Building a Library: Nielsen: Symphony No.5, Op.50
Reviewer - Anthony Burton
First Choice: New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein (conductor)
(recorded 1962; c/w Symphonies Nos.1-4 & 6*)
*Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy (conductor)
SONY CLASSICAL SB3K89974 (3-CD, budget)
Single Disc Choice: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor)
(recorded 1997; c/w Symphony No.6 'Sinfonia semplice')
WARNER ELATUS 0927 494242 (CD, mid-price)
CD Review BAL Catalogue Data bal.nielsen:
bal.nielsen.symphony.no.5.op.50
Playlist
[All recordings are available at full price unless indicated otherwise.]
Hot Off The Press:
LISZT Sonata in B minor (extract played)
(c/w Grandes Etudes de Paganini)
George-Emmanuel Lazaridis (piano)
LINN RECORDS CKD282 (SACD/CD Hybrid)
VERDI 'Per me guinto e il di' (Don Carlo)
(from CD entitled 'Tales of Opera' - operatic arias by BELLINI, CILEA, LEONCAVALLO, MASSENET, MOZART, ROSSINI, TCHAIKOVSKY, THOMAS, VERDI and WAGNER)
Simon Keenlyside (baritone), Munich Radio Orchestra, Ulf Schirmer (conductor)
SONY CLASSICAL 82876884822 (CD)
Building A Library Recommendations:
NIELSEN Symphony No.5
Reviewer: Anthony Burton
First Choice:
(recorded 1962)
New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein (conductor)
(c/w Symphonies Nos.1-4 & No.6*)
*Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy (conductor)
SONY CLASSICAL SB3K89974 (3-CD, budget)
Single Disc Choice:
(recorded 1997)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor)
(c/w Symphony No.6 'Sinfonia semplice')
WARNER ELATUS 0927 494242 (CD, mid-price)
Next week's BAL - Geoffrey Smith chooses from the available recordings of Borodin's 2nd String Quartet
Consumer Spot -
The DECCA Malcolm Arnold Edition:
The Malcolm Arnold Edition Vol.1 -
The Eleven Symphonies
DECCA 4765337 (4-CD, budget)
The Malcolm Arnold Edition Vol.2 -
Seventeen Concertos
DECCA 4765343 (4-CD, budget)
The Malcolm Arnold Edition Vol.3 -
Orchestral, Brass & Piano Music
DECCA 4765348 (4-CD, budget)
For full music and artist details go to
malcolmarnold.co.uk/biog/arnoldedition.php
New Releases - Opera on CD:
Reviewer: Christopher Cook
ALBENIZ Pepita Jimenez:
Placido Domingo (Don Luis de Vargas), Carol Vaness (Pepita Jimenez), Jane Henschel (Antonona), Enrique Baquerizo (Don Pedro de Vargas), Carlos Chausson (Vicar), Jose Antonio Lopez (Count Genazahar), Orchestra and Chorus of Madrid City, Jose De Eusebio (conductor)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 4776234 (2-CD)
POULENC The Carmelites (sung in English):
Felicity Palmer (Madame de Croissy), Josephine Barstow (Mother Marie of the Incarnation), Orla Boylan (Madame Lidoine), Sarah Tynan (Sister Constance of Saint-Denis), Ashley Holland (Marquis de la Force), English National Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Paul Daniel (conductor)
CHANDOS CHAN31342 (2-CD)
WAGNER Tristan und Isolde (live recording):
John Treleaven (Tristan), Christine Brewer (Isolde), Dagmar Peckova (Brangane); Boaz Daniel (Kurwenal), Peter Rose (King Mark), Jared Holt (Melot), Apollo Voices, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Donald Runnicles (conductor)
WARNER CLASSICS 2564 629642 (4-CD)
Interview - Nikolai Demindenko:
BEETHOVEN 33 Variations on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli (The Diabelli Variations), Op.120 (Variation 33 played)
(c/w Sonata No.24 in F sharp, Op.78 'Fur Therese'):
Nikolai Demidenko (piano)
ASV GOLD GLD4017 (CD)
SCHNITTKE arr. SHAFRAN Suite in the Old Style (Pantomime played)
(c/w SHOSTAKOVICH Sonata for cello and piano in D minor, Op.40; RACHMANINOV Sonata for cello and piano in G minor, Op.19):
Leonid Gorokhov (cello), Nikolai Demidenko (piano)
ASV GOLD GLD4006 (CD)
MEDTNER Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor, Op.50 (excerpt from Toccata played)
(c/w Piano Concerto No.3 in E minor, Op.60)
Nikolai Demidenko (piano), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Jerzy Maksymiuk (conductor)
HYPERION CDA66580 (CD)
CHOPIN Ballade No.2 in A minor, Op.38 (excerpt played)
(c/w Ballade No.1 in G minor, Op.23; Ballade No.3 in A flat, Op.47; Ballade No.4 in F minor, Op.52; Sonata No.3 in B minor, Op.58):
Nikolai Demidenko (piano)
HELIOS CDH55182 (CD, budget)
CHOPIN Rondo, Op.1 (excerpt played)
Nikolai Demidenko (piano)
AGPL RECORDS (to be released 2007)
Next week's guest is cellist Raphael Wallfisch
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BRAHMS Piano Quartet No.1 in G minor, Op.25 (Final mvt played)
(c/w Piano Quartet No.2 in A, Op.26; Piano Quartet No.3 in C minor, Op.60; Three Intermezzi for solo piano, Op.117):
Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano), Leopold String Trio
HYPERION CDA67471/2 (2-CD)
WEIR On Buying a Horse; Ox Mountain was Covered by Trees
(from CD entitled 'On Buying a Horse - The songs of Judith Weir' - also including Songs from the Exotic; Scotch Minstrelsy; The Voice of Desire; A Spanish Liederbooklet; King Harald's Saga; Standchen):
Susan Bickley (mezzo-soprano), Andrew Kennedy (tenor), Ailish Tynan (soprano), Iain Burnside (piano)
SIGNUM RECORDS SIGCD087 (CD)
GALUPPI 'Ah, di lette dall'onda profonda' (Il Sagrifizio di Jephte)
(from CD entitled 'Baldassarre GALUPPI - Forgotten Arias of a Venetian Master' - also including arias from L'Olimpiade, Scipione in Cartagine, Il trionfo della continenza and Antingono; plus Concerto a quattro in G minor; Concerto a quattro in B flat):
Catherine King (mezzo-soprano), Il Canto di Orfeo, Gianluca Capuano (conductor)
AVIE AV2116 (CD)
KORNGOLD Violin Concerto in D, Op.35 (1st mvt played)
(c/w BARBER Violin Concerto, Op.14; ; WALTON Violin Concerto):
James Ehnes (violin), Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Bramwell Tovey (conductor)
ONYX 4016 (CD)
Radio 3's Disc Of The Week:
MENDELSSOHN Piano Trio No.2 in C minor, Op.66
(c/w Piano Trio No.1 in D minor, Op.49; Concert Variations for cello and piano, Op.17)
Nash Ensemble
ONYX 4011 (CD)
