Beethoven Symphony No. 4 in Building a Library with Richard Wigmore & Andrew McGregor
Richard Wigmore selects his favourite version of Beethoven's Symphony No. 4 and Kirsten Gibson shares her choice of the latest classical releases.
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Building a Library
Richard Wigmore selects his favourite version of Beethoven's Symphony No. 4 in B鈾� major, Op. 60.
By 1806 Beethoven was on a roll. He'd got the Razumovsky Quartets and the Violin Concerto under his belt and this symphony is confident and bouncing with life. It's sometimes seen as being overshadowed by the mighty symphonies Beethoven wrote on either side of it. Robert Schumann dismissively called the Fourth Symphony "a slender Greek maiden between two Norse giants". But Hector Berlioz was nearer the mark when he said that the slow movement was the work of the Archangel Michael, and not that of a human.
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Kammerakademie Potsdam
Antonello Manacorda (conductor)
Sony 19658849982
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Robert Schumann
Adagio & Allegro Op.70 (Allegro)
Performer: Maxim Rysanov. Performer: Dasol Kim.- Schumann Viola.
- Onyx Classics.
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Orazio Benevoli
Missa Benevola (Agnus Dei)
Choir: I Fagiolini. Ensemble: The City Musick. Conductor: Robert Hollingworth.- Orazio Benevoli: Missa Benevola.
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Joseph Haydn
Symphony no.49 in F minor H.1.49 'La Passione' (2nd mvt)
Ensemble: Tafelmusik. Director: Rachel Podger.- Tafelmusik.
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Franz Schubert
Gefror'ne Tr盲nen & Erstarrung (Winterreise)
Performer: Rachel Fenlon.- Orchid Classics.
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Fr茅d茅ric Chopin
Fantasie-Impromptu Op.66 in C sharp minor
Performer: Lestari Scholtes.- Challenge Records.
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William Walton
Viola Concerto in A minor (1st mvt)
Performer: Diyang Mei. Orchestra: Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbr眉cken Kaiserslautern. Conductor: Brett Dean.- SWR.
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Rita Strohl
Marche Fun猫bre d'un Scarab茅e (Symphonie de la For茅t)
Orchestra: Orchestre national d'脦le-de-France. Conductor: Case Scaglione.- La Boite a Pepites.
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Dieterich Buxtehude
Membra Jesu Nostri Cantata (Ad cor)
Ensemble: Gli Angeli Gen猫ve. Ensemble: Ensemble Contrechamps. Conductor: Stephan MacLeod.- Aparte.
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George Frideric Handel
Recorder Sonata in D minor HWV.367a (3rd mvt)
Performer: Max Volbers. Performer: Alexander von Hei脽en.- Berlin Classics.
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Johannes Brahms
Piano Concerto no.2 in B flat major Op.83 (4th mvt)
Performer: Igor Levit. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Christian Thielemann.- Brahms: Piano Concertos & Solo Piano Opp. 116 - 119.
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