Tom McKinney with Sarah Walker
Tom McKinney rounds up the best new and recent releases. In Building a Library, Sarah Walker compares recordings of Mozart's life-affirming Concerto in E flat for two pianos.
with Tom McKinney.
09.30
Building a Library: Sarah Walker listens to some of the available recordings of Mozart's Concerto for two pianos E-flat major, K. 365 and makes a recommendation.
Mozart's ebullient and warm-hearted double piano concerto was written for him and his sister to play, a delightful demonstration of the overflowing affection he had for Nannerl. Feelings all the more heartfelt, perhaps, as he grimly returned home to Salzburg. Because the concerto was composed in the wake of a gruelling and bitterly disappointing 18-month tour around Europe during which his mother died, he was jilted by the love of his life, and he failed to secure the much hoped-for appointment which would have saved him from what he called his 'Salzburg slavery'.
11.00
Laura Tunbridge sifts through recent releases of 19th- and 20th-century song.
11.45
Tom chooses an outstanding new release as his Disc of the Week.
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Music Played
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Francis Poulenc
Trio for Piano, Oboe and Bassoon, FP 43: II. Andante
Performer: Kiveli Dörken. Performer: Steven Hudson. Performer: Theo Plath.- Cantilène.
- CAvi-music.
- 15.
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Gustav Mahler
Das Lied von der Erde: IV. Von der Schönheit (Live)
Singer: Magdalena Kožená. Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.- Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde (Live).
- BR-Klassik.
- 4.
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Toru Takemitsu
Toward the Sea: II. Moby Dick
Performer: Shigenori Kudo. Performer: Shin-Ichi Fukuda.- Japanese Guitar Music, Vol. 4.
- Naxos.
- 2.
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François Devienne
Symphonie concertante No. 4 in F Major: II. Gracioso con variazioni
Performer: Tami Krausz. Performer: Emma Black. Performer: Javier Zafra. Performer: Nicolas Chedmail. Conductor: Julien Chauvin. Orchestra: Le Concert de la Loge.- Haydn: Symphony No. 82 "L'Ours".
- Aparté.
- 9.
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Pascal Dusapin
Quartet for strings with orchestra No.6 'Hinterland': I.
Orchestra: Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France. Ensemble: Arditti Quartet. Conductor: Pascal Rophé.- AEON.
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Béla Bartók
Violin Concerto No. 2, Sz. 112: III. Allegro molto
Performer: Christian Tetzlaff. Orchestra: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Hannu Lintu.- Bartók: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2.
- Ondine.
- 3.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Cello Sonata in B-Flat Major, RV 46
Performer: Jean‐Guihen Queyras. Performer: Christoph Dangel. Performer: Lee Santana.- Vivaldi: Sonatas for Cello & Basso Continuo.
- harmonia mundi.
- 21.
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Steve Reich
Double Sextet
Ensemble: Ekkozone. Conductor: Mathias Reumert.- Mode.
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Joseph Haydn
Symphonie Parisienne No. 82 en Ut Majeur, Hob. I:82 "L'Ours"
Conductor: Julien Chauvin. Orchestra: Le Concert de la Loge.- Haydn: Symphony No. 82 "L'Ours".
- Aparté.
Record Review
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9.00am
20th century chamber music from the Spannungen Festival 2017
Asya Fateyeva (saxophone)
Lars Vogt (piano)
Sibylle Mahni (horn)
Peter Dorpinghaus (trumpet)
Emily White (trombone)
Florian Donderer (violin)
Kiveli Dorken (piano)
Anna Reszniak (violin)
Steven Hudson (oboe)
Theo Plath (bassoon)
Avi Music AVI8553405
https://avi-music.de/html/2018/3405.html
Gustav Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde
Magdalena Kozena (mezzo soprano)
Stuart Skelton (tenor)
Symphony Orchestra of Bavarian Radio
Simon Rattle (conductor)
BR-Klassik 900172
https://www.br-shop.de/br-klassik-gustav-mahler-das-lied-von-der-erde
Music for guitar and flute by Toku Takemitsu, Ichiro Nodaira and Tamezo Narita
Shin-ichi Fukuda (guitar)
Kudo Shigenori (flutes)
Naxos 8.573911
https://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.573911
Symphonies by Haydn, Davaux & Devienne
Le Concert de la Loge
Julien Chauvin (conductor)
Aparte AP186
http://www.apartemusic.com/discography/haydn-lours/
9.30am – Building a Library – Sarah Walker on Mozart’s Double Piano Concerto K365
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piece: Concerto for two pianos in E flat K365
Reviewer: Sarah Walker
Recommended Recording:
Jos van Immerseel (fortepiano and direction)
Yoko Kaneko (fortepiano)
Anima Eterna (orchestra)
Alpha ALPHA339 (CD)
Other Recommended Recordings:
Below are other recordings that Sarah Walker also liked, although we can’t guarantee availability.
Alfred Brendel & Imogen Cooper (pianos)
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Sir Neville Marriner (conductor)
Philips 415 354-2
Lucas Jussen & Arthur Jussen (pianos)
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Sir Neville Marriner (conductor)
DG 481213
10.20am – New Releases
Dusapin: String quartets nos. 6 & 7
Arditti quartet
Orchestra Philharmonique de Radio France
Pascal Rophé (conductor)
Aeon AECD1753
https://outhere-music.com/en/albums/quatuor-vl-hinterland-quatuor-vll-opentime-aecd1753
Bartok: Violin concertos nos. 1 & 2
Christian Tetzlaff (violin)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Hannu Lintu (conductor)
Ondine
ODE 1317-2
https://www.ondine.net/?lid=en&cid=2.2&oid=6041
Vivaldi: Sonatas for cello & basso continuo
Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello)
Michael Behringer (keyboards)
Lee santana (theorbo)
Christoph Dangel (cello)
Harmonia Mundi HMM902278
http://www.harmoniamundi.com/#!/albums/2442
Reich: sextet & double sextet
Ekkozone
Mathias Reumert (conductor)
Mode MOD-CD-300
10.50am New Releases: Laura Tunbridge on Song
Vocal music from 1830-1840
John Mark Ainsley (tenor)
Lorna Anderson (soprano)
Alexey Gusev (bass-baritone)
Angelika Kirchschlager (mezzo)
Soraya Mafi (soprano)
Malcolm Martineau (piano)
Vivat VIVAT116
http://www.vivatmusic.com/catalogue/decades-a-century-of-song-volume-3
Vocal music by and inspired by Ivor Gurney
Sarah Connolly (mezzo soprano)
Simon Callow (narrator)
Tenebrae (choir)
Aurora Orchestra
Nigel Short (conductor)
Signum SIGCD557
https://signumrecords.com/product/a-walk-with-ivor-gurney/SIGCD557/
Paul Hindemith: Das Marienleben
Juliane banse (soprano)
Martin Helmchen (piano)
Alpha 398
https://outhere-music.com/en/albums/das-marienleben-alpha-398
‘September Songs’ – vocal music from Broadway and Hollywood
Thomas Allen (baritone)
Lucy Crowe (soprano)
Stephen Higgins (piano)
Champs Hill CHRCD144
http://www.champshillrecords.co.uk/cddetail.php?cat_number=CHRCD144
Hanns Eisler: Songs in American Exile (1938-1948)
Holger Falk (baritone)
Steffen Schleirmacher (piano)
MDG 613 2084-2
https://www.mdg.de/titel/2084.htm
11.45am – Disc of the Week:
Symphonies by Haydn, Davaux & Devienne
Le Concert de la Loge
Julien Chauvin (conductor)
Aparte AP186
http://www.apartemusic.com/discography/haydn-lours/
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