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Andrew McGregor with Harriet Smith and Nicholas Baragwanath

Record Review Summer Record Review

Harriet Smith chooses five indispensable recordings of works by featured Proms composer Beethoven and explains why they need to be heard. Plus this week's outstanding new releases.

Proms Composer: Beethoven
Each Saturday over the next nine weeks a different Record Review stalwart chooses five indispensable recordings of a great composer featured in the Proms. Today, Harriet Smith plays her top five Beethoven discs and tells us why you need to hear them.

11.00
Nicholas Baragwanath delves into the 64-CD box of the complete Deutsche Grammophon recordings made by Rafael Kubelik.

11.45
Proms Recording:
Continuing with a new feature for Summer Record Review, each week we select a major work from the Proms and play you the current Building a Library recommendation. Today, it's Scriabin's Poem of Ecstasy performed by The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Riccardo Muti.

3 hours, 12 minutes

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Sat 21 Jul 2018 09:00
蜜芽传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto In F Major Rv.574 For 6 Instruments And Orchestra

    Performer: Adrian Chandler. Ensemble: La Serenissima.
    • Avie : AV2392.
    • Avie.
    • 23.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Trio In E Flat Major Op.1`1 For Piano And Strings

    Ensemble: Trio Goya.
    • Chandos : CHAN 0822.
    • Chandos.
    • 3.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Concerto In C Major For Piano And Orchestra

    Performer: Louis Lortie. Orchestra: Toronto S O. Conductor: Peter Oundjian.
    • Chandos CHSA 5201.
    • Chandos.
    • 11.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Mass In D Major Op.123 (Missa Solemnis)

    Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner. Orchestra: Orchestre R茅volutionnaire et Romantique. Singer: Lucy Crowe. Singer: Jennifer Johnston. Singer: James Gilchrist. Singer: Matthew Rose.
    • SDG : 718.
    • SDG.
    • 4.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Quartet In B Flat Major Op.130 For Strings Vers. Standard [1826]

    Ensemble: Tak谩cs Quartet.
    • DECCA : 470-849-2.
    • DECCA.
    • 9.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Sonata No. 21 In C Major Op.53 (Waldstein) For Piano

    Performer: Emil Grigoryevich Gilels.
    • DG : 477 6360.
    • DG.
    • 7.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Concerto In D Major Op.61 For Violin And Orchestra

    Performer: Bronislav Huberman. Performer: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Georg Szell.
    • APR : APR5506-.
    • APR.
    • 2.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No. 7 In A Major Op.92

    Ensemble: Ensemble Of The 18th Century. Conductor: Frans Br眉ggen.
    • GLOSSA : GCDSA-921116.
    • GLOSSA.
    • 8.

  • Gottfried von Einem

    Geistliche Sonate Op.38 For Soprano, Trumpet And Organ - i. Allegro

    Performer: G谩bor Boldoczki. Performer: Iveta Apkalna.
    • Orfeo : C 929 181 A.
    • Orfeo.
    • 5.

  • Gustav Mahler

    Des Knaben Wunderhorn Vers. For Voice & Orch: Wo Die Sch枚nen Trompeten Blasen

    Singer: Michael Volle. Orchestra: Munich Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Christian Thielemann.
    • Munich Philharmonic : MPHIL0007.
    • Munich Philharmonic.
    • 4.

  • Gustav Mahler

    Des Knaben Wunderhorn Vers. For Voice & Orch: Lied Des Verfolgten In Turm

    Singer: Michael Volle. Orchestra: Munich Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Christian Thielemann.
    • Munich Philharmonic : MPHIL0007.
    • Munich Philharmonic.
    • 5.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Le Tombeau De Couperin i) Prelude

    Performer: Philippe Thuriot. Music Arranger: Philippe Thuriot.
    • Warner Classics : 5419701254.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.

  • Fran莽ois Couperin

    Pieces De Clavecin - Le Tic-Toc-Choc

    Performer: Philippe Thuriot. Music Arranger: Philippe Thuriot.
    • Warner Classics : 5419701254.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 13.

  • Fran莽ois Couperin

    Pieces De Clavecin - Les Barricades Mist茅rieuses

    Performer: Philippe Thuriot. Music Arranger: Philippe Thuriot.
    • Warner Classics : 5419701254.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 12.

  • Bernhard Scholz

    Concerto In B Major Op.57 For Piano And Orchestra iii) Allegro

    Performer: Simon Callaghan. Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Scottish Symphony. Conductor: Ben Gernon.
    • Hyperion : CDA68225.
    • Hyperion.
    • 6.

  • Bedrich Smetana

    Ma Vlast [my Country] - Cycle Of Symphonic Poems: Vltava

    Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Rafael Kubel铆k.
    • DG 00289 483 5114.
    • DG.
    • 2.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Slavonic Dances - Series 2 Op.72, No. 5 in B-flat minor

    Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Rafael Kubel铆k.
    • DG 00289 483 5078.
    • DG.
    • 13.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    The Noonday Witch Op.108

    Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Rafael Kubel铆k.
    • DG 00289 483 5077.
    • DG.
    • 1.

  • Leos Jan谩膷ek

    Sinfonietta

    Performer: Rafael Kubel铆k. Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • DG 00289 483 5086.
    • DG.
    • 9.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Serse - Opera In 3 Acts: 'Holdes Laubgezweig'

    Singer: Fritz Wunderlich. Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Rafael Kubel铆k.
    • DG 00289 483 5085.
    • DG.
    • 7.

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Rigoletto - Opera In 3 Acts: 'Bella figlia dell'amore'

    Singer: Carlo Bergonzi. Singer: Fiorenza Cossotto. Singer: Dietrich Fischer鈥怐ieskau. Singer: Renata Scotto. Orchestra: Orchestra of La Scala, Milan. Choir: Chorus of La Scala, Milan. Conductor: Rafael Kubel铆k.
    • DG 00289 483 5117.
    • DG.
    • 14.

  • Hans Pfitzner

    Palestrina - Act III 'Die Messe'

    Singer: Dietrich Fischer鈥怐ieskau. Singer: Nicolai Gedda. Choir: Bavarian Radio Chorus. Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • DG 00289 483 5107.
    • DG.
    • 12.

  • Gustav Mahler

    Lieder Eines Fahrenden Gesellen Vers.

    Performer: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Singer: Dietrich Fischer鈥怐ieskau. Conductor: Rafael Kubel铆k.
    • DG 00289 483 5088.
    • DG.
    • 6.

  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony No. 9 - i) Andante comodo

    Performer: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Rafael Kubel铆k.
    • DG 00289 483 5097.
    • DG.
    • 1.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No. 6 In F Major Op.68 (Pastoral)

    Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris 鈥� Philharmonie. Conductor: Rafael Kubel铆k.
    • DG 00289 483 5066.
    • DG.
    • 5.

  • Alexander Scriabin

    Le Poeme De L'Extase Op.54 For Orchestra

    Performer: Frank Kadarabek. Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Muti.
    • Warner Classics 5677202.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.

Summer Record Review

9.00am

听

Vivaldi x2

Rachel Chaplin, Mark Baigent (oboes)

Peter Whelan 听(bassoon)

Anneke Scott, Jocelyn Lightfoot 听(horns)

Vladimir Waltham 听(cello)

La Serenissima

Adrian Chandler (violin / director)
Avie AV2392

听

Beethoven - Three Piano Trios, Op.1

Trio Goya

Chandos CHAN 0822 (2 CDs)

听

Vaughan Williams - Orchestral Works

Carla Huhtanen (soprano)

Emily D'Angelo (mezzo-soprano)

Lawrence Wiliford (tenor)

Tyler Duncan (baritone)

Sarah Jeffrey (oboe)

Teng Li (viola)

Louis Lortie (piano)

Elmer Iseler Singers

Toronto Symphony Orchestra

Peter Oundjian

Chandos CHAN 5201 (Hybrid SACD)

9.30am 鈥� Proms Composer 鈥� Harriet Smith on Beethoven

Beethoven: Missa Solemnis in D major, Op. 123

Lucy Crowe (soprano)

Jennifer Johnston (mezzo)

James Gilchrist (tenor)

Matthew Rose (bass)

Monteverdi Choir

Orchestre R茅volutionnaire et Romantique

Sir John Eliot Gardiner

SDG SDG 718

听

Beethoven: String Quartets: Op.59 Nos.1 - 3 'Razumovsky', Op.74 'Harp'

Tak谩cs Quartet

Decca 470849-2 (3 CDs)

听

Emil Gilels - Beethoven Sonatas

Emil Gilels

DG 4776360 (9 CDs)

听

Beethoven: Violin Concerto & Lalo: Symphonie espagnole

Bronislaw Huberman (Violin)

Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

George Szell

APR APR5506

听

Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1-9 (complete)

Rebecca Nash (soprano)

Wilke te Brummelstroete (mezzo-soprano)

Marcel Beekman (tenor)

Michael Tews (bass)

Laurens Collegium & Laurens Cantorij

Orchestra of the 18th Century

Frans Br眉ggen

Glossa GCDSA921116 (5 Hybrid SACDs)



听

10.20am 鈥� New Releases

听

Gottfried von Einem: Philadelphia Symphonie and other works

Ildiko Raimondi (soprano)

Iveta Apkalna (organ)

G谩bor Boldoczki (trumpet)

Wiener Philharmoniker

Franz Welser-M枚st

Orfeo C929181A

听

Mahler: Wunderhorn-Lieder

Michael Volle (baritone)

M眉nchner Philharmoniker听听

Christian Thielemann

MPHIL recordings MPHIL0007

听

Ravel 鈥� Couperin: Philippe Thuriot

Philippe Thuriot (accordion)

Warner Classics 5419701254

听

The Romantic Piano Concerto 76 - Rheinberger & Scholz

Simon Callaghan (piano)

蜜芽传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Ben Gernon

Hyperion CDA68225

听

10.55am 鈥� Reissues 鈥� Nicholas Baragwanath on Rafael Kubel铆k DG recordings


Rafael Kubel铆k: Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon

DG 4799959 (64 CDs + 2 DVDs)

听

11.45am 鈥� BAL Proms Choice 鈥� Scriabin's Poem of Ecstasy as chosen by William Mival on 5th April 2008

Scriabin: Symphony No. 1 in E major, Op. 26, etc.

Philadelphia Orchestra

Riccardo Muti
Warner Classics 5677202

听

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  • Sat 21 Jul 2018 09:00
    蜜芽传媒 Radio 3

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