Vivaldi's Cello Concertos in Building a Library with Charlotte Gardner and Andrew McGregor
Andrew McGregor with the best new classical releases. He's joined by Andrew Matthews-Owen and Charlotte Gardner, who surveys Vivaldi's Cello Concertos and makes a top choice.
Andrew McGregor with the best new classical releases. He's joined by Andrew Matthews-Owen and Charlotte Gardner, who surveys Vivaldi's Cello Concertos and makes a top choice.
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Andrew is joined by pianist Andrew Matthews-Owen, who picks some of his favourite new releases of the week, from orchestral works by Vaughan Williams & Maconchy to chamber music by Brahms & Enescu.
c.3pm
Building a Library. Andrew is joined by music journalist Charlotte Gardner to survey recordings of Vivaldi's Cello Concertos and make a top recommendation.
Vivaldi wrote over 500 concertos during his lifetime, of which 27 were for solo cello. None of these concertos were published during Vivaldi鈥檚 lifetime: they had been written for his young students at the Ospedale della Piet脿, where the composer was employed in Venice, and were therefore not widely known.
c.3.45pm
Record of the Week: Andrew's top pick.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Grosse Fuge Op.133
Ensemble: Chiaroscuro Quartet.- Beethoven: String Quartets, Op. 59 No. 3, Op. 95 & Op. 133.
- BIS.
- 109.
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Michel鈥怰ichard de Lalande
Menuet de Cardenio
Orchestra: Le Concert Spirituel. Conductor: Herv茅 Niquet.- Alpha.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
A Sea Symphony - 3rd mvt Scherzo - After the sea-ship, after the whistling winds
Ensemble: London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.- LSO Live.
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Elizabeth Maconchy
Nocturne for Orchestra
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.- LSO Live.
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Arvo P盲rt
Passacaglia (extract)
Performer: Gidon Kremer. Performer: Geneva Lewis. Performer: Andrei Pushkarev. Orchestra: Kremerata Baltica.- Pages of a Biography.
- ECM.
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Georgs Pel膿cis
Pages of a Biography (extract)
Performer: Gidon Kremer. Performer: Andrei Pushkarev. Orchestra: Kremerata Baltica.- Pages of a Biography.
- ECM.
- 2.
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Florent Schmitt
Symphonie concertante for Piano & Orchestra, Op. 82
Performer: Peter Donohoe. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier.- Chandos.
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Florent Schmitt
Lied-Nocturne (Cancunik, Op. 79)
Orchestra: 麻豆社 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier.- Chandos.
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Johannes Brahms
String Quintet No. 2 in G major, Op. 111: IV. Vivace ma non troppo presto
Orchestra: Les Musiciens de l'Orchestre de chambre de Paris.- Challenge Classics.
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Raie da Costa
Razor Blades
Performer: Susan Tomes.- Hyperion.
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Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Vulnerasti cor meum
Composer: Trad.. Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.- Palestrina: Song of Songs.
- CORO.
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Sergey Prokofiev
Entr'acte 5, Tableau 6 The Merchant's Garden (Chout Op.21)
Orchestra: NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Stanislav Kochanovsky.- Prokofiev: Chout (Complete Ballet) - Symphony No. 1 "Classical".
- Harmonia Mundi.
- 16-19.
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