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鶹 Proms Composer: Antonín Dvořák with Katy Hamilton and Kate Molleson

Katy Hamilton chooses five indispensable recordings of 鶹 Proms Composer Antonín Dvořák and explains why you need to hear them. Plus a round-up of the best new classical releases.

Kate Molleson with the best new recordings of classical music.

2.15 pm
鶹 Proms Composer: Antonín Dvořák.

Katy Hamilton joins Kate to discuss five indispensable recordings of 鶹 Proms Composer Dvořák and explains why you need to hear them.

Dvořák brought the rustic folksong idiom of his native Bohemia, fused with his peerless gift for memorable tunes, to all the major 19th-century forms, from symphonies and concertos to chamber music, opera and oratorio.

3.40 pm
Proms Recording

To round off each edition of Record Review during the Proms season, Kate introduces the Building a Library recommendation of a major work featured in this year's 鶹 Proms.

Handel
Music for the Royal Fireworks
The English Concert
Trevor Pinnock (conductor)

1 hour, 59 minutes

Music Played

  • Clara Schumann

    Piano Concerto in A minor Op.7 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Alexandra Dariescu. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Tianyi Lu.
    • Clara Schumann and Edvard Grieg Piano Concertos.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 102.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Symphony no.6 in B minor Op.54 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Klaus Mäkelä.
    • Decca.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Piano Trio no.4 Op.90 'Dumky' (1st mvt)

    Performer: Isabelle Faust. Performer: Jean‐Guihen Queyras. Performer: Alexander Melnikov.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    My song rings out with love again (Gypsy Songs Op.55)

    Singer: Pavol Breslik. Performer: Robert Pechanec.
    • Supraphon.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    When I was looking to the sky (Evening Songs B.61)

    Singer: Pavol Breslik. Performer: Robert Pechanec.
    • Supraphon.
    • 19.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    You ardent songs (Cyprise B.11)

    Singer: Pavol Breslik. Performer: Robert Pechanec.
    • Supraphon.
    • 1.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Symphony no 8 in G major Op.88 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Jiří Bělohlávek.
    • Decca.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Rusalka (Kiss me, kiss me)

    Singer: Gabriela Beňačková. Singer: Peter Dvorský. Orchestra: Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper. Conductor: Václav Neumann.
    • Orfeo.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Slavonic Dances Op.72 (no.13 [series 2 no.5] in B flat minor)

    Performer: Prague Piano Duo.
    • Praga.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Slavonic Dances Op.72 (no.15 [series 2 no.7] in C major)

    Ensemble: Prague Piano Duo.
    • Supraphon.
    • 15.
  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony no.4 in G Major (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin.
    • Mahler: Symphonien 1–10.
    • Berliner Philharmoniker Recordings.
    • 402.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Trio in E flat major Op.1 no.1 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Sitkovetsky Trio.
    • BIS.
  • Lisa Illean

    A through-grown earth (The lantern out of doors)

    Singer: Juliet Fraser. Ensemble: Explore Ensemble.
    • NMC.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Symphony no.5 in D minor Op.47 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Klaus Mäkelä.
    • Decca.
  • Valentin Silvestrov

    Kitsch-Musik (no.3)

    Performer: Alena Cherny.
    • Prospero Classical.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Music for the Royal Fireworks HWV.351

    Orchestra: The English Concert. Director: Trevor Pinnock.
    • ARCHIV.

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  • Sat 17 Aug 2024 14:00

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