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Hot Off The Press:
VIVALDI 5 Violin Concertos - Concerto in D Major 'Grosso Mogul' RV208; Concerto in B Minor for 4 Violins and Cello RV580; Concerto in C Major RV 187; Concerto in D Major RV 234 'L'inquietudine'; Concerto in E Minor RV277 'Il Favorito': Viktoria Mullova (violin), Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini (conductor)
ONYX 4001 (CD)
CD entitled 'Santiago a Cappella' - LOBO Lamentations of Jeremiah; Versa est in luctum; ANONYMOUS Mariam matrem virginem; GUERRERO Ave Virgo sanctissima; Duo Seraphim; King JOHN IV of Portugal Crux Fidelis; VICTORIA O Lux et decus; O Vos Omnes; CARDOSO Non mortui qui sunt in inferno; ROGIER Salva nos Domine:
The Monteverdi Choir, Sir John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
EMANCY 4763010 (CD)
GLUCK Paride ed Elena:
Magdalena Kozena (Paride), Susan Gritton (Elena), Carolyn Sampson (Amore), Gillian Webster (Pallade, Un Trojano), Gabrieli Consort and Players, Paul McCreesh (conductor)
ARCHIV 477 5415 (2-CD)
BACH Chorale Prelude 'Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV639 (arr. Busoni); Chorale Prelude 'Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland' BWV 659 (Busoni); Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D Minor BWV 903; Toccata in D Major BWV 912; Prelude and Fugue in A Minor BWV 543 (arr. Liszt); LISZT La lugubre gondola No.1; Mephisto Waltz No.1 'Dance in the Village Inn'; St Francis of Paolo Walking on the Water; Petrarch Sonnet 104 from Annees de pelerinage: Lise de la Salle (piano)
NAÏVE V5006 (CD)
BUILDING A LIBRARY RECOMMENDATION:
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Symphony No.3 'Pastoral'
Reviewer: Andrew Green
First Choice:
Rebecca Evans (soprano), London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox (conductor) (recorded 2002; c/w Norfolk Rhapsodies;
The Running Set)
CHANDOS CHAN 10001 (CD)
CHANDOS CHAN CHSA 5002 (SACD/CD hybrid)
Budget-Price Choice:
Alison Barlow (soprano), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley (conductor) (recorded 1991; c/w Symphony No.4 in F Minor; English Folk Song Suite (orch. Gordon Jacob)
CLASSICS FOR PLEASURE 5753102 (CD, budget)
Also available as part of the complete Symphonies
CLASSICS FOR PLEASURE 5757602 (7-CD, budget)
Historic Choice:
Margaret Ritchie (soprano), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult (conductor) (recorded 1952; c/w Symphony No.5 in D Major)
BELART 461 118-2 (CD, budget) [Mono]
Also available as part of the complete Symphonies
DECCA 4732412 (5-CD, budget)
[Next week's Building a Library will feature Bernstein's Symphonies]
Consumer Spot: EMI Classics Historical:
BELLINI Norma: Maria Callas (Norma), Mario Filippeschi (Pollione), Ebe Stignani (Adalgisa), Nicola Rossi-Lemeni (Oroveso), Paolo Caroli (Flavio), Rina Cavallari (Clotilde), Chorus and Orchestra of La Scala, Milan, Tullio Serafin (conductor)
EMI 5868342 (3-CD, budget)
BELLINI Norma: Maria Callas (Norma), Mario Filippeschi (Pollione), Ebe Stignani (Adalgisa), Nicola Rossi-Lemeni (Oroveso), Paolo Caroli (Flavio), Rina Cavallari (Clotilde), Chorus and Orchestra of La Scala, Milan, Tullio Serafin (conductor) + Highlights from Norma performed by legendary singers 1927-1936 including Ezio Pinza, Francesco Merli, Rosa Ponselle & Gina Cigna
NAXOS 8.110325-27 (3-CD, budget)
MASCAGNI Cavalleria rusticana: Maria Callas (Santuzza), Giuseppe Di Stefano (Turiddu), Rolando Panerai (Alfio), Anna Maria Canali (Lola), Ebe Ticozzi (Mamma Lucia); LEONCAVALLO Pagliacci: Maria Callas (Nedda), Giuseppe Di Stefano (Canio), Tito Gobbi (Tonio), Nicola Monti (Beppe), Rolando Panerai (Silvio), Chorus and Orchestra of La Scala Milan, Tullio Serafin (conductor)
EMI 5868302 (2-CD, budget)
BACH Mass in B Minor, BWV 232: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Marga Hoffgen (contralto), Nicolai Gedda (tenor), Heinz Rehfuss (bass), Singverein, Orchestra of the Musikfreunde, Vienna, Philharmonia Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan (conductor) (+ extracts from the 1950 rehearsals with Elizabeth Scwarzkopf, Kathleen Ferrier, the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
EMI 5868382 (2-CD, budget)
SCHUBERT 12 Lieder - Gretchen am Spinnrade; An die Musik; Im Fruhling; Wehmut; Ganymed; Das Lied im Grunen; Nahe des Geliebten; Die junge Nonne; An Silvia; Auf dem Wasser zu singen; Nachtviolen; Der Musensohn; 6 Moments musicaux D780: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Edwin Fischer (piano)
EMI 5868292 (CD, budget)
SCHUBERT Impromptus D899; Impromptus D935; Allegretto in C Minor D915:
Artur Schnabel (piano)
EMI 5868332 (CD, budget)
CD entitled 'CHOPIN - The Complete Dinu Lipatti recordings': 14 Waltzes; Barcarolle in F Sharp, Op.60; Nocturne in D Flat Op.27, No.2; Mazurka in C Sharp Minor, Op.50, No.3; Piano Sonata No.3 in B Minor, Op.58; Etude in E Minor, Op.25, No.5; Etude in G Flat, Op.10, No.5: Piano Concerto No.1 in E Minor, Op.11: Dinu Lipatti (piano), Tonhalle-Orchestra Zurich, Otto Ackermann (conductor)
EMI 5868262 (2-CD, budget)
CD entitled 'Dinu Lipatti A Portrait in Historic Recordings' - GRIEG Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in A Minor, Op.16*; SCHUMANN Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in A Minor, Op.54+; CHOPIN 14 Waltzes; Barcarolle in F Sharp, Op.60; Nocturne in D Flat Op.27, No.2; Mazurka in C Sharp Minor, Op.50, No.3; BACH Chorale Prelude 'Nun komm der Heiden Heiland' BWV 599 (arr. Busoni); Chorale Prelude 'Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ BWV 639 (arr. Busoni); Chorale 'Jesus bleibet meine Freude' from the Cantata Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147 (arr. Hess); Siciliana from Sonata No.2 for Flute and Harpsichord BWV 1031 (arr. Kempff); Partita No.1 in B Flat Major BWV 825; Keyboard Concerto No.1 in D Minor BWV 1052 (arr. Busoni)**; D. SCARLATTI Sonata in E Major L.23; Sonata in D Minor L.413; Sonata in G Major L.387; MOZART Piano Sonata No.8 in A Minor K310; CHOPIN Piano Sonata No.3 in B Minor, Op.58; LISZT Petrach Sonnet No.104 (No.5 from Annees de Pelerinage); BRAHMS Waltzes for Four Hands, Op.39 (a selection)++; RAVEL Alborada del gracioso: Dinu Lipatti (piano), * Philharmonia Orchestra, Alceo Galliera (conductor), + Philharmonia Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan (conductor), ** Concertgebouw Orchestra, Eduard van Beinum (conductor), ++ with Nadia Boulanger (piano)
DOCUMENTS 221761-350 (4-CD, budget)
[Distributed by Metronome]
New Releases - Chamber
Reviewer: Anthony Burton
MOZART Sonatas for Violin & Piano - in F Major K377; in C Major K303; in E Minor K304; in A Major K526: Mitsuko Uchida (piano),
Mark Steinberg (violin)
PHILIPS 475 6200 (CD/SACD hybrid)
SAINT-SAENS Septet in E Flat Major, Op.65; Tarentelle in A Minor, Op.6; Bassoon Sonata in G Major, Op.168; Piano Quartet in B Flat Major, Op.41; Piano Quintet in A Minor, Op.14; Oboe Sonata in D Major, Op.166; Clarinet Sonata in E Flat Major, Op.167; Caprice sur des airs danois et russes, Op.79: Ursula Leveaux (bassoon), Gareth Hulse (oboe), Richard Hosford (clarinet), Ian Brown (piano), The Nash Ensemble
HYPERION CDA 67431/2 (2-CD)
SHOSTAKOVICH String Quartet No.1, Op.49; String Quartet No.4, Op.83; String Quartet No.9, Op.117: Jerusalem Quartet
HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 901865 (CD)
DOHNANYI Serenade in C Major for String Trio, Op.10; SCHOENBERG String Trio, Op.45; MARTINU String Trio No.2:
The Leopold String Trio
HYPERION CDA 67429 (CD)
SCHOENBERG (Complete Works for Violin and Piano) - Phantasy for Violin with Piano Accompaniment; Piece for Violin and Piano in D Minor; Sonata After the Wind Quintet, Op.26 (arranged for violin and piano by Felix Greissle); Fragment for Violin and Piano: Ulf Wallin (violin), Roland Pontinen (piano)
BIS CD 1407 (CD)
An Interview with pianist Lang Lang :
RACHMANINOV Piano Concerto No.3 in D Minor (excerpt played; c/w LIU YANG River; SCRIABIN 10 Etudes: Lang Lang (piano), St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Yuri Temirkanov (conductor) (Rachmaninov + Liu Lang recorded live at the Proms, August 22nd 2001)
TELARC CD-80582 (CD)
TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No.1 in B Flat Minor Op. 23 (excerpt played; c/w MENDELSSOHN Piano Concerto No.1 in G Minor Op. 25: Lang Lang (piano), Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim (conductor)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 474 291-2 (CD)
CD entitled 'Lang Lang at the Carnegie Hall' -TAN DUN Eight Memories in Watercolour Op. 1 (Staccato Beans); LISZT Reminiscences du Don Juan de Mozart, S.418 (excerpts played; c/w SCHUMANN Abegg Variations; HAYDN Sonata in C Major Hob. XVI:50; SCHUBERT Fantasia in C Major D760, "Wanderer-Fantasie"; CHOPIN Nocturne in D Flat Major Op.27 No.2; SCHUMANN Träumerei (Kinderszenen); Arr. LANG LANG & LANG GUO-REN Horses; LISZT Liebestraum, S.541 no.3): Lang Lang (piano)
(Recorded live at Carnegie Hall, New York, November 7th, 2003)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 474 820-2 (2-CD, mid-price)
RACHMANINOV Piano Concerto No.2 in C Minor Op.18 (excerpt played;
c/w RACHMANINOV Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Op. 43): Lang Lang (piano), Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre,
Valery Gergiev (conductor)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 477 5499 (CD/SACD Hybrid)
'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.
BERNSTEIN I Hate Music!:
Barbara Bonney (soprano), Malcolm Martineau (piano)
ONYX 4003
CD entitled 'In Sunlight – Pieces for Madeleine Mitchell by Nigel OSBORNE; MACMILLAN; ELIAS; MONTAGUE; WOOLRICH; POWERS; Stuart JONES (Stephen MONTAGUE Folk Dances played):
Madeleine Mitchell (violin), Andrew Ball (piano)
NMC D098
BACH Cantatas Volume 27 – Ein Feste Burg Ist Unser Gott, BWV80; Wo Soll Ich Fliehen Hin, BWV5; Mache Dich, Mein Geist, Bereit, BWV115:
Susanne Ryden (soprano), Pascal Bertin (countertenor), Gerd Turk (tenor), Peter Kooij (bass), Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki (conductor)
BIS CD 1421
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RADIO 3'S DISC OF THE WEEK:
Esa-Pekka SALONEN Wing on Wing; Foreign Bodies; Insomnia: Anu Komsi (soprano), Piia Komsi (soprano), Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 477 5375 (CD)
