Ten Pieces - Building a Library: Holst's The Planets
With Andrew McGregor. Including Ten Pieces - Building a Library: Holst's The Planets; recent baroque music releases; Disc of the Week: Haydn: Piano Concertos.
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Holst: The Planets
Duration: 47:35
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Nicola Porpora
Gia si desta la tempesta from Didone abbandonata
Ensemble: Academia Montis Regalis. Singer: Franco Fagioli. Conductor: Alessandro De Marchi.- NAIVE : V-5369.
- NAIVE.
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Herbert Howells
O mortal man
Choir: Birmingham Conservatoire Chamber Choir. Conductor: Paul Spicer. Performer: Jonathan Stamp.- SOMM : SOMMCD-0140.
- SOMM.
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Aaron Copland
Sonata for violin and piano
Performer: James Ehnes. Performer: Orion Weiss.- ONYX CLASSICS : ONYX-4129.
- ONYX CLASSICS.
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William Byrd
Agnus Dei (Mass for 5 voices)
Performer: Martin Allen. Choir: Westminster Cathedral Choir.- Hyperion CDA 68038.
- Hyperion.
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Sergey Prokofiev
Romeo and Juliet - suite no. 2 Op.64b
Conductor: Riccardo Muti. Orchestra: Chicago S O..- CSO-Resound : CSOR-901-1402.
- CSO-Resound.
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Arvo Pärt
Virgencita
Conductor: Stephen Layton. Choir: Polyphony.- HYPERION : CDA-68056.
- HYPERION.
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Domenico Scarlatti
Stabat Mater a dieci voce
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Joseph Haydn
Concerto in D major H.18.11 for keyboard and orchestra
Conductor: Gábor Takács‐Nagy. Orchestra: Manchester Camerata. Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.- CHANDOS : CHAN-10808.
- CHANDOS.
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Joseph Haydn
Concerto in F major H.18.3 for keyboard and orchestra
Conductor: Gábor Takács‐Nagy. Orchestra: Manchester Camerata. Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.- CHANDOS : CHAN-10808.
- CHANDOS.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
A Cambridge Mass: Credo (opening)
Choir: The Bach Choir. Orchestra: The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra. Conductor: Alan Tongue.- ALBION : ALBCD-020.
- ALBION.
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9.00am
Romeo and Juliet - suite Op.64
Performers: Chicago S O., Riccardo Muti
Composers: Sergey Prokofiev (1891 - 1953)
Album Title: CSO-Resound : CSOR-901-1402
Gia si desta la tempesta from Didone abbandonata
Performers: Franco Fagioli (counter tenor), Academia Montis Regalis, Alessandro de Marchi
Composers: Nicola Porpora
Album Title: NAIVE : V-5369
Sonata for violin and piano
Performers: James Ehnes (violin), Orion Weiss (piano)
Composers: Aaron Copland (1900 - 1990)
Album Title: ONYX CLASSICS : ONYX-4129
Building a Library
David Owen-Norris compares recordings of Holst’s Planets and makes a recommendation:
Paavo Jarvi conducts Holst & Britten
BRITTEN: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra Op. 34
HOLST: The Planets Op. 32
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Jarvi (conductor)
TELARC CD80743 (CD)
New Releases
Andrew is joined live in the studio by a panel of Early Music enthusiasts in the shape of Caroline Gill & Simon Heighes to discuss recent releases of baroque music including a 30th anniversary disc from Concerto Italiano and the final release under Jeanne Lamon as Music Director of Tafelmusik.
Trent’anni a Roma
BENCINI: Magnificat a 8 voci: Quia fecit mihi magna
GESUALDO: Asciugate i begli occhi
HANDEL: Sinfonia Act 1 (Alessandro)
LUZZASCHI: Ahi cruda sorte mia
MARENZIO: Cruda Amarilli
MONTE, P: Di mie dogliose note
MONTEVERDI: Toccata (L'Orfeo); Damigella tutta bella; Cruda Amarilli (Book 5)
SCARLATTI, A: Agnus Dei
Rinaldo Alessandrini (solo harpsichord), Sandrine Piau (soprano), Sara Mingardo (contralto), Concerto Italiano
NAIVE OP30563 (CD mid-price)
Baroque Virtuoso
BACH: Concerto for 2 violins in D minor, BMV 1043
GEMINIANI: Concerto grosso in C Major after Corelli, op.5, no.3
SCHMELZER: Sonata 3, from Sonatae unarum fidium
BIBER: Partia V, from Harmonia articioso-ariosa
GEMINIANI: Concerto grosso in D minor, op.2, no.3
VIVALDO: Concerto for Violin in G minor, op.8, no.2 “Summer” from the Four Season
BACH: Suite in A minor for violin and strings, after BWV 1067
Jeanne Lamon (violin)
TAFELMUSIK TMK1026CD (CD)
Buxtehude - Vocal Works 9
BUXTEHUDE: Cantata BuxWV 104: Was frag ich nach der Welt; Salve, Jesu, Patris gnate unigenite BuxWV94; Welt, packe dich BuxWV 106; Was mich auf dieserWelt betrubt, BuxWV 105; Pange lingua gloriosi BuxWV91; Accedite gentes BuxWV1; Furchtet euch nicht, siehe ich verkundige euch grosse Freude BuxWV 30; Ich habe Lust abzuscheiden BuxWV 46; Schaffe in mir, Gott, BuxWV 95; O dulcis Jesu, BuxWV 83
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, Amsterdam Baroque Choir, Ton Koopman (conductor)
CHALLENGE CLASSICS CC72258 (CD)
BACH, J S: Trio Sonatas Nos. 1-6, BWV525-530
Tempesta di Mare Chamber Players, Philadelphia Baroque Orchestra
CHANDOS CHAN0803 (CD)
11.20am
Mass for 5 voices
Performers: Westminster Cathedral Choir, MartinBaker
Composers: William Byrd (1543 - 1623)
Album Title: Hyperion CDA 68038
O mortal man
Performers: Birmingham Conservatoire Chamber Choir, Jonathan Stamp (organ), Paul Spicer
Composers: Herbert Howells
Album Title: SOMM : SOMMCD-0140
A Cambridge Mass: Credo (opening)
Performers: Bach Choir., New Queen's Hall Orchestra, ALAN Tongue
Composers: RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Album Title: ALBION : ALBCD-020
Autumn (Stanzas by Pushkin)
Performers: Aleksander Antonenko (tenor), Latvian Radio Chorus, Sigvards Klava
Composers: Yuri Falik
Album Title: ONDINE : ODE 1226-2
Virgencita
Performers: Polyphony, Stephen Layton
Composers: Arvo Part
Album Title: HYPERION : CDA-68056
Disc of the Week
Haydn: Piano Concertos
HAYDN: Keyboard Concerto No. 3 in F major with French horns and strings, Hob.XVIII:3; Keyboard Concerto No. 4 in G major, Hob.XVIII:4; Keyboard Concerto No. 11 in D major, HobXVIII:11
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano), Manchester Camerata, Gabor Takacs-Nagy (conductor)
CHANDOS CHAN10808 (CD)
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- Sat 27 Sep 2014 09:0091ȱ Radio 3
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