Beethoven’s Symphony No.2 from Rotterdam

Mark Forrest continues his week of afternoons with exclusive recent live recordings of some of the best Dutch orchestras. Today, conductor Lahav Shani leads the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra in Beethoven’s energetic Symphony No.2 and Prokofiev’s dreamily poetic Violin Concerto No.1 with soloist Clara-Jumi Kang. There’s also more Beethoven chamber music in the shape of his late Piano Sonata , Op. 110, from Dame Imogen Cooper; and from last month’s RNCM International Brass Band Festival in Manchester, Foden’s Band plays Britten’s evocative Courtly Dances from his opera “Gloriana”.

Including:

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 29 in A, K. 201
Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra
Michael Waterman (leader)

Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 31 in A flat, Op. 110
Dame Imogen Cooper (piano)

Samuel Barber: Overture – The School for Scandal
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra
Roderick Cox (conductor)

William Byrd: Justorum animae
BBC Singers
Andrew Nethsingha (conductor)

Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 36
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
Lahav Shani (conductor)

Benjamin Britten arr. Paul Hindmarsh: Prelude & Courtly Dances [Gloriana]
Fodens Band
Michael Fowles (conductor)

Arcangelo Corelli: Trio Sonata in D, Op. 3 No. 2
Ensemble Augelletti

Sergei Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1 in D, Op. 19
Clara-Jumi Kang (violin)
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
Lahav Shani (conductor)

Ludwig van Beethoven: Cello Sonata in F, Op. 5 No. 1
Laura van der Heijden (cello)
Jâms Coleman (piano)

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