Playlist
Hot Off The Press:
FRANCAIX Le roi nu (The Naked King); Les demoiselles de la nuit: Ulster Orchestra, Thierry Fischer (conductor)
HYPERION CDA67489 (CD)
BYRD Consort Songs- The noble famous Queen; My mind to me a kingdom is; Fantasia a 6; O Lord, how vain; Content is rich; Constant Penelope; Pavan a 6; Galliard a 6; My mistress had a little dog; O that most rare breast; Fantasia a 4 (III); Out of the orient crystal skies; O Lord, bow down thine heav'nly eyes; Fantasia a 6 (II); Truth at the first; O you that hear this voice; He that all earthly pleasure scorns: Emma Kirkby (soprano), Fretwork
HARMONIA MUNDI HMU 907383 (CD)
RAUTAVAARA Clarinet Concerto; Garden of Spaces; Cantus Arcticus (Concerto for Birds and Orchestra): Richard Stoltzman (clarinet), Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Leif Segerstam (conductor)
ONDINE ODE 1041-2 (CD)
Esa-Pekka SALONEN Wing on Wing; Foreign Bodies; Insomnia: Anu Komsi (soprano), Piia Komsi (soprano), Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 477 5375 (CD)
BUILDING A LIBRARY RECOMMENDATION:
GOUNOD: Faust
Reviewer: Patrick O'Connor
First Choice:
Nicolai Gedda (Faust), Victoria de los Angeles (Marguerite), Boris Christoff (Mephistopheles), Ernest Blanc (Valentin), Liliane Berton (Siebel), Rita Gorr (Marthe), Victor Autran (Wagner), Orchestre et Choeurs du Theatre National de l'Opera, Andre Cluytens (conductor) (recorded 1958)
EMI 567967-2 (3-CD, mid-price) ('Great Recordings of the Century' series)
Historic Choice:
Georges Nore (Faust), Geori Boue (Marguerite), Roger Rico (Mephistopheles), Roger Bourdin (Valentin), Huguette Saint-Arnaud (Siebel), Betty Bannerman (Marthe), Ernest Frank (Wagner), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus, Sir Thomas Beecham (conductor) (recorded 1947-48)
NAXOS 8.110117-18 (3-CD, budget)
[Next week's Building a Library will feature Janacek's Taras Bulba]
Consumer Spot: RCA Living Stereo
DVORAK Symphony No.9 in E Minor, Op.95 'From the New World'; Carnival Overture, Op.92; SMETANA The Bartered Bride: Overture; WEINBERGER Schwanda: Polka and Fugue: Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Fritz Reiner (conductor)
RCA RED SEAL 82876 663762 (CD/SACD Hybrid)
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Scheherazade, Op.35; STRAVINSKY Song of the Nightingale: Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Fritz Reiner (conductor)
RCA RED SEAL 82876 663772 (CD/SACD Hybrid)
BRAHMS Piano Concerto No.1 in D Minor, Op.15: Arthur Rubinstein (piano), Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Fritz Reiner (conductor)
RCA RED SEAL 82876 663782 (CD/SACD Hybrid)
SIBELIUS Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op.47; PROKOFIEV Violin Concerto No.2 in G Minor, Op.63; GLAZUNOV Violin Concerto in A Minor, Op.82: Jascha Heifetz (violin), RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra, Walter Hendl (conductor)
RCA RED SEAL 82876 663722 (CD/SACD Hybrid)
WALTON Cello Concerto; DVORAK Cello Concerto in B Minor, Op.104: Gregor Piatigorsky (cello), Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch (conductor)
RCA RED SEAL 82876 663752 (CD/SACD Hybrid)
BERLIOZ Requiem, Op.5: Leopold Simoneau (tenor), Boston Symphony Orchestra, New England Conservatory Chorus, Charles Munch (conductor)
RCA RED SEAL 82876 663732 (CD/SACD Hybrid)
RAVEL La Valse; Bolero; Rapsodie espagnole; DEBUSSY Images for Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch (conductor)
RCA RED SEAL 82876 663742 (CD/SACD Hybrid)
GERSHWIN Piano Concerto in F; Rhapsody in Blue; An American in Paris; Variations on "I Got Rhythm"; Cuban Overture: Earl Wild (piano), Boston Pops Orchestra, Arthur Fiedler (conductor)
RCA RED SEAL 82876 613932 (CD/SACD Hybrid)
OFFENBACH Gaite parisienne (orchestrated Manuel Rosenthal); ROSSINI/RESPIGHI La boutique fantasque (Can-can, played): Boston Pops Orchestra, Arthur Fiedler (conductor)
RCA RED SEAL 82876 664192 (CD/SACD Hybrid)
GOULD Fourth of July; Parade (for percussion); Battle Hymn; American Youth March; Jericho; SOUSA The Stars and Stripes Forever; On Parade; Semper Fidelis; Hands Across the Sea; The Thunderer; Go Lucky; Washington Post; The Gladiator; El Capitan; The US Field Artillery March; The High School Cadets; Sound Off; The Corcoran Cadets March; Manhattan Beach; National Fencibles March; GOLDMAN Jubilee; On the Mall; Happy Go Lucky; TRAD. Yankee Doodle; MEACHAM American Patrol; EMMETT Dixie: Morton Gould and his Symphonic Band
RCA RED SEAL 82876 663712 (CD/SACD Hybrid)
New Releases - British Music:
Reviewer: Philip Lane
RAWSTHORNE Symphony No.1; Symphony No.2 'A Pastoral Symphony'*; Symphony No.3: *Charlotte Ellett (soprano), Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, David Lloyd-Jones (conductor)
NAXOS 8.557480 (CD, budget)
BRIDGE String Quartet No.2 in G Minor; Phantasy for Piano, Violin, Viola and Cello in F Sharp Minor; String Quartet No.4: Maggini Quartet, Martin Roscoe (piano)
NAXOS 8.557283 (CD, budget)
BRITTEN Serenade for Tenor, Horn & Strings, Op.31; Les Illuminations, Op.18; Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge, Op.10: Toby Spence (tenor), Martin Owen (horn) Scottish Ensemble, Clio Gould (director/violin)
LINN CKD 226 (CD/SACD hybrid)
York BOWEN Piano Sonata No. 6, Op.160; 24 Preludes, Op.102; Reverie, Op.86:
Joop Celis (piano)
CHANDOS CHAN 10277 (CD)
ARNOLD Concert Overtures - A Grand Grand Festival Overture, Op.57; Peterloo, Op.97; The Smoke Op.21; Tam o' Shanter, Op.51; A Flourish for Orchestra, Op.112; The Fair Field, Op.110; A Sussex Overture, Op.31; Anniversary Overture, Op.99; Robert Kett, Op.141; Beckus the Dandipratt, Op.5: BBC Philharmonic, Rumon Gamba (conductor)
CHANDOS CHAN 10293 (CD)
An Interview with composer Errollyn Wallen:
WALLEN The Girl in My Alphabet; Louis' Loops; Are you Worried About the Rising Cost of Funerals? (excerpts played; c/w dervish; Horseplay; In our Lifetime (from CD entitled 'The Girl in My Alphabet'): Errollyn Wallen (piano/voice), Margaret Leng Tan (Toy Pianos), Matthew Sharp (cello), Dominic Harlan (piano), Patricia Rozario (soprano), Douglas Finch (piano), Mike Henry (baritone), Ensemble X, The Continuum Ensemble, Philip Headlam (conductor)
AVIE AVE 0006 (CD)
*WALLEN Louis Loops; Beehive; Daedalus; I wouldn't normally say; London's burning; Oil the map; North; Lines; Hudson, Mississippi, Thames; My Feet May Take a Little While; Louis' Loops; More Light; Of Crumpling Rocks; Jesus on a Train; Greenwich Variations; About Here) (from CD entitled 'Errollyn'): Errollyn Wallen (piano & voice)
AVIE AV 0049 (CD)
* This CD was mentioned but not played.
WALLEN It all depends on you (excerpt played; c/w Lindsay COOPER The Road is Wider Than Long; MACONCHY My Dark Heart; LEFANU The Old Woman of Beare) (from CD entitled 'British Women Composers Volume 1): Fiona Baines (soprano), Andrew Sparling (clarinet), Martin Robertson (clarinet, soprano saxophone, bass clarinet), Lontano, Odaline de la Martinez (conductor)
LORELT LNT 101 (CD)
+WALLEN Meet Me at Harold Moores: Errollyn Wallen (vocals, piano),Tim Harries (electric and acoustic bass), Simon Pearson (drums), David le Page (violin), Malcolm Allison (violin), Nell Catchpole (viola), Matt Sharp (cello), Simon Limbrick (percussion), Roy Dodds (drums, percussion), Courtney Pine (Soprano Saxophone), Juliet Roberts (vocals), Byron Wallen (trumpet), Graham Kearns (guitar), Mike Henry (vocals), John Ramm (spoken voice), Lucy Shaw (double bass), Tony Remy (guitar)
+Available from www.errollynwallen.com
*WALLEN Hunger: The Continuum Ensemble, Philip Headlam (conductor),
*This CD is not available commercially.
WALLEN Daedalus (excerpt played; c/w Emma LUDLOW Shallow Footsteps; COSTELLO My Mood Swings; STING Until; CURTIS & SOUTH The Abyss; BLATCHINGTON MILL SCHOOL Venus Flytrap; BJORK I've Seen it All; D. MONK Song; Meredith MONK Gotham Lullaby; Richard Rodney BENNETT I Never Went Away; Arieh MILLER Swearing at the Moon; Emma TILLYER When Darkness Comes; Ron SEXSMITH Dumptruck; Randy NEWMAN Real Emotional Girl) (from CD entitled 'Moodswings'): Errollyn Wallen (vocals), Brodsky Quartet
BRODSKY QUARTET BRD 3501 (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.
If you would like to subscribe to a weekly e mail list of the discs in the Listening Booth please visit:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/newsletters/index.shtml
DUTILLEUX Sur le meme accord (played); BARTOK Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No.2; STRAVINSKY Concerto in D: Anne Sophie Mutter, Orchestre National de France, Kurt Masur (conductor), *Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa (conductor), + Philharmonia Orchestra, Paul Sacher (conductor)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 477 5376 (CD)
CD entitled 'Fiddler Tam - the Music of Thomas ERSKINE 6th Earl of Kellie' (The Lover's Message &; Overture in B Flat 'The Maid of the Mill' (periodical overture, No.28 played): Mhairi Lawson (soprano) Concerto Caldeonia, David McGuinness (director)
LINN CKD 240 (CD/SACD hybrid)
BRUCKNER Symphony No.8 in C Minor: Bruckner Orchestra Linz, Dennis Russell Davies (conductor)
ARTE NOVA 82876 628562 (CD)
RADIO 3'S DISC OF THE WEEK:
BEETHOVEN The Late String Quartets - Quartet in F Major, Op.135; Quartet in E Flat Major, Op.127; Quartet in C Sharp Minor, Op, 131; Quartet in A Minor, Op.132; Quartet in F Minor, Op.95; Quartet in B Flat Major, Op.130; Grosse Fuge, Op.133: Takacs Quartet
DECCA 470 849-2 (3-CD, mid-price)
