Building a Library: Schumann: Symphony No.3 in E flat, Op.97 'Rhenish'
Reviewer - Piers Burton-Page
First Choice: Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique, John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
(recorded 1997; c/w Symphonies Nos. 1, 2 & 4)
ARCHIV PRODUKTION 4575912 (3-CD)
Single Disc / Budget Choice: London Philharmonic Orchestra, Kurt Masur (conductor)
(recorded 1990; c/w Symphony No.2)
WARNER APEX 0927498142 (CD, budget)
CD Review BAL Catalogue Data bal.schumann:
bal.schumann.symphony.no.3.op.97.rhenish
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Building A Library Recommendations:
SCHUMANN Symphony No.3 'Rhenish'
Reviewer: Piers Burton-Page
First Choice:
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(recorded 1997; c/w Symphonies Nos. 1, 2 & 4)
ARCHIV PRODUKTION 4575912 (3-CD)
Single Disc / Budget Choice:
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(recorded 1990; c/w Symphony No.2)
WARNER APEX 0927 498142 (CD, budget)
Next week, David Fanning chooses recordings of Shostakovich's Violin Concerto No.1
Consumer Spot - Violin Collections:
Maxim Vengerov
Excerpts played from WIENIAWSKI Polonaise No.1, Op.4; TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto, Op.35; BRAHMS Violin Concerto in D, Op.77; ELGAR Violin Sonata in E minor, Op.82; SIBELIUS Violin Concerto, Op.47; SHOSTAKOVICH Violin Concerto No.2 in C sharp minor, Op.129
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Maxim Vengerov (violin), Itamar Golan (piano), Alexander Markovich (piano), Revital Chachamov (piano), Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta (conductor), Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, New York Philharmonic, Kurt Masur (conductor), London Symphony Orchestra, Mstislav Rostropovich (conductor), Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado (conductor), Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim (conductor)
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(10-CD, budget)
New Releases - Baroque Concertos:
Reviewer: Nicholas Anderson
CD entitled 'The Rise of the North Italian Violin Concerto 1690-1740: Volume 1 The Dawn of the Virtuoso' - including NAVARA Sinfonia/Sonata a 5 in C; COMPOSER X Laudate pueri Dominum, RV Anh.30; LEGRENZI 3 Balletti e Correnti a 5 from Op.16; NAVARA Sinfonia/Sonata a 5 in A; ALBINONI Concerto iV a 6 in G, Op.2/8; VALENTINI Concerto XI a 6 with 4 obligato violins in A, Op.7; VIVALDI Concerto III with solo obligato violin in SG, Op.3, RV310; Concerto X with 4 obligato violins and obligato cello, Op.3, RV580:
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BACH Orchestral Suite No.2 in B minor BWV1076; Concerto in A minor for Oboe d'Amore (reconstructed from BWV1055); Concerto in C minor for Oboe and Violin (reconstructed from BWV1060); Concerto in D minor for 2 Violins, BWV1043; Brandenburg Concertos - No.2 in F, BWV1047; No.4 in G, BWV1049; No.5 in D major, BWV1050:
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BACH Brandenburg Concertos - No.1 in F, BWV1046; No.2 in F, BWV1047; No.3 in G, BWV1048; No.4 in G, BWV1049; No.5 in D, BWV1050; No.6 in B flat, BWV1051; Musical Offering: Trio Sonata in C minor, BWV1079; Concerto in G minor for flute and strings, after BWV1056:
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Interview - Anne Sofie von Otter:
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Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Jakob Lindberg (lute)
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