Playlist
[All recordings are available at full price unless indicated otherwise.]
BACH orch. ELGAR Fantasia and Fugue in C minor, BWV537 / Op.86
(c/w ELGAR Froissart Overture, Op.19; Dream Children, Op.43; The Music Makers, Op.69):
Halle Orchestra, Mark Elder (conductor)
HALLE CDHLL7509 (CD, mid-price)
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No.14, Op.135 (last 3 songs played)
(c/w Symphony No.3, Op.20 'First of May'):
Larissa Gogolewskaja (soprano), Sergei Aleksashkin (bass), Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Mariss Jansons (conductor)
EMI CLASSICS 3568302 (CD)
SZYMANOWSKI Sonata No.3
(c/w Masques, Op.34; Métopes, Op.29):
Piotr Anderszewski (piano)
VIRGIN CLASSICS 5457302 (CD)
MOZART Ruhe sanft mein holdes Leben (Zaide)
(c/w arias from Mitridate re di Ponto; Le Nozze di Figaro; Cosi fan Tutte; concert arias including Ch'io mi scordi di te? and Exsultate, Jubilate):
Miah Persson (soprano), Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Sebastian Weigle (conductor)
BIS BIS-SACD-1529 (Hybrid SACD/CD)
HANDEL Messiah (arr. MOZART, K572) (end of Part 2 played):
Felicity Lott (soprano), Felicity Palmer (alto), Philip Langridge (tenor), Robert Lloyd (bass), John Birch (organ), The Huddersfield Choral Society, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras (conductor)
SIGNUM SIGCD074 (2-CD, mid-price)
WAXMAN Joshua (end of Part 1 played):
Maximilian Schell (narrator), Rod Gilfry (baritone - Moses/Joshua), Ann Hallenberg (mezzo-soprano - Rahab), Peter Buchi (tenor), Patrick Poole (tenor), Prague Philharmonic Choir, Prague Philharmonia, James Sedares (conductor)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 4775724 (CD)
HENZE Neue Volkslieder und Hirtengesange
(c/w Royal Winter Music*; Three Fragments from Holderlin; Drei Tentos; Monologues and Dialogues+):
Franz Halasz (guitar), Gottfried Schneider (violin), Sophia Reuter (viola), Sebastian Hess (cello), Karsten Nagel (bassoon), Colin Balzer (tenor)*, Debora Halasz (piano)+
NAXOS 8557344 (CD, budget)
MAHLER Das Lied von der Erde (Movements 1 & 2 played):
Mildred Miller (mezzo-soprano), Ernst Haefliger (tenor), New York Philharmonic, Bruno Walter (conductor)
SONY CLASSICAL 82876 787522 (CD)
Grayston IVES The Edington Service
(c/w from CD entitled 'Listen Sweet Dove', also including Missa Brevis and other anthems and psalm settings):
Choir of Magdalen College Oxford, Bill Ives (director)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMU907420 (CD)
SCHUBERT Fantasie in F Minor, D940
(c/w from CD entitled 'The Carnegie Hall Concert', also including SCHUBERT Allegro in A minor, D947 'Lebenssturme'; Sonata in C, D812 'Grand Duo'; Characteristic March No.1 in C, D968b; Military March No.1 in D, D733):
Evgeny Kissin, James Levine (pianos)
RCA RED SEAL 82876 692832 (2-CD, special full price 2 for 1)
TAKEMITSU Solitude Sonore
(c/w Spirit Garden ; Three Film Scores for String Orchestra; Dreamtime; A Flock Descends into the Pentagonal Garden):
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop (conductor)
NAXOS 8557760 (CD, budget)
LISZT Vonder Wiege bis zum Grabe, S107
(c/w Eine Faust-Symphonie in drei Charakterbildern (nach Goethe), S108):
BBC Philharmonic, Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)
CHANDOS CHAN10375 (CD)
