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1antimuzak
Saturday 26th October 2019
Time: 09:02 to 11:45 (2 hours and 43 minutes long)
With Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Building a Library: Katy Hamilton compares recordings of Antonín Dvorák's ever-popular Piano Trio No 4 in E minor, 'Dumky'. Dvorák's music, suffused with the rhythms and melodic inflections of Bohemian and Moravian folk traditions, might never have gained international recognition beyond his Czech homeland but for the enthusiastic and public endorsement of Johannes Brahms. After that, Dvorák sometimes reined in the freshness and charm of his music in favour of a more serious and occasionally portentous Teutonic style. But when it came to his final piano trio, Dvorák happily returned to his Slavic folk roots, aiming to write an unashamedly popular work. 11.25 Andrew selects his Disc of the Week.
Time: 09:02 to 11:45 (2 hours and 43 minutes long)
With Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Building a Library: Katy Hamilton compares recordings of Antonín Dvorák's ever-popular Piano Trio No 4 in E minor, 'Dumky'. Dvorák's music, suffused with the rhythms and melodic inflections of Bohemian and Moravian folk traditions, might never have gained international recognition beyond his Czech homeland but for the enthusiastic and public endorsement of Johannes Brahms. After that, Dvorák sometimes reined in the freshness and charm of his music in favour of a more serious and occasionally portentous Teutonic style. But when it came to his final piano trio, Dvorák happily returned to his Slavic folk roots, aiming to write an unashamedly popular work. 11.25 Andrew selects his Disc of the Week.
2antimuzak
Saturday 9th November 2019
Time: 09:02 to 11:45 (2 hours and 43 minutes long)
Mahler: Symphony No. 3
With Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Building a Library: William Mival compares recordings of Mahler's 3rd Symphony. Completed in 1896, Mahler's monumental 3rd remains to this day the longest symphony in the standard repertory, and one of the most powerful, taking around 90 minutes to perform all six movements. The first movement takes 30 minutes alone and forms Part 1 of the symphony, while the remaining five movements form Part 2. The fourth movement sets words from Nietzsche's 'Thus Spoke Zarathustra', to be sung by mezzo-soprano, and the fifth movement sets words from Das Knaben Wunderhorn. 10.50 Conductor and organist Anna Lapwood joins Andrew to discuss new and recent releases of choral music. 11.25 Andrew selects his Disc of the Week.
Time: 09:02 to 11:45 (2 hours and 43 minutes long)
Mahler: Symphony No. 3
With Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Building a Library: William Mival compares recordings of Mahler's 3rd Symphony. Completed in 1896, Mahler's monumental 3rd remains to this day the longest symphony in the standard repertory, and one of the most powerful, taking around 90 minutes to perform all six movements. The first movement takes 30 minutes alone and forms Part 1 of the symphony, while the remaining five movements form Part 2. The fourth movement sets words from Nietzsche's 'Thus Spoke Zarathustra', to be sung by mezzo-soprano, and the fifth movement sets words from Das Knaben Wunderhorn. 10.50 Conductor and organist Anna Lapwood joins Andrew to discuss new and recent releases of choral music. 11.25 Andrew selects his Disc of the Week.
3antimuzak
Saturday 16th November 2019
Time: 09:02 to 11:45 (2 hours and 43 minutes long)
With Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Building a Library: Jeremy Summerly compares recordings of Stravinsky's Symphony of Psalms. A choral symphony from the composer's `neoclassical" period, Stravinsky's compact, three-movement work has been fortunate on record with a wide range of interpretations from all round the world. It inhabits a unique sound world, omitting as it does clarinets, violins and violas, and comparisons are guaranteed to be fascinating. 10.50 Harriet Smith rounds up recent virtuoso piano recordings, including Alkan from Paul Wee, Rachmaninov from Daniel Trifonov and Prokofiev from Alexander Melnikov. 11.25 Andrew selects his Disc of the Week.
Time: 09:02 to 11:45 (2 hours and 43 minutes long)
With Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Building a Library: Jeremy Summerly compares recordings of Stravinsky's Symphony of Psalms. A choral symphony from the composer's `neoclassical" period, Stravinsky's compact, three-movement work has been fortunate on record with a wide range of interpretations from all round the world. It inhabits a unique sound world, omitting as it does clarinets, violins and violas, and comparisons are guaranteed to be fascinating. 10.50 Harriet Smith rounds up recent virtuoso piano recordings, including Alkan from Paul Wee, Rachmaninov from Daniel Trifonov and Prokofiev from Alexander Melnikov. 11.25 Andrew selects his Disc of the Week.
4antimuzak
Saturday 23rd November 2019
Time: 09:02 to 11:45 (2 hours and 43 minutes long)
With Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Building a Library: Sarah Walker joins Andrew to compare recordings of Haydn's Symphony No 102. The 10th of Haydn's so-called `London" symphonies, it was specially commissioned for performance in the city. In the hands of an insightful interpreter, it can be in turns joyous, incisive, and moving. Sarah guides listeners to the ultimate must-have version. 10.50 Caroline Gill talks about recent releases of chamber music and concertos by Tchaikovsky and Prokofiev. 11.25 Andrew selects his Disc of the Week.
Time: 09:02 to 11:45 (2 hours and 43 minutes long)
With Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Building a Library: Sarah Walker joins Andrew to compare recordings of Haydn's Symphony No 102. The 10th of Haydn's so-called `London" symphonies, it was specially commissioned for performance in the city. In the hands of an insightful interpreter, it can be in turns joyous, incisive, and moving. Sarah guides listeners to the ultimate must-have version. 10.50 Caroline Gill talks about recent releases of chamber music and concertos by Tchaikovsky and Prokofiev. 11.25 Andrew selects his Disc of the Week.
5antimuzak
Saturday 30th November 2019
Time: 09:02 to 11:45 (2 hours and 43 minutes long)
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With Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Building a Library: Kirsten Gibson compares recordings of Purcell's opera Dido and Aeneas and picks a favourite. Uncertainty surrounds the origins of Dido and Aeneas. It is thought to be from the late 1680s, towards the end of Purcell's short life, but was its premiere at a Chelsea girls' school or the English court? Either way it is one of the greatest of all musical stage works, with its eternal themes of love, abandonment and despair, all of which are portrayed in its most famous number, Dido's Lament. 10.50 Anna Picard listens to recent recordings of Haydn, Beethoven and Schumann, including a complete set of the Beethoven Piano Concertos from Jan Lisiecki and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields. 11.25 Andrew selects his Disc of the Week.
Time: 09:02 to 11:45 (2 hours and 43 minutes long)
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With Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Building a Library: Kirsten Gibson compares recordings of Purcell's opera Dido and Aeneas and picks a favourite. Uncertainty surrounds the origins of Dido and Aeneas. It is thought to be from the late 1680s, towards the end of Purcell's short life, but was its premiere at a Chelsea girls' school or the English court? Either way it is one of the greatest of all musical stage works, with its eternal themes of love, abandonment and despair, all of which are portrayed in its most famous number, Dido's Lament. 10.50 Anna Picard listens to recent recordings of Haydn, Beethoven and Schumann, including a complete set of the Beethoven Piano Concertos from Jan Lisiecki and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields. 11.25 Andrew selects his Disc of the Week.
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Saturday 7th December 2019
Time: 09:02 to 11:45 (2 hours and 43 minutes long)
With Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Building a Library: Flora Wilson chooses her favourite recordings of Delibes' opera Lakmé. Written in the early 1880s and set in the British India of the mid-19th century, Lakmé is based on the novel Le Mariage de Loti by Pierre Loti. The opera includes the ever-popular Flower Duet sung by Lakmé, the daughter of a Brahmin priest, and her servant Mallika, while its most famous aria is the Bell Song in Act 2. 10.50 Jan Smaczny reviews resissues of the great Czech pianist Rudolf Firkusny, who had a broad repertoire and became known especially for his performances of the Czech composers Smetana, Dvorák, Janácek and Martinu. 11.25 Andrew selects his Disc of the Week.
Time: 09:02 to 11:45 (2 hours and 43 minutes long)
With Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Building a Library: Flora Wilson chooses her favourite recordings of Delibes' opera Lakmé. Written in the early 1880s and set in the British India of the mid-19th century, Lakmé is based on the novel Le Mariage de Loti by Pierre Loti. The opera includes the ever-popular Flower Duet sung by Lakmé, the daughter of a Brahmin priest, and her servant Mallika, while its most famous aria is the Bell Song in Act 2. 10.50 Jan Smaczny reviews resissues of the great Czech pianist Rudolf Firkusny, who had a broad repertoire and became known especially for his performances of the Czech composers Smetana, Dvorák, Janácek and Martinu. 11.25 Andrew selects his Disc of the Week.
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Saturday 21st December 2019
Time: 09:02 to 11:45 (2 hours and 43 minutes long)
With Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Building a Library: Edward Seckerson compares recordings of Tchaikovsky's ballet music, The Nutcracker - and picks a favourite. 10.50 Music journalist, critic and author of Carols from King's, Alexandra Coghlan reviews this year's crop of new Christmas releases. 11.25 Andrew chooses an outstanding new release as his Recording of the Week.
Time: 09:02 to 11:45 (2 hours and 43 minutes long)
With Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Building a Library: Edward Seckerson compares recordings of Tchaikovsky's ballet music, The Nutcracker - and picks a favourite. 10.50 Music journalist, critic and author of Carols from King's, Alexandra Coghlan reviews this year's crop of new Christmas releases. 11.25 Andrew chooses an outstanding new release as his Recording of the Week.
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Saturday 28th December 2019
Time: 09:02 to 11:45 (2 hours and 43 minutes long)
With Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Building a Library: Laura Tunbridge discusses a wide range of approaches to Schumann's Heine cycle and recommends the key recording to keep for posterity. 10.45 Andrew listens to a new set of the nine Bruckner symphonies in which the Berlin Philharmonic is led by not one but eight different conductors, recorded recently in concert. 11.15 Andrew chooses an outstanding new release as his Recording of the Week.
Time: 09:02 to 11:45 (2 hours and 43 minutes long)
With Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Building a Library: Laura Tunbridge discusses a wide range of approaches to Schumann's Heine cycle and recommends the key recording to keep for posterity. 10.45 Andrew listens to a new set of the nine Bruckner symphonies in which the Berlin Philharmonic is led by not one but eight different conductors, recorded recently in concert. 11.15 Andrew chooses an outstanding new release as his Recording of the Week.
9antimuzak
Saturday 4th January 2020
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
9.30 Building a Library. Kate Kennedy discusses a wide range of approaches to Elgar's much-loved Variations on an Original Theme, his so-called Enigma Variations, and recommends the key recording to have. 10.45 As part of Radio 3's annual series New Year, New Music, Andrew looks at a clutch of discs from the past few years. 11.15 Andrew chooses his Disc of the Week.
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
9.30 Building a Library. Kate Kennedy discusses a wide range of approaches to Elgar's much-loved Variations on an Original Theme, his so-called Enigma Variations, and recommends the key recording to have. 10.45 As part of Radio 3's annual series New Year, New Music, Andrew looks at a clutch of discs from the past few years. 11.15 Andrew chooses his Disc of the Week.
10antimuzak
Saturday 11th January 2020
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
With Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Building a Library. Lucy Parham discusses a wide range of approaches to Brahms's Piano Quintet in F minor, Op 34. 10.45 Mark Simpson discusses recent Mahler and Shostakovich recordings. 11.15 Andrew chooses his Disc of the Week.
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
With Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Building a Library. Lucy Parham discusses a wide range of approaches to Brahms's Piano Quintet in F minor, Op 34. 10.45 Mark Simpson discusses recent Mahler and Shostakovich recordings. 11.15 Andrew chooses his Disc of the Week.
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Saturday 18th January 2020
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
With Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Building a Library. Richard Wigmore recommends a version from the recordings of Beethoven's Symphony No 1 in C, Op 21. Beethoven was keen to prove that he could better Haydn as the most celebrated living composer. So the 1800 premiere of the 29-years-old's first symphony was an important moment, even if, witty and dancing, the debt to Haydn is obvious and there are few if any signs of the revolutionary symphonic breakthroughs shortly to come. 10.50 Hannah French listens to recent releases of baroque music and shares the most appealing. 11.20 Andrew chooses his Disc of the Week.
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
With Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Building a Library. Richard Wigmore recommends a version from the recordings of Beethoven's Symphony No 1 in C, Op 21. Beethoven was keen to prove that he could better Haydn as the most celebrated living composer. So the 1800 premiere of the 29-years-old's first symphony was an important moment, even if, witty and dancing, the debt to Haydn is obvious and there are few if any signs of the revolutionary symphonic breakthroughs shortly to come. 10.50 Hannah French listens to recent releases of baroque music and shares the most appealing. 11.20 Andrew chooses his Disc of the Week.
12antimuzak
Saturday 25th January 2020
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
With Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Building a Library. Iain Burnside compares recordings of Chopin's four scherzi for piano and chooses his favourite. Scherzo No 1 in B minor Op 20; Scherzo No 2 in B flat minor Op 31; Scherzo No 3 in C sharp minor Op 39; Scherzo No 4 in E Op 54. Chopin's four scherzi, much loved and often recorded by the world's greatest pianists, are a feat of technique, lyricism and musical story-telling. They also span Chopin's own compositional journey. While the first scherzo is defiant and assertive, demonstrating the youthful energy of the composer, the fourth, written towards the end of his life, is more elusive. Together with the Ballades, Chopin's four scherzi stand supreme among his entire output for solo piano. 10.50 Andrew reviews the newest vocal discs. 11.25 Andrew's Recording of the Week.
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
With Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Building a Library. Iain Burnside compares recordings of Chopin's four scherzi for piano and chooses his favourite. Scherzo No 1 in B minor Op 20; Scherzo No 2 in B flat minor Op 31; Scherzo No 3 in C sharp minor Op 39; Scherzo No 4 in E Op 54. Chopin's four scherzi, much loved and often recorded by the world's greatest pianists, are a feat of technique, lyricism and musical story-telling. They also span Chopin's own compositional journey. While the first scherzo is defiant and assertive, demonstrating the youthful energy of the composer, the fourth, written towards the end of his life, is more elusive. Together with the Ballades, Chopin's four scherzi stand supreme among his entire output for solo piano. 10.50 Andrew reviews the newest vocal discs. 11.25 Andrew's Recording of the Week.
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Saturday 8th February 2020
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
With Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Building a Library. Nicholas Kenyon chooses his favourite recording of Mozart: Symphony No 39 in E flat. Summer 1788. Broke and out of favour with the fickle Viennese public, Mozart completed the remarkable trio of his final three symphonies in just nine weeks. No 39 is the first of the set, exuberant and full of energy, ending with a characteristically ingenious and playful Mozartian touch - a moto perpetuo finale whose second theme is the first theme in disguise. 10.45 Katy Hamilton assesses a new 77-CD box set of conductor Bruno Walter's recordings for the Columbia label. 11.20 Andrew's Recording of the Week.
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
With Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Building a Library. Nicholas Kenyon chooses his favourite recording of Mozart: Symphony No 39 in E flat. Summer 1788. Broke and out of favour with the fickle Viennese public, Mozart completed the remarkable trio of his final three symphonies in just nine weeks. No 39 is the first of the set, exuberant and full of energy, ending with a characteristically ingenious and playful Mozartian touch - a moto perpetuo finale whose second theme is the first theme in disguise. 10.45 Katy Hamilton assesses a new 77-CD box set of conductor Bruno Walter's recordings for the Columbia label. 11.20 Andrew's Recording of the Week.
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Saturday 15th February 2020
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
With Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Building a Library. Singer Elin Manahan Thomas discusses a shortlist of recordings of a 20th-century choral masterpiece, Poulenc: Gloria, whittling it down to pick her personal choice of the ultimate library choice. 10.40 Simon Heighes discusses two new box sets with Andrew - Bach harpsichord and violin concertos from Concerto Copenhagen, and a set of Italian violin concertos by composers from Vivaldi to Paganini. 11.15 Andrew's Recording of the Week.
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
With Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Building a Library. Singer Elin Manahan Thomas discusses a shortlist of recordings of a 20th-century choral masterpiece, Poulenc: Gloria, whittling it down to pick her personal choice of the ultimate library choice. 10.40 Simon Heighes discusses two new box sets with Andrew - Bach harpsichord and violin concertos from Concerto Copenhagen, and a set of Italian violin concertos by composers from Vivaldi to Paganini. 11.15 Andrew's Recording of the Week.
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Saturday 22nd February 2020
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
Janacek: The Cunning Little Vixen
With Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Building a Library. Nigel Simeone chooses his favourite recording of Janacek's opera The Cunning Little Vixen. Composed in the early 1920s, The Cunning Little Vixen was based on a comic-strip novella serialised in Janacek's local newspaper. He poured all of his 70 years of life experience, and also the unreturned love for the much younger, married Kamila Stösslová, into the piece. As well as the comedy, it is also a melancholy reflection on the cycle of life and death. 10.45 Anna Lapwood listens to a batch of new organ releases. 11.20 Andrew's Recording of the Week.
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
Janacek: The Cunning Little Vixen
With Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Building a Library. Nigel Simeone chooses his favourite recording of Janacek's opera The Cunning Little Vixen. Composed in the early 1920s, The Cunning Little Vixen was based on a comic-strip novella serialised in Janacek's local newspaper. He poured all of his 70 years of life experience, and also the unreturned love for the much younger, married Kamila Stösslová, into the piece. As well as the comedy, it is also a melancholy reflection on the cycle of life and death. 10.45 Anna Lapwood listens to a batch of new organ releases. 11.20 Andrew's Recording of the Week.
16antimuzak
Saturday 29th February 2020
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
With Andrew McGregor. 09.30 Building a Library. Kate Molleson chooses her favourite recording of Bela Bartok: Piano Concerto No. 3. 10.40. Jeremy Summerly has been listening to an eclectic bunch of new choral recordings and shares the best of them. 11.20. Record of the Week. Andrew recommends an outstanding new releases
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
With Andrew McGregor. 09.30 Building a Library. Kate Molleson chooses her favourite recording of Bela Bartok: Piano Concerto No. 3. 10.40. Jeremy Summerly has been listening to an eclectic bunch of new choral recordings and shares the best of them. 11.20. Record of the Week. Andrew recommends an outstanding new releases
17antimuzak
Saturday 14th March 2020
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
With Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Building a Library. Jeremy Sams chooses his favourite recording of Ravel's String Quartet. Maurice Ravel finished his Ravel: String Quartet in F major in 1903 at the age of 28. In some way it's modelled on Debussy's String Quartet of 10 years earlier. But it has been described as being `opposite to Debussy's symbolism, abandoning the vagueness and formlessness of the early French impressionists in favour of a return to classic standards." It quickly established itself as a standard work in the chamber music repertory. 10.45 Lucy Parham reviews new releases of piano concertos by Beethoven and Rachmaninov. 11.20 Andrew chooses his Record of the Week.
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
With Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Building a Library. Jeremy Sams chooses his favourite recording of Ravel's String Quartet. Maurice Ravel finished his Ravel: String Quartet in F major in 1903 at the age of 28. In some way it's modelled on Debussy's String Quartet of 10 years earlier. But it has been described as being `opposite to Debussy's symbolism, abandoning the vagueness and formlessness of the early French impressionists in favour of a return to classic standards." It quickly established itself as a standard work in the chamber music repertory. 10.45 Lucy Parham reviews new releases of piano concertos by Beethoven and Rachmaninov. 11.20 Andrew chooses his Record of the Week.
18antimuzak
Saturday 21st March 2020
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
With Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Building a Library. Nicholas Baragwanath has been listening to, and watching, the finest recordings of Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin. 10.45 Kirsten Gibson joins Andrew to talk about new releases of early music to celebrate "Réseau Européen de musique ancienne", Europe's Early Music Day. 11.15 Record of the Week. The best of this week's new releases.
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
With Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Building a Library. Nicholas Baragwanath has been listening to, and watching, the finest recordings of Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin. 10.45 Kirsten Gibson joins Andrew to talk about new releases of early music to celebrate "Réseau Européen de musique ancienne", Europe's Early Music Day. 11.15 Record of the Week. The best of this week's new releases.
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Saturday 28th March 2020
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
With Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Building a Library: Another chance to hear Mark Lowther discussing the available recordings of Bach's Violin Concerto in E, BWV 1042. Johann Sebastian Bach's E major Concerto is one of the evergreen concertos of the violin repertoire. In three movements, it is written for violin, strings and continuo, and is based on the Venetian concerto model. 10.50 Harriet Smith take her pick of recent chamber music recordings. 11.20 Record of the Week. Andrew recommends an outstanding new release.
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
With Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Building a Library: Another chance to hear Mark Lowther discussing the available recordings of Bach's Violin Concerto in E, BWV 1042. Johann Sebastian Bach's E major Concerto is one of the evergreen concertos of the violin repertoire. In three movements, it is written for violin, strings and continuo, and is based on the Venetian concerto model. 10.50 Harriet Smith take her pick of recent chamber music recordings. 11.20 Record of the Week. Andrew recommends an outstanding new release.
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Saturday 4th April 2020
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
Dvorak: "Dumky" Piano Trio in Building a Library with Katy Hamilton and Andrew McGregor.
With Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Building a Library. Katy Hamilton discusses the available recordings of Dvorák's popular Piano Trio No. 4 in E minor, known as the `Dumky". Dvorák's music, suffused with the rhythms and melodic inflections of Bohemian and Moravian folk traditions might never have gained international recognition beyond his Czech homeland but for the enthusiastic and public endorsement of a certain Johannes Brahms. After that, Dvorák sometimes reined in the freshness and charm of his music in favour of a more serious and occasionally portentous Teutonic style. But when it came to his final piano trio, Dvorák happily returned to his Slavic folk roots, aiming to write an unashamedly popular work. 10.50 Ivan Hewitt reviews new and recent releases of contemporary music. 11.20 Andrew chooses his Record of the Week.
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
Dvorak: "Dumky" Piano Trio in Building a Library with Katy Hamilton and Andrew McGregor.
With Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Building a Library. Katy Hamilton discusses the available recordings of Dvorák's popular Piano Trio No. 4 in E minor, known as the `Dumky". Dvorák's music, suffused with the rhythms and melodic inflections of Bohemian and Moravian folk traditions might never have gained international recognition beyond his Czech homeland but for the enthusiastic and public endorsement of a certain Johannes Brahms. After that, Dvorák sometimes reined in the freshness and charm of his music in favour of a more serious and occasionally portentous Teutonic style. But when it came to his final piano trio, Dvorák happily returned to his Slavic folk roots, aiming to write an unashamedly popular work. 10.50 Ivan Hewitt reviews new and recent releases of contemporary music. 11.20 Andrew chooses his Record of the Week.
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Saturday 11th April 2020
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
With Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Building a Library. David Owen Norris sifts through recordings of the piano quintet Schubert made around his own song The Trout, choosing his ultimate favourite. 10.45 Kenneth Hamilton chooses a selection of virtuoso piano recordings. Expect Samuel Feinberg, Alexey Stanchinsky and Ronald Stevenson to make an appearance, alongside an eight-hour set of variations by Kaikhosru Sorabji. 11.15 Record of the Week. Andrew recommends an outstanding new release.
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
With Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Building a Library. David Owen Norris sifts through recordings of the piano quintet Schubert made around his own song The Trout, choosing his ultimate favourite. 10.45 Kenneth Hamilton chooses a selection of virtuoso piano recordings. Expect Samuel Feinberg, Alexey Stanchinsky and Ronald Stevenson to make an appearance, alongside an eight-hour set of variations by Kaikhosru Sorabji. 11.15 Record of the Week. Andrew recommends an outstanding new release.
22antimuzak
Saturday 18th April 2020
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
Stravinsky's Symphony of Psalms on Building a Library with Jeremy Summerly and Andrew McGregor.
9.30 Building a Library. Jeremy Summerly compares recordings of Stravinsky's Symphony of Psalms. A choral symphony from the composer's `neoclassical" period, Stravinsky's compact, three-movement work has been fortunate on record with a wide range of interpretations from all round the world. It inhabits a unique sound world, omitting as it does clarinets, violins and violas, and comparisons are guaranteed to be fascinating. 10.45 Anna Lapwood joins Andrew for a round-up of recent choral releases. 11.15 Record of the Week. Andrew recommends an outstanding new release.
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
Stravinsky's Symphony of Psalms on Building a Library with Jeremy Summerly and Andrew McGregor.
9.30 Building a Library. Jeremy Summerly compares recordings of Stravinsky's Symphony of Psalms. A choral symphony from the composer's `neoclassical" period, Stravinsky's compact, three-movement work has been fortunate on record with a wide range of interpretations from all round the world. It inhabits a unique sound world, omitting as it does clarinets, violins and violas, and comparisons are guaranteed to be fascinating. 10.45 Anna Lapwood joins Andrew for a round-up of recent choral releases. 11.15 Record of the Week. Andrew recommends an outstanding new release.
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Saturday 25th April 2020
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
Purcell: Dido and Aeneas
With Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Building a Library. Kirsten Gibson compares recordings of Purcell's opera Dido and Aeneas and picks a favourite. Uncertainty surrounds the origins of Dido and Aeneas. It is thought to be from the late 1680s, towards the end of Purcell's short life, but was its premiere at a Chelsea girls' school or the English court? Either way it is one of the greatest of all musical stage works, with its eternal themes of love, abandonment and despair, all of which are portrayed in its most famous number, Dido's Lament. 10.50 Edward Seckerson reviews Herbert von Karajan: Complete Decca Recordings, a 33-disc box set of remastered recordings made by the best-selling conductor. 11.20 Record of the Week. Andrew selects an outstanding new release.
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
Purcell: Dido and Aeneas
With Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Building a Library. Kirsten Gibson compares recordings of Purcell's opera Dido and Aeneas and picks a favourite. Uncertainty surrounds the origins of Dido and Aeneas. It is thought to be from the late 1680s, towards the end of Purcell's short life, but was its premiere at a Chelsea girls' school or the English court? Either way it is one of the greatest of all musical stage works, with its eternal themes of love, abandonment and despair, all of which are portrayed in its most famous number, Dido's Lament. 10.50 Edward Seckerson reviews Herbert von Karajan: Complete Decca Recordings, a 33-disc box set of remastered recordings made by the best-selling conductor. 11.20 Record of the Week. Andrew selects an outstanding new release.
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Saturday 2nd May 2020
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
Delibes: Lakmé in Building a Library with Flora Willson and Andrew McGregor.
9.30 Building a Library: Flora Wilson chooses her favourite recordings of Delibes' opera Lakmé. Written in the early 1880s and set in the British India of the mid-19th century, Lakmé is based on the novel Le Mariage de Loti by Pierre Loti. The opera includes the ever-popular Flower Duet sung by Lakmé, the daughter of a Brahmin priest, and her servant Mallika, while its most famous aria is the Bell Song in Act 2. Like other French operas of the 19th Century, Lakmé projects a view of the Orient seen through Western eyes. However as a piece of well-crafted escapism it is an opera well worth discovering. 11.20 Record of the Week. Andrew selects an outstanding new release.
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
Delibes: Lakmé in Building a Library with Flora Willson and Andrew McGregor.
9.30 Building a Library: Flora Wilson chooses her favourite recordings of Delibes' opera Lakmé. Written in the early 1880s and set in the British India of the mid-19th century, Lakmé is based on the novel Le Mariage de Loti by Pierre Loti. The opera includes the ever-popular Flower Duet sung by Lakmé, the daughter of a Brahmin priest, and her servant Mallika, while its most famous aria is the Bell Song in Act 2. Like other French operas of the 19th Century, Lakmé projects a view of the Orient seen through Western eyes. However as a piece of well-crafted escapism it is an opera well worth discovering. 11.20 Record of the Week. Andrew selects an outstanding new release.
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Saturday 9th May 2020
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
With Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Building a Library. Edward Seckerson compares recordings of Tchaikovsky's ballet music The Nutcracker, and picks a favourite. 10.45 Simon Heighes listens to new vocal recordings by Handel and Bach, as well as Bononcini and Martini. 11.15 Record of the Week. Andrew selects an outstanding new release.
Time: 09:00 to 11:45 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
With Andrew McGregor. 9.30 Building a Library. Edward Seckerson compares recordings of Tchaikovsky's ballet music The Nutcracker, and picks a favourite. 10.45 Simon Heighes listens to new vocal recordings by Handel and Bach, as well as Bononcini and Martini. 11.15 Record of the Week. Andrew selects an outstanding new release.
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