Building a Library: Schnittke: Concerto for Piano and Strings
Reviewer - Ivan Hewett
First Choice: Viktoria Postnikova (piano), London Sinfonietta, Gennadi Rozhdestvensky (conductor)
(c/w SCHNITTKE Concerto for Piano Four Hands & Chamber Orchestra (with Irina Schnittke (piano))
APEX 0927498112 (CD, budget)
CD Review BAL Catalogue Data bal.schnittke:
bal.schnittke.concerto.for.piano.and.strings
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BUILDING A LIBRARY RECOMMENDATION:
SCHNITTKE Concerto for Piano and Strings:
Reviewer: Ivan Hewett
First Choice:
c/w SCHNITTKE Concerto for Piano Four Hands & Chamber Orchestra*:
Viktoria Postnikova (piano), Irina Schnittke (piano)*, London S info nietta, Gennadi Rozhdestvensky (conductor)
APEX 0927498112 (CD, budget)
[Next week's Building a Library features BARBER Symphonies 1 & 2]
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BBC LEGENDS BBCL4184-2 (CD, mid-price)
ELGAR Cockaigne (In London Town), Op.40; Symphony No.1 in A flat, Op.55; ARNOLD Beckus the Dandipratt, Op.5; TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No.2 in C minor, Op.17; DEBUSSY Jeux; BRITTEN Four Sea Interludes, Op.33a; ENESCU Romanian Rhapsody in A, Op.11 No.1:
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Reviewer: Rob Cowan
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An interview with Steven Isserlis
SAINT-SAENS Cello Concerto No.2 in D minor, Op.119 (excerpt from 1st movement played; c/w Cello Concerto No.1 in A minor, Op.33*; La muse et le poete, Op.132+; Suite, Op.16; Priere, Op.158^:
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RCA 82876 65845 2 (CD, mid-price)
BRAHMS Cello Sonata No.2 in F, Op.99 (excerpt from 4th movement played; c/w Cello Sonata No.1 in E minor, Op.38; works by SUK & DVORAK)
Steven Isserlis (cello), Stephen Hough (piano)
Hyperion CDA 67529 (CD)
RACHMANINOV Cello Sonata in G minor, Op.19 (excerpt from 3rd movement played; c/w FRANCK Cello Sonata in A, M8; Le Sylphe, M73; RACHMANINOV Prelude, Op.2 No.1; Oriental Dance, Op.2 No.2)
Steven Isserlis (cello), Stephen Hough (piano)
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R. STRAUSS Don Quixote, Op.45 (excerpt played; c/w Cello Sonata in F, Op.6*; Romance for cello and orchestra in F)
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ARNOLD TROWELL Gavotte from 12 Easy Pieces (from CD entitled "Children's Cello" - also including works by BOCCHERINI, BRIDGE, FAURE and MENDELSSOHN)
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[Next week's guest is composer and double bass player Barry Guy ]
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BEETHOVEN Symphony No.6 in F, Op.68 'Pastoral'; Symphony No.2 in D, Op.36:
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BACH Italian Concerto (Clavier Ubung II) BWV 971; Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue BWV 903; French Overture (Clavier Ubung II) BWV 831; Sonata in A minor BWV 965 after Sonata 1 in REINKENS 'Hortus Musicus':
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CD entitled 'Grand Bal a la cour d'Henri IV' - works by PRAETORIUS and GUEDRON:
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Hyperion CDA 67531-2 (2-SACD/CD Hybrid)
