Handel's Acis and Galatea with Andrew McGregor and Mark Lowther
Mark Lowther's personal recommendation for Handel's opera Acis and Galatea, plus the best of the week's new releases
Mark Lowther's personal recommendation for Handel's opera Acis and Galatea, plus the best of the week's new releases
Presented by Andrew McGregor
2.00pm
Writer Flora Willson with her pick of this week's new releases
3.00pm
Building a Library: Handel's Acis and Galatea
Mark Lowther talks to Andrew and recommends his personal choice to buy, download or stream
Written to a text by John Gay, of Beggar's Opera fame, the composer modestly described it as "a little opera", but it's packed with great tunes and beautiful dramatic moments.
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Coro COR16169
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Franz Liszt
Consolations S.172 (no.1 in E major)
Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.- Sony.
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Franz Liszt
Via Crucis (The 14 Stations of the Cross), S53: Vexilla regis
Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes. Choir: Norwegian Soloists' Choir. Conductor: Grete Pedersen. -
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Alonso Lobo
Lamentations for Holy Saturday: Lectio II
Lyricist: Book of Common Prayer. Ensemble: The Bevan Family Consort. Director: Graham Ross.- Attende Domine: Music for Lent & Passiontide.
- Signum Classics.
- 1701.
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Maurice Ravel
D'Anne jouant de l'espinette
Singer: Nicky Spence. Performer: Malcolm Martineau.- Signum.
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Maurice Ravel
Rêves
Singer: Lorna Anderson. Performer: Malcolm Martineau.- SIGNUM.
- 22.
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Maurice Ravel
Chanson à boire (Don Quichotte à Dulcinée)
Singer: John Chest. Performer: Malcolm Martineau.- SIGNUM.
- 25.
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Luise Adolpha Le Beau
Piano Quartet in F minor Op.28 (4th mvt)
Ensemble: Le Beau Ensemble.- Oehms.
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Timo Andres
Sliding Scale (The Blind Banister)
Performer: Jonathan Biss.- Orchid.
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Richard Wagner
The Flying Dutchman (extract)
Singer: Lise Davidsen. Singer: Gerald Finley. Singer: Brindley Sherratt. Choir: Norwegian National Opera chorus. Orchestra: Norwegian National Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.- Decca.
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Astor Piazzolla
La muerte del angel
Music Arranger: William Sabatier. Performer: Ophélie Gaillard. Performer: William Sabatier.- CelloTango.
- Aparté.
- 204.
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Jan Dismas Zelenka
Lamentation I for Holy Wednesday (Lamentationes Jeremiae prophetae ZWV.53)
Singer: Tomáš Šelc. Performer: Jana Semerádová. Ensemble: Collegium Marianum.- Supraphon.
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Anton Bruckner
Vexilla regis
Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Conductor: Jonathan Sells.- Bruckner & Gesualdo: Motets.
- SDG.
- 113.
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György Kurtág
Quarrelling (Játékok - Book 2)
Performer: Pierre‐Laurent Aimard.- Kurtág: Játékok.
- Pentatone.
- 109.
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György Kurtág
Fifths (Játékok - Book 2)
Performer: Pierre‐Laurent Aimard.- Kurtág: Játékok.
- Pentatone.
- 110.
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György Kurtág
Játékok, Book II: No. 29, (bunny rabbit in the grass)
Performer: Pierre‐Laurent Aimard.- Kurtág: Játékok.
- Pentatone.
- 111.
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György Kurtág
Antiphony in F sharp (Játékok - Book 2)
Performer: Pierre‐Laurent Aimard.- Kurtág: Játékok.
- Pentatone.
- 112.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Violin Concerto in D, Op.61 i. Allegro ma non troppo
Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.- Decca.
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