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Building a Library: Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No 1

CD Review

With Andrew McGregor. Building a Library: Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No 1; New Bach releases, including the St John Passion; Disc of the Week: Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro.

3 hours, 12 minutes

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Sat 3 May 2014 09:00

BBC Radio 3

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Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1

Duration: 46:30

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Le Nozze di Figaro K.492
Singer: Andrei Bondarenko. Singer: Simone Kermes. Singer: Fanie Antonelou. Singer: Mary-Ellen Nesi. Singer: Christian Van Horn. Singer: Garry Agadzhanian. Singer: Maria Forsstrom. Singer: Krystian Adam. Singer: Nikolai Loskutkin. Ensemble: Musica Aeterna. Conductor: Teodor Currentzis.
- SONY CLASSICAL : 88883-709262.
- SONY CLASSICAL.
- 1.
Felix Mendelssohn

Quartet no. 3 in D major Op.44`1 for strings
Ensemble: Artemis String Quartet.
- ERATO : 0825646366903.
- ERATO.
- 3.
Dmitry Shostakovich

Symphony no. 6 in B minor Op.54
Orchestra: Bavarian R S O. Conductor: Mariss Jansons.
- BR KLASSIK : 900123.
- BR KLASSIK.
- 1.
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Symphony no. 6 in B minor Op.74 (Pathetique)
Orchestra: Bavarian R S O. Conductor: Mariss Jansons.
- BR KLASSIK : 900123.
- BR KLASSIK.
- 4.
Anton Bruckner

Symphony no. 2 in C minor (chamber version arr. Anthony Payne)
Ensemble: Royal Academy of Music Soloists. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.
- Linn CKD 442.
- Linn.
- 3.
Edward Elgar

Quadrille no.5 from L'Assomoir (The Bludgeon)
Ensemble: Innovation Chamber Ensemble. Director: Barry Collett.
- SOMM : SOMMCD-252.
- SOMM.
- 14.
Dmitry Shostakovich

Symphony no. 14 Op.135 for soprano, bass, string orchestra and percussion
Singer: Gal James. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.
- NAXOS : 8.573132.
- NAXOS.
- 6.
Richard Strauss

Morgen from Lieder Op.27
Singer: Simone Kermes. Ensemble: Faure Quartet.
- SONY CLASSICAL : 88843-023672.
- SONY CLASSICAL.
- 7.
Ralph Vaughan Williams

Quintet in D major for clarinet, horn, violin, cello and piano [1898]
Ensemble: London Soloists' Ensemble.
- Naxos : 8.573191.
- Naxos.
- 6.
Dmitry Shostakovich

Concerto no. 2 in G major Op.126 for cello and orchestra
Performer: Truls Mørk. Orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.
- ONDINE : ODE-1218-2.
- ONDINE.
- 6.

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Quartet no. 3 in D major Op.44`1 for strings

Performers: Artemis String Quartet

Composers: Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847)

Album Title: ERATO : 0825646366903

Morgen from 4 Lieder Op.27

Performers: Simone Kermes, Faure Quartet

Composers: Richard Strauss (1864 - 1949)

Album Title: SONY CLASSICAL : 88843-023672

Symphony no. 2 in C minor (chamber version arr. Anthony Payne)

Performers: Royal Academy of Music Soloists, Trevor Pinnock

Composers: Anton Bruckner (1824 - 1896)

Album Title: Linn CKD 442

Quintet in D major for clarinet, horn, violin, cello and piano [1898]

Performers: London Soloists' Ensemble

Composers: Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958)

Album Title: Naxos : 8.573191

Quadrille no.5 from L'Assomoir (The Bludgeon)

Performers: Innovation Chamber Ensemble, Barry Collett

Composers: Edward Elgar

Album Title: SOMM : SOMMCD-252

Chris de Souza compares recordings of Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto no. 1 and makes a recommendation:

TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concerto No. 1 in Bb minor Op. 23

c/w The Nutcracker Suite Op. 71a

Martha Argerich (piano), Berliner Philharmonic Orchestra, Claudio Abbado (conductor)

DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 4498162 (CD and download)

Also on Martha Argerich - The Collection vol.2

DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 24778124 (7CD budget)

Berta Joncus joins Andrew live in the studio to discuss recently released recordings of Bach

Cantata no. 106 BWV.106 (Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit (Actus tragicus))

Performers: Hannah Morrison, Monteverdi Choir., English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner