
James Jolly
James Jolly introduces the latest Record Review Building a Library recommendation, of Rachmaninov's Cello Sonata. Plus music by Enescu, Dvorak, Strauss, Massenet and Lambert.
This week's featured Building a Library work, played in full on the programme, is Rachmaninov's Cello Sonata, and James Jolly then goes on to explore other music from the same period, by Enescu, Dvorak, Richard Strauss and Massenet. The week's young artist is Vikingur Olafsson and the neglected classic is Constant Lambert's Rio Grande.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Five Mystical Songs - Easter
Performer: Matthew Jorysz. Singer: Hugo Popplewell. Choir: Choir of Clare College, Cambridge. Conductor: Graham Ross.- Music for Easter.
- Harmonia Mundi.
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Maurice Ravel
Daphnis et Chloé Suite No 2
Orchestra: Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paavo Järvi.- Music of Ravel.
- Telarc.
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Philip Glass
Etude No 3
Performer: Víkingur Ólafsson.- Philip Glass: Piano Works.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Sergey Rachmaninov
Cello Sonata
Performer: Truls Mørk. Performer: Jean‐Yves Thibaudet.- Russian Cello Sonatas.
- Erato.
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George Enescu
Romanian Rhapsody No 1
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Antal Doráti.- Liszt and Enescu Rhapsodies.
- Mercury.
- 1.
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Antonín Dvořák
Rusalka - Song to the Moon
Singer: Lucia Popp. Orchestra: Munich Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Stefan Soltész.- Slavonic Opera Arias.
- EMI.
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Richard Strauss
Feuersnot - Love scene
Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.- Strauss: Josephsledgende.
- Chandos.
- 26.
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Jules Massenet
Grisélidis - Je suis l'oiseau que le frisson d'hiver
Singer: Rolando Villazón. Orchestra: Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France. Conductor: Evelino Pidò.- Massenet Anniversaire.
- Erato.
- 15.
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Frank Bridge
String Quintet in E minor
Performer: Ivo-Jan van der Werff. Ensemble: Bridge Quartet.- Bridge: String Quartet in B-Flat - String Quintet in E Minor.
- Meridian.
- 5.
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Pietro Mascagni
Cavalleria Rusticana - Easter Hymn
Singer: Fiorenza Cossotto. Choir: Chorus of La Scala, Milan. Orchestra: Orchestra of La Scala, Milan. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.- Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Philip Glass
Etude no.14
Performer: Víkingur Ólafsson.- DG.
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Franz Berwald
Grand Septet
Ensemble: Melos Ensemble.- Icon: Melos Ensemble.
- Warner Classics.
- 1.
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Constant Lambert
The Rio Grande
Performer: Jack Gibbons. Singer: Sally Burgess. Choir: Opera North Chorus. Orchestra: Orchestra of Opera North. Conductor: David Lloyd-Jones.- Lambert.
- Helios.
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Jean Philippe Guissani
Maria (sopra la Carpinese)
Ensemble: Barbara Furtuna. Ensemble: L’Arpeggiata. Conductor: Christina Pluhar.- Via Crucis.
- Virgin Classics.
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Broadcast
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