Building a Library: Mahler: Symphony No.9
Reviewer - Peter Quantrill
First Choice: Berlin Philharmonic, Claudio Abbado (conductor)
(recorded live 1999)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 4716242 (CD)
Mid-Price Choice: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Karel Ancerl (conductor)
(recorded 1966)
SUPRAPHON SU36932 (CD, mid-price)
DVD Choice: Vienna Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein (conductor)
(recorded live 1972)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 0734092 (2-DVD - c/w Symphony No.10; Das Lied von der Erde*) or 0734088 (9-DVD - Complete Symphonies**; Das Lied von der Erde*)
* Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano), Rene Kollo (tenor), Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
** also featuring London Symphony Orchestra
CD Review BAL Catalogue Data bal.mahler:
bal.mahler.symphony.no.9
Discs played and reviewed in this programme
[Available at full price unless indicated]
NB Timings are approximate
09:00
BOURGEOIS William and Mary, Op.106 (excerpt played); PICKARD Black Castles
(from CD entitled 'Black Castles' - also featuring ELGAR Severn Suite, Op.87; BUTTERWORTH Triton Suite, Op.46; TAVENER Trisagion; TURNAGE Set To):
Brass Partout, Hermann Baumer (conductor)
BIS CD-1354 (CD)
HOLST The Praise of King Olaf (excerpt played)
(from CD entitled 'The Praise of King Olaf: Holst's Complete Music for Military Band' -including Three Folk Tunes; First and Second Suites in E flat; Hammersmith - Prelude and Scherzo Op.52; Bach's Fugue a la Gigue; A Moorside Suite; Marching Song; I Vow to Thee My Country; Mars; Jupiter):
The Royal Norwegian Navy Band, Grex Vocalis (The Singing Flock), Leif Arne Tangen Pedersen (conductor)
SRC SRC110 (2-CD)
BERIO Solo for trombone and orchestra (excerpt played)
(from CD entitled 'Dedicated to Christian Lindberg' - also featuring XENAKIS Troorkh; TURNAGE Yet Another Set To):
Christian Lindberg (trombone), Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Peter Rundel (conductor)
BIS SACD-1638 (SACD/CD Hybrid)
TURNAGE An Aria (with dancing)
(from CD entitled 'Knight Errant' - including MAXWELL DAVIES Litany for a ruined chapel between sheep and shore; works by McGUIRE, MAXWELL GEDDES, BOYLE and SWEENEY):
Mark O'Keeffe (trumpet)
DELPHIAN DCD34049 (CD)
WOOLRICH Favola in Musica 1 for Oboe, Clarinet and Piano
(from CD entitled 'Cabinet of Curiosities: Wind and Piano Chamber Music of John Woolrich' - also featuring A Book of Studies Sets 1, 2 & 3; A Cabinet of Curiosities; Darker Still):
New London Chamber Ensemble
MERIDIAN CDE84535 (CD)
09:30
Building a Library Recommendations
MAHLER Symphony No.9
Reviewer: Peter Quantrill
First Choice:
Berlin Philharmonic, Claudio Abbado (conductor)
(recorded live 1999)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 4716242 (CD)
Mid-Price Choice:
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Karel Ancerl (conductor)
(recorded 1966)
SUPRAPHON SU36932 (CD, mid-price)
DVD Choice:
Vienna Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein (conductor)
(recorded live 1972)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 0734092 (2-DVD - c/w Symphony No.10; Das Lied von der Erde*)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 0734088 (9-DVD - Complete Symphonies**; Das Lied von der Erde*)
* Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano), Rene Kollo (tenor), Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
** also featuring London Symphony Orchestra
Next week, Piers Burton-Page chooses from the available recordings of Vaughan Williams's Sea Symphony.
10:15
Decca Originals - Opera Reissues
R. STRAUSS Elektra (recorded 1966)
Birgit Nilsson (Elektra), Regina Resnik (Clytemnestra), Marie Collier (Chrysothemis), Gerhard Stolze (Aegisthus), Tom Krause (Orestus), Vienna Philharmonic, Sir Georg Solti (conductor)
DECCA 4758231 (2-CD, mid-price)
J. STRAUSS Die Fledermaus (recorded 1960)
Waldemar Kmentt (Gabriel von Eisenstein), Hilde Gueden (Rosalinde), Erika Koth (Adele), Walter Berry (Falke), Eberhard Wachter (Frank), Giuseppe Zampieri (Alfred), Regina Resnik (Prinz Orlofsky), Peter Klein (Dr Blind), Erich Kunz (Frosch), Hedwig Schubert (Ida), Vienna State Opera, Vienna Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
DECCA 4758319 (2-CD, mid-price)
VERDI Aida (recorded 1959)
Renata Tebaldi (Aida), Carlo Bergonzi (Radames), Giulietta Simionato (Amneris), Cornell MacNeil (Amonasro), Arnold Van Mill (Ramfis), Fernando Corena (Il re), Vienna Philharmonic, Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde, Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
DECCA 4758240 (2-CD, mid-price)
11:00
APR 'The Russian Piano Tradition'
Reviewer: Stephen Plaistow
CD entitled 'The Russian Piano Tradition - Complete Rachmaninov Concertos' (recordings from 1947-55)
Piano Concerto No.1 in F sharp minor, Op.1
(Sviatoslav Richter (piano), USSR Radio Symphony Orchestra, Kurt Sanderling (conductor))
Piano Concerto No.4 in G minor, Op.40
(Yakov Zak (piano), Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Kyrill Kondrashin (conductor))
Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini, Op.43
(USSR State Symphony Orchestra, Kyrill Kondrashin (conductor))
Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor, Op.18
(Lev Oborin (piano), Radio Orchestra, Alexander Gauk (conductor))
Piano Concerto No.3 in D minor, Op.30
(Lev Oborin (piano), USSR State Orchestra, Konstantin Ivanov (conductor))
APR RECORDINGS APR6005 (2-CD, budget)
CD entitled 'The Russian Piano Tradition: Emil Gilels & Yakov Zak' (recordings from 1949-50)
MOZART arr. BUSONI Overture 'The Magic Flute' for two pianos (K620); Fantasia in F minor for two pianos (Fantasie fur eine Orgelwalze after K608); Duettino Concertante for two pianos (after Concerto K459 finale); MOZART Fugue in C minor for two pianos, K426; Concerto for two pianos and orchestra in E flat, K365*; SAINT-SAENS Variations for two pianos on a theme of Beethoven, Op.35:
Emil Gilels & Yakov Zak (pianos), USSR State Orchestra*, Kyrill Kondrashin (conductor)*
APR RECORDINGS APR5664 (CD, mid-price)
CD entitled 'The Russian Piano Tradition: Emil Gilels' (recordings from 1935-55)
SCARLATTI Sonata in C major L104; Sonata in G major L487; LOEILLET-GODOWSKY Gigue; SCHUMANN-TAUSIG Der Kontrabandiste; SCHUMANN Toccata in C, Op.7; SCHUMANN Traumes Wirren, Op.12 No.7; LISZT Paganini Etude No.5 'La Chasse'; Hungarian Rhapsody No.6 in D flat; Hungarian Rhapsody No.9 in E flat; BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No.3 in C, Op.2 No.3; PROKOFIEV Piano Sonata No.2 in D minor, Op.14:
Emil Gilels (piano)
APR RECORDINGS APR5663 (CD, mid-price)
CD entitled 'The Russian Piano Tradition: Heinrich Neuhaus' (recordings from 1938-51)
BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No.17 in D minor, Op.31 No.2 'Tempest'; SCRIABIN Preludes Op.11 - Nos. 2, 5, 8, 11 & 12; CHOPIN Mazurka in A minor Op.7 No.2; Mazurka in C sharp minor Op.41 No.1; Piano Concerto No.1 in E minor Op.11*:
Heinrich Neuhaus (piano), Moscow Radio Orchestra*, Alexander Gauk (conductor)*
APR RECORDINGS APR5660 (CD, mid-price)
11:30
Listener Suggestions
WAGNER Good Friday Music, Act 3 (Parsifal)
(Prelude, Act 1 (Parsifal); Overture (Die Fleiglinde Hollander); Preludes, Acts 1 & 3 (Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg); Prelude and Liebestod (Tristan und Isolde)):
Halle, Mark Elder (conductor)
HALLE HCDHLL7517 (CD, mid-price)
BRAHMS Violin Concerto in D, Op.77 (finale played)
(c/w Double Concerto for violin and cello*)
Julia Fischer (violin), Daniel Muller-Schott (cello)*, Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra Amsterdam, Yakov Kreizberg (conductor)
PENTATONE PTC5186066 (SACD/CD Hybrid)
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11:45
Disc Of The Week
CD entitled 'Amor Sacro' - Sacred Motets by VIVALDI - In furore iustissimae irae, RV626 (played); Nulla in mundo pax sincera, RV630; In turbato mare irato, RV627; Sum in medio tempestatum, RV632:
Simone Kermes (soprano), Venice Baroque Orchestra, Andrea Marcon (conductor)
ARCHIV PRODUKTION 4775980 (CD)
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