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Brahms's Horn Trio in Building a Library with Natasha Loges and Hannah French

Natasha Loges recommends her favourite recording of Brahms's Horn Trio. Plus as part of Radio 3's New Year New Music, Ivan Hewett reviews recent releases of contemporary music.

with Hannah French.

9.30 - Building a Library
Natasha Loges recommends her favourite recording of Brahms's Trio in E flat major for Horn, Violin and Piano, Op. 40.

The inspiration for this remarkable chamber work was the great outdoors; Brahms first conceived it whilst out walking in the Black Forest in 1865. Despite his love for the horn as witnessed in his orchestral scores, it's the only substantial piece in Brahms's oeuvre that really puts the instrument front and centre. Its unusual instrumentation means that it poses plenty of problems for performers and engineers: natural or valved horn? Period or modern piano? How best to balance these three very different instruments? Natasha ponders these and many other issues in her quest to find her favourite recorded version of the trio.

10.40 - New Year New Music with Ivan Hewett
As part of Radio 3's New Year New Music season, critic Ivan Hewett reviews a selection of new recordings featuring contemporary music.

11.25 - Record of the Week
Hannah showcases an outstanding new release.

2 hours, 47 minutes

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Sat 2 Jan 2021 09:00
蜜芽传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Giovanni Benedetto Platti

    Harpsichord Concerto in G Major (1st mvt)

    Performer: Roberto Loreggian. Orchestra: L'Arte dell'Arco. Conductor: Federico Guglielmo.
    • Platti: Chamber Works.
    • CPO.
    • 1.

  • Trad.

    I Wonder as I Wander

    Performer: Joseph Middleton. Music Arranger: Benjamin Britten. Singer: James Newby.
    • I wonder as I wander. Beethoven, Schubert, Mahler and Britten.
    • BIS.
    • 1.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony no.5 in E minor Op.64 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Tonhalle-Orchester Z眉rich. Orchestra: Tonhalle-Orchester Z眉rich. Conductor: Paavo J盲rvi. Conductor: Paavo J盲rvi.
    • Alpha.

  • Anonymous

    Res est admirabilis

    Performer: Ieva Nimane. Performer: Ansis Klucis. Choir: Schola Cantorum Riga.
    • SKANi.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Le chaperon rouge et le loup Op.39`6

    Orchestrator: Ottorino Respighi. Orchestra: Dortmunder Philharmoniker. Conductor: Gabriel Feltz.
    • Dreyer Gaido.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    March (Etudes-Tableaux No 5, after Rachmaninov's Op 39 No 9)

    Orchestrator: Ottorino Respighi. Orchestra: Dortmunder Philharmoniker. Conductor: Gabriel Feltz.
    • Dreyer Gaido.

  • Oskar Fried

    Verkl盲rte Nacht, Op 9

    Singer: Christine Rice. Singer: Stuart Skelton. Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Chandos.

  • Joly Braga Santos

    Aria I for cello and piano, Op 6

    Performer: Catherine Strynckx. Performer: Olga Prats.
    • Joly Braga Santos: Complete Chamber Music, Vol. 3.
    • Toccata Classics.
    • 5.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No 6 in F major, Op 68 'Pastoral' (5th mvt) arr. for piano 4 hands

    Music Arranger: Selmar Bagge.
    • WARNER.

  • Arvo P盲rt

    And I Heard a Voice...

    Choir: Ars Nova Copenhagen. Conductor: Paul Hillier.
    • ...and....
    • Naxos.
    • 1201.

  • Linda Catlin Smith

    Meadow (excerpt)

    Performer: Mia Cooper. Performer: Joachim Roewer. Performer: William Butt.
    • Louth Contemporary Music.

  • Harrison Birtwistle

    Gigue Machine (excerpt)

    Performer: Nicolas Hodges.
    • WERGO.

  • Martin Kohlstedt

    JUL

    Performer: Martin Kohlstedt.
    • Warner.

  • Robin de Raaff

    O Arching Strands of Song! (Atlantis)

    Orchestra: Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. Singer: Marisol Montalvo. Choir: Groot Omroepkoor. Conductor: Markus Stenz.
    • Challenge Classics.

  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Violin Sonata No 1 in D minor, Op 75

    Performer: Renaud Capu莽on. Performer: Bertrand Chamayou.
    • ERATO.

Record Review

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听

Giovanni Benedetto Platti: Four Harpsichord Concertos

Roberto Loreggian (harpsichord)

L'Arte dell'Arco

Frederico Guglielmo (director)

CPO 555219-2

听

I Wonder As I Wander: Beethoven, Schubert, Mahler & Britten

James Newby (baritone)

Joseph Middleton (piano)

BIS BIS2475 (Hybrid SACD)

听

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 & Francesca da Rimini

Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich

Paavo J盲rvi (conductor)

Alpha ALPHA659

听

Vox Clara: Late Medieval Chant From Riga, Hamburg, Lund, Limoges

Schola Cantorum Riga

Ieva N墨mane (recorders, bagpipes, kokle)

Guntars Pr膩nis (director, hurdy gurdy)

SKANi LMIC085

听

Rachmaninov: The Bells Op. 35; 5 Etudes-Tableaux

Olesya Golovneva (soprano)

Maxim Aksenov (tenor)

Luke Stoker (bass)

Czech Philharmonic Choir of Brno

Dortmunder Philharmoniker

Gabriel Feltz (conductor)

Dreyer Gaido DGCD21124 (Hybrid SACD)

听

听

9.30am 鈥� Building a Library 鈥� Natasha Loges on Brahms鈥檚 Horn Trio in E flat major, Op. 40

听

Composer: Johannes Brahms

Reviewer: Natasha Loges

Recommended Recording:

David Guerrier (horn)

Renaud Capu莽on (violin)

Nicolas Angelich (piano)

Warner Classics 9029583165 (3 CDs)

听

Other Recommended Recording(s):

听

Teunis van der Zwart (horn)

Isabelle Faust (violin)

Alexander Melnikov (piano)

Harmonia Mundi HMC901981

听

Marie-Luise Neunecker (horn)

Antje Weithaas (violin)

Silke Avenhaus (piano)

BIS BISSACD1859 (Hybrid SACD)

听

Stephen Stirling (horn)

Anthony Marwood (violin)

Susan Tomes (piano)

Hyperion CDD22082 (2 CDs)

听

听

10.15am 鈥� New Releases

听

Verkl盲rte Nacht: Schoenberg, Fried, Leh谩r & Korngold

Christine Rice (mezzo-soprano)

Stuart Skelton (tenor)

蜜芽传媒 Symphony Orchestra

Edward Gardner (conductor)

Chandos CHSA 5243 (Hybrid SACD)

听

Joly Braga Santos: Complete Chamber Music, Vol. 3

Nuno Ivo Cruz (flute)

Ant贸nio Saiote (clarinet)

Carolino Carreira (bassoon)

Lu铆s Pacheco Cunha (violin)

Leonor Braga Santos (viola)

Catherine Strynckx (cello)

Irene Lima (cello)

Olga Prats (piano)

Toccata Classics TOCC0588

听

Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 (arr. for 2 pianos) & Piano Sonata No. 17 'Tempest'

Martha Argerich, Theodosia Ntokou (piano)

Warner Classics 9029516403

听

听

10.40am 鈥� New Year New Music with Ivan Hewett

听

鈥nd鈥�: P盲rt, Wolfe & Shaw

Ars Nova Copenhagen

Paul Hillier (director)

Naxos 8574281

听

Linda Catlin Smith: Meadow

Mia Cooper (violin)

Joachim Roewer (viola)

William Butt (cello)

Louth Contemporary Music LCMS20201

听

A Bag of Bagatelles: Birtwistle & Beethoven

Nicolas Hodges (piano)

Wergo WER68102

听

Martin Kohlstedt: FLUR

Martin Kohlstedt (piano)

Warner Classics 9029518132

听

Robin de Raaff: Atlantis

Marisol Montalvo (soprano)

Mark Stone (baritone)

Netherlands Radio Choir

Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra

Markus Stenz (conductor)

Challenge Classics CC72808

听

听

11.20am 鈥� Record of the Week

听

Saint-Sa毛ns: Sonates & Trio

Renaud Capu莽on (violin)

Edgar Moreau (cello)

Bertrand Chamayou (piano)

Erato 9029516710

听

* * * ENDS * *

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  • Sat 2 Jan 2021 09:00
    蜜芽传媒 Radio 3

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