CD Review
09.05am
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 8 Op. 93 (first movement)
(c/w Symphony No. 3 Op. 55)
Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen
Paavo Jarvi (conductor)
RCA 8869700655 2 (Hybrid SACD)
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 6 Op. 68, 'Pastoral' (third movement)
(c/w Symphony No. 1 Op. 21)
Minnesota Orchestra, Osmo Vanska (conductor)
BIS SACD 1726 (Hybrid SACD)
BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 5 Op. 73, 'Emperor'
Mikhail Pletnev (piano), Russian National Orchestra, Christian Gansch (conductor)
Deutsche Grammophon 477 6417 (CD)
09.30 am
Building a Library Recommendation
WAGNER: Ring Cycle on DVD
Reviewer - Patrick Carnegy
First choice:
Donald McIntyre, Heinz Zednik, Hermann Becht, Hanna Schwarz, Siegfried Jerusalem, Matti Salminen, Gwyneth Jones, Jeannine Altmeyer, Peter Hofmann, Gabriele Schnaut, Manfred Jung, Fritz Hubner, Franz Mazura, Gwendolyn Killebrew, Choir and Orchestra of the Bayreuther Festspiele, Pierre Boulez (conductor)
Deutsche Grammophon 00440 073 4057 (8 DVDs, including Bonus DVD on the making of this production. Each opera also available separately)
Next week Peter Quantrill examines recordings of one of Mozart's 'Prussian' Quartets, K90 in F Major.
10.35 Harmonia Mundi at 50
With extracts from the following discs:
BIZET: L'Arlesienne Overture
(c/w Symphony in C major)
Orquesta Cuidad de Granada, Josep Pons (conductor)
Harmonia Mundi HMA1951675 (CD, Mid Price)
BYRD: Miserere mihi, Domine
(c/w works by John Sheppard, Thomas Tallis, Robert White and Hugh Aston)
Stile Antico
Harmonia Mundi HMU907419 (CD)
Also available as SACD HMU807419
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 3 Op. 55
(c/w 12 Contretanze WoO14; Die Geschopfe des Prometheus Op. 43)
Helsinborg Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Manze (conductor)
Harmonia Mundi HMU 807470 (CD)
(released March 31st 2008)
SCHUBERT: Sehnsucht
Matthias Goerne (baritone), Elisabeth Leonskaja (piano)
Harmonia Mundi HMC 901988 (CD)
(released March 31st 2008)
CHARPENTIER: Te Deum H. 146)
(c/w Missa 'Assumpta Est Maria' H. 11, Litanies de la Vierge H. 83)
Les Arts Florissants, William Christie (conductor)
Harmonia Mundi HMG 501298 (CD, Mid Price)
PURCELL: Fairest Isle from disc Music for a While
Alfred Deller (counter tenor), Wieland Kuijken (bass viol), William Christie (harpsichord), Roderick Skeaping (baroque violin), Robert Elliott (organ), Jane Ryan (bass viol)
Harmonia Mundi HMG 50249 (CD, Mid Price)
F. COUPERIN: le tic-toc-choc
Alexandre Tharaud (piano)
Harmonia Mundi HMC 901956 (CD)
11.35am Disc of the Week
MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 27 K 595
(c/w Clarinet Concerto K. 622)
Andreas Staier (fortepiano), Lorenzo Coppola (clarinet), Freiburger Barockorchester, Gottfried von der Goltz (conductor)
Harmonia Mundi HMC 901908 (CD)
