Playlist
Hot Off The Press:
BRUCH Das Lied von der Glocke, Op.45:
Eleonore Marguerre (soprano), Annette Markert (mezzo), Klaus Florian Vogt (tenor), Mario Hoff (baritone), Prague Philharmonic Choir, Staatskapelle Weimar, Jac van Steen (conductor)
CPO 777 130-2 (2-CD, mid-price)
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No.4 in G Major, Op.58; Piano Concerto No.3 in C Minor, Op.37: Yefim Bronfman (piano), Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, David Zinman (conductor)
ARTE NOVA 82876 640102 (CD, budget)
TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto in D Major, Op.35; Meditation in D Minor, Op.42, No.1; Danse russe from Swan Lake, Op.20: Joshua Bell (violin), Berlin Philharmonic, Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor)
SONY SH 94829 (SACD/CD hybrid)
BUILDING A LIBRARY RECOMMENDATION:
HOLST The Planets
(A repeat of the review last broadcast on
27 th September 2003 )
Reviewer: Piers Burton-Page
First Choice:
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Yoel Levi (conductor) (recorded 1998)
TELARC CD-80466 (CD)
Runner-Up Choice:
Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir John Eliot Gardiner (conductor) (recorded 1994; c/w GRAINGER The Warriors)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 445 860-2 (CD)
Bargain Choice:
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis (conductor) (recorded 1994; c/w Egdon Heath )
Apex 8573 89087-2 (CD, budget)
[Next week's Building a Library will feature Schubert 's Piano Sonata in B Flat Major, D 960]
Proms related recordings:
MESSIAEN Visions de l'Amen ; Piece pour le tombeau de Paul Dukas ; Rondeau; Fantaisie burlesque: Steven Osborne (piano 1), Martin Roscoe (piano II)
HYPERION CDA 67366 (CD)
BERG String Quartet, Op.3; HAYDN String Quartets Op.33; String Quartet in D Major, Op.1, No. 3; String Quartet in B Flat Major, Op.103; BEETHOVEN String Quartet in E Flat Major, Op.74 'Harp'; String Quartet in F Minor, Op.95 'Quartetto Serioso'; String Quartet in E Flat Major, Op.127; DITTERSDORF String Quartet No.5 in E Flat Major; VANHAL String Quartet in F Major; MOZART String Quartet in D Major, K 575 'Prussian'; String Quartet in F Major, K590 'Prussian'; String Quartet in G Major, K156; BRAHMS String Quartet in C Minor, Op.51, No.1; String Quartet in A Minor, Op.51, No.2; SCHUBERT String Quintet in C Major, D956; SHOSTAKOVICH String Quartet No.10 in A Flat Major, Op.118: Weller Quartet
DECCA 475 6796 (8-CD, budget)
BARKAUSKAS Jeux; Partita for violin solo, Op.12; Two Monologues for viola solo, Op.71; Duo Concertante for violin, viola and orchestra, Op.122: Philippe Graffin (violin), Nobuko Imai (viola), Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra, Vilnius Festival Orchestra, Robertas Servenikas (conductor)
AVIE AV 2073 (CD)
SCHOENBERG Friede auf Erden, Op.13 (orchestral version); Die Jakobsleiter: Dietrich Henschel (Gabriel), Salome Kammer, Heidi Meier (sopranos), Jonas Kaufmann, Stephan Rugamer, Kurt Azesberger (tenors), Michael Volle, James Johnson (baritones), Berlin Radio Choir, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Kent Nagano (conductor)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMC801821 (CD/SACD hybrid)
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No.4, Op.58; Piano Concerto No.5, Op.73: Arthur Schoonderwoerd (fortepiano), Cristofori
ALPHA 079 (CD)
RASMUSSEN Symphony No.1 'Oceanic Days'; Saxophone Concerto 'Dem Licht Entgegen': Jeanette Balland (saxophone), Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Hannu Lintu (conductor)
DA CAPO 6.220506 (CD/SACD hybrid)
FARNON Jumping Bean; HOPE Mexican Hat Dance; ANCLIFFE Nights of Gladness; JOYCE Dreaming; LUTZ Pas de quatre (Faust Up-To-Date); BUCALOSSI The Grasshopper's Dance; CURZON The Boulevardier; TOYE The Haunted Ballroom; TOMLINSON Concert Jig (Silverthorn Suite); BINGE The Watermill; WILLIAMS The Old Clockmaker; KETELBEY Bells Across The Meadow; ARMSTRONG GIBBS Dusk (Fancy Dress); BAYNES Destiny; TRAD. arr. Hamilton HARTY Londonderry Air; COATES Covent Garden (London Suite) (from CD entitled 'British Light Classics 2': Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth (conductor)
WARNER CLASSICS 2564 620202 (CD)
