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Hot Off The Press:
BRYARS Oi Me Lasso (15 settings of medieval 'Laude'): Anna Maria Friman (soprano), John Potter (tenor), Morgan Goff (viola), Nick Cooper (cello), Gavin Bryars (double bass).
GB RECORDS BCGBCD05 (CD)
SCHUTZ The Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ SWV50 (Historia der Auferstehung Jesu Christi); Surrexit pastor bonus SWV 469; Ich bin die Auferstehung und das Leben SWV 324; Weiss, was weinest du SWV 443; Feget den alten Sauerteig aus SWV 404: Weser-Renaissance Bremen, Manfred Cordes (director).
CPO 777 0272 (CD)
CD entitled 'BACH Piano Transcriptions Volume 5' - Russian transcriptions by SILOTI (Prelude in B Minor from the little keyboard book for W.F. Bach, played); GOEDICKE; KABALEVSKY; CATOIRE: Hamish Milne (piano).
HYPERION CDA67506 (CD)
BARTOK Concerto for Orchestra; Concerto for Two Pianos and Percussion; Romanian Folkdances: Heini Karkkainen, Paavali Jumppanen (pianos), Lassi Erkkila, Tim Ferchen (percussion), Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo (conductor).
WARNER CLASSICS 2564 619472 (CD)
BUILDING A LIBRARY RECOMMENDATION:
BERNSTEIN Symphonies
Symphony No.1 'Jeremiah'; Symphony No.2 'The Age of Anxiety'; Symphony No.3 'Kaddish'
Reviewer: Edward Seckerson
First Choice Complete Symphonies:
Symphony No.1 Jeremiah*; Symphony No.2 'The Age of Anxiety'+: *Jennie Tourel (mezzo),
+Philippe Entremont (piano), New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein (conductor) (Symphony No.1 recorded 1961, Symphony No.2 recorded 1965; c/w I Hate Music;
La Bonne Cuisine)
SONY SMK 60697 (CD, mid-price)
Symphony No.3 'Kaddish': Felicia Montealegre (speaker), Jennie Tourel (mezzo), Camerata Singers, Columbus Boychoir, New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein (conductor) (recorded 1964; c/w Chichester Psalms)
SONY SMK 60595 (CD, mid-price)
Also recommended Symphony No.3 (with new narration by JamieBernstein):
Jamie Bernstein (speaker), Ann Murray (mezzo), The London Oratory School Schola, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin (conductor) (recorded 2003; c/w Chichester Psalms; Missa Brevis)
CHANDOS CHAN 10172 (CD)
also available on CHSA5028 (CD/SACD hybrid)
[Next week's Building a Library will feature Bach's Motets]
Consumer Spot: Mitsuko Uchida's complete Beethoven Piano Concertos:
BEETHOVEN The Complete Piano Concertos; 32 Variations in C Minor WoO 80: Mitsuko Uchida (piano), Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (Concertos 3 & 4*), Kurt Sanderling (conductor) (* live recording)
PHILIPS 475 6757 (3-CD, budget)
BEETHOVEN The Complete Piano Concertos : Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano), Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor)
TELDEC 0927 47334-2 (3-CD, mid-price)
BEETHOVEN The Complete Piano Concertos : Alfred Brendel (piano), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle (conductor)
PHILIPS 462 7812 (3-CD)
BEETHOVEN Piano Concertos Nos 1-4 : Wilhelm Kempff (piano), Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Ferdinand Leitner (conductor)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 459 4002
(2-CD, mid-price)
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No.3 in C Minor, Op.37; Piano Concerto No.4 in G Major, Op.58: Stephen Kovacevich (piano), BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis (conductor)
PHILIPS 426 0622 (CD, budget)
New Releases - Young Artists
Reviewer: Helen Wallace
SZYMANOWSKI Violin Concerto No.1, Op.35; SAINT-SAENS Havanaise for Violin and Orchestra Op. 83; CHAUSSON Poeme for Violin and Orchestra Op. 25; MASSENET Meditation from Thais: Nicola Benedetti (violin), London Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Harding (conductor)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 987 0577 (CD, mid-price)
BACH Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin:
Julia Fischer (violin)
PENTATONE CLASSICS 5186072
(2-CD/SACD hybrid)
VIVALDI The Four Seasons: Janine Jansen (solo violin), Candida Thompson, Henk Rubingh (violin), Julian Rachlin (viola), Maarten Jansen (cello), Stacey Watton (double bass), Elizabeth Kenny (theorbo), Jan Jansen (box organ, harpsichord)
DECCA 475 6188 (CD/SACD hybrid)
SCHUBERT Vier Canzonen D688 and arias by VERDI; DONIZETTI; BELLINI & ROSSINI: Lawrence Brownlee (tenor), Martin Katz (piano)
EMI 5865032 (CD, budget)
MOZART Madamina, il catalogo et questo (Don Giovanni); La vendetta; Non piu andrai; Hai gia vinta la causa! . . . Vedro, mentr'io sospiro (The Marriage of Figaro); GOUNOD Vous qui faites l'endormie (Faust); BOITO Son lo spirito che nega (Mefistofele); VERDI Eh! Paggio! . . . L'onore! Ladri!; WAGNER Die Frist ist um (The Flying Dutchman): Jonathan Lemalu (bass baritone), New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, James Judd (conductor)
EMI 5576052 (CD)
An Interview with Paul Baxter of Delphian Records :
ANON (16th Century Scottish) Queen of Scots Galliard, played c/w keyboard music by MERULA, BYRD, SWEELINCK, D. SCARLATTI, GREENE, BACH, STANLEY, HANDEL, FORQUERAY, A-L COUPERIN, M. CLEMENTI
(From CD entitled 'Instruments from the Russell Collection'): John Kitchen (virginals, harpsichords, clavichord, organ, piano)
DELPHIAN DCD 34001 (CD)
WEBER (transcribed A. L. Pearce) Overture to Der Freischütz played; c/w organ transcriptions of music by BACH, MENDELSSOHN; HANDEL, HUMPERDINCK; MOZART; TCHAIKOVSKY, BIZET (from CD entitled 'The Kelvingrove Organ' (Glasgow):
Timothy Byram-Wigfield (organ)
DELPHIAN DCD 34004 (CD)
URBANI The Red Red Rose
(played, from CD entitled 'The Red Red Rose - songs and tunes from 18th century Scotland'):
Mhairi Lawson (soprano), Jamie MacDougall (tenor), Concerto Caledonia, David McGuiness (director, harpsichord)
DELPHIAN DCD 34014 (CD)
CD entitled 'The Peoples Mass' (Original works, plainchant, and the movements of the Mass set by different composers) - Anthea HADDOW Benedictus, played; c/w La Muerta; Black over Red Epilogue 2; Rebecca ROWE Prayer; Agnus Dei; Malcolm LINDSAY Kyrie; Days of Thunder; Christine MCCOMBE Gloria; The Solstice Stone; Tommy FOWLER Credo; God is; John GORMLEY In Praise of Saints; Sanctus: Dunedin Consort, Ben Parry (conductor)
DELPHIAN DCD34018 (CD)
LEIGHTON The Complete Piano Music (Sonatina No.2, 2nd movement played):
Angela Brownridge (piano)
DELPHIAN DCD 34301-3 (3-CD)
DALLAPICCOLA Sonatina Canonica (3rd movement played; c/w Quaderno Musicale di Annalibera; Sonatina Canonica; Tre episodi dal balletto Marsia; Cello Ciaconne; Intermezzo e Adagio for 'Cello; Goethe-Lieder*; Quattro Liriche di Antonio Machado+): David Wilde (piano), Robert Irvine (cello), * Nicola Stonehouse (mezzo) + Susan Hamilton (soprano)
DELPHIAN DCD 34020 (CD) (To be released this August)
www.delphianrecords.co.uk
'THE LISTENING BOOTH' :
The Listening Booth is a regular slot around midday on Saturday's CD Review. It's your chance to vote for and listen to excerpts from brand-new CDs.
BACH Brandenburg Concerto No.5 in D Major:
Angela Hewitt (piano), Australian Chamber Orchestra, Richard Tognetti (director)
HYPERION CDA 67307
SUSSMAYR Requiem; c/w MOZART Requiem:
St Olaf Choir and Orchestra, Anton Armstrong (conductor)
AVIE AV 0047
MENDELSSOHN String Quartet in E Flat Major, Op.44, No.3 (from CD entitled 'Mendelssohn String Quartets Volume 3'):The Eroica Quartet
HARMONIA MUNDI HMU 907288
BRAHMS Symphony No.2 in D Major, Op.73:
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Mariss Jansons (conductor)
RCO LIVE RCO 05002
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RADIO 3'S DISC OF THE WEEK:
MOZART Sonatas for Violin & Piano - Sonata in E Minor K304 (played; c/w Sonatas in F Major K377; in C Major K303; in A Major K526): Mitsuko Uchida (piano),
Mark Steinberg (violin)
PHILIPS 475 6200 (CD/SACD hybrid)
