Playlist

HOT OFF THE PRESS:
VIVALDI (and others) Andromeda Liberata: Simone Kermes (Andromeda), Max Emanuel Cencic (Perseo), Katerina Beranova (Cassiope), Anna Bonitatibus (Meliso), Mark Tucker (Daliso), La Stagione Armonica, Venice Baroque Orchestra, Andrea Marcon (conductor)
ARCHIV 477 0982 (2-CD)

CD entitled ‘In Nomine – The Witten in Nomine Broken Consort Book’ (compositions inspired by and using Taverner’s ‘In Nomine’ cantus firmus) – works by TAVERNER/PESSON; FERNEYHOUGH; HUBER; KROLL, PURCELL/PAUSET; Stuart MACRAE; Rainer PETERS; SCIARRINO; RIHM and others: Ensemble recherche
KAIROS 0012442KAI (2-CD, mid-price)

BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No.3 in C Minor, Op.37; Piano Concerto No.2 in B Flat Major, Op.19: Martha Argerich (piano), Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Claudio Abbado (conductor) (live in Ferrara in 2000 & 2004)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 477 5026 (CD)

CD entitled ‘A batallar estrellas – Al Ayre Espanol’ (motets and sacred villancicos from the Spanish Baroque) – PATINO In devotione; Maria Mater Dei; DURON Salve de ecos; A batallar estrellas; Lamentacion primera, del Miercoles; SAMANIEGO De esplendor se doran los ayres; COMES Al la sombra estais; CABANILLES Symphonia; Passacalles de quarto tono; GALAN Oygan los dulzes ecos: Al Ayre Espanol, Eduardo Lopez Banzo (director)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMI 987053 (CD)

BUILDING A LIBRARY RECOMMENDATION:
STRAUSS Don Quixote, Op.35
Reviewer: David Nice

First Choice:
Thomas Grossenbacher (cello), Michel Rouilly (viola), Tonhalle Orchestra, Zurich, David Zinman (conductor) (recorded 2003; c/w Romance in F Major for Cello & Orchestra, Op.13; Serenade in E Flat Major for 13 Wind Instruments, Op.7)
ARTE NOVA 74321 984962 (CD, budget-price)

Historic Choice:
Emmanuel Feuermann (cello), Carlton Cooley (viola), NBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini (conductor) (recorded live 1938; c/w ROSSINI Cenerentola Overture; BEETHOVEN Symphony No.5 in C Minor)
GUILD GHCD 2223 (CD, budget-price)

[Next week’s Building a Library will feature Debussy’s String Quartet.]


CONSUMER SLOT – DEUTSCHE HARMONIA MUNDI ‘SPLENDEURS’
CD entitled ‘Sepharad – Songs of the Spanish Jews in the Mediterranean and the Ottoman Empire’: Ensemble Saraband, Vladimir Ivanoff (director)

DEUTSCHE HARMONIA MUNDI 74321935642 (CD, mid-price)
LITERES Los Elementos: Marta Almajano (El Ayre); Lola Casariego (La Tierra), Anne Grimm (El Agua), Xenla Meljer (El Fuego), Carlos Mena (countertenor), Jordi Ricart (El Tiempo), Al Ayre Espanol, Eduardo Lopez Banzo (conductor)
DEUTSCHE HARMONIA MUNDI 74321935502 (CD, mid-price)

ZELENKA ‘Hipocondrie’ a 7 Concertanti in A Major; Concerto a 8 Concertant! in G Major; ‘Simphonie’ a 8 Concertanti in A Minor; PISENDEL Concerto in D Major; Sonata in C Minor for Oboes, strings & continuo: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, Gottfried von Der Goltz (director)
DEUTSCHE HARMONIA MUNDI
74321 935532 (CD, mid-price)

BACH The Motets: Cantus Colln, Konrad Junghanel (conductor/lute)
DEUTSCHE HARMONIA MUNDI
74321 935432 (CD, mid-price)

VIVALDI Overture to the opera ‘L’Olimpiade’; Concerto in B Minor Op.3, No.10 from ‘L’Estro armonico’; Sinfonia for Strings in A Major RV 158; BACH Overture in D Major (Orchestral Suite, No.4), BWV 1069; Sinfonia from the Cantata ‘Am Abend aber desselbigen Sabbats’, BWV 42; Concerto for 3 Violins, Strings and continuo BWV 1064: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra,
Thomas Hengelbrock (conductor)
DEUTSCHE HARMONIA MUNDI
74321 935412 (CD, mid-price)

VIVALDI 6 Sonatas for Cello and Continuo – Sonata in F Major; Sonata in A Minor; Sonata in E Minor; Sonata in A Minor; Sonata in G Minor; Sonata in E Flat Major: Anner Bylsma (cello), Hidemi Suzuki (cello), Jacques Ogg (harpsichord)
DEUTSCHE HARMONIA MUNDI
74321 935612 (CD, mid-price)

A. SCARLATTI Cantatas – Ombre Tacite e Sole; Il Genio d’Mitilde; Perche Tacete, Regolati Concenti?; O Pace del Mio Cor (first setting); Il Rosignolo (first setting); Il Infirmata, vulnerata (motet): David Daniels (countertenor), Arcadian Academy, Nicholas McGegan (conductor)
DEUTSCHE HARMONIA MUNDI
74321 935812 (CD, mid-price)

CD entitled ‘SAINTE COLOMBE – 7 Strings and More’ Pieces arranged for Viola da gamba – Prelude; Les Couplets; Le Retrouve; La Conference ; Le Change ; Tombeau Les Regrets ; Le Raporte ; Le Majestueux ; Le Precipite ; La Varie ; L’Infidelle : Hille Perl (viola da gamba), Lorenz Duftschmidt (viola da gamba), Lee Santana (theorbo), Andrew Lawrence-King (triple harp)
DEUTSCHE HARMONIA MUNDI
74321 935562 (CD, mid-price)

RAMEAU Hippolyte et Aricie – Suite for Orchestra from 1733, 1742, 1757: La Petite Bande, Sigiswald Kuijken (conductor)
DEUTSCHE HARMONIA MUNDI
74321 935542 (CD, mid-price)

HAYDN Harmoniemesse ; Te Deum : Sandrine Piau (soprano), Monika Groop (mezzo), Christoph Pregardien (tenor), Harry van der Kamp (bass), Chamber Choir of Namur, La Petite Bande, Sigiswald Kuijken (conductor)
DEUTSCHE HARMONIA MUNDI
74321 935492 (CD, mid-price)


NEW RELEASES: VIOLIN
Reviewer: Martin Cotton

MOZART Violin Concerto No.3 in G Major, K216: BRAHMS Violin Concerto in D Major, Op.77: Julian Rachlin (violin), Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Mariss Jansons (conductor)
WARNER 2564 615612 (CD)

DVORAK Violin Concerto in A Minor, Op.53; Piano Trio in F Minor, Op.65: Isabelle Faust (violin), Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello), Alexander Melnikov (piano),The Prague Philharmonia,
Jiri Belohlavek (conductor)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 901833 (CD)

RAVI SHANKAR Raga Piloo – in Memoriam Yehudi Menuhin; RAVEL Tzigane; DE FALLA Suite populaire espagnole (arr. Kochanski for violin and lutheal); BARTOK Romanian Folk Dances; SCHNITTKE Sonata 1955 for Violin & Piano; SHANKAR Swara-Kakali) (from CD entitled ‘East Meets West’): Daniel Hope (violin), Gaurav Mazumdar (sitar),
Asok Chakraborty (tabla),
Gilda Sebastian (tanpura), Sebastian Knauer (piano/lutheal)
WARNERS 2564 61329-2 (CD)

ELGAR Violin Concerto in B Minor, Op.61; VAUGHAN WILLIAMS The Lark Ascending: Hilary Hahn (violin), London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis (conductor)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 474 8732 (SACD/CD hybrid)

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


AN INTERVIEW WITH COMPOSER, PIANIST & JAZZ SINGER RICHARD RODNEY BENNETT

Richard Rodney BENNETT
Piano Sonata (first movement played; Noctuary played c/w; Impromptu on the name of Haydn; Tango after Syrinx; Three Romantic Pieces; Impromptu on a theme of Henri Dutilleux; Excursions; Memento; Theme from Eustace and Hilda; Fantasy; Five Studies; Scena I; Diversions; Taking a line for a walk; Seven Days a Week; A Week of Birthdays; Partridge Pie) (from CD entitled ‘ Richard Rodney BENNETT Complete Works for Piano Solo’) : Martin Jones (piano)
METRONOME MET CD 1068/1069 (2-CD, mid-price)

Richard Rodney BENNETT
Piano Concerto No. 1* (excerpt played; Concerto for Stan Getz+, played; c/w Murder on the Orient Express; Four Weddings and a Funeral; Dream Sequence: *Stephen Kovacevich (piano), BBC Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Gibson (conductor), + John Harle (saxophone), BBC Concert Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth (conductor)
DECCA 470 3712 (CD, mid-price)

Richard Rodney BENNETT
Original Soundtrack from ‘Gormenghast’ (Cat Room played): BBC Philharmonic Orchestra,
John Harle (conductor)
SONY SK 89135 (CD)

Jerome KERN and Dorothy FIELDS
I won’t dance (played; c/w GERSHWIN Pay Some Attention to Me; Richard Rodney BENNETT Funny Thing – and other songs (from CD entitled ‘Lush Life’):
Richard Rodney Bennett (voice and piano)
ODE CD ODE 1292 (CD, mid-price)

 ‘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.

This week's selections:


BIBER
Requiem ex F con terza minore:
Gabrieli Consort & Players: Paul McCreesh (conductor)
ARCHIV 474 7142

CHOPIN
Nocturnes & Impromptus:
Angela Hewitt (piano)
HYPERION CDA 67371/2 (2-CD)

BEETHOVEN
Piano Trio in C Minor, Op.1, No.3:
The Florestan Trio
HYPERION CDA 67466

CD entitled 'Silent Noon – Bryn Terfel' – works by BRITTEN; STANFORD; DUNHILL; ELWYN-EDWARDS; GURNEY; HEAD; KEEL; PARRY; QUILTER; SOMERVELL; VAUGHAN WILLIAMS & WARLOCK:
Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone), Malcolm Martineau (piano)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 474 2192



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RADIO 3'S DISC OF THE WEEK:
RACHMANINOV The Complete Piano Concertos (recorded live); Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op.43 (Piano Concerto No.4 in G Minor, Op.40 played): Stephen Hough (piano), Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Litton (conductor)
HYPERION CDA67501/2 (2-CD)