Building a Library: Schumann: Carnaval, Op.9
Reviewer - Harriet Smith
First Choice: Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano)
(Recorded 1999; c/w Papillons, Op.2; Fantasiestuck, Op.12)
HYPERION CDA67120 (CD)
Budget and Historic Choice: Sergei Rachmaninov (piano)
(Recorded 1929; from the Complete Recordings)
RCA 82876678922 (10-CD, budget)
CD Review BAL Catalogue Data bal.schumann:
bal.schumann.carnabal.op.9
Playlist
Hot Off The Press:
PROKOFIEV Symphony No.1 in D, Op.25 'Classical' (4 th movement played); Symphony No.4 in C, Op.112 (revised 1947 version); Symphony No.2 in D minor, Op.40; Symphony No.3 in C minor, Op.44; Symphony No.4 in C, Op.47; Symphony No.5 in B flat, Op.100; Symphony No.6 in E flat minor, Op.111; Symphony No.7 in C sharp minor, Op.131:
London Symphony Orchestra, Valery Gergiev (conductor)
PHILIPS 4757655 (4-CD, mid-price)
GRIEG Violin Sonata No.1 in F, Op.8; Violin Sonata No.2 in G, Op.13; Violin Sonata No.3 in C minor, Op.45 (1 st movement played); c/w six solo piano miniatures arranged by Joseph Achron:
Hagai Shaham (violin), Arnon Erez (piano)
HYPERION CDA67504 (CD)
LISZT Eine Faust-Symphonie in drei Charakterbildern (nach Goethe), S108 (extract played); Von der Wige bis zum Grabe, S107:
BBC Philharmonic, Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)
CHANDOS CHAN10375 (CD)
BUILDING A LIBRARY RECOMMENDATIONS:
SCHUMANN Carnaval, Op.9
Reviewer: Harriet Smith
First Choice:
Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano)
(recorded 1999; c/w Papillons, Op.2; Fantasiestuck, Op.12)
HYPERION CDA67120 (CD)
Budget and Historic Choice:
Sergei Rachmaninov (piano) (recorded 1929; from the Complete Recordings)
RCA 82876678922 (10-CD, budget)
[Next week's Building a Library features BRAHMS Symphony No.4]
Consumer Spot -
PROKOFIEV Complete Symphonies
Reviewer: David Nice
PROKOFIEV Symphony No.1 in D, Op.25 'Classical'; Symphony No.4 in C, Op.112 (revised 1947 version); Symphony No.2 in D minor, Op.40; Symphony No.3 in C minor, Op.44; Symphony No.4 in C, Op.47; Symphony No.5 in B flat, Op.100; Symphony No.6 in E flat minor, Op.111; Symphony No.7 in C sharp minor, Op.131:
London Symphony Orchestra, Valery Gergiev (conductor)
PHILIPS 4757655 (4-CD, mid-price)
New Releases - Chamber Music
Reviewer: Roderick Swanston
BRAHMS Complete Piano Trios - Trio No.1 in B, Op.8; Trio No.2 in C, Op.87; Trio No.3 in C minor, Op.101; Piano Quartet in G minor, Op.25:
Trio Wanderer, Christophe Gaugue (viola)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMC901915.16 (2-CD, mid-price)
BRAHMS Horn Trio in E flat, Op.40; Piano Trio in C minor, Op.101; Clarinet Trio in A minor, Op.114:
Gould Piano Trio, David Pyatt (horn), Robert Plane (clarinet)
QUARTZ QTZ2042 (CD, mid-price)
MOZART Quintet in A, KV 581*; Quintet in E flat, KV 407+; Quartet in F, KV 370^:
Kuijken String Quartet, Lorenzo Coppola (clarinet)*, Pierre-Yves Madeuf (horn)+, Patrick Beaugiraud (oboe)^:
CHALLENGE RECORDS SACC72145 (SACD/CD hybrid)
MOZART Piano Trio in B flat, K502; Piano Trio in E, K542; Piano Trio in G, K564:
The Florestan Trio
HYPERION CDA67556 (CD)
MOZART Piano Trio in C, K548; Piano Trio in E, K542; Piano Trio in G, K564; Triosatz in D, K442:
Ambache Chamber Ensemble
SIGNUM CLASSICS SIGCD081 (CD)
An interview with harpsichordist and conductor Masaaki Suzuki
http://www.bach.co.jp
BACH Cantata BWV 4 'Christ lag in Todesbanden' (1 st chorus played; c/w Cantata BWV 150 'Nach dir, Herr, verlanget mich '; Cantata BWV 196 'Der Herr denket an uns'):
Bach Collegium Japan , Masaaki Suzuki (director)
BIS CD 751 (CD)
BACH Cantata BWV 115 'Mache dich, mein Geist, bereit' (opening chorus played; c/w Cantata BWV 80 'Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott'; Cantata BWV 5 'Wo soll ich fliehen hin'):
Bach Collegium Japan , Masaaki Suzuki (director)
BIS CD 1421 (CD)
BACH Cantata BWV 99 'Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan' (Duet 'Wenn des Kreuzes Bitterkeiten' played; c/w Cantata BWV 78 'Jesu, der du meine Seele'; Cantata BWV 114 'Ach, lieben Christen, seid getrost'):
Yukari Nonoshita (soprano), Daniel Taylor (counter-tenor), Bach Collegium Japan , Masaaki Suzuki (director)
BIS CD 1361 (CD)
BACH St. Matthew Passion BWV 244 (2 excerpts played - Recitative 'Da nun Jesus' & Chorus 'Wozu dienet dieser Unrat'*; Recitative 'O Schmerz!'*):
Gerd Tuerk (Evangelist)*, Makoto Sakurada (tenor)+, Bach Collegium Japan , Masaaki Suzuki (director)
BIS CD 1000/1002 (3-CD)
BACH Italian Concerto BWV 971 (3rd movement played; c/w French Overture in B minor BWV 831; Sonata in D Minor BWV 964 after Sonata in A minor for solo violin BWV 1003):
Masaaki Suzuki (harpsichord)
BIS CD 1469 (CD)
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MOZART Symphony No.40 in G minor, K550; Symphony No.41 in C, K551 'Jupiter':
Manchester Camerata, Douglas Boyd (conductor)
AVIE AV2107 (CD)
CD entitled 'MACMILLAN and his British Contemporaries' - works by JAMES MACMILLAN, JULIAN ANDERSON, JONATHAN DOVE, RYAN WIGGLESWORTH, JUDITH WEIR, ROBIN HOLLOWAY, FRANCIS GRIER, TARIK O'REGAN, TREVOR WISHART, JOHN JOUBERT and GABRIEL JACKSON:
The Choir of New College Oxford, Edward Higginbottom (director)
AVIE AV2085 (CD)
CD entitled 'Royal Albert Hall Organ Restored' - works by MENDELSSOHN, SCHUMANN, BOLCOM, GERSWHIN, KARG-ELERT and JONGEN:
Simon Preston (organ)
SIGNUM CLASSICS SIGCD084 (CD)
RADIO 3'S DISC OF THE WEEK:
SIBELIUS Luonnotar, Op.70 and orchestral songs:
Soile Isokoski (soprano), Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Leif Segerstam (conductor)
ONDINE ODE10805 (SACD/CD Hybrid)
