Building a Library: Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier
With Andrew McGregor. Including Building a Library: Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier; Music from Sibelius, Nielsen and Stenhammar; Disc of the Week: Dvorak: Cello Concerto.
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Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier
Duration: 46:04
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Domenico Mazzocchi
Amar a dios por dios for 4 voices
Singer: Raquel Andueza. Performer: Jesús Fernández Baena.- Anima e Corpo: AeC002.
- Anima e Corpo.
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Jean Sibelius
Symphony no. 1 in E minor Op.39
Orchestra: 91ȱ S O.. Conductor: Malcolm Sargent.- Guild: GHCD 2414.
- Guild.
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Richard Strauss
6 Lieder Op.68 (Ich Wollt Ein Strausslein Binden)
Singer: Christiane Karg. Performer: Malcolm Martineau.- Berlin Classics: 0300566BC.
- Berlin Classics.
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Antonín Dvořák
Concerto in B minor Op.104 for cello and orchestra
Performer: Alisa Weilerstein. Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Jiří Bělohlávek.- DECCA : 478 5705.
- DECCA.
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Joaquín Turina
Canto a Sevilla Op.37 for voice and orchestra vers. original
Singer: María Espada. Performer: 91ȱ Philharmonic. Conductor: Juanjo Mena.- Chandos: CHAN 10819.
- Chandos.
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Joseph Haydn
The Seven last words of our Saviour on the Cross H.20.1c for piano transc.
Performer: Alexei Lubimov.- Zig Zag: ZZT341.
- Zig Zag.
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Jorge Grundman
A mortuis resurgere (The Resurrection of Christ) for soprano and string quartet
Singer: Susana Cordon. Ensemble: Brodsky String Quartet.- Chandos: CHSA 5138.
- Chandos.
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José de Nebra
Vendado amor es, no es ciego - zarzuela
Singer: Bejun Mehta. Ensemble: Concerto Köln. Conductor: Pablo Heras‐Casado.- Archiv: 002894792050.
- Archiv.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Requiem in D minor K.626, compl. Sussmayr
Singer: Genia Kühmeier. Singer: Bernarda Fink. Singer: Mark Padmore. Singer: Gerald Finley. Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Mariss Jansons.- RCO Live: RCO 14002.
- RCO Live.
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Alonso Lobo
Versa est in luctum for 6 voices [SSATTB] [Liber primus missarum, 1602]
Ensemble: Plus Ultra Ensemble.- Archiv: 479 2610.
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Dmitry Shostakovich
Symphony no. 5 in D minor Op.47
Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra. Conductor: Valery Gergiev.- Mariinsky: MAR0545.
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Nicola Conforto
Overture: La festa cinese
Singer: Bejun Mehta. Ensemble: Concerto Köln. Conductor: Pablo Heras‐Casado.- Archiv: 002894792050.
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Cristóbal de Morales
Expandit Sion manus tuas for 6 voices
Ensemble: Plus Ultra Ensemble.- Archiv: 479 2610.
- Archiv.
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9.00am
Symphony no. 1 in E minor Op.39
Performers: 91ȱ S O., Malcolm Sargent
Composers: Jean Sibelius (1865 - 1957)
Album Title: Guild: GHCD 2414
6 Lieder Op.68 (Ich Wollt Ein Strausslein Binden)
Performers: Christiane Karg, Malcolm Martineau
Composers: Richard Strauss (1864 - 1949)
Album Title: Berlin Classics: 0300566BC
Symphony no. 5 in D minor Op.47
Performers: Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra, Valery Gergiev
Composers: Dmitry Shostakovich (1906 - 1975)
Album Title: Mariinsky: MAR0545
Requiem in D minor K.626, compl. Sussmayr
Performers: Genia Kuhmeier, Bernarda Fink, Mark Padmore, Gerald Finley, Netherlands Radio Choir, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Mariss Jansons
Composers: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
Album Title: RCO Live: RCO 14002
Versa est in luctum for 6 voices [SSATTB] [Liber primus missarum, 1602]
Performers: Plus Ultra Ensemble
Composers: Alonso Lobo (c1555 - 1617)
Album Title: Archiv: 479 2610
Building a Library
Richard Osborne compares recordings of Strauss’s Rosenkavalier and makes a recommendation:
Top recommendation (in a single box set):
STRAUSS, R: Der Rosenkavalier
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Marschallin), Christa Ludwig (Octavian), Teresa Stich-Randall (Sophie), Otto Edelmann (Ochs), Eberhard Wachter (Faninal), Ljuba Welitsch (Marianne), Paul Kuen (Valzacchi/Tierhandler), Kerstin Meyer (Annina), Nicolai Gedda (Italian Singer), Philharmonia Chorus, Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
EMI 9668242 (3CD budget)
The above also available in a collected edition:
Strauss: The Great Operas
STRAUSS, R: Capriccio; Daphne; Friedenstag; Die schweigsame Frau; Intermezzo; Die Frau ohne Schatten; Ariadne auf Naxos; Der Rosenkavalier; Elektra; Salome
WARNER CLASSICS 4317992 (22CD budget-price)
Top recommendation on DVD:
STRAUSS, R: Der Rosenkavalier
Gwyneth Jones (Marschallin), Brigitte Fassbaender (Octavian), Lucia Popp (Sophie), Manfred Jungwirth (Ochs), Benno Kusche (Faninal), Francisco Araiza (Italian Singer), Anneliese Waas (Marianne), David Thaw (Valzacchi), Gudrun Wewezow (Annina), Orchestra of the Bavarian State Opera, Otto Schenk (director, Munich 1979), Carlos Kleiber (conductor)
DG 0734072 (2DVD mid-price)
New Releases
Mark Lowther joins Andrew live in the studio to discuss a new Sibelius cycle from John Storgards and other new releases from Nordic composers.
Sibelius: Complete Symphonies
SIBELIUS: Symphonies Nos. 1-7 (complete); Late Fragments (3)
91ȱ Philharmonic, John Storgards (conductor)
CHANDOS CHAN10809(3) (3CD mid-price)
Sibelius: Lemminkainen Suite & The Wood-Nymph
SIBELIUS: Lemminkainen Suite Op. 22; The Wood-Nymph (Skogsraet) Op. 15
Lahti Symphony Orchestra, Osmo Vanska (conductor)
BIS BIS1745 (Hybrid SACD)
Stenhammar: Serenade
STENHAMMAR: Excelsior! concert overture Op. 13; Mellanspel ur kantaten Sangen (Interlude from the cantata The Song) Op. 44; Serenade for Orchestra Op. 31
Royal Flemish Philharmonic, Christian Lindberg (conductor)
BIS BIS2058 (Hybrid SACD)
Nordic Atmospheres
GRIEG: Two Elegiac Melodies Op. 34
KALSONS: Concerto for Clarinet and Chamber Orchestra
LARSSON, L-E: Romans, ur Pastoralsvit Op. 19 (Romance, No. 2 from Pastoral Suite)
NIELSEN: Little Suite in A minor for strings Op. 1 (FS6)
SIBELIUS: Romance in C major for strings Op. 42
VASKS: Musica dolorosa
Egils Šefers (clarinet), Sinfonietta Riga, Claus Efland
CHALLENGE CLASSICS CC72630 (CD)
Nielsen: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5
NIELSEN: Symphony No. 4 Op. 29 (FS76) 'The Inextinguishable'; Symphony No. 5 Op. 50 (FS97)
Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Sakari Oramo (conductor)
BIS BIS2028 (Hybrid SACD)
11.25am
Overture - La festa cinese
Performers: Concerto Koln, Pablo Heras-Casado
Composers: Nicola Conforto (1718 - c1788)
Album Title: Archiv: 002894792050
Vendado amor es, no es ciego - zarzuela (Tempestad Grande)
Performers: Bejun Mehta (countertenor), Concerto Koln, Pablo Heras-Casado
Composers: Jose de Nebra (1702 - 1768)
Album Title: Archiv: 002894792050
Canto a Sevilla Op.37 for voice and orchestra vers. original
Performers: Maria Espada(soprano), 91ȱ Philharmonic Orchestra, Juanjo Mena
Composers: Joaquin Turina (1882 - 1949)
Album Title: Chandos: CHAN 10819
The Seven last words of our Saviour on the Cross H.20.1c for piano, transc. from orchestral version, H.20.1a
Performers: Alexei Lubimov (tangent piano)
Composers: Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809)
Album Title: Zig Zag: ZZT341
A mortuis resurgere (The Resurrection of Christ) for soprano and string quartet
Performers: Susana Cordon (soprano), Brodsky String Quartet
Composers: Jorge Grundman (1916)
Album Title: Chandos: CHSA 5138
Amar a dios por dios for 4 voices
Performers: Raquel Andueza (soprano), Jesus Fernandez Baena (theorbo)
Composers: Domenico Mazzocchi (c1592 - 1665)
Album Title: Anima e Corpo: AeC002
Disc of the Week
Concerto in B minor Op.104 for cello and orchestra
Performers: Alisa Weilerstein, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Jiri Belohlavek
Composers: Antonin Dvorak (1841 - 1904)
Album Title: DECCA : 478 5705
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- Sat 7 Jun 2014 09:0091ȱ Radio 3
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