Building a Library: Mozart: La Clemenza di Tito
Reviewer - Hilary Finch
First Choice: 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)
(recorded 2005)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMC801923.24 (2-SACD/CD Hybrid) or HMC901923.24 (2-CD, lower full-price)
Mid-Price choice: Werner Krenn (Tito), Teresa Berganza (Sesto), Maria Casula (Vitellia), Lucia Popp (Servilia), Brigitte Fassbaender (Annio), Tugomir Franc (Publio), Vienna State Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Istvan Kertesz (conductor)
(recorded 1967)
DECCA 4757030 (2-CD, mid-price)
CD Review BAL Catalogue Data bal.mozart:
bal.mozart.la.clemenza.di.tito
Playlist
[All recordings are available at full price unless indicated otherwise.]
Hot Off The Press:
BACH Violin Concerto in E, BWV 1042 (1st movement played)
(c/w Violin Concerto in D minor (reconstruction from Harpsichord Concerto, BWV 1052); Violin Concerto in G minor, BWV 1056; Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041):
Monica Huggett (violin), Sonnerie
GAUDEAMUS CDGAU356 (CD)
BACH Violin Concerto in E, BWV 1042 (1st movement played)
(c/w Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041; Concerto for two violins in D minor, BWV 1043*; Brandenburg Concerto No.5 in D, BWV 1050)+:
Daniel Hope (violin), Marieke Blankestijn (violin)*, Jaime Martin (flute)+, Chamber Orchestra of Europe
WARNER CLASSICS 2564 625452 (CD)
MACRAE Violin Concerto (2nd movement played)
(c/w Two Scenes from the Death of Count Ugolino*; Motus*; Stirling Choruses):
Christian Tetzlaff (violin), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Ilan Volkov (conductor), Lore Lixenberg (mezzo-soprano)*, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group*, Susanna Malkki (conductor)*
NMC D115 (CD)
RAVEL La Valse
(c/w Bolero; Pavane pour une infante defunte; Concerto for the left hand*; Rapsodie Espagnole):
Anima Eterna, Claire Chevallier (piano Erard 1905)*, Jos van Immerseel (conductor)
ZIG ZAG TERRITOIRES ZZT060901 (CD)
Building A Library Recommendation:
MOZART La Clemenza di Tito
Reviewer: Hilary Finch
First Choice:
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)
(recorded 2005)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMC801923.24 (2-SACD/CD Hybrid)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMC901923.24 (2-CD, lower full-price)
Mid-Price Choice:
Werner Krenn (Tito), Teresa Berganza (Sesto), Maria Casula (Vitellia), Lucia Popp (Servilia), Brigitte Fassbaender (Annio), Tugomir Franc (Publio), Vienna State Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Istvan Kertesz (conductor)
(recorded 1967)
DECCA 4757030 (2-CD, mid-price)
Consumer Spot - Explore Records:
CAGE Sonatas & Interludes for prepared piano:
John Tilbury (prepared piano)
EXPLORE RECORDS EXP0004 (CD, mid-price)
MESSIAEN Visions de l'Amen:
John Ogdon, Branda Lucas (pianos)
EXPLORE RECORDS EXP0013 (CD, mid-price)
TAKEMITSU Corona ; For Away; Piano Distance; Undisturbed Rest:
Roger Woodward (piano)
EXPLORE RECORDS EXP0016 (CD, mid-price)
XENAKIS Synaphai - Connexities for piano and orchestra; Aroura; Antikhthon:
Geoffrey Douglas Madge (piano), New Philharmonia Orchestra, Elgar Howarth (conductor)
EXPLORE RECORDS EXP0017 (CD, mid-price)
HENZE Voices:
Sarah Walker (mezzo-soprano), Paul Sperry (tenor), London Sinfonietta, Hans Werne Henze (conductor)
EXPLORE RECORDS EXP0007/8 (2-CD, mid-price)
GERHARD The Plague:
Alec McCowen (narrator), National Symphony Orchestra and Chorus Washington DC, Antal Dorati (conductor)
EXPLORE RECORDS EXP0005 (CD, mid-price)
PANUFNIK Sinfonia Mistica; Sinfonia di Sfere:
London Symphony Orchestra, David Atherton (conductor)
EXPLORE RECORDS EXP0014 (CD, mid-price)
New Releases - Downloads: Andrew McGregor talks to Gramophone Editor-in-Chief James Jolly:
BEETHOVEN Leonore Overture No.2:
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor)
(live recording)
DG CONCERTS 4776341
(from www.itunes.co.uk)
TAKEMITSU Film Score - Jose Torres:
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop (conductor)
NAXOS 8557762
(from www.emusic.com)
BAX Tintagel:
Ulster Orchestra, Bryden Thomson (conductor)
CHANDOS CHAN8312
(from www.chandos.net)
DEBUSSY Jeux:
Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Victor de Sabata (conductor)
(recorded 1947)
PRISTINE AUDIO PASC046 (released on HMV DB.6493-4 (2 78s))
(from www.pristineaudiodirect.com or www.chandos.net)
KODALY Dances of Galanta:
New York Philharmonic, Lorin Maazel (conductor)
(live recording)
DG CONCERTS 4776338
(from www.itunes.co.uk)
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BACH Flute Sonatas BWV 1030-1032, 1034 & 1035 (BWV 1035 played):
Philippa Davies (flute), Maggie Cole (harpsichord), Alison McGillivray (cello)
AVIE AV2101 (CD)
POULENC The Carmelites (sung in English) (excerpt from Act 1 Scene 4 played):
Felicity Palmer (Madame de Croissy), Josephine Barstow (Mother Marie of the Incarnation), Orla Boylan (Madame Lidoine), Sarah Tynan (Sister Constance of Saint-Denis), Ashley Holland (Marquis de la Force), English National Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Paul Daniel (conductor)
CHANDOS CHAN31342 (CD)
SHOSTAKOVICH The Fall of Berlin, Op.82 (Finale played):
Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Moscow Capella & Youth Chorus, Adriano (conductor)
NAXOS 8.570238 (CD, budget)
Radio 3's Disc Of The Week:
MENDELSSOHN / REIMANN "...or does it mean death?" (8 songs and a fragment by Mendelssohn to poems by Heinrich Heine arranged and linked with six intermezzos by Aribert Reimann)
(c/w SCHUMANN String Quartet in A, Op.41/3; Six Songs, Op.107)
Christine Schaefer (soprano), Petersen Quartett
CAPRICCIO 71090 (CD)
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