DISCS PLAYED & REVIEWED ON CD REVIEW:
09.05am
ALWYN: Prelude and Fugue on an Indian Scale from disc William Alwyn: Piano Music Volume 1
(c/w Sonata alla toccata; Green Hills: Andante molto e tranquillo; Cricketty Mill: Allegretto e piacevole; Haze of Noon: Adagio molto tranquillo; Harvest Home; Fancy Free; April Morn; Fantasy Waltzes)
Ashley Wass: Piano
Naxos 8.570359 (CD, Budget)
ALWYN: Black Gulls (from 'Seascapes: Four Songs for Soprano, Treble Recorder and Piano')
(c/w Mirage: A Song Cycle for Baritone and Piano; Nocturnes for Baritone and Piano; Slum Song; Invocations: A Song Cycle)
Elin Manahan Thomas (soprano); Jeremy Huw Williams (baritone); John Turner (treble recorder); Iain Burnside (piano)
Naxos 8.570201 (CD, Budget)
FINZI: I said to love; The Dance Continued (from A Young Man's Exhortation Part II)
(c/w Before and After Summer; Till Earth Outwears; A Young Man's Exhortation: Part I - Mane floreat, et transeat. Ps. 89; Part II - Vespere decidat, induret, et arescat. Ps. 89; Earth and Air and Rain)
CD 1: John Carol Case (baritone); Robert Tear (tenor); Howard Ferguson (piano)
CD 2: Neil Jenkins (tenor); John Carol Case (baritone); Howard Ferguson (piano)
Lyrita SRCD 282 (2CDs, Mid Price)
BRIDGE: String Quartet No. 3 (2nd movement)
(c/w String Quartet No. 4; Piano Trio No. 2; Phantasy Piano Quartet; Miniatures for Piano Trio, set 3)
Allegri Quartet, Tunnell Trio
Lyrita SRCD 302 (2CDs, Mid Price)
09.30 am Building a Library Recommendation WAGNER: Das Rheingold Reviewer - Hilary Finch
Building a Library Recommendation
WAGNER: Das Rheingold
Reviewer - Hilary Finch
First choice:
Wotan - Hans Hotter; Fricka - Georgine von Milinkovic; Loge - Rudolf Lustig; Alberich - Gustav Neidlinger; Mime - Paul Kuen; Donner - Toni Blankenheim; Froh - Josef Traxel; Freia - Hertha Wilfert; Erda - Maria von Ilosvay; Fasolt - Ludwig Weber; Fafner - Josef Greindl; Woglinde - Jutta Vulpius; Wellgunde - Elisabeth Schartel; Flo?hilde - Maria Graf
Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele, Joseph Keilberth (conductor)
Testament SBT21390 (2 CDs)
Next week Martin Handley continues CD Review's examination of Wagner's epic Ring cycle on CD and DVD, looking at the second instalment- Die Walkure.
10.30 am LPO 75th Anniversary
Richard Morrison talks to Andrew McGregor about the series of reissues and new recordings issued by the London Philharmonic Orchestra to celebrate their birthday. With extracts from the following discs:
London Philharmonic Orchestra
75th Anniversary
Volume 1: 1932 - 1957
(CD 1: Sir Thomas Beecham conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra: Sibelius: The Tempest; Mozart: Mass in C minor; HANDEL: Israel in Egypt; MOZART: Symphony No.35 'Haffner'; CHABRIER: Espana
Dora Labette (soprano), Leeds Festival Chorus (previously released as LPO0006)
CD 2: Eduard van Beinum conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra: ARNOLD: Beckus the Dandipratt; MAHLER: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen; BEETHOVEN: Overture - Leonora No.1; BRAHMS: Haydn Variations; ELGAR: Wand of Youth suite No.2 Eugenia Zareska (mezzo-soprano) (previously released as LPO0011)
CD 3: Sir Adrian Boult conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra: NICOLAI: Overture to 'The Merry Wives of Windsor'; HAYDN: German Dances; HANDEL/HARTY: Music for the Royal Fireworks; BRAHMS: Academic Festival Overture; JS BACH/ELGAR: Fantasia and Fugue; SIBELIUS: En Saga Jean Pougnet (violin)
LPO0021
CD 4: Anatole Fistoulari conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra: Khachaturian: Violin Concerto in D minor; Piano Concerto in D flat major Ruggiero Ricci (violin), Moura Lympany (piano)
LPO0022)
LPO0097 (4 CDs, Budget)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
75th Anniversary
Volume 2: 1958-1982
(CD 1: Sir John Pritchard conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra: BRITTEN: Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings; Violin Concerto
Nicholas Busch (horn), Ian Partridge (tenor), Rodney Friend (violin)
LPO0024
CD 2: Sir Georg Solti conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra: Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 'Pathetique'; Stravinsky: The Firebird Suite (1919)
LPO0025
CD 3: Bernard Haitink conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra: ELGAR: Introduction and Allegro; Enigma Variation; BRITTEN: Our Hunting Fathers
Heather Harper (soprano)
(previously released as LPO0002)
CD 4: Sir Georg Solti & Bernard Haitink conduct the London Philharmonic Orchestra: McCabe: Concerto for Orchestra; Arnold: Philharmonic Concerto; McCabe: The Chagall Windows
LPO0023)
LPO0098 (4CDs, Budget)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
75th Anniversary
Volume 3: 1983 - 2007
(CD 1: Klaus Tennstedt conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra: Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 'Choral'
Lucia Popp (soprano); Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano); Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor); Rene Pape (bass); London Philharmonic Choir
LPO0026
CD 2: Franz Welser-Most conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra: R. Strauss: Capriccio, closing scene; MOZART: Mass in C minor; Requiem (excerpts); SCHUBERT: Stabat Mater in G minor; BRUCKNER: Te Deum
Jane Eaglen (soprano); Birgit Remmert (contralto); Deon van der Walt (tenor); Alfred Muff (bass); Mozart-Chor Linz
LPO0027
CD 3: Kurt Masur conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra: Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 5 (LPO-0001, previously released)
CD 4: Vladimir Jurowski conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra: Shostakovich: Symphony No. 14
LPO-0028)
LPO0099 (4CDs, Budget)
11.15am Interview with Jean-Guihen Queyras
With extracts from the following discs:
BRITTEN: Suite No. 2, Op. 80
(c/w Suite No. 1 Op. 72; Suite No. 3 Op. 87)
Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello)
Harmonia Mundi HMN 911670 (CD, Budget)
DVORAK: Concerto in B minor, Op. 104
(c/w Trio No. 4 "Dumky" Op. 90)
Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello), Isabelle Faust (violin), Alexander Melnikov (piano), The Prague Philharmonia, Jiri Belohlavek (conductor)
Harmonia Mundi HMC 901867
HAYDN: Cello Concerto in C Hob VIIb: 1
(c/w Cello Concerto in D major Hob VIIb: 2; Concerto for cello, strings and harpsichord in G minor)
Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello), Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, Petra Mullejans (conductor)
Harmonia Mundi HMC 901816 (CD)
BACH: Suite No. 3 in C BWV 1009
(c/w Complete Cello Suites)
Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello)
Harmonia Mundi HMC 901970-71 (2CDs plus bonus DVD - Mid Price until March)
11.30 am Disc of the Week
ALBENIZ orch. Francisco Guerrero
Orquesta Sinfonica de Galicia, Jose
Ramon Encinar (conductor)
Glossa GSP 98006 (CD)
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