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Haydn's Harmoniemesse in Building a Library with Richard Wigmore and Andrew McGregor

In Building a Library, Richard Wigmore chooses his favourite recording of Haydn's Harmoniemesse, and Emily MacGregor rounds up some of the best new classical releases.

Andrew McGregor with the best new recordings of classical music.

9.30 am
Emily MacGregor brings a selection of new releases to the studio, and in On Repeat she shares a track with Andrew and explains her current preoccupation with it.

10.30 am
Building a Library
Richard Wigmore chooses his favourite recording of Joseph Haydn's Harmoniemesse in B flat.

In 1802, when Haydn completed the Harmoniemesse (having, as he put it, "toiled wearily and laboriously"), the 70-year-old was acknowledged as Europe's greatest living composer. The mass setting, Haydn's last major completed work, never gained the same popularity as his two late oratorios The Creation and The Seasons. But it has long been recognised as one of Haydn's supreme achievements into which, despite old age and failing health, he poured a lifetime of experience to create music both fresh and inspiring. The orchestra is the largest Haydn used for any of his six masses and its name comes from its large section of wind ('harmonie') instruments.

11.20 am
Record of the Week
An exceptional new release.

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2 hours, 47 minutes

Last on

Sat 12 Nov 2022 09:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Johann Nepomuk Hummel

    Trumpet Concerto in E-Flat Major, WoO 1: III. Rondo

    Performer: Lucienne Renaudin Vary. Orchestra: Luzerner Sinfonieorchester. Conductor: Michael Sanderling.
    • Trumpet Concertos.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 3.

  • Lorenzo Gaetano Zavateri

    Introducione in G for Strings & Continuo, Op 1

    Orchestra: La Serenissima. Conductor: Adrian Chandler.
    • Forza azzurri! Music by Dall’abaco, Brescianello, Sammartini, Vivaldi and Zavate.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 1.

  • Francis Poulenc

    Concerto in D minor for Two Pianos & Orchestra: II. Larghetto

    Ensemble: MultiPiano. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Dmitry Yablonsky.
    • Levanon - Martin - Poulenc - Shostakovich: Works For Pianos and Orchestra.
    • Naxos.
    • 5.

  • Cesar Cui

    Poemes (20) de Jean Richepin, Op 44: No 3, Les petiots

    Ensemble: Les Lunaisiens. Choir: Choeur de femmes audomaria de Saint-Omer. Director: Adelaide Stroesser. Singer: Arnaud Marzorati.
    • Merd'v'la l'hiver: Complaintes des gens de rue.
    • Alpha.
    • 13.

  • Gaston Gabaroche

    Les nocturnes

    Ensemble: Les Lunaisiens. Singer: Stéphanie d'Oustrac. Director: Adelaide Stroesser. Singer: Arnaud Marzorati.
    • Merd'v'la l'hiver: Complaintes des gens de rue.
    • Alpha.
    • 14.

  • Johann Christian Bach

    Sonata for keyboard 4-hands Op 18 No 6 in F major: II. Rondo. Allegro

    Ensemble: Duo Pleyel.
    • Mozart’s Real Musical Father.
    • Linn.
    • 10.

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Symphony in C: I. Moderato alla breve

    Conductor: Andrew Davis. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Chandos.

  • Rued Langgaard

    Symphony No. 1 in B Minor, BVN 32 "Klippepastoraler": V. Livsmod (Live)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • Symphony No. 1 in B Minor BVN 32 "Klippepastoraler" (Live).
    • Dacapo.
    • 105.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Ma mère l'oye, M. 62 "Mother Goose": IVa. Les entretiens de la belle et de la bê

    Conductor: Robert Treviño. Orchestra: Euskadiko Orkestra Sinfonikoa.
    • Ravel: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2.
    • Ondine.
    • 117.

  • Sebastian Fagerlund

    Breathe: II. Scherzo & III. Elegy

    Performer: Paula Breland. Performer: Jennifer Aßmus. Performer: Anna-Katharina Schau. Ensemble: Trio [k l aː ŋ ʃ p ɛ k t r ʊ m].
    • Breathe.
    • Genuin.
    • 102.

  • Isaac Albéniz

    Asturias (Suite española)

    Music Arranger: John Williams. Performer: John Williams.
    • SONY CLASSICAL.

  • Philip Glass

    "Heroes" Symphony, 1st movement: Heroes

    Orchestra: American Composers Orchestra. Conductor: Dennis Russell Davies.
    • Point Music.

  • Biagio Marini

    Settimo libro de' madrigali: Balletto Secondo a 3 & a 4 - Entrata grave

    Singer: Monica Piccinini. Ensemble: Concerto Italiano. Conductor: Rinaldo Alessandrini.
    • Monteverdi: Concerto & Settimo Libro De' Madrigali.
    • Naive.
    • 16.

  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Settimo libro de' madrigali: 'Con che soavita, labbra odorate'

    Singer: Monica Piccinini. Ensemble: Concerto Italiano. Conductor: Rinaldo Alessandrini.
    • Monteverdi: Concerto & Settimo Libro De' Madrigali.
    • Naive.
    • 17.

  • Cécile Chaminade

    Aubade

    Performer: Finghin Collins.
    • The Bright Day is Done.
    • Claves.
    • 1.

  • Amy Beach

    A Hermit Thrush at Morn, Op 92 No 2

    Performer: Finghin Collins.
    • The Bright Day is Done.
    • Claves.
    • 2.

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Parysatis, R 312, Airs de ballet

    Conductor: Jun Märkl. Orchestra: Residentie Orkest.
    • Saint-Saëns: Dances & Ballet Music.
    • Naxos.
    • 12.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    String Quartet No 21 in D Major, K 575

    Ensemble: Chiaroscuro Quartet.
    • Mozart: The Prussian Quartets.
    • BIS.
    • 1.

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

 

Trumpet Concertos – music by Hummel, Haydn, Arutiunian, etc.

Lucienne Renaudin Vary (trumpet)

Luzerner Sinfonieorchester

Michael Sanderling

Warner Classics  9029633426

https://www.warnerclassics.com/release/trumpetconcertos

 

 

Forza azzurri! – music by Brescianello, Vivaldi, Zavateri, etc.

La Serenissima

Adrian Chandler

Signum  SIGCD705

https://signumrecords.com/product/forza-azzurri/SIGCD705/

 

 

Levanon - Martin - Poulenc - Shostakovich: Works For Pianos and Orchestra

Multipiano Ensemble

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Dmitry Yablonsky

Naxos  8.573802

https://www.naxos.com/CatalogueDetail/?id=8.573802

 

 

Merd'v'là l'hiver: Complaintes des gens de rue – music by Varney, Cui, Gabaroche, etc.

Stéphanie d'Oustrac (mezzo)

Les Lunaisiens

Chœur de femmes audomaria de Saint-Omer

Arnaud Marzorati

Adélaïde Stroesser

Alpha  ALPHA887

https://outhere-music.com/en/albums/merdvla-lhiver-complaintes-des-gens-de-rue

 

 

Mozart’s Real Musical Father

Duo Pleyel: Alexandra Nepomnyashchaya & Richard Egarr (fortepiano after Anton Walter, Vienna c. 1795)

Linn  CKD655     

https://outhere-music.com/en/albums/mozarts-real-musical-father

 

 

09.30am – Emily MacGregor: New Releases

 

Igor Stravinsky: Symphony in C & Symphony in Three Movements

BBC Philharmonic

Sir Andrew Davis

Chandos  CHSA5315 (Hybrid SACD)

https://www.chandos.net/products/catalogue/CHAN%205315

 

 

Rued Langgaard: Symphony No. 1 - Cliffside Pastorals

Berliner Philharmoniker

Sakari Oramo

Dacapo  6220644 (Hybrid SACD)

https://www.dacapo-records.dk/en/recordings/langgaard-symphony-no-1-cliffside-pastorals

 

 

Ravel 2

Basque National Orchestra

Robert Trevino

Ondine  ODE1416-2

https://www.ondine.net/?lid=en&cid=2.2&oid=6917

 

 

Breathe: Works By Fagerlund, Rojko, Tiensuu, Goldmann, Kuwan and Katzer

Trio Klangspektrum

Genuin  GEN22803

http://genuin.studio/en/04_d.php?k=666

 

 

 

Emily MacGregor: On Repeat

 

John Williams plays Albéniz & Granados

John Williams (guitar)

Sony  88697720782

 

 

 

 

10:10 am

 

Listener On Repeat

 

 

Philip Glass: Heroes Symphony

American Composers Orchestra

Dennis Russell Davies

Decca  4543882

https://www.deccaclassics.com/en/catalogue/products/philip-glass-heroes-symphony-10488

 

 

 

Monteverdi: Concerto & Settimo Libro De' Madrigali

Concerto Italiano

Rinaldo Alessandrini

Naive  OP7365 (2CDs)

https://naiverecords.com/concerto-italiano?rq=monteverdi

 

 

The Bright Day is Done – music by Chaminade, Beach, Liszt, etc.

Finghin Collins (piano)

Claves  CD3053

https://www.claves.ch/collections/new-releases/products/the-bright-day-is-done

 

 

10.30am – Building a Library: Richard Wigmore on Haydn’s Harmoniemesse

 

Recommended recording:

 

La Petite Bande

Choeur de Chambre de Namur

Sigiswald Kuijken

Deutsche HM  05472773372

 

 

 

 

 

11:15 am

 

Camille Saint-Saëns: Dances and Ballet Music

Residentie Orkest The Hague

Jun Märkl

Naxos  8.574463

https://www.naxos.com/CatalogueDetail/?id=8.574463

 

 

11.25am – Record of the Week 

 

Mozart: The Prussian Quartets

Chiaroscuro Quartet

BIS  BIS-2558 (Hybrid SACD)

https://bis.se/orchestras-ensembles/chiaroscuro-quartet/wa-mozart-the-prussian-quartets

 

 

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  • Sat 12 Nov 2022 09:00
    BBC Radio 3

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