12/01/2019
Andrew McGregor rounds up the best new and recent releases, and in Building a Library Kate Molleson compares recordings of Prokofiev's Violin Concerto No 1 in D.
with Andrew McGregor.
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Building a Library: Kate Molleson listens to and compares some of the available recordings of Prokofiev's Violin Concerto No.1,
Prokofiev began sketching his Violin Concerto No.1 in 1915 against a backdrop of war, and composed the bulk of it in the turbulent revolutionary year of 1917. It proved to be one of his first mature works. The Violin Concerto is a virtuosically brilliant work, that also captures the lyrical quality of the violin with searing melodies that rise above the orchestra. It was premiered on 18th October in 1923 by violinist Marcel Darrieux under Serge Koussevitzky at the Paris Opera, but was somewhat overshadowed in that concert alongside a performance of Stravinsky's Octet.
11.00
In this the 90th birthday year of conductor, composer and arranger Andr茅 Previn, Andrew McGregor discusses with Andrew Mellor a new 55-CD collection from Sony Classical of the artist鈥檚 classical RCA and CBS discography, ranging from the early 1960s to the mid-1990s.
11.45
Andrew chooses an outstanding new release as his Disc of the Week.
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Francesco Mancini
Sinfonia (Alessandro il Grande in Sidone): i. Allegrissimo
Performer: Dani Espasa. Ensemble: Vespres D'Arnadi.- Aparte.
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Boris Lyatoshinsky
Symphony No.3 in B minor Op.50: III.Allegro feroce
Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kirill Karabits.- Chandos.
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Giovanni Battista Bononcini
L'eulo festeggiante nel ritorno...: Aria. 'Chiare faci al di cui lume'
Performer: Dani Espasa. Singer: Xavier Sabata. Ensemble: Vespres D'Arnadi.- Aparte.
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Franz Liszt
La Leggierezza (Etude de concert No. 2)
Performer: Boris Giltburg.- Naxos.
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脡tienne Moulini茅
Amis, enivrons-nous du vin d'Espagne...
Conductor: William Christie. Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants.- Si vous vouliez un jour鈥irs serieux et 脿 boire, Vol. 2.
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Michel Lambert
Amour, je me suis plaint cent fois
Conductor: William Christie. Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants.- Si vous vouliez un jour鈥irs serieux et 脿 boire, Vol. 2.
- harmonia mundi.
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Marc鈥怉ntoine Charpentier
Amor vince ogni cosa: Pastoraletta 1
Performer: Emmanuelle de Negri. Performer: Anna Reinhold. Conductor: William Christie. Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants.- Si vous vouliez un jour鈥irs serieux et 脿 boire, Vol. 2.
- harmonia mundi.
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Franz Schubert
Symphony No.7 in B-Flat Major, D.759 'Unfinished': III. Scherzo
Composer: Nicola Samale. Conductor: Stefan Gottfried. Orchestra: Concentus Musicus Wien.- Schubert: Symphony No. 7 in B-Flat Major, D. 759 "Unfinished", Lieder (Orchestra.
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Franz Schubert
Symphony No.7 in B-Flat Major, D.759 'Unfinished': IV. Finale
Conductor: Stefan Gottfried. Orchestra: Concentus Musicus Wien.- Schubert: Symphony No. 7 in B-Flat Major, D. 759 "Unfinished", Lieder (Orchestra.
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Hugo Wolf
Italienisches Liederbuch: Nos. 33 & 15
Performer: Helmut Deutsch. Singer: Jonas Kaufmann. Singer: Diana Damrau.- Erato.
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John Dowland
In this trembling shadow
Choir: Stile Antico.- In a Strange Land.
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Henry Purcell
King Arthur (Trumpet Tune & Act V)
Ensemble: Vox Luminis. Conductor: Lionel Meunier.- Alpha.
Record Review
9.00am
鈥楲鈥橝lessandro amante鈥� 鈥� 18th century songs and instrumental pieces by Bononcini, Handel, Pescetti, Steffani, Draghi, Mancini, Vinci, Leo & Porpora
Xavier Sabata (counter tenor)
Vespres D鈥檃rnadi (ensemble)
Dani Espasa (director & harpsichord)
Aparte AP192
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Boris Mikolayovich Lyatoshynsky: Symphony No.3 鈥楶eace shall defeat War鈥� & 鈥楪razhyna鈥�
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Kirill Karabits (conductor)
Chandos CHSA 5233 (Hybrid SACD)
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Liszt: 脡tudes d'ex茅cution transcendante, La Leggierezza & Rigoletto (Paraphrase de concert)
Boris Giltburg (piano)
Naxos 8.573981
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9.30am 鈥� Building a Library 鈥� Kate Molleson on Prokofiev Violin Concerto No.1听
Composer: Sergei Prokofiev
Reviewer: Kate Molleson
Recommended Recording:
Vilde Frang (violin)
WDR Sinfonieorchester K枚ln
Thomas S酶nderg氓rd (conductor)
Warner Classics 6844132
Other Recommended Recording:听
Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin)
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Lorin Maazel (conductor)
Warner Classics 2068602
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10.20am 鈥� New Releases
鈥楽i vous vouliez un jour 鈥� Airs s茅rieux et 脿 boire, Vol.2鈥� 鈥� Songs by Charpentier, Moulini茅, Lambert & Camus
Les Arts Florissants (Ensemble)
William Christie (conductor)
Harmonia Mundi HAF 8905306
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Schubert: Symphony No.7 鈥楿nfinished鈥� & Lieder (Orch. Brahms & Webern)
Florian Boesch (bass baritone)
Concentus Musicus Wien
Stefan Gottfried (director)
Aparte AP189
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Hugo Wolf: Italienisches Liederbuch
Diana Damrau (soprano)
Jonas Kaufmann (tenor)
Helmut Deutsch (piano)
Erato 0190295658663
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鈥業n a Strange Land 鈥� Elizabethan composers in exile鈥� 鈥� Choral music by Dowland, Byrd, Philips, Dering, De Monte, Watkins & White
Stile Antico (choir)
Harmonia Mundi HMM 902266
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10.50am 鈥� Reisssues: Andrew Mellor on 鈥楾he Classic Andr茅 Previn鈥� box set from Sony
鈥楾he Classic Andr茅 Previn鈥�
Sony 19075831672 (55 CDs)听
11.45am 鈥� Disc of the Week
Purcell: King Arthur
Sophie Junker (soprano)
Zsuzsi T贸th (soprano)
Stefanie True (soprano)
Caroline Weynants (soprano)
Olivier Berten (baritone)
Robert Buckland (tenor)
Daniel Elgersma (counter tenor)
Marcus Farnsworth (baritone)
Jan Kullmann (counter tenor)
David Lee (tenor)
Sebastian Myrus (baritone)
Vox Luminis (ensemble)
Lionel Meunier (conductor)
Alpha 430 (2 CDs)
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