8 September 2007
Saturday 8 September 2007 9:00-13:00 (Radio 3)
Andrew McGregor introduces the latest releases and looks at some of the CDs of the past season chosen by the CD Review critics and listeners.
Including from 9.05am
Playlist
09.05am
Samuel Scheidt
Sinfonia and Concertus XII: Magnificat tribus choribus
Ricercar Consort, La Fenice. Philippe Pierlot (director)
Ricercar RIC254
Cherubini
Credo from Missa solemnis in E
Ruth Ziesak (soprano), Marianna Pizzolato (mezzo), Herbert Lippert (tenor), Ildar Abrazakov (bass), Chorus and Orchestra of Bavarian Radio, Riccardo Muti (conductor)
EMI 3943162
John Addison
Film music from I was Monty's Double and A Bridge Too Far
BBC Concert Orchestra, Rumon Gamba (conductor)
Chandos 10418
Gulda
Overture (Concerto for cello and winds)
Gautier Capucon (cello),
Italian-Swiss Orchestra, Alexander Rabinovich-Barakovsky (conductor)
EMI 3892412
Schumann
Piano Quartet
Renaud Capucon (violin), Lida Chen (viola),
Gautier Capucon (cello), Martha Argerich (piano)
EMI 3892412
10.30am
Strauss
Final Scene from Salome
Nina Stemme (soprano), Gerhard Siegel (tenor), Liora Grodnikaite (mezzo),
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Antonio Pappano (conductor)
EMI 3787972
Reger
Waldeinsamkeit
Inga Nielsen (soprano), Antonio Pappano (piano)
Chandos CHAN 10444
Handel
"My Vengeance" (Athalia)
Inge Nielsen (soprano), Danish National SO, Christopher Hogwood (conductor)
Chandos CHAN 10444
11.00am
Brahms
Variations on a Theme of GF Handel, Op.24
Andras Schiff (piano)
Warner 2564699674
Pavarotti - new and recent Decca re-issues, to include
Verdi
Luisa Miller (Act Two, Scene 3 complete)
Soloists including Luciano Pavarotti (tenor); London Opera Chorus,
National Philharmonic Orchestra, Peter Maag (conductor)
Decca 'Originals' 4758496
Alkan
Concerto for solo piano Op.39 - iii) Allegretto alla barbaresca
Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano)
Hyperion CDA 67569
Lully
Thesee (extracts)
Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra, Soloists and Chorus,
Paul O'Dette and Stephen Stubbs (directors)
CPO 7772402
12.20pm
Disc of the Week
Erki-Sven Tuur Symphony no 4 'Magma' for solo percussion and symphony orchestra
Evelyn Glennie (percussion),
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Jaarvi (conductor)
EMI 3857852
