Andrew McGregor with Marina Frolova-Walker and Caroline Gill
With McGregor. Includes Building a Library: Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No 3; Caroline Gill reviews new releases marking the 500th anniversary of the Reformation; Disc of the Week.
with Andrew McGregor.
0930
Building a Library: Marina Frolova-Walker recommends a version of Sergei Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 3, one of the most engaging examples of Prokofiev's trademark combination of edgy brilliance and unabashed lyricism. Prokofiev was not only the soloist at its 1921 Chicago premiere but also the first to record it (in 1932) and it has since become his most popular concerto, recorded by some of the greatest pianists of this and the last century.
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As part of 'Breaking Free: Martin Luther's Revolution' Caroline Gill reviews recent releases prompted by the 500th anniversary of Luther nailing his 95 Theses to the door of Wittenburg Church.
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Andrew chooses an outstanding new release as his Disc of the Week.
Last on
Breaking Free – Martin Luther's Revolution
91Èȱ¬ Radio 3's exploration of the Reformation and its consequences.
Music Played
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John Philip Sousa
The Washington Post
Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Kristjan Järvi.- Chandos : CHSA 5182.
- Chandos.
- 1.
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John Philip Sousa
Nymphalin
Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Kristjan Järvi.- Chandos : CHSA 5182.
- Chandos.
- 8.
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Franz Schmidt
Symphony No. 2 In E Flat Major, i. Lebhaft
Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Semyon Bychkov.- Sony : 88985355522.
- Sony.
- 1.
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Georg Philipp Telemann
Concerto in D TWV 54:D2 ii & iii
Performer: Georg Kallweit. Ensemble: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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Robert Schumann
Adagio and Allegro in A flat major Op.70
Performer: Alec Frank-Gemmill. Performer: Alasdair Beatson.- BIS : BIS-2228 SACD.
- BIS.
- 4-5.
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Richard Strauss
Concerto No. 1 In E Flat Major Op.11 For Horn And Orchestra
Performer: Peter Damm. Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden. Conductor: Heinz Rögner.- Berlin Classics : 0300930BC.
- Berlin Classics.
- 4.
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Joseph Haydn
Quartet In B Flat Major Op.76`4 (Sunrise) For Strings, iv. Finale
Ensemble: Robert Schumann Quartet.- Berlin Classics : 0300836BC.
- Berlin Classics.
- 4.
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Toru Takemitsu
Landscape I
Ensemble: Schumann Quartett.- BERLIN CLASSICS.
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Pavel Haas
Fata Morgana Op. 6, Part 1 No. 1
Performer: Lada Valesova. Singer: Nicky Spence. Ensemble: Navarra String Quartet.- Resonus Classics.
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Richard Wagner
Lohengrin (Act 2 Scenes 4 & 5)
Performer: Yevgeny Nikitin. Singer: Klaus Florian Vogt. Singer: Camilla Nylund. Singer: Katarina Dalayman. Singer: Falk Struckmann. Choir: Groot Omroepkoor. Choir: Chorus Of Dutch National Opera. Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder.- RCO Live : RCO17002.
- RCO Live.
- 8-12.
9am
A
Sousa Celebration
SOUSA:
Washington Post; Sandalphon Waltzes; The Irish Dragoon: Overture; The Irish
Dragoon: Circus Galop; The Thunderer; Humoresque of George Gershwin's Swanee;
The Invincible Eagle; Nymphalin; On the wings of lightening; Humoresque on
Kern’s Look for the Silver Lining; Semper Fidelis; The Dwellers of the Western
World: Suite; The Liberty Bell; El Capitan: waltzes; El Capitan March; The
Gliding Girl: Tango; The Stars and Stripes Forever
Royal
Scottish National Orchestra, Kristjan Jarvi (conductor)
CHANDOS
CHSA5182 (Hybrid SACD)
Schmidt:
Symphony No. 2 & Strauss: Dreaming by the Fireside
SCHMIDT,
F: Symphony No. 2 in E flat major
STRAUSS,
R: Traumerei am Kamin (from Intermezzo)
Wiener
Philharmoniker, Semyon Bychkov (conductor)
SONY
88985355522 (CD)
Telemann:
Concerti per multi stromenti
TELEMANN:
Concerto TWV 54:D3 in D major for 3 trumpets, 2 oboes, timpani, strings &
b.c.; Concerto TWV 53:h1 in B minor for 2 flutes, bassoon, strings & b.c.;
Septet (Concerto) TWV 44:43 in B flat major for 3 oboes, 3 violins & b.c.;
Sonata in F minor, TWV44:32; Concerto TWV 53:F1 in F major for 3 violins,
strings & b.c.; Concerto TWV 53:D1 in D major for 2 flutes, bassoon/lute,
strings & b.c.; Concerto TWV 54:D2 in D major for 3 horns, violin, strings
& b.c.; Quartet TWV 43:G5 (Concerto) in G major for flute, violin, viola
& b.c. I. Adagio
Akademie
fur Alte Musik Berlin
HARMONIA
MUNDI HMM902261 (CD)
9.30am – Building a Library
Building a Library: a weekly look at a piece of music, a comparison of the available recordings, and a recommendation.
Composer: Sergei Prokofiev
Piece: Piano Concerto No. 3
Reviewer: Marina Frolova-Walker
Building a Library: Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 3
Recommended
recording:
PROKOFIEV: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 - 5 (Complete)
Vladimir Krainev
(piano), The Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Dmitri Kitayenko (conductor)
MELODIYA MELCD1002227
(2CD)
Other
recommended recordings:
Below is a shortlist of other recordings
which Marina also liked, although we can’t guarantee the availability of these
discs.
Martha
Argerich (piano), Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, Charles Dutoit (conductor)
DG 4779884 (CD)
Jean-Efflam
Bavouzet (piano), 91Èȱ¬ Philharmonic, Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)
CHANDOS CHAN108022 (CD)
Yuja Wang (piano),
Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Claudio Abbado (conductor)
EUROARTS 2057968 (DVD
Video)
10.20am – More new releases
A
noble and melancholy instrument
BEETHOVEN:
Horn Sonata in F major Op. 17
DUKAS:
Villanelle
GLAZUNOV:
Reverie Op. 24 for French horn
ROSSINI:
Prelude, Theme & Variations
SAINT-SAENS:
Romance Op. 67
SCHUMANN:
Adagio and Allegro in A flat major Op. 70
STRAUSS,
F: Nocturno Op. 7
Alec
Frank-Gemill (horn), Alasdair Beatson (piano)
BIS
BIS2228 (Hybrid SACD)
Horn
Musik: Peter Damm
BEETHOVEN:
Horn Sonata in F major Op. 17
CILENÅ EK:
Konzertstuck in F
GEISSLER,
F: Horn Sonata
KOHLER, ERNESTO: Horn Sonata Op. 32
KURZ,
S: Horn Concerto
MOZART:
Horn Quintet in E flat, K407
REUTER,
W A: Canto appassionato
SCHUMANN:
Konzertstuck for four horns Op. 86
STRAUSS,
R: Horn Concerto No. 1 in E flat major Op. 11; Horn Concerto No. 2 in E flat
major, AV132
ZIMMERMANN,
U: Nouveau divertissements
Peter
Damm (horn), Staatskapelle Dresden, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchester
BERLIN
CLASSICS 0300930BC (6CD)
Schumann
Quartet: Landscapes
BARTOK:
String Quartet No. 2, Sz 67 (Op. 17)
HAYDN:
String Quartet Op. 76 No. 4 in B flat major 'Sunrise'
PART:
Fratres for String Quartet
TAKEMITSU:
Landscape I for string quartet
Schumann
Quartet
BERLIN
CLASSICS 0300836BC (CD)
Fata
Morgana: Songs by Pavel Haas
HAAS,
P: Seven Songs in a Folk Style Op. 18; Fata Morgana Op. 6; Cinske pisne Op. 4;
Four Songs to the Text of Chinese Poetry (Theresienstadt-Series)Anita
Watson (soprano), Anna Starushkevych (mezzo soprano), Nicky Spence (tenor),
James Platt (bass), Navarra Quartet, Lada Valesova (piano)
RESONUS
CLASSICS RES10183 (CD)
10.50am – Caroline Gill on Lutheran music
Ìý
Ein
Feste Burg ist Unser Gott
With music by Heinrich Scheidemann, Michael Altenburg,
Andreas Hammerschmidt, Paul Siefert, Michael Praetorius, Samuel Scheidt, Johann
Hermann Schein, Delphin Strungk, Caspar Othmayr, Thomas Selle, Bartholomaeus
Gasius, Melchior Franck, Heinrich Schutz, Christoph Bernhard, Hieronymus
Praetorius, Johann Steffens, Joachim a Burck, Martin Luther, Johann Walter,
Balthasar Resinarius, Andreas Hammerschmidt
Bart Jacobs (organ), Vox Luminis, Lionel Meunier
RICERCAR RIC376 (2CD)
Ìý
PRAETORIUS, M: Gloria sei dir gesungen - Chorale concerts after hymns by Luther, Nicolai and others
Capella Principale (chorus), Gli Scarlattisti (chorus), Jochen Arnold
CARUS CARUS83482 (CD)
Ìý
Luther in Der Musik
ALTENBURG, M: Ein feste Burg
BACH,
J S: Mass in B minor, BWV232: Dona Nobis Pacem; Vom Himmel hoch; Cantata BWV169
'Gott soll allein mein Herze haben': Sinfonia; Cantata BWV169 'Gott soll allein
mein Herze haben': Du susse Liebe; Christmas Oratorio, BWV248: Er ist auf Erden
kommen arm
BUXTEHUDE:
Chorale Prelude BuxWV 184 'Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott'; Nun komm, der heiden
Heiland, BuxWV211; Komm heiliger Geist, Herre Gott
ECCARD:
Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her
FRANCK,
MELCHIOR: Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott
JACOBI,
C A: So merket nun das Zeichen recht
KLEEMANN:
Trumpet Concerto: II. Erhalt uns, Herr, bei deinem Wort
KREBS,
J L: Chorale Prelude for trumpet & organ, "Gott der Vater Wohn Uns
Bei"
LANGLAIS:
Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott
PRAETORIUS,
M: Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her
REGER:
Vater unser im Himmelreich Op. 67, No. 41; Fantasia uber den Choral 'Ein feste
Burg' Op. 27
SCHEIN:
Vom Himmel hoch, da komm' ich her
SCHNYDER:
Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott
SCHUTZ:
Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott, SWV deest
Ludwig
Guttler, Friedrich Kircheis, Camilla Nylund, Peter Schreier, Henryk Bohm,
Oliver Widmer, Hallenser Madrigalisten, Concentus Vocalis Wien, Rundfunkchor
Leipzig, Virtuosi Saxoniae, Blechblaserensemble Ludwig Guttler, Neues
Bachisches Collegium Musicum Leipzig
BERLIN
CLASSICS 0300848BC (CD)
Davon
ich singen und sagen will: Martin Luther und die Musik
BACH,
J S: Cantata BWV4 'Christ lag in Todesbanden' (Easter Cantata)
ECCARD:
Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her; Verleih uns Frieden gnadiglich
FABRICIUS,
W: Jubilum Evangelorum Jauchzet ihr Himmel
LUTHER:
Non moriar sed vivam
NEUSIDLER,
H: Dein hubsch und schon; Der recht Studententantz
OSIANDER:
Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott; Aus tiefer Not (Buss-Lied zu Psalm 139)
PRAETORIUS, M: Jesaja dem Prophente das geschah
ROSENMULLER:
Wie lieblich sind Deine Wohnungen
SCHUTZ:
Komm, heiliger Geist Op. 12 SWV 417
STOLTZER:
Septimi toni; Terzii toni
WALTER,
J: Nun bitten wir den heiligen Geist
Monika
Mauch (soprano), Ina Siedlaczek (soprano), Georg Poplutz (tenor), Nils
Giebelhausen (tenor), Markus Flaig (bass), Franz Vitzthum (counter-tenor),
Johannes Vogt (lute), Jens Hamann (bass), Bach-Chor Siegen, Johann Rosenmuller
Ensemble, Ulrich Stotzel
CPO
5550982 (CD)
11.45am – Disc of the Week
WAGNER:
Lohengrin
Klaus
Florian Vogt (Lohengrin), Camilla Nylund (Elsa), Katarina Dalayman, (Ortrud),
Evgeny Nikitin (Friedrich von Telramund), Falk Struckmann (Heinrich der
Vogler), Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Netherlands Radio Choir, Dutch National
Opera Chorus, Mark Elder (conductor)
RCO LIVE
RCO17002 (3Hybrid SACD)
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- Sat 6 May 2017 09:0091Èȱ¬ Radio 3
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