Playlist
RACHMANINOV Prelude, Op.23 No.2 in B Flat Major; 'Siren', Op.21 No.5; Prelude, Op.23 No.1 in F Sharp Minor; Prelude Op.23, No.10 in G Flat Major; Prelude Op.32, No.12 in G Sharp Minor; Lullaby (Tchaikovsky, transc. Rachmaninov); Prelude Op.32 No.2 in B Flat Minor; 'Margaritki', Op.38, No.3; The Flight of the Bumblebee (Rimsky-Korsakov, transcr. Rachmaninov); Prelude Op.23 No.5 in G Minor; Prelude Op.23, No.4 in D Major; Scherzo from 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' (Mendelssohn, transc. Rachmaninov); Prelude Op.3 No.2 in C Sharp Minor; Piano Sonata No.2 in B Flat Minor, Op.36 (rev.1931): Simon Trpceski (piano)
EMI 5579432 (CD)
CRUMB Makrokosmos I & II for amplified piano: Margaret Leng Tan (piano), Alex Nowitz (whistler)
MODE 142 (CD)
MOZART Don Giovanni (live recording 1953 Salzburg Festival): Cesare Siepi (Don Giovanni), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Donna Elvira), Rafaele Arie (Il Commendatore), Elisabeth Grummer (Donna Anna), Anton Dermota (Don Ottavio), Otto Edelmann (Leporello), Erna Berger (Zerlina), Walter Berry (Masetto), Chorus of Vienna State Opera, Vienna Philharmonic,
Wilhelm Furtwangler (conductor)
ORFEO C624 043 D (3-CD, mid-price) (mono)
SCHUMANN Cello Concerto in A Minor; BRUCH Kol Nidrei; BLOCH Schelomo: Truls Mork (cello), Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Paavo Jarvi (conductor)
VIRGIN 5456642 (CD)
SCHUMANN Fantasiestucke, Op.12; Kinderszenen, Op.15; Grande Humoresque, Op.20: Philippe Cassard (piano)
AMBROISIE AMB 9961 (CD)
BUILDING A LIBRARY RECOMMENDATION:
BELLINI I Puritani
Reviewer: Ivan Hewett
First Choice:
Joan Sutherland (Elvira), Luciano Pavarotti (Arturo Talbo), Piero Cappuccilli (Riccardo), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Giorgio Valton), Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge (conductor) (recorded 1973)
DECCA 417 588-2 (3-CD)
Budget-price Choice (mono):
Maria Callas (Elvira), Giuseppe Di Stefano (Arturo), Rolando Panerai (Riccardo), Nicola Rossi-Lemeni (Giorgio), Angelo Mercuriali (Bruno), Carlo Forti (Gualtiero Valton), Aurora Cattelani (Enrichetta), Chorus & Orchestra of La Scala, Milan, Tullio Serafin (conductor)
(recorded 1953)
NAXOS 8.110259-60 (2-CD, budget)
Also available on
EMI 5856472 (2-CD, budget) 'Historical Series' or
EMI 5562752 (2-CD, mid-price) 'Callas Edition'
[Next week's Building a Library will feature Bach's The Musical Offering]
Consumer Slot - ImogenCooper & Friends
MOZART Piano Concerto No.27 in B Flat Major K595**; Piano Concerto No.10 in E Flat Major for Two Pianos K365/316a+; Piano Concerto No.7 in F Major for Three Pianos & Orchestra K242 'Lodron' (version for two pianos)+; SCHUBERT Piano Sonata No.21 in B Flat, D960; Piano Trio No.1 in B Flat Major, D898#; RACHMANINOV Sonata in G Minor for Cello & Piano, Op.19++; BRAHMS Intermezzo in A Minor, Op.116, No.2; Intermezzo in E Major, Op.116, No.6; ^SCHUMANN Mein Wagen rollet langsam, Op.142, No.4; Die Lotusblume, Op.25, No.7; Aus den Ostlichen Rosen, Op.25, No.25; Rose, Meer und Sonne, Op.37, No.20; Widmung, Op.25, No.1; WOLF Liebesgluck; Seemans Abschied; Clara SCHUMANN Warum willst du and're fragen? Op.37, No.11; An einem lichten Morgen, Op.23, No.2; BEETHOVEN Adelaide, Op.46; SCHUBERT Standchen, (Schwanengesang) D957:**Imogen Cooper (piano), Australian Chamber Orchestra, Richard Tognetti (conductor), + Alfred Brendel, Imogen Cooper (pianos), Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields, Sir Neville Marriner (conductor), ++ Sonia Wieder-Atherton (cello), # Raphael Oleg (violin), Sonia Wieder-Atherton (cello), ^ Wolfgang Holzmair (baritone), Imogen Cooper (piano)
PHILIPS 476 209-5 (3-CD, budget)
SCHUBERT Die schone Mullerin D 795; Winterreise D911; Schwanengesang: Wolfgang Holzmair (baritone), Imogen Cooper (piano)
PHILIPS 476 200-2 (3-CD, budget)
New Releases: Baroque
Reviewer: George Pratt
MONTEVERDI Vespro della beata vergine da concerto (Venice 1610): Roberta Invernizzi, Monica Piccinini, Anna Simboli (sopranos), Sara Mingardo (mezzo), Francesco Ghelardini (alto), Vincenzo di Donato, Luca Dordolo, Gianluca Ferrarini (tenors), Pietro Spagnoli, Furio Zanasi (baritone), Antonio Abete, Daniele Carnovich (basses), Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini (conductor)
NAÏVE OPUS 111 OP 30403 (2-CD)
BACH French Suites: Christophe Rousset (harpsichord)
AMBROISIE AMB9960 (2-CD, mid-price)
HANDEL Opera Seria - arias from Faramondo; Berenice; Angelica; Scipione; Orlando; Giulio Cesare in Egitto; Partenope; Amadigi; Alessandro; Rodelinda; Tamerlano; Deidamia; Arianna in Creta: Sandrine Piau (soprano), Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset (conductor)
NAÏVE E8894 (CD)
CD entitled 'Lamento' J.C. BACH Ach, dass ich Wassers g'nug hatte; CONTI Languet anima mea; J.S. BACH Vergnugte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust, BWV 170; Bekennen will ich seinen Namen, BWV200; C.P.E. BACH Selma; J.C.F. BACH Die Amerikanerin: Magdalena Kozena (mezzo), Musica Antiqua Koln, Reinhard Goebel (conductor)
ARCHIV 474 1942 (CD)
*VIVALDI (and others) Andromeda Liberata: Simone Kermes (Andromeda), Max Emanuel Cencic (Perseo), Katerina Beranova (Cassiope), Anna Bonitatibus (Meliso), Mark Tucker (Daliso), La Stagione Armonica, Venice Baroque Orchestra, Andrea Marcon (conductor)
ARCHIV 477 0982 (2-CD)
An Interview with cellist Matt Haimovitz:
SAINT-SAENS Cello concerto No.1 in A Minor, Op.33 (excerpt from 1st movement played; c/w LALO Cello Concerto in D Minor; BRUCH Kol Nidrei, Op.47: Matt Haimovitz (cello), Chicago Symphony Orchestra, James Levine (conductor)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 427 323-2 (CD)
BRITTEN Third Cello Suite, Op. 87 (Canto, played; c/w KODALY Cello Sonata, Op.8; BERIO Les mots sont alles. . . "Recitativo" for solo cello; HENZE Capriccio for solo cello) (from CD entitled 'The 20th-Century Cello': Matt
Haimovitz (cello)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 445 834-2 (CD)
BACH Cello Suite no 2 in D minor BWV 1008
(excerpt from Prelude, played; c/w The 6 Suites for Cello Solo): Matt Haimovitz (cello)
OXINGALE OX2000 (3-CD)
Jimi HENDRIX arr. Haimovitz: Anthem (Star Spangled Banner); David SANFORD Seventh Avenue Kaddish, played; c/w works by Lou HARRISON; Steven MACKAY; Augusta READ THOMAS; Luna Pearl WOOLF; Tod MACHOVER and others) (from CD entitled 'Anthem') : Matt Haimovitz (cello)
OXINGALE OX 2004 (CD)
Tod MACHOVER Begin Again Again - for Hypercello solo (c/w Song of Penance - for Hyperviola, Computer Voice, and 17 Instruments; Forever and Ever - for Hyperviolin and Chamber Orchestra: Matt Haimovitz (hypercello), Kim Kashkashian (hyperviola), Ani Kavafian (hyperviolin), Karol Bennett (voice), Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Gil Rose (conductor)
OXINGALE OX 2003 (CD)
SCHUBERT String Quintet in C major, D 956 (last movement, Allegretto, excerpt played; c/w MENDELSSOHN String Quartet in F Minor, Op.80) (from CD entitled 'Epilogue'): Miro Quartet, with Matt Haimovitz (cello)
OXINGALE OX2006 (CD)
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BRITISH PIANO CONCERTOS: including Concerto by Roberto Gerhard
Peter Donohoe (piano/conductor), Northern Sinfonia
NAXOS 8.557290
Marcel DUPRE: Organ Works Volume 6 (Variations sur un Noel, Op.20 played):
Ben van Oosten
MDG 316 1288
CANTELOUBE: Chants d'Auvergne
Veronique Gens (soprano), Orchestre Nationale de Lille, Jean-Claude Casadesus (conductor)
NAXOS 8.557491
RADIO 3'S DISC OF THE WEEK:
MESSIAEN Visions de l'Amen+ (for two pianos); Piece pour le tombeau de Paul Dukas; Rondeau; Fantaisie burlesque: Steven Osborne (piano I), +Martin Roscoe (piano ii)
HYPERION CDA 67366 (CD)
