In this week's programme:
09.05am
HODDINOTT: Horn Concerto Op. 65 (first movement)*; MAW: Sonata for Strings and 2 Horns**
(c/w SEARLE: Aubade for Horn and Strings Op. 28; BANKS: Horn Concerto)
Barry Tuckwell (horn)*, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra*; Alan Civil and Ian Harper (horns)**, English Chamber Orchestra**, Norman Del Mar (conductor)**; New Philharmonia Orchestra, Andrew Davis (conductor)
Lyrita SRCD.335 (CD)
MOERAN: Cello Sonata in A minor (2nd movement)
(c/w Cello Concerto; Prelude for cello and piano)
Peers Coetmore (cello), Eric Parkin (piano), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Adrian Boult (conductor)
Lyrita SRCD.299 (CD)
RAWSTHORNE: Quartet for Clarinet, Violin, Viola and Cello (3rd movement)
(c/w L. BERKELEY: Sonatina for Violin and Piano Op. 17; Sextet for Clarinet, Horn and String Quartet Op. 47; BUSH: Three Concert Studies for Piano Trio Op. 31)
Sydney Humphreys (violin), Margaret Major (viola), Derek Simpson (cello), Thea King (clarinet)
The Music Group of London, Alan Bush (piano)
Lyrita SRCD.256 (CD)
09.30 am
Building a Library Recommendation
JOSQUIN: Missa Pange Lingua
Reviewer - Tess Knighton
First Choice:
Ensemble Clement Janequin, Ensemble Organum, Marcel Peres (director)
Harmonia Mundi - available for download from Tuesday 29th April
This will be re-issued on HMGold as HMG501239 (CD) in mid-September
Next week Dermot Clinch examines recordings of Ravel's Le Tombeau de Couperin (piano version).
10.25 DVD Videos
JANACEK: From the House of the Dead (from Act 2, "Alexandr Petrovic, bude prazdnik"* and "Presel den, druhy, treti")
Martin Barta (The Cook)*, Vratislav Kriz (The Priest)*, Vladimir Chmelo (Short Prisoner)* ±, John Mark Ainsley (Skuratov)*±, Jan Galla (Cekunov)*, Tomas Krejcirik (Drunken Prisoner)*; Stefan Margita (Luka/Filka Morozov)±, Marian Pavlovic (Kedril)±, Olaf Bar (Alexandr Petrovic Gorjancikov), Eric Stoklossa (Aljeja), Peter Straka (Tall Prisoner), Jiri Sulzenko (Commandant), Heinz Zednik (Old Prisoner), Olivier Dumait (Young Prisoner/A voice), Susannah Haberfeld (A Prostitute), Ales Jenis (Prisoner acting Don Juan and the Brahmin), Peter Hoare (Sapkin), Gerd Grochowski (Siskov), Andreas Conrad (Cerevin), Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Pierre Boulez (conductor)
Deutsche Grammophon 00400734426 (DVD)
PIZZETTI: Assassinio nella Cattedrale (from Act 2, " Servi del Re" * and "I messi della morte"±)
Salvatore Cordella, Massimiliano Valleggi, Anotonio De Gobbi, Istvan Kovacs (Cavalieri)*; Filippo Bettoschi (priest)*, Elia Fabbian (priest)*, Ruggero Raimondi (L'Arcivescovo - Thomas Becket)*, Paoletta Marrocu (Prima corifea)±, Sonia Zaramella (Seconda corifea), Luca Casalin (a herald), Saverio Fiore (priest), Massimo Polverari (The King), Fabrizio Bartolucci), Coro A.T.E.R., Coro di voci bianche del Conservatorio Piccinni di Bari, Orchestra Sinfonica della Provincia di Bari, Piergiorgio Morandi (conductor)
Decca 074 3253 (DVD)
10.50 Beethoven Excerpts
BEETHOVEN: Symphonies, Overtures
(Symphonies 1-9; Overtures: The Consecration of the House, Coriolan, The Ruins of Athens, The Creatures of Prometheus, Marcia alla Turca)
Anna-Kristiina Kaappola (soprano), Marianne Beate Kielland (alto), Markus Schafer (tenor), Thomas Bauer (bass), Anima Eterna, Jos van Immerseel (conductor)
Zig Zag Territoires ZZT080402/6 (6 CDs, Budget)
11.20 am Paul Lewis Interview
Andrew talks to pianist Paul Lewis as he reaches the end of his Beethoven sonata cycle on CD. With extracts from:
BEETHOVEN: Complete Piano Sonatas, Vol.1
(Sonatas op.31 no.1, 2 & 3)
Paul Lewis (piano)
Harmonia Mundi HMC901902 (CD)
BEETHOVEN: Complete Piano Sonatas, Vol. 2
(No. 8 Op.13 'Pathetique', Nos. 9 & 10 Op.14 / 1 & 2,
No. 11 Op.22,No. 21 Op.53 'Waldstein',No. 24 Op.78,
No. 25 Op. 79, No. 27 Op. 90, No. 28 Op.101,
No. 29 Op.106 'Hammerklavier')
Paul Lewis (piano)
Harmonia Mundi HMC901903.05 (3CDs)
BEETHOVEN: Complete Piano Sonatas, Vol. 4
(Piano Sonata Nos. 5, 6 & 7 Op. 10, 15 Op. 28, 29 & 20 Op. 49
1 & 2, 26 Op. 81a 'Les adieux', The Last Sonatas
Op. 109, 110 & 111)
Paul Lewis (piano)
Harmonia Mundi HMC901909.11 (3CDs)
11.45am Disc of the Week
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 Op. 15
(c/w Hungarian Dances for piano 4 hands)
Nicholas Angelich (piano), Frankfurt Radio SO, Paavo Jarvi (conductor)
Virgin Classics 5189982 (CD)
