Playlist
Hot Off The Press:
BEETHOVEN Complete Overtures - Die Geschopfe des Prometheus, Op.43, played: Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, David Zinman (conductor)
ARTE NOVA 82876578312 (2-CD, budget)
BEETHOVEN Complete Music for Piano and Violoncello - Cello Sonata in C Major, Op.102, No.1 played: Andras Schiff (piano), Miklos Perenyi (cello)
ECM 472 4012 (2-CD)
CD entitled 'Les Travailleurs de la mer - Ancient Songs from a Small Island': Dance tunes, singing games and evocative ballads from Guernsey, Normandy and Brittany:
Clara Sanabras (soprano, baroque guitar), Paul Hillier (baritone), Andrew Lawrence-King, (director, harps, psaltery, chifournie) The Harp Consort
HARMONIA MUNDI HMU 907330 (CD)
Martin PEERSON Latin Motets - Deus omnipotens; Redemptor mundi; Pater fili paraclete; Levavi oculos meos; Ecce non dormitabit; Mulieres sedentes; Christus factus est; Hora nona; Latus eius; O rex gloriae; Quid vobis videtur; O domine Jesu Christe; Laboravi in gemitu meo; Nolite fieri; Multa flagella peccatoris: Ex Cathedra Consort, Jeffrey Skidmore (conductor)
HYPERION CDA 67490 (CD)
HAYDN Keyboard Concertos - Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in D Major Hob. XVIII:11; Concerto for Piano and Strings in G Major Hob. XVIII:4; Concerto for Piano, Violin and Strings in F Major Hob. XVIII:6: Andreas Staier (fortepiano), Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, Gottfried von der Goltz (violin/director)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMC901854 (CD)
BUILDING A LIBRARY RECOMMENDATION:
SCHUBERT Fantasia in F Minor, D940
Reviewer: Richard Wigmore
First Choice:
Christoph Eschenbach & Justus Frantz (piano duet) (recorded 1978; c/w 4 Landler D814; Allegro in A Minor 'Lebenssturme D947; Divertissement a la Francaise in E Minor D823; Divertissement a la Hongroise in G Minor D818; Grand Duo in C Major D812)
EMI 5697702 (2-CD, budget 'Double Forte' series)
[Next week's Building a Library will feature Brahms's Serenade No.2]
Consumer Slot - Retrospective Recordings
BACH The Orchestral Suites BWV 1066-1069; J.C.BACH Sinfonia No.2 in B Flat Major, Op.18 'Lucio Silla'; *Sinfonia No.4 in D Major, Op.18; *Sinfonia No.1: Concertgebouw Orchestra, Eduard van Beinum (conductor), *Vienna Symphony Orchestra, *Paul Sacher (conductor)
RETROSPECTIVE RET 03435 (2-CD, budget) (mono & stereo)
MOZART 'Posthorn' Serenade in D K320; Symphony No.29 in A K201: Concertgebouw Orchestra, Eduard van Beinum (conductor)
RETROSPECTIVE RET 046 (CD, budget) (mono & stereo)
BRAHMS Violin Concerto in D, Opus 77; Tragic Overture, Op.81; Academic Festival Overture, Op.80: Arthur Grumiaux (violin), Concertgebouw Orchestra, Eduard van Beinum (conductor)
RETROSPECTIVE RET 039 (CD, budget) (stereo)
BRAHMS Alto Rhapsody, Op.53; *MAHLER Symphony No.4 in G Major: Aafje Heynis (alto), Concertgebouw Orchestra, Eduard van Beinum (conductor), *Teresa Stich-Randall (soprano), *Hague Philharmonic Orchestra, *Willem van Otterloo (conductor),
RETROSPECTIVE RET 041 (CD, budget) (stereo)
BARTOK Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta; KODALY Hary Janos Suite; BRAHMS Variations on a Theme of Haydn (St Anthony Chorale): Concertgebouw Orchestra, Eduard van Beinum (conductor)
RETROSPECTIVE RET 036 (CD, budget) (stereo & mono)
BRUCKNER Symphony No.5 in B Flat:
Concertgebouw Orchestra, Eduard van Beinum (conductor)
RETROSPECTIVE RET 038 (CD, budget) (stereo)
DEBUSSY Images; Three Nocturnes; La Mer: Concertgebouw Orchestra, Eduard van Beinum (conductor)
RETROSPECTIVE RET 040 (CD, budget) (stereo & mono)
NIELSEN Symphony No.3, Opus 27 'Sinfonia Espansiva'; *RAVEL La Valse; Bolero: Danish State Radio Symphony Orchestra, John Frandsen (conductor), *Concertgebouw Orchestra, Eduard van Beinum (conductor)
RETROSPECTIVE RET 043 (CD, budget) (stereo & mono)
STRAVINSKY *Petroushka (revised 1947 version); The Firebird: Chant du Rossignol:
Concertgebouw Orchestra, Eduard van Beinum (conductor), *Hans Rosbaud (conductor)
RETROSPECTIVE RET 044 (CD, budget) (stereo & mono)
BACH The Orchestral Suites BWV 1066-1069; HANDEL Water Music; *MOZART Concerto for Flute and Harp in C Major K299; Serenade in D Major K320 'Posthorn'; BRAHMS Symphony No.1 in C Minor, Op.68; +Alto Rhapsody, Op.53; Variations On A Theme of Haydn, Op.56a; SCHUBERT Symphony No.3 in D Major D200; Symphony No.6 in C Major D589; Symphony No.8 in B Minor D759 'Unfinished'; DEBUSSY Images; **Three Nocturnes; La Mer: * Hubert Barwahser (flute), Phia Berghout (harp), + Aafje Heynis (alto), +Royal Male Choir 'Apollo', ** Women's Voices of the Collegium Musicum, Concertgebouw Orchestra, Eduard van Beinum (conductor) (from CD entitled 'Eduard van Beinum', Volume 2)
PHILIPS 475 6353 (6-CD, budget 'Original Masters' Series) (stereo & mono)
New Releases: Opera
Reviewer: Roger Parker
NORGARD Nuit des hommes: Helene Gjerris (mezzo), Helge Ronning (tenor), Bodil Rorbech (violin), Andreas Hagman (violin), Markus Falkbring (viola), Fredrik Lindstrom (cello), Gert Sorensen (percussion), Kaare Hansen (conductor)
DA CAPO 8.226011 (CD)
*PETITGIRARD Joseph Merrick, The Elephant Man: Nathalie Stutzmann (Elephant man), Nicolas Rivenq (Doctor Treves), Robert Breault (Tom Norman), Marie Devellereau (Mary, Nurse), Sophie Koch (Eva Lukes), Nicolas Courjal (Carr Gomm, hospital manager), Celena Nelson-Shafer (The Coloratura), Damien Grelier (Jimmy, showman's assistant), Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra, French Opera Chorus, Laurent Petitgirard (conductor)
NAXOS 8.557608-09 (2-CD, budget)
*Also available as a DVD:
MARCO POLO 2.220001
BARBER Vanessa, Op.32: Christine Brewer (Vanessa), Susan Graham (Erika), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (The Old Baroness); William Burden (Anatol), Neal Davies (The Old Doctor), Simon Birchall (Nicholas), Stephen Charlesworth (Footman), BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin (conductor)
CHANDOS CHSA 5032 2 (2-CD/SACD hybrid)
WEINBERGER Svanda the Bagpiper:
Matjaz Robavs (Svanda), Tatiana Monogarova (Dorota), Ivan Choupenitch (Babinsky), Larisa Kostyuk (The Queen), Wexford Festival Opera Chorus, National Philharmonic Orchestra of Belarus, Julian Reynolds (conductor)
NAXOS 8.660146-47 (2-CD, budget)
BERNSTEIN Mass: Jerry Hadley (tenor/celebrant), Berlin Radio Choir, Soloists of the Pacific Mozart Ensemble, Berlin State and Dom Choir, Deutsches Symphony Orchestra Berlin, Kent Nagano (conductor)HARMONIA MUNDI HMC901840.41 (2-SACD/CD hybrid, mid-price)
An Interview with Harpsichordist SophieYates:
Francois COUPERIN La Sophie; Le reveil-matin (excerpt played c/w Les baricades misterieuses; BACH Italian Concerto BWV 971; DUPHLY Rondeau: La Pothouin; RAMEAU Rondeau Les Cyclopes; HANDEL Suite 'Harmonious Blacksmith'; DAQUIN Rondeau: Le coucou; D. SCARLATTI Sonata K513; Sonata K24) (from CD entitled 'La Sophie'):
Sophie Yates (harpsichord)
CHANDOS CHAN 0598 (CD)
GESUALDO Canzon francese del Principe (excerpt played; c/w PICCHI Toccata; Ballo ditto il Pichi; Ballo alla Polacha; Ballo Ongaro; Todescha; MACQUE Seconde Stravaganze; FRESCOBALDI Partite 6 sopra l'Aria di Follia; Partite 14 sopra L'Aria della Romanesca; Toccata in A Minor; Cento Partite sopra Passacagli; VALENTE Tenore del passo e mezzo con sei mutanze; MERULO Susanne un jour) (from CD entitled 'Romanesca'): Sophie Yates (harpsichord)
CHANDOS CHAN 0601 (CD)
Johan Jacob FROBERGER
Suite XXX (excerpt played; c/w Toccata II; Meditation from Suite XX; Suite XVIII; Toccata V; Suite XIX; Tombeau de Monsieur Blancheroche; KERLL Passacaglia in D Minor; BOHM Suite VIII; MUFFAT Passacaglia in G Minor; PACHELBEL Aria Sexta) (from CD entitled 'Tombeau'):
Sophie Yates (harpsichord)
CHANDOS CHAN 0596 (CD)
John BULL In Nomine (excerpt played; c/w BYRD Praeludium; Fantasia; The Barley Breake; The Tennthe Pavan (Sir William Petre); Galliard to The Tennthe Pavan; The Bells; The Woods so Wild; DOWLAND set by Byrd: Lachyrmae Pavan; HARDING set by Byrd: Galliard; O.GIBBONS Fantasia; ANON My Lady Careys Dompe; TOMKINS Barafostus' Dreame; ASTON A Hornepype) (from CD entitled 'English Virginals Music'): Sophie Yates (harpsichord)
CHANDOS CHAN 0574 (CD)
Jean-Philippe RAMEAU Suite in G (1728)
(L'egyptienne played; c/w Suite in A; Five pieces from 'Pieces de clavecin en concerts' arranged for solo harpsichord; La Dauphine) (from CD entitled 'Pieces de clavecin - Volume 2'): Sophie Yates (harpsichord)
CHANDOS CHAN 0708 (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:
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No.5:
London Symphony Orchestra, Mstislav Rostropovich (conductor)
LSO LIVE LSO0058
CD entitled 'The English Anthem Volume 8' – Anthems by TABAKOVA; John SCOTT; RUTTER; BAIRSTOW; MCKIE; STANFORD; PARRY; S.S. WESLEY; VANN; WHITLOCK; DEARNLEY; J.SHEPPARD; O.GIBBONS; GOSS; STAINER
The Choir of St Paul's Cathedral, Huw Williams (organ), John Scott (conductor)
HYPERION CDA 67483
VERDI Aida:
Maria Callas (Aida), Kurt Baum (Radames), Giulietta Simionato (Amneris), Jess Walters (Amonasro), Joan Sutherland (a Priestess), The Covent Garden Opera Chorus & Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli (conductor)
(recorded 1953 at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
TESTAMENT SBT2 1355 (2-CD)
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RADIO 3'S DISC OF THE WEEK:
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No.4 in C Minor, Op.43: Kirov Orchestra, Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg, Valery Gergiev (conductor)
PHILIPS 475 6190 (CD/SACD hybrid)
