Building a Library: Rameau: Pieces de clavecin
With Andrew McGregor. Including Building a Library: Rameau: Pieces de clavecin; New opera releases on DVD and blu-ray; Disc of the week: Walton: Symphony No 1; Violin Concerto.
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Rameau: Pieces de clavecin
Duration: 45:52
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Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Sonata in G minor Wq.70`6 for organ
Performer: Ton Koopman.- CHALLENGE CLASSICS : CC-72260.
- CHALLENGE CLASSICS.
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Giacomo Carissimi
Ferma lascia ch'io parli (Il lamento di Maria di Scozia) for soprano and continu
Singer: Romina Basso. Ensemble: Latinitas Nostra. Conductor: Markellos Chryssicos.- NAIVE : V-5390.
- NAIVE.
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Antonio Caldara
In dolce amore (Scipione Africano)
Singer: Romina Basso. Ensemble: Latinitas Nostra. Director: Markellos Chryssicos.- DEUTSCHE HARMONIA MUNDI : 88843-011692.
- DEUTSCHE HARMONIA MUNDI.
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William Walton
Symphony no. 1 in B flat minor
Orchestra: 91ȱ S O.. Conductor: Edward Gardner.- CHANDOS : CHSA-5136.
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Leonard Bernstein
West Side story - musical in 2 acts
Singer: Julia Bullock. Orchestra: San Francisco S O. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.- SFS Media: SFS 0059.
- SFS Media.
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Claudio Monteverdi
Se i languidi miei sguardi (Lettera amorosa) for voice and continuo
Singer: Montserrat Figueras. Performer: Hopkinson Smith.- ALIA VOX : AVDVD-9904.
- ALIA VOX.
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William Walton
Concerto in B minor for violin and orchestra
Performer: Tasmin Little. Orchestra: 91ȱ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.- CHANDOS : CHSA-5136.
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Per Nørgård
Sinfonia austera (Symphony no.1) Op.13
Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.- DaCapo: 6.220574.
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Michel‐Richard de Lalande
Te Deum Laudamus
Performer: Carolyn Sampson. Choir: Ex Cathedra Choir. Conductor: Jeffrey Skidmore.- HYPERION : CDA-68035.
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Richard Strauss & Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
4 Symphonic interludes from "Intermezzo" (Op.72)
Conductor: Franz Welser‐Möst.- BR Klassik 900124.
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Thomas Mace
Air
- RESONUS CLASSICS : RES-10132.
- RESONUS CLASSICS.
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9.00am
4 Symphonic interludes from "Intermezzo" (Op.72)
Performers: Bavarian R S O, Franz Welser-Most
Composers: Richard Strauss (1864 - 1949)
Album Title: BR Klassik 900124
Sonata in G minor Wq.70`6 for organ
Performers: Ton Koopman (Amalia organ, Kirche zur frohen Botschaft, Berlin Karlshorst)
Composers: Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714 - 1788)
Album Title: CHALLENGE CLASSICS : CC-72260
Sinfonia austera (Symphony no.1) Op.13
Performers: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Sakari Oramo
Composers: Per Norgard (1932)
Album Title: DaCapo: 6.220574 (hybrid SACD)
Air
Performers: Robert Smith (viola da gamba)
Composers: Thomas Mace (1612/1613 - 1706)
Album Title: RESONUS CLASSICS : RES-10132 (download only)
West Side story - musical in 2 acts
Performers: Julia Bullock (soprano), San Francisco S O, Michael Tilson Thomas
Composers: Leonard Bernstein (1918 - 1990)
Album Title: SFS Media: SFS 0059
Building a Library
Nicholas Kenyon compares recordings of Rameau’s Pieces de clavecin and makes a recommendation:
Top recommendation (download only):
Rameau: Pieces de Clavecin
RAMEAU: Premiere livre de pieces de clavecin (1706); Pieces de clavecin (1724); Nouvelles suites de pieces de clavecin (1728); Les petits marteaux de M.Rameau; La Daupine (1747)
Christophe Rousset (Harpsichord)
DECCA 4258862 (DOWNLOAD)
Also recommended (compilation on single disc):
Rameau: Les Cyclopes
RAMEAU: Suite in A minor from Nouvelles Suites de pieces de clavecin (1728); Suite in E minor from Pieces de clavessin; movements from Pieces de clavessin (1724) and Nouvelles Suites de pieces de clavecin
Trevor Pinnock (harpsichord)
AVIE AV2056 (CD)
Top recommendation on piano:
Alexandre Tharaud plays Rameau
DEBUSSY: Hommage a Rameau (No. 2 from Images pour piano - Book 1)
RAMEAU: Suite in A minor from Nouvelles suites de pieces de clavecin (c1729–30); Suite in G minor from Nouvelles suites de pieces de clavecin (c1729–30)
Alexandre Tharaud (piano)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMC901754 (CD full-price)
10.20am
Te Deum Laudamus (excerpts)
Performers: Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Ex Cathedra, Jeffrey Skidmore
Composers: Michel-richard De Lalande
Album Title: HYPERION : CDA-68035
Ferma lascia ch'io parli (Il lamento di Maria di Scozia) for soprano and continuo
Performers: Romina Basso (mezzo), Latinitas Nostra, Markellos Chryssicos
Composers: Giacomo Carissimi (1605 - 1674)
Album Title: NAIVE : V-5390
In dolce amore (Scipione Africano)
Performers: Robin Johannsen (soprano), Academia Montis Regalis, Alessandro de Marchi
Composers: Antonio Caldara
Album Title: DEUTSCHE HARMONIA MUNDI : 88843-011692
Se i languidi miei sguardi (Lettera amorosa) for voice and continuo
Performers: Montserrat Figueras (soprano), Hopkinson Smith (lute)
Composers: Claudio Monteverdi (1567 - 1643)
Album Title: ALIA VOX : AVDVD-9904 (hybrid SACD + DVD)
New Releases
Sarah Lenton and Ian Burnside join Andrew live in the studio to discuss recently released opera DVDs.
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EUROARTS 2059634 (DVD + Blu-ray)
PUCCINI: Madama Butterfly
Alexia Voulgaridou (Cio-Cio San), Cristina Damian (Suzuki), Teodor Ilincai (B.F. Pinkerton), Lauri Vasar (Sharpless), Philharmoniker Hamburg, Chorus of the Staatsoper Hamburg, Alexander Joel (conductor), Vincent Boussard (stage director)
ARTHAUS MUSIK 108106 (DVD + Blu-ray)
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ARTHAUS MUSIK 101696 (2DVD Video)
STRAUSS, R: Salome
Erika Sunnegardh (Salome), Mark S. Doss (Jochanaan), Robert Brubaker (Herodes), Dalia Schaechter (Herodias), Orchestra of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Nicola Luisotti (conductor) (conductor), Gabriele Lavia (stage director)
ARTHAUS MUSIK 108096 (DVD + Blu-ray)
Disc of the Week
Walton: Symphony No. 1 & Violin Concerto
WALTON: Symphony No. 1 in B flat minor; Violin Concerto
Tasmin Little (violin), 91ȱ Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner (conductor)
CHANDOS CHSA5136 (Hybrid SACD)
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- Sat 14 Jun 2014 09:0091ȱ Radio 3
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