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HOT OFF THE PRESS:

MONTEVERDI Vespro della beata vergine da concerto (Venice 1610): Roberta Invernizzi, Monica Piccinini, Anna Simboli (sopranos), Sara Mingardo (mezzo), Francesco Ghelardini (alto), Vincenzo di Donato, Luca Dordolo, Gianluca Ferrarini (tenors), Pietro Spagnoli, Furio Zanasi (baritone), Antonio Abete, Daniele Carnovich (basses), Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini (conductor)
NAÏVE OPUS 111 OP 30403 (2-CD)

CD entitled ‘The Peoples Mass’ (Original works, plainchant, and the movements of the Mass set by different composers) – Anthea HADDOW Benedictus; 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)

CD entitled ‘Leontyne Price & Samuel Barber – Historic Peformances 1938 & 1953’: BARBER Hermit Songs, Op.29; Sleep now, Op.10, No.2; The Daisies, Op.2, No.1; Nocturne, Op.13, No.4; Nuvoletta, Op.25; POULENC Quatre Poemes de Paul Eluard; C’est ainsi que tu es (The Way You Are); FAURE Au bord de l’eau (At the Water’s Edge), Op.8, No.1; SAUGUET La Voyante (The Fortune-Teller): Leontyne Price (soprano), Samuel Barber (piano)
(continued)
– Six Folk Songs: O waly, waly; The Deaf Woman’s Courtship; Brother Greene; Zu dir; Batti, batti; Chi ti chi fa venir; SCHUMANN
In der Fremde; MENDELSSOHN Ist es wahr?; C.P.E. BACH Nonnelied; BRAHMS Der Gang zum Liebchen; Der Tod, das ist die kuhle Nacht; SCHUBERT Der Jungling an der Quelle: Samuel Barber (baritone, accompanying himself on the piano)
BRIDGE 9156 (CD)

SCHUMANN Dichterliebe, Op.48; Lieder Op.90; Die Lowenbraut, Op.31 No.1; Der Arme Peter, Op.53 No.3; Belsatzar, Op.57: Christian Gerhaher (baritone), Gerold Huber (piano)
RCA 82876 589952 (CD)

VIVALDI Concerto for two violins and cello in G Minor, RV 578; Concerto for two violins in A Major, RV 519; Concerto in A Minor RV 356; Concerto for two violins in C Major RV 507; Sonata No.2 in D Minor, RV12; Concerto for violin and oboe in B Flat Major, RV 548; Concerto in D Major in RV 230 (Op.3, No.9): Nigel Kennedy (violin), Daniel Stabrawa (violin), Albrecht Mayer (oboe), Olaf Maninger (cello), with members of the Berlin Philharmonic
EMI 557859 2 (CD)

BUILDING A LIBRARY RECOMMENDATION:

TALLIS The Lamentations of Jeremiah

Reviewer: Tess Knighton

Joint First Choice (Full Price):
Magnificat, Philip Cave (conductor) (recorded 1997; c/w Te lucis ante terminum; Salvator Mundi; Spem in Alium; In iejunio et fletu; O salutaris hostia; Miserere; Mass for 4 Voices)
LINN CKD 233 (SACD/CD hybrid)

Joint First Choice (Budget-price):
Pro Cantione Antiqua, Mark Brown (conductor) (recorded 1986; c/w God grant we grace (The Tallis Canon); Spem in Alium; Hear the voice and prayer of Thy servant; If ye love me; O Lord, give Thy Holy Spirit; In Iejunio et fletu; Mihir Autem; O Sacrum Convivium; Salvator Mundi; O nata lux; Te Lucis ante Terminum)
REGIS RRC 1026 (CD, budget)
[Next week’s Building a Library will feature Ives’s Piano Sonata ‘Concord’.]

CONSUMER SLOT – DECCA HERITAGE

GERSHWIN Concerto in F Major for Piano & Orchestra; Rhapsody in Blue: Julius Katchen (piano), Mantovani and his Orchestra
DECCA 475 6159 (CD mono, mid-price)

HAYDN Symphony No.88 in G Major; Symphony No.101 in D Major ‘The Clock’: Vienna Philharmonic, Karl Munchinger (conductor)
DECCA 475 6160 (CD mono, mid-price)

BRAHMS String Quartet No.2 in A Minor, Op.51, No.2; String Quartet No.3 in B Flat Major, Op.67: The Vegh Quartet
DECCA 475 6155 (CD mono, mid-price)

CHOPIN Piano Sonata No.3 in B Minor, Op.58; Impromptu No.1 in A Flat Major, Op.29; Impromptu No.2 in F Sharp Major, Op.36; Impromptu No.3 in G Flat Major, Op.51; Impromptu No.4 in C Sharp Minor, Op.66; Berceuse in D Flat Major, Op.57: Nikita Magaloff (piano)
DECCA 475 6157 (CD mono, mid-price)

DELIBES Lakme (Highlights): Mado Robin (Lakme), Agnes Disney (Mallika), Libero de Luca (Gerald), Jean Borthayre (Nilakantha), Orchestre et choeur de l’opera-comique, Paris, Georges Sebastian (conductor)
DECCA 475 6158 (CD mono, mid-price)

BRITTEN Saint Nicolas, Op.42: Peter Pears (tenor), David Hemmings (treble), Ralph Downes (organ), Girls’ Choir of Sir John Leman School, Beccles, Boys’ Choir of Ipswich School Preparatory Department, Three boys from the Choir of St Mary-Le-Tower, Ipswich, Aldeburgh Festival Choir & Orchestra, Benjamin Britten (conductor)
DECCA 475 6156 (CD mono, mid-price)


NEW RELEASES: OPERA

Reviewer: Alexandra Wilson

ROSSINI Le Comte Ory: Juan Diego Florez (Le comte Ory), Alastair Miles (Le Gouverneur), Marie-Ange Todorovitch (Isolier), Bruno Pratico (Raimbaud), Stefania Bonfadelli (La comtesse de Formoutiers), Marina De Liso (Dame Ragonde), Rossella Bevacqua (Alice), Prague Chamber Choir, Orchestra del teatro Comunale di Bologna, Jesus Lopez-Cobos (conductor)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 477 5020 (2-CD)

ROSSINI Maometto II (1822 Venice version): Denis Sedov (Maometto), Anna-Rita Gemmabella (Calbo), Luisa Islam-Ali-Zade (Anna Erisso), Massimiliano Barbolini (Paolo Erisso), Antonio de Gobbi (Condulmiero), Cesare Ruta (Selimo), Czech Philharmonic Choir, Brno, Czech Chamber Soloists, Brno, Brad Cohen (conductor)
NAXOS 8.660149-51 (3-CD, budget)

CD entitled ‘Sempre Libera’ – VERDI E strano! E strano! (La traviata); Era piu calmo? – Piangea cantando nell’erma landa– Ave Maria (Otello); BELLINI Ah! Se una volta sola rivederlo potessi (La sonnambula); Ah! Non credea mirarti – Ah! Non giunge uman pensiero (La sonnambula); O rendetemi la speme – Ah! Tu sorridi e asciughi il pianto ! – Vien, diletto, e in ciel la luna !; DONIZETTI O giusto cielo ! Ohime! . . . sorge il tremendo fantasma; Ardon gli incensi; Spargi d’amaro pianto: Anna Netrebko (soprano), with Sara Mingardo (mezzo), Saimir Pirgu (tenor), Nicola Ulivieri (bass-baritone), Andrea Concetti (bass), Sascha Reckert (glass harmonica), Coro Sinfonico di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Claudio Abbado (conductor)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 474 8812 (SACD/CD)


VERDI A Masked Ball: (English translation by Amanda Holden): Dennis O’ Neill (Gustavus III), Anthony Michaels-Moore (Count Anckarstroem), Susan Patterson (Amelia), Jill Grove (Ulrike Arvidson), Linda Richardson (Oscar), Christopher Purves (Count Ribbing), Brindley Sherratt (Count Horn), Roland Wood (Cristian), Ashley Catling (Amelia’s Servant/Lord Chief Justice), Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra, David Parry (conductor)
CHANDOS CHAN 31162 (2-CD, mid-price)

VERDI Falstaff: Michele Pertusi (Sir John Falstaff), Carlos Alvarez (Ford), Bulent Bezduz (Fenton), Alasdair Elliott (Dr Cajus), Peter Hoare (Bardolfo), Darren Jeffrey (Pistola), Ana Ibarra (Alice Ford), Maria Jose Moreno (Nannetta), Jane Henschel (Mrs Quickly), Marina Domashenko (Meg Page), London Symphony Chorus & Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis (conductor)
LSO LIVE LSO LSO0055 (2-CD, budget)

AN INTERVIEW WITH COMPOSER AND SINGER-SONGWRITER ELVIS COSTELLO

COSTELLO Put Away Forbidden Playthings (excerpt played; c/w works by ISAAC ; RUDERS; DUN; TYE; BAINBRIDGE; BEAMISH; SCHULTHORPE; BRYARS; OCKEGHEM (from CD entitled ‘Sit Fast’): Michael Chance (countertenor), Fretwork (viols)
VIRGIN VC5 45217-2 (CD)

COSTELLO The Juliet Letters (I Thought I’d Write to Juliet, played): Elvis Costello (vocals), Brodsky Quartet
WARNERS 936245180-2 (CD, mid-price)

*HARLE O Mistress Mine (excerpt played; c/w Terror and Magnificence; The Three Ravens; Hunting the Hare; Rosie-Blood (Sederunt) (from CD entitled ‘Terror and Magnificence’):
Elvis Costello (vocals), John Harle (saxophones), Steve Lodder (chamber organ), Roy Babbington (double bass), John Harle Band, Balanescu Quartet
ARGO 452 605-2 (CD)

* This CD is currently unavailable

COSTELLO The Delivery Man (played; from the album ‘The Delivery Man’): Elvis Costello & The Imposters
LOST HIGHWAY 986372-7 (CD)

COSTELLO Il Sogno (Oberon Humbled, played): London Symphony Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 471 5772 (CD)



‘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

BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No.28 in A Major, Op.101 (in a new critical edition by M. Perahia):
Murray Perahia (piano)
SONY SK 93043

MOZART The Complete Sonatas for Keyboard and Violin:
Rachel Podger (violin), Gary Cooper (fortepiano)
CHANNEL CLASSICS CCS SA 21804 (SACD/CD hybrid)

KORNGOLD Violin Concerto in D major, Op.35:
Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), London Symphony Orchestra, Andre Previn (conductor)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 474 8742 (SACD/CD hybrid)

CD entitled 'First Encounter' – Angelika Kirchschlager (mezzo) & Barbara Bonney (soprano) sing vocal duets by MENDELSSOHN, Fanny MENDELSSOHN, SCHUMANN, BRAHMS & DVORAK:
Malcolm Martineau (piano)
SONY SK 93133.

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RADIO 3'S DISC OF THE WEEK:

YSAYE Sonatas for Violin Solo, Op.27 (Sonatas 4-6 played):Thomas Zehetmair (violin)
ECM 472 6872 (CD)

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