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Vivaldi's Cello Concertos in Building a Library with Charlotte Gardner and Andrew McGregor

Andrew McGregor with the best new classical releases. He's joined by Andrew Matthews-Owen and Charlotte Gardner, who surveys Vivaldi's Cello Concertos and makes a top choice.

Andrew McGregor with the best new classical releases. He's joined by Andrew Matthews-Owen and Charlotte Gardner, who surveys Vivaldi's Cello Concertos and makes a top choice.

c. 2.10pm
Andrew is joined by pianist Andrew Matthews-Owen who picks some of his favourite new releases of the week, from orchestral works by Vaughan Williams & Maconchy to chamber music by Brahms & Enescu.

c.3pm
Building a Library. Andrew is joined by music journalist Charlotte Gardner to survey recordings of Vivaldi's Cello Concertos and make a top recommendation.
Vivaldi wrote over 500 concertos during his lifetime, of which 27 were for solo cello. None of these concertos were published during Vivaldi’s lifetime: they had been written for his young students at the Ospedale della Pietà, where the composer was employed in Venice, and were therefore not widely known.

Top choice:
Roel Dieltiens (cello)
Ensemble Explorations
Harmonia Mundi HML5908235/36

c.3.45pm
Record of the Week: Andrew's top pick.

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Music Played

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Trio sonata in G minor RV.820 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: La Serenissima. Conductor: Adrian Chandler.
    • Hell's Angels.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 4.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Grosse Fuge Op.133

    Ensemble: Chiaroscuro Quartet.
    • Beethoven: String Quartets, Op. 59 No. 3, Op. 95 & Op. 133.
    • BIS.
    • 109.

  • Hervé Niquet

    Menuet de Cardenio / Passepied du Ballet de l’Inconnu (Millefeuille after Lalande)

    Orchestra: Le Concert Spirituel. Conductor: Hervé Niquet.
    • Alpha.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    A Sea Symphony (3rd mvt - extract)

    Choir: London Symphony Chorus. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.
    • LSO Live.

  • Elizabeth Maconchy

    Nocturne (extract)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.
    • LSO Live.

  • Arvo Pärt

    Passacaglia (extract)

    Performer: Gidon Kremer. Performer: Geneva Lewis. Performer: Andrei Pushkarev. Orchestra: Kremerata Baltica.
    • Pages of a Biography.
    • ECM.
    • 1.

  • Georgs Pelēcis

    Pages of a Biography (extract)

    Performer: Gidon Kremer. Performer: Andrei Pushkarev. Orchestra: Kremerata Baltica.
    • Pages of a Biography.
    • ECM.
    • 2.

  • Florent Schmitt

    Symphonie concertante Op.82 (extract)

    Performer: Peter Donohoe. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier.
    • Chandos.

  • Florent Schmitt

    Lied-Nocturne - extract (Cancunik, Op. 79)

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier.
    • Chandos.

  • George Enescu

    String Octet in C (3rd mvt - extract)

    Ensemble: Musiciens de l’Orchestre de chambre de Paris.
    • Challenge Classics.
    • 7.

  • Johannes Brahms

    String Quintet no.2 in G Op.111 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Orchestre de chambre de Paris.
    • Challenge Classics.

  • Raie da Costa

    Razor Blades

    Performer: Susan Tomes.
    • Hyperion.

  • Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

    Vulnerasti cor meum

    Composer: Trad.. Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • Palestrina: Song of Songs.
    • CORO.
    • 10.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Symphony no.8 in C minor (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Frankfurt Radio Symphony. Conductor: Alain Altinoglu.
    • Shostakovich: Symphony No. 8 (Complete Symphonies, Vol. 2).
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 3.

  • Record of the Week

    • Sergey Prokofiev

      Entr'acte 5, Tableau 6 The Merchant's Garden (Chout Op.21)

      Orchestra: NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Stanislav Kochanovsky.
      • Prokofiev: Chout (Complete Ballet) - Symphony No. 1 "Classical".
      • Harmonia Mundi.
      • 16-19.

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