麻豆社 Proms Composer: Dowland with Kirsten Gibson and Andrew McGregor
Andrew McGregor with the best of the week's new classical releases, joined by Kirsten Gibson who picks her 5 favourite recordings by this week's Proms Composer, John Dowland.
Andrew McGregor with the best of the week's new classical releases, joined by Kirsten Gibson who picks her 5 favourite recordings by this week's Proms Composer, John Dowland.
2.30pm
麻豆社 Proms Composer: Dowland
Early music expert Kirsten Gibson picks her 5 essential recordings by this week's Proms Composer, John Dowland.
c3.40pm
Record of the Week
Andrew's top pick of the week's new releases.
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Arrigo Boito
Mefistofele (Act 1 sc.2; Sono lo spirito che nega)
Singer: Bryn Terfel. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Lorenzo Viotti.- Sony.
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Franz Liszt
Le roi des aulnes (Erlk枚nig) - M茅lodie de Schubert S.557a
Performer: Connor Fogel.- Prima Facie.
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Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber
Magnificat a 32 ['Vesperae', 1693] (Sonata - Gloria Patri - Amen)
Choir: St Florian Boys' Choir. Ensemble: Ars Antiqua Austria. Conductor: Gunar Letzbor.- Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber: Vesperae a 32.
- Accent.
- 129.
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Fedir Yakymenko
Ange [Angel]
Orchestra: 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Dalia Stasevska.- Ukrainian Mixtape.
- Platoon.
- 106.
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John Dowland
Lachrimae P.15
Performer: Paul O鈥橠ette.- My favorite Dowland.
- Harmonia Mundi.
- 9.
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John Dowland
O sweet woods, the delight of solitariness
Singer: Emma Kirkby. Performer: Anthony Rooley.- Dowland: Songs for His Elizabethan Patrons.
- BIS.
- 201.
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John Dowland
Lachrimae (Nos. 12-15)
Performer: Elizabeth Kenny. Ensemble: Phantasm.- Dowland: Lachrimae or Seven Tears.
- Linn Records.
- 12.
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John Dowland
Flow my tears [Lachrimae]
Singer: John Potter. Performer: Stephen Stubbs. Performer: Maya Homburger. Performer: John Surman. Performer: Barry Guy.- In Darkness Let Me Dwell: Songs by Dowland.
- ECM New Series.
- 10.
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John Dowland
笔谤忙濒耻诲颈耻尘
Performer: Thomas Dunford.- Dowland: Lachrimae.
- ALPHA.
- 1.
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John Dowland
Come againe sweet love doth now envite
Singer: Ruby Hughes. Singer: Reinoud Van Mechelen. Singer: Paul Agnew. Singer: Alain Buet. Performer: Thomas Dunford.- Dowland: Lachrimae.
- Alpha Classics.
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Olivier Messiaen
Theme and Variations (Variation 5)
Performer: Elena Urioste. Performer: Tom Poster.- Chandos.
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Hubert Parry
De profundis clamavi ad te Dominum (De profundis)
Singer: Sophie Bevan. Choir: Hertfordshire Chorus. Orchestra: London Mozart Players. Conductor: David Temple.- DE PROFUNDIS: Choral works by Parry and Elgar.
- Signum Classics.
- 101.
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Samuel Coleridge鈥怲aylor
Violin Concerto in G minor Op80 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Gil Shaham. Orchestra: Virginia Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Eric Jacobsen.- Coleridge-Taylor, Dvo艡谩k, Stewart.
- Canary Classics.
- 103.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Requiem K.626 (Sequentia)
Singer: Ying Fang. Singer: Emily D鈥橝ngelo. Singer: Stanislas de Barbeyrac. Singer: Michael Volle. Choir: RIAS Chamber Choir. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin.- Deutsche Grammophon.
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