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Andrew McGregor with Stephen Johnson. Proms Composer: Julian Anderson

Andrew McGregor presents Summer Record Review with recent recordings, top releases and a focus on Proms composer Julian Anderson. Plus a tribute to the late Jiri Belohlavek.

with Andrew McGregor;

0930 Proms Composer: Julian Anderson
Andrew plays recordings of music by the contemporary British composer Julian Anderson whose compositional style blends a dynamic rhythmic energy with remarkable melodies, often influenced by music from wide-ranging musical cultures. He is particularly interested in the folk music of Eastern Europe and the modality of Indian ragas.

1030 Andrew talks to Stephen Johnson about some of the best-loved and most highly regarded recordings by the much-missed conductor Jiří Bělohlávek who died in May.

1145
Excerpt from Ravel's Concerto in D major for piano (left hand) and orchestra
Steven Osborne, piano
91ȱ Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ludovic Morlot, conductor.

3 hours, 12 minutes

Music Played

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No 9 in D Minor Op. 125

    Performer: Orchester Wiener Akademie. Performer: Martin Haselböck.
    • Alpha 476.
    • Alpha.
    • 1.
  • Detlev Glanert

    Requiem For Hieronymous Bosch Nos 1 & 2

    Performer: David Wilson‐Johnson. Performer: Groot Omroepkoor. Performer: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Performer: Markus Stenz.
    • RCO 17005.
    • RCO.
    • 1.
  • Trad. Armenian

    A Cool Wind Is Blowing

    Performer: Djivan Gasparyan.
    • I Will Not be Sad in This World.
    • All Saints Records.
    • 1.
  • Julian Anderson

    Khorovod

    Performer: London Sinfonietta. Performer: Oliver Knussen.
    • Ondine ODE 1012-2.
    • Ondine.
    • 1.
  • Julian Anderson

    Alhambra Fantasy

    Performer: London Sinfonietta. Performer: Oliver Knussen.
    • Ondine ODE 1012-2.
    • Ondine.
    • 4.
  • Julian Anderson

    Imagin'd Corners

    Performer: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Performer: Sakari Oramo.
    • NMC D121.
    • NMC.
    • 2.
  • Julian Anderson

    Beautiful Valley Of Eden (4 American Choruses 2.)

    Performer: Simon Halsey. Performer: CBSO Chorus.
    • NMC D121.
    • NMC.
    • 4.
  • Julian Anderson

    Fantasia Iv (Fantasias, 2009)

    Performer: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Performer: Vladimir Jurowski.
    • LPO 0074.
    • LPO.
    • 4.
  • Julian Anderson

    In Lieblicher Blaue (opening)

    Performer: Carolin Widmann. Performer: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Performer: Vladimir Jurowski.
    • LPO 0089.
    • LPO.
    • 1.
  • Guillaume de Machaut

    Se Quanque Amours

    Performer: Orlando Consort.
    • Hyperion CDA68134.
    • Hyperion.
    • 5.
  • Johannes Tinctoris

    Canzona: O Invida Fortuna

    Performer: Le Miroir de Musique. Performer: Baptiste Romain.
    • Ricercar RIC 380.
    • Ricercar.
    • 3.
  • Heinrich Isaac

    Palle, Palle (Fanfare)

    Performer: La Capella Reial de Catalunya. Performer: Hespèrion XXI. Performer: Jordi Savall.
    • AliaVox AVSA9922.
    • AliaVox.
    • 1.
  • Heinrich Isaac

    Motet: Parce, Domine

    Performer: La Capella Reial de Catalunya. Performer: Hespèrion XXI. Performer: Jordi Savall.
    • AliaVox AVSA9922.
    • AliaVox.
    • 2.
  • Heinrich Isaac

    La Morra

    Performer: La Capella Reial de Catalunya. Performer: Hespèrion XXI. Performer: Jordi Savall.
    • AliaVox AVSA9922.
    • AliaVox.
    • 3.
  • Thomas Tallis

    O Sacrum Convivium

    Performer: Suzie Digby. Performer: ORA.
    • Harmonia Mundi HMM 905284.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 3.
  • Steven Stucky

    O Sacrum Convivium

    Performer: ORA. Performer: Suzie Digby.
    • Harmonia Mundi HMM 905284.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 4.
  • Tomás Luis de Victoria

    Quem Vidistis, Pastores

    Performer: Nordic Voices.
    • Chandos CHSA 0402.
    • Chandos.
    • 1.
  • William Lawes

    PSALM 100: All people that on earth do dwell

    Performer: The Ebor Singers. Performer: Paul Gameson.
    • Resonus Classics RES10194.
    • Resonus Classics.
    • 2.
  • John Hutchinson

    Behold How Good And Joyful

    Performer: The Ebor Singers. Performer: Paul Gameson.
    • Resonus Classics RES10194.
    • Resonus Classics.
    • 3.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Symphony No 7 3rd mvt

    Performer: Jiří Bělohlávek. Performer: Czech Philharmonic.
    • Decca 478 6757.
    • Decca.
    • 7.
  • Bohuslav Martinů

    Symphony No 4 1st mvt

    Performer: Jiří Bělohlávek. Performer: 91ȱ Symphony Orchestra.
    • Onyx ONYX 4061.
    • Onyx.
    • 4.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto No 4 2nd mvt

    Performer: Jiří Bělohlávek. Performer: Paul Lewis. Performer: 91ȱ Symphony Orchestra.
    • Harmonia Mundi HMC 90205355.
    • Harmonia Mundi HMC 90205355.
    • 5.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Sinfonia da Requiem 1st mvt

    Performer: Jiří Bělohlávek. Performer: 91ȱ Symphony Orchestra.
    • Supraphon SU 40952.
    • Supraphon.
    • 1.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Stabat Mater 1st mvt

    Performer: Jiří Bělohlávek. Performer: Czech Philharmonic.
    • Decca 483 1510.
    • Decca.
    • 1.
  • Bedrich Smetana

    Dalibor

    Performer: Jiří Bělohlávek. Performer: Alžběta Poláčková. Performer: 91ȱ Symphony Orchestra.
    • Onyx 4158.
    • Onyx.
    • 2.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Russalka

    Performer: Ana María Martínez. Performer: Brandon Jovanovich. Performer: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Performer: Glyndebourne Chorus. Performer: Jiří Bělohlávek.
    • Glyndebourne GFOCD 00709.
    • Glyndebourne.
    • 7.
  • Josef Suk

    Ripening - final section

    Performer: Jiří Bělohlávek. Performer: 91ȱ Symphony Orchestra. Performer: New London Chamber Choir.
    • Chandos CHSA 5081.
    • Chandos.
    • 7.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Piano Concerto in D for the left hand

    Performer: Steven Osborne. Performer: 91ȱ Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Performer: Ludovic Morlot.
    • Hyperion CDA68148.
    • Hyperion.
    • 7.

9.00am

Re-Sound Beethoven Volume 5: Symphony No. 9

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 9 in D minor Op. 125 'Choral'

Laura Aikin (soprano), Michaela Selinger (mezzo), Steve Davislim (tenor), Jose Antonio Lopez (baritone), Chorus sine Nomine, Orchester Wiener Akademie, Martin Haselbock (conductor)

ALPHA ALPHA476 (CD)

GLANERT: Requiem for Hieronymus Bosch

David Wilson-Johnson (voice), Aga Mikolaj (soprano), Ursula Hesse von den Steinen (mezzo-soprano), Gerhard Siegel (tenor), Christof Fischesser (bass), Leo van Doeselaar (organ), Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Netherlands Radio Choir, Markus Stenz (conductor)

RCO LIVE RCO17005 (Hybrid SACD)

9.30am – Proms Composer: Julian Anderson

TRAD. ARMENIAN: I Will Not be Sad in This World

Djivan Gasparyan (duduk)

ALL SAINTS RECORDS

ANDERSON, JULIAN: Alhambra Fantasy; Khorovod; The Stations of the Sun; The Crazed Moon; Diptych

London Sinfonietta, 91ȱ Symphony Orchestra, Oliver Knussen (conductor)

ONDINE ODE10122 (CD)

Julian Anderson: Book of Hours

ANDERSON, JULIAN: Book of Hours; Eden; Imagin’d Corners; Four American Choruses; Symphony

Lamberto Coccioli, Scott Wilson (electronics), Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Chorus, Oliver Knussen (conductor), Martyn Brabbins (conductor), Sakari Oramo (conductor)

NMC NMCD121 (CD)

Julian Anderson: Fantasias, The Crazed Moon & The Discovery of Heaven

ANDERSON, JULIAN: Fantasias; The Crazed Moon; The Discovery of Heaven

Vladimir Jurowski (conductor), Ryan Wigglesworth, London Philharmonic Orchestra

LPO LPO0074 (CD)

Julian Anderson: In lieblicher Blaue, Alleluia, The Stations of the Sun

ANDERSON, JULIAN: In liebliche Blaue (for violin and orchestra); Alleluia; The Stations of the Sun

Carolin Widmann (violin), London Philharmonic Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Jurowski (conductor)

LPO LPO0089 (CD)

10.15am – New Releases: Early Sacred Vocal

Machaut: Sovereign Beauty

MACHAUT: Tres bonne et belle; Foy porter, V22; Dame, ne regardes pas, B9; J'ay tant / Lasse! Je sui / Ego moriar pro te; Se quanque amours, B21; Dame, a qui m'otri de cuer, V12; De desconfort, B8; Quant j'ay l'espart; Comment qu'a moy; De Bon Espoir / Puis que la douce / Speravi; Un Lay de consolation

The Orlando Consort

HYPERION CDA68134 (CD)

Tinctoris: Secret Consolations

Le Miroir De Musique, Baptiste Romain

RICERCAR RIC380 (CD)

Isaac: In the time of Lorenzo de’ Medici and Maximilan I

Hesperion XXI, La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Jordi Savall (conductor)

ALIA VOX AVSA9922 (Hybrid SACD)

Many are the wonders

ALLAIN: Videte miraculum

ANDREW: Archbishop Parker's psalme 150

BURTON, K: Many are the wonders?

ESCOTT: O light of Light

FERKO: Reflection on Thomas Tallis’ if ye love me?

ROTH, A: Night Prayer

STUCKY: O sacrum convivium

TALLIS: Man blest no doubt; Let God arise; O sacrum convivium; If ye love me; Why Fum'th in Fight?; O come in one to praise the Lord; Videte miraculum; Loquebantur variis linguis; E'en like the hunted hind; Expend, O Lord; O nata lux de lumine 5vv; Te lucis ante terminum; Why brag'st in malice; God Grant we grace (Tallis Canon); Veni creator: Come Holy Ghost; Why Fum'th in Fight?; God Grant we grace (Tallis Canon)

ORA, Suzi Digby

HARMONIA MUNDI HMM905284 (CD)

Nordic Voices Sing Victoria

VICTORIA: Benedicta sit sancta Trinitas; Vexilla Regis; Vidi speciosam; Quem vidistis, pastores?; Salve Regina; O Domine Jesu Christe; Ardens est cor meum; Congratulamini mihi a 6; Nigra sum; Tu es Petrus; Vadam et circuibo civitatem

Nordic Voices

CHANDOS CHSA0402 (Hybrid SACD)

Music for Troubled Times: The English Civil War & Siege of York

BYRD: O Lord, make thy servant Elizabeth

CHILD, W: O Lord God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance

HUTCHINSON, J: Behold, how good and joyful a thing it is

JEFFREYS, G: How wretched is the state

LAWES, H: A Funeral Anthem

LAWES, W: Psalm 100 - All people that on earth do dwell; Lord, in thy wrath, Psalm VI; O God my strength and fortitude, Psalm XVIII/1; See how Cawood's dragon looks; Psalm 67 - Have mercy on us, Lor; Psalm 22 - O God, my God; Music, the master of thy art is dead

TOMKINS: A sad Pavan for these distracted times; How doth the city sit solitary

WILSON, JOHN: My God, my King, incline thine ear

The Ebor Singers, Paul Gameson

RESONUS CLASSICS RES10194 (CD)

10.50am – Stephen Johnson on recordings of Jiri Belohlavek

Dvorak: Complete Symphonies & Concertos

DVORAK: Symphonies Nos. 1-9 (complete); Cello Concerto in B minor Op. 104; Violin Concerto in A minor Op. 53; Piano Concerto in G minor Op. 33

Alisa Weilerstein (cello), Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin), Garrick Ohlsson (piano), Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Jiri Belohlavek (conductor)

DECCA 4786757 (6CD)

MARTINU: Symphonies Nos. 1-6

91ȱ Symphony Orchestra, Jiri Belohlavek (conductor)

ONYX ONYX4061 (3CD)

BEETHOVEN: Piano Concertos Nos. 1-5 (complete)

Paul Lewis (piano), 91ȱ Symphony Orchestra, Jiri Belohlavek (conductor)

HARMONIA MUNDI HMC902053/55 (3CD)

Jiri Belohlavek conducts Josef Suk & Britten

BRITTEN: Sinfonia da Requiem Op. 20

SUK: Asrael Symphony Op. 27

91ȱ Symphony Orchestra, Jiri Belohlavek (conductor)

SUPRAPHON SU40952 (2CD)

DVORAK: Stabat Mater Op. 58

Eri Nakamura (soprano), Elisabeth Kulman (contralto), Michael Spyres (tenor), Jongmin Park (bass), Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Prague Philharmonic Choir, Jiri Belohlavek (conductor)

DECCA 4831510 (2CD)

SMETANA: Dalibor

Ivan Kusnjer (King Vladislav), Richard Samek (Dalibor, a Knight), Aleš Voracek (Vitek, Dalibor’s messenger), Dana Burašova (Milada, sister of the Burgrave of Ploskovice), Alžbeta Polackova (Jitka, a country girl), Jan Stava (Benes, a jailor), Svatopluk Sem (Budivoj, commander of the king’s castle guard), 91ȱ Symphony Orchestra, 91ȱ Singers, Jiri Belohlavek (conductor)

ONYX ONYX4158 (2CD)

DVORAK: Rusalka Op. 114

Ana Maria Martinez (Rusalka), Brandon Jovanovich (Prince), Tatiana Pavlovskaya (Foreign Princess), Mischa Schelomianski (Vodnik), Larissa Diadkova (Ježibaba), Natasha Jouhl (1st Nymph), Barbara Senator (2nd Nymph), Elodie Mechain (3rd Nymph), Diana Axentii (Kitchen Boy), Alasdair Elliott (Gamekeeper), London Philharmonic Orchestra, The Glyndebourne Chorus, Jiri Belohlavek (conductor)

GLYNDEBOURNE GFOCD00709 (3CD)

Josef Suk: Orchestral Works

SUK: Symphony in E major Op. 14; The Ripening Op. 34

New London Chamber Choir, 91ȱ Symphony Orchestra, Jiri Belohlavek (conductor)

CHANDOS CHSA5081 (Hybrid SACD)

11.45am – Disc of the Week

Ravel: Piano Concertos & Falla: Nights in the gardens of Spain

FALLA: Noches en los jardines de Espana

RAVEL: Piano Concerto in G major; Piano Concerto in D major (for the left hand)

Steven Osborne (piano), 91ȱ Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Ludovic Morlot (conductor)

HYPERION CDA68148 (CD)

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