Playlist

HOT OFF THE PRESS:

JOHN FOULDS Three Mantras from Avatara ; Lyra Celtica – Concerto for Voice & Orchestra, Op.50; Apotheosis (Elegy); Mirage: Susan Bickley (mezzo), Daniel Hope (violin),
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra,
Sakari Oramo (conductor)
WARNERS 2564 61525-2 (CD)

BIBER Sonata ‘Victori der Christen’ in A Minor; Solo Violin Sonatas –Sonata No.1 in A Major; Sonata No.2 in D Dorian; Sonata No.5 in E Minor; Sonata No.8 in A Major; MUFFAT Sonata for Violin Solo in D Major (from CD entitled ‘Der Turken Anmarsch’): John Holloway (violin), Aloysia Assenbaum (organ), Lars Ulrik Mortensen (harpsichord)
ECM 472 4322 (CD)

SAINT-SAENS Introduction & Rondo Capriccioso, Op.28; Havanaise, Op.83; LALO Guitare; CHAUSSON Poeme, Op.25; KREISLER Sicilienne et Rigaudon (in the style of Francois Francoeur); La Precieuse (in the style of Louis Couperin); BERLIOZ Reverie et Caprice, Op.8; RAVEL Tzigane: Akiko Suwanai (violin), Philharmonia Orchestra, Charles Dutoit (conductor)
PHILIPS 475 6189 (SACD/CD hybrid)

JANACEK Moravian Folk Poetry in Songs (transcribed for voice and string quartet by Godar, and arranged by Iva Bittova and the Skampa quartet): Iva Bittova (voice), Skampa Quartet
SUPRAPHON SU 37942 (CD)

WAGNER The Flying Dutchman (In English – translation by Christopher Cowell): Eric Halfvarson (Daland), Nina Stemme (Senta), Kim Begley (Erik), Patricia Bardon (Mary), Peter Wedd (Daland’s Steersman), John Tomlinson (The Dutchman), Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra, David Parry (conductor)
CHANDOS CHAN 31192 (2-CD, mid-price)

BUILDING A LIBRARY RECOMMENDATION:

RACHMANINOV Piano Concerto No.2 in C Minor, Op.18
Reviewer: Lucy Parham

First Choice & Historic Choice:
Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano), Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Kirill Kondrashin (conductor) (recorded 1963; c/w *Piano Concerto No.3 in D Minor, Op.30: *London Symphony Orchestra,
 *Anatole Fistoulari (conductor)
DECCA 466 375-2 (CD, mid-price)
(Legends Series)

 [Next week’s Building a Library will feature Tallis’s The Lamentations of Jeremiah.]


CONSUMER SLOT – UNIVERSAL’S 'ERCURY LIVING PRESENCE'

TCHAIKOVSKY Complete Symphonies*; Romeo & Juliet Fantasy Overture*; Francesca da Rimini, Symphonic Fantasy, Op.32**; Marche Slave, Op.31**; Waltz & Polonaise from Eugene Onegin**; ARENSKY Variations on a theme by Tchaikovsky, Op.35a+; BORODIN Overture Prince Igor* : *London Symphony Orchestra, + Philharmonia Hungarica, ** Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorati (conductor)
MERCURY 475 6261 (5-CD, budget)

SAINT-SAENS Symphony No.3 in C Minor, Op.78 ‘Organ’*; Bacchanale from Samson & Delilah; PARAY Mass for the 500th Anniversary of the Death of Joan of Arc; LALO Overture Le Roi d’ys ; Namouna Suite No.1; BARRAUD Offrande a une ombre; CHAUSSON Symphony in B flat, Op.20; IBERT Escales (Ports of Call); RAVEL Rapsodie Espagnole; Alborada del Gracioso; Pavane pour un infante defunte; La valse; Le Tombeau de Couperin; BIZET Overture La Patrie; Carmen Suite; L’Arlesienne Suite Nos 1 & 2; Danse Boheme from Carmen; A. THOMAS Mignon Overture; Raymond Overture; HEROLD Zampa Overture; AUBER The Crown Diamonds Overture; GOUNOD Ballet Music (Faust); BERLIOZ Royal Hunt & Storm (The Trojans); MASSENET Phedre Overture: Detroit Symphony Orchestra, *Marcel Dupre (organ), Paul Paray (conductor)
MERCURY 475 6268 (5-CD, budget)

BARBER Capricorn Concerto, Op.21; Medea (Ballet Suite); PISTON The Incredible Flutist (Ballet Suite); GRIFFES Poem for flute & orchestra; KENNAN Three Pieces for Orchestra; MCCAULEY Five Miniatures for Flute & Strings; BERGSMA Gold and The Senor Commandante (Ballet Suite); CHADWICK Symphonic Sketches; IVES Three Places in New England; Symphony No.3 ‘The Camp Meeting’; SCHUMAN New England Triptych; MENNIN Symphony No.5; M. GOULD Spirituals; Fall River Legend (Ballet Suite); MACDOWELL Suite for Large Orchestra; PETER Sinfonia in G; D. MOORE Pageant of P.T. Barnum; CARPENTER Adventures in a perambulator; B. ROGERS Once upon a time; B. PHILLIPS Selections from McGuffey’s Reader: Joseph Mariano (flute), Eastman-Rochester Orchestra, Howard Hanson (conductor)
MERCURY 475 6274 (5-CD, budget)

BARTOK Concerto for Orchestra*; Dance Suite+; Two Portraits+; Two Excerpts from Mikrokosmos (arr. Serly); **The Miraculous Mandarin**; Divertimento for String Orchestra**; Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion*++; The Wooden Prince*; Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta*; Violin Concerto No.2^; Second Suite^; Bluebeard’s Castle; BERG Three Fragments from Wozzeck*: *London Symphony Orchestra, +Philharmonia Hungarica, **BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Chorus, ++Geza Frid, Luctor Ponse (pianos), ^Yehudi Menuhin (violin), ^Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, Mihaly Szekely (Bluebeard), Olga Szonyi (Judith), Antal Dorati (conductor)
MERCURY 475 6255 (5-CD, budget)


NEW RELEASES: CHORAL

Reviewer: Jeremy Summerly

SCHNITTKE Concerto for Choir; Voices of Nature; PART Dopo La Vittoria; Bogoroditse Djevo; I Am the True Vine: Swedish Radio Choir, Tonu Kaljuste (conductor)
BIS CD 1157 (CD)

HANDEL An Ode for St Cecilia’s Day; Cecilia, volgi un sguardo: Carolyn Sampson (soprano), James Gilchrist (tenor), Choir of The King’s Consort, The King’s Consort, Robert King (conductor)
HYPERION CDA 67463 (CD)

HAYDN The Seasons: Marlis Petersen (soprano), Werner Gura (tenor), Dietrich Henschel (baritone), RIAS Chamber Choir, Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, Rene Jacobs (conductor)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 901829.30 (2-CD, mid-price)

CD entitled ‘Music for Men’s Voices – The Gentlemen of St John’s College, Cambridge’: POULENC Laudes de Saint Antoine de Padoue; Quatre petites prieres de Saint Francois d’Assise; BIEBL Ave Maria; WALKER Lord Thou hast been our Refuge; I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes; TOMKINS The Heavens Declare; O How Amiable; SUMSION Canticles in G; TALLIS The Lamentations of Jeremiah; WILLS By the Waters of Babylon; MOORE Canticles in G: The Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge, Jonathan Vaughn (organ), Christopher Robinson (conductor)
PRIORY PRCD 814 (CD)

TAVENER Birthday Sleep; Butterfly Dreams; The Second Coming; Schuon Hymnen; As one who has slept; The Bridal Chamber; Exhortation and Kohima; Shunya: Polyphony, Stephen Layton (conductor)
HYPERION CDA 67475 (CD)


AN INTERVIEW WITH COMPOSER GEORGE BENJAMIN

BENJAMIN Ringed by the Flat Horizon (excerpt played; c/w A Mind of Winter; At First Light; Panorama; Antara): Ross Pople (cello),
BBC Symphony Orchestra,
Mark Elder (conductor)
NIMBUS NI 5643 (CD)

BENJAMIN Antara (excerpt played; details as above): London Sinfonietta, George Benjamin (conductor)
NIMBUS NI 5643 (CD)

BENJAMIN Sudden Time (excerpt played; c/w Palimpsests; At First Light; Olicantus):
Ensemble Modern Orchestra,
George Benjamin (conductor)
NIMBUS NI 5732 (CD)

BENJAMIN Viola, Viola (excerpt played; c/w Shadowlines; Three Studies for Solo Piano; Piano Sonata): Tabea Zimmermann, Antoine Tamestit (violas)
NIMBUS NI 5713 (CD)

BENJAMIN Shadowlines (excerpt played; details as above): Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano)
NIMBUS NI 5713 (CD)

BENJAMIN Palimpsests (excerpt played; details as above): Ensemble Modern Orchestra,
George Benjamin (conductor)
NIMBUS NI 5732 (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.

This week's selection

CD entitled 'Alessio Bax Baroque Reflections' –works by BACH (arr. Busoni, Siloti, Myra Hess); LISZT Sarabande and Chaconne from Handel's Almira; RACHMANINOV Variations on a theme of Corelli, Op.42:
Alessio Bax (piano)
WARNER CLASSICS 2564 61695 2 (CD)

FAURE La Bonne Chanson:
Ian Bostridge (tenor), Belcea Quartet, Julius Drake (piano)
EMI 5576092

IRELAND Sonata for Cello & Piano in G Minor:
Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), John McCabe (piano )
ASV GLD 4009

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RADIO 3'S DISC OF THE WEEK:

LISZT Sonata in B Minor; Trube Wolken; Richard Wagner – Venezia; Unstern! Sinistre, disastro; Four Little Piano Pieces; En reve; Schlaflos! Frage und Antwort; La Lugubre gondola (version 2): Paul Lewis (piano)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 901845 (CD)