Brahms Double Concerto in A minor in Building a Library with Roger Parker and Andrew McGregor
Roger Parker recommends a recording of Brahms Double Concerto in A minor; Laura Tunbridge on some exciting new releases
Andrew McGregor with the best new recordings of classical music
9.30 am
Laura Tunbridge chooses her pick of new releases, as well as the track which she has regularly "On Repeat" - includes music from Vivaldi to Berg
10.30 am
Building a Library
Roger Parker recommends a recording of Brahms Double Concerto in A minor
The Double Concerto was Brahms' last orchestral work, composed in 1887. It was written partly as a gesture of reconciliation towards his friend the violinist, Joachim. The old friends had fallen out over Joachim's divorce. The concerto has been praised for its "vast and sweeping humour". It needs two brilliant and well matched soloists.
11.20 am
Record of the Week
Andrew's pick of the best of the best this week
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Felix Mendelssohn
Concerto for violin and strings in D minor: Allegro
Performer: Fabio Biondi. Ensemble: Europa Galante.- Mendelssohn: Orchestral Works.
- Naive.
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Giovanni Battista Bononcini
Affeto gioia (Griselda)
Singer: Randall Scotting. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor: Laurence Cummings.- The Crown: Heroic Arias for Senesino.
- Signum Classic.
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Charlotte Sohy
Trio, Op 24: I. Allegro
Performer: Никола Николов. Performer: Xavier Phillips. Performer: Célia Oneto Bensaid.- Compositrice de la Belle Epoque.
- La Boite A Pepites.
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Albert Roussel
Bacchus et Ariane, Op 43 - Suite No 2: Danse d'Ariane et de Bacchus (Moderato e pesante) - Bacchanale (Allegro brillante)
Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Domingo Hindoyan.- Debussy, Dukas & Roussel.
- Onyx.
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Chevalier de Saint-Georges Joseph Bologne
Violin Concerto in G major Op 8: III. Rondeau
Performer: Renaud Capuçon. Orchestra: Lausanne Chamber Orchestra.- Erato.
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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Violin Concerto in G minor Op 80: I. Allegro maestoso
Performer: Elena Urioste. Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra.- DECCA.
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Alban Berg
Passacaglia
Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.- CHANDOS.
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Giacomo Meyerbeer
Ombre legere (from Le Pardon de Ploermel)
Singer: Jodie Devos. Orchestra: Brussels Philharmonic. Conductor: Pierre Bleuse.- Bijoux Perdus.
- ALPHA.
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Robert Schumann
Scenes from Goethe's Faust: Faust's Death
Singer: Bryn Terfel. Singer: Jan‐Hendrik Rootering. Choir: Swedish Radio Choir. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.- SONY.
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Errollyn Wallen
Hunger
Ensemble: Continuum Ensemble. Ensemble: Ensemble X. Conductor: Philip Headlam.- Wallen: Photography: Orchestral Works.
- NMC.
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Charles Gounod
Sapho, CG 1, Act 3 No 19: 'Ou suis-je ? ... O ma lyre immortelle' (Sapho)
Singer: Marina Viotti. Ensemble: Les Talens Lyriques. Conductor: Christophe Rousset.- A Tribute To Pauline Viardot.
- Aparte.
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Karol Szymanowski
Szymanowski: 9 Preludes, Op. 1 - No. 1 in B Minor. Andante ma non troppo
- Karol Szymanowski: Piano Works.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
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Georg Frideric Handel
Neun deutsche Arien: Susse Stille, sanfte Quelle, HWV 205
Performer: Davina Clarke. Singer: Mary Bevan. Ensemble: Davina Clarke Ensemble.- Sweet Stillness.
- Voces8 Records.
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Franz Schubert
String Quintet in C major, D956: I. Allegro ma non troppo
Performer: Laura van der Heijden. Ensemble: Brodsky Quartet.- Schubert: String Quintet, Quartettsatz.
- Chandos.
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Record Review
9.00am
Mendelssohn: Orchestral Works
Europa Galante
Fabio Biondi
Naive V7262
The Crown: Heroic Arias For Senesino – music by Orlandini, Bononcini, Lotti, etc.
Randall Scotting (countertenor)
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Laurence Cummings
Signum SIGCD719
https://signumrecords.com/product/the-crown-herioc-arias-for-senesino/SIGCD719/
Charlotte Sohy: Compositrice de la Belle Epoque
Marie-Laure Garnier (soprano)
David Kadouch (piano)
Héloïse Luzzati (cello)
Nikola Nikolov (violin)
Célia Oneto Bensaid (piano)
Xavier Phillips (cello)
Marie Vermeulin (piano)
Mathilde Calderini (flute)
Constance Luzzati (harp)
Marie Perbost (soprano)
Aude Extrémo (mezzo-soprano)
Cordelia Palm (violin)
Quatuor Hermès
Orchestre National Avignon-Provence
Debora Waldman
La Boîte à Pépites BAP01.03 (3 CDs)
Debussy, Dukas & Roussel
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Domingo Hindoyan
Onyx ONYX4224
09.30am – Laura Tunbridge: New Releases
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons & Saint-Georges: Violin Concertos Op.5 & 8
Renaud Capuçon (violin)
Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne
Erato 5419718972
https://www.warnerclassics.com/release/the-four-seasons
Coleridge-Taylor
Elena Urioste (violin)
Chineke! Orchestra
Decca 4853322 (2 CDs)
Berg: Violin Concerto, Three Pieces for Orchestra
James Ehnes (violin)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sir Andrew Davis
Chandos CHSA 5270 (Hybrid SACD)
https://www.chandos.net/products/catalogue/CHAN%205270
Bijoux Perdus – music by Meyerbeer, Auber, Adam, etc.
Jodie Devos (soprano)
Brussels Philharmonic
Pierre Bleuse
Alpha ALPHA877
https://outhere-music.com/en/albums/bijoux-perdus
Laura Tunbridge: On Repeat
Schumann: Scenes from Goethe's Faust, WoO 3
Karita Mattila (soprano)
Barbara Bonney (soprano)
Brigitte Poschner-Klebel (soprano)
Susan Graham (soprano)
Iris Vermillion (mezzo)
Endrik Wottrich (tenor)
Hans-Peter Blochwitz (tenor)
Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone)
Jan-Hendrik Rootering (bass)
Harry Peeters (bass)
Berliner Philharmoniker
Claudio Abbado
Sony S2K66308
10:10 am
Listener On Repeat
Errollyn Wallen: Photography
Matthew Sharp (cello)
Tim Harries (bass guitar)
Errollyn Wallen (voice)
Ensemble X
Quartet X
The Continuum Ensemble
Nicholas Kok
Philip Headlam
NMC NMCD221
https://nmc-recordings.myshopify.com/products/errollyn-wallen-photography
A Tribute To Pauline Viardot – music by Rossini, Donizetti, Gounod, etc.
Marina Viotti (mezzo)
Les Talens Lyriques
Christophe Rousset
Aparté AP290
https://www.apartemusic.com/albums/hommage-a-pauline-viardot/
10.30am – Building a Library: Roger Parker on Brahms’ Double Concerto
Recommended recording:
Renaud Capuçon (violin)
Gautier Capuçon (cello)
Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester
Myung-Whun Chung
https://www.warnerclassics.com/release/brahms-double-concerto-clarinet-quintet
Other recommendation:
Jascha Heifetz (violin)
Gregor Piatigorsky (cello)
RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra
Alfred Wallenstein
RCA G010000416462T
11:15 am
Karol Szymanowski: Piano Works
Krystian Zimerman (piano)
DG 4863007
Sweet Stillness – music by Handel
Davina Clarke (violin)
Mary Bevan (soprano)
The Davina Clarke Ensemble
Voces8 Records VCM148D
11.25am – Record of the Week
Schubert: String Quintet, Quartettsatz
Brodsky Quartet (string quartet)
Laura van der Heijden (cello)
Chandos CHAN 10978
https://www.chandos.net/products/catalogue/CHAN%2010978
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