BBC Proms Composer - Handel with Hannah French and Andrew McGregor
Hannah French chooses five essential recordings of this week's BBC Proms Composer, Handel, and explains why you need to hear them. Also, the best of recent classical releases.
Andrew McGregor with a selection of the best new classical releases.
9.30am
BBC Proms Composer: Handel
Hannah French chooses five essential recordings of this week's BBC Proms Composer, Handel, and explains why you need to hear them. Also, the best of recent classical releases.
11.15am
Record of the Week
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Leonard Bernstein
Candide: Overture
Conductor: John Mauceri.- Dutton Vocalion.
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Anonymous
No-Body's Jigg - Mr Lane's Magot - Fantomenland - Fig for a Kiss
Ensemble: Ensemble I Zefirelli.- Ensemble I Zefirelli - Mr. Händel im Pub.
- arcantus Musikproduktion.
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Stephen Dodgson
Tournament for Twenty Fingers, Pt. 2: No. 3, A Bohemian Entertainment
Performer: Emma Abbate. Performer: Julian Perkins.- Tournament for Twenty Fingers.
- BIS.
- 603.
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Bohuslav Martinů
Symphony No 5, H 310: III. Lento - Allegro
Orchestra: Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Roger Norrington.- Bohuslav Martinů: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 6.
- SWR Music.
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George Frideric Handel
Zadok the priest, HWV 258
Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.- Handel: Coronation Anthems: The Sixteens / Christophers.
- Coro.
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George Frideric Handel
Giulio Cesare: Piangero la sorte mia
Singer: Sandrine Piau. Ensemble: Les Paladins. Director: Jérôme Corréas.- Alpha.
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George Frideric Handel
Suite No. 3 in D Minor: Presto
Performer: Francesco Corti.- Arcana.
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George Frideric Handel
Brockes Passion: Lasst Diese Tat Nicht Ungerochen
Singer: Alex Potter.- Alpha.
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George Frideric Handel
Recitative and Duet: Soll Mein Kind, Mein Leben Sterben (Brockes Passion)
Singer: Mary Bevan. Singer: Konstantin Krimmel. Ensemble: Arcangelo. Director: Jonathan Cohen.- Alpha.
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Franz Schubert
Symphony No. 3 in D Major, D. 200: I. Adagio maestoso - Allegro con brio
Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard. Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra.- Schubert: The Symphonies.
- BIS.
- 201.
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James Lee III
A Different Soldier's Tale: I. Vigilant Patrol
Orchestra: Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.- Voyages – Orchestral Music by James Lee III.
- AVIE Records.
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Susan Spain-Dunk
Rhapsody Quintet
Ensemble: Camarilla.- Dutton Epoch.
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Hugo Wolf
Italienisches Liederbuch: Nos 1, 17, 18 & 46
Performer: Joseph Middleton. Lyricist: Paul Heyse. Singer: Carolyn Sampson. Singer: Allan Clayton.- Wolf: Italienisches Liederbuch.
- BIS.
- 1.
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Hugo Wolf
Penthesilea: I. Aufbruch der Amazonen nach Troja
Conductor: Simon Gaudenz. Orchestra: Jenaer Philharmonie.- Wolf: Orchesterlieder & Penthesilea.
- CPO.
- 901.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Concerto in D Major, Op. 61a: III. Rondo. Allegro ma non troppo
Performer: Michael Korstick. Orchestra: Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Constantin Trinks.- Beethoven: Piano Concertos.
- CPO.
- 303.
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Leonard Bernstein
Symphonic Dances from 'West Side Story'
Conductor: Andrés Orozco‐Estrada. Orchestra: Houston Symphony.- Bernstein: West Side Story Suite.
- PENTATONE.
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Record Review
9.00am
Bernstein: Trouble in Tahiti* & Candide (“Chelsea Version”, 1973)
Nancy Williams (Dinah)*
Julian Patrick (Sam)*
Columbia Wind Ensemble*
Leonard Bernstein*
Lewis J Stadlen (Pangloss)
Mark Baker (Candide)
Maureen Brennan (Cunegonde)
June Gable (Old Lady)
John Mauceri (conductor)
Dutton 2CDLK4643 (2 Hybrid SACDs)
https://www.duttonvocalion.co.uk/proddetail.php?prod=2CDLK4643
Ensemble I Zefirelli - Mr. Händel im Pub – music by anon., Purcell, Handel, etc.
Ensemble I Zefirelli
Arcantus Musikproduktion arc21025
http://www.arcantus.de/en/arc-21025/
Tournament for Twenty Fingers – music by Berkeley, Dodgson, Lambert, etc.
Emma Abbate (piano)
Julian Perkins (piano)
BIS BIS2578 (Hybrid SACD)
https://bis.se/composer/dodgson-stephen/tournament-for-twenty-fingers-piano-duets
Bohuslav Martinů: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 6
Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR
Sir Roger Norrington
SWR Records SWR19119CD
https://www.naxos.com/CatalogueDetail/?id=SWR19119CD
9.30am – Proms Composer: Hannah French on Handel
Handel - Coronation Anthems
The Sixteen
Harry Christophers
Coro COR16066
https://thesixteenshop.com/products/handel-coronation-anthems
Handel: Enchantresses
Sandrine Piau (soprano)
Les Paladins
Jérôme Correas
Alpha ALPHA765
https://outhere-music.com/en/albums/handel-enchantresses
Handel: Winged Hands - The Eight Great Suites & Overtures
Francesco Corti (harpsichord)
Arcana A499 (2 CDs)
https://outhere-music.com/en/albums/handel-winged-hands-eight-great-suites-overtures
Handel: Brockes-Passion
Sandrine Piau (Tochter Zion; soprano)
Stuart Jackson (Evangelist; tenor)
Konstantin Krimmel (Jesus; baritone)
Arcangelo
Jonathan Cohen
Alpha ALPHA644 (2 CDs)
https://outhere-music.com/en/albums/handel-brockes-passion
Handel: Water Music Suites Nos. 1-3, HWV348-350
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
Georg Kallweit
Harmonia Mundi HMC902216
https://store.harmoniamundi.com/release/210941-akademie-fr-alte-musik-berlin-handel-water-music
10.15am – new releases
Schubert: The Symphonies
Swedish Chamber Orchestra
Thomas Dausgaard
BIS BIS2514 (4 Hybrid SACDs)
https://bis.se/conductors/dausgaard-thomas/schubert-the-symphonies
Frank Bridge & Benjamin Britten – Chamber Works
Hélène Clément (viola)
Dame Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano)
Alasdair Beatson (piano)
Chandos CHAN 20247
https://www.chandos.net/products/catalogue/CHAN%2020247
Voyages - Orchestral Music By James Lee III
ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop
Avie AV2507
https://www.avie-records.com/releases/voyages-orchestral-music-by-james-lee-iii/
York Bowen, Susan Spain-Dunk, Gordon Jacob, John Blackwood McEwen, Gustav Holst, Karl Jenkins – Wind Quintets
Camarilla Ensemble
Dutton CDLX7398 (Hybrid SACD)
https://www.duttonvocalion.co.uk/proddetail.php?prod=CDLX7398
Wolf: Italienisches Liederbuch
Allan Clayton (tenor)
Carolyn Sampson (soprano)
Joseph Middleton (piano)
BIS BIS2553 (Hybrid SACD)
https://bis.se/performers/sampson-carolyn/hugo-wolf-italienisches-liederbuch
Wolf: Orchesterlieder & Penthesilea
Benjamin Appl (baritone)
Jenaer Philharmonie
Simon Gaudenz
CPO 5553802
https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/cpo/detail/-/art/hugo-wolf-orchesterlieder/hnum/10781844
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concertos 0-7; Rondo in B Flat Woo 6
Michael Korstick (piano)
ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra
Constantin Trinks
CPO 555447-2 (4 CDs)
https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/cpo/detail/-/art/ludwig-van-beethoven-klavierkonzerte-nr-0-7/hnum/10890380
11.20am – Record of the Week
Bernstein: West Side Story Suite
Houston Symphony Orchestra
Andrés Orozco-Estrada
Pentatone PTC5187014
https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/9362698--bernstein-west-side-story-suite
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