Playlist
Hot Off The Press:
CD entitled 'Harmonia Caelestis - Caprice and Conceit in Seicento Italy (Virtuosic 17th Century Italian Instrumental music for the sensuous combination of cornett, violin and viol): STROZZI Mascara; POLLAROLO Toccata in G Minor; STRADELLA Sinfonia No.22 in D Minor; FARINA Balletto Primo a 3; CIMA Sonata a tre per cornetto, violino & basso; PICCININI Chiaccona Cappona alla vera Spagnola; CAVALLI Canzon a 3 in A Minor; MUSSI Canzona l'Amaltea per sonar 'a doi Canti in ecco'; BASSANO Diminuzioni per basso & canto sopra; PICCHI Ballo alla Polacha; TERZI Contraponto sopra Vestiva I colli: Charivari Agreable - Susanne Heinrich (treble & bass viols, & violone), Lynda Sayce (chitarrone, lutes & baroque guitar), Kah-Ming Ng (harpsichord & chamber organ), Jamie Savan (cornett & mute cornett), Oliver Webber (violin & viola)
SIGNUM SIGCD049 (CD)
CD entitled 'Bolivian Baroque - Baroque music from the missions of Chiquitos and Moxos Indians': ANON. Motet Caima, Iyai Jesus; Aqui Ta Naqui Iyai; La Folia; Aria In hac Mensa Novi Regis; Pastoreta Ychepe Flauta; Aria Ascendit Deus in jubilatione; Exaltate Regem Regum; ZIPOLI Beatus Vir; In hoc Mundo; SUNTURA Improvisation: Bolivian Soloists - Katia Escalera (soprano), Henry Villca (tenor), Alejandra Wayar (soprano), Gian-Carla Tisera (mezzo), Florilegium
CHANNEL CLASSICS CCS SA 22105 (CD/SACD hybrid + 1DVD)
KANCHELI Time . . . and again; V &V for violin and taped voice with string orchestra; Piano Quartet In l'istesso tempo: Gidon Kremer (violin), Oleg Maisenberg (piano), Kremerata Baltica; The Bridge Ensemble
ECM 461 8182 (CD)
BRITTEN Um Mitternacht; Who are these children?; Sechs Holderlin-Fragmente; TIPPETT Boyhood's End; FINZI A Young Man's Exhortation: Mark Padmore (tenor), Roger Vignoles (piano)
HYPERION CDA67459 (CD)
ZEMLINSKY A Florentine Tragedy:
Iris Vermillion (Bianca), Viktor Lutsiuk (Guido), Albert Dohmen (Simone), Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Armin Jordan (conductor)
NAÏVE V4987 (CD)
BUILDING A LIBRARY RECOMMENDATION:
MOZART String Quintet in G Minor K516
Reviewer: Geoffrey Smith
First Choice:
Grumiaux Trio with Arpad Gerecz (violin), Max Lesueur (viola) (recorded 1973; c/w String Quintet No.5 in D Major, K593; String Quintet No.6 in E Flat Major K614; *Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in A Major K581; Adagio and Rondo in C Minor K617; Adagio and Fugue in C Minor K546) (from CD entitled 'The Complete Quintets, Volume2'):
* Jack Brymer (clarinet)
PHILIPS 456 058-2 (2-CD, budget)
('Duo' Series)
Also available c/w with the complete String Quintets; Divertimento in E Flat Major K563
PHILIPS 470 950-2 (3-CD, mid-price)
('Trio' Series)
Also Recommended:
The Lindsays with Patrick Ireland (viola) (recorded 1994; c/w String Quartet in G Major K387)
ASV CDDCA923 (CD, mid-price)
[Next week's Building a Library will feature Schoenberg's Chamber Symphony No.1]
Consumer Slot - Hyperion and its budget label Helios:
BACH Mass in B Minor BWV232:
Manuel Mrasek, Matthias Ritter (boy trebles), Maximilian Fraas, Matthias Schloderer (boy altos), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor), Michael George (bass), Tolzen Knabenchor, Choir of the King's Consort, Robert King (conductor)
HYPERION CDD22051 (2-CD, mid-price)
LEIGHTON Te Deum Laudamus; Missa Brevis, Op.50; Lully, lulla, thou little tiny child, Op.25b; *Crucifixus pro nobis, Op.38; The Second Service, Op.62; An Evening Hymn; Let all the world in every corner sing: * Neil Mackie (tenor), The Choir of St Paul's Cathedral, Andrew Lucas (organ), John Scott (conductor)
HELIOS CDH55195 (CD, budget)
CRUSELL Grand Concerto No.2 in F Minor, Op.5; Clarinet Concerto No.1 in E Flat Major, Op.1; Clarinet Concerto No.3 in B Flat Major, Op.11: Thea King (clarinet), London Symphony Orchestra, Alun Francis (conductor)
HELIOS CDH55203 (CD, budget)
HUMMEL String Quartet in C Major Op.30, No.1; String Quartet in G Major Op.30 No.2; String Quartet in E Flat Major, Op.30 No.3: The Delme Quartet
HELIOS CDH55166 (CD, budget)
CHOPIN The Four Scherzi; Introduction and Variations in E Major on a German national air 'Der Schweizerbub'; Variations in B Flat Major on 'La ci darem la mano' from Mozart's Don Giovanni, Op.2): Nikolai Demidenko (piano)
HELIOS CDH55181 (CD, budget)
CD entitled 'The Courts of Love - Music from the time of Eleanor of Aquitane': CADENET S'anc fuy belha ni prezada; BRULE Quant voi renverdir; and works by D'USSEL; Raimbaut de VAQUEIRAS; Giraut de BORNELH: Sinfonye, Stevie Wishart (director)
HELIOS CDH55186 (CD, budget)
New Releases: Orchestral
Reviewer: William Mival
MAHLER Symphony No.2: Isabel Bayrakdarian (soprano), Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (mezzo), San Francisco Symphony & Chorus, Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor)
SAN FRANCISCO 821936-0006-2 (2SACD/CD hybrid, mid-price)
MAHLER Symphony No.4 in G Major; Des Knaben Wunderhorn (excerpts): Dorothea Roschmann (soprano), Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Daniel Harding (conductor)
VIRGIN 5456652 (CD)
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No.5: London Symphony Orchestra, Mstislav Rostropovich (conductor)
LSO LIVE LSO 0058 (CD, budget)
RAVEL Gaspard de la nuit (orchestral version by Marius Constant); Le Tombeau de Couperin; Menuet antique; Pavane pour une infante defunte; Alborada del gracioso; Ondine from Gaspard de la Nuit (piano version): Carole Bouquet (narrator), Tzimon Barto (piano), Orchestre de Paris, Christoph Eschenbach (conductor)
ONDINE ODE 10512 (CD)
TIPPETT Symphony No.2; Symphony No.4: BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Michael Tippett (conductor)
NMC D104 (CD, mid-price)
An Interview with composer
Poul Ruders:
*RUDERS Symphony (No.1) 'Himmelhoch Jauchzend - Zum Tode Betrubt' (excerpt played; c/w with Gong; Tundra; Saledes Saae Johannes (Thus Saw Saint John): Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra,
Leif Segerstam (conductor)
CHANDOS CHAN 9179 (CD)
*This CD is currently unavailable.
RUDERS Solar Trilogy (excerpt from Zenith, played: Odense Symphony Orchestra, Michael Schonwandt (conductor)
DA CAPO 8.224054 (CD)
RUDERS Paganini Variations (Guitar Concerto No.2) (excerpt played; c/w The City in the Sea; *Anima (Cello Concerto No.2): David Starobin (guitar), Odense Symphony Orchestra, *Michaela Fukacova (cello), Jan Wagner (conductor)
BRIDGE 9122 (CD)
RUDERS The Handmaid's Tale:
Marianne Rorholm (mezzo- Offred), Hanne Fischer (mezzo-The Double): Royal Danish Orchestra, Michael Schonwandt (conductor)
DA CAPO 8.224165-66 (2-CD)
RUDERS Concerto in Pieces (Purcell Variations for Orchestra) (excerpt played; c/w Fairytale; *Piano Sonata No.2; De Profundis): BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis (conductor) * Thomas Ades (piano)
BRIDGE 9143 (CD)
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BACH Cantata No.75 Die Elenden sollen essen BWV75; Cantata 12 Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen BWV 12; Cantata 38 Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir BWV38: Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Daniel Taylor (countertenor), Mark Padmore (tenor), Peter Kooy (bass), Collegium Vocale Gent, Philippe Herreweghe (conductor)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 901843
SCHUBERT Die schone Mullerin:
Ian Bostridge (tenor), Mitsuko Uchida (piano)
EMI 5578272
TAVENER The Veil of the Temple:
Patricia Rozario (soprano), The Choir of the Temple Church, The Holst Singers, Ian Le Grice, James Vivian (organ/Indian Harmonium), John Thurgood (Tibetan Horn) The Brass of the English Chamber Orchestra, Tibetan Temple Bowls, Tubular Bells and Tam Tam players, Stephen Layton (conductor) RCA 82876661542 (2-CD)
RADIO 3'S DISC OF THE WEEK:
MOZART Violin Sonata in F Major K547; Violin Sonata in G Major K379; Violin Sonata in C Major K6; Violin Sonata in B Flat Major K378: Rachel Podger (violin), Gary Cooper (fortepiano)
CHANNEL CLASSICS CCS SA 21804 (SACD/CD hybrid)
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