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Building a Library: Vivaldi: Stabat Mater

With Andrew McGregor. Including Building a Library: Vivaldi: Stabat Mater; Reissues of EMI recordings featuring Carlo Maria Giulini; Disc of the Week: Chopin: Piano Concertos.

3 hours, 12 minutes

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Sat 5 Apr 2014 09:00
麻豆社 Radio 3

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  • Johannes Brahms

    Opening of Piano concerto no.2 in B flat major Op.83

    Performer: Maurizio Pollini. Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden. Conductor: Christian Thielemann.
    • DG : 479-2384.
    • DG.
    • 1.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Finale from Piano concerto no. 18 in B flat major K.456

    Performer: Ronald Brautigam. Orchestra: Cologne Academy. Conductor: Michael Alexander Willens.
    • BIS : SACD-2044.
    • BIS.
    • 3.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Concerto no. 2 in F minor Op.21 for piano and orchestra

    Performer: Ingrid Fliter. Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Jun M盲rkl.
    • LINN : CKD-455.
    • LINN.
    • 4.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Dammi I colori! Recondita armonia from Tosca

    Singer: Pl谩cido Domingo. Singer: Paul Plishka. Orchestra: New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. Conductor: George Schick.
    • SONY CLASSICAL : 88843-031602.
    • SONY CLASSICAL.
    • 14.

  • Franz Schubert

    Opening of Fantasy in C major D.760 (Wandererfantasie) for piano

    Performer: Barry Douglas.
    • CHANDOS : CHAN-10807.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 7.

  • Jules Massenet

    On l'appelle Manon from Act 2 of Manon

    Singer: Mirella Freni. Singer: Luciano Pavarotti. Orchestra: Orchestra of La Scala, Milan. Conductor: Peter Maag.
    • DECCA : 478-5946.
    • DECCA.
    • 19.

  • Christoph Willibald Gluck

    Quel silence...Dieux... from Iphigenie en Tauride

    Singer: Paul Groves. Conductor: Louis Langr茅e. Singer: Pl谩cido Domingo. Orchestra: New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra.
    • SONY CLASSICAL : 88843-031602.
    • SONY CLASSICAL.
    • 3.

  • Lyell Cresswell

    Adagio I (2nd movement) from Piano concerto [in memory of Edward Harper]

    Performer: Stephen De Pledge. Orchestra: New Zealand S O. Conductor: Hamish Mckeich.
    • NAXOS : 8.573199.
    • NAXOS.
    • 2.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Che gelida manina from Act 1 of La Boheme

    Singer: Luciano Pavarotti. Orchestra: Orchestra del Teatro Municipale, Reggio Emilia. Conductor: Peter Maag.
    • DECCA : 478-5946.
    • DECCA.
    • 12.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    E lucevan le stelle (Tosca)

    Singer: Luciano Pavarotti. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: Sir Edward Downes.
    • DECCA : 478-5946.
    • DECCA.
    • 2.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    E lucevan le stelle from Act 3 of Tosca

    Singer: Pl谩cido Domingo. Orchestra: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. Conductor: James Levine.
    • SONY CLASSICAL : 88843-031602.
    • SONY CLASSICAL.
    • 15.

9am

Concerto no. 2 in B flat major Op.83 for piano and orchestra听

Performers:听听听听 Maurizio Pollini, Dresden State Orchestra, Christian Thielemann听听听听

Composers:听听听 Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)听听听听听听听

Album Title:听听听听 DG : 479-2384 听听听听听听听听听听

听听听听听听听听听听听

听

Fantasy in C major D.760 (Wandererfantasie) for piano

Performers:听听听听 Barry Douglas

Composers:听听听 Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828)听听听听听听听听听听听

Album Title:听听听听 CHANDOS : CHAN-10807 听听

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听

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Concerto for piano and orchestra [in memory of Edward Harper]

Performers:听听听听 Stephen de Pledge, New Zealand S O, Hamish Mckeich听听听听

Composers:听听听 Lyell Cresswell (1944)听听听听听听听听听听听

Album Title:听听听听 NAXOS : 8.573199 听听听

听听听听听听听听听听听

听听听听听听听听听听听

Concerto no. 18 in B flat major K.456 for piano and orchestra

Performers:听听听听 Ronald Brautigam, Cologne Academy, Michael Alexander Willens听

Composers:听听听 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)听听听听

Album Title:听听听听 BIS : SACD-2044

9.30am Building a Library

Caroline Gill compares recordings of Vivaldi鈥檚 Stabat Mater, and makes a recommendation.

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听

VIVALDI: Nisi Dominus; Stabat mater; Salve regina, RV 616; Concerto for Strings in D minor, RV 128; Sinfonia in B minor, RV 169

Michael Chance (counter tenor), English Concert, Trevor Pinnock (director)

ARCHIV 477 9586 (2CDs Budget)

10.20am Domingo and Pavarotti

Domingo at the Met, Anniversary Edition

Arias by Verdi, Bellini, Puccini, Giordano, Leoncavallo, Berlioz, Bizet, Wagner

SONY CLASSICAL : 88843-031602 (Budget CD)

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听

Luciano Pavarotti听 Volume 1: The First Decade

Works and arias by Bellini, Donizetti, Verdi, Puccini

DECCA 478 5946 (27CDs Budget, plus Vinyl EP)

听

听

Extracts from the above sets:

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Tosca - opera in 3 acts

Performers:听听听听 Placido Domingo, Paul Plishka, New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, George Schick听听听听听听听听听听听

Composers:听听听 Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924)听听听听听听听听

Album Title:听听听听 SONY CLASSICAL : 88843-031602

听听听听听听听听听听听

听

Tosca - opera in 3 acts

Performers:听听听听 Placido Domingo, New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine听听听听听听听听听听听

Composers:听听听 Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924)听听听听听听听听

Album Title:听听听听 SONY CLASSICAL : 88843-031602

听听听听听听听听听听听

听

Tosca - opera in 3 acts

Performers:听听听听 Luciano Pavarotti, Royal Opera House Orchestra, Edward Downes听听听听听听听听听听听

Composers:听听听 Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924)听听听听听听听听

Album Title:听听听听 DECCA : 478-5946 听听听

听听听听听听听听听听听

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La Boheme - opera in 4 acts

Performers:听听听听 Luciano Pavarotti, Orchestra del Teatro Municipale, Reggio Emilia, Peter Maag听听听

Composers:听听听 Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924)听听听听听听听听

Album Title:听听听听 DECCA : 478-5946 听听听

听听听听听听听听听听听

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Manon - opera comique in 5 acts

Performers:听听听听 Mirella Freni, Luciano Pavarotti, La Scala Orchestra, Peter Maag听听

Composers:听听听 Jules Massenet (1842 - 1912)听听听听听听听听听听听

Album Title:听听听听 DECCA : 478-5946 听听听

听听听听听听听听听听听

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Iphigenie en Tauride - opera

Performers:听听听听 Paul Groves, Placido Domingo, New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Louis Langree听

Composers:听听听 Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714 - 1787)听听听听听听听听

Album Title:听听听听 SONY CLASSICAL : 88843-031602

10.50am New Releases

Richard Morrison joins Andrew to review re-issued recordings of the conductor Carlo Maria Giulini in his Centenary year.

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Carlo Maria Giulini 鈥� The Chicago Years

Including works by Beethoven, Berlioz, Brahms, Bruckner, Mahler, Stravinsky

WARNER CLASSICS 4 341752 2听 (4CDs)

听

听

Carlo Maria Giulini 鈥� The London Years

Including works by Beethoven, Brahms, Britten, Debussy, Dvorak, Falla, Ravel, Rossini, Schumann, Tchaikovsky

WARNER CLASSICS 9 93739 2听 (17CDs)

听

听

Carlo Maria Giulini 鈥� The Concerto Recordings

Including works by Brahms, Haydn, Mozart, Saint-Saens, Schumann, Prokofiev, Vivaldi

WARNER CLASSICS 4 31761 2听 (9CDs)

11.40am Disc of the Week

Concerto no. 2 in F minor Op.21 for piano and orchestra

Performers:听听听听 Ingrid Fliter, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Jun Markl听听听听听听听听听听

Composers:听听听 Fryderyk Chopin (1810 - 1849)听听听听听听听听听

Album Title:听听听听 LINN : CKD-455 (Hybrid SACD)

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