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BACH Cantatas Volume 8 - CD1) For the Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity: Warum betrubst du dich, mein Herz? BWV 138; Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan II BWV 99; Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen! BWV 51; Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan III BWV 100: Malin Hartelius (soprano), William Towers (alto), James Gilchrist (tenor), Peter Harvey (bass), The Monteverdi Choir, The English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner (conductor) - CD2) For the Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity: Komm, du suße Todesstunde BWV 161; Wer weiß, wie nahe mir mein Ende? BWV 27; Liebster Gott, wenn werd ich sterben? BWV 8; Christus, der ist mein Leben BWV 95: Katharine Fuge (soprano), Robin Tyson (alto), Mark Padmore (tenor), Thomas Guthrie (bass), The Monteverdi Choir, The English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
MONTEVERDI PRODUCTIONS SDG 104 (2-CD, mid-price)
MOZART The Marriage of Figaro; Don Giovanni; Cosi fan tutte (excerpts from the three operas to librettos by Lorenzo Da Ponte arranged by Alfredo Bernardini for 13 instruments): Zefiro
AMBROISIE AMB9962 (CD)
CD entitled 'Trio Rouge' EIDEL La Luze De Oro (played): Lucilla Galeazzi (vocals), Vincent Courtois (cello), Michel Godard (tuba, serpent)
INTUITION INT 33532 (CD)
SHOSTAKOVICH Chamber Symphony Op.83a (String Quartet No.4, Orch. Barshai); Symphony for Strings and Woodwinds, Op.73a (String Quartet No.3, Orch. Barshai): Tapiola Sinfonietta, Jean-Jacques Kantorow (conductor)
BIS CD 1180 (CD)
BUILDING A LIBRARY RECOMMENDATION:
NIELSEN Wind Quintet, Op.43
Reviewer: Anthony Burton
First Choice:
Wind Quintet of the Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra (recorded 1999; c/w MORTENSEN Quintet; JERSILD Serenade for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon; WELLEJUS Quintet)
DACAPO 8.224151 (CD)
[Next week's Building a Library will feature Schubert's Fantasy in F Minor]
Consumer Slot - New Year Compilations
CD entitled 'The Fascination of Furtwangler' -
1) Deutsche Grammophon recordings 1951 - 1954 HANDEL Concerto Grosso Op.6, No.5; SCHUBERT Symphony No.9 (excerpt); HAYDN Symphony No.88 (excerpt); FURTWANGLER Symphony No.2; SCHUMANN Symphony No.4 (excerpt) - 2) Polydor Shellac Recordings 1926-1937 - BEETHOVEN Symphony No.5 (excerpt); BACH Brandenburg Concerto No.3; MOZART Eine kleine Nachtmusik; SCHUBERT Rosamunde (Ballet No.2); MENDELSSOHN Hebrides Overture (rehearsal extract & performance); WAGNER Trauermarsch from Gotterdammerung; ROSSINI Overture La gazza ladra; BRAHMS Hungarian Dances Nos1 & 10; DVORAK Slavonic Dances, Op.46, No.3: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Wilhelm Furtwangler (conductor)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 477 5238 (2-CD, mono, mid-price)
CD entitled 'Tchaikovsky's Greatest Hit: The Ultimate Nutcracker' - TCHAIKOVSKY *Suite from 'Nutcracker'; +The Nutcracker Suite (arr. Binkley/Imholz); **Nutcracker Suite (arr. Washburne/Carling); ++ Dance of the Reed Flutes; ++Waltz of the Flowers (The Nutcracker): * Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy (conductor), + Modern Mandolin Quartet, ** Spike Jones and his City Slickers, with Susan Scott & Chorus, ++ First Piano Quartet
RCA 82876628212 (CD, budget)
CD entitled 'Classical Music 101 - 101 Famous Classical Themes you never knew you knew' - excerpts including DELIBES Flower Duet (Lakme); MOZART Symphony No.40 in G Minor and works by PACHELBEL; PROKOFIEV; OFFENBACH; RACHMANINOV; MENDELSSOHN; SOUSA and many others : Performed by artists including English Chamber Orchestra, Emaneul Ax (piano), Placido Domingo (tenor) and many others
RCA 82876636912 (CD, budget)
CD entitled 'Favourite Piano Concertos' RACHMANINOV Piano Concertos Nos 1-3*; TCHAIKOVSKY Concerto No.1 in B Flat Minor, Op.23; CHOPIN Piano Concerto No.2 in F Minor, Op.21; BRAHMS Piano Concerto No.2 in B Flat Major, Op.83; LISZT Piano Concerto No. 1; +MOZART Piano Concerto in C Major No.21 K467 'Elvira Madigan'; +Piano Concerto in B Flat Major, No.27, K595; SCHUMANN Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op.54; GRIEG Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op.16; BEETHOVEN Piano Concertos Nos 4-5: Martha Argerich (soloist in Rachmaninov 3rd Concerto), Claudio Arrau, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Alfred Brendel, Radu Lupu, Sviastoslav Richter, Mitsuko Uchida (soloist in Mozart Concertos) (piano), +Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly (conductor) (in Rachmaninov 3rd Piano Concerto), +English Chamber Orchestra, Jeffrey Tate (conductor)
DECCA/PHILIPS 475 6243 (6-CD, mid-price)
CD entitled 'Choral Adagios - Over 2 ½ hours of sublime music' *TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No.1, Andante semplice (arr, Runswick) - original choral works by MOZART; FRANCK; STANFORD; ROSSINI; TAVENER; ALLEGRI; RUTTER; RACHMANINOV; BACH; FAURE, and works by BARBER; FAURE; RODRIGO; RAVEL; BORODIN arranged for choir: *London Voices, Terry Edwards (conductor), Choir of King's College, Cambridge, New College Oxford, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Choir of St John's College Cambridge
DECCA 475 6124 (2-CD, budget)
CD entitled 'Quiet Music' - BACH Contrapunctus X; IVES The Alcotts and works by SATIE; RAVEL; DOWLAND; GERSHWIN; HARRISON; MESSIAEN; YEOH; PORTER; NANCARROW: Joanna MacGregor (piano)
SOUND CIRCUS SC904 (CD, mid-price)
CD entitled 'Music for the Sun King at Versailles' - *DUMONT Magnificat; CHARPENTIER Te Deum; +Medee (excerpt); LULLY Dies Irae; DELALANDE Miserere mei, Deus; Miserere a voix seule; Super flumina Babilonis; Cantique quatrieme sur le bonheur des justes et le malheur des resprouvez; F. COUPERIN Lecons de Tenebres du Mercredy; Regina coeli laetare, Alleluia - and works by M. LAMBERT; Du BUISSON; GAUTIER; Robert De VISEE; L. COUPERIN; MARAIS: * Brigitte Bellamy (soprano), Guillemette Laurens (alto), Henri Ledroit (countertenor), Howard Crook (tenor), Ulrich Studer (baritone), Peter Kooy (bass), La Chapelle Royale, Philippe Herreweghe (conductor), + Jill Feldman (Medee), Les Arts Florissants, William Christie (conductor)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMX 2908147.49 (3-CD, budget)
CD entitled 'The Art of Joan Sutherland' - *MASSENET Oh! Si les fleurs avaient des yeux ; MEYERBEER C'est bien lui . . . La, la, la, air cheri (L'Etoile du Nord) and arias and songs by HANDEL; BONONCINI; PAISIELLO; PICCINNI; ARNE; SHIELD; MOZART; VERDI; WAGNER; OFFENBACH; MEYERBEER; CHARPENTIER; AUBER; BIZET; GOUNOD; LECOCQ; MASSE; DELIBES; FAURE; DONIZETTI; WEBER; THOMAS; VERDI; BELLINI : *Joan Sutherland (soprano), *Richard Bonynge (piano)
DECCA 475 6302 (6-CD, mid-price)
CD entitled 'Roberto Alagna' *PUCCINI E Lucevan le stelle (Tosca) -also includes arias by VERDI ; DONIZETTI; CILEA; MASSENET; BIZET; GOUNOD; SAINT-SAENS; BERLIOZ; RABAUD; A. THOMAS; HALEVY: Roberto Alagna (tenor), *Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Antonio Pappano (conductor)
EMI 4767002 (2-CD, mid-price)
CD entitled 'Maria Callas' - *MASSENET Je ne suis que faiblesse . . . Adieu, notre petite table (Manon) - also includes arias by BELLINI; ROSSINI; DONIZETTI; VERDI; CATALANI; GIORDANO; GLUCK; MEYERBEER; GOUNOD; DELIBES; SAINT-SAENS; G. CHARPENTIER : * Maria Callas (soprano), Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Francaise, Georges Pretre (conductor)
EMI 5629832 (2-CD, mid-price)
New Releases: Early Music
Reviewer: Daniel Leech-Wilkinson
CD entitled ' Compostela Ad Vesperas Sancti Jacobi' - Music from the 12th-century Codex Calixtinus for pilgrims to Santiago de Compostela, Spain: Ensemble Organum
AMBROISIE AMB 9966 (CD)
CD entitled 'Le Jeu de Robin et Marion & autres oeuvres - Adam de la HALLE':
Ensemble Micrologus,
ZIGZAG ZZT040602 (CD)
CD entitled 'Isabel I, Reina de Castilla' - ENZINA Levanta Pascual; SEFARDI Lavava y suspirava; DUFAY Je ne vis oncques; ESCOBAR Requiem Aeternam - and other works from the reign of Isabella the First of Castille: La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Hesperion XXI, Jordi Savall (director)
ALIA VOX AVSA 9838 (CD)
TINCTORIS Missa L'homme arme; Missa Sine nomine No.1: The Clerks' Group, Edward Wickham (director)
CYPRES CYP 3608 (CD)
VICTORIA Missa Ave Regina caelorum; Ave Maria; Dixit Dominus; Laudate pueri Dominum; Laudate Dominum omnes gentes; Laetatus sum; Nisi Dominus; Magnificat septimi toni; Ave Maria: Choir of Westminster Cathedral, Robert Quinney (organ continuo),
Martin Baker (Master of Music)
HYPERION CDA 67479 (CD)
An Interview with Tenor Juan Diego Florez
ROSSINI Cessa di piu resistere (Il barbiere di Siviglia); Vieni fra queste braccia (La gazza ladra) (excerpts played; c/w arias from Semiramide; Otello; L'italiana in Algeri; Zelmira; La donna del lago; La Cenerentola: Juan Diego Florez (tenor), Giuseppe Verdi Symphony Orchestra of Milan, Riccardo Chailly (conductor)
DECCA 470 024-2 (CD)
ROSSINI Le Comte Ory (Ah! Quel respect, Madame, played): Juan Diego Florez (Le comte Ory), Alastair Miles (Le Gouverneur), Marie-Ange Todorovitch (Isolier), Bruno Pratico (Raimbaud), Stefania Bonfadelli (La comtesse de Formoutiers), Marina De Liso (Dame Ragonde), Rossella Bevacqua (Alice), Prague Chamber Choir, Orchestra del teatro Comunale di Bologna, Jesus Lopez-Cobos (conductor)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 477 5020 (2-CD)
MOZART Mitridate re di Ponto (Se di regnar sei vago, excerpt played): Juan Diego Florez (Marzio); Sandrine Piau (Ismene), Helene Le Corre (Arbate), Nathalie Dessay (Aspasia), Cecilia Bartoli (Sifare), Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset (conductor)
DECCA 460 772-2 (3-CD, mid-price)
CD entitled 'Juan Diego Florez - Una furtiva lagrima' (Arias by DONIZETTI & BELLINI):
DONIZETTI Pour mon ame quel destin! (La Fille du Regiment) (excerpt played; c/w Allegro io son (Rita); Una furtiva lagrima (l'Elisir d'Amore); Povero Ernesto! . . . Cerchero lontana terra (Don Pasquale); Com'e gentil (Don Pasquale); Ah non sogno! . . Disperato amante afflitto (Elisabetta) ; BELLINI E serbato a questo acciaro.... L'amo tanto, e m'e si cara (I Capuleti e i Montecchi) ; Ah ! perche non possi odiarti (La sonnambula); A te, o cara (I puritani): Juan Diego Florez (tenor), Coro e Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Riccardo Frizza (conductor)
DECCA 473 440- 2 (CD)
CD entitled 'Juan Diego Florez Great Tenor Arias' - ROSSINI Languir per una bella (L'Italiana in Algeri) (excerpt played; c/w arias by GLUCK; VERDI; DONIZETTI; HALEVY & PUCCINI: Juan Diego Florez (tenor),
Giuseppe Verdi Symphony Orchestra of Milan / Carlo Rizzi (conductor)
DECCA 475 550-2 (CD)
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A.SCARLATTI The Cecilian Vespers:
Susanne Ryden, Dominique Labelle (sopranos), Ryland Angel (countertenor), Michael Slattery (tenor), Neal Davies (baritone and cantor), Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Philharmonia Chorale, Nicholas McGegan (conductor)
AVIE AV 0048 (2-CD)
MAHLER Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen; 5 Ruckert Lieder; Kindertotenlieder:
Thomas Quasthoff (bass-baritone), Violeta Urmana (soprano), Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo), Vienna Philharmonic, Pierre Boulez (conductor)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 477 5329
J.S. BACH Cantatas For the Feast of St John the Baptist: J.Lunn (soprano), W.te Brummelstroete (alto), P.Agnew (tenor), D. Henschel (bass), The Monteverdi Choir, The English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
MONTEVERDI PRODUCTIONS SDG 101(2-CD)
RADIO 3'S DISC OF THE WEEK:
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Symphony No.4 in F Minor; Norfolk Rhapsody No.1 in E Minor; Flos Campi (Suite for viola, chorus & orchestra): Paul Silverthorne (viola), Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Paul Daniel (conductor)
NAXOS 8.557276 (CD, budget)
