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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.

2 hours, 57 minutes

Last on

Sun 16 Apr 2017 09:00

Music Played

  • 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.
    • 5.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Daphnis et Chloé Suite No 2

    Orchestra: Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paavo Järvi.
    • Music of Ravel.
    • Telarc.
    • 1.
  • Philip Glass

    Etude No 3

    Performer: Víkingur Ólafsson.
    • Philip Glass: Piano Works.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 3.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Cello Sonata

    Performer: Truls Mørk. Performer: Jean‐Yves Thibaudet.
    • Russian Cello Sonatas.
    • Erato.
    • 1.
  • George Enescu

    Romanian Rhapsody No 1

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Antal Doráti.
    • Liszt and Enescu Rhapsodies.
    • Mercury.
    • 1.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Rusalka - Song to the Moon

    Singer: Lucia Popp. Orchestra: Munich Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Stefan Soltész.
    • Slavonic Opera Arias.
    • EMI.
    • 2.
  • Richard Strauss

    Feuersnot - Love scene

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • Strauss: Josephsledgende.
    • Chandos.
    • 26.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
    • 11.
  • Philip Glass

    Etude no.14

    Performer: Víkingur Ólafsson.
    • DG.
  • Franz Berwald

    Grand Septet

    Ensemble: Melos Ensemble.
    • Icon: Melos Ensemble.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.
  • 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.
    • 1.
  • Jean Philippe Guissani

    Maria (sopra la Carpinese)

    Ensemble: Barbara Furtuna. Ensemble: L’Arpeggiata. Conductor: Christina Pluhar.
    • Via Crucis.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 3.

Broadcast

  • Sun 16 Apr 2017 09:00