Playlist

HOT OFF THE PRESS:
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No.4 in F Minor, Op.36; Romeo and Juliet Overture: Budapest Festival Orchestra, Ivan Fischer (conductor)
CHANNEL CLASSICS CCS SA 21704 (CD/SACD hybrid)

SHOSTAKOVICH Cello Concerto No.1, Op.107: Daniil Shafran (cello), Symphony Orchestra of Moscow Philharmony, Konstantin Ivanov (conductor)
REGIS RRC 1181 (CD, budget)

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)

BACH The Coffee Cantata ‘Schweigt Stille, Plaudert Nicht’ BWV 211; The Wedding Cantata ‘O Holder Tag, Erwunschte Zeit’: Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Makoto Sakurada (tenor), Stephan Schreckenberger (bass), Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki (conductor)
BIS CD 1411 (CD)

POULENC Fiancailles pour rire, Op.101 (Vilmorin) ; Deux Poemes de Louis Aragon ; BACHELET Chere Nuit ; SCHUBERT Nacht und Traume ; Delphine ; Stimme der Liebe ; Sprache der Liebe ; Litanei;

STRAUSS Das Rosenband, Op.36, No.1; Ruhe, meine Seele, Op.27, No.1; Cacilie, Op.27, No.2; Morgen!, Op.27, No.4: Sally Matthews (soprano), Malcolm Martineau (piano)
EMI 5859682 (CD, budget-price)

A SURVEY OF THE MUSIC OF HEINRICH IGNAZ VON BIBER (1644-1704)
Reviewer: Nick Morgan
Best introduction to Biber:
Battalia; Ballettae; Sonata 'The Peasants’ Church Procession'; early versions of Sonatae tam aris, quam aulis servientes 1, 9, 11 & 12;
Sonata for 6 trumpets & organ: Concentus Musicus Vienna, Nikolaus Harnoncourt (director/viola)
TELDEC 4509-97914-2 (CD, mid-price)

Instrumental music from the Kromeriz archive:
‘Carnival in Kremsier’: Trombet- undt Musicalischer Taffeldienst;
Arien Nos.1 & 2; Balletti Nos.1 ‘Die Werber’ & 2; Balletti Lamentabili;
Harmonia Romana, [attrib. Biber]:
Ars Antiqua Austria, Gunar Letzbor (violin/director)
SYMPHONIA SY 95143 (CD)

Also recommended:
 ‘Soldiers, Gypsies, Farmers and a Night Watchman’: Battalia; Arien; Sonata 'The Peasants’ Church Procession';
Serenada ‘The Night Watchman’; Balletti a 4 & a 5 ‘Die Werber’; Mensa sonora Pars III; Sonata jucunda [attrib. Biber]:
Combattimento Consort Amsterdam, Willem de Vriend (violin, director)
CHALLENGE CLASSICS SACC 72132 (CD/SACD hybrid)

Early violin sonatas:
CD entitled 'Biber: Virtuoso in the Making':
Ricordo
LINN CKD 195 (HDCD-compatible CD)

Mystery (Rosary) Sonatas (1670s):
Andrew Manze (violin/speaker), Richard Egarr (harpsichord/organ)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMU907321/22 (2 CD)

Sonatae tam aris, quam aulis servientes (1676):
Rare Fruits Council, Manfredo Kraemer (violin/director)
NAIVE E 8630
Also available in NAIVE TETE-A-TETE 3002 (2 CDs for the price of 1)

Recommended budget version:
Parley of Instruments, Peter Holman (organ, director) & Roy Goodman (violin)
HELIOS CDH55041 (CD, budget price)
Mensa Sonora (1680):

[recommended but not played]
c/w Sonata Representativa
Musica Antiqua Köln, Reinhard Goebel (violin/director)
ARCHIV 477 500-1 (CD, mid-price)
Sonatae violino solo (1681):
c/w Sonata Representativa; Sonata ‘La Pastorella’; Passagalia
Romanesca: Andrew Manze (violin), Nigel North (lute/theorbo), John Toll (harpsichord/organ)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMX 2907344/45 (2-CD, budget price)

Also recommended:
’Unam Ceylum’: Sonatae violino solo 3, 4, 6, 7; early sonatas in A & E:
John Holloway (violin),
Aloysia Assenbaum (organ),
Lars Ulrik Morthensen (harpsichord)
ECM NEW SERIES 1791 (CD)

Fidicinium sacro-profanum (1683) [recommended but not played]:
c/w Balletti lamentabili; Battalia; Serenada ‘The Night Watchman’; Passagalia;
Nisi Dominus; Laetatus sum:
Peter Harvey, Richard Wistreich (basses), Purcell Quartet
CHANDOS CHAN 0605 (2-CD)

Harmonia Artificiosa-Ariosa (1696):
Rare Fruits Council, Manfredo Kraemer (violin)
NAIVE E 8572 (CD)
Also available in NAIVE TETE-A-TETE 3002 (2 CDs for the price of 1)

Choral music:
Missa Salisburgensis [attrib. Biber]; Plaudite tympana; Sonata Sancti Polycarpi;
Sonatae tam aris, quam aulis servientes 5, 12:
Musica Antiqua Koln, Reinhard Goebel (violin/director), Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh (conductor)
ARCHIV 457 611-2 (CD)
ARCHIV 471 632-2 (hybrid CD/SACD)

Requiem in F minor; Missa 'in Contrapuncto' in B major (c/w pieces by Muffat, Schmelzer, Megerle & Lassus): Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh (conductor)
ARCHIV 474 714-2 (CD)
Requiem in A (c/w Steffani Stabat mater)
Netherlands Bach Society Choir & Orchestra, Gustav Leonhardt (conductor)
DEUTSCHE HARMONIA MUNDI 82876 60149 2 (CD, mid-price)

[Next week’s Building a Library will feature Britten’s Ceremony of Carols.]

CONSUMER SLOT – CARUSO, THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS
A discussion between Bo Van der Meulen and Andrew McGregor
The Complete Caruso Recordings (restorations by Ward Marston)
NAXOS 8.101201 (12-CD, budget)
The Complete Caruso Recordings
RCA 82876603962 (12-CD, budget)
CD entitled ‘Enrico Caruso – The Digital Comeback’ – arias by VERDI; HALEVY; MEYERBEER; MASSENET; FLOTOW; PONCHIELLI; LEONCAVALLO; PUCCINI; ROSSINI; GIORDANO; DONIZETTI; GOUNOD; BIZET; BOITO; and Canzoni Italiane: Enrico Caruso (tenor), Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Gottfried Rabl (conductor)
RCA 82876 641652 (3-CD)

NEW RELEASES: BRASS
Reviewer: Phil Boughton
CD entitled ‘The Trumpets that Time Forgot’ – RHEINBERGER Suite for two trumpets & Organ, Op.149; R. STRAUSS Three Movements from the Suite, ‘Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme’, Op.60; ELGAR Sonata No.2, Op.87a: John Wallace, Jonathan Freeman-Attwood (trumpets), Colm Carey (organ)
LINN CKD 242 (SACD/CD hybrid)

CD entitled ‘Baroque Music for Trumpet & Organ’ PURCELL Suite in C Major; VIVALDI Concerto in C Major RV 452; LOEILLET Sonata in G Minor, Op.II, No.5; STUBLEY Voluntary in C; KREBS Four Chorales for Organ and Obligato Instrument; G. GABRIELLI Sonata No.5 in C Major; PEPUSCH Sonata in C Major; HANDEL Voluntary in C Major: Martin Weller (trumpet), Martin Hofmann (organ)
COVIELLO CLASSICS 20401 (CD)

CD entitled ‘The Art of the Vienna Horn’ – BEETHOVEN Sonata in F Major for Horn and Piano, Op.17; SCHUBERT Auf dem Strom, D943, Op.posth.119; SCHUMANN Adagio & Allegro in A Flat Major for Horn and Piano, Op.70; BRAHMS Trio in E Flat Major for Piano, Violin and Horn, Op.40: Wolfgang Tomboeck (Vienna Horn), Madoka Inui (piano), Genia Kuhmeier (soprano), Johannes Tomboeck (violin)
NAXOS 8.557471 (CD, budget)

CD entitled ‘AB Koster plays Dutch Horn Concertos’ – VAN BREE Scene for Horn & Orchestra; PAUWELS 1st Horn Concerto; HUTSCHENRUYTER Nocturne, Op.13; Concerto for Horn and Orchestra; KOETSIER Concertino for Horn and String Orchestra, No.5, Op.74: Ab Koster (french horn), North Netherlands Symphony Orchestra, Jurgen Kussmaul (conductor)
NM CLASSICS NM 92127 (CD)

HAYDN Concerto for Trumpet & Orchestra in E Flat Major; HUMMEL Concerto for Trumpet & Orchestra in E Flat Major; DAVID Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra in E Flat Major, Op.4; WAGENSEIL/BRYAN Concerto for Trombone & Orchestra: Jeffrey Segal (trumpet), Michael Bertoncello (trombone), Tonhalle Orchestra, Zurich, David Zinman (conductor)
ARTE NOVE 82876 584242 (CD, budget-price)

CD entitled ‘Streetsong’ – DILORENZO Fire Dance; TILSON THOMAS Street Song; PREVIN Four Outings for Brass; EWAZEN Colchester Fantasy; BERNSTEIN Dance Suite: Center City Brass Quintet
CHANDOS CHAN 10260 (CD)

AN INTERVIEW WITH PIANIST JOHN LILL
RACHMANINOV Piano Concerto No.3 in D Minor, Op.30 (excerpt from 1st movement played; c/w Piano Sonata No.2 in B Flat Minor, Op.36): John Lill (piano), BBC National Orchestra of Wales,
Tadaaki Otaka (conductor)
NIMBUS NI 5348 (CD)

PROKOFIEV Piano Sonata No.8 in B Flat Major, Op.84 (excerpt from 2nd movement played; c/w Piano Sonata No.7 in B Flat Major, Op. 83; Piano Sonata No.9 in C Major, Op.103): John Lill (piano)
ASV CD DCA 755 (CD)

BEETHOVEN The Complete Piano Sonatas (excerpt from Piano Sonata No.32 in C Minor, Op.111; and Piano Sonata No.29 in B Flat Major ‘Hammerklavier’, Op.106):
John Lill (piano)
SANCTUARY ‘RESONANCE’ RSB 101 (10-CD, budget)

BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No.5, Op.73, ‘Emperor’ (excerpt from 1st movement played ; c/w Overture ‘The Creatures of Prometheus, Op.43; Overture ‘Coriolan’, Op.62; Overture ‘Leonora, No.3’, Op.72a): John Lill (piano), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Walter Weller (conductor)
CHANDOS CHAN 7028 (CD)

SCHUMANN Faschingsschwank aus Wien, Op.26 (excerpt played; c/w Fantasy in C, Op.17; Kinderszenen, Op.15): John Lill (piano)
CLASSICS FOR PLEASURE 5858992 (CD, budget)

‘THE LISTENING BOOTH’:
Mahler: Symphony no 2 - Urlicht (4th movement)
Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (mezzo)
San Francisco Symphony/Michael Tilson Thomas
San Francisco Symphony 821936 00062
CD 2 Track 3 duration: 5'44"

Meditation
The Choir of St John's College, Cambridge conducted by David Hill
played:
Jonathan Harvey : The royal banners forward go
Track 5

Lotti: Crucifixus
SJCR 103-2
Track 6

RADIO 3'S DISC OF THE WEEK:
DVORAK Violin Concerto in A Minor, Op.53; Piano Trio in F Minor, Op.65: Isabelle Faust (violin), Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello), Alexander Melnikov (piano),The Prague Philharmonia,
Jiri Belohlavek (conductor)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 901833 (CD)

[All recordings are available at full price unless indicated otherwise.]