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±«Óãtv Proms Composer: Purcell with Joseph McHardy and Andrew McGregor

Joseph McHardy chooses five indispensable recordings of composer Henry Purcell, who is featured in the 2024 ±«Óãtv Proms, and explains why you need to hear them.

Andrew McGregor with the best new recordings of classical music

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±«Óãtv Proms Composer: Henry Purcell

Joseph McHardy joins Andrew to choose five indispensable recordings of composer Henry Purcell, who is featured in the 2024 ±«Óãtv Proms, and explain why you need to hear them.

Purcell was master of operatic stage works such as Dido and Aeneas and The Fairy Queen, sacred and secular cantatas, and intimate chamber consort works harking back to Dowland.

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Proms Recording

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

Smetana: Ma Vlast
Jakub Hrusa (conductor)
Prague Philharmonia
Supraphon SU 4032-2

1 hour, 59 minutes

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Sat 3 Aug 2024 14:00
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Music Played

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in C major RV.557 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: La Serenissima. Conductor: Adrian Chandler.
    • Vivaldi X2².
    • Signum Classics.
    • 1.

  • Edward Elgar

    Salut D'Amour

    Performer: Ulf Wallin. Performer: Roland Pöntinen.
    • BIS.

  • Arthur Bliss

    Kenilworth Suite (March: Kenilworth)

    Ensemble: Black Dyke Band. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Bliss: Works for Brass Band.
    • Chandos Records.
    • 104.

  • Henry Purcell

    Hail, bright Cecilia! Z.328 (Symphony)

    Ensemble: Giovanni Gabrieli. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.
    • Purcell: Ode For St. Cecilia's Day; My Beloved Spake; O Sing Unto The Lord.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 1.

  • Henry Purcell

    In nomine for 7 viols in G minor Z.747

    Ensemble: Fretwork.
    • BIS.

  • Henry Purcell

    Great minds against themselves conspire (Dido and Aeneas)

    Singer: Véronique Gens. Choir: Choeur des Arts Florissants. Orchestra: Les Arts Florissants. Conductor: William Christie.
    • Purcell: Dido & Aeneas.
    • Warner Classics International.
    • 24.

  • Henry Purcell

    When I am laid in earth (Dido and Aeneas)

    Orchestra: Les Arts Florissants. Conductor: William Christie.
    • Purcell: Dido & Aeneas.
    • Warner Classics International.
    • 25.

  • Henry Purcell

    Rejoice In The Lord Alway [Bell Anthem]

    Singer: Christopher Robson. Singer: William Kendall. Singer: Stephen Roberts. Choir: Winchester Cathedral Choir. Ensemble: The Brandenburg Consort. Conductor: David Hill.
    • Purcell: Funeral Sentences.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 8.

  • Henry Purcell

    An evening hymn

    Singer: Carolyn Sampson. Performer: Elizabeth Kenny.
    • BIS.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    String Quartet no.12 in F Major Op.96 'American' (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Pacifica Quartet.
    • American Voices.
    • Cedille Records.
    • 104.

  • Kurt Weill

    Symphony no.2 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Konzerthausorchester Berlin. Conductor: Joana Mallwitz.
    • Weill: Symphony No. 2: I. Sostenuto - Allegro molto.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.

  • Hans Abrahamsen

    Blues (6 Pieces)

    Performer: Přemysl Vojta. Performer: Ye Wu. Performer: Florence Millet.
    • Modern Horn Trios.
    • CAvi-music.
    • 2.

  • Bright Sheng

    Black Swan [after Brahms' Intermezzo in A major Op.118 no.2]

    Orchestra: Kansas City Symphony. Conductor: Michael Stern.
    • Brahms: Reimagined Orchestrations.
    • Reference Recordings.
    • 112.

  • Bedrich Smetana

    Vysehrad (My Country)

    Orchestra: Prague Philharmonia. Conductor: Jakub Hrůša.
    • Smetana: My Country.
    • SUPRAPHON.
    • 1.

  • Bedrich Smetana

    Vltava (My Country)

    Orchestra: Prague Philharmonia. Conductor: Jakub Hrůša.
    • Smetana: My Country.
    • SUPRAPHON.
    • 2.

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