麻豆社 Proms Composer: Messiaen with Gillian Moore and Andrew McGregor
Gillian Moore picks five indispensable recordings of 麻豆社 Proms Composer Olivier Messiaen and explains why you need to hear them, plus a round-up of new classical releases.
Andrew McGregor with the best new recordings of classical music
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麻豆社 Proms Composer Olivier Messiaen
Gillian Moore joins Andrew to discuss five indispensable recordings of 麻豆社 Proms Composer Messiaen and explains why you need to hear them.
Composer, organist, hugely influential teacher and ornithologist, Olivier Messiaen was one of the major composers of the 20th century, not only in his native France but internationally. Messiaen's profound Catholic faith and birdsong often inform his individual and instantly recognisable music, from epic orchestral and organ works to chamber music and song.
2.25 pm
Proms Recording
To round off each edition of Record Review during the Proms season, Andrew introduces the Building a Library recommendation of a major work featured in this year's 麻豆社 Proms.
Stravinsky
Symphony in Three Movements
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Simon Rattle (conductor)
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Bedrich Smetana
Dance of the Comedians (The Bartered Bride)
Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.- Sony.
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Vincenzo Bellini
La Temenda ultrice spada (I Capuleti e i Montecchi)
Singer: Aigul Akhmetshina. Choir: The Apollo Voices. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Daniele Rustioni.- Decca.
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Olivier Messiaen
Poemes Pour Mi: VIII: Le Collier
Performer: Stephen De Pledge. Singer: Gweneth-Ann Rand.- Black Box.
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Olivier Messiaen
Danse de la fureur (Quartet for the End of Time)
Performer: Erich Gruenberg. Performer: Michel B茅roff. Performer: Gervase de Peyer. Performer: William Pleeth.- Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time; Chronochromie.
- Warner Classics.
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Olivier Messiaen
Chant d'amour 2 (Turangal卯la-Symphonie)
Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Juanjo Mena.- Messiaen: Turangal卯la Symphony.
- Hyperion.
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Olivier Messiaen
Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum (Et j'entendu la voix d'une foule immense)
Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.- Messiaen: Et Exspecto Resurrectionem Mortuorum; Chronochromie; La Ville d'en hau.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
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Olivier Messiaen
Visions de l'Amen, I/25: VII. Amen de la Consommation
Performer: Tamara Stefanovich. Performer: Pierre鈥怢aurent Aimard.- Visions.
- PENTATONE.
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Sergey Rachmaninov
Symphony no.2 in E minor Op.27 (3rd mvt)
Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Kirill Petrenko.- Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2.
- Berliner Philharmoniker Recordings.
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Mieczys艂aw Weinberg
String Quartet no.6 Op.35 (5th mvt)
Ensemble: Arcadia Quartet.- Weinberg: String Quartets, Vol. 4.
- Chandos.
- 105.
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Dieterich Buxtehude
Sonata in F major BuxWV.252, Op.1 no.1 (mvts 5-7)
Ensemble: Filament.- Bridge.
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Charles Villiers Stanford
Te Deum in B Flat Major, Op.66 - III. Judex crederis
Singer: Rhian Lois. Singer: Alessandro Fisher. Singer: Samantha Price. Singer: Morgan Pearse. Orchestra: 麻豆社 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Adrian Partington.- Lyrita.
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Fr茅d茅ric Chopin
12 Studies Op.25 (no.11 in A minor)
Performer: Yunchan Lim.- Chopin: 脡tudes, Opp. 10 & 25.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Igor Stravinsky
Symphony in Three Movements
Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.- Stravinsky: Symphony in Three Movements; Violin Concerto; Symphonies of Wind Ins.
- Warner Classics.
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