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Jonathan Swain

Jonathan Swain introduces music with Egyptian connections, including the Record Review recommendation of Verdi's Aida. Plus works by Berlioz, Arroyo, Debussy and David Fanshawe.

Verdi's Aida is the focus of this week's Building a Library and Jonathan Swain plays a major portion of the selected recording. But this prompts an exploration of how Egypt and the Nile have been treated in music by composers as different as Berlioz, Arroyo, Debussy and David Fanshawe. The week's young artist is pianist Julien Brocal and the neglected classic is Tippett's Concerto for Double String Orchestra.

2 hours, 57 minutes

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Sun 2 Apr 2017 09:00
蜜芽传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • David Fanshawe

    African Sanctus 12. Acholi Bwala dance, North Uganda

    Ensemble: Ambrosian Singers. Conductor: John Lambert. Conductor: Owain Arwel Hughes.
    • Fanshawe: African Sanctus.
    • Philips.
    • 012.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 35 'Marche fun猫bre'

    Performer: Julien Brocal.
    • Chopin: Les 脡tats D'ame.
    • Rubicon.
    • 005.

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    AIDA Act Three complete

    Singer: Montserrat Caball茅. Singer: Pl谩cido Domingo. Singer: Fiorenza Cossotto. Singer: Nicola茂 Ghiaurov. Singer: Piero Cappuccilli. Singer: Luigi Roni. Singer: Nicola Martinucci. Singer: Esther Casas. Choir: The Rome Opera Chorus. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Muti.
    • Aida.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 001.

  • Andr茅鈥怑rnest鈥怣odeste Gr茅try

    La Caravane du Caire Act 2: Danse pour Les Turcs

    Ensemble: Les Agr茅mens. Conductor: Guy Van Waas.
    • La Caravane du Caire.
    • Ricercar.
    • 001.

  • David Fanshawe

    African Sanctus: 2. Kyrie "Call to Prayer", Cairo

    Ensemble: Allmanna Singers. Conductor: Robert Sund.
    • Fanshawe: African Sanctus.
    • Proprius.
    • 002.

  • Niccol貌 Paganini

    Fantasia on the G string (after Rossini's 'Mose in Egitto') 'Moses Fantasy'

    Performer: Nemanja Radulovi膰. Orchestra: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Milan.
    • Paganini Fantasy.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 001.

  • Hector Berlioz

    L'Enface du Christ Part 2 - La fuite en Egypte: No. 8: L'adieu des bergers a la Saint Famille

    Ensemble: Southwest German Radio Vocal Ensemble. Orchestra: Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Roger Norrington.
    • L'Enfance Du Christ.
    • Hanssler.
    • 010.

  • Rafael P茅rez Arroyo

    Hymn 567 from The Pyramids Text

    Ensemble: Ensemble Hathor. Conductor: Rafael P茅rez Arroyo.
    • Music In The Age Of The Pyramids (Ancient Egypt).
    • Natural Acoustic Recordings.
    • 003.

  • Claude Debussy

    Khamma

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Ravel: Daphnis & Chlo毛 & Debussy: Khamma.
    • Decca.
    • 002.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Israel in Egypt (Their land brought forth frogs)

    Singer: Michael Chance. Orchestra: The Brandenburg Consort. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury.
    • Handel: Israel in Egypt, HWV54.
    • Decca.
    • 017.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Israel in Egypt, HWV54: Part I: Aria: Und Frosche ohne Zahl bedeckten das Land

    Singer: Roderick Williams. Ensemble: The King鈥檚 Consort. Conductor: Robert King.
    • Handel: Israel in Egypt, HWV54.
    • Vivat.
    • 006.

  • Claude Debussy

    Estampe No. 2 - La soir茅e dans Grenade

    Performer: Claude Debussy.
    • Debussy: The Composer as Pianist (1904, 1913).
    • Pierian Recording Society.
    • 007.

  • Joaqu铆n Rodrigo

    Invocaci贸n y danza

    Performer: Xuefei Yang.
    • Works by Rodrigo.
    • EMI.
    • 015.

  • Trad

    Dances from Transylvania (Arr. Stephan Koncz)

    Performer: Andreas Ottensamer. Performer: Leonidas Kavakos. Performer: Christoph Koncz. Performer: Antoine Tamestit. Performer: Stephan Koncz. Performer: Oszk谩r 脰kr枚s. Performer: Predrag Tomi膰. Performer: 脰d枚n R谩cz.
    • Brahms: The Hungarian Connection.
    • Mercury Classics.
    • 003.

  • Michael Tippett

    Concerto for Double String Orchestra (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • The Tippett Collection.
    • Decca.
    • 004.

  • Claude Debussy

    Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum

    Performer: Claude Debussy.
    • The Composer as Pianist.
    • Pierian.
    • 8.

Broadcast

  • Sun 2 Apr 2017 09:00
    蜜芽传媒 Radio 3