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±«Óătv Proms Composer: Messiaen with Gillian Moore and Andrew McGregor

Gillian Moore picks five indispensable recordings of ±«Óătv Proms Composer Olivier Messiaen and explains why you need to hear them, plus a round-up of new classical releases.

Andrew McGregor with the best new recordings of classical music

1.15 pm
±«Óătv Proms Composer Olivier Messiaen

Gillian Moore joins Andrew to discuss five indispensable recordings of ±«Óătv Proms Composer Messiaen and explains why you need to hear them.

Composer, organist, hugely influential teacher and ornithologist, Olivier Messiaen was one of the major composers of the 20th century, not only in his native France but internationally. Messiaen's profound Catholic faith and birdsong often inform his individual and instantly recognisable music, from epic orchestral and organ works to chamber music and song.

2.25 pm
Proms Recording

To round off each edition of Record Review during the Proms season, Andrew introduces the Building a Library recommendation of a major work featured in this year's ±«Óătv Proms.

Stravinsky
Symphony in Three Movements
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Simon Rattle (conductor)

1 hour, 57 minutes

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Sat 27 Jul 2024 13:00
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Music Played

  • Bedrich Smetana

    Dance of the Comedians (The Bartered Bride)

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.
    • Sony.

  • Vincenzo Bellini

    La Temenda ultrice spada (I Capuleti e i Montecchi)

    Singer: Aigul Akhmetshina. Choir: The Apollo Voices. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Daniele Rustioni.
    • Decca.

  • Olivier Messiaen

    Poemes Pour Mi: VIII: Le Collier

    Performer: Stephen De Pledge. Singer: Gweneth-Ann Rand.
    • Black Box.

  • Olivier Messiaen

    Danse de la fureur (Quartet for the End of Time)

    Performer: Erich Gruenberg. Performer: Michel BĂ©roff. Performer: Gervase de Peyer. Performer: William Pleeth.
    • Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time; Chronochromie.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 6.

  • Olivier Messiaen

    Chant d'amour 2 (TurangalĂźla-Symphonie)

    Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Juanjo Mena.
    • Messiaen: TurangalĂźla Symphony.
    • Hyperion.
    • 4.

  • Olivier Messiaen

    Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum (Et j'entendu la voix d'une foule immense)

    Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.
    • Messiaen: Et Exspecto Resurrectionem Mortuorum; Chronochromie; La Ville d'en hau.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 13.

  • Olivier Messiaen

    Visions de l'Amen, I/25: VII. Amen de la Consommation

    Performer: Tamara Stefanovich. Performer: Pierre‐Laurent Aimard.
    • Visions.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 7.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

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

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Kirill Petrenko.
    • Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2.
    • Berliner Philharmoniker Recordings.
    • 103.

  • MieczysƂaw Weinberg

    String Quartet no.6 Op.35 (5th mvt)

    Ensemble: Arcadia Quartet.
    • Weinberg: String Quartets, Vol. 4.
    • Chandos.
    • 105.

  • Dieterich Buxtehude

    Sonata in F major BuxWV.252, Op.1 no.1 (mvts 5-7)

    Ensemble: Filament.
    • Bridge.

  • Charles Villiers Stanford

    Te Deum in B Flat Major, Op.66 - III. Judex crederis

    Singer: Rhian Lois. Singer: Alessandro Fisher. Singer: Samantha Price. Singer: Morgan Pearse. Orchestra: ±«Óătv National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Adrian Partington.
    • Lyrita.

  • FrĂ©dĂ©ric Chopin

    12 Studies Op.25 (no.11 in A minor)

    Performer: Yunchan Lim.
    • Chopin: Études, Opp. 10 & 25.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 23.

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Symphony in Three Movements

    Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.
    • Stravinsky: Symphony in Three Movements; Violin Concerto; Symphonies of Wind Ins.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 105.

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