Building a Library: Elgar: Cello Concerto
With Andrew McGregor. Including Building a Library: Elgar: Cello Concerto; New Releases: Bruckner and Beethoven symphonies; Disc of the Week: Prokofiev: Violin Sonatas.
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Elgar: Cello Concerto
Duration: 44:05
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John Adams
City noir for orchestra
Performer: Timothy McAllister. Orchestra: St Louis S O. Conductor: David Robertson.- NONESUCH : 7559-795644.
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Alma Mahler-Werfel
Laue Sommernacht - 5 Songs for voice and piano [1910]
Singer: Karen Cargill. Performer: Simon Lepper.- LINN : CKD-453.
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Richard Strauss
Sonatina no. 1 in F major for 16 winds
Ensemble: Armonia Ensemble.- BERLIN CLASSICS : 0300576-BC.
- BERLIN CLASSICS.
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Lukas Foss
Capriccio for cello and piano [1946]
Performer: Zuill Bailey. Performer: Lara Downes.- STEINWAY & SONS : 30025.
- STEINWAY & SONS.
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Samuel Barber
A Stopwatch and an ordnance map Op.15 for male voices, brass and timpani
Ensemble: Stuttgart SWR Vocal Ensemble. Conductor: Marcus Creed.- HANSSLER CLASSIC : CD-93.306.
- HANSSLER CLASSIC.
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Christoph Willibald Gluck
Oggi per me non sudi(La Contesa de' numi)
Singer: Daniel Behle. Orchestra: Armonia Atenea. Conductor: George Petrou.- DECCA : 478-6758.
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Leonard Bernstein
Serenade [after Plato's "The symposium"] for violin, string orch, harp and percu
Performer: Tai Murray. Orchestra: Poitou-Charentes Orchestra. Conductor: Jean‐François Heisser.- MIRARE : MIR-244.
- MIRARE.
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Gustav Mahler
Um Mitternacht - 5 Ruckert-Lieder vers. for voice and piano
Singer: Karen Cargill. Performer: Simon Lepper.- LINN : CKD-453.
- LINN.
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George Crumb
Voices from the Heartland: no.7 - Beulah Land
Singer: Ann Crumb. Orchestra: Orchestra 2001. Conductor: James Freeman.- BRIDGE : 9413.
- BRIDGE.
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Antonín Dvořák
Quartet no. 12 in F major Op.96 (American) for strings
Ensemble: Cypress String Quartet.- AVIE : AV-2304.
- AVIE.
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Charles Tomlinson Griffes
Sketches on Indian themes: no.2
Ensemble: Cypress String Quartet.- AVIE : AV-2304.
- AVIE.
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Joseph Haydn
Sonata in D major H.16.51 for piano
Performer: Gottlieb Wallisch.- LINN : CKD-464.
- LINN.
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Sergey Prokofiev
Sonata no. 1 in F minor Op.80 for violin and piano
Performer: Alina Ibragimova. Performer: Steven Osborne.- HYPERION : CDA-67514.
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Andy Pape
An Amerikaner in Danmark (opening)
Orchestra: Odense Symfoniorkester.- DA CAPO : 6.220567.
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9.00am
Sonatina no. 1 in F major AV.135 for 16 wind instruments
Performers: Armonia Ensemble
Composers: Richard Strauss (1864 - 1949)
Album Title: BERLIN CLASSICS : 0300576-BC
Oggi per me non sudi (La Contesa de' numi)
Performers: Daniel Behle (tenor), Armonia Atenea, George Petrou
Composers: Christoph Willibald Gluck
Album Title: DECCA : 478-6758
Sonata in D major H.16.51 for piano
Performers: Gottlieb Wallisch
Composers: Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809)
Album Title: LINN : CKD-464
Laue Sommernacht - 5 Songs for voice and piano [1910]
Performers: Karen Cargill (mezzo), Simon Lepper (piano)
Composers: Alma Mahler (1879 - 1964)
Album Title: LINN : CKD-453
Um Mitternacht - 5 Ruckert-Lieder vers. for voice and piano
Performers: Karen Cargill (mezzo), Simon Lepper (piano)
Composers: Gustav Mahler (1860 - 1911)
Album Title: LINN : CKD-453
Building a Library
Helen Wallace compares recordings of Elgar’s cello concerto and makes a recommendation:
Top recommendation - only available as a download or as a collected edition:
Greatest Cello Concertos (Blue Boxes)
BACH, C P E; BRITTEN; BRUCH; DUTILLEUX; DVORAK; ELGAR; HAYDN; KERNIS; MIASKOVSKY; PART; PROKOFIEV; SCHUMANN; SHOSTAKOVICH; TCHAIKOVSKY.
Truls Mork (cello), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle (conductor)
WARNER CLASSICS 6158102 (9CD budget)
Recommendation on single disc:
ELGAR: Cello Concerto in E minor Op. 85
LUTOSLAWSKI: Cello Concerto
Pieter Wispelwey (cello), The Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Jac van Steen (conductor)
CHANNEL CCS12998 (CD)
Historic recommendation on single disc:
Elgar: Cello Concerto, Sea Pictures & Cockaigne Overture
ELGAR: Cockaigne Overture Op. 40 'In London Town'; Cello Concerto in E minor Op. 85; Sea Pictures Op. 37
Jacqueline du Pre (cello), London Symphony Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli (conductor)
EMI 6230752 (CD mid-price)
Historic recommendation as a collected edition:
Jacqueline du Pre: The Complete EMI Recordings
BACH; BEETHOVEN; BOCCHERINI; BRAHMS; BRITTEN; BRUCH; CHOPIN; COUPERIN, F; DELIUS; DVORAK; ELGAR; FALLA; FAURE; FRANCK, C; HANDEL; HAYDN; LALO; MENDELSSOHN; MONN; PARADIS; SAINT-SAENS;
SCHUMANN; STRAUSS, R; TCHAIKOVSKY.
Jacqueline du Pre (cello), London Symphony Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli (conductor)
EMI 0919342 (17CD budget)
New Releases
Richard Morrison joins Andrew to discuss recently released DVDs of orchestral works by Bruckner and Beethoven.
George Szell conducts The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 3 in D minor ‘Wagner Symphony'
MOZART: Serenade No. 13 in G major, K525 'Eine kleine Nachtmusik'
WALTON: Variations on a Theme by Hindemith
Wiener Philharmoniker, George Szell (conductor)
VAI DVDVAI4566 (DVD Video)
Bruckner: The Mature Symphonies (Symphony No. 7)
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 7 in E Major
Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim (conductor)
ACCENTUS MUSIC ACC202177 (DVD Video) ACC102177 (Blu-Ray)
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 8 in C minor
Staatskapelle Dresden, Christian Thielemann (conductor)
C MAJOR 716108 (DVD Video) 715204 (Blu-Ray)
Claudio Abbado conducts Brahms, Schoenberg & Beethoven
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 3 in E flat major Op. 55 'Eroica'
BRAHMS: Tragic Overture Op. 81
SCHOENBERG: Lied der Waldtaube (from Gurrelieder); Orchestral Interlude (from Gurrelieder)
Mihoko Fujimura (alto), The Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Claudio Abbado (conductor)
ACCENTUS MUSIC ACC20282 (DVD Video) ACC10282 (Blu-Ray)
11.00am
Quartet no. 12 in F major Op.96 (American) for strings
Performers: Cypress String Quartet
Composers: Antonin Dvorak (1841 - 1904)
Album Title: AVIE : AV-2304
Sketches on Indian themes: no.2
Performers: Cypress String Quartet
Composers: Charles Tomlinson Griffes
Album Title: AVIE : AV-2304
A Stopwatch and an ordnance map Op.15 for male voices, brass and timpani
Performers: Stuttgart SWR Vocal Ensemble, Marcus Creed
Composers: Samuel Barber (1910 - 1981)
Album Title: HANSSLER CLASSIC : CD-93.306
Missa brevis for chorus, organ and percussion
Performers: Stuttgart SWR Vocal Ensemble, Marcus Creed
Composers: Leonard Bernstein (1918 - 1990)
Album Title: HANSSLER CLASSIC : CD-93.306
Capriccio for cello and piano [1946]
Performers: Zuill Bailey (cello), Lara Downes (piano)
Composers: Lukas Foss (1922 - 2009)
Album Title: STEINWAY & SONS : 30025
Serenade [after Plato's "The symposium"] for violin, string orch, harp and percussion
Performers: Tai Murray (violin), Poitou-Charentes Orchestra, Jean-Francois Heisser
Composers: Leonard Bernstein (1918 - 1990)
Album Title: MIRARE : MIR-244
City noir for orchestra
Performers: Timothy Mcallister, St Louis S O, David Robertson
Composers: John Adams (1947)
Album Title: NONESUCH : 7559-795644
Voices from the Heartland: no.7 - Beulah Land
Performers: Ann Crumb (soprano), Orchestra 2001, James Freeman
Composers: George Crumb
Album Title: BRIDGE : 9413
An Amerikaner in Danmark (opening)
Performers: Odense S O, Henrik Vagn Christensen
Composers: Andy Pape (1955)
Album Title: DA CAPO : 6.220567 (hybrid SACD)
Disc of the Week
Prokofiev: Violin Sonatas & Five Melodies
PROKOFIEV: Violin Sonata No. 1 in F minor Op. 80; Five Melodies for Violin and Piano Op. 35b; Violin Sonata No. 2 in D major Op. 94a
Alina Ibragimova (violin), Steven Osborne (piano)
HYPERION CDA67514 (CD mid-price)
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