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Dvorak's String Quintet Op.97 in Building a Library with Laura Tunbridge and Andrew McGregor

Andrew McGregor with the best new classical releases, joined by guest reviewers Suzi Digby and Laura Tunbridge.

Andrew McGregor with the best new classical releases, joined by guest reviewers Suzi Digby and Laura Tunbridge.

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Conductor and music educator Suzi Digby talks through her pick of the week's new releases.

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Building a Library: Professor Laura Tunbridge surveys recordings of Dvorak's String Quintet Op. 97. Scored for string quartet with an extra viola, Dvorak's String Quintet Op. 97 was written immediately after his 'American' Quartet, in just over a month, whilst the composer was spending the summer in Spillville, Iowa in 1893.

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Music Played

  • Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka

    Mazurka in C major

    Performer: Alexander Malofeev.
    • Sony.
    • 2.

  • Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka

    Polka in D minor

    Performer: Alexander Malofeev.
    • Sony.
    • 4.

  • André Campra

    Ecce quam bonum (Ecce quam bonum)

    Singer: Mariamielle Lamagat. Ensemble: Ensemble Théodora.
    • Tranquilles Cœurs.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 3.

  • André Campra

    Quoniam illic mandavit Dominum (Ecce quam bonum)

    Singer: Mariamielle Lamagat. Ensemble: Ensemble Théodora.
    • Tranquilles Cœurs.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 4.

  • Darius Milhaud

    Chamber symphony no.1 Op.43 'Le printemps' (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine. Conductor: Bar Avni.
    • Alpha.

  • Robert Schumann

    Overture, Scherzo & Finale Op. 52 (Overture)

    Orchestra: Irish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Jörg Widmann.
    • PENTATONE.

  • John Ireland

    Cello Sonata (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Andreas Brantelid. Performer: Bengt Forsberg.
    • English Cello Works.
    • NAXOS.

  • Francisco Garro

    Parce Mihi, Domine

    Choir: Cupertinos. Conductor: Luís Toscano.
    • HYPERION.

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Concerto in D major 'Basle concerto' (1st mvt)

    Performer: Giovanni Guzzo. Orchestra: Camerata Salzburg. Director: Giovanni Guzzo.
    • CHANNEL CLASSICS.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto in the Italian style in F major BWV.971 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Alexandra Nepomnyashchaya.
    • Linn Records.

  • Karol Szymanowski

    Symphony no.4 Op.60 'Symphonie Concertante' (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Szymon Nehring. Orchestra: Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
    • Szymanowski: Symphony No. 4, Op. 60 "Symphonie concertante" & Mazurkas, Op. 50.
    • Rubicon.
    • 103.

  • Anthony Holborne

    The Night Watch

    Music Arranger: Pierre Gallon. Performer: Pierre Gallon.
    • After Dark: A Midnight Fantasia.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 105.

  • William Byrd

    The Bells

    Music Arranger: Pierre Gallon. Performer: Pierre Gallon.
    • After Dark: A Midnight Fantasia.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 106.

  • Richard Strauss

    Recognition Scene (Elektra)

    Singer: Iréne Theorin. Singer: Iain Paterson. Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 6-8.

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