Building a Library: Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice
With Andrew McGregor. Including Building a Library: Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice; Recent releases with a link to World War I; Disc of the Week: Bernstein: West Side Story.
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Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice
Duration: 47:25
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Leonard Bernstein
West Side story - musical in 2 acts
Singer: Alexander Silber. Singer: Jessica Vosk. Singer: Juliana Hansen. Singer: Louise Marie Cornillez. Singer: Zachary Ford. Singer: David Michael Laffrey. Singer: Kelly Markgraf. Singer: Cheyenne Jackson. Singer: Kevin Vortmann. Singer: Cassie Simone. Singer: Justin Keyes. Singer: Chris Meissner. Singer: Louis Pardo. Singer: Michael Taylor. Singer: Julia Bullock. Choir: San Francisco Symphony Chorus. Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.- San Francisco Symphony: SFS 0059.
- San Francisco Symphony.
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Anton Bruckner
Studiensinfonie
Orchestra: Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg. Conductor: Simone Young.- Oehms Classics: OC 686.
- Oehms Classics.
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Anton Bruckner
Symphony no. 7 in E major (Scherzo)
Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iv谩n Fischer.- Channel Classics: CCS SA 33714.
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Anton Bruckner
Symphony no. 2 in C minor [all versions]
Performer: Wiener Symphoniker. Conductor: Carlo Maria Giulini.- Wiener Symphoniker: WS 004.
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Anton Bruckner
Symphony no. 9 in D minor
Orchestra: Lucerne Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.- DG: 479 3441.
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Anton Bruckner
Symphony no. 7 in E major (Adagio)
Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iv谩n Fischer.- Channel Classics: CCS SA 33714.
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Franz Schubert
Abschied [nach einer Wallfahrtsarie] D.475
Singer: Christian Gerhaher. Performer: Gerold Huber.- Sony Classical: 88883712172.
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Bohuslav Martin暖
Sonata no.1 for cello and piano H277
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Giuseppe Verdi
Giovanna d'Arco - opera in 4 acts (Prologue Finale)
Singer: Anna Netrebko. Singer: Francesco Meli. Conductor: Pl谩cido Domingo. Choir: Philharmonia Chorus Vienna. Orchestra: Munich Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Paolo Carignani.- DG: 479 2712.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
6 Morceaux Op.19 for piano
Performer: Pavel Kolesnikov.- Hyperion: CDA68028.
- Hyperion.
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6 Morceaux Op.19 for piano
Performers:听听听听 Pavel Kolesnikov听听听听听听听
Composers:听听听 Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893)听听听听听听听听
Album Title:听听听听 Hyperion: CDA68028
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Abschied [nach einer Wallfahrtsarie] D.475 听
Performers:听听听听 Christian Gerhaher (baritone), Gerold Huber (piano)
Composers:听听听 Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828)听听听听听听听听听听听
Album Title:听听听听 Sony Classical: 88883712172听听听听听听听听听听听
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Sonata no. 1 for cello and piano
Performers:听听听听 Steven Isserlis, Olli Mustonen
Composers:听听听 Bohuslav Martinu (1890 - 1959)
Album Title:听听听听 BIS: 2042
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Giovanna d'Arco - opera in 4 acts (Prologue Finale) 听听听听听听听听听听听
Performers:听听听听 Anna Netrebko (Giovanna), Francesco Meli (Carlo), Placido Domingo (Giacomo), Philharmonia Chorus Vienna, Munich Radio Orchestra, Paolo Carignani (conductor)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 DG: 479 2712 听听听听听听听听听听听
9.30am Building a Library
Simon Heighes compares recordings of Orfeo ed Eurydice by Gluck and makes a recommendation:听
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Overall recommendation on DVD and Blu-Ray:
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GLUCK: Orfeo ed Euridice
Bejun Mehta (Orfeo), Eva Liebau (Euridice), Regula Muhlemann (Amore), Collegium 1704, Collegium Vocale 1704, Vaclav Luks
ARTHAUS MUSIK 102184 (DVD Video) 108103 (Blu-Ray)
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Top recommendation on CD:
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GLUCK: Orfeo ed Euridice
Bernarda Fink (Orfeo) Veronica Cangemi (Euridice), Maria Cristina Kiehr (Amor), Freiburger Barockorchester, Rias Kammerchor, Rene Jacobs (conductor)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMC901742/43 (DOWNLOAD ONLY) CD to be reissued 15/9/14 on HMY2921742/43.
10.20am
Andrew explores recent releases of Bruckner Symphonies.
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Symphony in D minor (no.0)
Performers:听听听听 Philharmoniker Hamburg, Simone Young听听听听
Composers:听听听 Anton Bruckner (1824 - 1896)听听听听听听听听听听听
Album Title:听听听听 Oehms Classics: OC 686 (Hybrid SACD)听听听听
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Symphony no. 2 in C minor [all versions] 听听听听听
Performers:听听听听 Wiener Symphoniker, Carlo Maria Giulini听听听听听
Composers:听听听 Anton Bruckner (1824 - 1896)听听听听听听听听听听听
Album Title:听听听听 Wiener Symphoniker: WS 004 听听听听听听听听听
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Symphony no. 7 in E major 听听
Performers:听听听听 Budapest Festival Orchestra, Ivan Fischer听听听
Composers:听听听 Anton Bruckner (1824 - 1896)听听听听听听听听听听听
Album Title:听听听听 Channel Classics: CCS SA 33714 (Hybrid SACD)听听
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Symphony no. 7 in E major 听听
Performers:听听听听 Budapest Festival Orchestra, Ivan Fischer听听听
Composers:听听听 Anton Bruckner (1824 - 1896)听听听听听听听听听听听
Album Title:听听听听 Channel Classics: CCS SA 33714听听听听
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Symphony no. 9 in D minor 听听
Performers:听听听听 Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Claudio Abbado听听听听听听听听听听听
Composers:听听听 Anton Bruckner (1824 - 1896)听听听听听听听听听听听
Album Title:听听听听 DG: 479 3441 听听听听听听听听听听听
10.45am New Releases
As part of Radio 3鈥檚 Music in the Great War season, Gillian Moore joins Andrew to discuss recent recordings of music written around or reflecting on WWI.听
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Anna Prohaska: Behind the Lines
BEETHOVEN; CAVENDISH; EISLER; IVES, C; LISZT; MAHLER; POULENC; QUILTER; RACHMANINOV; RIHM; SCHUBERT; SCHUMANN; TRAILL; WEILL, K; WOLF, H.
Anna Prohaska (soprano), Eric Schneider (piano)
DG 4792472 (CD)
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1919 Viola Sonatas
BLOCH, E: Suite for viola & piano
CLARKE, REBECCA: Viola Sonata
HINDEMITH: Sonata for Viola & Piano in F major Op. 11 No. 4
Barbara Buntrock (viola), Daniel Heide (piano)
AVI MUSIC AVI8553304 (CD)
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1917: Works for Violin and Piano
DEBUSSY: Violin Sonata
ELGAR: Violin Sonata in E minor Op. 82
RESPIGHI: Violin Sonata in B minor
SIBELIUS: Five Pieces Op. 81
Tamsin Waley-Cohen (violin), Huw Watkins (piano)
SIGNUM SIGCD376 (2CD budget)
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Songs of Love and War
ARBEAU; BAHLER; BRASSENS; BRIDGE; ELGAR; HAYDN; JOBIM; NEWMAN, R; PEARSALL; POULENC; QUILTER; TURNER, G; VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Malcolm Martineau (piano), Cantabile 鈥楾he London Quartet鈥�
CHAMPS HILL RECORDS CHRCD074 (CD mid-price)
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Cecil Coles: Music from Behind the lines
COLES, C: Overture: The Comedy of Errors; Fra Giacomo; Scherzo in A minor; Four Verlaine Songs; From the Scottish Highlands; Behind the Lines
Paul Whelan (baritone), Sarah Fox (soprano), 成人论坛 Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins (conductor)
HELIOS CDH55464 (CD budget)
11.50am Disc of the Week
BERNSTEIN: West Side Story
Alexandra Silber (Maria), Cheyenne Jackson (Tony), Jessica Vosk, (Anita), Kevin Vortmann (Riff), Kelly Markgraf (Bernardo), David Michael Laffey (Big Deal/Snowboy), Juliana Hansen (Rosalia), Louise Marie Cornillez (Consuelo), Zacharay Ford (Diesel), Cassie Simone (Francisca), Justin Keyes (Action), Chris Meissner (Baby John), Louis Pardo (A-rab), Michael Taylor (Officer Krupke), Julia Bullock (A Girl), San Francisco Symphony, Members of the San Francisco Symphony Chorus, Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor)
AVIE SFS0059 (2Hybrid SACD)
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- Sat 5 Jul 2014 09:00成人论坛 Radio 3
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