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ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Proms Composer: Ravel with Jeremy Sams and Andrew McGregor

Andrew McGregor with the best new recordings of classical music, and Jeremy Sams picks five indispensable recordings of works by ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Proms composer Maurice Ravel.

Andrew McGregor with the best new recordings of classical music.

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ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Proms Composer: Maurice Ravel
Jeremy Sams picks five indispensable recordings of works by ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Proms Composer Ravel

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Proms Recording
To round off each edition of Record Review during the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Proms, Andrew introduces the Building a Library recommendation of a major work by a composer featured at this year's Proms.

Sibelius: Symphony No. 1
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Philharmonic
John Storgards (conductor)
CHANDOS CHAN10809(3)

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1 hour, 59 minutes

Music Played

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Song to the moon (Rusalka)

    Music Arranger: Pablo Ferrández. Performer: Pablo Ferrández. Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Martin Frost.
    • Sony Classical.
  • Francis Poulenc

    Concerto in D minor for 2 pianos and orchestra (1st mvt)

    Performer: Francis Poulenc. Performer: Jacques Février. Orchestra: Orchestre national de France. Conductor: Georges Prêtre.
    • Poulenc & Satie: Piano Works.
    • SOMM Recordings.
    • 101.
  • Caroline Shaw

    ...and the Swallow

    Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • A Prayer for Deliverance.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 104.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Ballade in D minor Op.4

    Performer: Curtis Stewart. Orchestra: National Philharmonic. Conductor: Michael Repper.
    • Avie.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Sainte

    Singer: Pierre Bernac. Performer: Francis Poulenc.
    • Diapason.
  • Maurice Ravel

    String quartet in F major (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Quatuor Ébène.
    • Ravel, Debussy & Fauré String Quartets.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 1.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Ondine (Gaspard de la nuit)

    Performer: Ivo Pogorelich.
    • Ravel: Gaspard de la Nuit / Prokofiev: Piano Sonata No.6.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 1.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Lever du jour (Daphnis et Chloé)

    Choir: Berlin Radio Choir. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.
    • Boulez Conducts Debussy & Ravel.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Maurice Ravel

    L' Enfant et les sortileges (Conclusion)

    Choir: Chœur de Radio France. Orchestra: Orchestre national de France. Conductor: Lorin Maazel.
    • Ravel: L'Enfant Et Les Sortilèges; L'Heure Espagnole.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Piano Sonata no.3 in B minor Op.58 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor.
    • Decca.
  • Grace Williams

    Calm sea in summer (Sea sketches)

    Orchestra: Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Malin Broman.
    • Breaking Waves.
    • BIS.
    • 105.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Symphony no.13 in B flat minor Op.113 'Babiy Yar' (2nd mvt)

    Singer: Vitalij Kowaljow. Choir: London Philharmonic Choir. Choir: London Symphony Chorus. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda.
    • Shostakovich: Symphony No. 13, "Babi Yar".
    • LSO Live.
    • 102.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Symphony no.1 in E minor Op.39 (2nd & 3rd mvts)

    Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John StorgÃ¥rds.
    • Chandos.

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