Discs played and reviewed in this programme
[Available at full price unless indicated]
NB Timings are approximate
09:05
TALLIS Why fum'th in fight?; VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis
(c/w VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Symphony No.5 in D; Serenade to Music):
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Robert Spano (conductor)
TELARC CD80676 (CD)
J.S. BACH Sonata No.1 in G, BWV1027
(c/w Sonata No.2 in D, BWV1028; Sonata No.3 in G minor, BWV1029; C.P.E. BACH Sonata for Viola da gamba and Basso continuo in D, H559):
Daniel Muller-Schott (cello), Angela Hewitt (piano)
ORFEO C693071A (CD)
PORSILE Cantata sopra l'arcicalascione
(from CD entitled 'Il settecento Napoletano - Italy XVIIIth century' - also including works by LIGUORI, MATTEIS, MORINI, RAGAZZI, RUBINO and SCARLATTI):
Marco Beasley (voice), Guido Morini (harpsichord), Accordone
CYPRES RECORDS CYP1649 (CD)
9:45
French Baroque
COUPERIN Le Tic Toc Choc ou Les Maillotins; Les Ombres errantes)
(from CD box set entitled 'Francois Couperin - Livres de pieces de clavecin 1-4, Ordres 1-27'):
Olivier Baumont (harpsichord)
WARNER CLASSICS 2564641762 (10-CD, budget)
COUPERIN Le Tic Toc Choc ou Les Maillotins; La Couperin; Les Calotines; Les Ombres errantes
(from CD entitled 'Tic Toc Choc - Alexandre Tharaud plays Francois Couperin'):
Alexandre Tharaud (piano)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMC901956 (CD)
RAMEAU Suite in G minor (La poule; Les triolets; Les sauvages played):
(c/w Suite in E minor; Suite in A minor):
Angela Hewitt (piano)
HYPERION SACDA67597 (SACD/CD Hybrid)
CAMPRA Entree Espagnole (L'Europe Galante); LULLY Air pour les Paysans et Paysanes (Xerxes)
(from CD entitled 'Choregraphie- Music for Loius XIV's dancing masters' - music by BRADE, CAMPRA, D'ANGLEBERT, LULLY, GAULTIER and MERSENNE):
Andrew Lawrence-King (baroque triple harp)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMU907335 (CD)
CAMPRA Les Femmes (excerpt played)
(c/w RAMEAU Les Amants trahis*; Aquilon et Orithie; Thetis; Air a boire*):
Peter Harvey (baritone), Philippa Hyde (soprano)*, London Baroque
BIS CD-1495 (CD)
10.30
J.S. BACH Cantata No. 67 BWV67 'Halt' im Gedachtnis Jesum Christ'*
(from 2-CD set entitled 'Cantatas Vol.23: Arnstadt / Echternach' - also including Cantatas BWV 42*, 150*, 158*, 85+, 104+ and 112+):
Gillian Keith (soprano)*, Daniel Taylor (alto)*, Charles Daniels (tenor)*, Stephen Varcoe (bass)*+, Katharine Fuge (soprano)+, Williams Towers (alto)+, Norbert Meyn (tenor)+, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
SOLI DEO GLORIA SDG131 (2-CD)
HUMPERDINCK Hansel and Gretel (sung in English - excerpt from Act 3 played):
Jennifer Larmore (Hansel), Rebecca Evans (Gretel), Rosalind Plowright (Gertrude), Robert Hayward (Peter), Jane Henschel (The Witch), Sarah Tynan (The Dew Fairy), Diana Montague (The Sandman), New London Children's Choir, Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras (conductor)
CHANDOS CHAN31432 (2-CD)
11.00
LALO Cello Concerto in D minor
(c/w GLAZUNOV Melodie Op.21 No.1; SAINT-SAENS Allegro appassionato, Op.43; DVORAK Rondo in G minor; TCHAIKOVSKY Andante cantabile; CASALS El cant dels ocells):
Han-Na Chang (cello), Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano (conductor)
EMI CLASSICS 3823902 (CD)
11.30
ALLEGRI Miserere (with additional embellishments by Deborah Roberts)
(c/w ALLEGRI Miserere (without embellishments); PALESTRINA Stabat mater; Missa Pape Marcelli; Tu es Petrus):
The Tallis Scholars, Peter Phillips (director)
GIMELL CDGIM041 (CD)
DEBUSSY Preludes Book 1 (Nos.1-5 played)
(c/w Preludes Book 2; Les soirs illumines par l'ardeur du charbon):
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano)
CHANDOS CHAN10421 (CD)
12.00
R. STRAUSS Metamorphosen
(c/w SCHOENBERG Verklarte Nacht (Transfigured Night)):
Les Dissonances, David Grimal (violin & direction)
AMBROISIE AM110 (CD)
12:30
Disc of the Week
VIVALDI Sinfonia 'Improvisata'; BOCCHERINI Sinfonia No.6 'La casa del diavolo'
(from CD entitled 'Improvisata: Sinfonie con titoli' - also including works by DEMACHI, MONZA and SAMMARTINI):
Europa Galanta, Fabio Biondi (violin & direction)
VIRGIN CLASSICS 3634302 (CD)
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Schumann: Symphony No.2 in C, Op.61
South West German Radio Symphony Orchestra, Roger Norrington (conductor)
