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Building a Library: Wagner: Siegfried Idyll

With Andrew McGregor. Including Building a Library: Wagner: Siegfried Idyll; Shostakovich from Gergiev and Les Siecles in Stravinsky; Disc of the Week: Brahms: Clarinet Quintet.

3 hours, 12 minutes

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Music Played

  • Max Bruch

    Scottish fantasy Op.46 for violin and orchestra

    Conductor: Rory MacDonald. Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Orchestra: 鶹 Scottish S O.
    • DECCA : 478 6690.
    • DECCA.
    • 1.
  • Trad.

    Mouth Music

    Performer: Nicola Bennedetti. Performer: Phil Cunningham. Performer: Julie Fowlis. Music Arranger: Julie Fowlis.
    • DECCA : 478 6690.
    • DECCA.
    • 11.
  • Johann Friedrich Fasch

    Quartet in D minor for 2 violins, viola and continuo

    Performer: Ensemble Marsyas.
    • Linn Records: CKD 467.
    • Linn Records.
    • 29.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony no. 93 in D major H.1.93

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Colin Davis.
    • LSO LIVE : LSO0702.
    • LSO LIVE.
    • 6.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Symphony no. 8 in G major Op.88

    Orchestra: Pittsburgh S O. Conductor: Manfred Honeck.
    • Reference Recordings: FR-710SACD.
    • Reference Recordings.
    • 3.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    E lucevan le stelle (Tosca)

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome. Singer: Carlo Bergonzi. Conductor: Gianandrea Gavazzeni.
    • Decca: 478 7373.
    • Decca.
    • 11.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    O terra addio (Aida)

    Singer: Renata Tebaldi. Singer: Giulietta Simionato. Singer: Carlo Bergonzi. Performer: Wiener Singverein. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.
    • Decca: 478 7373.
    • Decca.
    • 15.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Parigi, o cara (La Traviata Act 3)

    Orchestra: Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia Rome Orchestra. Singer: Carlo Bergonzi. Choir: Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia Rome Chorus. Conductor: Georg Solti.
    • Decca: 478 7373.
    • Decca.
    • 12.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Sire! egli e tempo (Don Carlos, end of Act 3)

    Singer: Renata Tebaldi. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Singer: Dietrich Fischer‐Dieskau. Singer: Carlo Bergonzi. Choir: The Rome Opera Chorus. Conductor: Georg Solti. Singer: Nicolaï Ghiaurov.
    • Decca: 478 7373.
    • Decca.
    • 12.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Di quella pira l'orrendo foco...(Il Travatore)

    Choir: Chorus of La Scala, Milan. Orchestra: Orchestra of La Scala, Milan. Singer: Carlo Bergonzi. Conductor: Tullio Serafin. Singer: Antonietta Stella.
    • Decca: 478 7373.
    • Decca.
    • 8.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Celesta Aida (Aida)

    Choir: Chorus of La Scala, Milan. Orchestra: Orchestra of La Scala, Milan. Singer: Carlo Bergonzi. Conductor: Tullio Serafin. Singer: Antonietta Stella.
    • Decca: 478 7373.
    • Decca.
    • 8.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Quintet in B minor Op.115 for clarinet and strings

    Performer: Maxim Rysanov. Performer: Martin Fröst. Performer: Janine Jansen. Performer: Boris Brovtsyn. Performer: Torleif Thedéen.
    • BIS: 2063.
    • BIS.
    • 1.

9.00am

Scottish fantasy Op.46 for violin and orchestra

Performers: Nicola Benedetti, 鶹 Scottish S O, Rory MacDonald

Composers: Max Bruch (1838 - 1920)

Album Title: DECCA : 478 6690

Mouth Music 00:01:33

Performers: Julie Fowlis, Phil Cunningham, Nicola Bennedetti, ensemble

Composers: Traditional arr. Julie Fowlis

Album Title: DECCA : 478 6690

Quartet in D minor FWV N:g2

Performers: Ensemble Marsyas

Composers: Johann Friedrich Fasch (1688 - 1758)

Album Title: Linn Records: CKD 467

Symphony no. 93 in D major H.1.93

Performers: London Symphony Orchestra, Colin Davis

Composers: Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809)

Album Title: LSO LIVE : LSO0702

Symphony no. 8 in G major Op.88

Performers: Pittsburgh S O, Manfred Honeck

Composers: Antonin Dvorak (1841 - 1904)

Album Title: Reference Recordings: FR-710SACD

9.30am Building a Library

Martin Cotton compares recordings of Wagner’s Siegfried Idyll and makes a recommendation:

Top recommendation:

Lucerne Festival: Claudio Abbado

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 2 in D major Op. 36

SCHUBERT: Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D759 'Unfinished'

WAGNER: Siegfried Idyll (COE)

Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Vienna Philharmonic, Claudio Abbado (conductor)

AUDITE AUDITE95627 (CD)

10.20am

Andrew explores the Carlo Bergonzi box set released recently on Decca in celebration of the tenor’s 90th birthday.

E lucevan le stelle (Tosca)

Performers: Carlo Bergonzi (tenor), Orchestra Dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecillia, Gianandrea Gavazzeni

Composers: Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924)

Album Title: Decca: 478 7373

O terra addio (Aida)

Performers: Renata Tebaldi (Aida), Carlo Bergonzi (Radames), Giulietta Simionato (Amnires), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Vienna Singverein, Herbert von Karajan

Composers: Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)

Album Title: Decca: 478 7373

Di tu se fedele (Un Ballo in maschera)

Performers: Carlo Bergonzi (Riccardo), Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia Rome Orchestra, Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia Rome Chorus, Georg Solti

Composers: Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)

Album Title: Decca: 478 7373

Parigi, o cara (La Traviata)

Performers: Joan Sutherland (Violetta), Carlo Bergonzi (Alfredo), Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, John Pritchard

Composers: Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)

Album Title: Decca: 478 7373

Sire! Egli e tempo (Don Carlo)

Performers: Carlo Bergonzi, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Renata Tebaldi, Royal Opera House Orchestra, Royal Opera House Chorus, Georg Solti

Composers: Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)

Album Title: Decca: 478 7373

Di quella pira l'orrendo foco (Il Trovatore)

Performers: Carlo Bergonzi, Antonietta Stella, La Scala Orchestra, La Scala Chorus, Tullio Serafin

Composers: Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)

Album Title: Decca: 478 7373

Celesta Aida (Aida)

Performers: Carlo Bergonzi, Antonietta Stella, La Scala Orchestra, La Scala Chorus, Tullio Serafin

Composers: Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)

Album Title: Decca: 478 7373

10.45am New Releases

Stephen Johnson talks to Andrew about recent releases of works by Russian composers.

Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 4, 5, 6

SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 4 in C minor Op. 43; Symphony No. 5 in D minor Op. 47; Symphony No. 6 in B minor Op. 54

Mariinsky Orchestra, Valery Gergiev (conductor)

MARIINSKY MAR0545 (2Hybrid SACD mid-price)

PROKOFIEV: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 - 5 (Complete)

Vladimir Krainev (piano), The Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Dmitri Kitayenko (conductor)

MELODIYA MELCD1002227 (2CD mid-price)

Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps, Petrouchka

STRAVINSKY: The Rite of Spring; Petrushka

Les Siecles, Francois-Xavier Roth (conductor)

ACTES SUD ASM15 (CD)

Weinberg: Symphony No. 21 & Polish Tunes

WEINBERG: Symphony No. 21 Op. 152, Kaddish; Polish Tunes Op. 47, No. 2

Veronika Bartenyeva (soprano), Siberian Symphony Orchestra, Dmitry Vasilyev

TOCCATA CLASSICS TOCC0193 (CD)

SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 7 in C major Op. 60 'Leningrad'

Halle, Sir Mark Elder (conductor)

HALLE CDHLL7537 (CD)

11.50am Disc of the Week

Brahms: Clarinet Quintet

BRAHMS: Clarinet Quintet in B minor Op. 115; Die Mainacht Op. 43 No. 2; Clarinet Trio in A minor Op. 114; Madchenlied Op. 107 No. 5; Immer leiser wird mein Schlummer Op. 105 No. 2; Vergebliches Standchen Op. 84 No. 4; Feldeinsamkeit Op. 86 No. 2

Janine Jansen ( violin), Boris Brovtsyn (violin), Maxim Rysanov (viola), Torleif Thedeen (cello), Roland Pontinen (piano), Torleif Thedeen (cello), Roland Pontinen (piano)Br, Martin Frost (clarinet)

BIS BIS2063 (Hybrid SACD mid-price)

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  • Sat 12 Jul 2014 09:00

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