Playlist
Hot Off The Press:
BACH Brandenburg Concerto No.4 in G Major BWV 1049; Concerto for Oboe d'amore in D Major BWV1053 (reconstructed from the harpsichord concerto in E Major); Concerto for 3 Keyboard in D Major BWV 1064; Orchestral Suite in G Minor BWV1067: Café Zimmermann, Patrick Beaugiraud (Oboe d'amore), Dirk Borner, Anna Fontana, Celine Frisch (harpsichords), Pablo Valetti (violin & director)
ALPHA 071 (CD)
BACH Concerto in G Minor after Vivaldi BWV 975; Sicilienne from Concerto in D Minor BWV 596; Aria from the 'Pastorale; in C Minor BWV 590; Italian Concerto in F Major BWV 971; Concerto in D Minor after A. Marcello BWV 974; Concerto in C Minor after B. Marcello BWV 981; Concerto in G Major after Vivaldi BWV 973; Andante from Concerto in G Minor BWV 979 (from CD entitled 'Concertos Italiens') :
Alexandre Tharaud (piano)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 901871 (CD)
TURNAGE Etudes and Elegies - A Quick Blast; Uninterrupted Sorrow; A Quiet Life; RIHM Canzona per Sonare 'Uber die Linie' V*; Cuts and Dissolves, Orchesterskizzen; George BENJAMIN Olicantus for 15 players: *Michael Svoboda (alto trombone), Orchestre Symphonique de la Monnaie, Kazushi Ono (conductor)
WARNER 2564 602442 (CD)
RACHMANINOV Piano Concerto No.2 in C Minor, Op.18; Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op.43: Lang Lang (piano), Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre,
Valery Gergiev (conductor)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 477 5499 (CD/SACD hybrid)
VICTORIA Missa Pro Defunctis; Taedet Animam Meam; LOBO Versa est in luctum: Armonico Consort, Christopher Monks (director)
DEUX-ELLES DXL1112 (CD)
BUILDING A LIBRARY RECOMMENDATION:
BEETHOVEN: Cello Sonata in A Major No.3, Op.69
Reviewer: Alyn Shipton
First Choice:
Adrian Brendel (cello), Alfred Brendel (piano)
(recorded 2003-2004 ; c/w The complete works for piano and cello)
PHILIPS 475 379-2 (2-CD, mid-price)
Period-Instrument Choice:
Anthony Pleeth (cello), Melvyn Tan (fortepiano) (recorded 1987; c/w The complete works for piano and cello)
HYPERION CDD22004 (2-CD, mid-price)
Budget-price Choice:
Maria Kliegel (cello), Nina Tichman (piano) (recorded 2001; c/w Variations on 'Ein Madchen oder Weibchen' from Mozart's Magic Flute, Op.66; Sonata in E Flat Major for Cello and Piano, Op.64) (from CD entitled 'Music for Cello and Piano, Vol.2')
NAXOS 8.555786 (CD, budget)
Historic Choice:
Pablo Casals (cello), Otto Schulhof (piano) (recorded 1930; c/w The Sonatas for Cello and Piano; Seven Variations on 'Bei Mannern' from Mozart's Magic Flute, WoO46; Minuet in G (No.2 from the 6 Minuets for Orchestra, WoO 10 arr. for cello and piano)
Mieczyslaw Horszowski (piano in Sonatas Nos 1, 2, 4 & 5); Alfred Cortot (piano in 'Magic Flute' Variations)
PEARL GEMM CDS 9461 (2-CD, mid-price)
[Next week's Building a Library will feature Britten's Sinfonia Da Requiem]
Consumer Slot - Deutsche Grammophon's Echo 20 21 Series:
TAKEMITSU Quatrain*; A Flock Descends into the Pentagonal Garden*; Stanza 1; Sacrifice; Ring; Valeria: *Tashi - Peter Serkin (piano), Ida Kavafian (violin), Fred Sherry (cello), Richard Stoltzmann (clarinet), *Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa (conductor) + Yonako Nagano (mezzo), Saburo Ueki (violin), Yoshio Hattori (cello), Mari Nagasako (harp), Ryu Noguchi, Takeshi Koizumi (flutes), Harumi Ibe (guitar), Mitsuhiko Hamada (lute), Keiko Abe (vibraphone & antique cymbals), Yuji Takahashi (piano, celesta & electric organ), Hiroshi Wakasugi (conductor)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 477 5381 (CD, mid-price)
TAKEMITSU Garden Rain*; Le Son calligraphie I-III+; Hika / Elegy**; Folios I-III++; Distance; Voice; Stanza II; Eucalypts I & II^: *Philip Jones Brass Ensemble; +Kenji Kobayashi, Mari Hirao, Namiko Umezu, Miyuki Togawa (violins), Junko Edo, Aya Tanaka (violas), Tadao Takahashi, Akiyoshi Kudo (cellos), Hiroshi Wakasugi (conductor), ** Ida Kavafian (violin), Peter Serkin (piano), ++ Kiyoshi Shomura (guitar), ^ Heinz Holliger (oboe), Aurele Nicolet (flute), Ursula Holliger (harp/tape), Tadamaro Ono (sho), Basel Ensemble, Jurg Wittenbacher (conductor)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 477 5382 (CD, mid-price)
TAKEMITSU Quotation of Dream (Say sea, take me!); Day Signal; How Slow the Wind; Twill by Twilight; Archipelago S. Dream / Window; Night Signal: Paul Crossley (piano I), Peter Serkin (piano II), London Sinfonietta, Oliver Knussen (conductor)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 476 7114 (CD, mid-price)
(Gramophone Awards Collection)
MADERNA Aura; Quadrivium for 4 percussionists and 4 orchestral groups; Biogramma: North German Radio Symphony Orchestra, Giuseppe Sinopoli (conductor)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 477 5383 (CD, mid-price)
BOULEZ Notations; Structures pour deux pianos, Livre II; . . . explosante-fixe: *Pierre- Laurent Aimard (piano), +Pierre- Laurent Aimard & Florent Boffard (pianos), + Sophie Cherrier (solo midi flute), Emmanuelle Ophele, Pierre-Andre Valade (flutes), Ensemble intercontemporain, Andrew Gerzso (IRCAM/Electro-acoustic realization), Pierre Boulez (conductor)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 477 5385 (CD, mid-price)
Gunther SCHULLER String Quartet No.3; WERNICK String Quartet No.4; HARBISON String Quartet No.2: Emerson String Quartet
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 477 5384 (CD, mid-price)
New Releases: Opera
Reviewer: Rodney Milnes
WAGNER Tannhauser: Alfred Muff (Hermann), Peter Seiffert (Tannhauser), Roman Trekel (Wolfram von Eschenbach), Jonas Kaufmann (Walther von der Vogelweide), Rolf Haunstein (Biterolf), Martin Zysset (Heinrich der Schreiber), Guido Gotzen (Reinmar von Zweter), Solveig Kringelborn (Elisabeth), Isabelle Kabatu (Venus), Chorus & Orchestra of Zurich Opera, Franz Welser-Most (conductor)
EMI 5997339 (2-DVD, mid-price)
HALEVY La juive: Neil Shicoff (Eleazar), Krassimira Stoyanova (Rachel), Simina Ivan (La Princesse Eudoxie), Jianyi Zhang (Leopold), Walter Fink (Le Cardinal de Brogni), Boaz Daniel (Ruggiero), Janusz Monarcha (Albert), Johannes Gisser (Un homme du peuple), Hacik Bayvertian (Un autre homme), Martin Muller (Officier), Chorus & Orchestra of Vienna State Opera, Vjekoslav Sutej (conductor)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 00440 073 4001 (DVD)
BERLIOZ Benvenuto Cellini (first recording of the original Paris version): Gregory Kunde (Benvenuto Cellini), Patrizia Ciofi (Teresa), Joyce di Donato (Ascanio), Jean-Francois Lapointe (Fieramosca), Laurent Naouri (Balducci), Renaud Delaigue (Le Pape), Eric Salha (Francesco), Marc Mauillon (Bernardino), Eric Huchet (Le Cabaretier), Ronan Nedelec (Pompeo), Choeur de Radio France, Orchestra National de France, John Nelson (conductor)
VIRGIN 5457062 (3-CD, mid-price)
WAGNER The Flying Dutchman (orginal Paris version 1841): Franz-Josef Selig (Donald), Astrid Weber (Senta), Jorg Durmuller (Georg), Simone Schroder (Mary, Sentas Amme), Kobie van Rensburg (Der Steuermann Donalds), Terje Stensvold (Der Hollander), WDR Rundfunkchor Koln, Prager Kammerchor, Cappella Coloniensis, Bruno Weil (conductor)
DEUTSCHE HARMONIA MUNDI 82876 640712 (2-CD)
VIVALDI Orlando Furioso: Marie-Nicole Lemieux (Orlando), Jennifer Larmore (Alcina), Veronica Cangemi (Angelica), Philippe Jaroussky (Ruggiero), Lorenzo Regazzo (Astolfo), Ann Hallenberg (Bradamante), Blandine Staskiewicz (Medoro), Choeur Les Elements, Ensemble Matheus, Jean-Christophe Spinosi (conductor)
NAÏVE OP 30393 (3-CD, mid-price)
An Interview with Neil Collier of Priory Records to mark the 25th Anniversary of the company:
CD entitled 'The Grand Organ of The Royal Albert Hall - First Recording of the restored organ' - (LANQUETUIT Toccata in D Major, played; c/w LISZT Fantasia and Fugue on 'Ad nos, ad salutarem undam'; LISZT (arr. Rogg) St Francis of Paola walking on the waves; HOWELLS Rhapsody No.3 in C Sharp Minor; PARRY Toccata and Fugue 'The Wanderer'; ELGAR Nimrod; Pomp and Circumstance March No.1 in D; COOK Fanfare: Gillian Weir (organ)
PRIORY PRCD 859 (CD)
STANFORD Magnificat in B Flat:
Choir of Tring Parish Church, William Thallon or Colin Stevens (organ), Keith Pearce (director)
PRIORY (Priory's 1st LP -no longer available)
BAIRSTOW Blessed City, Heavenly Salem (excerpt played; c/w The Lamentation; Jesu, the very thought of Thee; Lord thou hast been our refuge; Let all mortal flesh keep silence; Lord I call upon Thee; Psalm 114 'When Israel came out of Egypt'; Jesu, grant me this I pray; Save us, O Lord; If the Lord had not helped me; The Blessed Virgin's cradle song; Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis in D Major: Choir of York Minster, John Scott-Whiteley (organ), Philip Moore (director) PRIORY PRCD 365 (CD)
SWAYNE Magnificat (excerpt played; c/w HOWELLS New College Service; STANFORD IN G; GOUNOD in D; FINZI Magnificat; WOOD In E (men's voices); BURRELL Canticles for Treble Voices; BYRD Magnificat (Great Service): Choir of New College, Oxford, Edward Higginbottom (director), Christopher Glynn (organ) (From CD entitled 'Magnificat & Nunc Dimmitis Vol. 15')
PRIORY PRCD 596 (CD)
MAHLER Symphony No.5 (transcribed Briggs) (excerpt from 1st movement played)
: David Briggs (organ of Gloucester Cathedral)
PRIORY PRCD 649 (CD)
GROVE Afrika Hymnus (excerpt from Night Ritual played; c/w FRANCK Chorale No.1 in E Major; BRAHMS Herzlich tut mich verlangen; HOLLINS Intermezzo in D Flat; COCKER Tuba Tune; DURUFLE Prelude et Fugue sur le nom Alain (from CD entitled 'Popular Organ Music Volume 4): Liesbeth Kurpershoek (organ of St. Mary's Anglican Cathedral, Johannesburg)
PRIORY PRCD 610 (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 choices:
DVORAK Symphony No.6:
London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis (conductor)
LSO LIVE LSO0059
Track 3 (Furiant movement)
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No.4, Op.43 (Composer's arrangement for two pianos) – premiere recording in this version:
Rustem Hayroudinoff, Colin Stone (pianos)
CHANDOS CHAN 10296
Track 2
MOZART The Magic Flute (English translation by Jeremy Sams):
Barry Banks (Tamino), Elizabeth Vidal (Queen of the Night), Rebecca Evans (Pamina), Simon Keenlyside (Papageno), Lesley Garrett (Papagena), John Tomlinson (Sarastro), John Graham-Hall (Monostatos), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, Sir Charles Mackerras (conductor)
CHANDOS CHAN 3121 (2-CD)
CD 2 Track 24
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RADIO 3'S DISC OF THE WEEK:
BRAHMS The Complete Symphonies - Symphony No.3 in F Major, Op.90 played:
WDR Sinfonie-Orchester, Koln, Semyon Bychkov (conductor)
AVIE AV2051 (3-CD/SACD hybrid, mid-price)
