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Building a Library: Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (orchestral version)

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Duration: 3 hours, 15 minutes

CD Review with Andrew McGregor - all that's new in the world of classical music recording including:

9.30 Building a Library: Stephen Walsh with a personal recommendation from recordings of Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition (orchestral version)

Andrew talks to Julian Johnson about new orchestral releases of music by Weber, Brahms, Schumann and Bruckner

11.40 Mozart/Michael Haydn
Duo Sonatas
Rachel Podger (violin)
Jane Rogers (viola).

  • 9.05am

    La Bella Minuta - Florid Songs for Cornetto around 1600
    IPPOLITO (TARTAGLINO): Canzon a 4 Susanna
    MAYONE: Canzon francese quarta
    GUAMI: L'Accorta; La Novellina; La Guamina; L'Armoniosa; La Brillantina; Canzon a 8 No. 25
    PALESTRINA: Quanti mercenarij, Nigra sum sed formosa
    DES PREZ: Mille Regretz
    TRABACI: Consonanze stravaganti; Durezze et ligature; Canzone francese terza
    BRUNELLI: O quam suavis
    LUZZASCHI: O primavera
    DE RORE: Ancor che co'l partire
    BARBARINO: Per fulgeat
    Bruce Dickey (cornetto); Liuwe Tamminga (organ); Claudia Pasetto, Leonardo Bortoletto and Alberto Rasi (viola da gamba); Maria Christina Cleary (harp)
    PASSACAILLE PAS979 (CD)


    Los Pajaros Perdidos – The South American Project
    ANON. (Popular Argentina): Duerme Negrito
    LUNA / RAMIREZ: Alfonsina y el Mar
    ANON. (Popular Venezuela): Montilla; Pajarillo Verde; Caballo Viejo and Alma Llanera; Polo margariteno
    ANON. (Trad. Paraguay): Pajaro Campana
    TREJO / PIAZZOLLA: Los Pajaros perdidos
    ANON. (Popular Paraguay): Isla Saca
    RAMONES: La embarazada del viento
    QUINTANA / AMBROS: Zamba para no morir
    CABRAL: Ay ! este azul
    PLAZA: El Currucha
    RIVERA: La Cocoroba
    NELLA CASTRO / HERRERA: Zamba del Chaguanco
    RECHES / GLEIJER: Como un pajaro libre
    WALSH: Como la Cigarra
    OTAROLA: Ojito de Agua
    SOLER: Fandango
    VELASQUEZ: Besame mucho
    Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor); Lucilla Galeazzi, Luciana Mancini and Vincenzo Capezzuto (voices); Racquel Andueza (soprano); L'Arpeggiata; Christina Pluhar (director)
    VIRGIN CLASSICS 0709502 (CD) or 6785162 (CD + DVD)


    Ferita D’Amore (Wounded by Love) - Music for Theorbo
    CASTALDI: La follia; Capriccio bischizzoso; Lusinghevole passeggio; Furiosa; Fantasticaria detta Gioviale; Cecchina; Florida; Arpesca; Capriccio detto Cerimonioso; Dunque Clorida; Ferita d’amore; Capriccio svegliatoio; Tasteggio soave; Sonata I; Vissi allor; Mascherina
    Evangelina Mascardi (theorbo); Monica Pustilnik (tiorbino); Marco Beasley (tenor)
    ARCANA A368 (CD)


    Himmels-Lieder - Sacred songs & cantatas
    ERLEBACH: Kommt ihr Stunden;
    HILDEBRAND: Der V. Krieges-Angst-Seufftzer Ach Gott!; Der VI. Krieges-Angst-Seufftzer Ach hochster Gott
    SCHOP: Lachrimae Pavan
    BOHM: Mein Herz tichtet ein feines Lied
    FRANCK: Lass O Herr dein Ohr sich neigen
    SWEELINCK: Engelsche Fortuyn / Von der Fortuna werd‘ ich getrieben
    KRIEGER: Gedancken eines Sterbenden: Hier lieg ich in der Noth
    YOUNG: Aria
    CASATI: Pater noster
    BERTALI: Sonata a 5
    KOBELIUS: Ich furchte keinen Tod auf Erden
    Franz Vitzthum (countertenor); Capricornus Consort Basel
    CHRISTOPHORUS CHR77354 (CD)

  • 9.30am Building a Library

    Stephen Walsh surveys available recordings of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition (orchestrated by Ravel) and makes a recommendation:


    MUSSORGSKY: Pictures at an Exhibition (Ravel orchestration)
    c/w A Night on the Bare Mountain;The Destruction of Sennacherib; Salammbo - Chorus of Priestesses; Oedipus in Athens - Chorus of People in the Temple; Joshua
    Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Claudio Abbado (conductor)
    DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 4452382 (CD)

  • 10.20am New Releases

    Beethoven - Piano Sonatas Vol. 1
    BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No. 5 in C minor Op. 10 No. 1; Piano Sonata No. 11 in B flat major Op. 22; Piano Sonata No. 12 in A flat major Op. 26 'March Funebre'; Piano Sonata No. 26 in E flat major Op. 81a 'Les Adieux'
    Jonathan Biss (piano)
    ONYX ONYX4082 (CD)


    Beethoven – Sonatas Vol. 1
    BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor Op. 27 No. 2 ‘Moonlight'; Piano Sonata No. 9 in E major Op. 14 No. 1; Piano Sonata No. 10 in G major Op. 14 No. 2; Piano Sonata No. 11 in B flat major Op. 22; Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor Op. 13 'Pathetique'; Piano Sonata No. 5 in C minor Op. 10 No. 1; Piano Sonata No. 6 in F major Op. 10 No. 2; Piano Sonata No. 7 in D major Op. 10 No. 3; Piano Sonata No. 13 in E flat major Op. 27 No. 1 'Quasi una fantasia'; Piano Sonata No. 12 in A flat major Op. 26 'March Funebre' ;Piano Sonata No. 4 in E flat major Op. 7
    François-Frederic Guy (piano)
    ZIG ZAG TERRITOIRES ZZT111101 (3CD, mid-price)


    Beethoven Piano Sonatas Volume 1
    BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat major Op. 106 'Hammerklavier'; Piano Sonata No. 11 in B flat major Op. 22; Piano Sonata No. 26 in E flat major Op. 81a 'Les Adieux'; Piano Sonata No. 4 in E flat major Op. 7; Piano Sonata No. 9 in E major Op. 14 No. 1; Piano Sonata No. 10 in G major Op. 14 No. 2; Piano Sonata No. 13 in E flat major Op. 27 No. 1 'Quasi una fantasia'; Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor Op. 27 No. 2 ‘Moonlight'
    HJ Lim (piano)
    EMI 7300092 (2CD, mid-price)

  • 10:50am

    Julian Johnson joins Andrew to discuss some recent releases of orchestral repertoire:


    BRAHMS: Variations on a Theme of Haydn “St. Anthony Chorale” Op. 56a; Serenade No.1 in D major Op. 11; Hungarian Dances Nos. 1, 3 & 10
    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, Robin Ticciati (conductor)
    TUDOR TUDOR7183 (Hybrid SACD)


    BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 4
    Orchestre Metropolitain, Yannick Nezet-Seguin (conductor)
    ATMA CLASSIQUE ACD22667 (CD)


    SPOHR: Six lieder op. 154
    BEETHOVEN orch. Stravinsky: Mephistos Flohlied Op. 75 no. 3
    SCHUBERT orch. Max Reger: 3 Lieder
    WOLF: from Italienisches Liederbuch and Morike-Lieder
    SIBELIUS: 7 Lieder
    R. STRAUSS: Traum durch die Dammerung Op. 29 No. 1
    Bo Skovhus (baritone); WDR Rundfunkorchester Koln, Stefan Blunier (conductor)
    CRYSTAL CLASSICS N67062 (CD)


    WEBER: Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in F minor Op. 73; Clarinet Concerto No. 2 in E flat Major Op. 74; Clarinet Concertino in E flat major Op. 26
    Karl-Heinz Steffens (clarinet), Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, Radoslaw Szulc (conductor)
    TUDOR TUDOR7159 (Hybrid SACD)


    SCHUMANN: Symphony No. 1 in B flat major Op. 38 'Spring'; Symphony No. 3 in E flat major Op. 97 'Rhenish'
    Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Paavo Jarvi (conductor)
    SONY CLASSICAL 88697964312 (Hybrid SACD)

  • 11.50am Disc of the Week

    11.50am Disc of the Week

    W.A. Mozart and M. Haydn - Duo Sonatas
    MOZART: Duo for violin and viola in G major KV 423; Duo for violin and viola in B flat major KV 424; Menuetto (from 12 Duos for Horn KV 487)
    HAYDN: Duo for violin and viola No. 1 in C major MH 335; Duo for violin and viola No. 2 in D major MH 336
    Rachel Podger (violin), Jane Rogers (viola)
    CHANNEL CLASSICS CCSSA32411 (Hybrid SACD)

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