1 September 2007
Saturday 1 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.
Playlist
09.05am
MOZART: Horn Concerto no 4 in E flat K 495
Teunis van der Zwart (natural horn), Freiberg
Baroque Orchestra, Gottfried von der Goltz (director)
c/w Oboe Concerto in C major K.314*; Bassoon Concerto in B flat major K.191+; Horn Concerto in D major; K.386b
*Katharina Arfken (oboe); +Donna Agrell (bassoon)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 901946 (CD)
PETERIS VASKS: Pater noster (1996)
Latvian Radio Choir, Riga Sinfonietta, Sigvards Klava (conductor)
c/w Dona nobis pacem; Missa
ONDINE ODE 1106-2 (CD)
MAHLER: Das klagende Lied (3rd movt played)
Marina Shaguch (soprano), Michelle DeYoung (mezzo), Thomas Moser (tenor), Sergei Liferkus (baritone), San Francisco Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor)
SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY 821936-0017-2 (HYBRID SACD)
10.00am
BEETHOVEN: Kreutzer Sonata Op 47 (2nd movt Andante con variazioni played)
Isabelle Faust (violin), Alexander Melnikov (piano)
BEETHOVEN: Violin Concerto in D major op 61 (lst movt played)
Isabelle Faust (violin), The Prague Philharmonia, Jiri Belohlavek (conductor)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 901944 (CD)
SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony no 13 'Babi Yar' (1st movt played)
Serge Aleksashkin (baritone), St Petersburg PO, Yuri Temirkanov, (conductor)
RCA RED SEAL 88697021632 (CD)
11.00
BUXTEHUDE: OPERA OMNIA IV
- ORGAN WORKS VOL 2
Toccata in F BuxWW 157 (played)
Ton Koopman on the Wilde/Schnitger organ, St Jacobi Kirche, Ludingworth
CHALLENGE CLASSICS CC 72243
BUXTEHUDE: OPERA OMNIA V
Befiehl dem Engel, das ser komm BuxWW 10*;
Chorale Prelude: Wie schon leuchtet der Morgenstern BuxWW 223;
*Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and Choir, Ton Koopman (conductor)
Bettina Pahn, Johannette Zomer (sopranos)
Bogna Bartosz, Patrick van Goethem, Daniel Taylor (altos)
Jorg Durmuller, Andreas Karasiak (tenors)
Donald Bentvelsen, Klaus Mertens (bass)
CHALLENGE CLASSICS CC 7224 (2-CD)
BUXTEHUDE: OPERA OMNIA III -
ORGAN WORKS VOL 1
Jubilate Domino omnis terra BuxWW 64*; Praeludium in E BuxWW 141 (played)
Ton Koopman on the Coci/Klapmeyer organ, St Nicholai Kirche, Altenbruch
CHALLENGE CLASSICS CC 72242
11.50
BEETHOVEN: Diabelli Variations Op.120; (played)
c/w Variations on Das Waldmadchen, WoO71
Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)
DECCA 475 8401 (CD)
BOX SET: VLADIMIR ASHKENAZY PERSONAL COLLECTION
BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No.23 in F minor 'Appassionata'
Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)
c/w BACH: Concerto No.1 in D minor BWV1052;
London Symphony Orchestra, David Zinman (conductor)
Wohltemperierte Klavier Bk 1 - Prelude & Fugue No.24
BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No.24 Op.78;
Bagatelles, Op.126
CDs 2-7 - MOZART: Piano Concerto No.9 K.271
(LSO, Istvan Kertesz); BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No.1 (Concertgebouw, Bernard Haitink); SCHUBERT: Sonata in D major D.850; CHOPIN: Barcarolle, Ballade Op.52 Scherzo, Op.54; Nocturnes Op.15 No.2 & Op.55 No.2
SCHUMANN: Kreisleriana; R STRAUSS: Don Juan; (Cleveland Orchestra); TCHAIKOVSKY: Romeo & Juliet (St Petersburg Philharmonic); Meditation; RACHMANINOV: Melody (Elisabeth Soderstrom (soprano)
LISZT: Mephisto Waltz No.1; Feux Follets;
RAVEL: Gaspard de la nuit; RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No.3 (LSO; Anatole Fistoulari);
PROKOFIEV: Piano Concerto No.2; LSO; Andrew Previn; SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No.5 (Royal Philharmonic Orchestra);
SIBELIUS: Symphony No.2 ( Boston Symphony Orchestra); SCRIABIN: Piano Concerto, op.20 (LPO, Lorin Maazel) ; Piano Sonata No.4
BONUS CD Vladimir Ashkenazy talking about his career and music with Christopher Nupen
DECCA 475 8592 (7-CDs + BONUS CD) (Budget)
TANEYEV: Prelude and Fugue in G sharp minor, Op.29 (played)
Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)
c/w MOZART: Piano Sonata in D major for 2 pianos K.448 (with Malcolm Frager (piano); CHOPIN: Prelude Op.45; Mazurka Op.59 No.2; Scherzo, op.54; TCHAIKOVSKY: Dumka Op.59; SCRIABIN: Sonata No.5, Op.53; RACHMANINOV: Etude-Tableaux Op.39 Nos,1,2,& 5; BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata in E major; Op.109; SCHUBERT: Piano sonata in D majorD.850; PROKOFIEV Romeo and Juliet Op.75 (extracts)
DECCA 00289 475 8512 (2- CDs) (Budget)
12.30pm Disc of the Week
KARL AMADEUS HARTMANN: Concerto funebre for violin and string orchestra
Alina Ibragimova (violin), Britten Sinfonia
c/w Suites Nos 1 & 2 and Sonatas Nos 1 & 2 for solo violin
HYPERION CDA 67547 (CD)
