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Building a Library: Berlioz: Les nuits d'ete

With Andrew McGregor. Including Building a Library: Berlioz: Les nuits d'ete; Recent opera recordings: Schreker and Wagner; Disc of the Week: Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor.

3 hours, 12 minutes

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9.05am

Mister Paganini - Laurent Korcia

PAGANINI arr. KREISLER: Concerto in One Movement

ALBENIZ arr. KREISLER: Malaguena

KREISLER: La Gitana; Petite Valse

PAGANINI arr. KREISLER: La Campanella

YSAYE: Paganini-Variations

PAGANINI: I Palpiti

Laurent Korcia (violin), Haruko Ueda (piano), Orchestre de Chambre de Paris, Jean-Jacques Kantorow (conductor)

NAIVE V5344 (CD)

MOZART: Violin Concerto No. 3 in G K216*; Violin Concerto No. 4 in D K218*; Violin Sonata No. 22 in A K305^

Ray Chen (violin), Schleswig-Holsten Music Festival Orchestra, Christoph Eschenbach (conductor* and piano^)

SONY 88765447752 (CD)

KABALEVSKY: Cello Concerto No. 1 in G minor Op. 49*; Cello Concerto No. 2 in C minor Op. 77*; Colas Breugnon Suite Op. 24a^

Torleif Thedeen (cello), NDR Radiophilharmonie Hannover, Eiji Oue (conductor)*, Adrian Prabava (conductor)^

CPO 7776682 (CD)

AHO: Minea (Concertante Music for Orchestra)*; Concerto for Double Bass and Orchestra^; Symphony No. 15~

Eero Munter (double bass), Lahti Symphony Orchestra, Osmo Vanska (conductor)*,Jaako Kuusisto (conductor)^, Dima Slobodeniouk (conductor)~

BIS BIS1866 (Hybrid SACD)

9.30am Building a Library

Christopher Cook surveys recordings of Berlioz鈥檚 Les Nuits d鈥橢te and makes a recommendation:

BERLIOZ: Les Nuits d'ete Op. 7

c/w Herminie - Scene lyrique (cantata)*

Brigitte Balleys (mezzo-soprano), Mireille Delunsch (soprano)*, Orchestre des Champs Elysees, Philippe Herreweghe (conductor)

HARMONIA MUNDI HMG501522 (CD mid-price)

10.20am

Kempff plays Mozart Volume I

MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 23 in A K488; Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor K491; Piano Concerto No. 8 in C K246 "Lutzow"; Piano Concerto No. 21 in C K467; Piano Concerto No. 22 in Eb K482

Wilhelm Kempff (piano) with Bamberger Symphoniker, Berliner Philharmoniker, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Ferdinand Leitner (conductor), Bernhard Klee (conductor)

ELOQUENCE ELQ4806645 (2CD budget)

Kempff plays Mozart Volume II

MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 9 in Eb K271 "Jeunehomme"; Piano Concerto No. 15 in Bb K450; Fantasia in D minor K397; Fantasia in C minor K475; Piano Sonata No. 8 in A minor K310; Piano Sonata No. 11 in A K331 'Alla Turca'; Piano Concerto No. 27 in Bb K595

Wilhelm Kempff (piano) with Members of L鈥橭rchestre de la Suisse Romande, Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Berliner Philharmoniker, Karl Munchinger (conductor), Ferdinand Leitner (conductor)

ELOQUENCE ELQ4806648 (2CD budget)

Kempff plays Schumann

SCHUMANN: Piano Concerto in A minor Op. 54; Fantasie in C Op. 17; Papillons Op. 2; Etudes symphoniques Op. 13; Kreisleriana Op. 16; Arabeske in C Op. 18

Wilhelm Kempff (piano), London Symphony Orchestra, Josef Krips (conductor)

ELOQUENCE ELQ4806636 (2CD budget)

Kempff plays Chopin

CHOPIN: Piano Sonata No. 2 in Bb minor Op. 35 'Marche funebre'; Impromptus Nos. 1-4; Berceuse in Db Op. 57; Barcarolle in F# Op. 60; Nocturne No. 2 in Eb Op. 9 No. 2; Scherzo No. 3 in C# minor Op. 39; Piano Sonata No. 3 inb minor Op. 58; Ballade No. 3 in Ab Op. 47; Andante spianato & Grande Polonaise Op. 22; Fantasia in F minor Op. 49; Polonaise No. 7 in Ab Op. 61 'Polonaise-fantaisie'

Wilhelm Kempff (piano)

ELOQUENCE ELQ4806642 (2CD budget)

Kempff plays Liszt

LISZT: Piano Concerto No. 1 in Eb S124; Piano Concerto No. 2 in A S125; Deux Legendes; Eglogue (Annees de pelerinage I S. 160 No. 7); Au lac de Wallenstadt (Annees de pelerinage I S. 160 No. 2); Au bord d'une source (Annees de pelerinage I S. 160 No. 4); Il penseroso (Annees de pelerinage II S. 161 No. 2); Canzonetta del Salvator Rosa (Annees de pelerinage II S. 161 No. 3); Gondoliera S. 162 No. 1 (from Venezia e Napoli); Sonetti di Petrarca (3) for piano S. 158

Wilhelm Kempff (piano), London Symphony Orchestra, Anatole Fistoulari (conductor),

ELOQUENCE ELQ4806633 (2CD budget)

10.45am New Releases

Sarah Lenton joins Andrew live in the studio to discuss recently released recordings of late Romantic opera

SCHREKER: Der Schatzgraber

Tijl Faveyts (The King), Manuela Uhl (Els), Raymond Very (Elis), Graham Clark (Der Narr), Netherlands Opera Chorus, Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, Marc Albrecht (conductor)

CHALLENGE CLASSICS CC72591 (2Hybrid SACD mid-price)

SCHREKER: Die Gezeichneten

Anja Kampe (Carlotta), Robert Brubaker (Alviano), Martin Gantner (Count Andrea), James Johnson (Duke Antoniotto), Wolfgang Schone (Lodovico), L A Opera Orchestra and Chorus, James Conlon (conductor)

BRIDGE BRIDGE9400A/C (3CD mid-price)

WAGNER: Siegfried

Tomasz Konieczny (Der Wanderer/Wotan), Stephen Gould (Siegfried), Violeta Urmana (Brunnhilde), Anna Larsson (Erda), Matti Salminen (Fafner), Jochen Schmeckenbecher (Alberich), Christian Elsner (Mime), Sophie Klussmann (Stimme eines Waldvogels), Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Marek Janowski (conductor)

PENTATONE PTC5186408 (3Hybrid SACD mid-price)

WAGNER: Der fliegende Hollander

DIETSCH: Le Vaisseau Fantome

Evgeny Nikitin (Der Hollander), Ingela Brimberg (Senta), Eric Cutler (Georg), Mika Kares (Donald), Bernard Richter (Der Steuermann), Helene Schneiderman (Mary), Russell Braun (Troil), Sally Matthews (Minna), Bernard Richter (Magnus), Ugo Rabec (Barlow), Eric Cutler (Eric), Eesti Filharmoonia Kammerkoor, Les Musiciens du Louvre Grenoble, Marc Minkowski (conductor)

NAIVE V5349 (4CD budget)

11.45am Disc of the Week

GRIEG: Piano Concerto in A minor Op. 16

PROKOFIEV: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Op. 26

Nikolai Lugansky (piano), Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Kent Nagano (conductor)

AMBROISIE AM210 (CD)

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  • Sat 11 Jan 2014 09:00

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