James Jolly joins Andrew to discuss the wealth of recent and upcoming releases marking the four major composer anniversaries of 2009 – Purcell, Handel, Haydn and Mendelssohn. With extracts from the following discs:
Music of Henry Purcell
The Deller Consort, Alfred Deller (counter-tenor)
Vanguard Classics MC 194 (6 CDs, budget)
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Handel Oratorios
SAUL: RIAS Kammerchor, Concerto Koln, Rene Jacobs (director)
MESSIAH: The Choir of Clare College, Freiburger Barockorchester, Rene Jacobs (director)
Harmonia Mundi HMX2908280.83 (4 CDs)
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Handel Famous Arias
Lorraine Hunt (soprano), Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan (conductor); Dorothea Roschmann (soprano), Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin; Andreas Scholl (counter tenor); Mark Padmore (tenor), Lucy Crowe (soprano), Robin Blaze (counter tenor), The English Concert, Andrew Manze (conductor)
Harmonia Mundi HMX2908288.91 (4 CDs)
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Handel Twelve Concerti grossi op. 6
Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini (conductor)
L’Oiseau Lyre 478 0319 (3 CDs)
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HANDEL: Israel in Egypt
Ariada Ensemble, Kevin Mallon (conductor)
Naxos 8.570966-67 (2 CDs, Budget)
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Haydn Edition
Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra, Adam Fischer (conductor) plus other musicians
Brilliant Classics 93782 (150 CDs, Budget)
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HAYDN: Symphonies 57, 59 and 65
Heidelberg Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Fey (conductor)
Hanssler Classic CD 98.526 (CD)
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Haydn Italian Arias
Thomas Quasthoff (bass baritone), Freiburger Barockorchester, Gottfried von der Goltz (conductor)
Deutsche Grammophon 477 7469 (CD)
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MENDELSSOHN: Violin Concerto in E minor Op. 64; Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor Op. 49; Violin Sonata in F major
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Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Kurt Masur (conductor), Lynn Harrell (cello), Andre Previn (piano)
Deutsche Grammophon 477 8001 (CD)
Mendelssohn Symphonies (Complete)
New Philharmonia Orchestra, Wolfgang Sawallisch (conductor), Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Lev Markiz (conductor), Helen Donath (soprano), Rostraud Hansmann (soprano), Waldermar Kmentt (tenor)
Brilliant Classics 93777 (7 CDs, Budget)
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Mendelssohn Choral Works
RIAS Kammerchor, Hans-Christoph Rademann (conductor)
Harmonia Mundi HMC901992 (CD)
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Andrew McGregor introduces Radio 3's weekly programme devoted to all that's new in the world of recorded music, including some of the latest releases requested by listeners.
