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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.

3 hours, 12 minutes

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Music Played

  • John Adams

    City noir for orchestra

    Performer: Timothy McAllister. Orchestra: St Louis S O. Conductor: David Robertson.
    • NONESUCH : 7559-795644.
    • NONESUCH.
    • 3.
  • Alma Mahler-Werfel

    Laue Sommernacht - 5 Songs for voice and piano [1910]

    Singer: Karen Cargill. Performer: Simon Lepper.
    • LINN : CKD-453.
    • LINN.
    • 3.
  • Richard Strauss

    Sonatina no. 1 in F major for 16 winds

    Ensemble: Armonia Ensemble.
    • BERLIN CLASSICS : 0300576-BC.
    • BERLIN CLASSICS.
    • 2.
  • Lukas Foss

    Capriccio for cello and piano [1946]

    Performer: Zuill Bailey. Performer: Lara Downes.
    • STEINWAY & SONS : 30025.
    • STEINWAY & SONS.
    • 9.
  • 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.
    • 14.
  • Christoph Willibald Gluck

    Oggi per me non sudi(La Contesa de' numi)

    Singer: Daniel Behle. Orchestra: Armonia Atenea. Conductor: George Petrou.
    • DECCA : 478-6758.
    • DECCA.
    • 7.
  • 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.
    • 1.
  • Gustav Mahler

    Um Mitternacht - 5 Ruckert-Lieder vers. for voice and piano

    Singer: Karen Cargill. Performer: Simon Lepper.
    • LINN : CKD-453.
    • LINN.
    • 9.
  • George Crumb

    Voices from the Heartland: no.7 - Beulah Land

    Singer: Ann Crumb. Orchestra: Orchestra 2001. Conductor: James Freeman.
    • BRIDGE : 9413.
    • BRIDGE.
    • 12.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Quartet no. 12 in F major Op.96 (American) for strings

    Ensemble: Cypress String Quartet.
    • AVIE : AV-2304.
    • AVIE.
    • 3.
  • Charles Tomlinson Griffes

    Sketches on Indian themes: no.2

    Ensemble: Cypress String Quartet.
    • AVIE : AV-2304.
    • AVIE.
    • 6.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Sonata in D major H.16.51 for piano

    Performer: Gottlieb Wallisch.
    • LINN : CKD-464.
    • LINN.
    • 4.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Sonata no. 1 in F minor Op.80 for violin and piano

    Performer: Alina Ibragimova. Performer: Steven Osborne.
    • HYPERION : CDA-67514.
    • HYPERION.
    • 1.
  • Andy Pape

    An Amerikaner in Danmark (opening)

    Orchestra: Odense Symfoniorkester.
    • DA CAPO : 6.220567.
    • DA CAPO.
    • 1.

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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  • Sat 21 Jun 2014 09:00

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