Playlist

HOT OFF THE PRESS:

BACH Wer weiss, wie nahe mir mein Ende BWV 27; Ich habe genung, BWV 82; Herr Gott, dich loben wir, BWV 16; Vergnugte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust, BWV 170; Herr, deine Augen sehen nach dem Glauben, BWV 102; Gott der Herr is Sonn und Schild, BWV 79; Ich geh und such emit Verlangen BWV 49; Gott fahret auf mit Jauchzen, BWV 49; Gott fahret auf mit Jauchzen, BWV 43; Brich dem Hungrigen dein Brot, BWV 39 (Bach Cantatas Vol.16): Johannette Zomer, Sandrine Piau, Sibylla Rubens (soprano), Bogna Bartosz, Annette Markert (mezzo-soprano), James Gilchrist, Paul Agnew, Christoph Pregardien (tenors), Klaus Mertens (bass), The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir, Ton Koopman (conductor)
ANTOINE MARCHAND/CHALLENGE CLASSICS CC72216 (3-CD, mid-price)

RACHMANINOV The Complete Piano Concertos (Piano Concerto No.3 in D Minor, Op.30, played; c/w Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op.43): Stephen Hough (piano), Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Litton (conductor)
HYPERION CDA67501/2 (2-CD)

PROKOFIEV Violin Concerto No.1 in D Major, Op.19; KHACHATURIAN Violin Concerto in D Minor; GLAZUNOV Violin Concerto in A Minor, Op.82: Julia Fischer (violin), Russian National Orchestra, Yakov Kreizberg (conductor)
PENTATONE CLASSICS PTC 5186 059 (SACD/CD hybrid)

LIGETI Balada si joc (Ballad & Dance); Aventures, Nouvelles Aventures ; Artikulation for Tape (2-channel Mix-Down) ; Eight Pieces from ‘Musica Ricercata’ ; Sonata for Cello Sonata ; The Big Turtle Fanfare From the South China Sea; Regi Magyar Tarsas Tancok (Old Hungarian Ballroom Dances): Sarah Leonard (soprano), Linda Hirst (mezzo), Omar Ebrahim (baritone), Max Bonnay (accordion), David Geringas (cello), Peter Masseurs (trumpet), Asko Ensemble, Schoenberg Ensemble, Reinbert de Leeuw (conductor)
TELDEC CLASSICS 8573 88262-2 (CD)

BUILDING A LIBRARY RECOMMENDATION:
BERG Violin Concerto
Reviewer: Martin Cotton
First Choice:
Josef Suk (violin), Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Karel Ancerl (conductor) (recorded 1965; c/w MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op.64; BRUCH Violin Concerto No.1 in G Minor, Op.26)
SUPRAPHON SU 3663-2 (CD, mid-price)

Historic Choice:
Louis Krasner (violin), BBC Symphony Orchestra, Anton Webern (conductor) (recorded 1936 in BBC Broadcasting House, London; c/w Lyric Suite for string quartet: Galimir String Quartet)
TESTAMENT SBT 1004 (CD, mid-price)
[Next week’s Building a Library will feature Brahms’s Piano Trios.]

THE GRAMOPHONE AWARDS 2004
Discussions with:
1) Peter Alward, President EMI Classics (recipient of the Special Achievement)

2) Clive Gillinson Managing Director of the London Symphony Orchestra (recipient of the Lifetime Achievement)

SIBELIUS Symphony No.5; Symphony No.6: London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis (conductor)
LSO LIVE LSO0037 (CD, budget)

VERDI Falstaff: Michele Pertusi (Sir John Falstaff), Carlos Alvarez (Ford), Bulent Bezduz (Fenton), Alasdair Elliott (Dr Cajus), Peter Hoare (Bardolofo), Darren Jeffrey (Pistola), Ana Ibarra (Alice Ford), Maria Jose Moreno (Nannetta), Jane Henschel (Mrs Quickly), Meg Page (Marina Domashenko), London Symphony Chorus & Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis (conductor)
LSO LIVE LSO LSO0055 (2-CD, budget)

3) Robert Woods (President & Senior Producer) and Jack Renner (Chairman & Chief Recording Engineer) of Telarc:
Label of the Year
STRAVINSKY The Rite of Spring; NIELSEN Symphony No.5, Op.50: Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Jarvi (conductor)
TELARC CD 80615 (CD)
RAVEL Suite No.2 from Daphnis & Chloe; Pavane pour une infante defunte; La valse; Ma Mere l’Oye (Mother Goose); Bolero:
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Jarvi (conductor)
TELARC CD 80601 (CD)

NEW RELEASES: PIANO
Reviewer: Dermot Clinch

BACH Fantasia and Fugue in A Minor BWV 904; Aria Variata ‘alla Maniera Italiana’ BWV 989; Sonata in D Major BWV 963; Partie in A Major BWV 832; Suite in F Minor BWV 823; Adagio in G Major BWV 968; Fugue in C Major, BWV 953; Jesu, meine Zuversicht BWV 728; Wer nur den lieben Gott lasst walten, BWV 691; Fantasia and Fugue in A Minor, BWV 944: Angela Hewitt (piano)
HYPERION CDA67499 (CD)

BACH The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Daniel Barenboim (piano)
WARNER CLASSICS 2564 61553-2 (2-CD)
LISZT Funerailles; Rhapsodie Espagnole; Vallee D’Obermann; Sonata in B Minor:
Arnaldo Cohen (piano)
BIS CD 1253 (CD)

LISZT Sonata in B Minor; Trube Wolken; Richard Wagner – Venezia; Unstern! Sinistre, disastro; Four Little Piano Pieces; En reve; Schlaflos! Frage und Antwort; La Lugubre gondola (version 2): Paul Lewis (piano)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 901845 (CD)

BUSONI Sieben Elegien; Perpetuum mobile; Sieben kurze Stucke; Prelude & Etude en arpeges: Roland Pontinen (piano)
CPO 999 853-2 (CD)


AN INTERVIEW WITH JAMES JOLLY, EDITOR OF GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE


‘THE LISTENING BOOTH’:
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RADIO 3's DISC OF THE WEEK – THE GRAMOPHONE AWARD’S DISC OF THE YEAR 2004:

MOZART Le Nozze di Figaro :
Simon Keenlyside (The Count), Veronique Gens (The Countess), Patrizia Ciofi (Susanna),
Lorenzo Regazzo (Figaro), Angelika Kirchschlager (Cherubino), Marie McLaughlin (Marcellina), Kobie van Rensburg (Basilio, Don Curzio), Antonio Abete (Bartolo, Antonio), Nuria Rial (Barbarina), Collegium Vocale Gent,
Concerto Koln, Rene Jacobs (conductor)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 9011818.20 (3-CD, mid-price)