Building a Library: Wagner: Siegfried Idyll
With Andrew McGregor. Including Building a Library: Wagner: Siegfried Idyll; Shostakovich from Gergiev and Les Siecles in Stravinsky; Disc of the Week: Brahms: Clarinet Quintet.
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Wagner: Siegfried Idyll
Duration: 46:07
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Max Bruch
Scottish fantasy Op.46 for violin and orchestra
Conductor: Rory MacDonald. Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Scottish S O.- DECCA : 478 6690.
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Mouth Music
Performer: Nicola Bennedetti. Performer: Phil Cunningham. Performer: Julie Fowlis. Music Arranger: Julie Fowlis.- DECCA : 478 6690.
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Johann Friedrich Fasch
Quartet in D minor for 2 violins, viola and continuo
Performer: Ensemble Marsyas.- Linn Records: CKD 467.
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Joseph Haydn
Symphony no. 93 in D major H.1.93
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Colin Davis.- LSO LIVE : LSO0702.
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Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
Symphony no. 8 in G major Op.88
Orchestra: Pittsburgh S O. Conductor: Manfred Honeck.- Reference Recordings: FR-710SACD.
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Giacomo Puccini
E lucevan le stelle (Tosca)
Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome. Singer: Carlo Bergonzi. Conductor: Gianandrea Gavazzeni.- Decca: 478 7373.
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Giuseppe Verdi
O terra addio (Aida)
Singer: Renata Tebaldi. Singer: Giulietta Simionato. Singer: Carlo Bergonzi. Performer: Wiener Singverein. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.- Decca: 478 7373.
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Giuseppe Verdi
Parigi, o cara (La Traviata Act 3)
Orchestra: Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia Rome Orchestra. Singer: Carlo Bergonzi. Choir: Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia Rome Chorus. Conductor: Georg Solti.- Decca: 478 7373.
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Giuseppe Verdi
Sire! egli e tempo (Don Carlos, end of Act 3)
Singer: Renata Tebaldi. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Singer: Dietrich Fischer鈥怐ieskau. Singer: Carlo Bergonzi. Choir: The Rome Opera Chorus. Conductor: Georg Solti. Singer: Nicola茂 Ghiaurov.- Decca: 478 7373.
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Giuseppe Verdi
Di quella pira l'orrendo foco...(Il Travatore)
Choir: Chorus of La Scala, Milan. Orchestra: Orchestra of La Scala, Milan. Singer: Carlo Bergonzi. Conductor: Tullio Serafin. Singer: Antonietta Stella.- Decca: 478 7373.
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Giuseppe Verdi
Celesta Aida (Aida)
Choir: Chorus of La Scala, Milan. Orchestra: Orchestra of La Scala, Milan. Singer: Carlo Bergonzi. Conductor: Tullio Serafin. Singer: Antonietta Stella.- Decca: 478 7373.
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Johannes Brahms
Quintet in B minor Op.115 for clarinet and strings
Performer: Maxim Rysanov. Performer: Martin Fr枚st. Performer: Janine Jansen. Performer: Boris Brovtsyn. Performer: Torleif Thed茅en.- BIS: 2063.
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9.00am
Scottish fantasy Op.46 for violin and orchestra听听听听听听听听听
Performers:听听听听 Nicola Benedetti, 麻豆社 Scottish S O, Rory MacDonald听听听听听听听听
Composers:听听听 Max Bruch (1838 - 1920)听听听听听听
Album Title:听听听听 DECCA : 478 6690听听听听
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Mouth Music 听 00:01:33
Performers:听听听听 Julie Fowlis, Phil Cunningham, Nicola Bennedetti, ensemble听听听听听听听听听听
Composers:听听听 Traditional arr. Julie Fowlis听听听听
Album Title:听听听听 DECCA : 478 6690听听听听
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Quartet in D minor FWV N:g2听听
Performers:听听听听 Ensemble Marsyas听听听听
Composers:听听听 Johann Friedrich Fasch (1688 - 1758)听听听听听听听听听听
Album Title:听听听听 Linn Records: CKD 467听听听听听听听听听
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Symphony no. 93 in D major H.1.93
Performers:听听听听 London Symphony Orchestra, Colin Davis听听听
Composers:听听听 Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809)听
Album Title:听听听听 LSO LIVE : LSO0702
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Symphony no. 8 in G major Op.88 听听
Performers:听听听听 Pittsburgh S O, Manfred Honeck听听听听听听
Composers:听听听 Antonin Dvorak (1841 - 1904)听听听听听听听听听听听
Album Title:听听听听 Reference Recordings: FR-710SACD听听听听听听听听听听
9.30am Building a Library
Martin Cotton compares recordings of Wagner鈥檚 Siegfried Idyll and makes a recommendation:
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Lucerne Festival: Claudio Abbado
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 2 in D major Op. 36
SCHUBERT: Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D759 'Unfinished'
WAGNER: Siegfried Idyll (COE)
Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Vienna Philharmonic, Claudio Abbado (conductor)
AUDITE AUDITE95627 (CD)
10.20am
Andrew explores the Carlo Bergonzi box set released recently on Decca in celebration of the tenor鈥檚 90th birthday.
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E lucevan le stelle (Tosca) 听听听
Performers:听听听听 Carlo Bergonzi (tenor), Orchestra Dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecillia, Gianandrea Gavazzeni听听听听听听
Composers:听听听 Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924)听听听听听听听听
Album Title:听听听听 Decca: 478 7373听听听听听听听
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O terra addio听听 (Aida)听 听听听听听听听听听听听
Performers:听听听听 Renata Tebaldi (Aida), Carlo Bergonzi (Radames), Giulietta Simionato (Amnires), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Vienna Singverein, Herbert von Karajan听听
Composers:听听听 Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)听听听听听听听听听听听
Album Title:听听听听 Decca: 478 7373听听听听听听听
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Di tu se fedele (Un Ballo in maschera) 听听听听听听听听听
Performers:听听听听 Carlo Bergonzi (Riccardo), Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia Rome Orchestra, Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia Rome Chorus, Georg Solti听听听听听听听听听
Composers:听听听 Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)听听听听听听听听听听听
Album Title:听听听听 Decca: 478 7373听听听听听听听
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Parigi, o cara (La Traviata) 听听听
Performers:听听听听 Joan Sutherland (Violetta), Carlo Bergonzi (Alfredo), Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, John Pritchard听听听听听听听听
Composers:听听听 Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)听听听听听听听听听听听
Album Title:听听听听 Decca: 478 7373听听听听听听听
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Sire! Egli e tempo (Don Carlo)听 听听听听听听听听
Performers:听听听听 Carlo Bergonzi, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Renata Tebaldi, Royal Opera House Orchestra, Royal Opera House Chorus, Georg Solti
Composers:听听听 Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)听听听听听听听听听听听
Album Title:听听听听 Decca: 478 7373听听听听听听听
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Di quella pira l'orrendo foco (Il Trovatore) 听听听听
Performers:听听听听 Carlo Bergonzi, Antonietta Stella, La Scala Orchestra, La Scala Chorus, Tullio Serafin听听听听听
Composers:听听听 Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)听听听听听听听听听听听
Album Title:听听听听 Decca: 478 7373听听听听听听听
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Celesta Aida (Aida) 听听听
Performers:听听听听 Carlo Bergonzi, Antonietta Stella, La Scala Orchestra, La Scala Chorus, Tullio Serafin听听听听听
Composers:听听听 Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)听听听听听听听听听听听
Album Title:听听听听 Decca: 478 7373听听听听听听听
10.45am New Releases
Stephen Johnson talks to Andrew about recent releases of works by Russian composers.
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Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 4, 5, 6
SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 4 in C minor Op. 43; Symphony No. 5 in D minor Op. 47; Symphony No. 6 in B minor Op. 54
Mariinsky Orchestra, Valery Gergiev (conductor)
MARIINSKY MAR0545 (2Hybrid SACD mid-price)
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PROKOFIEV: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 - 5 (Complete)
Vladimir Krainev (piano), The Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Dmitri Kitayenko (conductor)
MELODIYA MELCD1002227 (2CD mid-price)
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Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps, Petrouchka
STRAVINSKY: The Rite of Spring; Petrushka
Les Siecles, Francois-Xavier Roth (conductor)
ACTES SUD ASM15 (CD)
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Weinberg: Symphony No. 21 & Polish Tunes
WEINBERG: Symphony No. 21 Op. 152, Kaddish; Polish Tunes Op. 47, No. 2
Veronika Bartenyeva (soprano), Siberian Symphony Orchestra, Dmitry Vasilyev
TOCCATA CLASSICS TOCC0193 (CD)
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SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 7 in C major Op. 60 'Leningrad'
Halle, Sir Mark Elder (conductor)
HALLE CDHLL7537 (CD)
11.50am Disc of the Week
Brahms: Clarinet Quintet
BRAHMS: Clarinet Quintet in B minor Op. 115; Die Mainacht Op. 43 No. 2; Clarinet Trio in A minor Op. 114; Madchenlied Op. 107 No. 5; Immer leiser wird mein Schlummer Op. 105 No. 2; Vergebliches Standchen Op. 84 No. 4; Feldeinsamkeit Op. 86 No. 2
Janine Jansen ( violin), Boris Brovtsyn (violin), Maxim Rysanov (viola), Torleif Thedeen (cello), Roland Pontinen (piano), Torleif Thedeen (cello), Roland Pontinen (piano)Br, Martin Frost (clarinet)
BIS BIS2063 (Hybrid SACD mid-price)
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- Sat 12 Jul 2014 09:00麻豆社 Radio 3
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