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Stravinsky's Petrushka in Building a Library with Jonathan Cross and Andrew McGregor

Jonathan Cross with a personal recommendation for Stravinsky's second ballet Petrushka, plus new releases selected by Gillian Moore.

Jonathan Cross with a personal recommendation for Stravinsky's second ballet Petrushka, plus new releases selected by Gillian Moore.

Presented by Andrew McGregor.

9.30am
Writer Gillian Moore brings in her pick of new releases this week, plus the track she currently has "On Repeat".

10.30am
Building a Library
Petrushka was the second ballet Stravinsky wrote for Diaghilev's Ballets Russes in 1911, and it has been dazzling audiences ever since. Jonathan Cross leads the way through a vast range of approaches before settling on the ultimate recording to buy, download or stream.

11.15am
Record of the Week
Andrew's pick of the best of the best from the last seven days.

2 hours, 47 minutes

Music Played

  • Paul Burkhard

    Slow-Fox

    Performer: Gottlieb Wallisch.
    • 20th Century Foxtrots, Vol. 5: Switzerland.
    • Grand Piano.
    • 13.
  • Robert Schumann

    Piano Trio no.3 in G Minor Op.110 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Kungsbacka Trio.
    • R. Schumann: Piano Trios, Vol. 2.
    • BIS.
    • 4.
  • Paul Rissmann

    Wonderland Suite: VI. The Cheshire Cat

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Lee Reynolds.
    • Wonderland: The Alice Sound.
    • LSO Live.
    • 6.
  • Paul Rissmann

    Wonderland Suite: VII. The Hatter's Tea Party

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Lee Reynolds.
    • Wonderland: The Alice Sound.
    • LSO Live.
    • 7.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Violin Sonata No. 9 in A Major, Op. 47 "Kreutzer Sonata" iii) Finale Presto

    Performer: Antje Weithaas. Performer: Dénes Várjon.
    • Beethoven Violin Sonatas Nos. 2, 4 & 9 „Kreutzer“.
    • CAvi-music.
    • 9.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Fantasiestucke: 1) Allegro ma non troppo

    Ensemble: Takács Quartet.
    • Hyperion.
  • Albert Maria Herz

    Rundfunkmusik (extract)

    Ensemble: E-MEX Ensemble.
    • Genuin.
  • György Ligeti

    Bagatelles (selection)

    Ensemble: Les Siècles.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Kaija Saariaho

    Reconnaissance: Requiem

    Choir: Helsingin kamarikuoro.
    • Bis.
  • Frederic Rzewski

    Variations on "The People will never be defeated" (extract)

    Performer: Igor Levit.
    • Sony.
  • Henri Duparc

    L'invitation au voyage

    Singer: Véronique Gens. Performer: Susan Manoff.
    • Neere.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 21.
  • Einojuhani Rautavaara

    Piano Concerto No. 3, "Gift of Dreams": ii) Adagio assai

    Performer: Olli Mustonen. Orchestra: Lahti Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Dalia Stasevska.
    • Rautavaara & Martinů: Piano Concertos No. 3.
    • BIS.
    • 2.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    O Jesu Christ, Meins Lebens Licht Bwv118 (1st version)

    Ensemble: Taverner Consort. Ensemble: Fretwork. Conductor: Andrew Parrott.
    • Avie.
  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Württemberg Sonata No. 6 i) Moderato

    Performer: Keith Jarrett.
    • ECM.
  • Traditional Norwegian

    O du min Immanuel

    Performer: Nils Økland. Performer: Sigbjørn Apeland.
    • ECM.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Symphony no.2 in E minor Op.27 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

Record Review

9.00am


20th Century Foxtrots Vol 5. Switzerland

Gottlieb Wallisch (piano)

Grand Piano GP922

Schumann: Piano Trios Vol. 2

Kungsbacka Piano Trio

BIS BIS-2477 SACD (Hybrid SACD)

Paul Rissmann - Wonderland: The Alice Sound

Emily Dickens (soprano)

Joanna Harries (mezzo-soprano)

Richard Pinkstone (tenor)

Neil Balfour (baritone)

London Symphony Orchestra

Lee Reynolds (conductor)

LSO Live LSO5129 (download)

Music by Henrik Ødegaard

Vox Clamantis

Jaan-Eik Tulve (conductor)

ECM New Series ECM 2767

Beethoven: Violin Sonatas 2, 4 & 9 ‘Kreutzer’

Antje Weithaas (violin)

Dénes Várjon (piano)

C-Avi Music AVI8553512

09.30am –Gillian Moore: New Releases

Sterne steigen dort...Music by Albert Maria Herz

Christiane Oelze (soprano)

Asasello Quartett

E-MEX Ensemble

Genuin GEN23837

Dvořák: String Quartet Op 106; Coleridge-Taylor: Fantasiestücke

Takács Quartet

Hyperion CDA68413

Ligeti: Kammerkonzert and other works

Les Siècles

François-Xavier Roth (conductor)

Harmonia Mundi HMM905370

Kaija Saariaho: Reconnaissance

Linnéa Sundfær Casserly (soprano)

Eleriin Müüripeal (alto)

Martti Anttila (tenor)

Sampo Haapaniemi (bass)

Timo Kurkikangas (electronics)

Helsinki Chamber Choir

Uusinta Ensemble

Nils Schweckendiek (conductor)

BIS BIS-2662 SACD (Hybrid SACD)


Gillian Moore: On Repeat


Igor Levit plays Bach, Beethoven, Rzewski

Igor Levit (piano)

Sony 88875060962

Listener On Repeat

Néère. Music by Hahn, Duparc, Chausson

Véronique Gens (soprano)

Susan Manoff (piano)

Alpha Classics Alpha 215


10.10am – New Releases


Rautavaara & Martinů - Piano Concertos No. 3

Olli Mustonen (piano)

Lahti Symphony Orchestra

Dalia Stasevska

BIS BIS-2532 SACD (Hybrid SACD)

Music by Giaches de Wert, Johann Sebastian Bach, Michael Praetorius

Taverner Consort

Fretwork

Andrew Parrott (conductor)

Avie AV2619 (download EP)


10.30am – Building a Library: Jonathan Cross on Stravinsky’s Petrushka

Recommended recording:

Ruud van den Brink (piano)

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Riccardo Chailly (conductor)

Decca 4437742



11.15am – New Releases

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

Keith Jarrett (piano)

ECM New Series ECM 2790/91

Glimmer

Nils Økland (Hardanger fiddle, violin)

Sigbjørn Apeland (harmonium)

ECM ECM 2762

11.25am – Record of the Week

Rachmaninoff: Symphonies Nos. 2, 3 & Isle of the Dead

The Philadelphia Orchestra

Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor)

Deutsche Grammophon 4864775 (2CDs)

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  • Sat 8 Jul 2023 09:00

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