BBC Proms Composer - Ludwig van Beethoven with Natasha Loges and Andrew McGregor
Natasha Loges chooses five essential recordings of BBC Proms Composer Beethoven 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: Beethoven
Natasha Loges chooses five essential recordings of BBC Proms Composer Beethoven and explains why you need to hear them.
The titan of classical music, Beethoven is the quintessential Romantic genius. In the popular imagination, he is the tortured artist, confronting his deafness and loneliness with a series of heroic, life-enhancing masterpieces. Beethoven developed and expanded what music could do in terms of power and expression. He developed the forms of orchestral, chamber and vocal music to new limits.
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Record of the Week: an outstanding new release.
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Edgar Olivero
Pa Pa Pa
Performer: Sarah Willis. Orchestra: Havana Lyceum Orchestra. Ensemble: The Sarahbanda. Conductor: José Antonio Méndez Padrón.- ALPHA.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat major, K271 "Jeunehomme" III. Rondeau. Presto
Performer: Kristian Bezuidenhout. Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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Johannes Brahms
Clarinet Trio in A Minor, Op. 114 - II. Adagio
Performer: Andreas Ottensamer. Performer: Gautier Capuçon. Performer: Yuja Wang. -
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Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto in D Major, RV 562 "Per la Solennità di S. Lorenzo" - I. Andante - Alle
Performer: Amandine Beyer. Ensemble: Gli Incogniti.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major, Op. 73 'Emperor' I. Allegro
Performer: Paul Lewis. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jiří Bělohlávek.- Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1-5.
- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Fidelio, Op. 72, Act 1 No.9, Aria Komm, Hoffnung, lass den letzten Stern
Performer: Jon Vickers. Performer: Gottlob Frick. Performer: Walter Berry. Performer: Ingeborg Hallstein. Singer: Christa Ludwig. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Choir: Philharmonia Chorus. Conductor: Otto Klemperer.- Warner Classics.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Pathétique Sonata III
Performer: Klazz Brothers. Performer: Osvaldo Fleites. Performer: Juan David Restrepo. Performer: Klaus Marquardt. Ensemble: Cuba Percussion.- Sony.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
String Quartet No. 15 in A minor, Op. 132 III. Molto adagio - Andante
Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.- ECM.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Violin Sonata No. 9 in A major, Op. 47 'Kreutzer' III. Finale: Presto
Performer: Patricia Kopatchinskaja. Performer: Fazil Say.- NAIVE.
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Joaquín Nin y Castellanos
Minué cantado
Performer: David Bergmüller. Singer: Fatma Said.- Kaleidoscope.
- Warner Classics.
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Charles Gounod
Je veux vivre (Roméo et Juliette)
Singer: Fatma Said. Orchestra: Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sascha Goetzel.- Kaleidoscope.
- Warner Classics.
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Joseph Haydn
String Quartet, Op. 77 No. 1 in G major I. Allegro moderato
Ensemble: Takács Quartet.- Hyperion.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Psalm 126, "nisi Dominus" Rv 803: V
Performer: Adrian Chandler. Singer: Jess Dandy. Ensemble: La Serenissima.- Vivaldi's Women.
- Signum Classics.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Psalm 126, "nisi Dominus" Rv 803: VI
Performer: Carina Drury. Singer: Claire Booth. Ensemble: La Serenissima. Conductor: Adrian Chandler.- Vivaldi's Women.
- Signum Classics.
- 606.
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John Adams
My Father Knew Charles Ives I. Concord
Orchestra: Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich. Conductor: Paavo Järvi.- ALPHA.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Capriccio in E major, BWV993
Performer: Mahan Esfahani.- Hyperion.
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Antonín Dvořák
Legends, Op. 59 VII. Allegretto grazioso
Orchestra: WDR Sinfonieorchester. Conductor: Cristian Măcelaru.- LINN.
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Marin Marais
La Gamme en forme de petit Opéra Mvt 13-15 Mi, Ré, Ut
Performer: Yoko Kawakubo. Performer: Myriam Rignol. Performer: Julien Wolfs. Ensemble: Les Timbres.- Chateau de Versailles.
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Frédéric Chopin
Polonaise in A flat major, Op.53 'Eroica'
Performer: Evgeny Kissin.- The Salzburg Recital.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
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Johannes Brahms
Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77 I. Allegro non troppo
Performer: Christian Tetzlaff. Orchestra: German Symphony Orchestra Berlin. Conductor: Robin Ticciati.- ONDINE.
Record Review
Mozart y Mambo: Cuban Dances
Sarah Willis (horn)
Havana Lyceum Orchestra
The Sarahbanda
José Antonio Méndez
Alpha ALPHA878
https://outhere-music.com/en/albums/mozart-y-mambo-cuban-dances
Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 9 'Jeunehomme' & 18
Kristian Bezuidenhout
Freiburger Barockorchester
Harmonia Mundi HMM902332
https://store.harmoniamundi.com/format/1078146-mozart-piano-concertos-k-271-456
Rachmaninoff & Brahms
Gautier Capuçon (cello)
Yuja Wang (piano)
Andreas Ottensamer (clarinet)
Vivaldi: 'il Mondo Al Rovescio' - Concerti Con Molti Stromenti
Amandine Beyer,
Gli Incogniti
0930 - Proms Composer: Natasha Loges on Beethoven
Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1-5
Paul Lewis (piano)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jiri Belohlávek
Harmonia Mundi HMC902053/55
Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72
Christa Ludwig (Leonore)
Jon Vickers (Florestan)
Walter Berry (Don Pizarro)
Gottlob Frick (Rocco)
Ingeborg Hallstein (Marzelline)
Gerhard Unger (Jaquino)
Franz Crass (Don Fernando)
Philharmonia Chorus & Philharmonia Orchestra
Otto Klemperer
Warner Classics 2564695614
https://www.warnerclassics.com/release/beethoven-fidelio-5
Beethoven Meets Cuba
Klazz Brothers
Cuba Percussion
Sony Classical 19075995792
Prism IV
Danish String Quartet
ECM ECM2564
https://www.ecmrecords.com/shop/1648123614/prism-iv-danish-string-quartet
Kopatchinskaja & Fazil Say - Violin Sonatas
Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin)
Fazil Say (piano)
Naïve V5146
10.15 a.m. – New Releases
Kaleidoscope
Fatma Said (soprano)
Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo
Sascha Goetzel
Warner Classics 5419713921
https://www.warnerclassics.com/release/kaleidoscope
Haydn: String Quartets Opp 42, 77 & 103
Takács Quartet
Hyperion CDA68364
https://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dc.asp?dc=D_CDA68364
Vivaldi's Women
La Serenissima
Adrian Chandler
Signum Classics SIGCD699
https://signumrecords.com/product/vivaldis-women/SIGCD699/
John Adams
Tonhalle Zürich
Paavo Järvi
Alpha ALPHA874
https://outhere-music.com/en/albums/john-adams
Bach: Italian Concerto & French Overture
Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord)
Hyperion CDA68336
https://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dc.asp?dc=D_CDA68336
Dvořák: Legends Op. 59, Czech Suite Op. 39
WDR Sinfonieorchester
Cristian Măcelaru
Linn CKD710
https://outhere-music.com/en/albums/dvorak-legends-op-59-czech-suite-op-39
Marais: La gamme
Les Timbres
Château de Versailles Spectacles CVS074
https://tickets.chateauversailles-spectacles.fr/uk/merchandising/42147/cvs074-cd-la-gamme
The Salzburg Recital
Evgeny Kissin (piano)
Deutsche Grammophon DG4862991
https://www.deutschegrammophon.com/en/catalogue/products/the-salzburg-recital-kissin-12749
11:20 a.m. – Record Of The Week
Brahms & Berg: Violin Concertos
Christian Tetzlaff (violin)
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Robin Ticciati
Ondine ODE 1410-2
https://www.ondine.net/?lid=en&cid=2.2&oid=6879
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