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Andrew McGregor with Hannah French and Mark Lowther

With Andrew McGregor. Including Building a Library.

with Andrew McGregor

9.30
Building a Library: Corelli's Violin Sonatas Op 5 with Hannah French.

These exhilarating and inventive sonatas by Arcangelo Corelli were published in Rome in 1700 . They are subdivided into church sonatas and chamber sonatas and the last sonata is the famous "Follia", which contains 23 variations for solo violin.

10.45
Andrew talks to Mark Lowther about new releases of music by Mozart and Haydn etc.

11.45
Andrew chooses an outstanding new release as his Disc of the Week.

3 hours, 12 minutes

Music Played

  • Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

    The Assumption (Mystery Sonata No. 14 in D major)

    Performer: Christina Day Martinson. Ensemble: Boston Baroque. Director: Martin Pearlman.
    • Linn.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Moravian Duets Op. 20: i) The Metamorphoses

    Performer: Vojtech Spurny. Singer: Simona Saturnova. Singer: Mark茅ta Cukrov谩. Singer: Petr Nekoranec.
    • Supraphon.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Moravian Duets Op. 20: ii) The Parting

    Performer: Vojtech Spurny. Singer: Simona Saturnova. Singer: Mark茅ta Cukrov谩. Singer: Petr Nekoranec.
    • Supraphon.
  • Josef Myslivecek

    Sinfonia in E flat major, 1st mvt: Allegro

    Orchestra: Collegium 1704. Director: V谩clav Luks.
    • Accent.
  • Albert Roussel

    Pour Une F锚te De Printemps Op. 22

    Orchestra: 91热爆 Philharmonic. Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier.
    • Chandos.
  • Federico Mompou

    Carros de Galicia (Paisajes)

    Performer: Julien Brocal.
    • Rubicon Classics.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Miroirs i) Noctuelles

    Performer: Julien Brocal.
    • Rubicon Classics.
  • Hector Berlioz

    Harold In Italy iv. Orgie de brigands

    Performer: Lawrence Power. Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Manze.
    • Hyperion.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Piano Quintet in G minor Op. 57

    Performer: Piotr Anderszewski. Ensemble: Belcea Quartet.
    • Alpha.

Record Review

9.00 am听听

PROKOFIEV FOR TWO

SERGEI PROKOFIEV:

12 Movements from : Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64

Hamlet, incidental music, Op. 77: The Ghost Of Hamlet's Father

Eugene Onegin, incidental music, Op. 71: Mazurka; Polka

The Queen of Spades, Op. 70: Polonaise

Pushkin Waltzes (2), Op. 120: Pushkin Waltz In C Sharp Minor

War and Peace, Op. 91: Natasha's And Andrei's Valse

The Queen of Spades, Op. 70: Id茅e fixe

(All works transcribed for two pianos by Sergei Babayan)听听听听听听听听

Martha Argerich (piano) & Sergei Babayan (piano)

DG 4799854 (CD)

BIBER: THE MYSTERY SONATAS

HEINRICH IGNAZ FRANZ VON BIBER:

Sonata I in D minor 鈥楾he Annunciation鈥: Praeludium 鈥 Aria and 2 variations 鈥 Finale

Sonata II in A major 鈥楾he Visitation鈥: [Sonata] / Presto 鈥 Allamanda 鈥 Presto

Sonata III in B minor 鈥楾he Nativity鈥: [Sonata] / Presto 鈥 Courente and double 鈥 Adagio

Sonata IV in D minor 鈥楾he Presentation of Jesus in the Temple鈥: Ciacona with 12 variations

Sonata V in A major 鈥楾he Finding of Jesus in the Temple鈥: Praeludium 鈥 Allamanda 鈥 Gigue 鈥 Sarabande and double

Sonata VI in C minor 鈥楾he Agony in the Garden鈥: Lamento

Sonata VII in F major 鈥楾he Scourging of Jesus鈥: Allamanda and variation 鈥 Sarabanda and 3 variations

Sonata VIII in B flat major 鈥楾he Crowning with Thorns鈥: Sonata: Adagio / Presto 鈥 Gigue and 2 doubles

Sonata IX in A minor 鈥楾he Carrying of the Cross鈥: Sonata 鈥 Courente and 2 doubles 鈥 Final

Sonata X in G minor 鈥楾he Crucifixion鈥: Praeludium 鈥 Aria and 5 variations

Sonata XI in G major 鈥楾he Resurrection鈥: Sonata 鈥 Hymn 鈥楽urrexit Christus hodie鈥 and variations

Sonata XIV in D major 鈥楾he Assumption of the Virgin鈥: [Sonata] 鈥 Arias 1 and 2 鈥 Gigue

Passacaglia in G minor for solo violin

Christina Day Martinson(violin), Boston Baroque, Martin Pearlman

Linn CKD501 (2 CDs)

DVO艠脕K: MORAVIAN DUETS

ANTONIN DVORAK:

Moravian Duets, Op. 38

The Soldier's Life

On Our Roof

Moravian Duets, Op. 20

Moravian Duets, Op. 32

Simona 艩aturov谩 (soprano), Mark茅ta Cukrov谩 (mezzo-soprano), Petr Nekoranec (tenor), Vojt臎ch Spurn媒 (Dvo艡谩k 's Bosendorfer piano)

Supraphon SU42382 (CD)

MYSLIVECEK: VIOLIN CONCERTOS

JOSEF MYSLIVECEK:

Violin Concerto in D major

Symphony in E-Flat Major

Violin Concerto in E major

Overture No. 2 in A Major

Violin Concerto in A major

Leila Schayegh (violin), Collegium 1704, V谩clav Luks

Accent ACC24336 (CD)

9.30am 鈥 Building a Library 鈥 Hannah French on Corelli鈥檚 Violin Sonatas Op. 5

Composer: 听听听 Corelli

Piece: 听听听听听听听听听听听 Violin Sonatas Op. 5

Reviewer:听听听听听 Hannah French

Recommended Recording:

Lina Tur Bonet (violin); Musica Alchemica.
Pan Classics PC10375

Other Recommended Recordings:

Below are other recordings that Hannah also liked, although we can鈥檛 guarantee availability.

Andrew Manze (violin); Richard Egarr (harpsichord)

Harmonia Mundi HMU907298/99

Pavlo Beznosiuk (violin); The Avison Ensemble

Linn CKD412

Recorder Arrangement:
Michala Petri (recorder); Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord)

OUR Recordings 6220610

Orchestral Arrangement:
The Academy of Ancient Music; Andrew Manze (conductor)
Harmonia Mundi 907261/62

1020 鈥 French Newcomers

ROUSSEL: 脡VOCATIONS, POUR UNE F脢TE DE PRINTEMPS & SUITE IN F

ALBERT ROUSSEL:

Suite for Orchestra in F Major, Op. 33

Pour une f锚te de printemps, Op. 22

脡vocations, Op. 15

Kathryn Rudge (mezzo-soprano), Alessandro Fisher (tenor), Fran莽ois le Roux (baritone)

91热爆 Philharmonic, CBSO Chorus, Yan Pascal Tortelier

Chandos CHAN10957 (CD)

REFLECTIONS: MOMPOU & RAVEL

FEDERICO MOMPOU:

Paisajes

MAURICE RAVEL:

Miroirs, 5 pieces for piano

FEDERICO MOMPOU:

Charmes

MAURICE RAVEL:

Sonatine

JULIEN BROCAL:

Nature morte

Julien Brocal (piano)

Rubicon RCD1008 (CD)

BERLIOZ: HAROLD IN ITALY

HECTOR BERLIOZ:

Harold En Italie, Op. 16

La Captive, Op. 12

Plaisir D'Amour

CARL MARIA VON WEBER:

Andante & Rondo Ungarese

Aufforderung Zum Tanz, Op. 65 (orchestrated by Berlioz)

Lawrence Power (viola), Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Manze

Hyperion CDA68193 (CD)

10.50am New Releases 鈥 Mark Lowther on Mozart, Haydn etc.


MOZART IN LONDON

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART:

Symphony No. 1 in E flat major, K16

THOMAS ARNE:

Judith:

Act II: 鈥淪leep, gentle Cherub! Sleep descend鈥

Act I: 鈥淥 torment great, too great to bear鈥

Artaxerxes:

Act I, Scene 2: "Amid a thousand racking Woes"

Act I, Scene 13: 鈥淥 too lovely, too unkind鈥

JOHANN CHRISTIAN BACH:

Harpsichord Concerto in D Major, Op. 1 No. 6

Ezio: "Non so d鈥檕nde viene"

Berenice: "Confusa, smarrita"

THOMAS ARNE:

The Guardian Outwitted: "O Dolly, I part"

SAMUEL ARNOLD:

The Maid of the Mill:

Act III, Scene 1: "To speak my mind of womankind"

Act II, Scene 8: "Hist, hist! I hear my mother call"

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART:

Symphony No. 4 in D major, K19

GIOVANNI BATTISTA PESCETTI:

Ezio: "Caro mio bene, addio"

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART:

Symphony in F Major, K. 19a

JOHANN CHRISTIAN BACH:

Adriano in Siria:

"Ah, come mi balza il cor!"

"Deh lascia, o ciel pietoso"

Act II; "Cara la dolce amma"

GEORGE RUSH:

The Capricious Lovers:

Overture

Act I, Scene 8: "Thus laugh鈥檇 at, jilted and betray鈥檇"

WILLIAM BATES:

Pharnaces: "In this I fear my latest breath"

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART:

Va, dal furor portata, K21

DAVIDE PEREZ:

Solimano: "Se non ti moro a lato"

CARL FRIEDRICH ABEL:

Symphony in E-Flat Major, Op. 7 No. 6

Rebecca Bottone (soprano), Anna Devin (soprano), Eleanor Dennis (soprano), Martene Grimson (soprano), Ana Maria Labin (soprano), Helen Sherman (mezzo), Ben Johnson (tenor), Robert Murray (tenor),

The Mozartists, Ian Page

Signum SIGCD534 (2 CDs)

MOZART: MASONIC WORKS

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART:

Eine Kleine Freimaurerkantate 'Laut verk眉nde unsre Freude', K 623

Die ihr des unerme脽lichen Weltfalls - Kantate, K619

Die Maurerfreude, K 471

Lied zur Gesellenreise, K. 468 (Arr. for Organ & Voice)

Lobegesang auf die feierliche Johannisloge, K. 148 "O heiliges Band" (Arr. for Voice, Chorus & Piano)

Thamos, K枚nig in 脛gypten, KV 345

Dir, Seele des Weltalls, K. 429 (completed by F. Beyer)

Ihr unsre neuen Leiter, K 484

Zerfliesset heut', geliebte Br眉der, K 483

Maurerische Trauermusik (Masonic Funeral Music), K. 477 (reconstructed by P.A. Autexier as Meistermusik)

John Heuzenroeder (tenor), Mario Borgioni (bass), Alexander Puliaev (piano), Willi Kronenberg (organ), Die K枚lner Akademie Choir and Orchestra, Michael Alexander Willens

BIS SIS2294 (Hybrid SACD)

KOZELUCH: CANTATA FOR THE CORONATION OF LEOPOLD II 鈥楬AIL TO THE MONARCH鈥

LEOPOLD KOZELUCH:

Cantata for the Coronation of Leopold II, P. XIX:6 "Heil dem Monarchen"

Krist媒na Vyl铆膷ilov谩 (soprano), Tom谩拧 Ko艡铆nek, Josef Moravec (tenors), Filip Dvor虒a虂 k (harpsichord), Martin暖 Voices & Prague Symphony Orchestra, Marek 艩tilec

Naxos 8573787 (CD)

HAYDN: PIANO TRIOS

JOSEPH HAYDN:

Piano Trio in A-Flat Major, Hob. XV: 14

Piano Trio in A Major, Hob. XV: 18

Piano Trio in C Major, Hob. XV: 21

Piano Trio in F-Sharp Minor, Hob. XV: 26

Piano Trio in E-Flat Minor, Hob. XV: 31

Trio Wanderer

Harmonia Mundi HMM902321 (CD)

CRUSELL: THE THREE CLARINET CONCERTOS

BERNHARD HENRIK CRUSELL:

Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in E flat major, Op. 1

] Clarinet Concerto No. 2 in F Minor, Op. 5

Concerto No. 3 in B flat major, Op. 11

Introduction and Variations on a Swedish Air Op. 12

Michael Collins (clarinet/conductor), Swedish Chamber Orchestra

Chandos CHSA5187 (Hybrid SACD)

11.40am 鈥 Disc of the Week

SHOSTAKOVICH: QUARTET NO. 3 & PIANO QUINTET

DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH:

String Quartet No. 3 in F major, Op. 73

Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 57

Piotr Anderszewski (piano), Belcea Quartet

Alpha ALPHA360 (CD)

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