CD Review
09.05am
SULLIVAN arr. Mackerras: Pineapple Poll
'Grand Finale'
(c/w Symphony in E, 'Irish')
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, David Lloyd-Jones (conductor)
Naxos 8.570351 (CD, Budget)
GAVIN BRYARS: Lauda 23 'Fammi cantar l'amor'
(c/w Lauda 22; Glorious Hill; Cadman Requiem; Lauda 24; ESHENVALDS: Legende de la femme emmuree; VASKS: Ziles Zina)
Latvian Radio Choir, Kaspars Putnins, Sigvards Klava (conductors)
GB Records BCGBCD09 (CD)
MACMILLAN: Britannia
(c/w ELGAR: "Pomp and Circumstance" March No. 1; "Pomp and Circumstance" March No. 4; MAXWELL DAVIES: An Orkney Wedding, with Sunrise; TURNAGE: Three Screaming Popes; BRITTEN: Sinfonia da Requiem)Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Donald Runnicles (conductor)
Telarc CD-80677 (CD)
09.30 am
Building a Library Recommendations
C. SAINT-SAENS: Symphony No. 3 in C minor Op. 78, "Organ"
Reviewer - Chris de Souza
First choice:
(c/w BARBER: Toccata Festiva, Op. 36; POULENC: Concerto for Organ, Strings and Timpani)
The Philadelphia Orchestra, Christoph Eschenbach (conductor), Olivier Latry (organ)
Ondine ODE 1094-5 (Hybrid SACD)
Next week Hilary Finch kicks off CD Review's examination of Wagner's epic Ring cycle on CD and DVD, looking at the first instalment- Das Rheingold.
10.20
CANTELOUBE: Hymne Dans l'Aurore (Triptyque) from disc Chants d'Auvergne Volume 2
(c/w Chants d'Auvergne - selection; Chants de France - selection)
Veronique Gens (soprano), Orchestre National de Lille, Serge Baudo (conductor)
Naxos 8.570338 (CD, Budget)
10.30 am Buxtehude Survey Part 1 (vocal
music)
Nick Morgan in discussion with Andrew McGregor. With extracts from:
BUXTEHUDE: Membra Jesu Nostri
Les Voix Baroques, Alexander Weimann (conductor, positive organ), Pascal Charbonneau (tenor), Suzie LeBlanc (soprano), Thomas Meglioranza (bass), Catherine Webster (soprano), Matthew White (countertenor)
ATMA ACD2 2563 (CD)
BUXTEHUDE: Sacred vocal works BuxWV 6, 19, 32, 36, 45, 48, 50, 59, 69, 73, 77, 82, 98, 107, 111
Klaglied from BuxWV 76/2
Greta de Reyghere, Agnes Mellon (sopranos),
Henri Ledroit, James Bowman (counter-tenors),
Guy de Mey, Ian Honeyman (tenors), Max van Egmond (bass), Ricercar Consort
Ricercar RIC 252 (2 CDs for the price of one)
BUXTEHUDE: Dein edles herz, der liebe Thron: Cantatas
(Nun danket alle Gott BuxWV 79; Wo soll ich fliehen hin BuxWV 112; Befiehl dem Engel, dass er komm BuxWV 10; Dein edles herz BuxWV 14; Jesu, meine Freude BuxWV 60; Erhalt uns, Herr, bei deinem Wort BuxWV 27; Eins bitte ich vom Hern BuxWV 24)
Capella Angelica, Lautten Compagney, Wolfgang Katschner (conductor)
Carus 83.193 (CD)
BUXTEHUDE: O Gottes Stadt, o guldnes Licht: sacred vocal works
BuxWV 5, 8, 25, 35, 67, 82, 87, 98, 105
Contrapuncti I & II from BuxWV 76
Barbara Christina Steude (soprano),
Lautten Compagney, Wolfgang Katschner
Carus 83.192 (CD)
BUXTEHUDE: Vocal Music Vol.I: sacred vocal works
BuxWV 32, 38, 76, 83, 84, 95, 97, 98, 105
Emma Kirkby (soprano), John Holloway, Manfredo Kraemer (violins), Jaap ter Linden (viola da gamba),
Lars Ulrik Mortensen (harpsichord)
Naxos 8.557251 (CD, Budget)
BUXTEHUDE: Eine Lubecker Abendmusik: sacred vocal works
BuxWV 34, 36, 51, 72, 110, 112, 113
La Capella Ducale, Musica Fiata, Roland Wilson (cornett)
CPO 777 318-2 (CD)
BUXTEHUDE: Wacht! Euch zum Streit gefasset macht BuxWV Anh.3
La Capella Ducale, Musica Fiata, Roland Wilson (cornett)
Sony Classical 82876 78265 2 (2 Hybrid SACDs)
BUXTEHUDE: Buxtehude Opera Omnia Vol.V, Vocal Works 2:
BuxWV 2, 10, 12, 19, 20, 40, 43, 50, 51, 52, 64,
70, 81, 113, 114, 124, 110, BuxWV Anh. 1;
Canons BuxWV 123, 124
Bettina Pahn, Johanette Zomer (sopranos), Bogna Bartosz, Patrick van Goethem, Daniel Taylor (altos),
Jorg Durmuller, Andreas Karasiak (tenors), Donald Bentvelsen, Klaus Mertens (bass), Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir, Ton Koopman
Challenge Classics CC72244 (2 CDs)
11.10
BEETHOVEN: Hammerklavier Sonata Op. 106 (1st movement)
(c/w Sonata No. 28 Op. 101)
Mitsuko Uchida (piano)
Philips 475 8662 (CD)
11.15am Buxtehude Survey Part 2 (keyboard
and chamber music)
Nick Morgan in discussion with Andrew McGregor. With extracts from:
BUXTEHUDE: Complete Organ Works
Ulrik Spang-Hanssen (organs of Praesto Church;
Reformed Church, Noordbroek; Skt. Ludgeri, Norden;
St. Louis, Vichy; Roskilde Cathedral)
Documents 224050 (6 CDs, super-budget price)
BUXTEHUDE: Opera Omnia Vol.III, Organ Works 1: BuxWV 139, 141, 146, 156, 160, 162, 169, 178, 197, 210, 213, 220
Ton Koopman (organ of St. Nicolai, Altenbruch)
Challenge Classics CC72242 (CD)
BUXTEHUDE: Opera Omnia Vol. IV, Organ Works 2: BuxWV 157, 161, 163, 164, 170, 173, 174, 175, 177, 180, 181, 182, 184, 188, 211, 217, 223
Ton Koopman (organ of St. Jacobi, Ludingworth)
Challenge Classics CC72243 (CD)
BUXTEHUDE: Complete Works for Organ Vol.4:
BuxWV 144, 147, 155, 157, 167, 168, 189, 171,
196, 204, 210, 212, 223
Bine Bryndorf (organ of the German Church, Stockholm)
Dacapo 6.220514 (Hybrid SACD)
BUXTEHUDE: Complete Works for Organ Vol.5:
BuxWV 139, 140, 146, 177, 181, 194, 195, 203, 205, 213, 218
Bine Bryndorf (organ of Skt. Jacobi, Hamburg)
Dacapo 6.220520 (Hybrid SACD)
BUXTEHUDE: Organ Music Vol.3: BuxWV 142, 146, 159, 161, 180, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 218
Wolfgang Rubsam (organ of Central Lutheran Church, Eugene, Oregon)
Naxos 8.555991 (CD, Budget)
BUXTEHUDE: 7 Sonatas Op.1 BuxWV 252-58
John Holloway (violin), Jaap ter Linden (viola da gamba), Lars Ulrik Mortensen (harpsichord)
Naxos 8.557248 (CD, Budget)
BUXTEHUDE: 7 Sonatas Op.2 BuxWV 259-65
John Holloway (violin), Jaap ter Linden (viola da gamba), Lars Ulrik Mortensen (harpsichord)
Naxos 8.557249 (CD, Budget)
11.30 am Disc of the Week
BELLINI: La Sonnambula
Natalie Dessay (soprano), Francesco Meli (tenor), Carlo Colombara (bass), Sara Mingardo (alto), Jael Azzaretti (soprano)
Chour & Orchestre de l'Opera de Lyon,
Evelino Pido (conductor)
Virgin Classics 00946 395138 2 (2 CDs)
