Orff's Carmina Burana in Building a Library with Jeremy Summerly and Andrew McGregor
Building a Library features Orff's Carmina Burana. Plus the best new releases, including operas by Puccini and Strauss,
With Andrew McGregor
Building a Library features Orff's Carmina Burana; plus the best new releases - including operas by Puccini and Strauss.
9.30am
Building a Library
Jeremy Summerly talks to Andrew about the best recordings of Carl Orff's Carmina Burana
Carl Orff composed his cantata in 1936, based on 24 poems from the medieval collection Carmina Burana. The poems cover a wide range of subjects, which are just as topical today as they were in the 13th century: the fickleness of fortune and wealth, the ephemeral nature of life, the joy of the return of spring, and the pleasures and perils of drinking, gluttony, gambling, and lust. Orff said to his publisher "Everything I have written to date, and which you have, unfortunately, printed, can be destroyed. With Carmina Burana, my collected works begin." It became the most famous piece of music composed in Germany at the time.
10.30am
Ash Khandekar joins Andrew with new releases of operas by Puccini, Strauss and Weber.
11.15am
Record of the Week
Andrew's pick of the best disc from the last seven days
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Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
Piano Trio No. 4 in E minor, Op. 90 (B166) 'Dumky' - 1st movement
Performer: Nicolas Altstaedt. Performer: Alexander Lonquich. Performer: Barnab谩s Kelemen.- Kod谩ly: Duo for Violin and Violoncello, Op. 7 - Dvo艡谩k: Piano Trio, Op. 90 'Dumk.
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Jean鈥怋aptiste Lully
Ballet royal de la Naissance de Venus: Ritournelle & Trois Graces
Director: Christophe Rousset. Ensemble: Les Talens Lyriques. Singer: D茅borah Cachet. Singer: Benedicte Tauran. Singer: Ambroisine Br茅.- Lully: Ballet Royal de La Naissance de Venus.
- Aparte.
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Dmitry Shostakovich
Piano Concerto No. 1 in C minor, Op. 35: I. Allegro Moderato
Performer: Simon Trpceski. Performer: Andrei Kavalinski. Conductor: Cristian M膬celaru. Ensemble: Jan谩膷kova filharmonie Ostrava.- Shostakovich: Piano Concertos & Piano Trio No. 2.
- Linn.
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Ram贸n Humet
Light: No. 4, Naked Stone
Choir: Latvian Radio Choir. Conductor: Sigvards K募ava.- Ramon Humet: Light.
- Ondine.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Sonata for Piano Duet in F major K497: III. Allegro
Performer: Kirill Gerstein. Performer: Ferenc Rados.- Mozart: Sonatas for Piano Four Hands KV521 & 497.
- Myrios.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
String Quartet No. 13 in B flat major, Op. V Cavatina
Ensemble: Ehnes Quartet.- Beethoven: String Quartet No. 13, Op. 130 & Grosse Fuge, Op. 133.
- Onyx.
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Giovanni Gabrieli
Canzon seconda & Angelus ad pastores a
Ensemble: La Guilde des Mercenaires. Director: Adrien Mabire.- Gabrieli: Gloria a Venezia!.
- Ch芒teau de Versailles Spectacles.
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Sergey Prokofiev
Symphony No. 6 in E flat minor, Op. 111: III. Vivace
Ensemble: Oslo Philharmonic. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.- Prokofiev: Symphony No. 6 & Myaskovsky: Symphony No. 27.
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Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 7: II. Nachtmusik
Ensemble: Bavarian State Orchestra. Ensemble: Kirill Petrenko.- Mahler: Symphony No. 7.
- BSO Recordings.
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DISCS PLAYED & REVIEWED ON RECORD REVIEW:
Saturday 12th June 2021
9.00am
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Kod谩ly: Duo for Violin and Violoncello, Op. 7 - Dvo艡谩k: Piano Trio, Op. 90 'Dumky'
Barnab谩s Kelemen (violin)
Nicolas Altstaedt (cello)
Alexander Lonquich (piano)听
Alpha ALPA737听
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Lully: Ballet Royal de La Naissance de VenusDeborah Cachet & B茅n茅dicte Tauran (soprano)
Ambroisine Br茅 (mezzo soprano)
Cyril Auvity (tenor)
Guillaume Andrieux & Philippe Est猫phe (baritone)
Les Talens Lyriques
Christophe Rousset (director)听
Apart茅听 AP255
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Shostakovich: Piano Concertos & Piano Trio No. 2
Simon Trp膷eski (piano)
Andrei Kavalinski (trumpet)
Aleksandar Krapovski (violin)
Alexander Somov (cello)听
Jan谩膷ek Philharmonic Ostrava
Cristian M膬celaru (conductor)听
Linn听 CKD659听
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Ramon Humet: Light (Llum)
Latvian Radio Choir
Sigvards Klava (conductor)听
Ondine听 ODE1389-2
Label: Ondine
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Mozart: Sonatas for Piano Four Hands KV521 & 497
Ferenc Rados & Kirill Gerstein (piano)
Myrios听 MYR029
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9.30am 鈥� Building a Library 鈥� Jeremy Summerly on Carl Orff鈥檚 Carmina Burana听 听
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Recommended
Recording: 听
Riccardo Muti (conductor)听
Arleen Auger (soprano)
John
van Kesteren (tenor)
Jonathan Summers (baritone)
Philharmonia Orchestra & Choir
Warner
Classics听 5864272
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Historical recommendations:听
Wolfgang Sawallisch (conductor)听
Agnes Giebel
(soprano)听
Paul Kuen (tenor)听
Marcel Cordes (baritone)听
K枚lner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester
Chor des Westdeutschen Rundfunks
Warner Classics听 7777642375
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10.15am 鈥� New Releases
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Vivaldi: Concerti Per Violino IX Le Nuove Vie
Boris Begelman (violin)
Concerto Italiano
Rinaldo Alessandrini (director)
Na茂ve听 OP7258
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Beethoven: String Quartet No. 13, Op. 130 & Grosse Fuge, Op. 133
Ehnes Quartet
Onyx听 ONYX4199
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Gabrieli: Gloria a Venezia!
La Guilde des Mercenaires
Adrien Mabire (cornet/conductor)
Ch芒teau de Versailles Spectacles听 CVS041
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Prokofiev: Symphony No. 6 & Myaskovsky: Symphony No. 27
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Vasily Petrenko
LAWO听 LWC1215听
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10.40am 鈥� Ashutosh Khandekar鈥檚 Operas听
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The Freisch眉tz Project
Johanni Van Oostrum 听(Agathe/soprano)
Chiara Skerath 听(脛nnchen/soprano)听
Stanislas de
Barbeyrac 听(Max/tenor)听
Christian Immler 听(Eremit/baritone)听
Vladimir Baykov 听(Kaspar/bass-baritone)听
Insula orchestra
Accentus Choir
Laurence Equilbey (conductor)听
Erato听 9029510954听 听(CD + DVD)
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Puccini: La Fanciulla del West
Melody Moore 听(Minnie/soprano)
Lester Lynch 听(Jack Rance/baritone)听
Marius Vlad 听(Dick Johnson/tenor)
Transylvania State Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir of Cluj-Napoca
Lawrence Foster (conductor)听
La Fanciulla听 PTC5186778听 (2 Hybrid SACDs)听
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Strauss: Ariadne Auf Naxos
Soile Isokoski 听(Ariadne soprano)
Daniela Fally 听(Zerbinetta/soprano)
Sophie Koch 听(Komponist/mezzo-soprano)
Johan Botha 听(Bacchus/tenor)
Wiener Staatsoper
Christian Thielemann (conductor)听
Orfeo听 C996202听
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11.20am 鈥� Record of the Week
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Mahler: Symphony No. 7
Bayerisches Staatsorchester
Kirill Petrenko (conductor)
BSO Recordings听 BSOREC0001听
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