CD Review
In this week's programme:
09.05am
BEETHOVEN: Violin Concerto in D major Op. 61 (first movement); MOZART: Violin Concerto No. 4 in D K218 (1st movement cadenza by Nigel Kennedy)
(c/w HORACE SILVER arr. Kennedy: Creepin' In)
Nigel Kennedy (violin and conductor), Polish Chamber Orchestra
EMI 3953732 (CD)
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 7 (2nd movement)
(c/w Symphony No. 4)
Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Paavo Jarvi (conductor)
RCA Red Seal 88697129332 (Hybrid SACD)
09.30 am
Building a Library Recommendation
SCHUMANN: Piano Quintet in E flat Op. 44
Reviewer - David Fanning
First Choice:
(c/w BRAHMS: Piano Quintet in F minor Op. 34)
Leif Ove Andsnes (piano), Artemis Quartet
Virgin Classics 3951432 (CD)
Budget Price Version:
(c/w BRAHMS: Piano Quartet No. 2 in A major, Op. 26)
Clifford Curzon (piano), Budapest String Quartet
Naxos Historical 8.110306 (CD, Budget)
Historic Choice:
(c/w MOZART: String Quartet No. 16 in E flat; DVORAK: String Quartet No. 10 in E flat)
Rudolf Serkin (piano), Busch Quartet
Biddulph LAB103 (CD, Mid Price)
Period Instrument Choice:
(c/w Fur meine Clara; Pieces in Canonic Form Op. 56)
La Gaia Scienza
Winter & Winter 9101132 (CD)
Next week Stephen Johnson examines recordings of Vaughan-Williams' Symphony No. 6.
10.45 am Reissues
Jonathan Swain joins Andrew to pick out some highlights from the new EMI Triples reissues - 3 CDs for the price of one. With extracts from the following discs:
BERWALD: Overtures, Concertos and Symphonies (Overture to Drottningen av Golconda (The Queen of Golconda); Overture to Estrella de Soria; Overture to The Queen of Golconda; Concertos; Symphony No. 1 in G minor 'Sinfonie serieuse'; Symphony No. 2 in D major 'Sinfonie capricieuse'; Symphony No. 3 in C major 'Sinfonie singuliere'; Symphony No. 4 in E flat major 'Sinfonie naive')
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Ulf Bjorlin (conductor)
EMI 5009202 (3CDs, Budget)
RACHMANINOV: Symphonies Nos. 1-3, Symphonic Dances, Isle of the Dead, Scherzo in D, Vocalise
St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Mariss Jansons (conductor)
EMI 5008852 (3CDs, Budget)
VILLA-LOBOS: Bachianas Brasileiras Nos. 1-9, Momoprecoce, Concerto for guitar & small orchestra
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Enrique Batiz (conductor)
EMI 5008432 (3CDs, Budget)
BRAHMS: The Concerto Album
(Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15; Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 83; Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77; Double Concerto for Violin & Cello in A minor, Op. 102; Tragic Overture, Op. 81; Variations on a theme by Haydn, Op. 56a 'St Anthony Variations')
Claudio Arrau, Pierre Fournier, Alceo Galliera, Carlo Maria Giulini, Otto Klemperer, David Oistrakh,
Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Francaise
EMI 5094212 (3CDs, Budget)
BARTOK: The Concerto Album
(Concerto for Orchestra, Sz.116 - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Rafael Kubelik; Violin Concerto No. 2, Sz 112 - Kyung-Wha Chung, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle; Piano Concerto No. 2, BB 101, Sz. 95 - Sviatoslav Richter, Orchestre de Paris, Lorin Maazel; Piano Concerto No. 3, BB 127, Sz. 119 - Martha Argerich, Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal, Charles Dutoit; Violin Concerto No. 1, Sz 36 - Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Philharmonia Orchestra, Libor Pesek; Viola Concerto, Sz120 (Ed. Tibor Serly) - Tabea Zimmermann, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, David Shallon; The Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19, Sz. 73 (Suite) - Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy; Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, Sz. 106 - Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy)
EMI 5094072 (3CDs, Budget)
RAVEL: Orchestral Works (Valses nobles et sentimentales; Bolero;Sheherazade - Ouverture de feerie; Rapsodie Espagnole; Ma Mere l'Oye; Le Tombeau de Couperin; Daphnis et Chloe; Pavane pour une infante defunte; Alborada del gracioso (Miroirs No. 4); Une barque sur l'ocean; Menuet antique; La Valse)
Orchestre de Paris, Jean Martinon (conductor)
EMI 5008922 (3CDs, Budget)
11.30am Disc of the Week
BEETHOVEN: Bagatelles Op. 126; Fur Elise
(c/w Bagatelles Op. 33 and 119)
Linda Nicholson (Fritz Fortepiano of 1815)
Accent ACC24180 (CD)
