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A thorough look at the week's classical music releases, plus news and recommendations.

A thorough look at the week's classical music releases, plus news and the Radio 3 Disc of the Week recommendation.

Record Review: Andrew McGregor with Kate Molleson and Kirsten Gibson

Andrew McGregor with Kate Molleson and Kirsten Gibson

18/03/2017

BBC Radio 3 - Record Review, Andrew McGregor with Kate Molleson and Kirsten Gibson

Andrew McGregor and guests review the best recordings of classical music.

With Andrew McGregor. Including Building a Library: Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time; New releases of music by Dowland and his contemporaries; Disc of the Week.

with Andrew McGregor. 

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Building a Library on Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time. Kate Molleson in conversation with Andrew guides us through this unique work of chamber music which deals with different aspects of time.

Messiaen was captured by the German army in 1940. As a prisoner of war he managed to obtain some paper and a small pencil from a sympathetic guard. The quartet was premiered at the camp, outdoors and in the rain in 1941. The musicians had beaten-up old instruments and an audience of fellow prisoners and guards. Messiaen said: "Never was I listened to with such rapt attention and comprehension." Messiaen was inspired by a text from the the Book of Revelation: "And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire." 

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Kirsten Gibson reviews a collection of new releases of music by the Tudor composer John Dowland and his contemporaries, and including a modern reinterpretation of Dowland's music by David Gorton. This set of discs underlines the constant presence of Dowland's famous 'Lachrimae' in one guise or another - it speaks both to its popularity in Dowland's lifetime and its enduring popularity and fascination with modern composers, musicians and audiences. It clearly captured the imagination of 17-century musicians across Europe in myriad ways and continues to act as a catalyst for further musical creativity right up to the present day. These recordings also show the recurring theme of musical borrowing amongst 16th-century musicians.

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Andrew chooses an outstanding new release as his Disc of the Week.

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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