Building a Library: Vivaldi's The Four Seasons
With Andrew McGregor. Including Building a Library: Vivaldi's The Four Seasons; Sarah Walker dicusses recordings of Liszt and Liszt-based piano recitals; Disc of the Week.
with Andrew McGregor
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Building a Library: Mahan Esfahani comes up with a personal recommendation for Vivaldi's The Four Seasons from among available versions.
Pity Vivaldi's The Four Seasons, debased as Muzak in lifts and shopping malls; the infuriating hold music as one waits for an elusive human being on the other end of a phone line; hacked through in second-rate performances. So it's easy to forget the true musical worth of this charming and often thrilling set of violin concertos which graphically depict rustic scenes set in the Italian countryside. In fact, after two centuries of neglect, the Four Seasons was largely responsible for the post-War Vivaldi revival and became a 'must-record' for seemingly any and every violinist. The hundreds of recordings spanning over seven decades represent not only a who's who of violinists but also a fascinating record of changing fashion in performance styles.
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Sarah Walker reviews recent and soon-to-be-released recordings of Liszt and Liszt-based piano recitals from some of today's most exciting players including Kirill Gerstein and Daniil Trifonov.
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Disc of the Week: Andrew makes a personal choice from among the latest outstanding releases.
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Johan Halvorsen
Passacaglia on a Theme of Handel
Performer: Julia Fischer. Performer: Daniel M眉ller鈥怱chott. -
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Trio in G Major, K.564 (iii. Allegretto)
Ensemble: Rautio Piano Trio.- Resonus Classics RES 10168.
- Resonus Classics.
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Fr茅d茅ric Chopin
Mazurka in A minor Op. 17 No. 4
Performer: Pavel Kolesnikov.- Hyperion CDA68137.
- Hyperion.
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Tommy Smith
Jacobite (iii. 1745)
- Spartacus Records STS022.
- Spartacus Records.
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Reynaldo Hahn
Trois Jours de Vendange
Singer: V茅ronique Gens. Performer: Susan Manoff.- Alpha 215.
- Alpha.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Popoli Di Tessaglia (K.316)
Singer: Sabine Devieilhe. Ensemble: Ensemble Baroque Pygmalion. Conductor: Rapha毛l Pichon.- Erato : 0825646016259.
- Erato.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Goldberg Variations Bwv.988
Performer: Igor Levit.- Sony Classical 88875060962.
- Sony Classical.
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Benjamin Britten
A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64
Orchestra: English Opera Group. Conductor: Benjamin Britten. Singer: Alfred Deller. Singer: Jennifer Vyvyan. Singer: Peter Pears.- TESTAMENT: SBT2 1515.
- Testament.
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9.00am
Duo Sessions: Julia Fischer & Daniel Muller-Schott
HALVORSEN: Passacaglia for Violin & Cello/Viola (after Handel)
KODALY: Duo for Violin and Cello Op. 7
RAVEL: Sonata for Violin & Cello
SCHULHOFF: Duo for violin & cello
Julia Fischer (violin), Daniel Muller-Schott (cello)
ORFEO C902161A (CD)
Mozart: Piano Trios, KV 502, 542 & 564
MOZART: Piano Trio No. 3 in B flat major, K502; Piano Trio No. 4 in E major K542; Piano Trio No. 6 in G major K564
Rautio Piano Trio (on period instruments): Jane Gordon (violin), Adi Tal (cello), Jan Rautio (fortepiano)
RESONUS CLASSICS RES10168 (CD)
Chopin: Mazurkas
CHOPIN: Mazurka No. 31 in A flat major Op. 50 No. 2; Mazurka No. 34 in C major Op. 56 No. 2; Mazurka No. 11 in E minor Op. 17 No. 2; Mazurka No. 12 in A flat major Op.17 No.3; Mazurka No. 38 in F sharp minor Op. 59 No. 3; Mazurka No. 33 in B major Op. 56 No. 1; Mazurka No. 47 in A minor Op. 68 No. 2; Mazurka No. 14 in G minor Op. 24 No. 1; Mazurka No. 13 in A minor Op. 17 No. 4; Mazurka No. 17 in B flat minor Op. 24 No. 4; Mazurka No. 56 in B flat major, K.IIa/3; Mazurka No. 10 in B flat major Op. 17 No. 1; Mazurka No. 24 in C major Op. 33 No. 3; Mazurka No. 16 in A flat major Op. 24 No. 3; Mazurka No. 26 in C sharp minor Op. 41 No. 1; Mazurka No. 19 in B minor Op. 30 No. 2; Mazurka No. 32 in C sharp minor Op. 50 No. 3; Mazurka No. 15 in C major Op. 24 No. 2; Mazurka in A minor KKIIb/5; Mazurka No. 1 in F sharp minor Op. 6 No. 1; Mazurka in A minor KKIIb/4; Mazurka No. 30 in G major Op. 50 No. 1; Mazurka No. 35 in C minor Op. 56 No. 3; Mazurka No. 37 in A flat major Op. 59 No. 2
Pavel Kolesnikov (piano)
HYPERION CDA68137 (CD)
Modern Jacobite
SMITH: Jacobite; RACHMANINOV arr. SMITH: Vocalise; COREA / SMITH: Children's Songs
Tommy Smith (tenor saxophone), 91热爆 Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Clark Rundell (conductor)
SPARTACUS RECORDS STS022 (CD)
9.30am Building a Library
Building a Library Recommendations
Top recommendation:
VIVALDI: Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione - 12 concerti Op. 8
Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi (conductor)
ERATO 5454652 (download)
Vivaldi Concertos
VIVALDI: Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione - 12 concerti Op. 8; L'estro armonico - 12 concerti Op. 3
Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi (conductor)
VIRGIN 6484082 (4CD)
Also available on Warner Classics as a 2 CD set (5099960250322) and a 4 CD set (5099964840826)
Other recordings:
Below is a shortlist of other recordings which Mahan Esfahani also liked, although we can鈥檛 guarantee the availability of these discs.
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
VIVALDI: The Four Seasons; Bassoon Concerto, RV 501 in B flat major 'La notte'; Bassoon Concerto, RV 496 in G minor; Concerto For Violin In Tromba Marina, Strings & Continuo In G, RV 311; Concerto For Violin In Tromba Marina, Strings & Continuo In D, RV 221
Peter Wheelan (bassoon), Adrian Chandler (director/violin), La Serenissima
AVIE AV2344 (CD)
Nigel Kennedy: The Four Seasons
VIVALDI: The Four Seasons
Nigel Kennedy (violin, director), English Chamber Orchestra
WARNER CLASSICS 2564628814 (CD)
10.20am Gramophone Awards
Neere: Hahn, Duparc and Chausson
CHAUSSON: 7 Melodies Op. 2; La chanson douce; Le temps des lilas
DUPARC: Chanson triste; Romance de Mignon; Phidyle; Au pays ou se fait la guerre; L'Invitation au voyage
HAHN, R: Le printemps; Trois jours de vendange; Quand je fus pris au pavillon; Le rossignol des lilas; A Chloris; Etudes Latines (extracts)
Veronique Gens (soprano), Susan Manoff (piano)
ALPHA ALPHA215 (CD)
Mozart 'The Weber Sisters'
MOZART: Les petits riens K299b - Overture; Variations (12) on 鈥楢h, vous dirai-je, Maman' in C major, K265; Dans un bois solitaire, K308; Vorrei spiegarvi, oh Dio! K418; Popoli di Tessaglia! - Io non chiedo, eterni Dei, K316; Nehmt meinen Dank, ihr holden Gonner!, concert aria K383; Adagio in F major, K410; Schon lacht der holde Fruhling, KV580; Der Holle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen (from Die Zauberflote); Thamos, Konig in Agypten, KV 345: entr'acte; Die Zauberflote (The Magic Flute), K. 620, Act II: March of the Priests; Solfeggio in G major, K393: No. 2; Et incarnatus est (from Great Mass in C minor)
Sabine Devieilhe (soprano), Pygmalion, Raphael Pichon (conductor)
ERATO 2564601625 (CD)
BEETHOVEN: Fidelio Op. 72
Christa Ludwig (Leonore), Jon Vickers (Florestan), Walter Berry (Don Pizarro), Gottlob Frick (Rocco), Ingeborg Hallstein (Marzelline), Gerhard Unger (Jaquino), Franz Crass (Don Fernando), Kurt Wehofschitz (First Prisoner), Raymond Wolansky (Second Prisoner), Philharmonia Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer (conductor)
WARNER CLASSICS 2564695614 (2CD)
Igor Levit plays Bach, Beethoven, Rzewski
BACH, J S: Goldberg Variations, BWV988
BEETHOVEN: Diabelli Variations Op. 120
RZEWSKI: The People United Will Never Be Defeated!
Igor Levit (piano)
SONY 88875060962 (3CD)
10.45am Sarah Walker on Liszt Piano Recitals
Sarah Walker reviews new recordings of Liszt and Liszt-based piano recitals from some of today's most exciting players including Kirill Gerstein and Daniil Trifonov.
Melvyn Tan: Master & Pupil
BEETHOVEN: Bagatelles (6) Op. 126; Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major Op. 109
CZERNY: Rode Variations Op. 23; Funeral march for Beethoven Op.146
LISZT: Piano Sonata in B minor, S178
Melvyn Tan (piano)
ONYX ONYX4156 (CD)
Liszt: Angelus
LISZT: O Roma nobilis, S506b; Zwei Transcriptionen uber Themen aus Mozarts Requiem, S550; Via Crucis, S504a; Totentanz, S525 for solo piano; Angelus! Priere aux anges gardiens (Annees de pelerinage III, S. 163 No. 1); Miserere, d'apres Palestrina (Harmonies poetiques et religieuses, S. 173 No. 8); Ave Maria fur die grosse Klavierschule von Lebert und Stark, S182/R67, "Die Glocken von Rom"; Ave Maria II in D flat major, S504/R193; Benediction de Dieu dans la solitude (Harmonies poetiques et religieuses, S. 173 No. 3); Legendes (2) for piano, S. 175; Pater noster (Harmonies poetiques et religieuses, S. 173 No. 5)
Irene Russo (piano)
BRILLIANT CLASSICS 95196BR (2CD)
Liszt: Complete Piano Music Volume 43
LISZT: Les Preludes, symphonic poem No. 3, S97; Orpheus, symphonic poem No. 4, S98; Kunstlerfestzug, S520ii; Von der Wiege bis zum Grabe, symphonic poem No. 13, S107; Zwei Episoden aus Lenaus Faust (piano solo): Der nachtliche Zug; Mephisto Waltz No. 1; Mephisto Waltz No. 2; Mephisto Waltz No. 3; Mephisto Waltz No. 4
Sergio Monteiro (piano)
NAXOS 8573485 (CD)
LISZT: Transcendental Studies, S139 Nos. 1-12
Kirill Gerstein (piano)
MYRIOS MYR019 (Hybrid SACD)
Transcendental: Daniil Trifonov plays Franz Liszt
LISZT: Transcendental Studies, S139 Nos. 1-12; Two Concert Studies, S145/R6: Gnomenreigen; Waldesrauschen; Three Concert Studies, S144/R5: Un lamento; La leggierezza; Un sospiro; Grandes Etudes de Paganini (6), S. 141
Daniil Trifonov (piano)
DG 4795529 (2CD)
11.45 Disc of the Week
Alfred Deller, Jennifer Vyvyan, Leonide Massine II, Kevin Platts, Robert McCutcheon
Barry Ferguson, Michael Bauer, George Maran, Thomas Hemsley, Marjorie Thomas
April Cantelo, Forbes Robinson, Johanna Peters, Owen Brannigan, Norman Lumsden
Peter Pears, David Kelly, Edward Byles, Joseph Ward, Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Benjamin Britten (conductor)
TESTAMENT SBT21515 (2CD)
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