Mozart's Symphony No 39 on Building a Library with Nicholas Kenyon and Andrew McGregor
Nicholas Kenyon recommends a recording of Mozart's 39th Symphony in Building a Library. Flora Willson on new releases of opera recordings
9.30
Building a Library: Nicholas Kenyon recommends a recording of Mozart's 39th Symphony.
Mozart's Symphony No. 39 IN E♭ major K. 543 is the first of a set of three (his last symphonies) that he composed in rapid succession during the summer of 1788. Contrary to myth, the evidence indicates that Mozart heard the three symphonies performed. He had orchestra parts copied, an expense he would not have incurred unless he needed them for a performance. This colourful and ebullient work remains one of the most popular pieces in the symphonic repertoire.
10.45
Flora Willson on new releases of opera recordings including a new set of Verdi's great Shakespearean masterpiece, Otello staring the tenor Jonas Kaufmann
11.20
Andrew chooses an outstanding new release as his Recording of the Week.
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Nicola Matteis
Gavotta con Divisioni (Ayres for Violin)
Performer: Amandine Beyer. Ensemble: Austrian Baroque Company. Director: Michael Oman.- Fra Bernardo.
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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
The Young Prince and Princess (Sheherazade)
Performer: Elise Båtnes. Orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.- Lawo.
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Richard Strauss
Cello Sonata in F major, Op 6 (2nd mvt)
Performer: Raphaela Gromes. Performer: Julian Riem.- SONY.
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George Frideric Handel
Take heed what you press... No no, I'll take no less (Semele, Act III)
Singer: Louise Alder. Singer: Hugo Hymas. Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.- Soli Deo Gloria.
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Francisco Valls
Missa Regalis (Gloria)
Choir: Choir of Keble College, Oxford. Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Matthew Martin.- AAM Records.
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Leos Janáček
On an Overgrown Path (The Madonna of Frydek/They Chattered Like Swallows)
Performer: Thomas Adès.- Janáček: Solo Piano.
- Signum Classics.
- 4.
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Morton Feldman
Coptic Light
Orchestra: Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Boder.- Capriccio.
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Stuart Duncan
Your Coffee is a Disaster
Composer: Chris Thile. Composer: Edgar Meyer. Performer: Stuart Duncan. Performer: Chris Thile. Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma. Performer: Edgar Meyer.- Sony.
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Giuseppe Verdi
Credo in un Dio crudel (Otello, Act II)
Singer: Pello El Afrokán. Orchestra: Orchestra Of The Accademia Di Santa Cecilia. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.- Sony.
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Giuseppe Verdi
Chi è la... Diceste questa sera (Otello, Act IV, excerpt)
Singer: Jonas Kaufmann. Singer: Federica Lombardi. Orchestra: Orchestra Of The Accademia Di Santa Cecilia. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.- Sony.
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Ruggero Leoncavallo
Recitar!... Vesti la giubba (I Pagliacci)
Singer: Piotr Beczala. Orchestra: Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana. Conductor: Marco Boemi.- Vincerò!.
- PENTATONE.
- 13.
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Richard Strauss
Die Frau ohne Schatten (Act I Scene 2, excerpt)
Singer: Nina Stemme. Singer: Wolfgang Koch. Singer: Samuel Hasselhorn. Singer: Ryan Speedo Green. Singer: Thomas Ebenstein. Orchestra: Vienna State Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Christian Thielemann.- Orfeo.
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Richard Strauss
Die Frau ohne Schatten (Act III, Scene 3, excerpt)
Singer: Camilla Nylund. Singer: Nina Stemme. Singer: Wolfgang Koch. Singer: Maria Nazarova. Orchestra: Vienna State Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Christian Thielemann.- Orfeo.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Serenade in C minor, K388
Performer: Peter Whelan. Ensemble: Ensemble Marsyas.- LINN.
Record Review
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London Calling: A Collection of Ayres, Fantasies and Musical Humours
Amandine Beyer (violin)
Michael Oman (recorder and director)
Austrian Baroque Company
FB2001111 Fra Bernardo
http://frabernardo.com/?portfolio=london-calling-a-collection-of-ayres-fantasies-and-musical-humours
Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol, Scheherazade & Russian Easter Festival Overture
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Vasily Petrenko (conductor)
Lawo LWC1198
Richard Strauss: Cello Sonatas
Raphaela Gromes (cello)
Julian Riem (piano)
Sony 19439718832
https://www.sonyclassical.de/alben/releases-details/richard-strauss-cello-sonatas
Handel: Semele
Louise Alder (Semele)
Hugo Hyma (Jupiter)
Lucile Richardot (Juno / Ino)
Carlo Vistoli (Athamus)
Gianluca Buratto (Cadmus / Somnus)
Emily Owen (Iris)
Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
Soli Dei Gloria SDG733 (3 CDs)
https://shop.monteverdi.co.uk/product/handel-semele/
9.30am – Building a Library – Nicholas Kenyon on Mozart’s Symphony No 39 in E flat, K 543
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Reviewer: Nicholas Kenyon
Recommended Recording:
Freiburger Barockorchester
René Jacobs (conductor)
Harmonia Mundi HMC901959 (download only)
Other Recommended Recording:
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Sir Charles Mackerras
Linn CKD308 (2 Hybrid SACDs)
10.15am – New Releases
Valls: Missa Regalis
The Choir of Keble College, Oxford
Academy of Ancient Music
Matthew Martin (director)
AAM Records AAM008
https://www.aam.co.uk/product/valls-missa-regalis/
Janáček: Solo Piano
Thomas Adès (piano)
Signum Classics SIGCD600
https://signumrecords.com/product/janacek-solo-piano/SIGCD600/
Feldman: Coptic Light; String Quartet and Orchestra
ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra
Arditti Quartet
Michael Boder (conductor)
Emilio Pomarico (conductor)
Capriccio C5378
http://capriccio.at/morton-feldman
Not Our First Goat Rodeo
Yo-Yo Ma (cello)
Stuart Duncan (violin)
Edgar Meyer (double bass)
Chris Thile (mandolin)
Sony 19439738552
https://sonyclassical.de/alben/releases-details/not-our-first-goat-rodeo-1
10.45am – New Releases – Flora Willson on recent operatic releases
Verdi: Otello
Jonas Kaufmann (Otello)
Federica Lombardi (Desdemona)
Carlos Álvarez (Iago)
Orchestra e Coro dell'Academia Nationale di Santa Cecilia
Antonio Pappano (conductor)
Sony 19439707932 (2 CDs)
https://www.sonyclassical.de/alben/releases-details/verdi-otello-4
Vincerò!: Puccini, Cilea, Mascagni, Giordano, Leoncavallo
Piotr Beczala (tenor)
Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana
Marco Boemi (conductor)
Pentatone PTC5186733
Strauss: Die Frau ohne Schatten
Stephen Gould (Der Kaiser)
Camilla Nylund (Die Kaiserin)
Wolfgang Koch (Barak, der Farber)
Nina Stemme (Die Farberin)
Evelyn Herlitzius (Die Amme)
Sebastian Holecek (Geisterbote)
Wiener Staatsoper
Christian Thielemann (conductor)
Orfeo C991203 (3 CDs)
https://www.orfeo-international.de/pages/cd_c991203_e.html
11.20am – Record of the Week
Mozart: Serenade in C Minor, K 388
Ensemble Marsyas
Peter Whelan (bassoon and director)
Linn Records CKD654 (download only)
https://www.linnrecords.com/recording-mozart-serenade-c-minor-k-388
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