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Schumann's Piano Quartet in E flat in Building a Library with Marina Frolova-Walker and Andrew McGregor

In Building a Library, Marina Frolova-Walker chooses her favourite version of Schumann's Piano Quartet in E flat, and David Owen Norris shares a clutch of exciting new releases.

Andrew McGregor with the best new recordings of classical music.

9.30 am
David Owen Norris is in the studio with a clutch of exciting new releases and shares his 'On Repeat' track – a recording which he is currently listening to again and again.

10.30 am
Building a Library: Marina Frolova-Walker chooses her favourite version of Schumann's Piano Quartet in E flat.

Robert Schumann composed his E-flat Piano Quartet in 1842 for piano, violin, viola and cello. That year is often called Schumann's "Year of Chamber Music" because, in a stretch of nearly unbroken intensity, he produced a string of chamber music masterpieces. The Piano Quartet was the last of the series, written within a few weeks. Like the Piano Quintet, the Piano Quartet was written with his wife Clara in mind. She described the quartet in her diary as a "beautiful work, so youthful and fresh, as if it were his first". The piece shows the extroverted, exuberant side of the composer's creative genius.

11.20 am
Record of the Week: Andrew’s top pick.

Below are details of the recording recommended in Marina Frolova-Walker’s Building a Library on Schumann's Piano Quartet in E flat.

The Festival Quartet
Sony G010003590870J

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Music Played

  • Alberto Ginastera

    Pequeña danza (Estancia, Op. 8)

    Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.
    • Platoon.

  • AntonĂ­n Dvořák

    Piano Trio No. 3 in F minor ii) Allegretto grazioso

    Performer: Boris Giltburg. Performer: Veronika Jarůšková. Performer: Peter Jarůšek.
    • Supraphon.

  • Sir Stephen Hough

    Missa Mirabilis ii) Gloria

    Performer: James Orford. Ensemble: London Choral Sinfonia. Conductor: Michael Waldron.
    • Mirabilis.
    • Orchid Classics.
    • 103.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Suite for String Orchestra No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068: Air

    Performer: Igor Levit.
    • Sony.

  • Franz Schubert

    Der Doppelgänger, S . 560, No. 12

    Performer: Igor Levit.
    • Sony.

  • Richard Rodgers

    Edelweiss (From "The Sound of Music")

    Composer: Oscar Hammerstein II. Performer: Miloš Karadaglić. Singer: Jonas Kaufmann. Orchestra: The Czech National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jochen Rieder.
    • The Sound of Movies.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 21.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major K 216 iii) Rondeau

    Performer: Renaud Capuçon. Orchestra: Lausanne Chamber Orchestra.
    • DG.

  • FrĂ©dĂ©ric Chopin

    Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11

    Performer: Ekaterina Litvintseva. Orchestra: Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice. Conductor: Vahan Mardirossian.
    • Piano Classics.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto Grosso Mogul BWV 594, Allegro

    Performer: Justin Taylor.
    • Alpha.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto Italien BWV 971

    Performer: Justin Taylor.
    • Alpha.

  • Anton Bruckner

    Symphony No. 7 in E major, WAB 107 i) Allegro

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • LSO.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Serenade for tenor, horn & strings, Op. 31: Dirge - This Ae Night

    Performer: Barry Tuckwell. Singer: Peter Pears. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Benjamin Britten.
    • Britten: Serenade for tenor, horn and strings; Les Illuminations; Nocturne.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 5.

  • Manuel de Falla

    The Miller's Dance (The Three-Cornered Hat)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Rafael FrĂĽhbeck de Burgos.
    • Falla: Spanish Songs etc.: De Los Angeles/Giulini/Fruhbeck de Burgos.
    • EMI.
    • 6.

  • Johann Joseph Fux

    Sinfonia & Chorus (La corona d'Arianna)

    Ensemble: Zefiro. Conductor: Alfredo Bernardini.
    • Fux: La corona d’Arianna.
    • Arcana.
    • 1.

  • Alberto Ginastera

    Estancia, Op. 8: Scene 5 'El Amanecer'

    Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.
    • Platoon.

  • Josquin des Prez

    Mille regretz

    Ensemble: Gli Angeli Genève. Director: Stephan MacLeod.
    • Josquin Desprez: Missa Malheur me bat, NJE 9.1.
    • ´ˇ±č˛ą°ůłŮĂ©.
    • 8.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Symphony No. 9 in E-Flat Major, Op. 70 i) Allegro

    Orchestra: Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Jaap van Zweden.
    • Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 9.
    • Naxos.
    • 105.

  • Christoph Willibald Gluck

    Echo and Narcisse (Act 1)

    Singer: Adriana González. Singer: Myriam Leblanc. Singer: Sahy Ratia. Singer: Cyrille Dubois. Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel. Conductor: Hervé Niquet.
    • Chateau de Versailles.

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