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BBC Proms Composer: Copland with Allyson Devenish and Andrew McGregor

Andrew McGregor selects the best new classical releases and is joined by Allyson Devenish to hear her favourite 5 recordings of music by this week's Proms Composer, Aaron Copland.

Andrew McGregor selects the best new classical releases and is joined by Allyson Devenish to hear her favourite 5 recordings of music by this week's Proms Composer, Aaron Copland.

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BBC Proms Composer: Copland
Allyson Devenish selects five essential recordings by this week's Proms Composer, Aaron Copland.

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Record of the Week
Andrew's top pick of the week's new releases.

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Sat 15 Aug 202614:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Aaron Copland

    4 Blues (With bounce)

    Performer: Emiko Edwards.
    • Rodeo.
    • Lexicon Classics.
    • 9.

  • Daniel Auber

    Mazourke (La Gitana)

    Orchestra: Janáčkova filharmonie Ostrava. Conductor: Dario Salvi.
    • Auber: Overtures, Vol. 9.
    • Naxos.
    • 2.

  • Johanna Müller-Hermann

    String quintet in A minor Op.7 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Ensemble Louise Farrenc.
    • Johanna Müller-Hermann: String Quintet op.7 - Cello Sonata op.17.
    • CPO.
    • 3.

  • Gustav Mahler

    Wenn mein Schatz Hochzeit macht (Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen)

    Music Arranger: Arnold Schoenberg. Singer: Stéphane Degout. Ensemble: L’Atelier de Musique. Conductor: Pierre Dumoussaud.
    • O weh!.
    • B Records.
    • 1.

  • Richard Strauss

    Ein Heldenleben Op.40 (Des Helden Weltflucht und Vollendung)

    Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Seiji Ozawa.
    • Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67 - R. Strauss: Ein Heldenleben, Op..
    • BR Klassik.
    • 10.

  • Aaron Copland

    Clarinet Concerto (extract)

    Performer: Richard Stoltzman. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • Concerto! (2024 Remaster).
    • Sony Classical.
    • 8.

  • Aaron Copland

    The Promise of Living (The Tender Land - suite)

    Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Aaron Copland.
    • American Compositions.
    • Editions Audiovisuel Beulah.
    • 7.

  • Aaron Copland

    El Salón México

    Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.
    • Leonard Bernstein Conducts... New York Philharmonic.
    • 2014 Ameritz Music Ltd..
    • 2.

  • Aaron Copland

    There came a wind like a bugle (12 Poems of Emily Dickinson)

    Singer: Roberta Alexander. Performer: Roger Vignoles.
    • Etcetera.

  • Aaron Copland

    Why do they shut me out of Heaven? (12 Poems of Emily Dickinson)

    Singer: Roberta Alexander. Performer: Roger Vignoles.
    • Etcetera.

  • Aaron Copland

    The World feels dusty (12 Poems of Emily Dickinson)

    Singer: Roberta Alexander. Performer: Roger Vignoles.
    • Etcetera.

  • Aaron Copland

    Appalachian Spring - Suite (Doppio movimento - A trifle slower - Broadly)

    Performer: Susan Palma‐Nidel. Performer: David Singer. Performer: Frank Morelli. Performer: Wu Han. Ensemble: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Copland: Appalachian Spring.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.

  • Hector Berlioz

    Hungarian march (The Damnation of Faust Op.24)

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Beecham.
    • Berlioz & Wagner: Orchestral Excerpts.
    • SOMM Recordings.
    • 2.

  • Philip Moore

    We Praise and Glorify Thee

    Choir: St. Albans Cathedral Choir. Ensemble: Sinfonia Verdi Brass Ensemble. Performer: Tom Winpenny. Director: Andrew Lucas.
    • First Hand Records.

  • Olli Mustonen

    Taivaanvalot (opening)

    Singer: Ian Bostridge. Performer: Nicolas Altstaedt. Performer: Olli Mustonen.
    • Heavenly Lights.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 1.

  • Miles Davis

    Générique (Lift to the scaffold)

    Ensemble: Miles Davis Quintet.
    • Decca France.

  • Record of the Week

    • Richard Strauss

      Intermezzo Op.72 ( Act 1 sc.2-4)

      Singer: Maria Bengtsson. Singer: Nadine Secunde. Singer: Thomas Blondelle. Orchestra: Orchestra Of The Deutsche Oper Berlin. Conductor: Donald Runnicles.
      • Richard Strauss: Intermezzo.
      • Naxos.
      • 3-5.

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