With Andrew McGregor and Andrew Mellor
Andrew Mellor chooses five indispensable recordings of the music of Proms composer Jean Sibelius and explains why you need to hear them, plus the best in new classical releases.
Andrew McGregor with a selection of the best new classical releases.
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Proms Composer: Jean Sibelius
Andrew Mellor chooses five indispensable recordings of Proms Composer Jean Sibelius, one of the greatest of 20th-century composers, and explains why you need to hear them.
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Proms Recording:
To end each edition of Summer Record Review, Andrew introduces the Building a Library recommendation of a major work featured in the Proms.
Mozart: Concerto for two pianos in E-flat major, K. 365
Jos van Immerseel and Yoko Kaneko (fortepianos)
Anima Eterna
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Le Nozze di Figaro: Overture (arr. Hummel)
Performer: David Owen Norris. Performer: Katy Bircher. Performer: Caroline Balding. Performer: Andrew Skidmore.- Hyperion.
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György Kurtág
Scenes From A Novel Op.19 For Mezzo-Soprano, Violin, D.Bass & Cimbalom
Performer: Curtis Macomber. Performer: Nicholas Tolle. Performer: Kathryn Schulmeister. Singer: Susan Narucki.- Avie.
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Sergey Prokofiev
Piano Concerto No. 2 In G Minor: III. Intermezzo
Performer: Haochen Zhang. Orchestra: Lahti Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Dima Slobodeniuk.- Bis.
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Marin Marais
Pieces de Viol: La Gracieuse & Gigue à l'anglaise
Performer: Robert Smith. Performer: Israel Golani. Performer: Joshua Cheatham. Performer: Olivier Fortin.- Resonus Classics.
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Jean Sibelius
'Svarta rosor' & 'Vären flyktar hastigt '
Performer: Roland Pöntinen. Singer: Barbara Hendricks.- Warner Classics.
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Jean Sibelius
2 Serious Melodies For Cello And Orchestra: I. Cantique
Performer: Marko Ylönen. Conductor: Osmo Vänskä. Orchestra: Lahti Symphony Orchestra.- BIS.
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Jean Sibelius
Violin Concerto In D Minor: III. Allegro ma non tanto
Performer: Ida Haendel. Conductor: Karel Ančerl. Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic.- Supraphon.
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Jean Sibelius
Symphony No. 7 In C Major Op.105
Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Paavo Berglund.- Finlandia.
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Jean Sibelius
Symphony No. 5 In E Flat Major Op.82
Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Storgårds.- Chandos.
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Felix Mendelssohn
Die Schone Melusine - Overture Op.32
Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Pablo Heras‐Casado.- Harmonia Mundi.
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Edmund Finnis
The Air, Turning
Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ilan Volkov.- NMC.
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Charles Tomlinson Griffes
3 Poems Of Fiona Macleod, Op.11: III. The Rose of the Night
Singer: Stuart Skelton. Orchestra: West Australian Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Asher Fisch.- ABC Classics.
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Dmitry Borisovich Kabalevsky
Cello Sonata In B Flat Major
Performer: Steven Isserlis. Performer: Olli Mustonen.- Hyperion.
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François-Joseph Gossec
Symphony in F major Op. 4 No. 3
Orchestra: Deutsche Kammerakademie Neuss am Rhein. Conductor: Simon Gaudenz.- CPO.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Ricarcar a 6 BWV1079
Performer: Olivier Latry.- La Dolce Volta.
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Guillaume de Machaut
Messe De Nostre Dame For 4 Voices
Choir: Ensemble Organum. Conductor: Marcel Pérès.- Harmonia Mundi.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Concerto In E Flat Major K.365 For 2 Pianos And Orchestra
Performer: Yoko Kaneko. Performer: Jos van Immerseel. Orchestra: Anima Eterna.- Alpha.
Summer Record Review
9.00am
The Jupiter Project: Mozart in the nineteenth-century drawing room
David Owen Norris (piano)
Katy Bircher (flute)
Caroline Balding (violin)
Andrew Skidmore (cello)
Hyperion CDA68234
https://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dc.asp?dc=D_CDA68234
The Edge of Silence: Works for Voice by György Kurtág
Susan Narucki (soprano)
Donald Berman (piano)
Curtis Macomber (violin)
Nicholas Tolle (cimbalom)
Kathryn Schulmeister (double bass)
Avie AV2408
http://www.avie-records.com/releases/the-edge-of-silence-works-for-voice-by-gyo%cc%88rgy-kurtag/
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No.1 - Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 2
Haochen Zhang (piano)
Lahti Symphony Orchestra
Dima Slobodeniouk (conductor)
BIS-2381 SACD (Hybrid SACD)
https://bis.se/conductors/slobodeniouk-dima/haochen-zhang-plays-prokofiev-tchaikovsky
La Gracieuse: Pièces de Viole by Marin Marais
Robert Smith (viola da gamba)
Israel Golani (viola da gamba)
Joshua Cheatham (viola da gamba)
Olivier Fortin (harpsichord)
Resonus Classics RES10244
https://www.resonusclassics.com/la-gracieuse-pices-de-viole-by-marin-marais-robert-smith-res10244
9.30am – Proms Composer: Andrew Mellor on Sibelius
Composer: Jean Sibelius
Reviewer: Andrew Mellor
Recommended Recordings:
Svarta rosor Op 36/1 & Vären flyktar hastigt Op 13/4
Barbara Hendricks (soprano)
Roland Pontinen (piano)
Warner 388 7632
Two Serious Melodies Op 77 – I. Cantique
Marko Ylönen (cello)
Lahti Symphony Orchesta
Osmo Vänskä (conductor)
BIS 1921-23
Violin Concerto in D minor, Op 47
Ida Haendel (violin)
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Karel Ancerl (conductor)
Supraphon SU 4024-2
Symphony No 7
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Paavo Berglund
Finlandia 3984-23389-2 (available as a digital download)
Symphony No 5
BBC Philharmonic
John Storgårds
Chandos CHAN 10809
10.20am – New Releases
Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto No. 2 & Symphony No. 1
Kristian Bezuidenhout (fortepiano)
Freiburger Barockorchester
Pablo Heras-Casado (conductor)
Harmonia Mundi HMM902369
http://www.harmoniamundi.com/#!/albums/2515
Edmund Finnis: The Air, Turning
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ilan Volkov (conductor)
Eloisa-Fleur Thom (violin)
Birmingham Contemporary Music Group
Richard Baker (conductor)
London Contemporary Orchestra
Robert Ames (conductor)
Mark Simpson (clarinet)
Víkingur Ólafsson (piano)
Benjamin Beilman (violin)
Britten Sinfonia
Andrew Gourlay (conductor)
NMC NMC D249
https://www.nmcrec.co.uk/recording/air-turning
Shining Knight – Songs by Wagner, Griffes and Barber
Stuart Skelton (tenor)
West Australian Symphony Orchestra
Asher Fisch (conductor)
ABC Classics ABC4817219
https://www.abc.net.au/classic/featured-music/feature-albums/stuart-skelton-shining-knight/10105552
Shostakovich & Kabalevsky: Cello Sonatas
Steven Isserlis (cello)
Olli Mustonen (piano)
Hyperion CDA68239
https://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dc.asp?dc=D_CDA68239
Gossec: Symphonies, Op. 4
Deutsche Kammerakademie Neuss
Simon Gaudenz (conductor)
CPO 5552632
Bach To The Future: Olivier Latry plays the Cavaillé-Coll organ of Notre-Dame de Paris
Olivier Latry (organ)
La Dolce Volta LDV 69
https://www.ladolcevolta.com/album-music/olivier-latry-js-bach-bach-to-the-future/
Musique Pour Notre-Dame de Paris
Ensemble Organum
Marcel Peres (conductor)
Harmonia Mundi HMX 2901590
11.25am – Proms BAL Recommendation
Mozart: Concerto for 2 Pianos in E flat K365
Reviewer: Sarah Walker, Septmber 2018
Recommended recording:
Yoko Kaneko (fortepiano)
Jos van Immerseel (fortepiano)
Anima Eterna
Alpha Alpha 339
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