大象传媒 Proms Composer: Brahms with Natasha Loges and Andrew McGregor
Natasha Loges chooses five indispensable recordings of 大象传媒 Proms Composer Brahms and explains why you need to hear them.
Andrew McGregor with the best new recordings of classical music.
9.30 am
大象传媒 Proms Composer: Brahms
Natasha Loges joins Andrew to discuss five indispensable recordings of 大象传媒 Proms Composer Brahms and explains why you need to hear them.
Famed for his epic symphonies and concertos, Johannes Brahms was a prolific song composer as well as writing some of the most beautiful, and neglected, chamber music of the 19th century.
11.10 am
Proms Recording
To round off each edition of Summer Record Review, Andrew introduces the Building a Library recommendation of a major work featured in this year's 大象传媒 Proms.
Robert Schumann
Symphony no.1 in B flat "Spring"
Tonhalle Orchestra, Zurich
David Zinman, conductor
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Antonio Vivaldi
Violin Concerto in E Minor, RV 275 (Arr. for Psaltery & Chamber Ensemble)
Ensemble: Il Dolce Conforto.- Vivaldi's Salterio.
- Christophorus.
- 04.
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Franz Liszt
Transcendental Etudes, S. 139: No. 8, Wilde Jagd
Performer: Yunchan Lim.- Live from The Cliburn - Liszt: Transcendental Etudes.
- Steinway and Sons.
- 108.
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C茅sar Franck
Prelude (Hulda)
Choir: Namur Chamber Choir. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra of Li猫ge. Conductor: Gergely Madaras.- Bru Zane.
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C茅sar Franck
Le lac sourit, les voiles blanches (Hulda)
Choir: Namur Chamber Choir. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra of Li猫ge. Conductor: Gergely Madaras.- Bru Zane.
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Pavel Haas
String Quartet No. 2, Op. 7, "From the Monkey Mountains": iv) A Wild Night
Performer: Colin Currie. Ensemble: Escher String Quartet.- Jan谩膷ek & Haas: String Quartets.
- BIS.
- 304.
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Johannes Brahms
Piano Concerto no.1 (extract)
Performer: Clifford Curzon. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: George Szell.- Decca.
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Johannes Brahms
Intermezzo, Op.118/2
Performer: Paul Lewis.- Harmonia Mundi.
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Johannes Brahms
Zigeunerlieder (selection)
Performer: Graham Johnson. Singer: Sophie Rennert.- Hyperion.
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Johannes Brahms
Piano Quartet in C minor: Andante
Performer: Renaud Capu莽on. Performer: G茅rard Causs茅. Performer: Gautier Capu莽on. Performer: Nicholas Angelich.- Erato.
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Johannes Brahms
Symphony no.4 (extract)
Orchestra: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Manfred Honeck.- Reference Recordings.
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Fr茅d茅ric Chopin
Mazurkas, Op. 41: No. 4 in A-Flat Major
- Chopin: Ballades Nos 2 & 4, Scherzo No. 4, Mazurkas & Waltzes.
- BIS.
- 115.
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Kurt Atterberg
Symphony no.4 in G minor 'Sinfonia piccola' (2nd mvt)
Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.- Chandos.
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Edward Elgar
Great is the Lord Op. 67
Performer: Cole Harrison. Singer: Florian St枚rtz. Choir: Choir of Trinity College Cambridge. Conductor: Stephen Layton.- Hyperion.
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Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Sonata in C minor Wq. 78 ii) Adagio ma non troppo
Performer: Rachel Podger. Performer: Kristian Bezuidenhout.- Channel Classics.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The Voyevoda, Op. 78
Orchestra: 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Alpesh Chauhan.- Tchaikovsky: The Tempest, Francesca da Rimini, The Voyevoda, Overture and Polona.
- Chandos.
- 101.
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Trad.
Apo Xeno Meros
Ensemble: Orpheus XXI. Ensemble: Hesp猫rion XXI. Director: Jordi Savall.- Alia Vox.
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Gustav Mahler
Der Abschied (Das Lied von der Erde)
Performer: Gerold Huber. Singer: Christian Gerhaher.- Sony.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude & Fugue in A Minor, BWV 543
Performer: Masaaki Suzuki.- J.S. Bach: Organ Works, Vol. 4.
- BIS.
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Robert Schumann
Symphony No. 1 in B Flat major The Spring, Op. 38
Orchestra: Tonhalle-Orchester Z眉rich. Conductor: David Zinman.- Arte Nova.
Summer Record Review
9.00am
Vivaldi's Salterio
Franziska Fleischhandel (salterio/psaltery)
Il Dolce Conforto
Christophorus CHR77471
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Live from The Cliburn - Liszt: Transcendental Etudes
Yuncham Lim (piano)
Steinway & Sons 30217
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C茅sar Franck: Hulda
Jennifer Holloway (soprano)
V茅ronique Gens (soprano)
Judith van Wanroij (soprano)
Ludivine Gombert (soprano)
Marie Gautrot (mezzo-soprano)
Edgaras Montvidas (tenor)
Artavazd Sargsyan (tenor)
Fran莽ois Rougier (tenor)
S茅bastien Droy (tenor)
Christian Helmer (baritone)
Matthieu L茅croart (bass-baritone)
Guilhem Worms (bass-baritone)
Matthieu Toulouse (bass)
Namur Chamber Choir
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra of Li猫ge
Gergely Madaras (conductor)
Bru Zane BZ1052 (3CDs)
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Jan谩膷ek: String Quartets 1 & 2. Haas: String Quartet no.2
Escher String Quartet
Colin Currie (percussion)
BIS BIS-2670 SACD (Hybrid SACD)
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09.30am 鈥� Proms Composer: Natasha Loges on Johannes Brahms
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Brahms: Piano Concerto no.1.听 Franck: Symphonic Variations. Litolff: Concerto Symphonique no.4
Clifford Curzon (piano
London Symphony Orchestra
London Philharmonic Orchestra
George Szell (conductor)
Sir Adrian Boult (conductor)
Decca 4663762
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Brahms: Late Piano Works, Opp.116-119
Paul Lewis (piano)
Harmonia Mundi HMM902365
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Brahms - The Complete Songs, Vol. 10
Sophie Rennert (mezzo-soprano)
Lawrence Power (viola)
Graham Johnson (piano)
Hyperion CDJ33130
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Brahms: Piano Quartets 1-3
Renaud Capu莽on (violin)
Gautier Capu莽on (cello)
G茅rard Causs茅 (viola)
Nicholas Angelich (piano)
Erato 5193102 (2CDs)
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Brahms: Symphony No. 4; MacMillan: Larghetto for Orchestra
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Manfred Honeck (conductor)
Reference Recordings FR-744 (Hybrid SACD)
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Natasha Loges: On Repeat
Chopin - Ballades Nos 2 & 4, Scherzo No. 4 etc
Anna Zassimova (piano)
BIS BIS-2619 SACD (Hybrid SACD)
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Listener On Repeat
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Atterberg, Orchestral Works, Volume 1.
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Neeme Jarvi (conductor)
Chandos CHSA5116 (Hybrid SACD)
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10.15am 鈥� New Releases
Anthems, Vol. 1. Music by Elgar, Wesley, Howells, MacMillan etc.
The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge
Florian St枚rtz (bass)
Harrison Cole (organ)
Stephen Layton (conductor)
Hyperion CDA68434
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C.P.E. Bach: Sonatas for keyboard and violin
Rachel Podger (violin)
Kristian Bezuidenhout (McNulty fortepiano after Anton Walter & Sohn Vienna c. 1805)
Channel Classics CCS SA 41523 (Hybrid SACD)
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Tchaikovsky: Orchestral works including The Tempest, Francesca Rimini
大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Alpesh Chauhan (conductor)
Chandos CHSA 5300 (Hybrid SACD)
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Oriente Lux. Dialogue des 芒mes 路 Di谩logo de almas 路 Dialogue of souls
Music by Praetorius, Traditional music from Greece, Bangladesh, Syria, Iraq etc.
Orpheus 21
Hesperion XXI
Jordi Savall (director)
Alia Vox AVSA 9954 (Hybrid SACD)
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Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde
Piotr Becza艂a (tenor)
Christian Gerhaher (baritone)
Gerold Huber (piano)
Sony 19658795702
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Masaaki Suzuki plays Bach Organ Works, Vol. 4
Masaaki Suzuki (Treutmann Organ, Stiftskirche St. Georg, Grauhof)
BIS BIS-2541 SACD (Hybrid SACD)
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11.15am 鈥� Prom Building a Library recommendation
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Robert Schumann 鈥� Symphonies 1-4
Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich
David Zinman (conductor)
Arte Nova 82876 57743-2 (2CDs)
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