Andrew McGregor with Enigma Variations and New Year, New Music
Andrew McGregor with the must-have recording of Elgar's 'Enigma' Variations and a round-up of recent contemporary classical releases.
Andrew McGregor with the must-have recording of Elgar's "Enigma" Variations and a round-up of recent contemporary classical releases.
9.30am
Building a Library
Kate Kennedy discusses a wide range of approaches to Elgar's much-loved Variations on an Original Theme, his so-called "Enigma" Variations and recommends the key recording to have.
10.45am
As part of Radio 3's annual series New Year, New Music, Gillian Moore joins Andrew to look at a clutch of recent discs of music from the last few years.
11.15am
Disc of the Week
Andrew's recommendation of a superlative new release just out.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
String Quartet in F minor Op. 95 'Serioso': 1st mvt
Ensemble: Brodsky Quartet.- Chandos.
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Alexander Nikolayevich Tcherepnin
Narcisse et Echo Op. 40: i. Les Faunes et les Sylvains
Orchestra: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Łukasz Borowicz.- CPO.
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Johannes Ockeghem
Aultre Venus estes sans faille
Choir: Blue Heron. Conductor: Scott Metcalfe.- Blue Heron.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Symphony No. 3: 3rd mvt
Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.- Hyperion.
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Luís Tinoco
Short Cuts
Ensemble: Drumming. Conductor: Miquel Bernat.- Odradek.
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Jennifer Higdon
Scenes from the poet's dreams (2nd movement: Summer shimmers)
Performer: Gary Graffman. Ensemble: Lark Quartet.- Bridge.
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Johannes Brahms
Intermezzo Op. 118 No. 2
Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.- Hyperion.
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Thomas Tomkins
Death Is Swallowed Up In Victory
Performer: Rufus Frowde. Choir: Chapel Royal, Hampton Court Palace. Conductor: Carl Jackson.- Resonus.
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Joachim Raff
Benedetto Marcello: Act I, Scene IV
Orchestra: SWR Radio Orchestra Kaiserslautern. Conductor: Grzegorz Nowak.- Sterling.
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Ottorino Respighi
Pines of Rome
Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Mariss Jansons.- BR Klassik.
Record Review
09:00am
Beethoven: Late String Quartets
Brodsky Quartet
Chandos CHAN 20114
https://www.chandos.net/products/catalogue/CHAN%2020114
Nicolai Tscherepnin: Narcisse et Echo-Ballettmusik Op.40
Bamberger Symphoniker
Lukas Borowicz (conductor)
CPO 555 250-2
https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/cpo/detail/-/art/nicolai-tscherepnin-narcisse-et-echo-op-40/hnum/8977574
Johannes Ockeghem: Complete Songs Volume 1
Blue Heron
Scott Metcalfe (director)
Blue Heron BHCD 1010
http://www.blueheron.org/recordings/cds/johannes-ockeghem-complete-songs-volume-1/
Vaughan Williams: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Martyn Brabbins (conductor)
Hyperion CDA68280
https://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dc.asp?dc=D_CDA68280
New Year New Music:
Luís Tinoco: A r c h i p e l a g o
Drumming Grupo de Percussão
Miquel Bernat (director)
Odradek ODRCD398
https://www.odradek-records.com/album/a-r-c-h-i-p-e-l-a-g-o/
09:30am – Building a Library – Kate Kennedy on Elgar’s Enigma Variations
Composer: Elgar
Reviewer: Kate Kennedy
Recommended Recording:
London Symphony Orchestra
Pierre Monteux (conductor)
Decca 4834711 (24CD set)
Also available on Eloquence 4805019 (download) and Decca 4523032 (download)
Other Recommended Recording(s):
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Norman Del Mar (conductor)
DG 4297132
10:20am – New Releases
Brahms: The Final Piano Pieces
Stephen Hough (piano)
Hyperion CDA68116
https://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dc.asp?dc=D_CDA68116
O Give Thanks Unto The Lord: Choral Works by Thomas Tomkins
The Choir of HM Chapel Royal, Hampton Court Palace
Carl Jackson (conductor)
Resonus Classics RES10253
https://www.resonusclassics.com/o-give-thanks-unto-the-lord-choral-works-by-thomas-tomkins-chapel-royal-choir-hampton-court-jackson-res10253
Joachim Raff: Benedetto Marcello
Detlef Roth (baritone), Johannes Kalpers (tenor), Melba Ramos (soprano), Margarete Joswig (mezzo)
SWR Rundfunkorchester Kaiserslautern
Grzegorz Nowak (conductor)
Sterling CDO1123 (2CD)
10:42am – New Year New Music: Gillian Moore’s contemporary New Releases
Julia Wolfe: Fire in my mouth
New York Philharmonic
The Crossing
Jaap van Zweden (conductor)
Decca Gold (download)
https://deccagold.lnk.to/Fireinmymouth
Henze: Heliogabalus Imperator - works for orchestra
Anssi Karttunen (cello)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Oliver Knussen (conductor)
Wergo WER 73442
https://en.schott-music.com/shop/heliogabalus-imperator-fur-grosses-orchester-no344544.html
Clytemnestra
Rhian Samuel, Mahler, Berg
Ruby Hughes (soprano)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Jac van Steen (conductor)
BIS SACD2408 (SACD Hybrid)
Airs from another Planet: chamber music and songs by Judith Weir
Ailish Tynan (soprano)
Hebrides Ensemble
Delphian DCD34228
https://delphianrecords.co.uk/product-group/airs-from-another-planet-chamber-music-and-songs-by-judith-weir/
Andrew Norman: Sustain
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Gustavo Dudamel (conductor)
DG 4837608 (download)
https://www.deutschegrammophon.com/gb/cat/4837608
11:20am – Record of the Week
Schtschederin: Carmen-Suite – Respighi: Pini di Roma
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Mariss Jansons (conductor)
BR-Klassik 900183
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