Building a Library: Bruckner: Symphony No.9 in D minor
Reviewer - Stephen Johnson
First Choice: BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jascha Horenstein (conductor)
(recorded 1970; c/w Symphony No.8)
BBC LEGENDS BBCL40172 (2-CD, mid-price)
CD Review BAL Catalogue Data bal.bruckner:
bal.bruckner.symphony.no.9
Playlist
[All recordings are available at full price unless indicated otherwise.]
Hot Off The Press:
SAINT-SAENS Violin Concerto No.3 in B minor, Op.61* (1st movement played)
(c/w Caprice d'apres l'Etude en forme de Valse for violin and orchestra, Op.52*; Caprice Andalous for violin and string orchestra, Op.122*; Prelude from 'Le Deluge', Op.45+; Valse-Caprice ('Wedding Cake') for piano and string orchestra, Op.76+; Allegro Appassionato for piano and orchestra, Op.70+):
Jean-Jacques Kantorow (violin / conductor+), Heini Karkkainen (piano), Kees Bakels (conductor)*, Tapiola Sinfonietta
BIS CD-1470 (CD)
PORTAL Minor Waltz
(from CD entitled 'Doubles Jeux' - recital also including works by BARTOK, DEBUSSY, KORCIA, LEGRAND, MASSENET, RAVEL, REINHARDT/GRAPPELLI and WIENIAWSKI):
Laurent Korcia (violin) and supporting artists:
NAIVE V5066 (CD)
JOLIVET Violin Concerto (3rd movement played)
(c/w CHAUSSON Poeme for violin and orchestra, Op.25):
Isabelle Faust (violin), Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Marko Letonja (conductor)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMC901925 (CD)
Building A Library Recommendation:
BRUCKNER Symphony No.9 in D minor
Reviewer: Stephen Johnson
*CORRECTION*
First Choice:
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jascha Horenstein (conductor)
(recorded 1970; c/w Symphony No.8)
BBC LEGENDS BBCL40172 (2-CD, mid-price)
Next week, Roger Parker compares available recordings of Verdi's La Traviata.
Consumer Spot - Peter Schreier:
BACH Aria 'So schnell ein rauschend Wasser schiesst' (from Cantata 'Ach wie fluchtig, ach wie fluchtig', BWV 26)
(from CD entitled 'Arias from Sacred Cantatas' - arias and duets from Cantatas BWV 1, 10, 21, 31, 40, 110, 134, 137 and 172):
Peter Schreier (tenor), Neues Bachisches Collegium Musicum, Hans-Joachim Rotzsch (conductor) - also featuring Arleen Auger (soprano), Ortun Wenkel (contralto)
BERLIN CLASSICS REFERENCE 0013642BC (CD, budget)
BEETHOVEN An die ferne Geliebte, Op.98 (excerpt played); Resignation WoO 149
(from 3-CD set of songs also including Sechs Lieder von Christian Furchtegott Gellert, Op.48; Lieder nach Johann Wolfgang Goethe; Liebeslieder; Scherzlieder; Vier Arietten und ein Duett mit Italienischen Text , Op.82; Ernste Lieder):
Peter Schreier (tenor), Walter Olbertz (piano), - also featuring Adele Stolte (soprano), Gisela Franke (piano)
BRILLIANT CLASSICS 93200 (3-CD, budget)
SCHUMANN Dichterliebe, Op.48 (Ein Jungling liebt ein Madchen; Am leuchtenden Sommermorgen; Ich hab' im Traum geweinet played); Dein Angesicht; Liederkreis, Op.39 (Mondnacht played); Zwolf Gedichte von Justinus Kerner, Op.35 (Stille Liebe played)
(from 4-CD set also including Liederkreis, Op.24; Der arme Peter, Op.53 No.3; Drei Gedichte von Emanuel Geibel, Op.30; Zwei Zigeunerliedchen; Lieder nach Ruckert und Goethe; Zwei Venezianische Lieder; Sechs Gedichte von Nikolaus Lenau und Requiem, Op.90, Funf Lieder, Op.40):
Peter Schreier (tenor), Norman Shelter (piano)
BERLIN CLASSICS 0184062BC (4-CD, mid-price)
SCHUMANN Dichterliebe, Op.48 (Die alten bosen Lieder played)
(c/w Liederkreis, Op.24 & Op.39):
Peter Schreier (tenor), Andras Schiff (piano)
ORFEO C658051B (CD, mid-price)
SCHUMANN Liederkreis, Op.39 (Auf einer Burg played)
(from 3-CD set also including Myrthen, Op.25 (extracts); Liederalbum fur die Jugend, Op.79 (extracts); Zwolf Gedichte, Op.35 (extracts); Liebesfruhling, Op.37 (extracts); Funf Lieder, Op.40; Dichterliebe, Op.48; Liederkreis, Op.24):
Peter Schreier (tenor), Christoph Eschenbach (piano)
TELDEC 2292461542 (3-CD, not currently available)
MOZART Das Veilchen, KV 476
(from CD entitled 'Mozart Lieder - Salzburg 1958-1984' - live recordings from the Salzburg Festival):
Peter Schreier (tenor), Jorg Demus (piano) - also includes performances by Irmgard Seefried (soprano), Ingeborg Hallstein (soprano), Erick Werba (piano), Edith Mathis (soprano), Heinz Medjimorec (piano), Edita Gruberova (soprano), Irwin Gage (piano)
ORFEO C709062I (2-CD, mid-price)
New Releases - Chamber Music:
Reviewer: Colin Lawson
MOZART Quartet for flute and strings in D, K285; Adagio for cor anglais and strings in C, K580a; Quintet for piano and wind in E flat, K452; Quintet for clarinet and strings in A, K581:
Ensemble 360
ASV GOLD GLD4022 (CD)
MOZART String Quartet in G, K387; SCHUBERT Quartettsatz in C minor, D703; DEBUSSY String Quartet, Op.10; WOLF Italian Serenade in G:
Formosa Quartet
EMI CLASSICS DEBUT 3665572 (CD, budget)
DEBUSSY String Quartet in G minor, Op.10; STRAVINSKY Concertino; Three Pieces for String Quartet; Double Canon; FAURE String Quartet in E minor, Op.121:
Ysaye Quartet
WIGMORE HALL LIVE WHLIVE0012 (CD, mid-price)
SCHUMANN String Quartets, Op.41 Nos.1 - 3: Fine Arts Quartet
NAXOS 8570151 (CD, budget)
SCHUMANN String Quartets Op.41 Nos.1 & 3:
Quatuor Renoir
ZIG ZAG TERRITOIRES ZZT060602 (CD)
Interview - Juliane Banse:
SCHUMANN Frauenliebe und -Leben, Op.42 (excerpt from No.1 Seit ich ihn gesehen played)
(from CD entitled 'The Songs of Robert Schumann Vol. 3' - also including Sieben Lieder, Op.104; Gedichte der Konigin Maria Stuart, Op.135):
Juliane Banse (soprano), Graham Johnson (piano)
HYPERION CDJ33103 (CD)
MOZART Sehnsucht nach dem Fruhlinge, KV596
(c/w DEBUSSY Beau soir; Clair de lune; Pierrot; Apparition; Pantomime; Fetes galantes, 1er livre; Ariettes oubliees; MOZART Dans un bois solitaire, KV 308; Oiseaux, si tous les ans, KV 307; Warnung, KV 433; Der Zauberer, KV 472; Das Veilchen, KV 476; Sehnsucht nach dem Fruhlinge, KV 596; Als Luise die Briefe ihres untreuen Liebhabers verbrannte, KV 520; Abendempfindung, KV 523):
Juliane Banse (soprano), Andras Schiff (piano)
ECM 4618992 (CD)
HOLLIGER Schneewittchen (Snow White) (excerpt from Scene Five played):
Juliane Banse (soprano), Cornelia Kallisch (contralto), Steve Davislim (tenor), Oliver Widmer (baritone), Werner Groschel (bass), Zurich Opera Orchestra, Heinz Holliger (conductor)
ECM 4652872 (2-CD)
KURTAG Kafka Fragments, Op.24 (Einmal brach ich mir das Bein played):
Juliane Banse (soprano), Andras Keller (violin)
ECM 4763099 (CD)
WOLF (orch. Wolf) Mignon (excerpt played)
(from CD entitled 'Prometheus' - WOLF Morike-Lieder; Spanisches Liederbuch; Goethe-Lieder):
Juliane Banse (soprano), Dietrich Henschel (baritone), Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Kent Nagano (conductor)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMC901837 (CD)
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W. LAWES Oh, my Clarissa, thou cruel fair; H. LAWES From the heav'ns now I fly
(from CD entitled 'Songs by Henry & William LAWES'):
Robin Blaze (counter-tenor), Elizabeth Kenny (lute, theorbo) with Rebecca Outram (soprano), Robert Macdonald (bass), William Carter (lute, guitar, theorbo), Frances Kelly (double harp)
HYPERION CDA67589 (CD)
Rebecca CLARKE Sonata for Viola and Piano (2nd movement played)
(c/w Passacaglia; Lullaby; Lullaby on an Ancient Irish Tune; Morpheus; Chinese Puzzle; I'll bid my heart be still; Untitled Piece for Viola and Piano; Dumka; Prelude, Allegro and Pastorale):
Philip Dukes (viola), Sophia Rahman (piano), Daniel Hope (violin), Robert Plane (clarinet)
NAXOS 8557934 (CD, budget)
TOVEY Cello Concerto, Op.40 (4th movement played)
(c/w Air for strings (arr. Peter Shore); Elegiac Variations for cello and piano, Op.25):
Alice Neary (cello), Gretel Dowdeswell (piano), The Ulster Orchestra, George Vass (conductor)` TOCCATA CLASSICS TOCC0038 (CD)
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HK GRUBER Rough Music (Concerto for percussion and orchestra)
(c/w Zeitstimmung*; J. STRAUSS Perpetuum Mobile, Op.257 / HK GRUBER Charivari):
Martin Grubinger (percussion), HK Gruber (chansonnier)*, Tonkunstler Orchestra, Kristjan Jarvi (conductor)
BIS SACD-1681 (CD/SACD Hybrid)
