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Hot Off The Press:
HAYDN Symphony No.94 in G Major 'The Surprise'; Symphony No.92 in G Major 'Oxford'; La fedelta premiata Hob.XXVIII:10: Haydn Philharmonie, Adam Fischer (conductor)
DABRINGHAUS UND GRIMM
MDG 901 1325-6 (CD/SACD hybrid)
CORIGLIANO Symphony No.2; Suite from the Film 'The Red Violin'*: Eleonora Turovsky (violin), I Musici de Montreal, Yuli Turovsky (conductor)
CHANDOS CHSA 5035 (CD/SACD hybrid)
BERG Seven Early Songs; POULENC La Dame de Monte-Carlo; DUPARC Chanson Triste; Au Pays ou se fait la guerre; R. STRAUSS Das Rosenband, Op.36, No.1; Freundliche Vision, Op.48, No.1; Ich wollt' ein Strausslein binden, Op.68, No.2; Sausle, liebe Myrte!, Op.68, No.3; Als mir dein Lied erklang, Op.68, No.4; Amor Op.68, No.5; Meinem Kinde, Op.37 No.3; Grossmachtige Prinzessin; Noch glaub ich dem einen ganz mich gehorend (Ariadne auf Naxos): Sine Bundgaard (soprano), Danish Radio Sinfonietta, Matthias Pintscher (conductor)
EMI 5865002 (CD, budget)
BACH St John Passion BWV 245:
Caroline Stam (soprano), Peter de Groot (contralto), Gerd Turk (Evangelist), Charles Daniels (tenor), Stephan Macleod (Christ), Bas Ramselaar (Pilate), The Netherlands Bach Society, Jos van Veldhoven (conductor)
CHANNEL CLASSICS CCS SA 22005 (2-CD)
TELEMANN Weiche, Lust und Frohlichkeit (Passiontide Cantata) TWV 1:1536; Hier is mein Herz, geliebter Jesu TWV 1: 795; Quartet in G Minor TWV 43:g4; Quartet in A Minor TWV 43:a3; Ach Herr, strafe mich nicht in deinem Zorn; TVWV 7:2; Overture in D Major TWV 55:D12: Dorothee Mields (soprano), Benoit Haller (tenor), Balthasar-Neumann Ensemble, Han Tol (recorder/director)
CARUS 83.165 (CD)
BUILDING A LIBRARY RECOMMENDATION:
BRITTEN: Sinfonia da Requiem, Op.20
Reviewer: Piers Burton-Page
First Choice:
New Philharmonia Orchestra, Benjamin Britten (conductor) (recorded 1963-64; c/w * Cello Symphony, Op.68; +Cantata misericordium, Op.69: *Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), English Chamber Orchestra, +Peter Pears (tenor), +Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus)
LONDON 425 100-2 (CD, mid-price)
[Next week's Building a Library will feature Gounod's Faust]
Consumer Spot - Virgin Classics Black Boxes:
Jordi Savall - Music in Europe 1550-1650
CABEZON Spanish Instrumental Music From the Time of Charles V; Songs and dances from the time of Cervantes (works by GUERRERO; PISADOR; MUDARRA; NARVAEZ; VASQUEZ; PALERO; GUERRERO; VASQUEZ; ANCHIETA; ORTEGA; RIMONTE; ORTIZ; FLECHA; COLL; ROMERO; ARANES); Canzoni da sonare by G. GABRIELI; A. GABRIELI; GUAMI; SCHEIN Banchetto musicale; SCHEIDT Ludi Musici (prima pars): Montserrat Figueras (soprano), Hesperion XX, Jordi Savall (conductor)
VIRGIN 482025 2 (5-CD, budget)
Truls Mork (cello)
HAYDN Cello Concerto in C Major*; Cello Concerto in D Major*; DVORAK Cello Concerto in B Minor, Op.104+; TCHAIKOVSKY Variations on a rococo theme, Op.96+; PROKOFIEV Sinfonia Concertante for Cello & Orchestra in E Minor, Op.125**; MIASKOVSY Cello Concerto in C Minor, Op.66**; SHOSTAKOVICH Cello Concerto No.1 in E Flat Major, Op.107++; Cello Concerto No.2, Op.126++; KERNIS Colored Field (Concerto for Cello & Orchestra)^; Musica Celestis^; Air^: Truls Mork (cello), *The Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, Iona Brown (director), + Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Mariss Jansons (conductor), ** City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Jarvi (conductor), ++ The London Philharmonic, Mariss Jansons (conductor), ^ Minnesota Orchestra, Eiji Oue (conductor)
VIRGIN 482019 2 (5-CD, budget)
New Releases: Music from the Classical Era:
Reviewer: Roderick Swanston
HAYDN Piano Concerto in D Major, Hob. XVIII/11; Piano Concerto in F Major, Hob. XVIII/3; Piano Concerto in D Major, Hob. XVIII/2; Piano Concerto in G Major, Hob. XVIII/4: Ronald Brautigam (fortepiano), Concerto Copenhagen, Lars Ulrik Mortensen (director/continuo)
BIS CD 1318 (CD)
VANHAL Symphony in D Major; Symphony in C Minor; Symphony in A Flat Major; Symphony in G Major (from CD entitled 'Vanhal Symphonies Vol.3): Toronto Camerata, Kevin Mallon (conductor)
NAXOS 8.557483 (CD, budget)
HAYDN Symphony No.91 in E Flat Major; Scena di Berenice Hob.XXIVA:10; Symphony No.92 in G Major 'Oxford': Bernarda Fink (mezzo), Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, Rene Jacobs (conductor)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 901849 (CD)
MOZART Piano Sonata in C Major, K330; Piano Sonata in A Major, K331; Piano Sonata in F Major K332: Andreas Staier (fortepiano)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMC901856 (CD)
Michael HAYDN Requiem Pro Defuncto Archiepiscopo Sigismundo; Missa In Honorem Sanctae Ursulae: Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Hilary Summers (alto), James Gilchrist (tenor), Peter Harvey (bass), Choir of the King's Consort, The King's Consort, Robert King (conductor)
HYPERION CDA 67510 (2-CD, mid-price)
An Interview with LaurenceDreyfus of Phantasm:
GIBBONS Fantasia V a 6; In nomine II a 5 (excerpts played; c/w Fantasies a 6; In nominees a 5; Peascod Time (The Hunt's Up); Pavan Lord Salisbury; Fantasia; The Silver Swan; Fantasies a 3; O Lord, in thy wrath rebuke me not; Hosanna to the Son of David; Pavan; Galliard; Go from my Window): Phantasm
AVIE AV0032. (CD)
PURCELL Fantasia 5 a 4 (excerpt played; c/w Complete Fantasies for Viols): Phantasm
SIMAX PSC 1124 (CD)
BACH The Art of Fugue (Contrapunctus 9 played; c/w MOZART Fugues arranged for Quartet from J.S. BACH's Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2; Fuga in G Minor K401): Phantasm
SIMAX PSC 1135 (CD)
W LAWES Consorts in Six Parts (Aire from Set a 6 in G minor played): Phantasm
CHANNEL CLASSICS CCS 17498. (CD)
BYRD Mass for 4 Voices (Agnus Dei, excerpt played; c/w Queen's Goodnight (Prelude and Ground; Pavan a 6; Galliard a 6; TALLIS A Solfing Song; In nominees; PARSONS A Song of Mr Robert Parsons; De la court; Ut re mi fa sol la; A Song called Trumpets; FERRABOSCO In nominees; Sur la Rousee (Fantasia a 6): Phantasm
AVIE AV2054. (CD)
New Passiontide & Easter recordings
C.P.E BACH St Matthew Passion:
Thomas Dewald (tenor), Daniel Jordan (baritone), Jochen Kupfer (baritone), Zelter-Ensemble der Sing-Akademie zu Berlin, Joshard Daus (conductor)
CAPRICCIO 60113 (CD)
DUPRE Le Chemin de la Croix, Op.29; Gregorian Chants for Passiontide: Friedhelm Flamme (at the Muhleisen Organ of Stiftskirche, Bad Gandersheim), Gregorianik-Schola Marienmunster
CPO 777 128-2 (CD/SACD)
F. COUPERIN Lecons de Tenebres; Magnificat: Robin Blaze, Daniel Taylor (counter-tenors), Jonathan Manson (viola da gamba), Laurence Cummings (organ)
BIS CD 1346 (CD)
WAGNER Parsifal (recorded 7th August, 1959): Eberhard Wachter (Amfortas), Josef Greindl (Titurel), Jerome Hines (Gurnemanz), Hans Beirer (Parsifal), Toni Blankenheim (Klingsor), Martha Modl (Kundry), Chorus & Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival, Hans Knappertsbusch (conductor)
GOLDEN MELODRAM GM 1.0070 (4-CD, mono)
ALAIN Litanies; Le Jardin suspendu; Trois Danses; Aria; Deux Danses a Agni Yavishta; Variations sur l'hymne 'Lucis Creator'; DURUFLE Prelude et Fugue sur le nom d'Alain, Op.7; Danse Lente (from Trois Danses, Op.6 transc. W. Whitehead) (from CD entitled 'Dances of Life and Death'):
William Whitehead (at the Oberthur organ of Auxerre Cathedral)
CHANDOS CHAN 10315 (CD)
RADIO 3'S DISC OF THE WEEK:
RACHMANINOV Piano Sonata No.2 in B Flat Minor, Op.36 (rev.1931); Prelude, Op.23 No.2 in B Flat Major; 'Siren', Op.21 No.5; Prelude, Op.23 No.1 in F Sharp Minor; Prelude Op.23, No.10 in G Flat Major; Prelude Op.32, No.12 in G Sharp Minor; Lullaby (Tchaikovsky, transc. Rachmaninov); Prelude Op.32 No.2 in B Flat Minor; 'Margaritki', Op.38, No.3; The Flight of the Bumblebee (Rimsky-Korsakov, transcr. Rachmaninov); Prelude Op.23 No.5 in G Minor; Prelude Op.23, No.4 in D Major; Scherzo from 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' (Mendelssohn, transc. Rachmaninov); Prelude Op.3 No.2 in C Sharp Minor: Simon Trpceski (piano)
EMI 5579432 (CD)
