Andrew McGregor features some of the hottest new releases, and in Building a Library Stephen Plaistow chooses from recordings of Beethoven's Hammerklavier Sonata. The programme also features a visit to Turin to find out about Naive's Vivaldi Edition project, and Ivan Hewett listens to some recent discs of contemporary music.
The Listening Booth takes a break this week to make way for an extended Disc of the Week - an historic recording of Wagner's Siegfried from the 1955 Bayreuth Festival.
The Listening Booth will return next week.
BUILDING A LIBRARY RECOMMENDATIONS:
BEETHOVEN
Piano Sonata No.29 in B flat 'Hammerklavier'
Reviewer: Stephen Plaistow
First Choice:
Francois-Frederic Guy
(recorded 2006; c/w Sonata No.8 in C minor, Op.13 'Pathetique'; Sonata No.19 in G minor, Op.49 No.1)
NAIVE V5023 (CD)
Live Performance Choice:
Alfred Brendel
(recorded 1995; c/w Sonata No.26 in E flat, Op.81a 'Les Adieux')
PHILIPS 4460932 (CD, mid-price - import only)
or as part of the Complete Piano Sonatas
PHILIPS 4469092 (10-CD, mid-price)
Budget Choice:
Maurizio Pollini
(recorded 1977; c/w Sonata No.28 in A, Op.101; Sonata No.30 in E, Op.109; Sonata No.31 in A flat, Op.110; Sonata No.32 in C minor, Op.111)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 4497402
(2-CD, budget)
Historic Choice:
Solomon
(recorded 1952; c/w Sonata No.26 in E flat, Op.81a 'Les Adieux'; Sonata No.27 in E minor, Op.90)
TESTAMENT SBT1191 (CD, mid-price)
BAL Catalogue data
BAL.beethoven:
BAL.beethoven.hammerklavier.no.29
sp.BAL.CD.REVIEW
bal.cd.review
Next week's BAL - Anthony Burton explores the available recordings of Nielsen's 5th Symphony
Playlist [All recordings are available at full price unless indicated otherwise.]
Hot Off The Press:
CD entitled 'An Introduction to WAGNER Tristan und Isolde' - written and read by Christopher Cook (extract played with actor Sean Barrett as Wagner):
NAXOS 8.558195 (CD, budget)
WAGNER Tristan und Isolde (Prelude from Act 1 played)
John Treleavan (Tristan), Christine Brewer (Isolde), Dagmar Peckova (Brangane), Boaz Daniel (Kurwenal), Peter Rose (King Mark), Jared Holt (Melot), Eugene Ginty (A shepherd), Jonathan Lemalu (A steersman), Mark Le Brocq (A young sailor), Apollo Voices, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Donald Runnicles (conductor)
WARNER CLASSICS 2564 629642 (4-CD, special full price)
SHOSTAKOVICH Viola Sonata Op.147 (2nd movement played)
(c/w Violin Sonata Op.134)
Vladimir Bukac (viola), Jan Talich (violin), Yakov Kasman (piano)
CALLIOPE CAL9355 (CD)
TCHAIKOVSKY Arioso No.1 from Iolanthe
(from CD entitled 'Russian Album' - songs and arias by GLINKA, PROKOFIEV, RACHMANINOV, RIMSKY-KORSAKOV and TCHAIKOVSKY):
Anna Netrebko (soprano), Zlata Bulycheva (mezzo-soprano), Dmitry Voropaev (tenor), Alexander Morozov (bass-baritone), Ilya Bannik (bass), Orchestra and Chorus of the Mariinsky Theatre, Valery Gergiev (conductor)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 4776384 (CD)
BUILDING A LIBRARY RECOMMENDATIONS:
BEETHOVEN
Piano Sonata No.29 in B flat 'Hammerklavier'
Reviewer: Stephen Plaistow
First Choice:
Francois-Frederic Guy
(recorded 2006; c/w Sonata No.8 in C minor, Op.13 'Pathetique'; Sonata No.19 in G minor, Op.49 No.1)
NAIVE V5023 (CD)
Live Performance Choice:
Alfred Brendel
(recorded 1995; c/w Sonata No.26 in E flat, Op.81a 'Les Adieux')
PHILIPS 4460932 (CD, mid-price - import only)
or as part of the Complete Piano Sonatas
PHILIPS 4469092 (10-CD, mid-price)
Budget Choice:
Maurizio Pollini
(recorded 1977; c/w Sonata No.28 in A, Op.101; Sonata No.30 in E, Op.109; Sonata No.31 in A flat, Op.110; Sonata No.32 in C minor, Op.111)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 4497402
(2-CD, budget)
Historic Choice:
Solomon
(recorded 1952; c/w Sonata No.26 in E flat, Op.81a 'Les Adieux'; Sonata No.27 in E minor, Op.90)
TESTAMENT SBT1191 (CD, mid-price)
BAL Catalogue data
BAL.beethoven:
BAL.beethoven.hammerklavier.no.29
sp.BAL.CD.REVIEW
bal.cd.review
Next week's BAL - Anthony Burton explores the available recordings of Nielsen's 5th Symphony
Feature - the Vivaldi Edition:
During feature:
VIVALDI Griselda (extracts played - Sinfonia; 'Brami le mie catene' from Act 1; 'Non piu regina' from Act 2; Final Chorus 'Imeneo, che se' d'amore dolce ardo' from Act 3)
Marie-Nicole Lemieux (Griselda), Veronica Cangemi (Costanza), Simone Kermes (Ottone), Philippe Jaroussky (Roberto), Stefano Ferrari (Gualtiero), Iestyn Davies (Corrado), Ensemble Matheus, Jean-Christophe Spinosi (conductor)
NAIVE OP30419 (3-CD)
VIVALDI 'Vincera la mia costanza' (from L'Adelaide RV695)
(from CD entitled 'Arie per basso' - arias from Armida al campo d'Egitto RV699-A; Tito Manlio RV738-A; Orlando furioso RVAnh84; Semiramide RV733; Il Farnace RV711-D; La Silvia RV734; L'Olimpiade RV725; plus Sinfonias from Armida al campo d'Egitto and Il Farnace; Concerto for strings RV162):
Lorenzo Regazzo (bass), Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini (conductor)
NAIVE OP30415 (CD)
After feature:
VIVALDI Griselda (extract from Act 1 played)
(CD details as above)
New Releases - Contemporary:
Reviewer: Ivan Hewett
Simon BAINBRIDGE Concertante in Moto Perpetuo* (extract played)
(c/w Fantasia for Double Orchestra+; Viola Concerto^):
Composers Ensemble*, Simon Bainbridge (conductor)*+, BBC Symphony Orchestra+, Walter Trampler (viola)^, London Sinfonietta^, Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor)^
NMC D126 (CD, mid-price)
APHEX TWIN Prepared Piano Piece 1 (extract played)
(from CD entitled 'Warp Works & Twentieth Century Masters' - works by APHEX TWIN, SQUAREPUSHER, NANCARROW, CAGE, REICH, STOCKHAUSEN, VARESE and LIGETI):
London Sinfonietta
WARP RECORDS WARPCD144P (CD)
Jonny GREENWOOD Smear (extract played)
(c/w Morgan HAYES Dark Room; Dai FUJIKURA Fifth Station):
London Sinfonietta
LONDON SINFONIETTA SINFCD2-2006
(CD, budget)
Stuart MACRAE Two Scenes from the Death of Count Ugolino* (extract played)
(c/w Motus+; Violin Concerto^; Stirling Choruses%):
Lore Lixenberg (mezzo-soprano)*, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group*+, Susanna Malkki (conductor)*+, Christian Tetzlaff (violin)^, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra^%, Ilan Volkov (conductor)^%)
NMC D115 (CD, mid-price)
Stuart MACRAE Interact* (extract played); Tansy DAVIES Neon+ (extract played):
London Sinfonietta, John Wallace (trumpet)*, HK Gruber (conductor)*, David Porcelijn (conductor)+
LONDON SINFONIETTA SINFCD1-2006
(CD, budget)
Julian ANDERSON Alhambra Fantasy*; Khorovod* (extracts played)
(c/w The Stations of the Sun+; The Crazed Moon+; Diptych+):
London Sinfonietta*, BBC Symphony Orchestra+, Oliver Knussen (conductor)
ONDINE ODE10122 (CD)
Julian ANDERSON Book of Hours* (extract played)
(c/w Eden+; Imagin'd Corners^; Four American Choruses#; Symphony%)
Birmingham Contemporary Music Group*, Lamberto Coccioli, Scott Wilson (live electronics)*, Oliver Knussen (conductor)*, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra+^%, Martyn Brabbins (conductor)+, Sakari Oramo (conductor)^%, City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus#, Simon Halsey (director)#
NMC D121 (CD, mid-price)
Adrian JACK String Quartets Nos.3, 4 & 6 (extracts played)
(c/w String Quartet No.5; 08.02.01)
The Arditti String Quartet
DEUX-ELLES DXL1116 (CD)
Radio 3's Disc Of The Week:
WAGNER Siegfried (Act 3 played):
Wolfgang Windgassen (Siegfried), Astrid Varnay (Brunnhilde), Hans Hotter (Wanderer), Gustav Neidlinger (Alberich), Paul Kuen (Mime), Maria van Ilosvay (Erda), Josef Greindl (Fafner), Ilse Hollweg (Woodbird), Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival, Joseph Keilberth (conductor)
(Stereo recording from 1955 Bayreuth Festival)
TESTAMENT SBT4 1392 (4-CD, budget)
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