Playlist

HOT OFF THE PRESS:
WIENIAWSKI Scherzo-tarantelle, Op.16; Theme orginal varie, Op.15; Polonaise brillante No.2 in A Major, Op.21; Polonaise brillante No.1 in D Major, Op.4; PAGANINI Cantabile; KREISLER Liebeslied; RACHMANINOV (arr. Press) Vocalise, Op.34, No.14; RACHMANINOV (arr. Kreisler) 18th variation from Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini; SARASATE Introduction et tarantella, Op.43; John WILLIAMS Theme from Schindler’s List; YSAYE Caprice d’apres l’etude en forme de valse de C. Saint-Saens, Op.52: Maxim Vengerov (violin), Ian Brown (piano)
EMI 5579162 (CD)

HANDEL Combattuta da due venti (Faramondo); c/w arias from Berenice; Angelica; Scipione; Orlando; Giulio Cesare in Egitto; Partenope; Amadigi; Alessandro; Rodelinda; Tamerlano; Deidamia; Arianna in Creta: Sandrine Piau (soprano), Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset (conductor)
NAÏVE E8894 (CD)

CD entitled ‘Isabel I, Reina de Castilla’ – ENZINA Levanta Pascual; SEFARDI Lavava y suspirava; DUFAY Je ne vis oncques; ESCOBAR Requiem Aeternam – and other works from the reign of Isabella the First of Castille: La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Hesperion XXI, Jordi Savall (director)
ALIA VOX AVSA 9838 (CD)

BRAHMS The Cello Sonatas; SCHUBERT Arpeggione Sonata in A Minor D821: Natalie Clein (cello), Charles Owen (piano)
CLASSICS FOR PLEASURE 5861462 (CD, budget)

BUILDING A LIBRARY RECOMMENDATION:
BEETHOVEN
Complete Symphonies at Budget Price
Reviewer: Roderick Swanston
First Choice:
The Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Charlotte Margiono (soprano), Birgit Remmert (mezzo), Rudolf Schasching (tenor), Robert Holl (bass), Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor) (recorded 1990-91)
TELDEC 0927 497682 (5-CD, budget-price)
Period Instrument Choice:
The London Classical Players, The Schutz Choir of London, Yvonne Kenny (soprano), Sarah Walker (mezzo), Patrick Power (tenor), Petteri Salomaa (bass) (recorded 1986-88; c/w Overture ‘The Creatures of Prometheus’, Op.43; Overture ‘Coriolan’, Op.62; Overture ‘Egmont’, Op.84)
VIRGIN 5619432 (5-CD, budget-price)

Historic Choice:
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Clara Ebers (soprano), Gertrude Pitzinger (mezzo), Walther Ludwig (tenor), Ferdinand Frantz (bass), Eugen Jochum (conductor) (recorded 1952-61; c/w Overture ‘Fidelio’, Op.72b; Overture Leonore II, Op.72; Overture ‘The Ruins of Athens’, Op.113; Overture ‘The Creatures of Prometheus’, Op.43;)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 474 018-2
(5-CD, budget-price) (mono & stereo) (‘Original Masters Series’)

Also recommended:
Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, Schweizer Chamber Choir, Ruth Ziesak (soprano), Birgit Remmert (mezzo), Steve Davislim (tenor), Detlef Roth (bass), David Zinman (conductor) (recorded 1997-98)
ARTE NOVA 74321 654102
(5-CD, budget-price)
[Next week’s Building a Library will be a survey of recordings of the music of Biber.]

CONSUMER SLOT – RCA CATALYSTS
TIPPETT The Rose Lake+; The Vision of St Augustine*: *John Shirley-Quirk (baritone), London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, +Sir Colin Davis, *Sir Michael Tippett (conductors)
RCA 82876642842 (CD, mid-price)

TAVENER Svyati*; Eternal Memory**; Akhmatova Songs+**; The Hidden Treasure++; Chant for Solo Cello**: **Steven Isserlis (cello), * Kiev Chamber Choir, Mykola Gobdych (conductor), ** Moscow Virtuosi, Vladimir Spivakov (conductor), + Patricia Rozario (soprano), ++ Daniel Phillips, Krista Bennion Feeney (violins), Todd Phillips (viola)
RCA 82876642782 (CD, mid-price)

CD entitled ‘Sermons and Devotions’ – POOLE Wymondham Chants; GORECKI Totus Tuus; TORMIS Piispa ja pakana (The Bishop and the Pagan); STRAVINSKY Pater Noster; Ave Maria; TAVENER Funeral Ikos; The Lamb; Richard Rodney BENNETT Sermons and Devotions: The King’s Singers
RCA 82876642992 (CD, mid-price)

VASKS Cor Anglais Concerto; Cantabile for String Orchestra; Message for string orchestra, percussion and two pianos; Musica dolorosa; Lauda: Normunds Schnee (cor anglais), Nora Novik, Raffi Kharajanyan (pianos), Ligita Zemberga (cello), Riga Philharmonic Orchestra, Kriss Rusmanis (conductor)
RCA 82876642862 (CD, mid-price)

FIRSOVA Quartet No.4; STRAVINSKY Three Pieces; SCHNITTKE Canon in memory of Stravinsky; ROSLAVETS Quartet No.3; SMIRNOV Quartet No.2: Chilingirian Quartet
RCA 82876642832 (CD, mid-price)

USTVOLSKAYA Symphony No.5 ‘Amen’; Composition No.3 (Benedictus qui venit); Octet; SHOSTAKOVICH Piano Quintet in G Minor, Op.57: Sergei Leiferkus (reciter), London Musici, Mark Stephenson (conductor); London Musici Quartet, Kathryn Stott (piano)
RCA 82876654542 (CD, mid-price)

PANUFNIK Symphony No.9 ‘Sinfonia della Speranza’; Piano Concerto: Ewa Poblocka (piano), London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrzej Panufnik (conductor)
RCA 82876642802 (CD, mid-price)

CD entitled ‘Fratres’ – CORIGLIANO Sonata for Violin and Piano; PART Fratres; MORAVEC Sonata for Violin and Piano; GLINSKY Toccata-Scherzo; MESSIAEN Praise to the Immortality of Jesus: Maria Bachmann (violin), Jon Klibonoff (piano)
RCA 82876642982 (CD, mid-price)

MACMILLAN Veni, Veni, Emmanuel*; After the Tryst+; . . . as others see us . . . ; Three Dawn Rituals; Untold: *Evelyn Glennie (percussion), Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Jukka-Pekka Saraste* (conductor), +James MacMillan (conductor/piano)
RCA 82876642852 (CD, mid-price)

NEW RELEASES: HANDEL
Reviewer: Erica Jeal

HANDEL Lotario: Simone Kermes (Adelaide), Sara Mingardo (Lotario), Steve Davislim (Berengario), Sonia Prina (Matilde), Hilary Summers (Idelberto), Vito Priante (Clodomiro), Il Complesso Barocco, Alan Curtis (conductor)
DEUTSCHE HARMONIA MUNDI 82876 587972 (2-CD)

HANDEL Oreste: Mary-Ellen Nesi (Oreste), Maria Mitsopoulou (Ermione), Mata Katsuli (Ifigenia), Antonis Koroneos (Pilade), Petros Magoulas (Toante), Nicholas Spanos (Filotete), Camerata Stuttgart, George Petrou (conductor)
MDG 609 1273-2 (2-CD)

HANDEL Serse: Anne Sofie von Otter (Serse), Elizabeth Norberg-Schulz (Romilda), Sandrine Piau (Atalanta), Lawrence Zazzo (Arsamene), Silvia Tro Santafe (Amastre), Giovanni Furlanetto (Ariodate), Antonio Abete (Elviro), Les Arts Florissants, William Christie (conductor)
VIRGIN 5457112 (3-CD Mid-price)

HANDEL Arias from Semele; Scipione; Orlando; Serse; Samson; Rinaldo; Giulio Cesare; Rodelinda; Lotario; Agrippina; Alexander Balus: Renee Fleming (soprano), Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Harry Bicket (conductor)
DECCA 475 6186 (CD/SACD hybrid)

CD entitled 'Sarah Connolly – HANDEL Heroes & Heroines' – Music from Alcina; Solomon; Ariodante & Hercules: Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano), The Sixteen, The Symphony of Harmony and Invention, Harry Christophers (conductor)
CORO COR16025 (CD)

AN INTERVIEW WITH THE MOSAIQUE QUARTET
HAYDN String Quartet, Op. 64 No 6 in E flat major (excerpt from 1st movement played; c/w String Quartet, Op.64 No.3 in B Flat Major; String Quartet, Op.64 No.1 in C Major:
Quatuor Mosaiques
NAIVE E8886 (CD)

HAYDN String Quartet in C Major, Op. 20, No. 2 (last movement, excerpt played; c/w String Quartet in D Major, Op.20, No.4; String Quartet in G Minor, Op.20, No.3): Quatuor Mosaiques
ASTREE E8802 (CD)

MOZART String Quartet in D major K575 (2nd movement, excerpt played; c/w The Quartets dedicated to Haydn; the Hoffmeister Quartets, the Prussian Quartets): Quatuor Mosaiques
NAIVE E8889 (5-CD, mid-price)

BEETHOVEN String Quartet, Op 18, No. 5 in A Major (excerpt from last movement played; c/w String Quartet, Op.18, No.6 in B Flat Major): Quatuor Mosaiques
ASTREE E8541 (CD)

SCHUBERT ‘Rosamunde’ String Quartet in A Minor, Op. 29, D804 (excerpt from 1st movement played; c/w String Quartet in E Flat Major, Op.125, No.1, D87)
ASTREE 8580 (CD)

MENDELSSOHN String Quartet in A Minor, Op. 13 (excerpt from Intermezzo played; c/w String Quartet in E Flat Major, Op.12): Quatuor Mosaiques
ASTREE E8622 (CD)

THE LISTENING BOOTH:
TAVENER Lament for Jerusalem (World Premiere Recording):
Patricia Rozario (soprano), Christopher Josey (countertenor), Sydney Philharmonia Choirs, The Australian Youth Orchestra, Thomas Woods (conductor)
ABC CLASSICS 476 160 5

FELDMAN Clarinet & String Quartet:
Roger Heaton (clarinet), Mieko Kanno (violin), Davide Rossi (violin), Bridget Carey (viola), Sophie Harris (cello)
METIER MSV CD92082

L. BERKELEY Piano Concerto, Op.29 (from the Berkeley Edition Volume 5):
Howard Shelley (piano), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Richard Hickox (conductor)
CHANDOS CHAN 10265

RADIO 3'S DISC OF THE WEEK:
VERDI Falstaff:
Michele Pertusi (Sir John Falstaff), Carlos Alvarez (Ford), Bulent Bezduz (Fenton), Alasdair Elliott (Dr Cajus), Peter Hoare (Bardolfo), Darren Jeffrey (Pistola), Ana Ibarra (Alice Ford), Maria Jose Moreno (Nannetta), Jane Henschel (Mrs Quickly), Marina Domashenko (Meg Page), London Symphony Chorus & Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis (conductor)
LSO LIVE LSO LSO0055 (2-CD, budget)