Korngold's Violin Concerto in Building a Library with William Mival and Andrew McGregor
William Mival chooses his favourite recording of Korngold's Violin Concerto in Building a Library, and tenor Alessandro Fisher reviews a selection of new releases.
Andrew McGregor with the best new recordings of classical music.
2.00 pm
Tenor Alessandro Fisher reviews a selection of new releases.
3.00 pm
Building a Library
William Mival chooses his favourite recording of Korngold's Violin Concerto.
Premiered by Jascha Heifetz in 1947, Korngold's Violin Concerto was the first concert hall piece he had composed since his self-exile to America, fleeing Nazi persecution in his native Austria. The concerto's thematic material borrows music from the many film scores Korngold wrote during his time in America, and the work brims with romance. energy and dazzling tunes, now firmly established as one of Korngold's most popular pieces.
William's choice:
Vilde Frang (violin)
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra
James Gaffigan (conductor)
Warner Classics 2564600921
3.45 pm
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Claudio Monteverdi
L'Orfeo (Opening)
Ensemble: Les Épopées. Conductor: Stéphane Fuget.- Chateau de Versailles.
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George Frideric Handel
Keyboard suite no.1 in B flat major HWV.434 (Minuet)
Music Arranger: Wilhelm Kempff. Performer: Kenneth Hamilton.- Prima Facie.
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Josquin des Prez
Mille regretz
Choir: The Gesualdo Six. Conductor: Owain Park.- Queen of Hearts: Laments and Songs of Regret for Queens Terrestrial and Celestia.
- Hyperion.
- 5.
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Carl Loewe
Der Totentanz (3 Ballads Op.44)
Singer: Konstantin Krimmel. Performer: Ammiel Bushakevitz.- Alpha.
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Bedrich Smetana
Piano Trio in G minor Op.15 (3rd mvt)
Ensemble: Neave Trio.- Rooted.
- Chandos.
- 103.
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Turlough O'Carolan
Carolan's Concerto
Performer: Daniel Hope.- DG.
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Traditional Irish
Ladies, step up to tea
Performer: Daniel Hope. Ensemble: Lúnasa.- DG.
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Anton Bruckner
Symphony No.9 in D minor (1st mvt)
Orchestra: Bruckner Orchester Linz. Conductor: Markus Poschner.- Bruckner: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, WAB 109 (1894 Version, Ed. L. Nowak).
- CapriccioNR.
- 1.
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Giuseppe Torelli
Concerto da camera in B minor Op.2`2 (2nd mvt)
Ensemble: Rossa Verona Baroque Ensemble. Director: Pietro Battistoni.- Challenge Classics.
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Giuseppe Torelli
Concerto da camera in E minor Op.2`4 (1st mvt)
Ensemble: Rossa Verona Baroque Ensemble. Director: Pietro Battistoni.- Challenge Classics.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Der Stein der Weisen die Zauberinsel (O liebster Vater)
Composer: Johann Baptist Henneberg. Composer: Frans Xaver Gerl. Composer: Benedikt Schack. Singer: Leonor Amaral. Singer: Joachim Höchbauer. Choir: KlangVerwaltung Chamber Choir. Orchestra: Munich Hofkapelle. Conductor: Rudiger Lotte.- Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.
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Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Violin Concerto in D major Op.35 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Vilde Frang. Orchestra: Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: James Gaffigan.- Warner.
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John Bull
My self
Performer: Mishka Rushdie Momen.- Hyperion.
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Claudio Monteverdi
L'Orfeo (Act 3 - opening)
Singer: Julian Prégardien. Singer: Eva Zaïcik. Singer: Luigi De Donato. Ensemble: Les Épopées. Conductor: Stéphane Fuget.- Chateau de Versailles.
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