Building a Library: Mozart: Quintet in E flat for Piano and Wind, K452
Reviewer - Martin Cotton
First Choice: Alfred Brendel (piano), Heinz Holliger (oboe), Eduard Brunner (clarinet), Hermann Baumann (horn), Klaus Thunemann (bassoon)
(recorded 1986; part of 8-CD box set entitled 'Mozart Complete Edition Box 6 - Quintets, Quartets, Trios etc.' - various artists)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 4648202 (8-CD, budget) or available separately as a download from iTunes
CD Review BAL Catalogue Data bal.mozart:
bal.mozart.quintet.for.piano.and.wind.k452
Discs played and reviewed in this programme
[Available at full price unless indicated]
NB Timings are approximate
09:00
STANFORD Symphony No.4 in F, Op.31 (2nd movement played)
(c/w Symphony No.7 in D minor, Op.124):
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, David Lloyd-Jones (conductor)
NAXOS 8570285 (CD, budget)
BACH Cello Suite No.5 in C minor BWV1011 (Courante and Sarabande played)
(from CD of the complete Cello Suites; c/w Catalan folksong (arr. Beamish) 'The Song of the Birds'; 3 versions of the Prelude from Suite No.1 (from the Anna Magdalena and Johann Peter Kellner manuscripts, and the collection of Johann Christoph Westphal)):
Steven Isserlis (cello)
HYPERION CDA67541/2 (2-CD)
GUILMANT Final alla Schumann sur un noel languedocien, Op.83
(from CD entitled 'Fantaisie Triomphale' - works for organ by GIGOUT, SAINT-SAENS, GOUNOD, DUPRE, GUILMANT and DUBOIS):
Ian Tracey (Willis Organ of Liverpool Cathedral), BBC Philharmonic, Rumon Gamba (conductor)
CHANDOS CHSA5048 (SACD/CD Hybrid)
09:30
Building A Library Recommendations
MOZART Quintet in E flat for Piano and Wind K452
Reviewer: Martin Cotton
First Choice:
Alfred Brendel (piano), Heinz Holliger (oboe), Eduard Brunner (clarinet), Hermann Baumann (horn), Klaus Thunemann (bassoon)
(recorded 1986; part of 8-CD box set entitled 'Mozart Complete Edition Box 6 - Quintets, Quartets, Trios etc.' - various artists)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 4648202 (8-CD, budget) or available as a download from iTunes
Single-Disc Choice:
Stephen Hough (piano), members of the Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet
(recorded 2000; c/w Adagio in C minor and Rondeau in C major, K617; BEETHOVEN Quintet in E flat, Op.16):
BIS CD-1552 (CD)
Historic Choice:
Walter Gieseking (piano), Philharmonia Wind Quartet
(recorded 1955; c/w BEETHOVEN Quintet in E flat, Op.16; MOZART Sinfonia concertante in E flat, K297b*):
Philharmonia Orchestra*, Herbert von Karajan (conductor)*
TESTAMENT SBT1091 (CD, mid-price)
Next week, Nicholas Anderson chooses from recordings of Bach's Brandenburg Concertos
10:15
Listener Suggestions
DEBUSSY Preludes, Book 2 (excerpt played)
(from CD entitled 'Debussy: Complete Works for Piano, Volume 1' - also including Preludes, Book 1; 'Les soirs illumines par l'ardeur du charbon'):
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano)
CHANDOS CHAN10421 (CD)
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10:45
Schumann Symphonies
Reviewer: Chris de Souza
SCHUMANN Symphony No.1 in B flat, Op.38 'Spring'; Symphony No.3 in E flat, Op.97 'Rhenish':
Orchestre des Champs-Elysees, Philippe Herreweghe (conductor)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMC901972 (CD)
SCHUMANN Symphony No.3 in E flat, Op.97 'Rhenish'; Overture, Scherzo & Finale, Op.52; Symphonic Studies, Op.13 (Adagio & Finale, orch. Tchaikovsky - world premiere recording):
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Dirk Joeres (conductor)
REGIS RRC1237 (CD)
SCHUMANN Symphony No.2 in C, Op.61; Symphony No.4 in D minor, Op.120 (live recordings including concert introductions to both works by Roger Norrington):
Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Roger Norrington (conductor)
HANSSLER CLASSIC HAN093161 (CD)
SCHUMANN Symphony No.2 in C, Op.61; Symphony No.4 in D minor, Op.120 (original 1841 version); Overture to 'Scenes from Goethe's Faust'; Julius Caesar, overture:
Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Thomas Dausgaard (conductor)
BIS SACD-1519 (SACD/CD Hybrid)
SCHUMANN Symphony No.2 in C, Op.61 (arr. Mahler); Symphony No.4 in D minor, Op.120 (arr. Mahler); Genoveva Overture, Op.81:
Gewandhausorchester, Riccardo Chailly (conductor)
DECCA 4758352 (CD)
SCHUMANN Symphony No.4 in D minor, Op.120 (original 1841 version); BRAHMS Violin Concerto in D, Op.77:
Thomas Zehetmair (violin and direction), Northern Sinfonia
AVIE AV2125 (CD)
11:15
Interview with Natalie Dessay
MOZART Aria 'Der Holle Rache' - 'The Queen of the Night' (Die Zauberflote)
(from CD entitled 'Mozart Heroines' - arias from the operas Lucio Silla; Zaide; Ascanio in Alba; Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail; Idomeneo; Die Zauberflote):
Natalie Dessay (soprano), Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Lois Langree (conductor)
VIRGIN CLASSICS 5454472 (CD)
THOMAS Mad scene from Hamlet
(from DVD entitled 'Natalie Dessay: The Miracle of the Voice, Greatest Moments on Stage' - also including arias from operas by J. STRAUSS, R. STRAUSS, OFFENBACH, DONIZETTI, MOZART, RAVEL and BERNSTEIN - featuring various artists):
Natalie Dessay (soprano), Symphony Orchestra of the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Bertrand de Billy (conductor)
VIRGIN CLASSICS 3633399 (DVD)
R. STRAUSS Aria 'Grossmachtige Prinzessin' (Ariadne auf Naxos)
(from CD entitled 'Natalie Dessay: The Miracle of the Voice' - also including works by DELIBES, OFFENBACH, MEYEBEER, MASSENET, GOUNOD, CHABRIER, DONIZETTI, MOZART, HANDEL, J. STRAUSS, RACHMANINOV, ALABIEV, STRAVINSKY and BERNSTEIN - featuring various artists):
Natalie Dessay (soprano), Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Antonio Pappano (conductor)
VIRGIN CLASSICS 3633322 (2-CD, '2 for 1')
R. STRAUSS Trio 'Ist ein Traum. Spur' nur dich' (Rosenkavalier)
(from CD entitled 'Amor' - arias from the operas Ariadne auf Naxos; Arabella; Rosenkavalier; plus Brentano Lieder, Op.68):
Natalie Dessay (soprano), Felicity Lott (soprano), Angelika Kirchschlager (mezzo-soprano), Orchestra of the Royal House Covent Garden, Antonio Pappano (conductor) - disc also features Sophie Koch (mezzo-soprano) and Thomas Allen (baritone)
VIRGIN CLASSICS 5457052 (CD)
HANDEL Oratorio 'Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno' HWV46a (end of Second Part played)
Natalie Dessay (soprano), Ann Hallenberg (mezzo-soprano), Sonia Prina (alto), Pavol Breslik (tenor), Le Concert d'Astree, Emmanuelle Haim (conductor)
VIRGIN CLASSICS 3634282 (2-CD)
11:45
Disc Of The Week
SAINT-SAENS Symphony No.3 "Organ"
(c/w POULENC Organ Concerto; BARBER Toccata Festiva):
Olivier Latry (Fred J. Cooper Memorial Organ in the Verizon Hall, Philadelphia), The Philadelphia Orchestra, Christoph Eschenbach (conductor)
ONDINE ODE10945 (SACD / CD Hybrid)
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