Playlist

[All recordings are available at full price unless indicated otherwise.]

Hot Off The Press:

CD entitled 'Fennell Conducts SOUSA Marches (Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company, played) ; Nobles of the Mystic Shrine; The High School Cadets; The National Game; The Glory of the Yankee Navy - and other works: Eastman Wind Ensemble, Frederick Fennell (conductor)
MERCURY 475 6182 (CD/SACD hybrid)

ANTHEIL Symphony No.3 'American'; Tom Sawyer Overture; Hot-Time Dance; McKonkey's Ferry Overture; Capital of the World Suite: Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hugh Wolff (conductor)
CPO 777 0402 (CD)

CD entitled 'Harrison BIRTWISTLE The Axe Manual - complete piano works': Betty Freeman: Her Tango; The Axe Manual; Oockooing Bird; Sad Song; Berceuse de Jeanne; Precis; Hector's Dawn; Ostinato with Melody; Saraband: The Kings Farewell; Harrison's Clocks: Nicolas Hodges (piano), Claire Edwardes (percussion)
METRONOME MET CD 1074 (CD)

ALFVEN Suite from 'The Mountain King'; Fest-Ouverture; VARESE Integrales; GOTHE Prelude and Dance; Christian LINDBERG Concerto for Winds and Percussion: Swedish Wind Ensemble, Christian Lindberg (conductor)
BIS CD 1268 (CD)


LEGRENZI Sonate a due e tre Opus 2, 1655: Parnassi Musici
CPO 777 030 2 (CD)

HUMPERDINCK Hansel and Gretel (sung in English, translation by Tom Hammond): Suzanne Mentzer (mezzo), Heidi Grant Murphy (Gretel), Judith Forst (The Witch), Janice Taylor (Mother), Robert Orth (Father), Anna Christy (Sandman/Dew Fairy), Milwaukee Children's Choir, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Andreas Delfs (conductor)
AVIE AV0050 (2-CD, mid-price)

BUILDING A LIBRARY RECOMMENDATION:

BRITTEN A Ceremony of Carols

Reviewer: Catherine Bott

First Choice:
The Choristers of King's College, Cambridge, Osian Ellis (harp), David Willcocks (conductor) (recorded 1972; c/w St Nicolas: Robert Tear (tenor), Cambridge Girls' Choir, Academy of St Martin in the Fields)
EMI 5651122 (CD, budget-price 'British Composers')

Also available c/w Hymn to St Cecilia, Op.27; Missa Brevis in D, Op.63; *Festival Te Deum, Op.32; *Rejoice in The Lamb, Op.30; *Te Deum in C; *Jubilate Deo in C: James Lancelot, Ian Hare (organ), * Philip Ledger (conductor)
EMI 562796 2 (CD, mid-price 'Great Artists of the Century')

Also Recommended:
The Choristers of Westminster Cathedral, Sioned Williams (harp), David Hill (conductor) (recorded 1986; c/w Missa Brevis in D;
A Hymn to the Virgin; A Hymn of St Columba; Deus in Adjutorium Meum; Jubilate Deo in E Flat, James O'Donnell (organ)
HYPERION CDA 66220 (CD)



[Next week's programme is CD Review's Critics' Choice 2004. There will be no Building a Library; but from Tuesday next week please visit the Listening Booth to vote for your Disc of The Year 2004.]



Consumer Slot - VaughanWilliams Symphonies

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS The Complete Symphonies; Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis; Norfolk Rhapsody No.1; *The Lark Ascending; In the Fen Country; +On Wenlock Edge (orchestral version): in the Sea Symphony - Felicity Lott (soprano), Jonathan Summers (baritone), Cantilena Choir, London Philharmonic Choir; in A Pastoral Symphony - Amanda Roocroft (soprano), *Sarah Chang (violin), + Ian Bostridge (tenor), Sheila Armstrong (soprano in Sinfonia Antartica), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bernard Haitink (conductor)
EMI 5860262 (7-CD, budget-price)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS The Complete Symphonies; Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis; *The Lark Ascending; Job (A Masque for Dancing); Fantasia on Greensleves; The Wasps Overture: in the Sea Symphony - Amanda Roocroft (soprano), Thomas Hampson (baritone), BBC Symphony Chorus; *Tasmin Little (violin), Patricia Rozario (soprano in Sinfonia Antartica & Pastoral Symphony), BBC Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Davis (conductor)
WARNER CLASSICS 2564 617302 (6-CD, budget-price)


VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Symphony No.9 in E Minor (US Premiere); RIEGGER New Dance, Op.18b; HOVHANESS Mysterious Mountain (Symphony No.2), Op.132; CRESTON Toccata, Op.68: Leopold Stokowski (conductor) and his Symphony Orchestra live at Carnegie Hall, 25th September 1958
CALA CACD0539 (CD)


New Releases: Piano

Reviewer: Susan Tomes

BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No.3 in C Minor, Op.37; Piano Concerto No.2 in B Flat Major, Op.19: Martha Argerich (piano), Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Claudio Abbado (conductor) (live in Ferrara in 2000 & 2004)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 477 5026 (CD)

BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No.8 in C Minor, Op.13 'Pathetique'; Piano Sonata No.9 in E Major, Op.14, No.1; Piano Sonata No.10 in G Major, Op.14, No.2; Piano Sonata No.11 in B Flat Major, Op.22: Ronald Brautigam (fortepiano)
BIS 1362 (CD/SACD hybrid)

CD entitled 'Leon Fleisher - Two Hands' - BACH Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (arr. Myra Hess); Sheep May Safely Graze (arr. Petri); D. SCARLATTI Sonata in E Major; CHOPIN Mazurka in C Sharp Minor, Op.50 No.3; Nocturne in D Flat Major, Op.27, No.2; DEBUSSY Clair de lune; SCHUBERT Piano Sonata in B Flat Major, D 960, Opus Posthumous:
Leon Fleisher (piano)
VANGUARD CLASSICS ATM CD 1551 (CD)

CHOPIN The Complete Nocturnes and Impromptus: Angela Hewitt (piano)
HYPERION CDA 67371/2 (2-CD)

PROKOFIEV Cinderella - Suite from the Ballet, Op.87 (transcribed for 2 pianos by Mikhail Pletnev); RAVEL Ma Mere l'Oye: Martha Argerich & Mikhail Pletnev (2 pianos/piano duet)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 474 8682 (CD/SACD hybrid)


An Interview with Conductor & Organist Ton Koopman

BACH Cantata No 106 Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit (Actus Tragicus), BWV106 (excerpt played; from CD entitled 'The Complete Cantatas Volume 1'): Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and Choir, Ton Koopman (conductor)
ANTOINE MARCHAND/ (CHALLENGE CLASSICS) CC72201 (3-CD, mid-price)

BACH Cantata No. 147 Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV147 (excerpt played from CD entitled 'The Complete Cantatas Volume 7'): Klaus Mertens (bass), Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and Choir, Ton Koopman (conductor)
ANTOINE MARCHAND (CHALLENGE CLASSICS) CC72207 (3-CD, mid-price)

BACH Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ, BWV722 : Ton Koopman (organ of St Walburgiskerk, Zutphen) (from CD entitled BACH Organ Works Volume 10)
TELDEC 3984 24828-2 (2-CD)


BACH Cantata No 1 'Wie schon leuchtet der Morgenstern', BWV1 (excerpt played from CD entitled 'The Complete Cantatas Volume 13'): Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and Choir, Ton Koopman (conductor)
ANTOINE MARCHAND (CHALLENGE CLASSICS) CC72213 (3-CD, mid-price)


MOZART Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K550 - (excerpt from 2nd movement, played; c/w Symphony No.39 in E Flat Major K 543):
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, Ton Koopman (conductor)
APEX 8573 892392 (CD, budget-price)

BACH Cantata No 75 Die Elenden sollen essen, BWV75 (excerpt played from CD entitled 'The Complete Cantatas Volume 6'): Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and Choir, Ton Koopman (conductor)
ANTOINE MARCHAND (CHALLENGE CLASSICS) CC72206 (3-CD, mid-price)


'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.

DVORAK American Suite:
Russian Philharmonic Orchestra, Dmitry Yablonsky (conductor)
NAXOS 8.557352

CD entitled 'A Garland for Presteigne – Twelve New Songs Celebrating the Welsh Borders by James Francis BROWN; John McCABE; Hilary TANN; Geraint LEWIS: John JOUBERT; Cecilia McDOWALL; M. BERKELEY; D. MATTHEWS; Adrian WILLIAMS:
Gillian Keith (soprano), Simon Lepper (piano)
METRONOME MET CD 1065

ROSENMULLER History of the Nativity:
Cantus Colln, Concerto Palatino, Konrad Junghanel (conductor)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 901861


SCULTHORPE Piano Concerto; From Ocenia; Earth Cry; Kakadu:
William Barton (didgeridoo), Tamara Anna Cislowska (piano), New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, James Judd (conductor)
NAXOS 8.557382


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RADIO 3'S DISC OF THE WEEK:

MAHLER Symphony No.2 'Resurrection'; DEBUSSY La Mer: Eteri Gvazava (soprano), Anna Larsson (contralto), Orfeon Donostiarra, Lucerne Festival Orchestra,
Claudio Abbado (conductor)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 477 5082 (2-CD, mid-price)



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