Building a Library: Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10
With Andrew McGregor. Including Building a Library: Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10; new operatic releases; Disc of the Week: Steven Osborne: Medtner/Rachmaninov - Sonatas.
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Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10
Duration: 51:52
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Richard Blackford
The Great Animal Orchestra - Symphony for Orchestra and Wild Soundscapes
Performer: 91ȱ National Orchestra of Wales.- NIMBUS : NI-6274.
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Claude Debussy
Sonata in D minor for cello and piano
Performer: Alain Meunier. Performer: Anne Le Bozec.- EDITIONS HORTUS : HORTUS 704.
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Johann Joseph Fux
Il mese di Marzo consacrato a Marte: Non Sdegnar (aria)
Singer: Hana Blažíková. Ensemble: Ensemble tourbillon. Conductor: Petr Wagner.- ACCENT : ACC-24284.
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Leos Janáček
Sinfonietta
Performer: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra.- CHANDOS : CHSA-5142.
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Tobias Hume
The Lady Canes delight - an Almaine
Ensemble: Les Basses Réunies. Performer: Guido Balestracci.- ALPHA : 197.
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Albéric Magnard
Sonata in A major Op. 20 for Cello and Piano
Performer: Philippe Guilhon-herbert. Performer: Alain Meunier.- EDITIONS HORTUS: HORTUS-701.
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Sergey Rachmaninov
Sonata no. 2 in B flat minor Op.36 for piano
Performer: Steven Osborne.- HYPERION : CDA-67936.
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Igor Stravinsky
The Rite of Spring, arr. for piano duet or 2 pianos
Performer: Jean-Sébastien Dureau. Performer: Vincent Planes.- EDITIONS HORTUS : HORTUS-702.
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Performers: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner
Composers: Leos Janacek (1854 - 1928)
Album Title: CHANDOS : CHSA-5142
The Great animal orchestra - symphony for orchestra and wild soundscapes
Performers: 91ȱ National Orchestra of Wales, Martyn Brabbins
Composers: Richard Blackford (1954)
Album Title: NIMBUS : NI-6274
The Lady Canes delight - an almaine
Performers: Guido Balestracci (lyra viol), Les Basses Reunies, Bruno Cocset
Composers: Tobias Hume
Album Title: ALPHA : 197
Non Sdegnar (aria, Il mese di Marzo consacrato a Marte)
Performers: Hana Blazikova (soprano), Tourbillon Ensemble, Petr Wagner
Composers: Johann Joseph Fux
Building a Library
Stephen Johnson compares recordings of Shostakovich’s 10th Symphony and makes a recommendation:
SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 10 in E minor Op. 93; Ballet Suite No. 4 (1953)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi (conductor)
CHANDOS CHAN8630 (CD)
New Releases
Andrew discusses new operatic releases with Flora Willson including Verdi's barn-storming early opera Giovanna d’Arco, Rossini's underrated Maometto Secondo, which contains some of his best music, Meyerbeer's powerful Vasco de Gama and a rarity by Simon Mayr - Ginevra di Scozia
MAYR: Ginevra di Scozia
Myrto Papatanasiu (Ginevra), Magdalena Hinterdobler (Dalinda), Anna Bonitatibus (Ariodante), Stefanie Iranyi (Lurcanio), Mario Zeffiri (Polinesso), Munchner Rundfunkorchester, George Petrou (conductor)
OEHMS OC960 (3CD)
ROSSINI: Maometto Secondo
Paul Nilon (Erisso), Sian Davies (Anna), Darren Jeffery (Maometto, Sultan of the Turks), Caitlin Hulcup (Calbo), Christopher Diffey (Condulmierol), Richard Dowling (Selimo), Garsington Opera Orchestra and Chorus, David Parry (conductor)
AVIE AV2312 (3CD mid-price)
VERDI: Giovanna d'Arco
Anna Netrebko (Giovanna d’Arco), Placido Domingo (Giacomo), Francesco Meli (Carlo VII), Roberto Tagliavini (Talbot), Johannes Dunz (Delil), Philharmonia Chor Wien, Munchner Rundfunkorchester, Paolo Carignani
DG 4792712 (2CD mid-price)
MEYERBEER: Vasco de Gama (original version of L'Africaine)
Guibee Yang (soprano), Martin Gabler (bass), Kouta Rasanen (bass), Rolf Broman (bass), Bernhard Berchtold (tenor), Anton Reimer (tenor), Pierre-Yves Pruvot (bass), Claudia Sorokina (soprano), Tiina Penttinen (mezzo-soprano), Thomas Frob (tenor), Thomas Seidel (tenor), Bjorn Werner (bass), Stefan Kringel (bass), Tommaso Randazzo (tenor), Robert Schumann Philharmonie, Chor der Oper Chemnitz, Frank Beermann (conductor)
CPO 7778282 (4CD)
Sonata in A major Op.20 for cello and piano
Performers: Alain Meunier (cello), Philippe Guilhon-Herbert (piano)
Composers: Alberic Magnard (1865 - 1914)
Album Title: EDITIONS HORTUS: HORTUS-701
The Rite of Spring, arr. for piano duet or 2 pianos
Performers: Jean-Sébastien Dureau, Vincent Planes (Pleyel vis-vis piano)
Composers: Igor Stravinsky (1882 - 1971)
Album Title: EDITIONS HORTUS : HORTUS-702
Sonata in D minor for cello and piano
Performers: Alain Meunier (cello), Anne Le Bozec (Bechstein 1888)
Composers: Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918)
Album Title: EDITIONS HORTUS : HORTUS 704
11.15am
Sonata in A major Op.20 for cello and piano
Performers: Alain Meunier (cello), Philippe Guilhon-Herbert (piano)
Composers: Alberic Magnard (1865 - 1914)
Album Title: EDITIONS HORTUS: HORTUS-701
The Rite of Spring, arr. for piano duet or 2 pianos
Performers: Jean-Sébastien Dureau, Vincent Planes (Pleyel vis-vis piano)
Composers: Igor Stravinsky (1882 - 1971)
Album Title: EDITIONS HORTUS : HORTUS-702
Sonata in D minor for cello and piano
Performers: Alain Meunier (cello), Anne Le Bozec (Bechstein 1888)
Composers: Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918)
Album Title: EDITIONS HORTUS : HORTUS 704
Disc of the Week
Medtner & Rachmaninov: Piano Sonatas
MEDTNER: Skazki (Fairy Tales) Op. 20; Sonata romantica in B flat minor Op. 53 No. 1
RACHMANINOV: Variations on a theme of Corelli Op. 42; Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor Op. 36
Steven Osborne (piano)
HYPERION CDA67936 (CD mid-price)
Broadcast
- Sat 11 Oct 2014 09:0091ȱ Radio 3
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