Building a Library: Victoria: Requiem
Reviewer - Tess Knighton
First Choice: The Choir of Westminster Cathedral, David Hill (Master of the Music)
(Recorded 1987)
HYPERION CDA66250 (CD)
Also Recommended: The Gabrieli Consort, Paul McCreesh (conductor)
(Recorded 1994)
ARCHIV 447 0952 (CD)
The Tallis Scholars, Peter Phillips (conductor)
(Recorded 1987; c/w Duarte LOBO Requiem for Six Voices; CARDOSO Requiem; Non mortui; Sitivit anima mea; Mulier quae erat; Nos autem gloriari; Alonso LOBO Versa est in luctum; Credo quod redemptor; Vivo ego, dicit Dominus; Ave Maria)
GIMELL CDGIM 205 (2-CD, mid-price)
CD Review BAL Catalogue Data bal.victoria:
bal.victoria.requiem
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BUILDING A LIBRARY RECOMMENDATION:
VICTORIA Requiem
Reviewer: Tess Knighton
First Choice:
The Choir of Westminster Cathedral, David Hill (Master of the Music) (recorded 1987)
HYPERION CDA66250 (CD)
Also Recommended:
The Gabrieli Consort, Paul McCreesh (conductor) (recorded 1994)
ARCHIV 447 0952 (CD)
The Tallis Scholars, Peter Phillips (conductor)
(recorded 1987; c/w Duarte LOBO Requiem for Six Voices; CARDOSO Requiem; Non mortui; Sitivit anima mea; Mulier quae erat; Nos autem gloriari; Alonso LOBO Versa est in luctum; Credo quod redemptor; Vivo ego, dicit Dominus; Ave Maria)
GIMELL CDGIM 205 (2-CD, mid-price)
[Next week's Building a Library will feature Haydn's Piano Concerto in D Major No.11]
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CD entitled 'Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Early Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon'
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MAHLER Lieder und Gesange aus der Jugendzeit; Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen; Lieder aus "Des Knaben Wunderhorn"; Ruckert Lieder: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Daniel Barenboim (piano)
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SCHUBERT Winterreise, D911:
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An Interview with soprano Sandrine Piau
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'THE LISTENING BOOTH' :
The Listening Booth is a regular slot around midday on Saturday's CD Review . It's your chance to vote for and listen to excerpts from brand-new CDs.
This week's choices:
BALAKIREV Piano Concerto No.1 in F Sharp Minor, Op.1:
Oleg Marshev (piano) Aarhus Symphony Orchestra, James Loughran (conductor)
DANACORD DACOCD 616
REICH You Are (Variations):
Los Angeles Master Chorale, Grant Gershon (conductor)
NONESUCH 7559798912
R. STRAUSS An Alpine Symphony, Op.64:
Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester, Franz Welser-Most (conductor)
EMI 3345692
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RADIO 3'S DISC OF THE WEEK:
Vasks Concerto for Violin & String Orchestra ('Distant Light'); WEILL Concerto for Violin and Wind Orchestra, Op.12: Anthony Marwood (violin/director),
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
HYPERION CDA67496 (CD)
The 2004/2005 edition of the annual "Building a Library" factsheet is now available. To obtain a copy, please send an A4 sized, self-addressed envelope (45 pence postage for first class, 35 pence for second class) to:
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Alternatively, the factsheet can be downloaded from the "Building a Library" homepage:
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which is accessible from the CD Review website, along with editions dating back to 1995.
