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大象传媒 Proms Composer: Berlioz with Ben Gernon and Andrew McGregor

Ben Gernon chooses five indispensable recordings of 大象传媒 Proms Composer Hector Berlioz and explains why you need to hear them. Plus a round-up of top new classical releases.

Andrew McGregor with the best new recordings of classical music.

9.30 am
大象传媒 Proms Composer: Hector Berlioz
Ben Gernon chooses five indispensable recordings of 大象传媒 Proms Composer Hector Berlioz and explains why you need to hear them. Ben also shares his 'On Repeat' track 鈥� a recording which he is currently listening to again and again.

Berlioz, whose art sometimes seemed reflected in his turbulent life, is perhaps the ultimate Romantic composer. A brilliant writer, critic and shrewd and witty observer of contemporary concert and operatic life, his music was often inspired by the great figures in literature 鈥� Virgil, Shakespeare, Goethe 鈥� as much as by his own experiences. Frequently employing gargantuan forces, Berlioz's command of orchestra to achieve his expressive ends, from the grandest to the most intimate effects, is breathtaking and he's still widely regarded as one of the supreme orchestrators of all time.

11.15 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:

Schumann: Piano Concerto in A Minor
Andr谩s Schiff (piano)
Concertgebouw Orchestra
Antal Dorati (conductor)

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Music Played

  • Hans Christian Lumbye

    Champagne Galop, Op. 14, JLW 78

    Orchestra: Concerto Copenhagen. Conductor: Lars Ulrik Mortensen.
    • Champagne!: The Sound of Lumbye & His Idols.
    • Dacapo.
    • 1.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No. 24 in C Minor, K. 491: II. Larghetto

    Performer: Lars Vogt. Orchestra: Orchestre de chambre de Paris.
    • Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-Flat Major, K. 271 "Jeunehomme" & Piano Concer.
    • Ondine.
    • 5.

  • Leos Jan谩膷ek

    Ml谩d铆, JW VII / 10: III. Vivace

    Ensemble: Orsino Ensemble.
    • Echoes of Bohemia - Czech music for wind.
    • Chandos.
    • 11.

  • Franz Schubert

    4 Impromptus, Op. 90, D. 899: No. 2 in E-Flat Major

    Performer: Ronald Brautigam.
    • Schubert: Impromptus, D. 899 & D. 935.
    • BIS.
    • 2.

  • Imogen Holst

    Welcome Joy and Welcome Sorrow v) Lullabye

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • Coro.

  • Ottorino Respighi

    Roman Festivals: The Epiphany

    Orchestra: Orchestra Sinfonica di Torino della RAI. Conductor: Robert Trevino.
    • Respighi: Roman Trilogy.
    • Ondine.
    • 8.

  • Hector Berlioz

    Les Nuits d'茅t茅, Op. 7: II. Le spectre de la rose

    Singer: Karen Cargill. Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Robin Ticciati.
    • Linn.

  • Hector Berlioz

    Le Corsaire, Op. 21, H. 101B

    Conductor: Andrew Davis. Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Berlioz: Overtures.
    • Chandos.
    • 1.

  • Hector Berlioz

    La damnation de Faust, Op. 24 (excerpt)

    Conductor: Colin Davis. Singer: Giuseppe Sabbatini. Singer: Michele Pertusi. Choir: London Symphony Chorus. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.
    • Berlioz: La damnation de Faust.
    • Lso Live.
    • 216.

  • Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Les Troyens, Op. 29, H. 133, Act 4: Nuit d'ivresse et d'extase infinie

    Singer: Joyce DiDonato. Singer: Michael Spyres. Conductor: John Nelson. Orchestra: Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg.
    • Berlioz: Les Troyens.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 156.

  • Hector Berlioz

    Symphonie fantastique (March to the Scaffold)

    Ensemble: Les Si猫cles. Director: Fran莽ois鈥怷avier Roth.

  • Leonard Bernstein

    Wonderful Town (Overture)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Bernstein: Wonderful Town.
    • Lso Live.
    • 1.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Trio in G major Op.1`2 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Rautio Piano Trio.
    • Beethoven: Piano Trios, Op. 1, Nos. 1 & 2.
    • Resonus Classics.
    • 8.

  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Vespro della Beata Vergine (Invitatorium: Versiculum et responsorium)

    Ensemble: Pygmalion. Conductor: Rapha毛l Pichon.
    • Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 101.

  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Vespro della Beata Vergine, SV 206: Psalmus "Dixit dominus"

    Ensemble: Pygmalion. Conductor: Rapha毛l Pichon.
    • Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 102.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18

    Performer: Yuja Wang. Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.
    • DG.

  • Louise Farrenc

    Piano Trio No. 2 in D Minor, Op. 34: II. Tema con variazioni. Andante semplice

    Ensemble: Linos Ensemble.
    • Farrenc: Piano Trios Nos. 2 & 4, Opp. 34 & 45, Variations concertantes sur un ai.
    • CPO.
    • 2.

  • Anton Bruckner

    Symphony No. 4 in E-Flat Major, WAB 104 "Romantic" (1886 Version, Ed. L. Nowak): i) Bewegt, nicht zu schnell

    Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.
    • Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 in E-Flat Major, WAB 104 "Romantic" (1886 Version, Ed..
    • BR-Klassik.
    • 1.

Summer Record Review

9.00am


Champagne! The Sound of Lumbye and His Idols. Music by Lumbye, Lanner, J Strauss I

Concerto Copenhagen

Lars Ulrik Mortensen (conductor)

DaCapo 8.224750

听

Mozart. Piano Concertos Nos. 9 & 24

Lars Vogt (piano & conductor)

Orchestre de Chambre de Paris

Ondine ODE1414-2

听

Echoes of Bohemia: Czech Music for Wind. Music by Haas, Reicha, Janacek, Martinu

Orsino Ensemble

Chandos CHSA 5348 (Hybrid SACD)

听

Franz Schubert: Impromptus

Ronald Brautigam (fortepiano: McNulty after Conrad Graf c. 1819)

BIS BIS-2614 (Hybrid SACD)

听

Sirens鈥� Song. Music by Finzi, I Holst, Maconchy, Sullivan, Vaughan Williams

The Sixteen

Harry Christophers (conductor)

Coro COR16198

听

听

Respighi: Roman Trilogy (Pines of Rome, Fountains of Rome, Roman Festivals)

Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale Della RAI

Robert Trevino (conductor)
Ondine ODE1425-2

听

听

09.30am 鈥� Proms Composer: Ben Gernon on Hector Berlioz

听

Les nuits d鈥檈te, Romeo & Juliette,听 La mort de Cleopatre

Karen Cargill (mezzo-soprano)

Scottish Chamber Orchestra

Robin Ticciati (conductor)

Linn CKD421

听

Overtures

Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra

Sir Andrew Davis (conductor)

Chandos CHSA5118 (Hybrid SACD)

听

La damnation de Faust

Giuseppe Sabbatini (tenor 鈥� Faust)

Enkelejda Shkosa (mezzo-soprano 鈥� Marguerite)

Michele Pertusi (bass 鈥� Mephistopheles)

David Wilson-Johnson (bass 鈥� Brander)

London Symphony Chorus

London Symphony Orchestra

Sir Colin Davis (conductor)

LSO LIVE LSO0008CD (2CDs)

听

Les Troyens

Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano - Didon)

Michael Spyres (tenor - 脡n茅e)

Marie-Nicole Lemieux (contralto - Cassandre)

Badischer Staatsopernchor

Choeur de l鈥橭p茅ra du Rhin

Orchestre et Choeur philharmonique de Strasbourg

John Nelson (conductor)

Erato 9029576220 (4CDs)

听

Symphonie fantastique, Les Francs-Juges - Overture

Les Si猫cles

Fran莽ois-Xavier Roth (conductor)

Harmonia Mundi HMM902644DI

听

听

Ben Gernon: On Repeat


Bernstein: Wonderful Town

Danielle de Niese (soprano)

Alysha Umphress (mezzo-soprano)

Nathan Gunn (baritone)

Duncan Rock (baritone)

London Symphony Chorus

London Symphony Orchestra

Sir Simon Rattle (conductor)

LSO LIVE LSO0813 (Hybrid SACD)

听

听

听

Listener On Repeat

听

Beethoven: Piano Trios, Op. 1, Nos. 1 & 2

Rautio Piano Trio

Resonus Classics RES10305

听

听


10.15am 鈥� New Releases


Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine

Ensemble Pygmalion

Rapha毛l Pichon (conductor)

Harmonia Mundi HMM902710.11 (2CDs)

听

Rachmaninoff: Piano Concertos & Paganini Rhapsody

Yuja Wang (piano)

Los Angeles Philharmonic

Gustavo Dudamel (conductor)

Deutsche Grammophon 486 4759 (2CDs)

听

Louise Farrenc: Piano Trios 2 & 4, Variations concertantes, Sonata Op.37

Linos Ensemble

CPO 555538-2

听

Bruckner: Symphony No. 4

Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

Bernard Haitink (conductor)

BR Klassik 900213

听

听

11.15am 鈥� Prom Building a Library recommendation 鈥� Schumann: Piano Concerto


Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2 & Schumann: Piano Concerto

Andras Schiff (piano)

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Antal Dorati (conductor)

Decca 411 9422

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  • Sat 2 Sep 2023 09:00
    大象传媒 Radio 3

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