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Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor in Building a Library with Roger Parker & Andrew McGregor

Elin Manahan Thomas s Andrew McGregor to discuss her pick of the best new releases, and Building a Library on Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor with Roger Parker.

Andrew McGregor with the best new recordings of classical music.

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Elin Manahan Thomas makes her pick of the best new releases

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Roger Parker chooses his favourite recording of Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor

Top choice:
Maria Callas (Lucia)
Giuseppe Di Stefano (Edgardo)
Tito Gobbi (Enrico)
Raffaele Arié (Raimondo)
Valiano Natali (Arturo)
Anna Maria Canali (Alisa)
Gino Sarri (Normanno)
Chorus and Orchestra of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Tullio Serafin (conductor)
Naxos 8.110131-32

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Music Played

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Concerto in E flat 'Dumbarton Oaks' (1st mvt)

    Performer: Lukas Geniušas. Performer: Anna Geniushene.
    • Hallelujah Junction: Adams, Stravinsky, Gershwin & Copland.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 2.

  • John Dowland

    Lachrimae Antiquae

    Ensemble: Capriccio Stravagante. Director: Skip Sempé.
    • Paradizo.

  • John Sheppard

    Our Father

    Choir: Choir of Trinity College, University of Melbourne. Conductor: Christopher Watson.
    • TYE, SHEPPARD, TAVERNER.
    • Navona.
    • 1.

  • John Taverner

    Mater Christi sanctissima (extract)

    Choir: Choir of Trinity College, University of Melbourne. Conductor: Christopher Watson.
    • TYE, SHEPPARD, TAVERNER.
    • Navona.
    • 9.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Piano Quartet no.3 in C minor Op.60 (opening)

    Ensemble: Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 5.

  • Louise Héritte-Viardot

    Piano Quartet no.1 in A major 'Im Sommer' Op.9 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 4.

  • sca Caccini

    Che t'ho fatt'io? (extract)

    Composer: Barbara Hannigan. Composer: David Chalmin. Singer: Barbara Hannigan. Performer: Katia Labèque. Performer: Marielle Labèque. Performer: David Chalmin.
    • Electric Fields.
    • Alpha.
    • 3.

  • Hildegard von Bingen

    O virga mediatrix

    Music Arranger: David Chalmin. Singer: Barbara Hannigan. Performer: Katia Labèque. Performer: Marielle Labèque. Performer: David Chalmin.
    • Electric Fields.
    • ALPHA.
    • 1.

  • Sven Helbig

    Requiem A (Introitus - extract)

    Singer: René Pape. Choir: Dresdner Kreuzchor. Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden. Performer: Sven Helbig. Conductor: Martin Lehmann.
    • Sven Helbig: Requiem A.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 1.

  • Sven Helbig

    Requiem A (Atem)

    Singer: René Pape. Choir: Dresdner Kreuzchor. Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden. Performer: Sven Helbig. Conductor: Martin Lehmann.
    • Sven Helbig: Requiem A.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 12.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Prelude in D Op.28, No.5

    Performer: Justin Taylor.
    • Alpha.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Wiosna [Spring] (17 Polish Songs Op.74)

    Performer: Justin Taylor.
    • Alpha.

  • Unknown

    Pange lingua

    Choir: The Choir of Buckfast Abbey. Performer: Charles Maxtone-Smith. Director: Matthew Searles.
    • Ad Fontes.

  • Erkki-Sven Tüür

    Angel's Share, Violin Concerto No.2 (opening)

    Performer: Hans Christian Aavik. Orchestra: Odense Symfoniorkester. Conductor: Gemma New.
    • Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 26 - Tüür: Angel's Share.
    • Orchid Classics.
    • 104.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Recorder Sonata in D minor HWV.367a (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Michaela Koudelková. Performer: Monika Knoblochová. Performer: Libor Mašek. Performer: Jan Krejča.
    • Supraphon.

  • Alexander Scriabin

    Piano Sonata no.4 in F sharp major Op.30 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Yevgeny Sudbin.
    • Scriabin: Vers la flamme.
    • BIS.
    • 3.

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