
Andrew McGregor with Sarah Walker, Gillian Moore and Anna Picard
Andrew McGregor, Gillian Moore and Anna Picard look back over Sir Simon Rattle's 40-year recording career.
with Andrew McGregor.
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Building a Library: Sarah Walker listens to some of the available recordings of Mozart's Horn Quintet and makes a recommendation.
Mozart's genial Horn Quintet was the first work he wrote for the Viennese virtuoso Joseph Leutgeb, who must have been a wonderful player to have inspired such music. By turns lyrical, virtuosic, and humorous, it reflects Mozart's affection for both instrument and player, a gem of the chamber repertoire recorded by many of the leading horn players of the modern era, whether soloists, principals of major orchestras, or period instrument specialists.
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Rattle on Record: as Simon Rattle takes up the baton of Music Director of the London Symphony Orchestra, Southbank Centre Director of Music Gillian Moore and Times critic Anna Picard look back over his 40-year recording career.
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Andrew chooses an outstanding new release as his Disc of the Week.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Horn Quintet in E flat major K407
Performer: Pip Eastop. Ensemble: Eroica Quartet.- Hyperion.
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John Dowland
Praeludium
Performer: Sean Shibe.- DELPHIAN.
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William Walton
Five Bagatelles - No. 1
Performer: Sean Shibe.- DELPHIAN.
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Franz Schubert
Piano Sonata in A major D959 ii. Andantino
Performer: Krystian Zimerman.- Deustche Grammophon.
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Charles Gounod
Romeo et Juliette - "L'amour!...Ah! leve-toi, soleil!"
Performer: Jonas Kaufmann. Orchestra: Bavarian State Orchestra. Conductor: Bertrand de Billy.- Sony Classical.
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Maurice Ravel
Gaspard de la nuit
Performer: Martha Argerich.- Warner Classics.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Choral Fantasy Op. 80 (ending)
Performer: Martha Argerich. Orchestra: Orchestra della Svizzera italiana. Choir: Coro della Radiotevisione svizzera.- Warner Classics.
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Nikolai Karlovich Medtner
Canzona Serenata Op. 38 No. 6
Performer: Zlata Chochieva.- DANACORD.
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Alexander Scriabin
Piano Sonata No. 5 Op. 53 (end)
Performer: Yevgeny Sudbin.- PENTATONE.
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Igor Stravinsky
Scherzo à la russe
Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.- Stravinsky: The Firebird and Petrushka.
- EMI.
- 8.
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Duke Ellington
Ad Lib on Nippon
Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.- Simon Rattle conducts American Music.
- Warner Classics.
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Claude Debussy
Le sommeil de Lear
Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.- EMI CDC 7499472.
- EMI.
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Simon Holt
Boots of Lead
Ensemble: Birmingham Contemporary Music Group. Singer: Rinat Shaham. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.- Boots of Lead - Feet of Clay.
- NMC.
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Mark-Anthony Turnage
Three Screaming Popes
Ensemble: Birmingham Contemporary Music Group. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.- EMI 695882.
- EMI.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony no.1 in C major Op.21 (3rd mvt)
Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.- Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1-9.
- Berliner Philharmoniker.
- 3.
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Gustav Mahler
Symphony No 10
Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.- EMI 7243 5 56972 2 6.
- EMI.
- 1.
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Hans Werner Henze
Symphony No 7 Movt.4; Finale
Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.- EMI CDC7547622.
- EMI.
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Witold Lutosławski
Piano Concerto
Performer: Krystian Zimerman. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.- Krystian Zimerman & Sir Simon Rattle: Lutoslawski.
- DG.
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Maurice Ravel
L'enfant et les sortilèges: Il est beau. Il est sage
Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.- EMI 50999 2 64197 2 5.
- EMI.
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Carl Heinrich Graun
Tra le procelle assort (Cesare e Cleopatra)
Performer: Regula Mühlemann. Orchestra: La Folia Barockorchester. Conductor: Robin Peter Müller.- Sony Classical.
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George Frideric Handel
Che sento? ...Se pieta di me non senti (Guilio Cesare)
Performer: Regula Mühlemann. Orchestra: La Folia Barockorchester. Conductor: Robin Peter Müller.- Sony Classical.
Record Review
9.00am
Dreams & Fancies: English Music for Solo Guitar
ARNOLD: Fantasy for Guitar Op. 107
BERKELEY, L: Sonatina for Guitar Op. 52, No. 1
BRITTEN: Nocturnal after John Dowland Op. 70
DOWLAND: Preludium; Forlorn Hope Fancy (Fantasie No. 2); Fantasia
WALTON: Five Bagatelles for solo guitar
Sean Shibe (guitar)
DELPHIAN DCD34193 (CD)
William Byrd: Virginal & Consorts
Skip Sempe and Capriccio Stravagante, Skip Sempe
PARADIZO PA0015 (CD)
Franz Schubert: Piano Sonatas D959 & D960
Krystian Zimerman
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 479 7588 (CD)
L'Opera
BERLIOZ: La Damnation de Faust Op. 24: Merci, doux crepuscule!; Inutiles regrets…En un dernier naufrage (from Les Troyens)
BIZET: La fleur que tu m'avais jetee (from Carmen); C’est toi, toi qu’enfin je revois (from Les pecheurs de perles); Au fond du temple saint (from Les Pecheurs de Perles)
GOUNOD: L'amour, l'amour... Ah, leve-toi soleil (from Romeo et Juliette)
HALEVY: Rachel, quand du Seigneur (from La Juive)
LALO: Puisqu'on ne peut flechir (from Le roi d’Ys); Vainement, ma bien-aimee (from Le roi d’Ys)
MASSENET: Traduire ! Ah ! Bien souvent mon reve s’envole… Pourquoi me reveiller (Werther); Enfin Manon, nous voila enfin seuls ensemble... En fermant les yeux (from Manon); Toi ! Vous ! Oui ! Je fus cruelle… N’est-ce plus ma main (from Manon); Ah! Tout est bien fini... O souverain (from Le Cid)
MEYERBEER: Pays merveilleux... O paradis (from L'Africaine)
OFFENBACH: O Dieu, de quelle ivresse (from Les contes d'Hoffmann)
THOMAS, AMBROISE: Elle ne croyait pas, dans sa candeur naive (from Mignon)
Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Ludovic Tezier (baritone), Sonya Yoncheva (soprano), Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Bertrand de Billy (conductor)
SONY 88985390762 (CD)
9.30am – Building a Library
Building a Library: a weekly look at a piece of music, a comparison of the available recordings, and a recommendation.
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piece: Horn Quintet in E flat major K.407
Reviewer: Sarah Walker
Recommended recording:
Radek Baborak (horn), Baborak Ensemble.
SUPRAPHON SU 4207-2 (CD)
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Period instrument recommendation:
Pip Eastop (horn), Eroica Quartet
HYPERION CDA68097 (CD)
10.15am – New Releases: Piano Festivals
Martha Argerich & Friends: Live from Lugano 2016
RAVEL: Gaspard de la nuit;
BUSONI: Violin concerto in D, Op.35ª BV 243
MOZART: Sonata for two pianos in D, K448 (375a)
FALLA: Two Spanish Dances from La vida breve
RAVEL: Piano Concerto in G
BEETHOVEN: Choral Fantaasy, Op.80
BRAHMS: Horn Trio in e flat, Op.40
BERG: Kammerkonzert for piano, violin and 13 wind instruments
J.S. BACH: Violin Sonata in C minor, BWV 1017
DEBUSSY: Prelude a l’apres-mini d’un faune
NISINMAN: Hombre Tango
Martha Argerich (piano), Nicholas Angelich (piano), Sergei Babayan (piano), Jorge Bosso (cello), Renaud Capucon (violin), Lyda Chen (viola), Enrico Fagone (double bass), David Guerrier (horn), Stephen Kovacevich (piano), Eduardo Hubert (piano), Karin Lechner (piano), Anton Martynov (violin), Marcelo Nisinman (bandoneon), Tedi Papavrami (violin), Sergio Tiempo (piano), Coro della Radiotelevisione svizzera, Orchestra della Svizzera italiana, Diego Fasolis (conductor), Elena Schwarz (conductor), Alexander Vedernikov (conductor).
WARNER CLASSICS 0190295831653 (3 CD)
Rarities of Piano Music 2016
CECILE CHAMINADE: Les Sylvains op.60 (Johann Blanchard)
GABRIEL FAURE: Barcarolle No.8, op. 96 (Severin von Eckardstein)
ROBERT CASADESUS: Prelude op.5 No.2 (Severin von Eckardstein)
ANATOLY ALEXANDROV: Vision op.21 No.2 (Severin von Eckardstein)
JULIUS REUBKE: Scherzo in D minor (Severin von Eckardstein)
WAGNER/BRASSIN: “Magic Fire Music” from “The Valkyrie” (Severin von Eckardstein)
FRANZ LISZT: Hymne de a nuit (Zlata Chochieva)
NIKOLAI MEDTNER: Canzona serenata op.38 No.6 (Zlata Chochieva)
RACHMANINOV/WILD: “O Cease They Singing” op.4 No.4; “Midsummer Nights” op.14 No.5 (Martin Jones)
MONIUSZKO/FRIEDMAN:Printemps op. 28 No.1 (Hubert Rutkowski)
IGNAZ PADEREWSKI: Nocturne op.16 No.4 (Hubert Rutkowski)
THEODOR KIRCHNER: Nachtbild op.25 No.2; Nachtbild op.25 No.6 (Florian Noack)
MAX REGER: “Traume am Kamin” op.143 No.12 (Joseph Moog)
SCARLATTI/TAUSIG: Pastorale (Joseph Moog)
MOZART/BUSONI: Overture of “The Magic Flute” (Duo Grau/Schumacher)
JOHANNES BRAHMS: Hungarian Dance No.11 (piano 4 hands) (Duo Mercier/Katsaris)
BENJAMIN BRITTEN: “Holiday Diary” op.5 No.2: Sailing; “Holiday Diary” op.5 No.3: Fun-Fair (Artem Yasynskyy)
ROGER SACHEVERELL COKE:Prelude op.33 No.7 (Simon Callaghan)
RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN/HOUGH: My Favourite Things (Simon Callaghan)
DANACORD CACOCD 789
Tippet Rise OPUS 2017 Domo
SCRIABIN: Piano Sonata No.5 Op.53 (Yevgeny Subdin)
ANTON GARCIA ABRIL: Pero me quede sin ti; Tippet Rise Songs, II. Piano Maker; Tres piezas amantinas, II. (Emily Helenbrook (soprano), Christopher O’Riley (piano)).
RACHMANINOFF: Vocalise, Op.34, No.14 (Matt Haimovitz (cello), Christopher O’Riley (piano)).
STRAVINSKY: Trois mouvements de Petrushka III. La Semaine grasse (Jenny Chen (piano)).
RACHMANINOFF: Suite No.1, Op.5 II. La nuit…..L’amour….. Adagio sostenuto in D major. (Anne-Marie McDermott, Christopher O’Riley (pianos)).
CHOPIN: Nocturne Op.15, No.2 in F sharp major (Stephen Hough (piano)).
SCRIABIN: Poeme de l’extase, Op. 54 (Svetlana Smolina, Christopher O’Riley (pianos), Elmer Churampi (trumpet)).
PENTATONE PTC 5186 660 (Hybrid SACD)
10:40am Simon Rattle Panel: Gillian Moore and Anna Picard
Stravinsky: The Firebird, Petrushka, etc
STRAVINSKY: The Firebird; Scherzo a la russe; Four Studies (1952 version); Scherzo a la russe; Petrushka; Symphony in Three Movements.
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle (conductor)
EMI CLASSICS 7243 5 85538 2 6 (CD)
American Classics
CD1
GERSHWIN Rhapsody in Blue • An American in Paris • I Got Rhythm • Piano
Concerto in F
CD2
BERNSTEIN Prelude, Fugue and Riffs • Facsimile • ‘West Side Story’ Symphonic
Dances • Divertimento • Overtures: Wonderful Town & Candide
CD3
BARBER Adagio for strings • Knoxville: Summer of 1915
KORNGOLD Violin Concerto
COPLAND Appalachian Spring • Fanfare for the Common Man
CD4
ADAMS The Chairman Dances • Tromba Lontana • Short Ride in a Fast Machine •
Shaker Loops
GLASS Façades • Company
REICH Eight Lines
CD5
GERSHWIN, PORTER & KERN Overtures & Film Music
CD6
JOPLIN, GERSHWIN & JP. JOHNSON Ragtime & other Music for 2 pianos by
GERSHWIN Porgy and Bess (excerpts) • Strike up the Band
ELLINGTON Take the ‘A’ Train • Sophisticated Lady • That Doo-wah Thing • Come
Sunday
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Glyndebourne Chorus, London Voices, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Sinfonietta, Simon Rattle (conductor).
WARNER CLASSICS 2150142 (7 CD)
Debussy: Images, etc
DEBUSSY: Musiques pour “Le Roi Lear”; Jeux: Poeme Danse; “Images” pour Orchestre
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle (conductor)
EMI CDC 7 49947 2 (CD)
Simon Holt: Boot of Lead, Feet of Clay
HOLT: Kites; Feet of Clay; Eco-Pavan; Boots of Lead; Lilith.
Ulrich Heinen (cello), Rolf Hind (piano), Rinat Shaham (mezzo-soprano), Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Sir Simon Rattle (conductor), Martyn Brabbins (conductor).
NMC D094 (CD)
Simon Rattle conducts British Music
ADES: Asyla
ARNOLD: Guitar Concerto Op. 67
DEBUSSY: Estampe No. 1 - Pagodes
ELGAR: Enigma Variations Op. 36; Grania and Diarmid Op. 42 - Incidental Music; Falstaff - Symphonic Study in C minor Op. 68; Violin Concerto in B minor Op. 61; The Dream of Gerontius Op. 38; Pomp and Circumstance March No. 4 in G major Op. 39 No. 4
GRAINGER: In a Nutshell, suite; Train Music; Country Gardens; Lincolnshire Posy; The Warriors
HOLST: The Planets Op. 32
KNUSSEN: Flourish with Fireworks
MATTHEWS, C: Pluto, the Renewer
MAW, N: Odyssey
RAVEL: La Vallee des Cloches (Miroirs No. 5)
TURNAGE: Drowned Out; Kai; Three Screaming Popes; Momentum; Ceres
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The Lark Ascending; On Wenlock Edge; Songs of Travel
WALTON: Cello Concerto; Symphony No. 1 in B flat minor; Belshazzar's Feast
Julian Bream (guitar), Nigel Kennedy (violin), Dame Janet Baker (mezzo), John Mitchinson (tenor), John Shirley-Quirk (bass-baritone), CBSO Chorus, Malcolm Wilson, Roderick Elms and Wayne Marshall (pianos), Ulrich Heinen (cello), Robert Tear (tenor), Thomas Allen (baritone), Lynn Harrell (cello), Thomas Hampson (baritone), City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Berliner Philharmoniker, Simon Rattle (conductor)
EMI 6975882 (11CD)
Ludwig Van Beethoven – Symphonien 1-9
BEETHOVEN: Symphonies Nos. 1-9 (complete)
Annette Dasch (soprano), Eva Vogel (mezzo), Christian Elsner (tenor), Dimitry Ivashchenko (bass), Berliner Philharmoniker, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Sir Simon Rattle (conductor)
BERLINER PHILHARMONIKER BPHR160091 (5 CDs + 2 Blu-ray Videos + Blu-ray Audio)
Mahler: Symphony No. 10
MAHLER: Symphony No. 10 in F sharp major
Berliner Philharmoniker, Simon Rattle (conductor)
EMI CLASSICS 5569722 (CD)
Henze: Symphony No. 7; Barcarola
HENZE: Barcarola per grande orchestra; Symphonie Nr. 7.
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle (conductor).
EMI CLASSICS 754762 2 (CD)
Lutoslawski: Piano Concerto Symphony No.2
LUTOSLAWSKI: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra; Symphony No.2.
Krystian Zimerman (piano), Berliner Philharmoniker, Simon Rattle (conductor).
DEUTCHE GRAMMOPHON 479 4518 (CD)
Ravel - L'Enfant et les sortileges & Mother Goose
RAVEL: L'enfant et les sortileges; Ma Mere l'Oye
Magdalena Kožena, Nathalie Stutzmann, Sophie Koch, Jose van Dam, Francois Le Roux, Jean-Paul Fouchecourt, Berliner Philharmoniker, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Sir Simon Rattle (conductor)
WARNER CLASSICS 2641972 (CD)
1145 – Disc of the Week
Cleopatra - Baroque Arias
GRAUN, C H: Tra le procelle assorto (from Cleopatra e Cesare)
HANDEL: Che sento?...Se pieta di me non senti (from Giulio Cesare)
HASSE, J A: Morte, col fiero aspetto (from Antonio e cleopatra); Lascia, Antonio, deh lascia (from Antonio e cleopatra); Quel candido armellino (from Antonio e cleopatra)
LEGRENZI: Se tu sarai felice (from Antioco il Grande)
MATTHESON: Mein Leben ist hin (from Die ungluckselige Cleopatra); Ruhe sanft, geliebter Geist (from Die ungluckselige Cleopatra)
SARTORIO: Quando voglio (from Giulio Cesare in Egitto)
SCARLATTI, A: Antonio, e qual destino (from Marc'Antonio e Cleopatra); Vo goder senza contrasto (from Marc'Antonio e Cleopatra)
Regula Muhlemann (soprano), La Folia Barokorchester, Robin Peter Muller
SONY 88985407012 (CD)
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