
Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor in Building a Library with Roger Parker & Andrew McGregor
Elin Manahan Thomas joins Andrew McGregor to discuss her pick of the best new releases, and Building a Library on Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor with Roger Parker.
Andrew McGregor with the best new recordings of classical music.
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Elin Manahan Thomas makes her pick of the best new releases
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Roger Parker chooses his favourite recording of Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor
Top choice:
Maria Callas (Lucia)
Giuseppe Di Stefano (Edgardo)
Tito Gobbi (Enrico)
Raffaele Arié (Raimondo)
Valiano Natali (Arturo)
Anna Maria Canali (Alisa)
Gino Sarri (Normanno)
Chorus and Orchestra of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Tullio Serafin (conductor)
Naxos 8.110131-32
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Record of the Week: Andrew’s top pick.
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Igor Stravinsky
Concerto in E flat 'Dumbarton Oaks' (1st mvt)
Performer: Lukas Geniušas. Performer: Anna Geniushene.- Hallelujah Junction: Adams, Stravinsky, Gershwin & Copland.
- Alpha Classics.
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John Dowland
Lachrimae Antiquae
Ensemble: Capriccio Stravagante. Director: Skip Sempé.- Paradizo.
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John Sheppard
Our Father
Choir: Choir of Trinity College, University of Melbourne. Conductor: Christopher Watson.- TYE, SHEPPARD, TAVERNER.
- Navona.
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John Taverner
Mater Christi sanctissima (extract)
Choir: Choir of Trinity College, University of Melbourne. Conductor: Christopher Watson.- TYE, SHEPPARD, TAVERNER.
- Navona.
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Johannes Brahms
Piano Quartet no.3 in C minor Op.60 (opening)
Ensemble: Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective.- CHANDOS.
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Louise Héritte-Viardot
Piano Quartet no.1 in A major 'Im Sommer' Op.9 (4th mvt)
Ensemble: Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective.- CHANDOS.
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Francesca Caccini
Che t'ho fatt'io? (extract)
Composer: Barbara Hannigan. Composer: David Chalmin. Singer: Barbara Hannigan. Performer: Katia Labèque. Performer: Marielle Labèque. Performer: David Chalmin.- Electric Fields.
- Alpha.
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Hildegard von Bingen
O virga mediatrix
Music Arranger: David Chalmin. Singer: Barbara Hannigan. Performer: Katia Labèque. Performer: Marielle Labèque. Performer: David Chalmin.- Electric Fields.
- ALPHA.
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Sven Helbig
Requiem A (Introitus - extract)
Singer: René Pape. Choir: Dresdner Kreuzchor. Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden. Performer: Sven Helbig. Conductor: Martin Lehmann.- Sven Helbig: Requiem A.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Sven Helbig
Requiem A (Atem)
Singer: René Pape. Choir: Dresdner Kreuzchor. Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden. Performer: Sven Helbig. Conductor: Martin Lehmann.- Sven Helbig: Requiem A.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Frédéric Chopin
Prelude in D Op.28, No.5
Performer: Justin Taylor.- Alpha.
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Frédéric Chopin
Wiosna [Spring] (17 Polish Songs Op.74)
Performer: Justin Taylor.- Alpha.
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Unknown
Pange lingua
Choir: The Choir of Buckfast Abbey. Performer: Charles Maxtone-Smith. Director: Matthew Searles.- Ad Fontes.
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Erkki-Sven Tüür
Angel's Share, Violin Concerto No.2 (opening)
Performer: Hans Christian Aavik. Orchestra: Odense Symfoniorkester. Conductor: Gemma New.- Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 26 - Tüür: Angel's Share.
- Orchid Classics.
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George Frideric Handel
Recorder Sonata in D minor HWV.367a (3rd mvt)
Performer: Michaela Koudelková. Performer: Monika Knoblochová. Performer: Libor Mašek. Performer: Jan Krejča.- Supraphon.
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Alexander Scriabin
Piano Sonata no.4 in F sharp major Op.30 (2nd mvt)
Performer: Yevgeny Sudbin.- Scriabin: Vers la flamme.
- BIS.
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