大象传媒 Proms Composer: Purcell with Joseph McHardy and Andrew McGregor
Joseph McHardy chooses five indispensable recordings of composer Henry Purcell, who is featured in the 2024 大象传媒 Proms, and explains why you need to hear them.
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大象传媒 Proms Composer: Henry Purcell
Joseph McHardy joins Andrew to choose five indispensable recordings of composer Henry Purcell, who is featured in the 2024 大象传媒 Proms, and explain why you need to hear them.
Purcell was master of operatic stage works such as Dido and Aeneas and The Fairy Queen, sacred and secular cantatas, and intimate chamber consort works harking back to Dowland.
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Proms Recording
To round off each edition of Record Review, Andrew introduces the Building a Library recommendation of a major work featured in this year's 大象传媒 Proms.
Smetana: Ma Vlast
Jakub Hrusa (conductor)
Prague Philharmonia
Supraphon SU 4032-2
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Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto in C major RV.557 (1st mvt)
Ensemble: La Serenissima. Conductor: Adrian Chandler.- Vivaldi X2虏.
- Signum Classics.
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Edward Elgar
Salut D'Amour
Performer: Ulf Wallin. Performer: Roland P枚ntinen.- BIS.
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Arthur Bliss
Kenilworth Suite (March: Kenilworth)
Ensemble: Black Dyke Band. Conductor: John Wilson.- Bliss: Works for Brass Band.
- Chandos Records.
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Henry Purcell
Hail, bright Cecilia! Z.328 (Symphony)
Ensemble: Giovanni Gabrieli. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.- Purcell: Ode For St. Cecilia's Day; My Beloved Spake; O Sing Unto The Lord.
- Archiv Produktion.
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Henry Purcell
In nomine for 7 viols in G minor Z.747
Ensemble: Fretwork.- BIS.
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Henry Purcell
Great minds against themselves conspire (Dido and Aeneas)
Singer: V茅ronique Gens. Choir: Choeur des Arts Florissants. Orchestra: Les Arts Florissants. Conductor: William Christie.- Purcell: Dido & Aeneas.
- Warner Classics International.
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Henry Purcell
When I am laid in earth (Dido and Aeneas)
Orchestra: Les Arts Florissants. Conductor: William Christie.- Purcell: Dido & Aeneas.
- Warner Classics International.
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Henry Purcell
Rejoice In The Lord Alway [Bell Anthem]
Singer: Christopher Robson. Singer: William Kendall. Singer: Stephen Roberts. Choir: Winchester Cathedral Choir. Ensemble: The Brandenburg Consort. Conductor: David Hill.- Purcell: Funeral Sentences.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Henry Purcell
An evening hymn
Singer: Carolyn Sampson. Performer: Elizabeth Kenny.- BIS.
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Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
String Quartet no.12 in F Major Op.96 'American' (4th mvt)
Ensemble: Pacifica Quartet.- American Voices.
- Cedille Records.
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Kurt Weill
Symphony no.2 (1st mvt)
Orchestra: Konzerthausorchester Berlin. Conductor: Joana Mallwitz.- Weill: Symphony No. 2: I. Sostenuto - Allegro molto.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
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Hans Abrahamsen
Blues (6 Pieces)
Performer: P艡emysl Vojta. Performer: Ye Wu. Performer: Florence Millet.- Modern Horn Trios.
- CAvi-music.
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Bright Sheng
Black Swan [after Brahms' Intermezzo in A major Op.118 no.2]
Orchestra: Kansas City Symphony. Conductor: Michael Stern.- Brahms: Reimagined Orchestrations.
- Reference Recordings.
- 112.
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Bedrich Smetana
Vysehrad (My Country)
Orchestra: Prague Philharmonia. Conductor: Jakub Hr暖拧a.- Smetana: My Country.
- SUPRAPHON.
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Bedrich Smetana
Vltava (My Country)
Orchestra: Prague Philharmonia. Conductor: Jakub Hr暖拧a.- Smetana: My Country.
- SUPRAPHON.
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