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Hot Off The Press:
CD entitled 'Ouverturen - Music for the Hamburg Opera': KEISER Sinfonia from 'Le Ridicule Prince Jodelet' (played); SCHURMANN Suite 'Ludovicus Pius'; ERLEBACH Overture No.4 (des VI Ouvertures avec leurs Airs a la Maniere francaise); HANDEL Almira (Dance Suite); SCHIEFERDECKER Concerts musicaux (1713) Premier concert: Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin
HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 901852 (CD)
MOSCHELES Piano Concerto No.5 in C Major, Op.87; Piano Concerto No.4 in E Major, Op.64; Recollections of Ireland, Op.69: Howard Shelley (piano/conductor), Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
HYPERION CDA67430 (CD)
CD entitled 'Massenet & Gounod Arias - Rolando Villazon (tenor)': MASSENET Arias from Le Cid; Manon; Werther; Le Roi de Lahore; Griselidis; Roma; Le Mage; GOUNOD Arias from Romeo et Juliette; Polyeucte; La Reine de Saba; Mireille; Faust: Rolando Villazon (tenor) with Natalie Dessay (soprano), Radio France Choir, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Evelino Pido (conductor)
VIRGIN 5457192 (CD)
ELGAR Pomp and Circumstance Marches 1-5, Op.39; Coronation March, Op.65; Funeral March (from Grania and Diarmid, Op.42); March from Caractacus, Op.35; March of the Mogul Emperors, Op.66, No.4; Empire March, Polonia, symphonic prelude, Op.76: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, James Judd (conductor)
NAXOS 8.557273 (CD, budget)
BUILDING A LIBRARY RECOMMENDATION:
ELGAR Falstaff, Op.68
Reviewer: Paul Guinery
First Choice:
English Northern Philharmonic, David Lloyd-Jones (conductor) (recorded 1996; c/w Elegy, Op.58; The Sanguine Fan, Op.81 (Ballet)
NAXOS 8.553879 (CD, budget)
Also Recommended:
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Davis (conductor) (recorded 1995; c/w Romance for Bassoon & Orchestra, Op.62; Incidental Music and Funeral Music from Grania and Diarmid, Op.42; Froissart, Concert Overture, Op.19)
*APEX 2564 62200-2 (CD, budget)
* This APEX disc will not be available until the 6th June 2005
[Next week's Building a Library will feature Frank Martin's Mass]
Consumer Slot - Andreas Staier Edition:
D. SCARLATTI Sonatas K141; 118; 119; 454; 455; 198; 203; 501; 502; 518, 519, 516, 517, 108, 490; 491; 492; 420; 421; 263; 264; 132; 133; 175; 277; 278; 213; 214; 202; 64; 96; 87; 460; 461: Andreas Staier (harpsichord)
DEUTSCHE HARMONIA MUNDI 82876 67375-2 (2-CD, mid-price)
BACH Fantasia and Fugue in A Minor BWV 904; Fantasia in A Minor BWV 922; Fantasia in C Minor BWV 921; Fantasia in C Minor BWV 919; Prelude & Fugue in A Minor BWV 894; Prelude and Fughetta in G Major BWV 902; Prelude & Fugue in F Major BWV 901; Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D Minor BWV 903; Fantasia 'duobus subiectis' in G Minor BWV 917; Fantasia and unfinished Fugue in C Minor BWV906; - from Clavier-Ubung I & II - Partita in B Flat Major BWV 825; Partita in C Minor BWV 826; Partita in A Minor BWV 827; Partita in D Major BWV 828; Partita in G Major BWV 829; Partita in E Minor BWV 830; Italian Concerto in F Major BWV 971; French Overture in B Minor BWV 831: Andreas Staier (harpsichord)
DEUTSCHE HARMONIA MUNDI 82876 67378-2 (4-CD, mid-price)
C.P.E BACH Fantasia in C Major; Sonata in A Minor; 12 Variationes auf die Folie d'Espagne in D Minor; Sonata per il Cembalo solo in G Minor; 'Freye Fantasie in F Sharp Minor; Rondo in C Minor; Sonata in E Minor; Three Quartets for Fortepiano, Flute & Viola; Concerto in C Minor for Harpsichord & Orchestra; Sinfonia in D Major for 2 Violins and Basso Continuo; Sonata for Harpsichord & Violin in B Minor; Sonata in A Major for Flute, Violin and Basso Continuo; J.C.F. BACH Quartet No.3 in C Major for Flute, Violin, Viola and Basso Continuo; J.C. BACH Quintet in G Major Op.11, No.2 for Flute, Oboe, Violin, Viola and Basso Continuo; Quintet in F Major Op.11, No.3 for Flute, Oboe, Violin, Viola and Basso Continuo: Andreas Staier (harpsichord/fortepiano), Les Adieux, Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, Thomas Hengelbrock (conductor)
DEUTSCHE HARMONIA MUNDI 82876 673742 (3-CD, mid-price)
HAYDN Piano Sonata in C Major Hob.XV1/48;
Piano Sonata in E Flat Major, Hob. XVI/49; Piano Sonata in C Major Hob. XV1/50; Piano Sonata in D Major Hob. XVI/51; Piano Sonata in E Flat Major, Hob. XVI/52: Piano Sonata in C Major Hob. XV1/35; Piano Sonata in C Sharp Minor, Hob. XVI/36; Piano Sonata in D Major Hob. XVI/37; Piano Sonata in E Flat Major Hob XVI/38; Piano Sonata in G Major Hob XVI/39; Piano Sonata in C Minor Hob. XVI/20; Arietta with 12 Variations in E Flat Major Hob XVII/3; Piano Sonata in E Minor, Hob XVI/34; Andante with Variations in F Minor Hob. XV11/6; Piano Sonata in D Major Hob. XVI/33; Variations on the Hymn 'Gott erhalte' Hob. III/7II: Andreas Staier (fortepiano)
DEUTSCHE HARMONIA MUNDI 82876 673762 (3-CD, mid-price)
DUSSEK Piano Sonata in G Major, Op.35, No.2; Piano Sonata in B Flat Major Op.35, No.1; Piano Sonata in D Major, Op.31, No.2; Fantasia and Fugue in F Minor 'inscribed to J.B. Cramer'; Sonata 'Le Retour a Paris' in A Flat Major; Elegie Harmonique on the death of Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia: Andreas Staier (fortepiano)
DEUTSCHE HARMONIA MUNDI 82876 673772 (2-CD, mid-price)
New Releases: Film
Reviewer: Mark Russell
STEINER The Adventures of Mark Twain (Music for the 1944 film): Moscow Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, William Stromberg (conductor)
NAXOS 8.557470 (CD, budget)
NEWMAN Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack): Orchestra, Thomas Newman (director)
SONY SK93576 (CD)
PREISNER It's All About Love (Original Film Soundtrack): Smyczkowa Filharmonii Narodowej Orchestra, Warsaw Choir, Michal Nesterowicz (conductor)
PREISNER Name 402 (CD)
UMEBAYASHI House of Flying Daggers (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack): Kathleen Battle (soprano), Arigat Orchestra
SONY SK 93561 (CD)
POOK The Merchant of Venice (Music from the Motion Picture): Hayley Westenra (soprano), Andreas Scholl (countertenor), Jocelyn Pook (solo viola), Baroque String Quartet -Pavlo Besnosiuk (violin)
DECCA 475 6367 (CD)
An Interview with conductor & harpsichordist Trevor Pinnock:
BACH Six Partitas BWV 825-830 (Prelude from Partita No. 1 in B flat major, BWV825; and Tempo di Gavotta Partita No. 6 in E minor, BWV830, played): Trevor Pinnock (harpsichord)
HANSSLER CLASSIC 92115 (2-CD, mid-price)
BACH Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord BWV 1014-1019 (2nd movement from Sonata for Violin and Harpsichord No. 6 in G major, BWV1019, played): Rachel Podger (violin), Trevor Pinnock (harpsichord)
CHANNEL CLASSICS CCS14798 (2-CD)
RAMEAU Pieces de Clavecin en Concerts
('Tambourins en Rondeau' from No. 3, played): Rachel Podger (violin), Jonathan Manson (viola da gamba), Trevor Pinnock (harpsichord)
CHANNEL CLASSICS CCS19098 (CD)
HANDEL Water Music (Suite in F Major, Bourree, played): English Concert, Trevor Pinnock (director)
ARCHIV 410 525-2 (CD)
CD entitled 'RAMEAU Les Cyclopes - Pieces de Clavecin' (Les Cyclopes, excerpt played): Trevor Pinnock (harpsichord)
AVIE AV 2056. (CD)
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John BROWNE Music from the Eton Choirbook:
The Tallis Scholars, Peter Phillips (conductor)
GIMELL CDGIM 036
RACHMANINOV Moments Musicaux, Op.16:
Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)
DECCA 475 6198 (CD/SACD)
CD entitled 'The King's Singers - Six': New Works and New Arrangements
arr. Philip LAWSON Down to the River to Pray; LENNON/MCCARTNEY (arr. RUNSWICK) Blackbird; Joby TALBOT The Wishing Tree; Billy JOEL (arr. Philip LAWSON) Lullabye (Goodnight my Angel); Irving BERLIN (arr. Richard Richard BENNETT) Blue Skies; Neil YOUNG (arr. Peter KNIGHT) After the Goldrush:
The King's Singers
SIGNUM CLASSICS SIGCD 056
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No.4 in F Minor, Op.36:
Vienna Philharmonic, Valery Gergiev (conductor)
PHILIPS 475 6196 (CD/SACD)
RADIO 3'S DISC OF THE WEEK:
BRUCKNER Symphony No.5 in B Flat Major (includes excerpts from the rehearsals for the recording): Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor)
RCA 82876 607492 (2-CD/SACD hybrid)
