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Record Review: Haydn's operas in Building a Library with Roger Parker and Andrew McGregor

Haydn's operas in Building a Library with Roger Parker and Andrew McGregor

BBC Radio 3 - Record Review, Haydn's operas in Building a Library with Roger Parker and Andrew McGregor

Roger Parker chooses his favourite recordings of Haydn's operas.

Roger Parker chooses his favourite recordings of Haydn's operas, plus new releases of piano music.

with Andrew McGregor

9.30 am
Building a Library
Roger Parker chooses his favourite recordings of Haydn's operas

Joseph Haydn is possibly one of the greatest composers who wrote operas which are hardly known. He wrote 17 of them, and opera occupied a great deal of his composing life. During the 1770s and 1780s, Haydn ran an opera company for his employer, Prince Nikolaus Esterházy. They put on up to 150 performances per year. Haydn's operas are not often performed today, but they contain some great music which Roger explores.


10.40 am
Allyson Devenish reviews new releases of piano music by Chopin, Debussy and Ravel.

11.20 am
Record of the Week
An exceptional new release.

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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