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BBC Proms Composer - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart with Laura Tunbridge and Tom Service

Laura Tunbridge chooses five essential recordings of BBC Proms Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and explains why you need to hear them, plus the best new classical releases.

Tom Service with a round-up of the best recent classical recordings.

9.30
BBC Proms Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Laura Tunbridge chooses five essential recordings of BBC Proms Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and explains why you need to hear them.

Recognised from the off throughout 18th-century Europe as a prodigiously gifted composer-performer, yet dead at the age of 35, Mozart has come to personify divinely inspired genius. His prolific output shows an incredible facility and level of accomplishment in almost every genre of his time, and many of Mozart's works are much-loved staples of the repertoire today, widely acknowledged as among the pinnacles of human achievement.

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Record of the Week: an outstanding new release.

2 hours, 47 minutes

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Sat 6 Aug 2022 09:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Joseph Haydn

    Overture in D Major, Hob.Ia:4

    Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin.
    • La passione.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 101.

  • Jacob Obrecht

    Interludium 'Ave Maris Stella'

    Ensemble: Accademia del Piacere. Conductor: Fahmi Alqhai.
    • Colombina. Music for the Dukes of Medina Sidonia.
    • Deutsche HM.
    • 10.

  • Ludvig Norman

    Symphony No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 58: IV. Allegro molto

    Orchestra: Oulu Sinfonia. Conductor: Johannes Gustavsson.
    • Norman: Orchestral Works.
    • Ondine.
    • 404.

  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony No. 8 in B Minor, D. 759 "Unfinished": II. Andante con moto

    Orchestra: B’Rock Orchestra. Conductor: René Jacobs.
    • Schubert: Symphony No. 8 in B Minor, D. 759 "Unfinished" & Symphony No. 9 in C M.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 501.

  • Ülo Krigul

    Aga vaata aina üles: No. 2, Öö on pime

    Lyricist: Uku Masing. Lyricist: Hedi Rosma. Conductor: Kaspars Putniņš. Choir: Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir.
    • Ülo Krigul: Liquid Turns.
    • BIS.
    • 302.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    String Quartet No 14 in G major, K387 'Spring': IV. Molto allegro

    Ensemble: Hagen Quartett.
    • Mozart: String Quartets K387 & K458.
    • Myrios.
    • 4.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major, K. 488: II. Andante

    Conductor: Herbert Menges. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra.
    • Mozart: Piano Concertos 15, 23 & 24.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 5.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Das Veilchen, K. 476

    Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Performer: Jan Philip Schulze. Singer: Olivia Vermeulen.
    • Dirty Minds.
    • Challenge Classics.
    • 3.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Le nozze di Figaro, K 492, Act 2 (excerpts)

    Lyricist: Lorenzo Da Ponte. Lyricist: Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Georg Solti.
    • Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Sinfonia Concertante in E-Flat Major for Oboe, Clarinet, Horn & Bassoon, K. 297b

    Performer: Ian Hardwick. Performer: Thomas Watmough. Performer: Jonathan Davies. Performer: John Ryan. Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Jurowski Conducts Mozart Wind Concertos.
    • London Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • 106.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Prelude on Three Welsh Hymn Tunes

    Performer: Tredegar Band. Conductor: Ian Porthouse.
    • Vaughan Williams On Brass.
    • Albion Records.
    • 10.

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Sonata in F Minor, TWV 41:f1 (Arr. A. Bornstein for Recorder, Cello & Harpsichord)

    Performer: Dan Laurin. Performer: Anna Paradiso. Performer: Mats Olofsson. Music Arranger: Andrea Bornstein.
    • Telemann: Recorder Sonatas.
    • BIS.

  • Leo Blech

    Sommernacht

    Choir: Aachen Opera Chorus. Orchestra: Sinfonieorchester Aachen. Conductor: Christopher Ward.
    • Blech: Complete Orchestral Works.
    • CapriccioNR.
    • 901.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    String Quartet No 12 in F major, Op. 96 'American': I. Allegro ma non troppo

    Ensemble: Wihan Quartet.
    • Smetana & Dvořák: Works for String Quartet.
    • Nimbus.
    • 5.

  • Franz Schubert

    Auftenthalt

    Composer: Franz Liszt. Performer: Mariam Batsashvili.
    • Schubert / Arr. Liszt: Ständchen, Serenade (After Schubert's 'Schwanengesang' D..
    • Warner Classics.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Harpsichord Concerto No. 7 in G Minor, BWV 1058

    Performer: Masato Suzuki. Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan.
    • J.S. Bach: Concertos for Harpsichord & Strings, Vol. 2.
    • BIS.
    • 7.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 49 in F Minor, 'La passione'

    Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin. Conductor: Bernhard Forck.
    • La Passione.
    • Pentatone.
    • 10.

Record Review

The link below each recording takes you directly to the label’s website. Please be aware that non-UK labels may be cheaper via a record store or an online retailer.

 

9.00am

 

Colombina. Music for the Dukes of Medina Sidonia – music by Urrede, Triana, Obrecht, etc.

Accademia del Piacere

Fahmi Alqhai

Deutsche HM  19658724762

http://www.accademiadelpiacere.es/discography/?lang=en

 

 

Ludvig Norman: Symphony No. 3 & Overtures

Johannes Gustavsson

Oulu Symphony Orchestra

Ondine  ODE 1391-2

https://www.ondine.net/?lid=en&cid=2.2&oid=6872

 

 

Schubert: Unfinished and Great Symphonies

B'rock Orchestra

René Jacobs

Pentatone  PTC5186894

https://www.pentatonemusic.com/product/schubert-unfinished-and-great-symphony/

 

 

Ülo Krigul: Liquid Turns

Ülo Krigul (electronics)

Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir

Tallinn Chamber Orchestra

Kaspars Putniņš

BIS  BIS2590 (Hybrid SACD)

https://bis.se/conductors/putnins-kaspars/ulo-krigul-liquid-turns

 

 

9.30am – Proms Composer: Laura Tunbridge on Mozart

 

Mozart: String Quartets K387 & K458

Hagen Quartet

Myrios  MYR017 (Hybrid SACD)

https://myriosmusic.com/collections/all/products/hagen-quartett-mozart-string-quartets-k-387-k-458

 

 

Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 15, 23 & 24

Solomon (piano)

Philharmonia Orchestra

Herbert Menges

Otto Ackermann

Warner Classics  3532112

 

 

Dirty Minds – music by Schubert, Mozart, Purcell, etc.

Olivia Vermeulen (mezzo-soprano)

Jan Philip Schulze (piano)

Challenge Classics  CC72835

https://www.challengerecords.com/products/15768562743978

 

 

Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K492

Lucia Popp (Susanna; soprano)

Kiri Te Kanawa (Countess; soprano)

Frederica von Stade (Cherubino; mezzo-soprano)

Thomas Allen (Count; baritone)

Samuel Ramey (Figaro; bass)

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Sir Georg Solti

Decca  4101502

https://www.deccaclassics.com/en/catalogue/products/mozart-le-nozze-di-figaro-te-kanawapoppvon-stade-4090

 

 

Jurowski Conducts Mozart Wind Concertos

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Vladimir Jurowski

LPO  LPO0114

https://www.lpo.org.uk/recordings-and-gifts/5556-cd-mozart-wind-concertos.html

 

 

10.15am – new releases

 

Vaughan Williams On Brass

Tredegar Town Band

Ross Knight (tuba)

Ian Porthouse

Martyn Brabbins

Albion Records  ALBCD052

https://rvwsociety.com/vaughan-williams-on-brass/

 

 

Telemann: Recorder Sonatas

Dan Laurin (recorder)

Anna Paradiso (harpsichord)

Mats Olofsson (cello)

BIS  BIS2555 (Hybrid SACD)

https://bis.se/performers/laurin-dan/telemann-the-recorder-sonatas

 

 

Leo Blech: Complete Orchestral Works and Orchestral Songs

Sonja Gornik (soprano)

Opernchor Aachen

Sinfonieorchester Aachen

Christopher Ward

Capriccio  C5481

http://capriccio.at/leo-blech-1871-1958-orchestral-works

 

 

Smetana & Dvořák: Works for String Quartet

Wihan Quartet

Nimbus  NI6422

https://www.wyastone.co.uk/smetana-dvorak-works-for-string-quartet.html

 

 

Schubert / Arr. Liszt: Ständchen, Serenade (After Schubert's 'Schwanengesang' D. 957)

Mariam Batsashvili (piano)

Warner Classics  5419717407

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/9362110--schubert-arr-liszt-standchen-serenade-after-schuberts-schwanengesang-d-957

Album released 26th August:

https://www.warnerclassics.com/release/romantic-piano-masters

 

 

J.S. Bach: Concertos for Harpsichord & Strings, Vol. 2

Masato Suzuki (harpsichord)

Bach Collegium Japan

BIS  BIS2481 (Hybrid SACD)

https://bis.se/performers/suzuki-masato/bach-concertos-for-harpsichord-vol-2

 

 

11.20am – Record of the Week

 

La Passione - Haydn, Mozart & Beethoven

Christina Landshamer (soprano)

Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin

Bernhard Forck

Pentatone  PTC5186987

https://www.pentatonemusic.com/product/la-passione/

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  • Sat 6 Aug 2022 09:00
    BBC Radio 3

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