvonne Barclay (Niece 1)
Pamela Helen Stephen (Niece 2)
John Graham Hall (Bob Boles)
John Connell (Swallow)
Anne Collins (Mrs (Nabob) Sedley)
John Fryatt (Rev. Horace Adams)
Roderick Williams (Ned Keene)
Matthew Best (Hobson)
Opera London
London Symphony Chorus
City of London Sinfonia
Richard Hickox (conductor)
Chandos CHAN 9447/8 (2CDs)
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Other recommendations:
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Britten: Peter Grimes
Anthony Dean Griffey (Peter Grimes)
Vivian Tierney (Ellen Orford)
Stephen Page (Captain Balstrode)
Susan Gorton (Auntie)
Camilla Tilling (Niece 1)
Linda Tuvas (Niece 2)
John Graham Hall (Bob Boles)
Stafford Dean (Swallow)
Hilary Summers (Mrs Sedley)
Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke (Rev. Horace Adams)
Christopher Maltman (Ned Keene)
Michael Druiett (Hobson)
Michael Haughey (Dr Crabbe)
The Glyndebourne Chorus
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Mark Wigglesworth (conductor)
Glyndebourne GFOCD00800 (3CDs)
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Britten: Peter Grimes
Peter Pears (Peter Grimes)
Claire Watson (Ellen Orford)
James Pease (Captain Balstrode)
David Kelly (Hobson)
Owen Brannigan (Swallow)
Lauris Elms (Mrs Sedley)
Jean Watson (Auntie)
Marion Studholme (Niece 1)
Iris Kells (Niece 2)
Raymond Nilsson (Bob Boles)
John Lanigan (The Rector)
Geraint Evans (Ned Keene)
Marcus Norman (John)
Royal Opera House Chorus
Royal Opera House Orchestra
Benjamin Britten (conductor)
Decca 414 5772 (3CDs)
11:15 am
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Martha Argerich plays Beethoven & Ravel
Martha Argerich (piano)
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Lahav Shani (conductor)
Avanti Classic AVA10662
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Byrd 1589: Songs of sundrie natures
Rachel Haworth (soprano)
Martha McLorinan (mezzo soprano)
Clare Wilkinson (mezzo soprano)
Nicholas Todd (tenor)
Simon Wall (tenor)
Timothy Scott Whiteley (baritone)
Robert Macdonald (bass)
Jacob Heringman (lute)
Lynda Sayce (lute)
Alamire
Fretwork
David Skinner (conductor)
Inventa Records INV1011 (2CDs)
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11.25am 鈥� Record of the Week
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Mahler: Symphony no.2
Christiane Karg (soprano)
Elisabeth Kulman (mezzo soprano)
Prague Philharmonic Choir
Czech Philharmonic
Semyon Bychkov
Pentatone PTC 518 6992
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