With Andrew McGregor and William Mival
William Mival chooses five indispensable recordings of the music of Proms composer Richard Strauss 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.
9.30
Proms Composer: Richard Strauss
William Mival chooses five indispensable recordings of Proms Composer Richard Strauss and explains why you need to hear them.
11.20
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.
Bach: Orchestral Suite No 1 in C BWV 1066
Freiburger Barockorchester
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Egmont (Overture)
Narrator: Robert Hunger-Bühler. Orchestra: Helsingin Barokkiorkesteri. Conductor: Aapo Häkkinen.- Ondine.
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Marc‐Antoine Charpentier
Les Plaisirs de Versailles: Déesse des discours
Singer: Teresa Wakim. Singer: Virginia Warnken. Singer: Jesse Blumberg. Singer: Aaron Sheehan. Singer: Jason McStoots. Choir: Boston Early Music Festival Vocal Ensemble. Orchestra: Boston Early Music Festival Chamber Ensemble. Director: Paul O’Dette. Director: Stephen Stubbs.- CPO.
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Marc‐Antoine Charpentier
Les Plaisirs de Versailles: Ah, que ce chocolat foisonne
Singer: Teresa Wakim. Singer: Virginia Warnken. Singer: Jesse Blumberg. Singer: Aaron Sheehan. Singer: Jason McStoots. Choir: Boston Early Music Festival Vocal Ensemble. Orchestra: Boston Early Music Festival Chamber Ensemble. Director: Paul O’Dette. Director: Stephen Stubbs.- CPO.
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Marc‐Antoine Charpentier
Les Plaisirs de Versailles: Déesse un peu trop chatouilleuse
Singer: Teresa Wakim. Singer: Virginia Warnken. Singer: Jesse Blumberg. Singer: Aaron Sheehan. Singer: Jason McStoots. Choir: Boston Early Music Festival Vocal Ensemble. Orchestra: Boston Early Music Festival Chamber Ensemble. Director: Paul O’Dette. Director: Stephen Stubbs.- CPO.
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Caroline Shaw
Orange: Plan & Elevation i) The Ellipse
Ensemble: Attacca Quartet.- Nonesuch.
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Richard Strauss
Elektra: "Ich habe keine guten Nächte."
Singer: Regina Resnik. Singer: Birgit Nilsson. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Georg Solti.- Decca.
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Richard Strauss
Elektra: "Wenn das rechte Blutopfer unterm Beile fällt"
Singer: Regina Resnik. Singer: Birgit Nilsson. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Georg Solti.- Decca.
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Richard Strauss
Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, op. 28
Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden. Conductor: Rudolf Kempe.- Warner classics.
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Richard Strauss
An Alpine Symphony: Auf dem Gipfel
Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.- DG.
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Richard Strauss
An Alpine Symphony: Vision
Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.- DG.
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Richard Strauss
Metamorphosen
Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Wilhelm Furtwängler.- DG.
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Richard Strauss
Der Rosenkavalier, Act II: Hat einen starken Geruch wie Rosen
Singer: Christa Ludwig. Singer: Teresa Stich-Randall. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra.- EMI.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Toccata in G major, BWV916
Performer: Mahan Esfahani.- Hyperion.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Die Zauberflöte, K620: "Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön"
Singer: Ernst Haefliger. Orchestra: RIAS Symphonie Orchester Berlin. Conductor: Ferenc Fricsay.- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Edward Elgar
Caractacus Scene 6: Processional Music
Choir: Huddersfield Choral Society. Orchestra: Orchestra of Opera North. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.- Hyperion.
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Joseph Haydn
Keyboard Sonata in C Major, Hob.XVI:21
Performer: Jérôme Hantaï.- Mirare.
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William Wordsworth
Violin Concerto in A Major, Op. 60: II. Adagio cantabile
Performer: Kamila Bydlowska. Orchestra: Liepāja Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: John Gibbons.- Wordsworth: Orchestral Music, Vol. 2.
- Toccata Classics.
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Robert de Visée
Prelude in G
Performer: Elizabeth Kenny.- LINN.
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Robert de Visée
Les Sylvains de Mr. Couperin
Performer: Elizabeth Kenny.- LINN.
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Gioachino Rossini
Sigismondo, Act I: O tranquillo soggiorno! - Oggetto amabile (Live)
Singer: Hera Hyesang Park. Orchestra: Munich Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Keri-Lynn Wilson.- Rossini: Sigismondo (Live).
- BR-Klassik.
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Gioachino Rossini
Sigismondo, Act I: Signora... Ah taci (Live)
Singer: Hera Hyesang Park. Orchestra: Munich Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Keri-Lynn Wilson.- Rossini: Sigismondo (Live).
- BR-Klassik.
- 107.
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Gioachino Rossini
Sigismondo, Act I: Di caccia il suono - Al bosco! Alla caccia! (Live)
Singer: Hera Hyesang Park. Singer: Guido Loconsolo. Choir: Bavarian Radio Symphony Choir. Orchestra: Munich Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Keri-Lynn Wilson.- Rossini: Sigismondo (Live).
- BR-Klassik.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C BWV1066
Orchestra: Freiberg Baroque Orchestra.- Harmonia Mundi.
Summer Record Review
9.00am
Beethoven: Egmont, Complete Incidental Music
Robert Hunger-Bühle (narration)
Elisabeth Breuer (soprano)
Helsinki Baroque Orchestra
Aapo Häkkinen (conductor)
Ondine ODE1331-2
https://www.ondine.net/?lid=en&cid=2.2&oid=6299
MA Charpentier: Les Plaisirs de Versailles & Les Arts Florissants
Teresa Wakim (soprano)
Molly Netter (soprano)
Virginia Warnken (mezzo-soprano)
Aaron Sheehan (tenor)
Jesse Blumberg (baritone)
Margot Rood (soprano)
John Taylor Ward (baritone)
Boston Early Music Festival Chamber Ensemble,
Boston Early Music Festival Vocal Ensemble
Paul O'Dette (director)
Stephen Stubbs (director)
CPO 555 283-2
Caroline Shaw: Orange
Attacca Quartet
Nonesuch 7559-79260-9
https://www.nonesuch.com/albums/orange
9.30am – Proms Composer: William Mival on Richard Strauss
Composer: Richard Strauss
Reviewer: William Mival
Recommended Recordings:
Elektra
Birgit Nilsson (Elektra)
Regina Resnik (Klytämnestra)
Marie Collier (Chrystothemis)
Gerhard Stolze (Aegisth)
Tom Krause (Orest)
Wiener Philharmoniker
Georg Solti (conductor)
Decca 4173452
Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, op. 28
Staatskapelle Dresden
Rudolf Kempe (conductor)
Warner Classics 9029554251
An Alpine Symphony
Berlin Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
DG 439 017-2
Metamorphosen
Berlin Philharmonic
Wilhelm Furtwängler (conductor)
DG 4770062
Der Rosenkavalier
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Marschallin)
Christa Ludwig (Octavian)
Teresa Stich-Randall (Sophie)
Otto Edelmann (Ochs)
Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra
Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
Warner 9668242
10.20am – New Releases
JS Bach: The Toccatas
Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord)
Hyperion CDA68244
https://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dc.asp?dc=D_CDA68244
The Ernst Haefliger Edition – A centenary set of Ernst Haefliger's Deutsche Grammophon
recordings
Ernst Haefliger (tenor)
DG 4837122 (12 CDs)
https://www.deutschegrammophon.com/gb/cat/4837122
Elgar: Caractacus
Elizabeth Llewellyn (Eigen)
Elgan Llŷr Thomas (Orbin)
Roland Wood (Caractacus)
Christopher Purves (Arch-Druid, A Bard)
Alastair Miles (Claudius)
Huddersfield Choral Society
Orchestra of Opera North
Martyn Brabbins
Hyperion CDA68254 (2 CDs)
https://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dc.asp?dc=D_CDA68254
Haydn, Mozart: Sonates - Piano Sonata No. 12 in F major, K332, Piano Sonata No. 36 in C major, Hob.XVI:21, Piano Sonata No. 4 in E flat major K282, Piano Sonata No. 44 in F major, Hob.XVI:29 and Piano Sonata No. 51 in E flat major, Hob.XVI:38
Jérôme Hantaï (fortepiano)
Mirare MIR456
William Wordsworth: Orchestral Music, Volume Two - Piano Concerto in D minor, Op. 28, Pastoral Sketches Op. 10 and Violin Concerto in A major, Op. 60
Kamila Bydlowska (violin)
Arta Arnicāne (piano)
Liepāja Symphony Orchestra
John Gibbons (conductor)
Toccata Classics TOCC0526
https://toccataclassics.com/product/william-wordsworth-orchestral-music-volume-two/
Ars longa: Old and new music for theorbo by Piccinini, Kasperger, Muhly etc
Elizabeth Kenny (theorbo)
Linn CKD603
https://www.linnrecords.com/recording-ars-longa-old-and-new-music-theorbo-digital-deluxe-version
Rossini: Sigismondo
Hyesang Park (Aldimira)
Marianna Pizzolato (Sigismondo)
Rachel Kelly (Anagilda)
Kenneth Tarver (Ladislao)
Olga Watts (Hammerflügel)
Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Munich Radio Orchestra
Keri-Lynn Wilson (conductor)
BR Klassik 900327 (2 CDs)
11.25am – Proms BAL Recommendation
Bach: Orchestral Suites: Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C BWV1066
Reviewer: Mark Lowther, December 2014
Recommended recording:
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra
Harmonia Mundi HMC902113/14 (2 CDs)
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