Strauss's Le bourgeois gentilhomme in Building a Library with Nigel Simeone and Andrew McGregor
Allyson Devenish joins Andrew McGregor to discuss her pick of the best new releases, and Building a Library on Richard Strauss's Le bourgeois gentilhomme with Nigel Simeone.
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Nigel Simeone chooses his favourite recording of Richard Strauss's compilation of incidental music to Moli猫re's play, Le bourgeois gentilhomme.
Originally conceived as incidental music for an adaptation of Moli猫re's play that was to be prefixed to a performance of his opera, Ariadne auf Naxos, the trajectory of Strauss' music for Le bourgeois gentilhomme was somewhat convoluted before settling into a nine-movement concert suite we know today. Recreating the mood of the seventeenth century, Strauss invokes the spirit the French composer Lully - who had written the original incidental music to Moli猫re's play in 1670 鈥� and draws rich instrumental colours from a chamber orchestra comprised just three dozen musicians, while deploying the musical language of the twentieth century.
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Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Richard Armstrong (conductor)
CHANDOS CHAN 3168(2)
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脡douard Lalo
S茅r茅nade (Namouna - suite no.1)
Ensemble: Les Si猫cles. Conductor: Fran莽ois鈥怷avier Roth.- Harmonia Mundi.
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Louis鈥怤icolas Cl茅rambault
Miserere mei Deus (Miserere)
Performer: Emmanuel Arak茅lian. Ensemble: La Nereide.- Le C艙ur et la Raison.
- Alpha Classics.
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Nodar Gabunia
Waltz and Dedication
Performer: Nino Gvetadze.- Challenge Classics.
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Kevin Puts
Silent Night Elegy
Orchestra: Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: St茅phane Den猫ve.- Kevin Puts: Concerto for Orchestra, Silent Night Elegy & Virelai (After Guillaum.
- Delos.
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Maurice Ravel
Piano Concerto in D major for the left hand (conclusion)
Performer: Nelson Goerner. Orchestra: Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Kazuki Yamada.- Alpha.
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Maurice Ravel
Alborado del gracioso [extract] (Miroirs)
Performer: A茂da Lahlou.- Resonus.
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Ernesto Lecuona
Andaluc铆a (Suite Andaluc铆a)
Performer: A茂da Lahlou.- RESONUS.
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Arnold Schoenberg
Verklarte Nacht Op.4 (4th mvt)
Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Kirill Petrenko.- Arnold Schoenberg.
- Berliner Philharmoniker Recordings.
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Andreas Hammerschmidt
Ich schlafe, aber mein Herz wachet for 2 voices and continuo
Performer: Yoann Moulin. Performer: St茅phanie de Failly. Ensemble: Clematis Ensemble.- Ricercar.
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Hugo Alfv茅n
I stilla timmar [In quiet hours]
Singer: Tobias Westman. Orchestra: G枚teborg Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Patrik Ringborg.- dB Productions.
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Arvo P盲rt
Puss in Boots (4 Easy dance pieces)
Performer: Georgijs Osokins.- For Arvo.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Arvo P盲rt
Little Red Riding Hood and the wolf (4 Easy dance pieces)
Performer: Georgijs Osokins.- For Arvo.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Arvo P盲rt
Butterflies (4 Easy dance pieces)
Performer: Georgijs Osokins.- For Arvo.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Arvo P盲rt
Dance of the ducklings (4 Easy dance pieces)
Performer: Georgijs Osokins.- For Arvo.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
String Quintet in G minor K.516 (4th mvt)
Ensemble: Spunicunifait.- Mozart: 6 String Quintets on Historical Instruments.
- Alpha Classics.
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