1 September 2007
Saturday 1 September 2007 9:00-13:00 (Radio 3)
Andrew McGregor introduces the latest releases and looks at some of the CDs of the past season chosen by the CD Review critics and listeners.
Playlist:
From 9.05am
Mozart: Horn Concerto No 4 in E flat, K495
Teunis van der Zwart (natural horn)
Freiberg Baroque Orchestra
Gottfried von der Goltz (conductor)
Peteris Vasks: Pater noster
Latvian Radio Choir
Riga Sinfonietta
Sigvards Klava (conductor)
Mahler: Das klagende Lied (excerpt)
Marina Shaguch (soprano)
Michelle DeYoung (mezzo-soprano)
Thomas Moser (tenor)
Sergei Leferkus (baritone)
San Francisco Orchestra and Chorus
Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor)
From 10.00am
Beethoven: Andante con variazioni from the Kreutzer Sonata, Op 47
Isabelle Faust (violin)
Alexander Melnikov (piano)
Beethoven: Larghetto from Violin Concerto in D, Op 61
Isabelle Faust (violin)
The Prague Philharmonia
Jiri Belohlavek (conductor)
Shostakovich: Symphony No 13 (excerpt)
Serge Aleksashkin (baritone)
St Petersburg PO
Yuri Temirkanov (conductor)
From 11.00am
The latest releases from Ton Koopman's Buxtehude cycle played on historic German organs. Including Buxtehude: Chorale Prelude: Wie schon leuchtet der Morgenstern, BuxWV 223.
From 11.50am
Andrew McGregor samples three new releases featuring Vladimir Ashkenazy as both pianist and conductor, including his 'A Personal Collection' which includes seven discs of his favourite recordings.
12.30am
Disc of the Week:
Karl Amadeus Hartmann: Concerto funebre for violin and string orchestra
Alina Ibragimova (violin)
Britten Sinfonia
