Playlist

HOT OFF THE PRESS:

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

MESSIAEN Visions de l’Amen+ (for two pianos); Piece pour le tombeau de Paul Dukas; Rondeau; Fantaisie burlesque: Steven Osborne (piano I), +Martin Roscoe (piano ii)
HYPERION CDA 67366 (CD)

ADAMS Shaker Loops; Short Ride in a Fast Machine; The Wound Dresser; Berceuse Elegiaque: Nathan Gunn (baritone), Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop (conductor)
NAXOS 8.559031 (CD, budget)

BERNSTEIN On the Town – I Can Cook Too; Times Square from ‘Three Dance Episodes’; Candide – Overture; I Am Easily Assimilated; Suite [arr. Harmon]; On the Waterfront – Symphonic Suite; West Side Story – Somewhere: Kim Criswell (vocals), Orchestre Lamoureux, Yutako Sado (conductor)
WARNERS 2564 604802-2(CD)

BEETHOVEN Choral Fantasy, Op.80; Triple Concerto in C Major, Op.56; Rondo in B Flat Major WoO6: Thomas Zehetmair (violin), Clemens Hagen (cello), Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano), Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor)
WARNER CLASSICS 2564 60602-2 (CD)

BUILDING A LIBRARY RECOMMENDATION:
HANDEL Saul
Reviewer: Robert Hollingworth

First Choice:
Neal Davies (Saul), Andreas Scholl (David), Mark Padmore (Jonathan), Susan Gritton (Merab), Nancy Argenta (Michal), Paul Agnew (High Priest); Jonathan Lemalu (Ghost of Samuel), Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh (conductor) (recorded 2002)
ARCHIV 474 510-2 (3-CD)
[Next week’s Building a Library will feature Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No.2.]

CONSUMER SLOT – RICCARDO CHAILLY & THE ROYAL CONCERTGEBOUW ORCHESTRA , THE RADIO RECORDINGS

VERDI La Forza del Destino (Overture); *BERIO Concerto for two pianos & Orchestra; Requies; TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No.1 in G Minor, Op.13 ‘Winter Daydreams’; RIHM Schwarzer und roter Tanz (from the ballet Tutuguri) +BARTOK Violin Concerto No.1; BEETHOVEN Symphony No.2, Op.36 in D Major; **MUSSORGSKY Songs and Dances of Death; ZEMLINSKY Die Seejungfrau (Fantasy for Orchestra); ++MADERNA Studi per ‘Il Processo’ di Franz Kafka (for soprano, spoken voice & orchestra); “MAHLER Kindertotenlieder; ***BERNSTEIN Serenade; ^BERIO Folk Songs; Formazioni; ^^SHOSTAKOVICH Cello Concerto No.2 in G Minor, Op.126; DEBUSSY Khamma (orchestrated Koechlin); VAN KEULEN Tympan; PROKOFIEV Symphony No.3 in C Minor, Op.44; ^^^BERIO Concerto II (Echoing Curves) for piano solo and two instrumental ensembles; SCHAT The Heavens (Twelve Symphonic Variations); WEBERN Passacaglia for Orchestra, Op.1; SCHOENBERG Chamber Symphony No.1 in E Major, Op.9; ‘STRAVINSKY Petrouchka; BERG Piano Sonata, Op.1 (orchestrated Verbey); +++DIEPENBROCK Im grossen Schweigen; MOZART Piano Concerto No.14 in E Flat Major K449; /HINDEMITH Kammermusik No.2, Op.36, No.1; `KEURIS Concerto for Organ & Orchestra; ``BERG Violin Concerto; ~MAHLER Symphony No.8 in E Flat Major;~~ BERG Seven Early Songs; WAGNER Tagesgrauen & Siegfrieds Rheinfahrt (Gotterdammerung); #BRUCKNER Mass No.3 in F minor ‘Great’; STRAVINSKY Agon; ##PROKOFIEV Piano Concerto No.3 in C Major, Op.26; VARESE Ameriques; – DVD Disc: STRAVINSKY Firebird (Suite 1945); ###Pulcinella (1919-1920, revised 1965); The Rite of Spring: * Antonio Ballista & Bruno Canino (pianos), +Shlomo Mintz (violin), ** Kolos Kovacs (bass), ++ Eberhard Esche (spoken voice), Edda Moser (soprano), “ Robert Holl (bass), *** Jaap van Zweden (violin), ^ Jard van Nes (mezzo), ^^ Lynn Harrell (cello), ^^^ Bruno Canino (piano), ‘ Ruud van den Brink (piano), Peter Masseurs (trumpet), Jacques Zoon (flute), +++ Hakan Hagegard (baritone), Maria Joao Pires (piano), / Ronald Brautigam (piano), ` Leo van Doeselaar (organ), `` Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin), ~ Alessandra Marc, Julia Faulkner, Cyndia Sieden (sopranos), Jard van Nes, Birgit Remmert (mezzo), Gary Lakes (tenor), Andreas Schmidt (baritone), Robert Holl (bass), Prague Philharmonic Choir, Kuhn’s Mixed Choir, Boy’s Choir from St Bavo Cathedral, Sacramentskoor Breda, ~~Barbara Bonney (soprano), # Luba Orgonasova (soprano), Nathalie Stutzmann (alto), Hans Peter Blochwitz (tenor), Kurt Moll (bass), Netherlands Radio Choir, ## Martha Argerich (piano), ### Sonia Ganassi (mezzo), Kenneth Tarver (tenor), Simone Alberghini (bass), Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly (conductor)
MCCM 97033 (13-CD + DVD, budget) (distributed by Codaex)

NEW RELEASES: CHAMBER
Reviewer: Michael Alliss
MOZART String Quartet in D Major, K499 ‘Hoffmeister’; String Quartet in B Flat Major ‘Prussian’ K589; String Quartet in F Major ‘Prussian’, K590: Hagen String Quartet
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 477 5081 (CD)

MARTINU String Quartets Nos 3-5: Emperor String Quartet
BIS CD 1389 (CD)

SHOSTAKOVICH Piano Trio No.2 in E Minor, Op.67; String Quartet No.1 in C Major, Op.49; Piano Quintet in G Minor, Op.57: Igor Uryash (piano), St Petersburg String Quartet
HYPERION CDA 67158 (CD)

BEETHOVEN Piano Trio in C Minor, Op.1, No.3; Piano Trio in B Flat Major ‘Archduke’, Op.97: Kempf Trio
BIS SACD 1172 (SACD/CD hybrid)

ROSSINI Serenata in E Flat Major for 2 violins, viola, flute, oboe, cor anglais and cello; Sonata a Quattro No.6 in D Major; Duetto for cello & double-bass in D Major; Sonata a Quattro No.3 in C Major; Une Larme for cello & piano (from CD entitled ‘Une Larme’): Ensemble Explorations, Roel Dieltiens (director)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 901847 (CD)

AN INTERVIEW WITH PIANIST STEPHEN HOUGH
RACHMANINOV The Complete Piano Concertos; Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op.43: Stephen Hough (piano), Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Litton (conductor)
HYPERION CDA67501/2 (2-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.

This week's selections:

BEETHOVEN Triple Concerto in C Major, Op.56:
Thomas Zehetmair (Violin), Clemens Hagen (Cello), Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano), Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor)
WARNERS 2564 606022

BIBER The Rosary Sonatas :
Andrew Manze (violin), Richard Egarr (organ & harpsichord)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMU 907321.22

VERDI Falstaff:
Michele Pertusi (Sir John Falstaff), Carlos Alvarez (Ford), Ana Ibarra (Alice Ford), Marina Domashenko (Meg Page), Jane Henschel (Mrs Quickly), Maria Jose Moreno (Nannetta), Bulent Bezduz (Fenton), Alasdair Elliott (Dr Cajus), Peter Hoare (Bardolfo), Darren Jeffrey (Pistola), London Symphony Chorus & Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis (conductor)
LSO LIVE LSO0055 (2-CD)


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RADIO 3'S DISC OF THE WEEK:
Robert SIMPSON Symphony No.11; Variations on a theme by Nielsen: City of London Sinfonia, Matthew Taylor (conductor)
HYPERION CDA 67500 (CD)
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