Playlist
[All recordings are available at full price unless indicated otherwise.]
Critics Discs of the Year:
MOZART The Magic Flute:
Christoph Strehl (Tamino), Dorothea Roschmann (Pamina), Hanno Muller-Brachmann (Papageno), Julia Kleiter (Papagena), Erika Miklosa (Queen of the Night), Kurt Azesberger (Monostatos), Rene Pape (Sarastro), Georg Zeppenfeld (Speaker), Caroline Stein, Heidi Zehnder, Anne-Carolyn Schluter (Three Ladies), Alexander Lischke, Frederic Jost, Niklas Mallmann (Three Boys), Andreas Bauer, Danilo Formaggia, Tobias Beyer (Three Priests), Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Claudio Abbado (conductor)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 4775789 (2-CD)
MOZART La Clemenza di Tito:
Mark Padmore (Tito), Bernarda Fink (Sesto), Alexandrina Pendatchanska (Vitellia), Sunhae Im (Servilia), Marie-Claude Chappuis (Annio), Sergio Foresti (Publio), RIAS Kammerchor, Freiburger Barockorchester, Rene Jacobs (conductor)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMC801923.24 (2-SACD/CD Hybrid) or HMC901923.24 (2-CD, lower full-price)
CD entitled 'Reflection' - R. SCHUMANN Piano Concerto in A minor, Op.54; C. SCHUMANN Ruckert's Liebesfruhling, Op.12; BRAHMS Cello Sonata No.1 in E minor, Op.38; Rhapsodies Op.79 Nos.1 & 2:
Helene Grimaud (piano), Anne Sofie von Otter (mezz-soprano), Truls Mork (cello), Staatskapelle Dresden, Esa-Pekka Salonen
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 4775719 (CD)
SCHUBERT An den Mond D193; Im Walde D708; Nachtstuck D672; Der Zwerg D771; Abendstern D806; Auflosung D807; Nacht und Traume D827; Erlkonig D328; BERG 4 Lieder, Op.2; WOLF Morike-Lieder:
Christianne Stotijn (mezzo-soprano), Joseph Breinl (piano)
ONYX 4009 (CD)
HUMMEL Piano Trios Vol.1 - Trio No.5 in E Major, Op.83; Trio No.2 in F Major, Op.22; Trio No.6 in E Flat Major, Op.93:
Voces Intimae - Riccardo Cecchetti (fortepiano), Luigi de Filippi (violin), Sandro Meo (cello)
WARNER CLASSICS 2564 625952 (CD)
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS The Wasps:
Henry Goodman (Narrator), Halle Chorus and Orchestra, Mark Elder (conductor)
HALLE CDHLD7510 (2-CD, mid-price)
New Releases - Handel's Messiah:
Reviewer: Dermot Clinch
HANDEL Messiah (1750 version)
Kerstin Avemo (soprano), Patricia Bardon (alto), Lawrence Zazzo (counter-tenor), Kobie van Rensburg (tenor), Neal Davies (bass), Choir of Clare College, Freiburger Baroqueorchester, Rene Jacobs (conductor)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMC801928.29 (2-SACD/CD Hybrid) / HMC901928.29 (2-CD, lower full-price)
HANDEL Messiah (1751 version)
Henry Jenkinson, Otta Jones, Robert Brooks (trebles), Iestyn Davies (counter-tenor), Toby Spence (tenor), Eamonn Dougan (bass), Choir of New College Oxford, Academy of Ancient Music, Edward Higginbottom (conductor)
NAXOS 8570131-32 (2-CD, budget)
HANDEL Messiah (1742 Dublin version)
Susan Hamilton (soprano), Annie Gill (contralto), Clare Wilkinson (contralto), Nicholas Mulroy (tenor), Matthew Brook (bass), Dunedin Consort & Players, John Butt (conductor)
LINN RECORDS CKD285 (2-SACD, mid-price)
HANDEL arr. MOZART Messiah
Felcity Lott (soprano), Felicity Palmer (alto), Philip Langridge (tenor), Robert Lloyd (bass), Huddersfield Choral Society, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras (conductor)
SIGNUM CLASSICS SIGCD074 (2-CD, mid-price)
HANDEL Messiah (highlights)
Elsie Morison (soprano), Marjorie Thomas (contralto), Richard Lewis (tenor), James Milligan (bass), Huddersfield Choral Society, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent (conductor)
CLASSICS FOR PLEASURE 3759202 (CD, budget)
Critics Discs of the Year (contd.):
MOZART String Quartet in C, K.465; String Quartet in D, K499 'Hoffmeister':
Belcea Quartet
EMI CLASSICS 3444552 (CD)
CD entitled 'On Buying a Horse - The songs of Judith WEIR' - including On buying a horse; Ox Mountain was Covered by Trees; 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)
ZEMLINSKY Lyric Symphony, Op.18:
Christine Shaefer (soprano), Matthias Goerne (baritone), Orchestre de Paris, Christoph Eschenbach (conductor)
CAPRICCIO 71081 (SACD/CD Hybrid)
CHOPIN Grande valse brillante, Op.18;
Grande valses brillante Op.34 Nos.1, 2 & 3;
Grande valse, Op.42; Valses Op.64 Nos.1, 2 & 3; Valses Op.69 Nos.1 & 2; Valses Op.70 Nos.1, 2 & 3; Valse Op.posth.; RAVEL Valses noble et sentimentales:
Stephen Kovacevich (piano)
EMI CLASSICS 3467342 (CD)
MONTEVERDI Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda; selection of Arias and Duets:
Rolando Villazon (tenor), Patrizia Ciofi (soprano), Topi Lehtipuu (tenor), Le Concert d'Astree, Emmanuelle Haim (conductor)
VIRGIN CLASSICS 3633502 (CD)
SIBELIUS Luonnotar, Op.70; Orchestral Songs including Var det en drom?, Op. 37/4; Demanten pa marssnon, Op.36/6; Kaiutar, Op.72/4:
Soile Isokoski (soprano), Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Leif Segerstam (conductor)
ONDINE ODE1080-5 (SACD/CD Hybrid)
LISTENERS DISC OF THE YEAR 2006:
The Listening Booth is replaced this week by a vote for the Listeners Disc of the Year 2006. It's your chance to vote for and listen to excerpts from some of this year's best recordings - nominated by listeners.
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STANFORD Songs of the Fleet, Op.117 (Fare Well played)
(c/w The Revenge - A Ballade of the Fleet, Op.24; Songs of the Sea, Op.91):
Gerald Finley (baritone), BBC National Chorus and Orchestra of Wales, Richard Hickox (conductor)
CHANDOS CHAN5043 (CD)
WALTON Symphony No.1 (played complete):
London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis (conductor)
LSO LIVE LSO0076 (CD, budget) / LSO0576 (SACD, mid-price)
