CD Review
09.05am
J. S BACH: Cantata 'Ich geh und suche mit Verlangen' (BWV 49)
(c/w Bach Dialogue Cantatas: BWV57 and 152)
Dorothea Roschmann (soprano), Thomas Quasthoff (bass-baritone), Berlin Baroque Soloists, Rainer Kussmaul (director)
Deutsche Grammophon 477 6591 (CD)
Rameau: Platee
A l'aspect de ce nuage
Jean-Paul Fouchecourt (tenor), Opera Lafayette Ryan Brown (conductor)
Rameau: Operatic Arias
Naxos 8.557993 (CD, budget)
Janacek: Katya Kabanova [in English]
Jane Henschel (Katya - mezzo-soprano), Peter Hoare (Tichon Kabanov - tenor), Cheryl Barker (Katerina - soprano), Gwynne Howell (Dikoi - bass), Robert Brubaker (Boris Grigoryevich - tenor), Victoria Simmonds (Varvara - mezzo-soprano), Peter Wedd (Vanya Kudryash - tenor), Kathleen Wilkinson (Glasha - mezzo-soprano), Owen Webb (Kuligin - baritone), Claire Hampton (Feklusha - soprano), Sian Meinir (Zena - mezzo-soprano), Philip Lloyd-Holtam (Passer-by - tenor)
Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera Carlo Rizzi (conductor)
Chandos Chan 3145(2) [2 CDs]
09.30 am
Building a Library Recommendation
ALBENIZ: IBERIA (for Piano)
Reviewer - David-Owen Norris
First Choice:
Rafael Orozco (piano)
(recorded 1992; c/w Cantos de Espana)
Naive V4663 (2CD)
This is a re-release of the original Valois recording, expected by 5th November. Available at 2 for 1 price.
Next week Simon Heighes reviews recordings of Gluck's Iphigenie en Tauride.
10.40 am New Releases - recent orchestral
recordings in conversation with
Rob Cowan
DVORAK: Symphony No. 6 (first movement) and No. 9 (New World) (Finale)
Swedish Chamber Orchestra
Thomas Dausgaard (conductor)
BIS BIS-SACD-1566 (Hybrid CD/SACD, Mid Price)
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 8 in C minor - Adagio
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra/Herbert Blomstedt
Querstand VKJK 0604 (Hybrid CD/SACD)
MAHLER: Symphony No. 3 (First movement)
Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich
David Zinman (conductor)
RCA Red Seal 88697129182 (Hybrid CD/SACD)
11.40 am Disc of the Week
HANDEL: Ah! Mio cor (Handel Arias)
Magdalena Kozena (soprano), Venice Baroque Orchestra, Andrea Marcon (conductor)
Deutsche Grammaphon 4776547 (CD)
