Playlist

HOT OFF THE PRESS:
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Symphony No.4 in F Minor; Norfolk Rhapsody No.1 in E Minor; Flos Campi (Suite for viola, chorus & orchestra): Paul Silverthorne (viola), Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Paul Daniel (conductor)
NAXOS 8.557276 (CD, budget)

CD entitled 'Silent Noon - Bryn Terfel' - works by GURNEY Sleep (from Five Elizabethan Songs); BRITTEN; STANFORD; DUNHILL; ELWYN-EDWARDS; HEAD; KEEL; PARRY; QUILTER; SOMERVELL; VAUGHAN WILLIAMS & WARLOCK:
Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone), Malcolm Martineau (piano)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 474 2192 (CD)

PROKOFIEV Cinderella - Suite from the Ballet, Op.87 (transcribed for 2 pianos by Mikhail Pletnev); RAVEL Ma Mere l'Oye: Martha Argerich & Mikhail Pletnev (piano)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 474 8682 (CD/SACD hybrid)

Louis COUPERIN Suite in F; Suite in A; Pavanne in F Sharp Minor; Suite in F; Suite in C: Skip Sempe (harpsichord)
ALPHA 066 (CD)

BARBER Vanessa, Op.32: Christine Brewer (Vanessa), Susan Graham (Erika), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (The Old Baroness); William Burden (Anatol), Neal Davies (The Old Doctor), Simon Birchall (Nicholas), Stephen Charlesworth (Footman), BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin (conductor)
CHANDOS CHSA 5032 2 (2-CD/SACD hybrid)


BUILDING A LIBRARY RECOMMENDATION:

DEBUSSY String Quartet in G Minor
Reviewer: Lowri Blake

First Choice:
Belcea Quartet (recorded 2000; c/w RAVEL String Quartet in F; DUTILLEUX String Quartet 'Ainsi la nuit')
EMI 5740202 (CD, budget-price)

Historic Choice:
Pro Arte Quartet (recorded 1933; c/w RAVEL String Quartet in F; FAURE String Quartet in E Minor)
BIDDULPH LAB 105 (CD, mid-price)

[Next week's Building a Library will feature Beethoven's Symphonies complete at budget price.]


CONSUMER SLOT - STEPHEN KOVACEVICH PLAYS BEETHOVEN/ MITSUKO UCHIDA PLAYS SCHUBERT
BEETHOVEN

The Complete Piano Concertos; Piano Sonata No.30 in E Major, Op.109; Piano Sonata No.31 in A Flat Major, Op.110; Piano Sonata No.5 in C Minor, Op.10, No.1; Piano Sonata No.8 in C Minor, Op.13 'Pathetique'; Piano Sonata No.18 in E Flat Major, Op.31, No.3 'La Chasse'; Piano Sonata No.28 in A Major, Op.101; 33 Diabelli Variations, Op.120; Piano Sonata No.17 in D Minor, Op.31, No.2 'Tempest'; Complete Bagatelles; Piano Sonata No.32 in C Minor, Op.111: Stephen Kovacevich (piano), BBC Symphony Orchestra (Concertos 1-4), London Symphony Orchestra (Concerto 5), Sir Colin Davis (conductor)
PHILIPS 475 6319 (6-CD, budget-price)

Beethoven Piano Concertos 1-4: Stephen Kovacevich (piano & conductor), Australian Chamber Orchestra
CLASSICS FOR PLEASURE 5861692 (2-CD, budget)

BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No.30 in E Major, Op.109; Piano Sonata No.12 in A Flat Major Op.26; Piano Sonata No.19 in G Minor, Op.49, No.1; Piano Sonata No.20 in G Major, Op.49, No.2; Bagatelles, Op.126: Stephen Kovacevich (piano)
EMI 556148 2 (CD)

SCHUBERT Piano Sonata in E Flat Major, D568; Moments musicaux, D780; Piano Sonata in A Minor, D537; 6 Deutsche Tanze, D820; Piano Sonata in A Major, D664; 12 Deutsche Tanze, D790; Piano Sonata in D Major, D850; Piano Sonata in A Minor, D784; Piano Sonata in A Minor, D845; Piano Sonata in B Major, D575; Piano Sonata in C Major D840 'Reliquie'; Piano Sonata in G Major, D894; Piano Sonata in C Minor, D958; Piano Sonata in A Major, D959; Piano Sonata in B Flat Major, D960; 3 Klavierstucke D946; 4 Impromptus, D899; 4 Impromptus, D935: Mitsuko Uchida (piano)
PHILIPS 475 6282 (8-CD, budget)

NEW RELEASES: ORCHESTRAL
Reviewer: Richard Morrison

JOHN FOULDS Three Mantras from Avatara, Op.61b; Lyra Celtica - Concerto for Voice & Orchestra, Op.50; Apotheosis (Elegy); Mirage: Susan Bickley (mezzo), Daniel Hope (violin),
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, City of Birmingham Youth Chorus,
Sakari Oramo (conductor)
WARNERS 2564 61525-2 (CD)

ELGAR Introduction and Allegro for Strings, Op.47; Symphony No.2 in E Flat, Op.63; Percy Bysshe Shelley 'Song': Halle,
Mark Elder (reader/conductor)
HALLE CD HLL 7507 (CD, mid-price)

DVORAK Symphony No.9 in E Minor, Op.95 'From the New World': Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Mariss Jansons (conductor)
LIVE RCO 04002 (CD, mid-price)

SIBELIUS Symphony No.3 in C Major, Op.52; Symphony No.5 in E Flat Major, Op.82: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Leif Segerstam (conductor)
ONDINE ODE 1035-2 (CD)

DEBUSSY La Mer; MAHLER Symphony No.2 'Resurrection': Eteri Gvazava (soprano), Anna Larsson (contralto), Orfeon Donostiarra, Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Claudio Abbado (conductor)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 477 5082 (2-CD, mid-price)

AN INTERVIEW WITH VIOLINIST NIGEL KENNEDY

VIVALDI The Four Seasons (Summer,
Concerto No. 2 in G minor RV 315, Presto played): Nigel Kennedy (violin & director), English Chamber Orchestra
EMI 5 56253 2 8 (CD, mid-price)

VIVALDI The Four Seasons (Autumn,
Concerto in F RV 293, Allegro, and Concerto for 2 violins in D RV 511, Largo played):
Nigel Kennedy, Daniel Stabrawa (violins), members of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
EMI 5576482 (CD)

VIVALDI (excerpts played from Concerto for 2 violins in A Major RV 519 - Allegro; Concerto for 2 violins in C Major RV 507- Allegro; Concerto for violin and oboe in B flat RV 548 - Largo) (from CD entitled 'Vivaldi II'): Nigel Kennedy, Daniel Stabrawa (violins), Albrecht Mayer (oboe), members of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
EMI 557859 2 (CD)

TRAD Kazimierz (played) (from CD entitled 'East Meets East, Nigel Kennedy and the Kroke Band'): Nigel Kennedy (violin/electric violin), Kroke - Tomasz Kukurba (viola, vocals, flutes, percussion), Jerzy Bawol (accordion, additional vocals), Tomasz Lato (double bass)
EMI 5575122 (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

This week's selections:

WEINBERGER Svanda the Bagpiper:
Matjaz Robavs (Svanda), Tatiana Mongarova (Dorota), Ivan Choupenitch (Babinsky), Larisa Kostyuk (The Queen), Wexford Festival Opera Chorus, National Philharmonic Orchestra of Belarus, Julian Reynolds (conductor)
NAXOS 8.660146-47 (2-CD)
BEETHOVEN String Quartet in C Sharp Minor, Op.131:
Borodin Quartet
CHANDOS 10268

PROKOFIEV Cinderella - Suite from the Ballet, Op.87 (transcribed for 2 pianos by Mikhail Pletnev):
Martha Argerich & Mikhail Pletnev (piano)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 474 8682 (CD/SACD hybrid)

SCHNITTKE Piano Quintet:
Barbican Piano Trio with Jan Peter Schmolck (violin), James Boyd (viola)
BLACK BOX BBM 1093


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RADIO 3'S DISC OF THE WEEK:
HAYDN The Seasons: Marlis Petersen (soprano), Werner Gura (tenor), Dietrich Henschel (baritone), RIAS Chamber Choir, Freiburg Baroque Orchestra,
Rene Jacobs (conductor)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 901829.30 (2-CD, mid-price)

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