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Andrew McGregor with Nicholas Baragwanath, Caroline Rae and William Mival

With Andrew McGregor. Including Building a Library.

with Andrew McGregor

9.30
Building a Library: Nicholas Baragwanath makes a personal choice from the available recordings of Berlioz's The Damnation of Faust.

Faust is a work for solo voices, chorus and orchestra, inspired by a translation of Goethe's dramatic poem Faust and like the Goethe it is a piece that defies easy categorization. It's part-oratorio and part-opera. Berlioz ultimately called it a dramatic legend. And it is full of Berlioz's characteristically eccentric style and colourful orchestration. It is a thrilling work.

10.30
Caroline Rae and William Mival join Andrew to review two sets of classic Debussy recordings.

11.45
Andrew chooses an outstanding new release as his Disc of the Week.

3 hours, 12 minutes

Music Played

  • Anton Bruckner

    Symphony No. 4 in Eb Major 'Romantic', 1st mvt: Bewegt, nicht zu schnell

    Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.
    • Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 & Wagner: Lohengrin Prelude to Act 1.
    • DG.
    • 2.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony no. 101 'The Clock' iv. Finale

    Orchestra: Heidelberger Sinfoniker. Conductor: Thomas Fey.
    • London Symphonies.
    • H瓣nssler Classic.
    • 4.
  • Niccol簷 Paganini

    Paganini: 24 Caprices, Op. 1: No. 9 in E Major

    Performer: Augustin Hadelich.
    • Paganini: 24 Caprices, Op. 1.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 109.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Canonic Duo Sonata No. 1 in G TWV 40:118 iii) Allegro

    Ensemble: Elysium Ensemble.
    • Melodious Canons & Fantasias.
    • Resonus Classics.
    • 2.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Canonic Duo Sonata No. 1 in G TWV 40:118 iii) Allegro

    Ensemble: Elysium Ensemble.
    • Melodious Canons & Fantasias.
    • Resonus Classics.
    • 3.
  • Elena Ruehr

    String Quartet No. 3, 3rd mvt: How She Danced

    Ensemble: Cypress String Quartet.
    • Six String Quartets.
    • Avie.
    • 13.
  • Philippe Boesmans

    Pinocchio: Scene 13

    Singer: Chlo矇 Briot. Singer: Marie-Eve Munger. Orchestra: Orchestre Symphonique de la Monnaie. Conductor: Patrick Davin.
    • Pinocchio.
    • Cypres.
    • 15.
  • JeanPhilippe Rameau

    Zoroastre, RCT 62, Act IV, Scene 6: Ah ! Nos fureurs ne sont point vaines (La Ve

    Performer: St矇phane Degout. Orchestra: Pygmalion. Conductor: Rapha禱l Pichon.
    • Enfers.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 101.
  • JeanF矇ry Rebel

    Les l矇mens (Le Chaos)

    Orchestra: Pygmalion. Conductor: Rapha禱l Pichon.
    • Enfers.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 102.
  • JeanPhilippe Rameau

    Dardanus, RCT 35, Act IV, Scene 4: Voici les tristes lieux. Montre affreux (Ant矇

    Performer: St矇phane Degout. Orchestra: Pygmalion. Conductor: Rapha禱l Pichon.
    • Enfers.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 103.
  • Anonymous

    Messe de Requiem sur des th癡mes de Castor et Pollux: Requiem 疆ternam

    Composer: JeanPhilippe Rameau. Orchestra: Pygmalion. Conductor: Rapha禱l Pichon.
    • Enfers.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 104.
  • Christoph Willibald Gluck

    Iphig矇nie en Tauride, Wq. 46, Act II, Scenes 3 & 4: Dieux ! Protecteurs de ces a

    Performer: St矇phane Degout. Orchestra: Pygmalion. Conductor: Rapha禱l Pichon.
    • Enfers.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 105.
  • Anonymous

    Messe de Requiem sur des th癡mes de Castor et Pollux: Kyrie eleison

    Composer: JeanPhilippe Rameau. Performer: St矇phane Degout. Orchestra: Pygmalion. Conductor: Rapha禱l Pichon.
    • Enfers.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 106.
  • JeanPhilippe Rameau

    Hippolyte et Aricie, RCT 43, Act II, Scene 4: Dieux ! Que d'infortun矇s g矇missent

    Performer: Nicolas Courjal. Performer: Mathias Vidal. Performer: Thomas Doli矇. Performer: St矇phane Degout. Orchestra: Pygmalion. Conductor: Rapha禱l Pichon.
    • Enfers.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 107.
  • JeanPhilippe Rameau

    Les Surprises de l'amour, RCT 58, Act II, Scene 8: Loure

    Orchestra: Pygmalion. Conductor: Rapha禱l Pichon.
    • Enfers.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 108.

Record Review

9.00am

DEBUSSY IMPRESSIONISTE

CLAUDE DEBUSSY:

La Mer

Sonate No. 1 pour violoncelle et piano, L. 135

Images, Premi癡re S矇rie, L. 110: I. Reflets dans l'eau

Sonata for Flute, Viola & Harp

Le petit n癡gre

Pr矇ludes, Livre I, L. 117: I. Danseuses de Delphes

Pr矇ludes, Livre II, L. 123: VII. La terrasse des audiences du clair de lune

En blanc et noir, L. 134: I. Avec emportement II. Lent. Sombre III. Scherzando

Arabesques (2)

Clair de Lune (from Suite Bergamasque)

String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10

賊礙措梗娶勳梗

Estampes (3) (Complete)

Images in矇dites, L. 87

L'isle joyeuse

D'un cahier d'esquisses, L. 99: I. Tr癡s lent, sans rigueur

Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello), Philippe Bernold (flute), G矇rard Causs矇 (alto), Isabelle Moretti (harp), Alain Plan癡s (piano),泭 Alexandre Tharaud (piano) C矇dric Tiberghien (piano), Claude Helffer (piano), Haakon Austb繹 (piano), Arcanto Quartett, Orchestre National de Lille, Jean-Claude Casadesus (director)

Harmonia Mundi HMX290879697 (2CDs)

BRUCKNER: SYMPHONY NO. 4 & WAGNER: LOHENGRIN PRELUDE TO ACT 1

RICHARD WAGNER:

Lohengrin: Prelude To Act I

ANTON BRUCKNER:

Symphony No. 4 in Eb Major 'Romantic'

Gewandhausorchester, Andris Nelsons

DG 4797577 (CD)

HAYDN: SYMPHONIES NOS. 93 - 104 (THE LONDON SYMPHONIES)

JOSEPH HAYDN:

Symphony No. 93 in D major

Symphony No. 94 in G Major 'Surprise'

Symphony No. 95 in C minor

Symphony No. 96 in D major 'Miracle'

Symphony No. 97 in C major

Symphony No. 98 in B flat major

Symphony No. 99 in E flat major

Symphony No. 100 in G major 'Military'

Symphony No. 101 in D major 'The Clock'

Symphony No. 102 in B flat major

Symphony No. 103 in E flat major 'Drum Roll'

Symphony No. 104 in D major 'London'

Heidelberger Sinfoniker, Thomas Fey

H瓣nssler HC16001 (4CDs)

PAGANINI: CAPRICES FOR SOLO VIOLIN, OP. 1 NOS. 1-24 (COMPLETE)

NICCOLO PAGANINI:

Caprices for solo violin, Op. 1 Nos. 1-24 (complete)

Augustin Hadelich (violin)

Warner Classics 9029572822 (CD)

Augustin Hadelich (violin)

TELEMANN: MELODIOUS CANONS & FANTASIAS

GEORG PHILIPP TELEMANN

Sonata en Canon TWV 40:118 in G major

Sonata en Canon TWV 40:119 in G minor

Fantasia No. 12 in G Minor, TWV 40:13

Fantasia No. 7 in E-Flat Major, TWV 40:20

Sonata en Canon TWV 40:120 in D major

Sonata en Canon TWV 40:121 in D minor

Fantasia No. 6 in D Minor, TWV 40:7

Sonata en Canon TWV 40:122 in A major

Sonata en Canon TWV 40:123 in A minor

Lucinda Moon (violin), Greg Dikmans (flute), Elysium Ensemble

Resonus Classics RES10207 (CD)


9.30am Building a Library

Composer: 泭泭泭泭 Berlioz

Piece: 泭泭泭泭泭泭泭泭泭泭泭泭 The Damnation of Faust

Reviewer:泭泭泭泭泭泭泭 Nicholas Baragwanath

Recommended Recording:

Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone); Keith Lewis (tenor);
David Nicklass (treble), Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano);
Victor von Halem (bass), Bryn Terfel (bass)

Philharmonia Chorus and Orchestra; Eton College Boys Choir;

David Hill, Simon Halsey, Ralph Allwood (directors)

Myung-Whun Chung (conductor)

DG 4535002泭 (Digital download)

Other Recommended Recordings:

Below are other recordings that Nicholas also liked, although we cant guarantee availability.

London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus; Ambrosian Singers;

Wandsworth School Boys Choir;
Sir Colin Davis (conductor);

Nicolai Gedda (tenor); Jules Bastin (bass); Josephine Veasey (mezzo-soprano);
Richard van Allan (bass); Gillian Knight (mezzo-soprano)

Philips 4163952 (Digital download)

Arthur Oldham; Pl獺cido Domingo (tenor); Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone);
Jules Bastin (bass)

Orchestre de Paris; Choeur de l'Orchestre de Paris;

Daniel Barenboim (conductor);

DG 4744402 (Digital download)

Richard Verreau (tenor); Consuelo Rubio (soprano); Michel Roux (bass);
Pierre Mollet (baritone)

Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux; Choeur Enfants RTF; Choeurs Elisabeth Brasseur;

Igor Markevitch (conductor);

DG 4636732 (Digital download)

10.20am New Releases:

ELENA RUEHR: SIX STRING QUARTETS

ELENA RUEHR

String Quartet No. 5 "Bel Canto"

String Quartet No. 3

String Quartet No. 1

String Quartet No. 2: Song of the Silkie

String Quartet No. 6

String Quartet No. 4

Stephen Salters (baritone), Cypress String Quartet, Borromeo String Quartet

Avie AV2379 (2 CDs)

WIDMANN: VIOLA CONCERTO

JORG WIDMANN:

Viola Concerto

24 Duets

String Quartet No. 3 "Jagdquartett"

Antoine Tamestit (viola), Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Jagdquartett, Daniel Harding

Harmonia Mund HMM902268 (CD)

BOESMANS: PINOCCHIO

PHILIPPE BOESMANS:

Pinocchio

Marie-Eve Munger (soprano), Chlo矇 Briot (mezzo soprano), Julie Boulianne (mezzo soprano), Yann Beuron (tenor), St矇phane Degout (Baritone), Vincent Le Texier (Baritone), Orchestre Symphonique De La Monnaie, Patrick Davin

Cypres CYP4647 (CD + DVD)

1050 New Releases: Caroline Rae and William Mival on Complete Debussy

DEBUSSY COMPLETE WORKS - THE CENTENARY EDITION

Leonard Bernstein, Pierre Boulez, Bernard Haitink, Charles Dutoit, Daniel Barenboim, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Maurizio Pollini, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Zolt獺n Kocsis, G矇rard Souzay

DG 4798642 (22 Cds + 2 DVDs)

CLAUDE DEBUSSY: THE COMPLETE WORKS

Artists include Martha Argerich, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Samson Fran癟ois, Renaud Capu癟on, Natalie Dessay, Andr矇 Cluytens, Fran癟ois-Xavier Roth, Jean Martinon, Michel Plasson, Kent Nagano and Carlo Maria Giulini

Warner Classics 9029573675 (33 CDs)

11.45am Disc of the Week

ENFERS - PYGMALION, PICHON

JEAN PHILIPPE RAMEAU:

Zoroastre RCT 62, Act IV, Scene 6: Ah ! Nos fureurs ne sont point vaines (La Vengeance)

FRY REBEL JEAN:

Les l矇mens: Chaos

JEAN PHILIPPE RAMEAU:

Dardanus, RCT 35, Act IV, Scene 4: Voici les tristes lieux. Montre affreux (Ant矇nor)

ANONYMOUS, JEAN PHILIPPE RAMEAU:

Messe de Requiem sur des th癡mes de Castor et Pollux: Requiem 疆ternam

CHRISTOPH GLUCK:

Iphig矇nie en Tauride, Wq. 46, Act II, Scenes 3 & 4: Dieux ! Protecteurs de ces affreux rivages (Oreste)

ANONYMOUS, JEAN PHILIPPE RAMEAU:

Messe de Requiem sur des th癡mes de Castor et Pollux: Kyrie eleison

JEAN PHILIPPE RAMEAU:

Hippolyte et Aricie, RCT 43, Act II, Scene 4: Dieux ! Que d'infortun矇s g矇missent en ces lieux! (Th矇s矇e)

Les Surprises de l'amour, RCT 58, Act II, Scene 8: Loure

CHRISTOPH GLUCK:

Armide, Wq. 45, Act IV, Scene 1: Nous ne trouvons partout que des gouffres ouverts (Ubalde et le Chevalier danois)

ANONYMOUS, JEAN PHILIPPE RAMEAU:

Messe de Requiem sur des th癡mes de Castor et Pollux: Domine Jesu Christe

CHRISTOPH GLUCK:

Orph矇e et Eurydice, Wq. 30, Act II, Scene 1: Sinfonie infernale. Air de furie

JEAN PHILIPPE RAMEAU:

Zoroastre, RCT 62, Act IV, Scenes 5 & 6: puisons le flanc des tristes victimes (Abramane) - Ministres, redout矇s du plus puissant empire (Abramane, rinice)

Zoroastre, RCT 62, Act IV, Scene 5: Air grave pour les Esprits infernaux

Zoroastre, RCT 62, Act IV, Scene 6: Quel bonheur ! L'Enfer nous seconde (Abramane, Les Furies, choir)

CHRISTOPH GLUCK:

Orph矇e et Eurydice, Wq. 30, Act II: Danse des Furies

JEAN PHILIPPE RAMEAU:

Hippolyte et Aricie, RCT 43, Act II, Scene 5: Vous, qui de l'avenir percez la nuit profonde (Pluton) - Quelle soudaine horreur (Trois Parques)

Hippolyte et Aricie, RCT 43, Act III, Scene 6: Qu'ai-je appris? Puissant ma簾tre des flots (Th矇s矇e)

Messe de Requiem sur des th癡mes de Castor et Pollux: Hostias et preces tibi

Hippolyte et Aricie, RCT 43, Act IV, Scene 4: Quelle plainte en ces lieux m'appelle? (Ph癡dre)

Hippolyte et Aricie, RCT 43, Act V, Scene 2: Je ne te verrai plus ! (Th矇s矇e)

CHRISTOPH GLUCK:

Orph矇e et Eurydice, Wq. 30, Act II, Scene 2: Ballet des Ombres heureuses

ANONYMOUS, JEAN PHILIPPE RAMEAU:

Messe de Requiem sur des th癡mes de Castor et Pollux: Requiem 疆ternam

JEAN PHILIPPE RAMEAU:

Les Bor矇ades, RCT 31, Act IV, Scene 4: Entr矇e de Polymnie

Rapha禱l Pichon, Pygmalion, St矇phane Degout,

Harmonia Mundi HMM902288 (CD)

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