BBC Proms Composer: Prokofiev with Emily MacGregor and Sarah Walker
Sarah Walker selects the best new classical releases and is joined by Emily MacGregor, who shares her 5 favourite recordings of music by this week's Proms Composer: Prokofiev.
Sarah Walker selects the best new classical releases and is joined by Emily MacGregor, who shares her 5 favourite recordings of music by this week's Proms Composer, Prokofiev.
2.30pm
BBC Proms Composer: Prokofiev
Emily MacGregor selects 5 essential recordings of music by this week's Proms Composer, Sergei Prokofiev.
3.40pm
Record of the Week
Sarah Walker's top pick of the week's new releases.
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Jean‐Philippe Rameau
Les Tendres Plaintes (Suite in D major)
Performer: Théotime Langlois de Swarte. Performer: William Christie.- Le Violon de Rameau.
- Harmonia Mundi.
- 4.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony no.6 in F major Op.68 'Pastoral' (2nd mvt)
Orchestra: Münchener Kammerorchester. Conductor: Enrico Onofri.- Beethoven & The Italians: Symphonies Nos. 5, 6 & 7 - Cherubini, Rossini, Spontin.
- Harmonia Mundi.
- 5.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Don Giovanni, a cenar teco (Don Giovanni K.527)
Singer: Krisztian Cser. Singer: Andrè Schuen. Singer: Luca Pisaroni. Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iván Fischer.- Mozart: Don Giovanni.
- Channel Classics.
- 14.
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Sergey Prokofiev
Symphony No. 1 in D Major, Op. 25 "Classical" (1st mvt)
Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Eugene Ormandy.- Prokofiev: Classical Symphony & Lieutenant Kijé & The Love for Three Oranges.
- Sony Classical.
- 1.
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Sergey Prokofiev
Lieutenant Kijé Suite Op.60 (Troika)
Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Eugene Ormandy.- Prokofiev: Classical Symphony & Lieutenant Kijé & The Love for Three Oranges.
- Sony Classical.
- 8.
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Sergey Prokofiev
Piano sonata no.7 in B flat major Op.83 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Yuja Wang.- The Berlin Recital – Encores.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 4.
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Sergey Prokofiev
Dance of the Knights & Juliet's Variation (Romeo and Juliet)
Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Seiji Ozawa.- Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet, op.64.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Sergey Prokofiev
Violin concerto no.2 in G minor Op.63 (2nd mvt - opening)
Performer: David Oistrakh. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Alceo Galliera.- Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 3, K. 216 - Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 2, Op. 63.
- Warner Classics.
- 5.
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Sergey Prokofiev
Peter and the Wolf (excerpt)
Music Arranger: Bastien Ballaz. Music Arranger: Fred Nardin. Music Arranger: Jon Boutellier. Narrator: David Tennant. Ensemble: The Amazing Keystone Big Band.- CHANT DU MONDE.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden BWV.230
Ensemble: Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart. Conductor: Hans-Christoph Rademann.- J.S. Bach: The Motets.
- ACCENTUS.
- 21.
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Olga Amelkina-Vera
Ana-Lucía
Performer: An Tran.- Ilumina.
- PRIMA CLASSIC.
- 4.
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Max Reger
Clarinet quintet in A major Op.146 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Michael Collins. Ensemble: Escher String Quartet.- Brahms & Reger: Clarinet Quintets.
- BIS.
- 7.
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Édouard Lalo
Symphonie espagnole Op.21 (4th & 5th mvts)
Performer: María Dueñas. Orchestra: Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.- Homage to Heifetz.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 4 & 5.
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