BBC Proms Composer - JS Bach with Joseph McHardy and Andrew MacGregor
Joseph McHardy chooses five essential recordings of BBC Proms Composer JS Bach and explains why you need to hear them, plus the best new classical releases.
Andrew McGregor with a round-up of the best recent classical recordings.
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BBC Proms Composer: JS Bach
Joseph McHardy chooses five essential recordings of BBC Proms Composer JS Bach and explains why you need to hear them.
Generally regarded as one of the greatest composers in the history of western music, Bach was a Baroque composer famous for the Brandenburg Concertos, the Cello Suites, the Goldberg Variations, the Well-Tempered Clavier, the St Matthew Passion and the Mass in B minor. Bach's music is at the same time intellectually rigorous with its virtuosic counterpoint, and sensually thrilling with its dance rhythms and luxurious melodies.
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Record of the Week: an outstanding new release.
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George Frideric Handel
The King Shall Rejoice HWV260 Mvt. III & IV
Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel. Conductor: Hervé Niquet.- ALPHA.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata in G Op. 79 Mvt. I. Presto alla tedesca
Performer: Martin Roscoe.- DEUX ELLES.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Souvenir d'un lieu cher, Op. 42: Méditation in D minor
Performer: Niek Baar. Music Arranger: Alexandru Lascae. Orchestra: Concertgebouw Kamerorkest.- CHANNEL.
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Marcel Dupré
Symphonie-Passion, Op. 23 Mvt. 1: Le monde dans l'attente du Sauveur
Performer: Marko Sever.- Dupre - Symphonie-Passion.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 BWV 1048 "Allegro"
Conductor: Reinhard Goebel. Orchestra: Musica Antiqua Köln.- Deutsche Grammophon Archiv (DG).
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Trio super Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr BWV 664
Performer: Bine Bryndorf.- Haenssler.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
St John Passion BWV 245 Recitative "Barabbas aber", Arioso "Betrachte meine Seel'", Aria "Mein Jesu"
Performer: Masaaki Suzuki. Singer: Gerd Türk. Singer: Peter Kooij. Singer: Makoto Sakurada. Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan.- BIS.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
English Suite No.2 in A minor BWV 807 "Prelude"
Performer: Gustav Leonhardt.- VIRGIN CLASSICS.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Magnificat in D BWV 243, "Suscepit Israel"; "Sicut locutus est"; "Gloria Patri"
Choir: Vox Luminis. Conductor: Lionel Meunier.- ALPHA.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Violin Sonata No. 9 in A major, Op. 47 'Kreutzer' Mvt. I. Adagio sostenuto - Presto
Performer: Colin Jacobsen. Ensemble: The Knights. Conductor: Eric Jacobsen.- AVIE.
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George Frideric Handel
Salve Regina, HWV 241 Mvt. I: Salve Regina
Singer: Julie Roset. Orchestra: Millenium Orchestra. Conductor: Leonardo García Alarcón.- RICERCAR.
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Olivier Messiaen
O sacrum convivium
Performer: Sean Shibe.- PENTATONE.
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Hildegard von Bingen
O coruscans lux stellarum
Performer: Sean Shibe. Music Arranger: Sean Shibe.- PENTATONE.
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Leos Janáček
Pohádka (Fairy Tale) for Cello and Piano
Performer: Truls Mørk. Performer: Håvard Gimse.- ALPHA.
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Benjamin Godard
Scènes écossaises, Op. 138
Performer: Christopher Cowie. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Martin Yates.- Dutton Epoch.
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Johann Jakob Walther
Aria in E minor (Scherzi da violin no. XII)
Performer: Bojan Čičić. Orchestra: Illyria Consort.- DELPHIAN.
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Gustav Mahler
Symphony No 4: III. Ruhevoll, poco adagio
Ensemble: Les Siècles. Conductor: François‐Xavier Roth.- Mahler: Symphony No. 4.
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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.
Handel: Coronation Anthems
Le Concert Spirituel
Hervé Niquet
Alpha ALPHA868
https://outhere-music.com/en/albums/handel-coronation-anthems
Beethoven Piano Sonatas Volume 9: Hammerklavier
Martin Roscoe (piano)
Deux-Elles DXL1169
https://deux-elles.co.uk/product/hammerklavier-dxl-1169/
Obsession – music by Kreisler, Tchaikovsky, Ravel, etc.
Niek Baar (violin)
Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra
Channel CCS44822
https://outhere-music.com/en/albums/obsession
Dupré: Symphonie-Passion
Marko Sever (Grand Organ of Westminster Cathedral)
https://www.markosever.com/product-page/symphonie-passion
0930 - Proms Composer: Joseph McHardy on J. S. Bach
Bach – Brandenburg Concertos 1, 2 & 3
Musica Antiqua Köln
Reinhard Goebel
Deutsche Grammophon – DG142747
Bach, J S: Chorale Preludes III, BWV 651-668 ‘Leipzig Chorales‘ (‘The Great Eighteen’)
Bine Bryndorf (organ)
Hanssler Classic – 92.097
Bach - St. John Passion
Gerd Türk (Evangelist)
Chiyuki Urano (Jesus)
Ingrid Schmithüsen (soprano)
Yoshikazu Mera (countertenor)
Makoto Sakurada (tenor)
Peter Kooij (bass)
Bach Collegium Japan
Masaaki Suzuki
BIS – BIS921 (2 CDs)
https://bis.se/label/bis/st-john-passion
Bach: English Suites – Partitas
Gustav Leonhardt (harpsichord)
Virgin Classics – 5 61157 2 (4 CDs)
Bach: Magnificat – Handel: Dixit Dominus
Vox Luminis
Lionel Meunier
Alpha – ALPHA370
https://outhere-music.com/en/albums/bach-magnificat-handel-dixit-dominus
10.15 a.m. – New Releases
The Kreutzer Project – music by Beethoven, Janáček, Clyne, Jacobsen.
The Knights
Eric Jacobsen
Avie - AV2555
https://www.avie-records.com/releases/the-kreutzer-project/
Handel: Salve Regina
Julie Roset (soprano)
Millenium Orchestra
Leonardo García Alarcón
Ricercar - RIC442
https://outhere-music.com/en/albums/handel-salve-regina
Lost & Found – music by Messiaen, Hildegard von Bingen, Feshareki, etc.
Sean Shibe (electric guitar)
Pentatone – PTC 5186 988
https://www.pentatonemusic.com/product/lost-found/
Benjamin Godard Vol. 3
Sergey Levitin (violin)
Christopher Cowie (oboe)
Ann Noakes (flute)
BBC Concert Orchestra
Martin Yates
Dutton - CDLX7399 (Hybrid SACD)
https://www.duttonvocalion.co.uk/proddetail.php?prod=CDLX7399
Johann Jakob Walther: Scherzi da violino
Bojan Čičić
The Illyria Consort
Delphian - DCD34294 (2 CDs)
11:20 a.m. – Record Of The Week
Mahler: Symphony No. 4
Sabine Devieilhe (soprano)
Les Siècles
François-Xavier Roth
Harmonia Mundi HMM905357
https://store.harmoniamundi.com/format/1071274-mahler-symphony-no-4
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