Andrew McGregor with Sarah Devonald and Jeremy Sams
Andrew McGregor looks at Dvorak's Serenade for Strings with Sarah Devonald, and Jeremy Sams sifts through recent releases of Debussy from a number of leading pianists.
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Dvořák's Serenade for Strings in E major with Sarah Devonald.
In his early thirties and with a newborn son, Antonín Dvořák was struggling to make ends meet, a professional viola player and virtually unknown as a composer, without even a piano to his name. But in 1874 he won a state competition which not only came with a very welcome cash prize but also the recognition and enthusiastic endorsement of one of the most influential names in music, Johannes Brahms. The sunny and genial five-movement Serenade for Strings is one of a clutch of new works from the following year and marks the beginning of Dvořák's international reputation.
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2018, the centenary of Claude Debussy's death, promises to be a good year for recordings of his music. Jeremy Sams sifts through recent releases of Debussy solo piano works from a handful of leading pianists, including Cathy Krier, Steven Osborne, Seong-Jin Cho, Michael Korstick and Stephen Hough.
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Andrew chooses an outstanding new release as his Disc of the Week.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Concerto No. 25 In C Major K.503 For Piano And Orchestra
Performer: Piotr Anderszewski. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe.- Mozart.
- Warner Classics.
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Paul Giger
Media Vita In Morte Sums
Performer: Marie-Louise Dähler. Performer: Puddy Lehmann. Singer: David James. Ensemble: Collegium Vocale & Tablater Konzertchor. Conductor: Hans Eberhard.- Trans limen.
- Divox.
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Paul Giger
Altus Solo I
Performer: Marie-Louise Dähler. Performer: Puddy Lehmann. Singer: David James. Ensemble: Collegium Vocale & Tablater Konzertchor. Conductor: Hans Eberhard.- Trans limen.
- Divox.
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Astor Piazzolla
Oblivion - Tango
Music Arranger: Gwen Cresens. Performer: Gwen Cresens. Orchestra: Brussels Philharmonic. Conductor: Diego Matheuz.- Piazzola.
- Warner Classics.
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Antoine Forqueray
Suite No.1 in D minor for viola da gamba and continuo: La Laborde & La Forqueray
Performer: Kaori Uemura. Performer: Michèle Dévérité. Performer: Ricardo Rodriguez.- Forqueray.
- Harmonia Mundi.
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Antoine Forqueray
Suite No.2 In G major for viola da gamba and continuo: La Leclair
Performer: Kaori Uemura. Performer: Michèle Dévérité. Performer: Ricardo Rodriguez.- FORQUERAY.
- Harmonia Mundi.
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Antoine Forqueray
Suite No. 5 In C minor, transc. J-B Forqueray for harpsichord: La Rameau
Performer: Michèle Dévérité.- FORQUERAY.
- Harmonia Mundi.
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Antoine Forqueray
Musette in A major
Performer: Ricardo Rodriguez. Performer: Kaori Uemura. Performer: Michèle Dévérité.- FORQUERAY.
- Harmonia Mundi.
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Jean‐Philippe Rameau
'La Forqueray': Fugue
Performer: Michèle Dévérité.- Forqueray.
- Harmonia Mundi.
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Ana Giurgiu-Bondue
Carillons Pour Forqueray
Performer: Michèle Dévérité.- Forqueray.
- Harmonia Mundi.
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Unknown
Prologue
Performer: Michèle Dévérité. Narrator: Nicolas Lormeau.- Forqueray.
- Harmonia Mundi.
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A La Gloire Des Ancetres
Performer: Michèle Dévérité. Performer: Jean-Pierre Nicolas. Narrator: Nicolas Lormeau.- Forqueray.
- Harmonia Mundi.
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Antonín Dvořák
String Sextet In A major, Op.48
Performer: Veronika Hagen. Performer: Gary Hoffman. Ensemble: Jerusalem Quartet.- Dvorak.
- Harmonia Mundi.
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Record Review
9.00am
MOZART: PIANO CONCERTOS NOS. 25 & 27
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART:
Piano Concerto No. 25 in C major, K503
Piano Concerto No. 27 in B flat major, K595
Piotr Anderszewski (piano), Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Warner Classics 9029572422 (CD)
TRANS LIMEN AD LUMEN
ROMAN RUTISHAUSER:
Tenebrae: I. Tristis est anima
Tenebrae: II. Vinea mea
Tenebrae: III. Eram quasi
Tenebrae: IV. Velum templi
Tenebrae: V. Tenebrae
PAUL GIGER:
Pert Em Hru: I. Media vita in morte sumus
Pert Em Hru: II. Altus solo I
Pert Em Hru: IV. Altus solo II
Pert Em Hru: V. Hinausgang der seele ins volle tageslicht
David James (counter-tenor), Paul Giger (violin), Marie-Louise Dähler (harpsichord), Pudi Lehmann (percussion) The Hilliard Ensemble, Collegium Vocale, Tablater Konzertchor, Hans Eberhard
Divox CDX21702 (CD)
PIAZZOLLA & GALLIANO: CONCERTOS FOR BANDONEON ACCORDION
ASTOR PIAZZÓLLA:
Concerto for Bandoneon & Orchestra 'Aconcagua'
Pedro y Pedro
Oblivion
ENRIQUE GRANADOS:
Danza española, Op. 37 No. 5 'Andaluza' arr. for bandoneon
ISAAC ALBÉNIZ:
Córdoba (No. 4 from Cantos de España, Op. 232) arr. for bandoneon
RICHARD GALLIANO:
Opale Concerto
GWEN CRESENS:
Nobody Likes an Angry Bunny
Suite Espagnole: La noche anterior
Gwen Cresens (accordion & bandoneon), Brussels Philharmonic, Diego Matheuz
Warner Classics 5419794935 (CD)
9.30am – Building a Library
Composer: Dvorak
Piece: Serenade for strings in E op 22
Reviewer: Sarah Devonald
Recommended Recording:
Prague Philharmonia; Jakub Hruša (conductor)
Supraphon SU39322
Other Recommended Recordings:
Below are other recordings that Sarah also liked, although we can’t guarantee the availability of these discs.
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
DG 4153642
Czech Chamber Orchestra; Josef Vlach (conductor)
Supraphon SU42032
English Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras (conductor)
Classics For Pleasure CDCFP4597
10.20am
FORQUERAY - COMPLETE WORKS
ANTOINE FORQUERAY:
Suite No. 1 in D minor
Suite No. 2 in G major
Suite No. 3 in D major
Suite No. 4 in G minor
Suite No. 5 in C minor
Allemande
Courante in D Minor
Sarabande in D Minor
Bransle in G Major
La Girouette in G Minor
Musette in A Major
JEAN PHILIPPE RAMEAU:
La Forqueray in D minor
FRANÇOIS CLÉMENT:
La Forqueray - Fièrement sans lenteur
Sixième Sonate for Violin and Harpsichord
Quatrième Sonate pour violon et clavecin: Arias I & II
La Forcroy – Largo
Première Sonate for Violin and Harpsichord
LOUIS-ANTOINE DORNEL:
Sonate IV in D major, ‘La Forcroy’, Op. 2
PIERRE-ALAIN BRAYE-WEPPE:
Tombeau de Forqueray for Harpsichord
JACQUES DUPHLY:
La Forqueray
CLAUDE-FRANÇOIS RAMEAU:
La Forcray for Harpsichord in D Major
FRANÇOIS COUPERIN:
The Proud One, or La Forqueray
ANA GIURGIU:
Carillons pour Forqueray
JOSSE BOUTMY:
La Forcroy
Michèle Devérité (clavecin), Kaori Uemura (viole de gambe), Ricardo Rodriguez (viole de gambe continuo) & Ryo Terakado (violon)
Harmonia Mundi HMM90528689 (5CDs)
11.00am – New Releases: Jeremy Sams on Debussy piano music
DEBUSSY: PIANO MUSIC VOLUME 5
12 Études, L. 136, Book 1
Études pour piano (12) (complete)
Etude retrouvée
Masques
D'un cahier d'esquisses
L'isle joyeuse
Danse, L. 69 "Tarantelle styrienne" Nocturne
Michael Korstick (piano)
SWR Music SWR19044CD (CD)
DEBUSSY: PRÉLUDES, BOOK 1 & 2
Préludes - Book 1 (12, complete)
L'isle joyeuse
Angela Brownridge (piano)
Challenge Classics CC72727 (CD)
DEBUSSY: IMAGES, CHILDREN'S CORNER AND SUITE BERGAMASQUE
Images I, L. 110
Images II, L. 111
Children's Corner
Suite Bergamasque
L'isle joyeuse
Seong-Jin Cho (piano)
DG 4798308 (CD)
CATHY KRIER: DEBUSSY & SZYMANOWSKI
DEBUSSY:
Images pour piano - Book 1
Images pour piano - Book 2
Masques
Szymanowski: Masques (3), Op. 34
Cathy Krier (piano)
Avi-Music AVI8553379 (CD)
DEBUSSY: PIANO MUSIC
DEBUSSY:
Masques L 110
Masques L 112
L'Isle Joyeuse, L 109
Images pour piano - Book 1
Images pour piano - Book 2
Estampes (3) (Complete)
Children's Corner
Steven Osborne
Hyperion CDA68161 (CD)
DEBUSSY: PIANO MUSIC
DEBUSSY:
Estampes (3) (Complete)
Images pour piano - Book 1
Images pour piano - Book 2
Children's Corner
La Plus Que Lente, L 128
Stephen Hough
Hyperion CDA68139 (CD)
11.45am – Disc of the Week
DVOŘÁK: STRING QUINTET OP. 97 & STRING SEXTET OP.48
ANTONIN DVORAK:
String Sextet, Op. 48
String Quintet No. 3, Op. 97
Jerusalem Quartet, Veronika Hagen (viola), Gary Hoffman (cello),
Harmonia Mundi HMM902320 (CD)
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