Building a Library: Vivaldi: Stabat Mater
With Andrew McGregor. Including Building a Library: Vivaldi: Stabat Mater; Reissues of EMI recordings featuring Carlo Maria Giulini; Disc of the Week: Chopin: Piano Concertos.
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Vivaldi: Stabat Mater
Duration: 47:17
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Johannes Brahms
Opening of Piano concerto no.2 in B flat major Op.83
Performer: Maurizio Pollini. Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden. Conductor: Christian Thielemann.- DG : 479-2384.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Finale from Piano concerto no. 18 in B flat major K.456
Performer: Ronald Brautigam. Orchestra: Cologne Academy. Conductor: Michael Alexander Willens.- BIS : SACD-2044.
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Giacomo Puccini
Dammi I colori! Recondita armonia from Tosca
Singer: Plácido Domingo. Singer: Paul Plishka. Orchestra: New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. Conductor: George Schick.- SONY CLASSICAL : 88843-031602.
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Franz Schubert
Opening of Fantasy in C major D.760 (Wandererfantasie) for piano
Performer: Barry Douglas.- CHANDOS : CHAN-10807.
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Frédéric Chopin
Concerto no. 2 in F minor Op.21 for piano and orchestra
Performer: Ingrid Fliter. Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Jun Märkl.- LINN : CKD-455.
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Jules Massenet
On l'appelle Manon from Act 2 of Manon
Singer: Mirella Freni. Singer: Luciano Pavarotti. Orchestra: Orchestra of La Scala, Milan. Conductor: Peter Maag.- DECCA : 478-5946.
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Christoph Willibald Gluck
Quel silence...Dieux... from Iphigenie en Tauride
Singer: Paul Groves. Conductor: Louis Langrée. Singer: Plácido Domingo. Orchestra: New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra.- SONY CLASSICAL : 88843-031602.
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Lyell Cresswell
Adagio I (2nd movement) from Piano concerto [in memory of Edward Harper]
Performer: Stephen De Pledge. Orchestra: New Zealand S O. Conductor: Hamish Mckeich.- NAXOS : 8.573199.
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Giacomo Puccini
Che gelida manina from Act 1 of La Boheme
Singer: Luciano Pavarotti. Orchestra: Orchestra del Teatro Municipale, Reggio Emilia. Conductor: Peter Maag.- DECCA : 478-5946.
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Giacomo Puccini
E lucevan le stelle (Tosca)
Singer: Luciano Pavarotti. Orchestra: Royal Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Edward Downes.- DECCA : 478-5946.
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Giacomo Puccini
E lucevan le stelle from Act 3 of Tosca
Singer: Plácido Domingo. Orchestra: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. Conductor: James Levine.- SONY CLASSICAL : 88843-031602.
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9am
Concerto no. 2 in B flat major Op.83 for piano and orchestra
Performers: Maurizio Pollini, Dresden State Orchestra, Christian Thielemann
Composers: Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)
Album Title: DG : 479-2384
Fantasy in C major D.760 (Wandererfantasie) for piano
Performers: Barry Douglas
Composers: Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828)
Album Title: CHANDOS : CHAN-10807
Concerto for piano and orchestra [in memory of Edward Harper]
Performers: Stephen de Pledge, New Zealand S O, Hamish Mckeich
Composers: Lyell Cresswell (1944)
Album Title: NAXOS : 8.573199
Concerto no. 18 in B flat major K.456 for piano and orchestra
Performers: Ronald Brautigam, Cologne Academy, Michael Alexander Willens
Composers: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
Album Title: BIS : SACD-20449.30am Building a Library
Caroline Gill compares recordings of Vivaldi’s Stabat Mater, and makes a recommendation.
VIVALDI: Nisi Dominus; Stabat mater; Salve regina, RV 616; Concerto for Strings in D minor, RV 128; Sinfonia in B minor, RV 169
Michael Chance (counter tenor), English Concert, Trevor Pinnock (director)
ARCHIV 477 9586 (2CDs Budget)
10.20am Domingo and Pavarotti
Domingo at the Met, Anniversary Edition
Arias by Verdi, Bellini, Puccini, Giordano, Leoncavallo, Berlioz, Bizet, Wagner
SONY CLASSICAL : 88843-031602 (Budget CD)
Luciano Pavarotti Volume 1: The First Decade
Works and arias by Bellini, Donizetti, Verdi, Puccini
DECCA 478 5946 (27CDs Budget, plus Vinyl EP)
http://www.deccaclassics.com/gb/cat/4785946
Extracts from the above sets:
Tosca - opera in 3 acts
Performers: Placido Domingo, Paul Plishka, New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, George Schick
Composers: Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924)
Album Title: SONY CLASSICAL : 88843-031602
Tosca - opera in 3 acts
Performers: Placido Domingo, New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine
Composers: Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924)
Album Title: SONY CLASSICAL : 88843-031602
Tosca - opera in 3 acts
Performers: Luciano Pavarotti, Royal Opera House Orchestra, Edward Downes
Composers: Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924)
Album Title: DECCA : 478-5946
La Boheme - opera in 4 acts
Performers: Luciano Pavarotti, Orchestra del Teatro Municipale, Reggio Emilia, Peter Maag
Composers: Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924)
Album Title: DECCA : 478-5946
Manon - opera comique in 5 acts
Performers: Mirella Freni, Luciano Pavarotti, La Scala Orchestra, Peter Maag
Composers: Jules Massenet (1842 - 1912)
Album Title: DECCA : 478-5946
Iphigenie en Tauride - opera
Performers: Paul Groves, Placido Domingo, New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Louis Langree
Composers: Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714 - 1787)
Album Title: SONY CLASSICAL : 88843-031602
10.50am New Releases
Richard Morrison joins Andrew to review re-issued recordings of the conductor Carlo Maria Giulini in his Centenary year.
Carlo Maria Giulini – The Chicago Years
Including works by Beethoven, Berlioz, Brahms, Bruckner, Mahler, Stravinsky
WARNER CLASSICS 4 341752 2 (4CDs)
Carlo Maria Giulini – The London Years
Including works by Beethoven, Brahms, Britten, Debussy, Dvorak, Falla, Ravel, Rossini, Schumann, Tchaikovsky
WARNER CLASSICS 9 93739 2 (17CDs)
Carlo Maria Giulini – The Concerto Recordings
Including works by Brahms, Haydn, Mozart, Saint-Saens, Schumann, Prokofiev, Vivaldi
WARNER CLASSICS 4 31761 2 (9CDs)
11.40am Disc of the Week
Concerto no. 2 in F minor Op.21 for piano and orchestra
Performers: Ingrid Fliter, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Jun Markl
Composers: Fryderyk Chopin (1810 - 1849)
Album Title: LINN : CKD-455 (Hybrid SACD)
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- Sat 5 Apr 2014 09:00
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