Building a Library: Barber: Symphony No.1, Op.9 and Symphony No.2, Op.19
Reviewer - Alyn Shipton
First Choice (Symphony No.1): Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, David Zinman (conductor)
(Recorded 1991; c/w BARBER Adagio for Strings, Op.11; Overture to 'The School for Scandal', Op.5; First Essay for Orchestra, Op.12; Music for a Scene from Shelley, Op.7; Second Essay for Orchestra, Op.17)
ARGO 4362882 (CD)
Budget Choice (Symphony No.1): Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin (conductor)
(Recorded 1990; c/w BARBER Adagio for Strings, Op.11*; Meditation de Medee*; Danse de la Vengeance*; Piano Concerto; Violin Concerto; Capricorn Concerto; Cello Concerto; Souvenirs (for piano four hands)+)
John Browning (piano), Kyoto Takezawa (violin), Steven Isserlis (cello), Boston Symphony Orchestra*, Charles Munch (conductor)*, Leonard Slatkin (piano+)
RCA 74321987042 (2-CD, budget)
First Choice (Symphony No.2): Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi (conductor)
(Recorded 1991; c/w BARBER Symphony No.1, Op.9; Overture to 'The School of Scandal ', Op.5; Adagio for Strings, Op.11)
CHANDOS CHAN9684 (CD)
OR
c/w Adagio for Strings, Op.11; BRISTOW Symphony in F sharp minor, Op.26 CHANDOS CHAN9169 (CD)
First Choice (both Symphonies): Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi (conductor) - as above
Budget Choice (both Symphonies): Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Marin Alsop (conductor)
(Recorded 1998; c/w Overture to 'The School of Scandal ', Op.5; First Essay for Orchestra, Op.12)
NAXOS 8.559024 (CD, budget)
CD Review BAL Catalogue Data bal.barber:
bal.barber.symphony.no.1.op.9
bal.barber.symphony.no.2.op.19
Playlist
Hot Off The Press:
LUTOSLAWSKI Concerto for Orchestra; Fanfare for Louisville ; BARTOK Concerto for Orchestra:
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Jarvi (conductor)
TELARC CD80618 (CD)
MOZART Violin Concerto No.1 in B flat, K207; Violin Concerto No.2 in D, K211; Violin Concerto No.3 in G, K216:
Fabio Biondi (violin/director), Europa Galanta
VIRGIN CLASSICS 3447062 (CD)
SHOSTAKOVICH String Quartet No.3 in F, Op.73; String Quartet No.7 in F sharp minor, Op.108; String Quartet No.8 in C minor Op.110:
Hagen Quartett
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 4776146 (CD)
STRAVINSKY Les Noces; Messe; Cantate:
Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Susan Parry (alto), Vsevolod Grivnov (tenor), Jan Kobow (tenor), Maxim Mikhailov (bass), RIAS Kammerchor; musikFabrik, Daniel Reuss (conductor)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMC801913 (CD)
BUILDING A LIBRARY RECOMMENDATIONS:
BARBER Symphony No.1, Op.9 and Symphony No.2, Op.19
Reviewer: Alyn Shipton
First Choice (Symphony No.1):
c/w BARBER Adagio for Strings, Op.11; Overture to 'The School for Scandal', Op.5; First Essay for Orchestra, Op.12; Music for a Scene from Shelley, Op.7; Second Essay for Orchestra, Op.17:
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, David Zinman (conductor)
ARGO 4362882 (CD)
Budget Choice (Symphony No.1):
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin (conductor)
c/w BARBER Adagio for Strings, Op.11*; Meditation de Medee*; Danse de la Vengeance*; Piano Concerto; Violin Concerto; Capricorn Concerto; Cello Concerto; Souvenirs (for piano four hands)+:
John Browning (piano), Kyoto Takezawa (violin), Steven Isserlis (cello), Boston Symphony Orchestra*, Charles Munch (conductor)*, Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin (conductor/piano+)
RCA 74321987042 (2-CD, budget)
First Choice (Symphony No.2):
c/w BARBER Symphony No.1, Op.9; Overture to 'The School of Scandal ', Op.5; Adagio for Strings, Op.11:
Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi (conductor)
CHANDOS CHAN9684 (CD)
also available on CHAN9169 (c/w Adagio for Strings, Op.11; BRISTOW Symphony in F sharp minor, Op.26)
First Choice (both Symphonies):
Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi (conductor) - as above
Budget Choice (both Symphonies):
c/w Overture to 'The School of Scandal ', Op.5; First Essay for Orchestra, Op.12:
Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Marin Alsop (conductor)
NAXOS 8.559024 (CD, budget)
[Next week's Building a Library features recordings of LULLY]
Hot off the Press Extra
MAHLER Symphony No.2 'Resurrection':
Christine Shafer (soprano), Michelle deYoung (mezzo-soprano), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Pierre Boulez (conductor)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 4776004 (CD)
BRAHMS Piano Concerto No.1 in D minor, Op.15; Piano Concerto No.2 in B flat, Op.83:
Nelson Freire (piano), Leipzig Gewandhausorchester, Riccardo Chailly (conductor)
DECCA 4757637 (2-CD, mid-price)
New Releases - Vocal
Reviewer: Patrick O'Connor
CD entitled 'Abendbilder - Lieder by SCHUBERT including 'Drang in die Ferne' and 'Des Fischers Liebesgluck':
Christian Gerhaher (tenor), Gerold Huber (piano)
RCA 82876777162 (CD)
CD entitled 'Women's lives and loves - A Liderspiel devised by Graham Johnson' - works by BRAHMS, LOEWE, MENDELSSOHN, SCHUMANN, and WOLF:
Felicity Lott (soprano), Angelika Kirchschlager (soprano), Graham Johnson (piano)
HYPERION CDA67563 (CD)
CD entitled 'Invitation au voyage' - works by DUPARC, MAHLER, PIZZETTI and VAUGHAN WILLIAMS:
Dietrich Henschel (baritone), Fritz Schwinghammer (piano)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMC901875 (CD)
CD entitled 'L'Invitation au voyage - Melodies from La belle epoque' including works by DELIBES, DUPARC, GODARD, HILLEMACHER and PALADILHE:
John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Graham Johnson (piano)
HYPERION CDA67523 (CD)
SCHUBERT Die Winterreise D911:
Klaus Mertens (baritone), Tini Mathot (piano)
CHALLENGE CLASSICS CC72152 (CD)
SCHUBERT Die Winterreise D911:
Christine Schafer (soprano), Eric Schneider (piano)
ONYX 4010 (CD)
An interview with composer and double bass player Barry Guy
www.barryguy.com
GUY After the Rain - Refrain and Chorale:
City of London Sinfonia , Richard Hickox (conductor)
NMC DO13S (CD)
GUY Ode:
London Jazz Composer Orchestra
INTAKT CD041 (CD)
GUY Buzz (extract played; c/w works by BAINBRIDGE, BEAMISH, SCULTHORPE, TAN DUN and others):
Fretwork
VIRGIN 5452172 (CD)
GUY Ceremony for baroque violins (extract played; c/w BIBER Annunciation - Praeludium of Mystery Sonata No.1; GUY Celebration; Immeasurable Sky; Still; Breathing Earth):
Maya Homburger (baroque violin), Barry Guy (double-bass)
ECM 1643 (CD)
GUY Dakryon:
Maya Homburger (violin), Barry Guy (bass) and Pierre Favre (percussion)
MAYA MCD0501 (CD)
GUY Folio - Postlude (extract) and Improvised commentary:
Barry Guy (double bass), Munich Chamber Orchestra, Christoph Poppen (conductor)
ECM 1931 (CD)
[Next week's guest is conductor Markus Stenz]
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YORK BOWEN Violin Concerto in E minor, Op.33:
Lorraine McAslan (violin), BBC Concert Orchestra, Vernon Handley (conductor)
DUTTON CDLX7169 (CD, mid-price)
MOZART Sonata in B flat, KV454; Sonata in C, KV28; Andante & Fugue in A, KV402 (385E); Andante & Allegretto in C, KV404 (385D); Sonata in B flat, KV8; Sonata in E flat, KV380 (374F):
Gary Cooper (fortepiano Anton Walter 1795; copy by Derek Adlam 1987), Rachel Podger (baroque violin Pesarinius 1739)
CHANNEL CLASSICS CCSCAT20067 (CD, mid-price)
IRELAND String Quartet No.1 in D minor; The Holy Boy; String Quartet No.2 in C minor:
Maggini Quartet
NAXOS 8.557777 (CD, budget)
RADIO 3'S DISC OF THE WEEK:
FOULDS Dynamic Triptych, Op.88 (c/w April - England (Impressions of Time and Place No.1), Op.48 No.1; Music-Pictures Group III, Op.33; The Song of Ram Dass; Keltic Lament, Op.29 No.2):
Peter Donohoe (piano), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra , Sakari Oramo (conductor)
WARNER CLASSICS 2564629992 (CD)
