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Summer CD Review: Rachmaninov, Tchaikovsky, Kodaly, Jessye Norman, Monteverdi, Bruckner

With Andrew McGregor. Rachmaninov, Tchaikovsky piano trios (excerpts); Proms Composer: Kodaly; Jessye Norman; Monteverdi: Vespers (excerpt); Bruckner: Symphony No 7 (excerpt).

3 hours, 12 minutes

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Sat 23 Aug 201409:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Partita no.4 in D major BWV.828 for keyboard: Menuett & Gigue

    Performer: Igor Levit.
    • SONY : 88843-036822.
    • SONY.
    • 18.

  • Anton Bruckner

    Symphony no. 7 in E major: 2nd movement; Adagio and 3rd movement; Scherzo

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iván Fischer.
    • Channel Classics: CCS SA 33714.
    • Channel Classics.
    • 2.

  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Beatus vir for 6 voices, 2 vn, 3 va da brazzo/tbn, bc [1640]

    Ensemble: Concerto Italiano. Director: Rinaldo Alessandrini.
    • NAIVE : OP-30557.
    • NAIVE.
    • 9.

  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Beatus vir for 6 voices, 2 vn, 3 va da brazzo/tbn, bc [1640]

    Ensemble: The King’s Consort. Conductor: Robert King. Choir: King's Consort Choir.
    • HYPERION : SACDA-67428.
    • HYPERION.
    • 3.

  • Kodály Zoltán

    Hary Janos - suite Op.35a [1927]: Intermezzo

    Orchestra: Hungarian R S O. Conductor: 8 Bit.
    • BUDAPEST MUSIC CENTRE RECORDS : BMCCD-141.
    • BUDAPEST MUSIC CENTRE RECORDS.
    • 5.

  • Kodály Zoltán

    Summer evening [Nyari este]

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Hungarica. Conductor: Antal Doráti.
    • DECCA : 478-2303.
    • DECCA.
    • 5.

  • Kodály Zoltán

    Mez, mez, mez [Honey] (After Nursery Songs, 1958)

    Conductor: Denes Szabo. Choir: Cantemus.
    • HUNGAROTON : HCD-31291.
    • HUNGAROTON.
    • 19.

  • Kodály Zoltán

    Quartet no. 2 Op.10 for strings: Andante (quasi recit.) - allegro giocoso

    Ensemble: Dante Quartet.
    • HYPERION : CDA-67999.
    • HYPERION.
    • 9.

  • Kodály Zoltán

    Este [Evening] for chorus

    Singer: Helle Charlotte Pedersen. Choir: Danish National Radio Choir. Conductor: Stefan Parkman.
    • CHANDOS : CHAN-9754.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 10.

  • Kodály Zoltán

    Hary Janos - Singspiel Op.15: Act 1, no.8; Uncle Marczi's drinking song (O, mely sok hal)

    Orchestra: London S O.. Singer: Laszlo Palocz. Conductor: István Kertész. Narrator: Peter Ustinov.
    • DECCA : 443-488-2.
    • DECCA.
    • 8.

  • Kodály Zoltán

    Sonata Op.8 for cello solo: 1st movement; Allegro maestoso ma appassionato

    Performer: Alisa Weilerstein.
    • DECCA : 478-5296.
    • DECCA.
    • 1.

  • Kodály Zoltán

    Laudes organi for chorus and organ: no.8; Fiat Amen

    Conductor: James O’Donnell. Performer: Andrew Reid. Choir: Westminster Cathedral Choir.
    • HYPERION : CDA-67147.
    • HYPERION.
    • 16.

  • Kodály Zoltán

    Psalmus Hungaricus Op.13 for tenor, chorus and orchestra

    Singer: Jozsef Simandy. Orchestra: Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Antal Doráti. Choir: Budapest Chorus.
    • HUNGAROTON : HCD-11392-2.
    • HUNGAROTON.
    • 1.

  • Kodály Zoltán

    Hungarian folk-music - book 4 for voice and piano: no.22 - Three women; no.23 - I have but just arrived; no.24 - Gipsy song

    Singer: Judit Nemeth. Singer: Andrea Melath. Performer: Tamás Vásáry. Singer: Szabolcs Brickner.
    • HUNGAROTON : HCD-32557-59.
    • HUNGAROTON.
    • 22.

  • Kodály Zoltán

    Symphony in C major: 3rd movement; Vivo

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Hungarica. Conductor: Antal Doráti.
    • DECCA : 478-2303.
    • DECCA.
    • 8.

  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Vespro della Beata Vergine [1610]: Psalm 109 Dixit Dominus

    Conductor: Leonardo García Alarcón. Choir: Namur Chamber Choir. Ensemble: Cappella Mediterranea.
    • AMBRONAY : AMY 041.
    • AMBRONAY.
    • 3.

  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Magnificat primo à 8 (Selve morale e spirituale)

    Ensemble: Concerto Italiano. Director: Rinaldo Alessandrini.
    • NAIVE : OP-30557.
    • NAIVE.
    • 20.

  • Kodály Zoltán

    Concerto for orchestra

    Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • CHANDOS : CHAN-9811.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 2.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Elegiac trio no. 1 in G minor for piano and strings [1892]

    Ensemble: Trio Testore.
    • AUDITE : 92.691.
    • AUDITE.
    • 1.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano concerto no.19 in F major K.459: 2nd movement; Allegretto

    Director: Mitsuko Uchida. Performer: Mitsuko Uchida. Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra.
    • DECCA : 478-6763.
    • DECCA.
    • 3.

09:00

Elegiac trio no. 1 in G minor for piano and strings [1892]

Performers: Trio Testore

Composers: Sergei Rachmaninov

Album Title: AUDITE 92.691 (Hybrid SACD)

Concerto no. 19 in F major K.459 for piano and orchestra

Performers: Mitsuko Uchida (piano/director), Cleveland Orchestra.

Composers: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Album title: DECCA 478 6763

Partita no. 4 in D major BWV.828 for keyboard

Performers: Igor Levit (piano)

Composers: Johann Sebastian Bach

Album Title: SONY 88843 036822 (2CDs)

9.30am Proms Composer: Zoltan Kodaly

Hary Janos - suite Op.35a [1927]

Performers: Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Adam Fischer (conductor)

Composers: Zoltan Kodaly

Album Title: BUDAPEST MUSIC CENTRE RECORDS BMC CD 141

Hary Janos - Singspiel Op.15

Performers: Peter Ustinov (narrator), Laszlo Palocz, London Symphony Orchestra, Istvan Kertesz (conductor)

Composers: Zoltan Kodaly

Album Title: DECCA 278 2303 (5CDs)

Este [Evening] for chorus

Performers: Helle Charlotte Pedersen, Danish National Radio Choir, Stefan Parkman

Composers: Zoltan Kodaly

Album Title: CHANDOS CHAN 9754

Summer evening [Nyari este]

Performers: Philharmonia Hungarica, Antal Dorati (conductor)

Composers: Zoltan Kodaly

Album title: DECCA 278 2303 (5CDs)

Magyar nepzene [Hungarian folk-music] - book 4 for voice and piano

Performers: Judit Nemeth (mezzo-soprano), Andrea Melath (mezzo-soprano), Szabolcs Brickner (tenor), Tamas Vasary (piano)

Composers: Zoltan Kodaly

Album title: HUNGAROTON HCD 32557-59 (3CDs)

Sonata Op.8 for cello solo

Performers: Alisa Weilerstein (cello)

Composers: Zoltan Kodaly

Album Title: DECCA 478 5296 (October release)

Quartet no. 2 Op.10 for strings

Performers: Dante String Quartet

Composers: Zoltan Kodaly

Album title: HYPERION CDA 67999

Psalmus Hungaricus Op.13 for tenor, chorus and orchestra

Performers: Jozsef Simandy (tenor), Budapest Chorus, Hungarian State Orchestra, Antal Dorati (conductor)

Composers: Zoltan Kodaly

Album title: HUNGAROTON HCD 11392-2

Concerto for orchestra

Performers: BBC Philharmonic, Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor)

Composers: Zoltan Kodaly

Album title: CHANDOS CHAN 9811

Mez, mez, mez [Honey] [Wine, sweet wine]

Performers: Cantemus, Denes Szabo (conductor)

Composers: Zoltan Kodaly

Album title: HUNGAROTON HCD 31291

Symphony in C major

Performers: Philharmonia Hungarica, Antal Dorati (conductor)

Composers: Zoltan Kodaly

Album title: DECCA 478 2303

Laudes organi for chorus and organ

Performers: Westminster Cathedral Choir, Andrew Reid (organ), James O'Donnell (conductor)

Composers: Zoltan Kodaly

Album title: HYPERION CDA 67147

10.15am Interview with Jessye Norman

Andrew talks to soprano Jessye Norman about her new memoir, the extraordinary recording career, memories of finding herself working in a divided Berlin having grown up in the segregated American south, a bizarre encounter during a song recital, the joy of performing Tippett's A Child of our Time with its innovative use of spirituals and her deeply held conviction that the arts are an essential part of life which touch the depths of the human spirit. 

11.15am Monteverdi Vespers

Vespro della Beata Vergine [1610]

Performers: Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini (conductor)

Composers: Claudio Monteverdi

Album Title: NAIVE OP 30557

Vespro della Beata Vergine [1610]

Performers: Namur Chamber Choir, Capella Mediterranea, Leonardo Garcia Alarcon (conductor)

Composers: Claudio Monteverdi

Album Title: AMBRONAY AMY 041

Beatus vir for 6 voices, 2 vn, 3 va da brazzo/tbn, bc [1640]

Performers: King's Consort Choir, The King's Consort, Robert King (conductor)

Composers: Claudio Monteverdi

Album Title: HYPERION SACDA 67428

Sonata a 6 [Sonate e canzoni bk.6, 1636]

Performers: Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini (conductor)

Composers: Giovanni Battista Buonamente

Album Title: NAIVE OP-30557

Vespro della Beata Vergine [1610]

Performers: Charles Daniels (tenor), James Gilchrist (tenor), Peter Harvey (bass), The King's Consort, Robert King (conductor)

Composers: Claudio Monteverdi

Album Title: HYPERION SACDA 67531/2

Magnificat Primo a 8 (Selva morale e spirituale 1640-1641))

Performers: Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini (conductor)

Composers: Claudio Monteverdi

Album title: NAIVE OP 30557

11.45am

Symphony no. 7 in E major

Performers: Budapest Festival Orchestra, Ivan Fischer (conductor)

Composers: Anton Bruckner

Album Title: CHANNEL CLASSICS CCS SA 33714 (Hybrid SACD)

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  • Sat 23 Aug 201409:00
    BBC Radio 3

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