Building a Library: Durufle: Complete Organ Works
Reviewer - Graeme Kay
First Choice, including chanted plainsong versets in Op.2: John Scott (organ of St Paul 's Cathedral)
(Recorded 1989)
HYPERION CDA66368 (CD)
First Choice, without chanted plainsong versets in Op.2: Stefan Schmidt (organ of St. Peter's, Dusseldorf)
(Recorded 2001)
AEOLUS AE10211 (CD)
Mid-Price Choice: David M. Patrick (organ of Coventry Cathedral)
(Recorded 1996; c/w VIERNE Trois Improvisations)
ASV CDDCA993 (CD, mid-price)
CD Review BAL Catalogue Data bal.durufle:
bal.durufle.complete.organ.works
Playlist
Hot Off The Press:
CD entitled "English Choral Favourites" - BALFOUR GARDINER Evening Hymn; ELGAR The Shower; My love dwelt in a northern land; Great is the Lord; Pomp and Circumstance March No.1 in D (arr. Lemare); HOLST Come to me; HOWELLS Master Tallis's Testament; MENDELSSOHN Hear my prayer; PARRY Jerusalem; I was glad; STANFORD The Blue Bird; VAUGHAN WILLIAMS O, clap your hands:
City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus , Elizabeth Atherton (soprano), Matthew Best (bass), Thomas Trotter (organ), Simon Halsey (director)
CLASSICS FOR PLEASURE 3614992 (CD, mid-price)
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No.1 in F minor, Op.10; Symphony No.14 Op.135*:
Karita Mattila (soprano)*, Thomas Quasthoff (bass)*, Berliner Philharmoniker, Sir Simon Rattle (conductor)
EMI CLASSICS 3580772 (CD)
MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto in E minor, Op.64; MOZART Adagio in E, K261; Rondo in C, K373; SCHUBERT Serenade (Leise flehen meine Lieder, D957); Ave Maria, D839 (arr. Wilhelmj, ed. Heifetz); MACMILLAN From Ayrshire:
Nicola Benedetti (violin), Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields , James Macmillan (conductor)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 4763159 (CD)
BARTOK Bluebeard's Castle (in English):
Duke Bluebeard/Minstrel - John Tomlinson (bass), Judith - Sally Burgess (mezzo-soprano), Orchestra of Opera North, Richard Farnes (conductor)
CHANDOS CHAN3133 (CD, mid-price)
BUILDING A LIBRARY RECOMMENDATION:
DURUFLE Complete Organ Works
Reviewer: Graeme Kay
First Choice, including chanted plainsong versets in Op.2:
John Scott (organ of St Paul 's Cathedral)
HYPERION CDA66368 (CD)
First Choice, without chanted plainsong versets in Op.2:
Stefan Schmidt (organ of St. Peter's, Dusseldorf )
AEOLUS AE10211 (CD)
Mid-Price Choice:
c/w VIERNE Trois Improvisations:
David M. Patrick (organ of Coventry Cathedral)
ASV CDDCA993 (CD, mid-price)
[Next week's Building a Library will feature Schumann's Liederkreis, Op.24]
Consumer Spot -
EMI Classics Historical series
MOZART Violin Concerto No.4 in D, K218*; Violin Concerto No.5 in A, K219+; MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto in E minor, Op.64*:
Jascha Heifetz (violin), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra*, Sir Thomas Beecham (conductor)*, London Philharmonic Orchestra+, Sir John Barbirolli (conductor)+
EMI CLASSICS 3532142 (CD, budget)
MOZART Piano Concerto No.15 in B flat, K450*; Piano Concerto No.23 in A, K488+; Piano Concerto No.24 in C minor, K491+:
Solomon (piano), Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Ackermann (conductor)*, Herbert Menges (conductor)+
EMI CLASSICS 3532112 (CD, budget)
MOZART Symphony No.40 in G minor, K550; "O zittre nicht" and "Der Holle Rache" from Die Zauberflote, K620; Piano Concerto No.20 in D minor, K466*; Serenade No.13 in G for strings, K525 "Eine kleine Nachtmusik"; Serenade No.10 in B flat for 13 wind instruments, K361 "Gran Partita":
Wilma Lipp (soprano), Yvonne Lefebure (piano), Wiener Philharmoniker, Berliner Philharmoniker*, Wilhelm Furtwangler (conductor)
EMI CLASSICS 3532062 (CD, budget)
MOZART 16 Lieder; Quintet in E flat for piano and wind instruments, K452:
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Walter Gieseking (piano), Philharmonia Wind Ensemble
EMI CLASSICS 3532262 (CD, budget)
MOZART Requiem in D minor, K626:
Elisabeth Grummer (soprano), Marga Hoffgen (contralto), Helmut Krebs (tenor), Gottlob Frick (bass), Chor der St. Hedwigs-Kathedrale Berlin, Berliner Philharmoniker, Rudolf Kempe (conductor)
EMI CLASSICS 3532172 (CD, budget)
New Releases - Opera
Reviewer: David Nice
MOZART La Clemenza di Tito:
Rainer Trost (Tito), Magdalena Kozena (Sesto), Hillevi Martinpelto (Vitellia), Lisa Milne (Servilia), Christine Rice (Annio), John Relyea (Publio), Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Chorus, Sir Charles Mackerras (conductor)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 4775792 (2-CD)
MOZART La Clemenza di Tito:
Mark Padmore (Tito), Bernarda Fink (Sesto), Alexandrina Pendatchanska (Vitellia), Sunhae Im (Servilia), Marie-Claude Chappuis (Annio), Sergio Foresti (Publio), RIAS Kammerchor, Freiburger Barockorchester, Rene Jacobs (conductor)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMC801923.24 (2-SACD/CD Hybrid)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMC901923.24 (2-CD, lower full-price)
BERG Lulu:
Lisa Saffer (Lulu), Susan Parry (Countess Geschwitz), Anna Burford (Dresser/Schoolboy/Waiter), Graeme Danby (Professor of Medicine/Theatre Manager/Banker), Stuart Kale (Painter/Second Client), Robert Hayward (Dr Schon), John Graham-Hall (Alwa), Gwynne Howell (Schigolch), Robert Poulton (Animal Trainer/Acrobat), Alan Oke (African Prince/Manservant/Marquis), Roger Begley (Police Commissioner), Claire Mitcher (15-year-old Girl), Paul Napier-Burrows (Servant), Jane Powell (Mother), Moira Harris (Designer), Toby Stafford-Allen (Journalist), English National Opera Orchestra, Paul Daniel (conductor)
CHANDOS CHAN3130 (3-CD, budget)
ANDRIESSEN Writing to Vermeer:
Susan Narucki (Catharine Bolnes), Susan Bickley (Maria Thins), Barbara Hannigan (Saskia de Vries), Michel van der Aa (electronic music), Schoenberg Ensemble, Asko Ensemble, Reinbert de Leeuw (conductor)
NONESUCH 7559-79887-2 (2-CD, mid-price)
SALLINEN The King Goes Forth to France :
Tommi Hakala (King), Jyrki Korhonen (Prime Minister), Riikka Rantanen (The Nice Caroline), Lilli Paasikivi (The Caroline with the Thick Mane), Mari Palo (The Anne who Steals), Laura Nykanen (The Anne who Strips), Jyrki Anttila (Guide), Herman Wallen (English Archer), Santeri Kinnunen (Froissart), Finnish Philharmonic Chorus, Tapiola Chamber Choir, Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Okko Kamu (conductor)
ONDINE ODE1066-2D (2-CD, lower full-price)
An interview with chorus master
Simon Halsey
MAHLER Symphony No.2 in C minor "Resurrection" (excerpt played):
Arleen Auger (soprano), Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano), CBSO Chorus, Simon Halsey (chorus master), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra , Simon Rattle (conductor)
EMI 3457942 (2-CD, mid-price)
BRITTEN War Requiem, Op.66 (excerpt played):
Elisabeth Soderstrom (soprano), Robert Tear (tenor), Thomas Allen (baritone), Boys of Christ Church Cathedral Oxford, CBSO Chorus, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle (conductor)
EMI CDC7470348 (2-CD)
MAHLER Symphony No.8 in E flat "Symphony of a Thousand" (excerpt played):
Christine Brewer (soprano), Soile Isokoski (soprano), Juliane Banse (soprano), Birgit Remmert (mezzo-soprano), Jane Henschel (mezzo-soprano), Jon Villars (tenor), David Wilson-Johnson (baritone), John Relyea (bass), City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Chorus, City of Birmingham Symphony Youth Chorus, Toronto Youth Chorus, City of Birmingham Symhony Orchestra, Simon Rattle (conductor)
EMI CLASSICS 5579452 (CD)
MAHLER Symphony No.8 in E flat "Symphony of a Thousand" (excerpt played):
Sylvia Greenberg (soprano), Lynne Dawson (soprano), Sally Matthews (soprano), Sophie Koch (mezzo-soprano), Elena Manistina (mezzo-soprano), Robert Gambill (tenor), Detlef Roth (baritone), Jan-Hendrik Rootering (bass), Rundfunkchor Berlin, MDR Rundfunkchor Leipzig, Windsbacher Knabenchor, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Kent Nagano (conductor)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMC901858.59 (2-CD, lower full-price)
TALLIS Spem in alium (excerpt played) - from CD entitled "XL" (also including PITTS XL; PURCELL/SANDSTROM Hear my prayer, O Lord, BACH Contrapunctus 1; Veni, creator spiritus; HARVEY Come, Holy Ghost; NYSTEDT Immortal Bach; KODALY Laudes Organi):
Rundfunkchor Berlin , Simon Halsey (director)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMC801873 (CD)
BALFOUR GARDINER Evening Hymn (excerpt played) - from CD entitled "English Choral Favourites" (see Hot off the Press for details):
City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus , Simon Halsey (director)
CLASSICS FOR PLEASURE 3614992 (CD, mid-price)
[Next week Andrew McGregor talks to members of the Belcea Quartet]
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SHOSTAKOVICH Violin Concerto No.1 in A minor, Op.99:
Leila Josefowicz (violin), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo (conductor)
WARNER CLASSICS 2564 629972 (CD)
BAX Romance for Clarinet and Piano (1901) - world premiere recording:
Robert Plane (clarinet), Benjamin Frith (piano)
NAXOS 8.557698 (CD, budget)
MOZART Die Zauberflote:
Rene Pape (Sarastro), Erika Miklosa (Queen of the Night), Dorothea Roschmann (Pamina), Christoph Strehl (Tamino), Hanno Muller-Brachmann (Papageno), Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Claudio Abbado (conductor)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 4775789 (2-CD)
RADIO 3'S DISC OF THE WEEK:
BRAHMS Piano Concerto No.1 in D minor, Op.15:
Krystian Zimerman (piano), Berliner Philharmoniker, Sir Simon Rattle (conductor)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 4776021 (CD)
