Wednesday - Kate's classical picks

Johann Sebastian Bach

Keyboard Concerto No 1 in D minor, BWV 1052 (2nd mvt)

Performer: Murray Perahia. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields.

• Sony Classical.

Ferdinand Hummel

Sehnsucht nach dem Walde (Waldwanderung, Op. 48)

Choir: amarcord. Ensemble: german hornsound.

• Wald.Horn.Lied.
• Genuin.
• 11.

Muhal Richard Abrams

Roots

Performer: Cecil McBee. Performer: Muhal Richard Abrams.

• Candid.

Anon.

(Peru) Cachua

Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI. Performer: Jordi Savall.

• ALIA VOX.

Sergey Rachmaninov

Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op.18 (1st mvt)

Performer: Khatia Buniatishvili. Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Paavo Järvi.

• Rachmaninoff: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3.
• Sony Classical.
• 1.

Béla Bartók

Szól a Duda [Bagpipes] (44 Duos, Vol.3)

Performer: Patricia Kopatchinskaja. Performer: Giovanni Antonini.

• Alpha.

Leopold Mozart

Divertimento no.3 'Peasant Wedding' (5th mvt)

Performer: Jan Engel. Performer: Max Engel. Orchestra: Münchener Kammerorchester. Conductor: Hans Stadlmair.

• ORFEO.

George Frideric Handel

Water Music, Suite No. 1, HWV 348 vi. Air

Performer: Georg Kallweit. Ensemble: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin.

• HARMONIA MUNDI: HMC 902216.
• HARMONIA MUNDI.
• 6.

Aram Khachaturian

Violin Concerto in D minor (3rd mvt)

Performer: James Ehnes. Orchestra: Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Mark Wigglesworth.

• Onyx.

Franz Schubert

Abschied (Schwanengesang, D 957)

Performer: Gerald Moore. Singer: Dietrich Fischer‐Dieskau.

• DG.

Dmitry Shostakovich

Little Polka (Jazz Suite No.2)

Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.

• Shostakovich: Jazz Music.
• Decca.
• 12.

Max Bruch

Piano Trio in C minor; 2.Allegro assai

Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.

• HYPERION.

Henry Walford Davies

Solemn Melody for organ and strings

Orchestra: Royal Ballet Sinfonia. Conductor: Andrew Penny.

• Welsh Classical Favourites: Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Penny.
• Marco Polo.

Antonín Dvořák

Legends, Op 59; No. 6 in C sharp minor - Allegro con moto

Performer: Anna Zissimova. Performer: Christophe Sidoreau.

• Melism.

Antonín Dvořák

Bagatelles Op.47 (no.4)

Ensemble: Takács Quartet.

• Dvorak: String Quartets: Takacs Quartet.
• Decca.
• 4.

Darius Milhaud

Concerto Op.278 (3rd mvt)

Performer: Nebojša Jovan Živković. Orchestra: Austrian Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Ernst Theis.

• Musicaphon.

Peter Maxwell Davies

Ojai Festival Overture

Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Peter Maxwell Davies.

• Peter Maxwell Davies: Mavis in Las Vegas.
• Collins Classics.
• 1.

Irene Kitchings

Some other spring

Performer: Hank Jones. Performer: Tyree Glenn.

• Nagal Heyer Records.

Anton Bruckner

Christus factus est 1884 version

Choir: Polyphony. Conductor: Stephen Layton.

• Bruckner: Mass in E minor/Motets: Polyphony/Britten Sinfonia/Layton.
• Hyperion.
• 9.

Frank Bridge

The Sea (Sea Foam)

Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Richard Hickox.

• Bridge: Orchestral Works: BBC National Orchestra of Wales/Hickox.
• Chandos.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Clarinet Quintet in A major, K 581 (3rd mvt)

Performer: Andrew Marriner. Ensemble: Chilingirian Quartet.

• Mozart The Collectors Edition 50 CDs The Masterpieces The Greatest Artists.
• EMI Classics.
• 6.