CD Review - Critics' Roundup
09.05am Critics' Highlights of 2007
CD Review regular critics, Harriet Smith, Stephen Johnson and Simon Heighes choose their favourite recordings of 2007
Bach: Cello Suites
Steven Isserlis
Hyperion CDA67541-2 (2CDs)
Bach: Christmas Oratorio
Jan Willem de Vriend/Cappella Amsterdam
Challenge Classics CC76607 (2 Hybrid SACDs)
Brahms: Klavierstucke Op 116-119
Nicholas Angelich
Virgin 00946 379302 2 9 (2CDs)
Bruckner: Symphony No 7
Leipzig Gewandhaus/Herbert Blomstedt
Querstand VKJK 0708 (Hybrid SACD)
Buxtehude: Dein edles Herz
Wolfgang Katschner/Capella Angelica/Lautten Compagney
Carus 83.193 (CD)
Handel: Arias 'Ah! mio cor'
Magdalena Kozena, Venice Baroque Orchestra/Andrea Marcon
Deutsche Grammophon 4776547 (CD)
William Hayes: Concerti Grossi
Capriccio Basel
Capriccio 71135 (Hybrid SACD)
Mendelssohn: Piano Trios
Fischer/Muller-Schott/Gilad
Pentatone PTC5186085 (Hybrid SACD)
Nielsen: Orchestral Music
Danish National SO/Thomas Dausgaard
Dacapo 6.220518 (Hybrid SACD)
Schumann: Fantasie in C; Kreisleriana; Arabeske
Jonathan Biss
EMI 3 65391 2 (CD)
Shostakovich: Piano and Trumpet Concerto/Piano Quintet etc.
Martha Argerich, Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, Alexander Verdernikov (conductor); Renaud Capucon and Alissa Margulis (violin), Lyda Chen (viola), Mischa Maisky (cello)
EMI Classics 5099950450428 (CD)
Tippett: Piano Concerto and Sonatas
Steven Osborne
Hyperion CDA67461/2 (2CDs)
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No 5;
Dona Nobis Pacem
LPO/BBCSO & Chorus/Ralph Vaughan Williams, Renee Flynn (soprano), Roy Henderson (baritone) (1952 & 1936)
Somm SOMM071 (CD)
'Bolivian Baroque' Vol.2
Florilegium
Channel Classics CCS SA 24806 (Hybrid SACD)
'Terezin'
Works by Weber, Svenk, Strauss, Kalman, Roman, Krasa Ullmann, Haas, Schulhoff
Anne Sofie Von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Bengt Forsberg (piano), Christian Gerhaher (baritone), Daniel Hope (violin), Gerold Humber (piano).
DG4776546 (CD)
11.30 am Critics Challenge -
Andrew McGregor challenges our three
critics to see what they can buy for £50.
BELLAM: Glimmering Nymph
from disc 'Reflections' (Aterspeglingar - Svenska sanger)
Anna Emilsson (soprano), Jakob Lindberg (lute)
See www.annaemilsson.com for more information
WAGNER: Gotterdammerung (recorded Bayreuth, 1955)
Brunnhilde - Astrid Varnay; Siegfried - Wolfgang Windgassen
Gunther - Hermann Uhde; Waltraute - Maria von Ilosvay
Alberich - Gustav Neidlinger; Hagen - Josef Greindl
Gutrune - Gre Brouwenstijn; Woglinde - Jutta Vulpius
Wellgunde - Elisabeth Schartel; Flo?hilde - Maria Graf
Erste Norn - Maria von Ilosvay; Zweite Norn - Georgine von Milinkovic?
Dritte Norn - Mina Bolotine
Chor & Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele, Joseph Keilberth (conductor)
Testament SBT41393 (4 CDs)
11.50 am CD Review Listeners' Disc of the Year
Bach: Cello Suites
Steven Isserlis (cello)
Hyperion CDA67541-2 (2CDs)
