Playlist
Hot Off The Press:
R. STRAUSS Rosenkavalier Waltzes (First & Second sequences); Burleske for piano and orchestra in D Minor; Sextet from Capriccio, Op.85: Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano), Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Herbert Blomstedt (conductor)
DECCA 475 6550 (CD)
PROKOFIEV Violin Concerto No.2 in G Minor; Symphony No.1 in D Major 'Classical'; Five Melodies for Solo Violin & Strings (orchestrated Swensen): Joseph Swensen (conductor/violin), Scottish Chamber Orchestra
LINN CKD 219 (CD/SACD hybrid)
Works by CACCINI & PICCININI for Voice and Theorbo - CACCINI Amarelli mia bella, played: Johannette Zomer (soprano),
Fred Jacobs (theorbo)
CHANNEL CLASSICS CCS SA 21305 (CD/SACD hybrid)
RAVEL Gaspard de la nuit; CARTER Night fantasies; Two Diversions; 90+:
Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano)
WARNER CLASSICS 2564 621602 (CD + bonus CD with illustrated talk)
BUILDING A LIBRARY RECOMMENDATION:
PUCCINI Gianni Schicchi
Reviewer: Alexandra Wilson
First Choice:
Rolando Panerai (Gianni Schicchi), Helen Donath (Lauretta), Vera Baniewicz (Zita), Peter Seiffert (Rinuccio), Tullio Pani (Gherardo), Valerie Errante (Nella), Gerhard Auer (Betto di Signa), Franco Federici (Simone), Robert Riener (Marco), Mechthild Georg (La Ciesca), Munich Radio Orchestra, Giuseppe Patane (conductor) (recorded 1987)
RCA 74321252852 (CD, budget)
First Choice Il Trittico complete:
(Il Tabarro; Suor Angelica; Gianni Schicchi)
Jose van Dam (Gianni Schicchi), Angela Gheorghiu (Lauretta), Felicity Palmer (Zita), Roberto Alagna (Rinuccio), Luigi Roni (Simone), London Symphony Orchestra, Antonio Pappano (conductor) (recorded 1997)
EMI 5565872 (3-CD, mid-price)
DVD Choice:
Alessandro Corbelli (Gianni Schicchi), Sally Matthews (Lauretta), Felicity Palmer (Zita), Massimo Giordano (Rinuccio), Adrian Thompson (Gherardo), Olga Schalaewa (Nella), Maxim Mikhailov (Betto di Signa), Luigi Roni (Simone), Riccardo Novaro (Marco), Marie McLaughlin (La Ciesca), London Philharmonic Orchestra,
Vladimir Jurowski (conductor)
(recorded live at Glyndebourne, 2004)
OPUS ARTE OA 0918D (DVD)
[Next week's Building a Library will feature Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream.]
Consumer Spot - The Juilliard Quartet on Testament
BERG Lyric Suite; CARTER String Quartet No.2; William SCHUMAN String Quartet No.3:
Juilliard String Quartet
TESTAMENT SBT 1374 (CD, mid-price)
BEETHOVEN String Quartet No.14 in C Sharp Minor, Op.131; SCHUBERT String Quartet No.14 in D Minor, D810 'Death and the Maiden': Juilliard String Quartet
TESTAMENT SBT 1373 (CD, mid-price)
MOZART String Quartet No.19 in C Major, K465 'Dissonance'; HAYDN String Quartet in C Major, Op.74 No.1 HobIII/72; String Quartet in G Major, Op.77, No.1 HobIII/81; SCHUBERT String Quartet in C Minor, D703 'Quartettsatz'*: Julliard String Quartet TESTAMENT SBT 1372 (CD, mid-price) (Mono/*Stereo)
DEBUSSY String Quartet in G Minor, Op.10; RAVEL String Quartet in F Major; WEBERN Five Movements for String Quartet, Op.5; Six Bagatelles for String Quartet, Op.9: Juilliard String Quartet
TESTAMENT SBT 1375 (CD, mid-price)
New Releases - Orchestras' Own Labels
Reviewer: Chris De Souza
BEETHOVEN Symphony No.2 in D Major, Op.36; BRAHMS Symphony No.2 in D Major, Op.73: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra,
Mariss Jansons (conductor)
RCO LIVE RCO 05002 (CD/SACD hybrid, mid-price)
RACHMANINOV The Isle of the Dead, Op.29;
Symphonic Dances, Op.45: London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Jurowski (conductor)
LPO 0004 (CD, mid-price)
STRAUSS Don Juan, Op.20; Macbeth, Op.23; Die Heiligen drei Konige, Op.56, No.6; Waldseligkeit, Op.49, No.1; Wiegenlied, Op.41, No.1; Morgen!, Op.27, No.4; Das Rosenband, Op.36, No.1; Meinem Kinde, Op.37, No.3; Befreit, Op.39, No.4 : Anne Schwanewilms (soprano), Halle, Mark Elder (conductor)
HALLE CD HLL 7508 (CD, mid-price)
COATES Footlights; The Three Men Suite; The Selfish Giant; London Again Suite for Orchestra; Cinderella; Summer Days Suite; Television March: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, John Wilson (conductor)
AVIE AV2070 (CD)
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No.8: London Symphony Orchestra, Mstislav Rostropovich (conductor)
LSO LIVE LSO0060 (CD, budget)
An Interview with Soprano Yvonne Kenny:
CD entitled 'Handel Arias'. HANDEL Arias from Alcina; Giulio Cesare in Egitto; Semele; Xerxes; Concerto grosso in D major, Op. 6 No. 5 (excerpts from 'Chi cede al furore' (Xerxes), and 'Tornami a vagheggiar' (Alcina) played): Yvonne Kenny (soprano), Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Paul Dyer (director)
ABC CLASSICS 456 689-2 (CD)
CD entitled '19th-century Heroines' - Opera arias by NICOLINI, MEYERBEER, DONIZETTI, COCCIA, PORTOGALLO and CARAFA (excerpt from NICOLINI Parmi sentir nell'anima (Baccanali di Roma) played): Yvonne Kenny (soprano), Philharmonia Orchestra,
David Parry (conductor)
OPERA RARA ORR 201 (CD)
MOZART Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail - (highlights) (excerpt from 'Ach ich liebte, war so glucklich!' played): Yvonne Kenny (soprano), Mozart Orchestra of the Zurich Opera House, Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor)
APEX 2564 61509-2 (CD, budget)
STRAUSS Der Rosenkavalier (highlights in English) (excerpt from 'For time is a mysterious thing' played): Yvonne Kenny (soprano), London Philharmonic Orchestra, David Parry (conductor)
CHANDOS CHAN 3022 (CD, mid-price)
CD entitled 'The Salley Gardens - A Treasury of English Song'. Original songs and arrangements by TATE, BRITTEN, HUGHES, VAUGHAN WILLIAMS, QUILTER, HOLST, BRIDGE, BAX, GURNEY, ELGAR, WARLOCK, DELIUS and SPOTTISWOODE (Trad. arr BRITTEN The Salley Gardens, played): Yvonne Kenny (soprano), Caroline Almonte (piano)
ABC CLASSICS 476 158-1 (CD)
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RADIO 3'S DISC OF THE WEEK:
CD entitled 'Concerto Veneziano' TARTINI Violin Concerto in A Major, D96; VIVALDI Violin Concerto ('In due cori') in B Flat Major, RV 583; Violin Concerto in E Minor, RV 278; LOCATELLI Violin Concerto in G Major, Op.3, No.9: The Venice Baroque Orchestra, Giuliano Carmignola (violin), Andrea Marcon (director)
ARCHIV 474 8952 (CD/SACD hybrid)
