Playlist
Hot Off The Press:
CD entitled 'La Casa del diavolo' - GLUCK Dance of the spectres and the furies (Don Juan); C.P.E. BACH Sinfonia WQ 182 No.5 in B Minor for Strings and Continuo; LOCATELLI Concerto Grosso Op.VII No.6 'Il pianto d'Arianna' in E Flat Major; W.F. BACH Concerto in F Minor for Harpsichord, Strings and Continuo; BOCCHERINI Sinfonia Op.XII No.4 'La casa del diavolo' in D Minor for two Oboes, two Horns, Strings and Continuo: Enrico Onofri (solo violin), Ottavio Dantone (harpsichord), Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini (conductor)
NAÏVE OP 30399 (CD)
CD entitled 'MORALES en Toledo - Polifonia inedita del Codice 25 de la catedral de Toledo ' - Ave Maris Stella; Asperges me; Et factum est postquam; Sacris solemniis; Eripe me; Urbs beata Jerusalem; Nova resultent gaudia; Felix per omnes; Nunc Dimittis; Gloria laus et honor; Et incarnates est; Jam Christus astra ascenderat; Veni redemptor gentium; Monstra te esse: Ensemble Plus Ultra, Michael Noone (director)
GLOSSA GCD 922001 (CD)
MOZART Sonata in A Minor K310; March in C Major K408; Courante in E Flat Major K399; Gigue in G Major K574; Rondo in A Minor K511; Sonata in F Major K533/494:
Richard Goode (piano)
NONESUCH 7559 798312 (CD)
MOZART Sonatas for Violin & Piano - in F Major K377; in C Major K303; in E Minor K304; in A Major K526: Mitsuko Uchida (piano),
Mark Steinberg (violin)
PHILIPS 475 6200 (CD/SACD hybrid)
BUILDING A LIBRARY RECOMMENDATION:
PERGOLESI: Stabat Mater
Reviewer: Simon Heighes
First Choice:
Andreas Scholl (countertenor), Barbara Bonney (soprano), Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset (conductor) (recorded 1999; c/w Salve Regina in F Minor; Salve Regina in A Minor)
DECCA 466 134-2 (CD)
Budget-Price Choice:
Gemma Bertagnolli (soprano), Sara Mingardo (mezzo), Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini (conductor) (recorded 1998; c/w A. SCARLATTI Stabat Mater)
NAÏVE OP 30406 (CD, budget)
[Next week's Building a Library will feature Sibelius's Four Legends]
Consumer Spot: Virgin Veritas Series
MONTEVERDI L'Orfeo (edited Nigel Rogers):
Emma Kirkby (La Musica); Nigel Rogers (Orfeo), Patrizia Kwella (Euridice), Guillemette Laurens (Messaggiera), Catherine Denley (Speranaza), David Thomas (Caronte), Jennifer Smith (Proserpina), Stephen Varcoe (Plutone), Mario Bolognesi (Apollo, Eco), Helena Afonso (Ninfa), Mario Bolognesi (Pastore I), Rogers Covey-Crump (Pastore II), John Potter (Pastore III), Stephen Varcoe (Pastore IV), Terry Edwards, Geoffrey Shaw (Spiriti), Chiaroscuro, London Baroque, The London Cornett & Sackbut Ensemble, Nigel Rogers (director)
VIRGIN 4820702 (2-CD, budget)
MOZART The Magic Flute: Anthony Rolfe Johnson (Tamino), Dawn Upshaw (Pamina), Beverly Hoch (Queen of the Night), Cornelius Hauptmann (Sarastro), Andreas Schmidt (Papageno), Catherine Pierard (Papagena), Guy de Mey (Monostatos), Olaf Bar (Sprecher), Nancy Argenta, Eirian James, Catherine Denley (3 Women), Schutz Choir of London, London Classical Players, Roger Norrington (conductor)
VIRGIN 4820732 (2-CD, budget)
CD entitled 'Chansons de la Renaissance - Songs from Renaissance France and Spain' CLEREAU La lune est coustumiere; CHARDAVOINE Quand j'estois libre; LE JEUNE Revecy venir du printemps; Fiere cruelle en amour; L'un apreste la glu; OCKEGHEM J'en ay deuil; CERTON Que n'est elle aupres de moy; JOSQUIN La plus des plus; LA RUE Il viendra le jour desire; LASSUS La nuict froide et sombre; Mon Coeur se recommande a vous; SANDRIN Quand je congneu en ma pensee; CHARDAVOINE Quand j'estois libre II; Quand j'estois libre III; SERMISY Jouyssance vous donneray; Secoures moy, ma dame; JANEQUIN O doulx regard; CAIETAIN Amour, amour, donne moy paix ou treve; CELLIERS D'HESDIN Helas, ma dame; JOSQUIN DESPREZ (attr.) Se congie prens; Cueurs desolez; ENCINA Mi libertad en sosiego; Mas vale trocar; Senora de hermosura; URREDE De vos I de mi quexoso; Muy triste sera mi vida; Nunca fue pena mayor; ANONYMOUS No e ventura; Al alva venid; Mi muerte contra la vida; PENALOSA El triste que nunca os vio; MILLAN O vos omnes; VILCHES Ya cantan los gallos; ESPINOSA Enemiga le soy, madre; PONCE Como esta sola mi vida; DE LA TORRE Peligroso pensamiento; GARCI SANCHEZ DE BADAJOZ Poco a poco me rrodean; GARCIMUNOS Una Montana pasando: Ensemble Gilles Binchois, Dominique Vellard (director)
VIRGIN 482076 2 (2-CD, budget)
CD entitled 'Music for Bass Viols' - MARAIS Suite for 3 viols in D Major; Suite for 2 Viols in G Major; FORQUERAY Pieces for 3 viols in D Minor; Tombeau de Mr Meliton for 2 Viols;
(*** the actual contents of CD2 are: MARAIS
Pieces de viole Volume 2 -
Pieces en D mineur du Deuxieme livre;
Pieces en D majeur du Troisieme livre;
Pieces en G majeur des Troisieme et Quatrieme livres; Pieces en D majeur des Deuxieme et Troisieme livres: Jerome Hantai, Kaori Uemura, Alix Verzier (bass viols), Pierre Hantai (harpsichord)
VIRGIN 4820822 (2-CD, budget)
[*** music for CD2 is erroneously listed on the CD as:
SIMPSON Divisions in F Major; LOCKE Suite in C Major; Suite in D Major; SAINTE-COLOMBE Concert XLIV Les Regrets; Concert XLIe Le Retour; F. COUPERIN XIIIe Concert a deux instruments a l'unisson; XIIe Concert a deux violes; SCHAFFRATH Duetto in D Minor]
CD entitled 'In the Streets and Theatres of London' - Elizabethan Ballads and Theatre Music & Music of Thomas MORLEY Composer, publisher, arranger and populariser
ANONYMOUS Stingo; Paggington's Pound; Bony sweet boy; Willsons Wilde; Nuttmigs and Ginger; Mother Watkins Ale; KETE Barrow Faustus Dreame; Robert JOHNSON Care charminge Sleepe; Away delights; John JOHNSON Short Allmain; CAMPION What if a day; WOODECOCKE Browning my dere; Hackney; MORLEY Joyne Hands; A lieta vita; O griefe, even on the bud; Our bonny boots could toote it; Pavan; Galliard; Sleepe slumb'ring eyes; Galliard to Sacred End; Now is the Moneth of Maying; PHILLIPS Phillips Paven; Galliard to Phillips Paven; STROGERS In Nomine Pavin; Galliard to in Nomine; and works by ANONYMOUS (including) My Lord of Oxenfords maske: The Musicians of Swanne Alley, Red Byrd
VIRGIN 4820792 (2-CD, budget)
New Releases - Orchestral
Reviewer: David Nice
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No.6 in B Minor, Op.74: Vienna Philharmonic, Valery Gergiev (conductor)
PHILIPS 475 6197 (CD/SACD)
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No.4 in F Minor, Op.36: Vienna Philharmonic, Valery Gergiev (conductor)
PHILIPS 475 6196 (CD/SACD)
RACHMANINOV Piano Concerto No.2 in C Minor, Op.18; Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op.43: Lang Lang (piano), Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre, Valery Gergiev (conductor)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 477 5499 (CD/SACD)
STRAVINSKY Monumentum pro Gesualdo di Venosa; Danses Concertantes; Concerto in D; Apollon Musagete: Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Dennis Russell Davies (conductor)
ECM 472 1862 (CD)
MAHLER Symphony No.8:
Sylvia Greenberg, Lynne Dawson, Sally Matthews (soprano), Sophie Koch, Elena Manistina (alto), Robert Gambill (tenor), Detlef Roth (baritone), Jan-Hendrik Rootering (bass), Berlin Radio Choir, MDR Radio Choir Leipzig, Windsbacher Children's Choir, Sigurd Brauns (organ), Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester, Berlin, Kent Nagano (conductor)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 901858.59 (2-CD)
MAHLER Symphony No.8: Christine Brewer, Soile Isokoski, Juliane Banse (sopranos), Birgit Remmert, Jane Henschel (mezzos), 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 Children's Chorus, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle (conductor)
EMI 5579452 (CD)
An Interview with violinist James Ehnes:
BACH The Six Sonatas & Partitas for Solo Violin (Sonata No. 1 in G minor BWV 1001 excerpt from 1st movement played):
James Ehnes (violin)
ANALEKTA FL 23147-8 (2-CD, mid)
BACH Sonatas for Violin & Harpsichord Vol1
(presto from Sonata no 2 in A major BWV 1015 played): James Ehnes (violin)
Luc Beausejour (harpsichord)
ANALEKTA AN2 9829 (CD)
BRUCH Violin Concerto no 3 in D Minor, Op.58 (excerpt from Adagio played; c/w Violin Concerto No.1 in G Minor, Op.26):
James Ehnes (violin), Orchestre symphonique de montreal, Charles Dutoit (conductor)
CBC SMCD 5207 (CD)
JANACEK Sonata for Violin and Piano (excerpt played from Ballada con moto; c/w SMETANA From The Homeland; DVORAK Romantic Pieces, Op.75; Sonatina in G Major for Violin and Piano; Humoresque, Op.101, No.8:
James Ehnes (violin), Eduard Laurel (piano)
ANALEKTA FL 23191 (CD)
ADAMS Hallelujah Junction* for Two Pianos (excerpt played; c/w Phrygian Gates; China Gates; Road Movies: James Ehnes (violin & piano*) Andrew Russo (piano)
BLACK BOX BBM1098 (CD)
HUMMEL Potpourri Op 94 for Viola and Orchestra (excerpt played; c/w Adagio and Rondo alla Polacca; Variations Op.115; Violin Concerto: James Ehnes (viola/violin)
London Mozart Players, Howard Shelley (conductor)
CHANDOS CHAN 10255 (CD)
'THE LISTENING BOOTH' :
The Listening Booth is a regular slot around midday on Saturday's CD Review. It's your chance to vote for and listen to excerpts from brand-new CDs.
Kenneth LEIGHTON The Complete Solo Piano Works: Angela Brownridge (piano)
DELPHIAN DCD34301-3 (3-CD)
VIVALDI Bajazet:
Ildebrando D'Arcangelo (Bajazet), David Daniels (Tamerlano), Patrizia Ciofi (Idaspe), Vivica Genaux (Irene), Marijana Mijanovic (Asteria), Elina Garanca (Andronico), Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi (conductor)
VIRGIN 5456762 (2-CD)
Leila Josefowicz (violin) plays RAVEL Violin Sonata in G; MESSIAEN Theme and Variations; Mark GREY San Andreas Suite; Esa-Pekka SALONEN Lachen Verlernt; BEETHOVEN Violin Sonata No.10 in G Major, Op.96; BRAHMS Scherzo in C Minor:
Leila Josefowicz (violin), John Novacek (piano)
WARNER 2564 619482 (2-CD)
TCHAIKOVSKY 18 Pieces, Op.72:
Mikhail Pletnev (piano)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 477 5378
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RADIO 3'S DISC OF THE WEEK:
CANTELOUBE Chants d'Auvergne: Veronique Gens (soprano), Orchestre National de Lille, Jean-Claude Casadesus (conductor)
NAXOS 8.557491 (CD, budget)
