Building a Library: Mozart: Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail
With Andrew McGregor. Including Building a Library: Mozart: Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail; recent Rameau releases; Disc of the Week: Nelson Freire: Radio Days.
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Mozart: Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail
Duration: 47:06
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Alfonso X el Sabio
Saltarello [Cantigas de Santa Maria no.77-119]
Performer: Pedro Estevan. -
Frédéric Chopin
Preludes Op.28 for piano No.s 3 and 4
Performer: Nelson Freire. -
Franz Liszt
Sonata in B minor S.178 for piano
Performer: Nelson Freire. -
Franz Liszt
Concerto no. 2 in A major S.125 for piano and orchestra
Performer: Nelson Freire. -
Robert Schumann
Carnaval - scenes mignonnes sur quatre notes Op.9 for piano
Performer: Nelson Freire. -
Antonio Vivaldi
Filiae mestae - motet in C minor RV.638 for countertenor and orchestra
Director: Philippe Jaroussky. Ensemble: Ensemble Artaserse. -
Jean‐Baptiste Lully
Amadis - opera LWV.63
Orchestra: Les Talens Lyriques. Conductor: Christophe Rousset. -
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Concerto no. 1 in B flat minor Op.23 for piano and orchestra
Orchestra: Munich Philharmonic. Performer: Nelson Freire. Conductor: Rudolf Kempe. -
Robert Schumann
Concerto in A minor Op.54 for piano and orchestra
Orchestra: Munich Philharmonic Orchestra. Performer: Nelson Freire. Conductor: Rudolf Kempe. -
John Luther Adams
Become Ocean (opening)
Orchestra: Seattle Symphony. Conductor: Ludovic Morlot. -
Sheryngham
Ah, gentill Jhesu for 4 voices
Ensemble: The Hilliard Ensemble.
9.00am
Amadis - opera LWV.63
Performers: Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset
Composers: Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632 - 1687)
Album Title: APARTE : AP-094
Filiae mestae - motet in C minor RV.638 for countertenor and orchestra
Performers: Ensemble Artaserse, Philippe Jaroussky (counter-tenor and director)
Composers: Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741)
Album Title: ERATO : 082564-6257508
A gentill Jhesu for 4 voices [Fayrfax MS,GB-Lbm Add.5465]
Performers: Hilliard Ensemble
Composers: Sheryngham
Album Title: ECM : 481-1106
Saltarello [Cantigas de Santa Maria no.77-119]
Performers: Jordi Savall (rebec), Pedro Estevan (percussion)
Composers: Alfonso X
Album Title: ALIA VOX : AVSA-9907
Building a Library
Berta Joncus compares recordings of Mozart’ opera Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail and makes a recommendation:
MOZART: Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail, K384
Christine Schafer (Konstanze), Ian Bostridge (Belmonte), Alan Ewing (Osmin), Patricia Petibon (Blonde), Iain Paton (Pedrillo), Jurg Low (Bassa Selim), Les Arts Florissants, William Christie (conductor)
ERATO 2564659884 (2CD mid-price)
10.20am
Become Ocean (opening)
Performers: Seattle Symphony, Ludovic Morlot
Composers: John Luther Adams
Album Title: CANTALOUPE : CA-21101
Rameau Anniversary Recordings
The harpsichordist Sophie Yates talks to Andrew about recent releases of music by Jean-Philippe Rameau in this anniversary year including a box set from the man who arguably awoke the world to the genius of Rameau, William Christie, and conductors who cut their teeth in his ensemble Les Arts Florissants, Hervé Niquet and Hugo Reyne.
Jean Gilles: Rameau's Funeral (Paris 27 IX 1764)
Judith Van Wanroij (soprano), Robert Getchell (counter tenor), Juan Sancho (tenor), Lisandro Abadie (bass), Capriccio Stravagante Les 24 Violons, Collegium Vocale Gent, Skip Sempe (conductor)
PARADIZO PA0013 (CD)
Rameau: Les Indes galantes, Castor & Pollux (complete operas)
RAMEAU: Les Indes Galantes; Castor & Pollux; Pygmalion; Nelee et Myrthis
Claron McFadden (Hebe, Zima), Sandrine Piau (Zaire), Isabelle Poulenard (L'Amour, Phani), Noemi Rime (Fatime), Miriam Ruggeri (Emilie), Howard Crook (Valere/Damon), Jean-Paul Fouchecourt (Don Carlos/Tacmas), Jerome Correas (Bellone/Ali), Bernard Deletre (Huascar/Don Alvar), Nicolas Rivenq (Osman/Adario), Howard Crook (Castor), Jerome Correas (Pollux), Agnes Mellon (Telaire), Veronique Gens (Phebe), Rene Schirrer (Mars/Jupiter), Sandrine Piau (Venus), Mark Padmore (L'Amour), Mark Padmore (Grand Pretre de Jupiter), Claire Brua (Minerva), Les Arts Florissants, William Christie (conductor)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMX2908700/09 (10CD budget)
RAMEAU: Hippolyte et Aricie
Ed Lyon (Hippolytus), Christiane Karg (Aricia), Sarah Connolly (Phaedre), Stephane Degout (Theseus), Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, The Glyndebourne Chorus, William Christie (conductor) (conductor), Jonathan Kent (director)
OPUS ARTE OA1143D (2DVD Video)
RAMEAU: Les Fetes de l'Hymen et de l'Amour, ou Les Dieux d'Egypte
Carolyn Sampson, Chantal Santon-Jeffery, Blandine Staskiewicz (sopranos), Jennifer Borghi (alto), Reinoud Van Mechelen, Mathias Vidal (countertenors), Tassis Christoyannis, Alain Buet (basses), Le Concert Spirituel, Herve Niquet (conductor)
GLOSSA GCD921629 (2CD mid-price)
Rameau & Handel: Dom Bedos
HANDEL: Organ Concerto No. 10 in D minor, HWV309 Op. 7 No. 4; Organ Concerto No. 4 in F major, HWV292 Op. 4 No. 4; Organ Concerto No. 1 in G minor, HWV289 Op. 4 No. 1
RAMEAU: Pieces de clavecin en concerts: Troisieme concert; Concert No. 4 in B flat major; Hippolyte et Aricie: Ritournelle
Paul Goussot (organ Dom Bedos / Quoirin 1748), Ensemble Zais, Benoit Babel
PARATY PTY714127 (CD)
RAMEAU: Les Indes Galantes
Valerie Gabail (Amour, Phani, Fatime, Zima), Stephanie Revidat (Hebe, Emilie, Zaire), Reinoud Van Mechelen (Carlos, Damon), Francois-Nicolas Geslot (Valere, Tacmas), Aimery Lefevre (Bellone, Osman, Huascar, Ali, Adario), Sydney Fierro (Alvar), Le Choeur du Marais, La Simphonie du Marais, Hugo Reyne (conductor)
MUSIQUES A LA CHABOTTERIE 605013 (3CD budget)
Nelson Freire Reissues
Concerto no. 1 in B flat minor Op.23 for piano and orchestra
Performers: Nelson Freire (piano), Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, Rudolf Kempe
Composers: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893)
Album Title: SONY CLASSICAL : 88875-002282
Concerto in A minor Op.54 for piano and orchestra
Performers: Nelson Freire (piano), Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, Rudolf Kempe
Composers: Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856)
Album Title: SONY CLASSICAL : 88875-002282
Carnaval - scenes mignonnes sur quatre notes Op.9 for piano
Performers: Nelson Freire
Composers: Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856)
Album Title: SONY CLASSICAL : 88875-002282
Preludes Op.28 for piano no.s 3 and 4
Performers: Nelson Freire
Composers: Fryderyk Chopin (1810 - 1849)
Album Title: SONY CLASSICAL : 88875-002282
Sonata in B minor S.178 for piano
Performers: Nelson Freire
Composers: Franz Liszt (1811 - 1886)
Album Title: SONY CLASSICAL : 88875-002282
Etude for piano no. 5 in G flat Op.10 no. 5
Performers: Nelson Freire
Composers: Fryderyk Chopin (1810 - 1849)
Album Title: SONY CLASSICAL : 88875-002282
Disc of the Week
Nelson Freire: Radio Days
CHOPIN: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor Op. 11
LISZT: Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major, S125
PROKOFIEV: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D flat major Op. 10
RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor Op. 30
SCHUMANN: Introduction and Allegro Op. 134
TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor Op. 23
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Reinhard Peters, Eleazar de Carvalho, Yuri Ahronovitch (conductor), Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, David Zinman (conductor), Orchestre Philharmonique de l'ORTF, Kurt Masur (conductor), Nelson Freire (piano)
DECCA 4786772 (2CD budget)
Broadcast
- Sat 18 Oct 2014 09:0091ȱ Radio 3
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