ѿý Proms Composer: Bartok with Marina Frolova-Walker and Andrew McGregor
Andrew McGregor with the best new classical releases, and Marina Frolova-Walker selects five indispensable recordings of works by ѿý Proms composer Bartók
Andrew McGregor with the best new recordings of classical music
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ѿý Proms Composer: Béla Bartók
Marina Frolova-Walker selects five indispensable recordings of ѿý Proms Composer Béla Bartók
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Proms Recording
To round off each edition of Record Review during the ѿý Proms, Andrew introduces the Building a Library recommendation of a major work by a composer featured at this year's Proms.
Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde - VI - Der Abschied
Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano)
Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra
Marc Albrecht (conductor)
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Camille Saint‐Saëns
Le Cygne (Le carnaval des animaux)
Music Arranger: Leopold Godowsky. Performer: Mats Lidström. Performer: Leif Kaner‐Lidström.- Hyperion.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Keyboard Concerto no.2 in E major BWV.1053 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Beatrice Rana. Orchestra: Amsterdam Sinfonietta.- Bach: Keyboard Concertos, BWV 1052, 1053, 1054 & 1056.
- Warner Classics.
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Max Reger
Im Spiel der Wellen (4 Tone Poems After Arnold Böcklin Op.128)
Orchestra: Gävle symfoniorkester. Conductor: Jaime Martín.- Reger: 4 Tone Poems After Arnold Böcklin, Op. 128 & Romantic Suite, Op. 125.
- Ondine.
- 102.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
La Clemenza di Tito K.621 (Act I March)
Music Arranger: Alexander Gergelyfi. Performer: Alexander Gergelyfi.- Mozart's Clavichord.
- Alpha Classics.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Lacrimosa (Requiem in D minor K.626)
Music Arranger: Alexander Gergelyfi. Performer: Alexander Gergelyfi.- Mozart's Clavichord.
- 17.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Lacrimosa (Requiem in D minor K.626)
Music Arranger: Franz Xaver Süssmayr. Choir: Warsaw Chamber Opera Chorus. Ensemble: Musicae Antiquae Collegium Varsoviense. Conductor: Adam Banaszak.- Mozart Requiem in D minor, K626.
- DUX.
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Alberto Ginastera
String Quartet no.1 Op.20 (2nd mvt)
Ensemble: Miró Quartet.- Ginastera: String Quartets.
- Pentatone.
- 102.
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Béla Bartók
Duke Bluebeard's castle Sz.48 (5th and 6th Doors)
Singer: Anne Sofie von Otter. Singer: John Tomlinson. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.- Bartók: Bluebeard's Castle.
- Warner Classics.
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Béla Bartók
String Quartet no.4 Sz.91 (2nd mvt)
Ensemble: Takács Quartet.- Bartók: The String Quartets.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Béla Bartók
The Miraculous Mandarin Sz.73 (The girl sinks down to embrace him/The tramps leap out)
Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iván Fischer.- Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin; Dances of Transylvania, etc..
- Decca.
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Béla Bartók
Concerto for Orchestra Sz.116 (2nd mvt)
Orchestra: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Susanna Mälkki.- Bartók: Orchestral Works.
- BIS.
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Béla Bartók
Piano Concerto no.2 Sz.95 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Peter Donohoe. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.- 20th Century Classics: Bartók.
- Warner Classics.
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Georg Philipp Telemann
Overture (Suite) in E flat major TWV.55:Es4 (extract)
Orchestra: L’Orfeo Barockorchester. Conductor: Carin van Heerden.- Telemann: VI Ouvertures à 4 ou 6 (1736).
- CPO.
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James MacMillan
O Radiant Dawn
Choir: The Gesualdo Six. Director: Owain Park.- Hyperion.
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Thomas Tallis
Dum transisset Sabbatum
Performer: Matilda Lloyd. Choir: The Gesualdo Six. Director: Owain Park.- Hyperion.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Toccata & Fugue in D Minor BWV.565
Music Arranger: Sir Andrew Davis. Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.- King of Kings: Bach Orchestral Transcriptions.
- Chandos.
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Gustav Mahler
Das Trinklied vom Jammer der Erde (Das Lied von der Erde)
Singer: Burkhard Fritz. Orchestra: Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest. Conductor: Marc Albrecht.- Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde.
- PENTATONE.
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Gustav Mahler
Der Einsame im Herbst (Das Lied von der Erde)
Singer: Alice Coote. Orchestra: Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest. Conductor: Marc Albrecht.- Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde.
- PENTATONE.
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