Andrew McGregor with Laura Tunbridge and Jeremy Summerly
The best new classical releases, plus in Building a Library, Laura Tunbridge compares recordings of Mozart’s piano quartets, and Jeremy Summerly reviews new baroque releases.
09.30
Building a Library: Laura Tunbridge listens to and compares recordings of Mozart’s piano auartets.
Mozart received a commission for three piano quartets in 1785 from the publisher Franz Anton Hoffmeister. This rather neglected instrumental combination inspired him to compose the first quartet, which was – according to Hoffmeister - so intricate and difficult for the amateur market, that he released Mozart from his obligation to write the other two. Such was Mozart’s enthusiasm for this ensemble that he wrote a second quartet regardless, and together with the first, they form the earliest masterpieces of the genre.
10.50
Jeremy Summerly reviews a wide-ranging selection of new baroque recordings.
11.25
Andrew chooses an outstanding new release as his Disc of the Week.
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Music Played
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Nino Rota
Parlami di me (La Dolce Vita - Suite)
Orchestra: La Scala Philharmonic. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.- DECCA.
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Maurice Ravel
Valses nobles et sentimentales (extract)
Orchestra: Lucerne Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.- Accentus.
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Franz Liszt
St Francis of Assisi's sermon to the birds (2 Legends)
Performer: Francesco Piemontesi.- ORFEO.
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Jean Sibelius
Lemminkainen's Return (Lemminkainen Suite)
Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.- CHANDOS.
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Chiara Margarita Cozzolani
Domine ad adjuvandum me festina (Vespers)
Ensemble: I Gemelli. Conductor: Emiliano Gonzalez‐Toro.- NAIVE.
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Chiara Margarita Cozzolani
Salve, o regina
Ensemble: I Gemelli. Conductor: Emiliano Gonzalez‐Toro.- NAIVE.
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Franz Schubert
Am Feierabend (Die schone Mullerin)
Performer: Iain Burnside. Singer: Roderick Williams.- CHANDOS.
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Franz Schubert
Der Neugierige (Die schone Mullerin)
Performer: Iain Burnside. Singer: Roderick Williams.- CHANDOS.
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Franz Schubert
Der Lindenbaum (Winterreise)
Performer: Jonathan Millette. Performer: Samuel Carrier. Performer: Felix de l'Etoile. Performer: Karine Gordon. Singer: Philippe Sly.- ANALEKTA.
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John Mackey
Asphalt Cocktail
Ensemble: Dallas Winds. Conductor: Jerry Junkin.- REFERENCE RECORDINGS.
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Jan Dismas Zelenka
Miserere I
Choir: Accademia Barocca Lucernensis Choir. Orchestra: Accademia Barocca Lucernensis Orchestra. Conductor: Javier Ulises Illan.- Pan Classics.
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Johann Adolf Hasse
Miserere mei Deus
Choir: Accademia Barocca Lucernensis Choir. Orchestra: Accademia Barocca Lucernensis Orchestra. Conductor: Javier Ulises Illan.- Pan Classics.
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Michel‐Richard de Lalande
Exaltabo te, Domine
Ensemble: Ensemble Marguerite Louise.- Chateau de Versailles.
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Marc‐Antoine Charpentier
Death of Saul & Jonathan
Ensemble: Ensemble Correspondances. Conductor: Sébastien Daucé.- Harmonia Mundi.
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George Frideric Handel
Sprichst du denn
Choir: NDR Choir. Orchestra: FestspielOrchester Göttingen. Conductor: Laurence Cummings.- Accent.
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Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel
Hirte, der aus Liebe stirbt
Choir: Purcell Choir. Orchestra: Orfeo Orchestra. Conductor: György Vashegyi.- Glossa.
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Béla Bartók
The Wooden Prince (conclusion)
Orchestra: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Susanna Mälkki.- BIS.
Record Review
9.00am
‘The Fellini Album’ – Nino Rota film scores for Amarcord, La Dolce Vita, Casanova & The Clowns
Filarmonica della Scala
Riccardo Chailly (conductor)
Decca 483 2869
Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales, La Valse, Daphnis Et Chloé, Suite Nos. 1 & 2, Bolero
Lucerne Festival Orchestra
Riccardo Chailly (conductor)
Accentus Music ACC20451 9 (DVD & Bluray)
http://accentus.com/discs/lucerne-festival-orchestra-riccardo-chailly-ravel
Liszt: Années de Pèlerinage; Deuxiéme année - Italie & Legende 1
Francesco Piemontesi (piano)
Orfeo C982191 (CD & DVD documentary film)
Sibelius: Lemminkäinen Suite, Spring Song & Belshazzar’s Feast
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo (conductor)
Chandos CHAN 20136
https://www.chandos.net/products/catalogue/CHAN%2020136
9.30am – Building a Library – Laura Tunbridge on Mozart Piano Quartets
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Reviewer: Laura Tunbridge
Recommended Recording:
Fauré Quartett
DG 4775885
Other Recommended Recordings:
Modern
Daniel Barenboim (piano), Michael Barenboim (violin), Yiulia Deyneka (viola) & Kian Soltani (cello)
DG 4835255
Jean-Claude Pennetier (piano), Members of the Ysaÿe Quartet
Ysaye Records YR08
Classic
George Szell (piano), Members of the Budapest Quartet
Archipel ARPCD01841
Period-performance
Malcolm Bilson (piano), Elizabeth Wilcock (violin), Jan Schlapp (viola) and Timothy Mason (cello)
DG Archiv 4234042
10.20am – New Releases
Cozzolani: Vespro della Beata Vergine
I Gemelli (ensemble)
Emiliano Gonzalez Toro (tenor & director)
Naive V 5472
Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin
Roderick Williams (baritone)
Iain Burnside (piano)
Chandos CHAN 20113
https://www.chandos.net/products/catalogue/CHAN%2020113
Schubert: Winterreise (Arr. for Voice and Chamber Ensemble)
Philippe Sly (baritone)
Le Chimera Project (ensemble)
Analekta AN29138
https://www.analekta.com/en/albums/schubert-winterreise-philippe-sly-le-chimera-project/
‘Asphalt Cocktail’ – Music for wind band by John Mackey incl. Concerto for Trumpet ‘Antique Violences’
Dallas Winds (wind band)
Jerry Junkin (conductor)
Reference Recordings RR-144
https://referencerecordings.com/recording/asphalt-cocktail-john-mackey/
10.45am – New Releases – Jeremy Summerly on Baroque Choral Releases
‘Sacred Music for Dresden Cathedral’ – Zelenka: Miserere in C & Confitebor tibi; Hasse: Miserere in C & Confitebor tibi
Accademia Barocca Lucernensis (ensemble)
Javier Ulises Illán (condcutor)
Pan Classics PC 10402
https://www.ablucernensis.ch/media/cd-zelenka-hasse/
‘Messe du Roi Soleil’ – Sacred music by Philidor, Guilain, Lalande, Couperin & Lully
Ensemble Marguerite Louise
Gaétan Jarry (director and organist)
Château de Versailles Spectacles CVS 008
‘Histoire Sacrées’ – Sacred history works by Marc-Antoine Charpentier
Ensemble Correspondances
Sébastian Daucé (director)
Harmonia Mundi HMM 902280.81 (2 CDs)
http://www.harmoniamundi.com/#!/albums/2511
Handel: Brockes Passion, HWV 48
NDR Choir
Göttingen Festival Orchestra
Laurence Cummings (director)
Accent ACC 26411 (2 CDs)
Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel: Ein Lämmlein geht und trägt die Schuld (Passion oratorio, 1731)
Purcell Choir
Orfeo Orchestra
György Vashegyi (conductor)
Glossa GCD 924006
http://www.glossamusic.com/glossa/reference.aspx?id=488
11.25am – Record of the Week
Bartók: The Wooden Prince, Op. 13; Concert Suite from The Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
Susanna Mälkki (conductor)
BIS- 2328 SACD (Hybrid SACD)
https://bis.se/conductors/malkki-susanna/bartok-the-wooden-prince
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