Building a Library: Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony
Reviewer - Piers Burton-Page
First Choice: Christine Goerke (soprano), Brett Polegato (baritone), Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Robert Spano (conductor)
(recorded 2001)
TELARC CD80588 (CD) or SACD60588 (SACD/CD Hybrid)
CD Review BAL Catalogue Data bal.vaughan.williams:
bal.vaughan.williams.a.sea.symphony
Discs played and reviewed in this programme
[Available at full price unless indicated]
NB Timings are approximate
09:00
LISZT Mazeppa - Symphonic Poem No.6 after Victor Hugo, S100 (extract played)
(from CD entitled 'Liszt Symphonic Poems Vol.3' - also including Heroide funebre, S102; Prometheus, S99; Festklange, S101):
BBC Philharmonic, Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)
CHANDOS CHAN10417 (CD)
RACHMANINOV Suite No.1 for two pianos (extract played)
(c/w Suite No.2 for two pianos, Op.17; Six Pieces Op.11 for two pianists):
Jos van Immerseel (piano Erard 1897), Claire Chevallier (piano Erard 1905)
ZIG ZAG TERRITOIRES ZZT061105 (CD)
COUPERIN Le Tic-Toc-Choc ou les Maillotins; Musete de Taverni
(from CD entitled 'Tic Toc Choc - Alexandre Tharaud plays Couperin'):
Alexandre Tharaud (piano)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMC901956 (CD)
J.S. BACH Partita in D, BWV828 (extract played); BOULEZ Notations pour piano (extract played)
(c/w J.S. BACH French Suite in D minor, BWV812; BOULEZ Incises):
David Fray (piano)
VIRGIN CLASSICS 3857872 (CD)
BEETHOVEN String Quartet Op.18 No.2 in G (extract played)
(c/w String Quartet Op.18 No.3 in D):
Quatuor Mosaiques (on period instruments)
NAIVE E8902 (CD)
09:30
Building a Library Recommendations
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS A Sea Symphony
Reviewer: Piers Burton-Page
First Choice:
Christine Goerke (soprano), Brett Polegato (baritone), Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Robert Spano (conductor)
(recorded 2001)
TELARC CD80588 (CD) or SACD60588 (SACD/CD Hybrid)
Next week, Robert Layton assesses the available recordings of Grieg's Lyric Pieces.
10:15
EMI Classics for Pleasure
SHOSTAKOVICH Piano Concerto No.1 in C minor, Op.35*; Piano Concerto No.2 in F, Op.102*; The Unforgettable Year 1919, Suite Op.89a - The Assault on Beautiful Gorky*; Jazz Suite No.1+; Jazz Suite No.2 - Waltz 2+; Tahiti Trot (Tea for Two)+; The Gadfly, Suite Op.97a - Barrel-Organ Waltz & Romance^:
Dmitri Alexeev (piano)*, English Chamber Orchestra*, Jerzy Maksymiuk (conductor)*, Philadelphia Orchestra+, Mariss Jansons (conductor)+, Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields^, Sir Neville Marriner (conductor)^
CLASSICS FOR PLEASURE 3822342 (CD, budget)
PROKOFIEV Symphony No.1 in D, Op.25 'Classical'; Symphony No.7 in C sharp minor, Op.131; The Love for Three Oranges, Suite Op.33a; TCHAIKOVSKY The Nutcracker, Suite Op.71a:
Philharmonia Orchestra, Nicolai Malko (conductor)
CLASSICS FOR PLEASURE 3822292 (CD, budget)
RAWSTHORNE Practical Cats*; PROKOFIEV Peter and the Wolf+; BRITTEN The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra+:
Robert Donat (speaker)*, Philharmonia Orchestra*, Alan Rawsthorne (conductor)*, Richard Baker (speaker)+, New Philharmonia Orchestra+, Raymond Leppard (conductor)+
CLASSICS FOR PLEASURE 3822302 (CD, budget)
SAINT-SAENS Danse macabre - Symphonic Poem Op.40*; The Carnival of the Animals**; Allegro appassionato for cello & orchestra, Op.43+; Symphony No.3 in C minor, Op.78++; Bacchanale (Samson and Delilah)^:
Felix Kok (violin)*, John Ogden, Brenda Lucas (pianos)**, Paul Tortelier (cello)+, Christopher Robinson (organ)++, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Louis Fremaux (conductor), Paris Opera Orchestra^, Georges Pretre^
CLASSICS FOR PELASURE 3822332 (CD, budget)
CD entitled 'Organ Recital' - works and arrangements of music by J.S. BACH, BOSSI, COCKER, FIOCCO, HANDEL, MULET, PURCELL, REGER, THALBEN-BALL, WALTON, WIDOR and YON:
Ian Tracey (organ of Liverpool Anglican Cathedral)
CLASSICS FOR PLEASURE 3822282 (CD, budget)
10:45
New Chamber Music Releases
Reviewer: Anthony Burton
DVORAK Piano Quintet in A, Op.81; Bagatelles, Op.47:
Ensemble Explorations, Frank Braley (piano and harmonium)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMC901880 (CD)
CD entitled 'DVORAK - early works for string quartet' - String Quartets Nos.1-7; Two Waltzes, Op.54:
Zemlinsky Quartet
PRAGA PRD350028 (4-CD)
SUK String Quartet No.1 in B flat, Op.11; RAVEL String Quartet in F:
Panoca Quartet
SUPRAPHON SU38552 (CD)
MARTINU La Revue de Cuisine; Sextet; Quatre Madrigaux; Nonet:
Ensemble Villa Musica
DABRINGHAUS UND GRIMM MDG30414392 (CD)
MARTINU Piano Quintets Nos.1 & 2; Sonata for Two Violins and Piano
Martinu Quartet, Karel Kosarek (piano)
NAXOS 8557861 (CD, budget)
11:15
Listener Suggestions
SPOHR Nonet in F, Op.31 (extract played)
(c/w Septet in A minor, Op.147)
Ensemble 360
ASV GOLD GLD4026 (CD)
ROUSSEL Symphony No.3 in G minor, Op.42 (extract played)
(c/w Bacchus et Ariane, Op.43)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Stephane Deneve (conductor)
NAXOS 8570245 (CD, budget)
LEGRAND Watch what happens
(from CD entitled 'Thomas Quasthoff - The Jazz Album')
Thomas Quasthoff (vocals), Alan Broadbent (piano) & band
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 4776501 (CD)
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11:40
Disc Of The Week
MAHLER Symphony No.1 in D 'The Titan'
(c/w Blumine)
Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra, David Zinman (conductor)
RCA RED SEAL 82876 871562 (SACD/CD Hybrid)
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