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Building a Library: Rameau: Pieces de clavecin

With Andrew McGregor. Including Building a Library: Rameau: Pieces de clavecin; New opera releases on DVD and blu-ray; Disc of the week: Walton: Symphony No 1; Violin Concerto.

3 hours, 12 minutes

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Sat 14 Jun 2014 09:00
麻豆社 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Sonata in G minor Wq.70`6 for organ

    Performer: Ton Koopman.
    • CHALLENGE CLASSICS : CC-72260.
    • CHALLENGE CLASSICS.
    • 9.

  • Giacomo Carissimi

    Ferma lascia ch'io parli (Il lamento di Maria di Scozia) for soprano and continu

    Singer: Romina Basso. Ensemble: Latinitas Nostra. Conductor: Markellos Chryssicos.
    • NAIVE : V-5390.
    • NAIVE.
    • 2.

  • Antonio Caldara

    In dolce amore (Scipione Africano)

    Singer: Romina Basso. Ensemble: Latinitas Nostra. Director: Markellos Chryssicos.
    • DEUTSCHE HARMONIA MUNDI : 88843-011692.
    • DEUTSCHE HARMONIA MUNDI.
    • 7.

  • William Walton

    Symphony no. 1 in B flat minor

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 S O.. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • CHANDOS : CHSA-5136.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 1.

  • Leonard Bernstein

    West Side story - musical in 2 acts

    Singer: Julia Bullock. Orchestra: San Francisco S O. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • SFS Media: SFS 0059.
    • SFS Media.
    • 6.

  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Se i languidi miei sguardi (Lettera amorosa) for voice and continuo

    Singer: Montserrat Figueras. Performer: Hopkinson Smith.
    • ALIA VOX : AVDVD-9904.
    • ALIA VOX.
    • 9.

  • William Walton

    Concerto in B minor for violin and orchestra

    Performer: Tasmin Little. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • CHANDOS : CHSA-5136.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 7.

  • Per N酶rg氓rd

    Sinfonia austera (Symphony no.1) Op.13

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • DaCapo: 6.220574.
    • DaCapo.
    • 1.

  • Michel鈥怰ichard de Lalande

    Te Deum Laudamus

    Performer: Carolyn Sampson. Choir: Ex Cathedra Choir. Conductor: Jeffrey Skidmore.
    • HYPERION : CDA-68035.
    • HYPERION.
    • 3.

  • Richard Strauss & Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    4 Symphonic interludes from "Intermezzo" (Op.72)

    Conductor: Franz Welser鈥怣枚st.
    • BR Klassik 900124.
    • BR Klassik.
    • 23.

  • Thomas Mace

    Air

    • RESONUS CLASSICS : RES-10132.
    • RESONUS CLASSICS.
    • 5.

9.00am

4 Symphonic interludes from "Intermezzo" (Op.72)听

Performers:听听听听 Bavarian R S O, Franz Welser-Most听

Composers:听听听 Richard Strauss (1864 - 1949)听听听听听听听听听听

Album Title:听听听听 BR Klassik 900124听听听听

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听

Sonata in G minor Wq.70`6 for organ 听听听听听听听听听听

Performers:听听听听 Ton Koopman (Amalia organ, Kirche zur frohen Botschaft, Berlin Karlshorst)听听听听听听听听

Composers:听听听 Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714 - 1788)听听听听听

Album Title:听听听听 CHALLENGE CLASSICS : CC-72260 听听听听听听听听

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听

Sinfonia austera (Symphony no.1) Op.13 听听听听

Performers:听听听听 Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Sakari Oramo听听听听听听听

Composers:听听听 Per Norgard (1932)听听听听

Album Title:听听听听 DaCapo: 6.220574 (hybrid SACD)听听听听

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Air 听听听听听听

Performers:听听听听 Robert Smith听听 (viola da gamba)

Composers:听听听 Thomas Mace (1612/1613 - 1706)听听听听

Album Title:听听听听 RESONUS CLASSICS : RES-10132 (download only)听听听听听

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听听

West Side story - musical in 2 acts 听听

Performers:听听听听 Julia Bullock (soprano), San Francisco S O, Michael Tilson Thomas听听听听听听听听听听

Composers:听听听 Leonard Bernstein (1918 - 1990)听听听听听听听

Album Title:听听听听 SFS Media: SFS 0059听听听听听听听听听听听

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Building a Library

Nicholas Kenyon compares recordings of Rameau鈥檚 Pieces de clavecin and makes a recommendation:

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Top recommendation (download only):

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Rameau: Pieces de Clavecin

RAMEAU: Premiere livre de pieces de clavecin (1706); Pieces de clavecin (1724); Nouvelles suites de pieces de clavecin (1728); Les petits marteaux de M.Rameau; La Daupine (1747)

Christophe Rousset (Harpsichord)

DECCA 4258862 (DOWNLOAD)

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Also recommended (compilation on single disc):

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Rameau: Les Cyclopes

RAMEAU: Suite in A minor from Nouvelles Suites de pieces de clavecin (1728); Suite in E minor from Pieces de clavessin; movements from Pieces de clavessin (1724) and Nouvelles Suites de pieces de clavecin

Trevor Pinnock (harpsichord)

AVIE AV2056 (CD)

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Top recommendation on piano:

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Alexandre Tharaud plays Rameau

DEBUSSY: Hommage a Rameau (No. 2 from Images pour piano - Book 1)

RAMEAU: Suite in A minor from Nouvelles suites de pieces de clavecin (c1729鈥�30); Suite in G minor from Nouvelles suites de pieces de clavecin (c1729鈥�30)

Alexandre Tharaud (piano)

HARMONIA MUNDI HMC901754 (CD full-price)

10.20am

Te Deum Laudamus (excerpts)听听听听听听听

Performers:听听听听 Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Ex Cathedra, Jeffrey Skidmore听听听听听听听听

Composers:听听听 Michel-richard De Lalande听听听听

Album Title:听听听听 HYPERION : CDA-68035 听听听听

听听

听

Ferma lascia ch'io parli (Il lamento di Maria di Scozia) for soprano and continuo 听听听

Performers:听听听听 Romina Basso (mezzo), Latinitas Nostra, Markellos Chryssicos听听听听听

Composers:听听听 Giacomo Carissimi (1605 - 1674)听听听听听

Album Title:听听听听 NAIVE : V-5390 听听听听听听听听

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In dolce amore (Scipione Africano) 听听

Performers:听听听听 Robin Johannsen (soprano), Academia Montis Regalis, Alessandro de Marchi听听听听听听

Composers:听听听 Antonio Caldara听听听听听听听听听

Album Title:听听听听 DEUTSCHE HARMONIA MUNDI : 88843-011692

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听

Se i languidi miei sguardi (Lettera amorosa) for voice and continuo 听听听听听听听听听听听

Performers:听听听听 Montserrat Figueras (soprano), Hopkinson Smith (lute)听听听听听听听

Composers:听听听 Claudio Monteverdi (1567 - 1643)听听听听听

Album Title:听听听听 ALIA VOX : AVDVD-9904 (hybrid SACD + DVD) 听听听

New Releases

Sarah Lenton and Ian Burnside join Andrew live in the studio to discuss recently released opera DVDs.

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GERSHWIN: Porgy and Bess

Eric Owens (Porgy), Laquita Mitchell (Bess), Chauncey Packer (Sportin' Life), Lester Lynch (Crown), Angel Blue (Clara), Karen Slack (Serena), Alteouise deVaughn (Maria), Eric Greene (Jake), Michael Bragg (Mingo), San Francisco Opera, John DeMain (conductor), Francesca Zambello (director) (conductor)

EUROARTS 2059634 (DVD + Blu-ray)

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PUCCINI: Madama Butterfly

Alexia Voulgaridou (Cio-Cio San), Cristina Damian (Suzuki), Teodor Ilincai (B.F. Pinkerton), Lauri Vasar (Sharpless), Philharmoniker Hamburg, Chorus of the Staatsoper Hamburg, Alexander Joel (conductor), Vincent Boussard (stage director)

ARTHAUS MUSIK 108106 (DVD + Blu-ray)

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WAGNER: Gotterdammerung

Lance Ryan (Siegfried), Irene Theorin (Brunnhilde), Mikhail Petrenko (Hagen), Johannes Martin Kranzle (Alberich), Gerd Grochowski (Gunther), Waltraud Meier (Waltraute/Zweite Norn), Anna Samuil (Gutrune/Dritte Norn), Margarita Nekrasova (Erste Norn), Aga Mikolaj (Woglinde), Maria Gortsevskaya (Wellgunde), Anna Lapkovskaja (Flosshilde), Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro alla Scala, Daniel Barenboim (conductor), Guy Cassiers

ARTHAUS MUSIK 101696 (2DVD Video)

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STRAUSS, R: Salome

Erika Sunnegardh (Salome), Mark S. Doss (Jochanaan), Robert Brubaker (Herodes), Dalia Schaechter (Herodias), Orchestra of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Nicola Luisotti (conductor) (conductor), Gabriele Lavia (stage director)

ARTHAUS MUSIK 108096 (DVD + Blu-ray)

Disc of the Week

Walton: Symphony No. 1 & Violin Concerto

WALTON: Symphony No. 1 in B flat minor; Violin Concerto

Tasmin Little (violin), 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner (conductor)

CHANDOS CHSA5136 (Hybrid SACD)

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  • Sat 14 Jun 2014 09:00
    麻豆社 Radio 3

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