CD Review

Andrew McGregor plays some of this month's newest releases. Includes:

Saturday 25 March 2006 9:00-13:00 (Radio 3)

Andrew McGregor plays some of this month's new releases and talks to Yakov Kreizberg. Patrick O'Connor recommends a version of Verdi's Don Carlos in Building a Library.

Duration:

4 hours

Playlist

Hot Off The Press:

BEETHOVEN Triple Concerto for Piano, Violin, Cello and Orchestra in C Major, Op.56; Septet for Violin, Viola, Clarinet, Horn, Bassoon, Cello and Double-Bass in E Flat Major, Op.20: Yefim Bronfman (piano), Gil Shaham (violin), Truls Mork (cello), Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, David Zinman (conductor)
ARTE NOVA 82876 640152 (CD, budget)

BEETHOVEN The Creatures of Prometheus, Op.43 (Ballet): Cyprien Katsaris (piano)
PIANO 21 21001 (CD)

SORABJI 100 Transcendental Studies
Nos 1-25: Fredrik Ullen (piano)
BIS CD 1373 (CD)

VIVALDI Flute Concertos - Concerto Op.10, No.3 in D Major RV 428 'Il gardellino'; Concerto Op.10, No.1 in F Major RV 433 'La tempesta di mare'; Concerto Op.10, No.2 in G Minor RV 439 'La Notte'; Concerto Op.10, No.4 in G RV 435; Concerto Op.10 No.5 in F RV 434; Concerto Op.10, No.6 in G RV 437; Concerto in A Minor RV 440; Concerto in D RV 429: Emmanuel Pahud (flute), Australian Chamber Orchestra, Richard Tognetti (director)
EMI 3472122 (CD)

CD entitled 'Play' - PIAZZOLLA Tango Suite; GRIGORYAN Kolobok; Daydreams; GNATTALI Retratos; Andrew YORK Evening Dance: Slava Grigoryan, Leonard Grigoryan (guitars)
ABC CLASSICS ABC 472 8242 (CD)

BUILDING A LIBRARY RECOMMENDATION:

VERDI Don Carlos

Reviewer: Patrick O'Connor

First & Overall Choice (in French):
Jose Van Dam (Philippe II), Roberto Alagna (Don Carlos), Thomas Hampson (Rodrigue, Marquis de Posa), Eric Halfvarson (Le Grand Inquisiteur), Csaba Airizer (Un Moine/Charles-Quint), Karita Mattila (Elisabeth de Valois), Waltraud Meier (La Princesse Eboli), Anat Efraty (Thibault), Scot Weir (Le Comte de Lerme), Donna Brown (Une Voix d'en haut), Chorus of the Theatre du Chatelet, Orchestre de Paris, Antonio Pappano (conductor)
(Live performance recorded 1996)
EMI 561522 (3-CD)

First Choice (in Italian)
Placido Domingo (Don Carlos), Monserrat Caballe (Elisabetta Di Valois), Shirley Verrett (La Principessa d'Eboli), Ruggero Raimondi (Filippo II), Sherrill Milnes (Rodrigo, Marchese di Posa), Giovanni Foiani (Il Grande Inquisitore), Simon Estes (Un frate), Delia Wallis (Tebaldo), Ryland Davies (Il Conte di Lerma), John Noble (Un Araldo Reale), Maria Rosa del Campo (Voce dal Cielo), Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Carlo Maria Giulini (conductor)
(recorded 1970)
EMI CMS 5674012 (3-CD mid-price) (GROC)

Four-Act Version Choice:
Jose Carreras (Don Carlo), Mirella Freni (Elisabetta di Valois), Agnes Baltsa (La Principessa d'Eboli), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Filippo II), Piero Cappuccilli (Rodrigo), Ruggero Raimondi (Il Grande Inquisitore), Jose van Dam (Un Frate), Edita Gruberova (Tebaldo), Horst Nitsche (Il Conte di Lerma), Carlo Meletti (Un araldo reale), Barbara Hendricks (Una voce dal cielo), Chorus of Berlin Opera, Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
(recorded 1978)
EMI 7693042 (3-CD)


DVD Recommendation
(four-act French Version):
Robert Lloyd (Filippo II), Rolando Villazon (Don Carlo), Dwayne Croft (Rodrigo), Jaakko Ryhanen (Il grande inquisitore),
Giorgio Giuseppini (Un frate), Amanda Roocroft (Elisabetta di Valois), Violeta Urmana (La principessa d'Eboli), Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Chorus of De Nederlandse Opera, Riccardo Chailly (conductor)
(recorded live 2004)
OPUS ARTE OA 0933D (2-DVD)

DVD Recommendation (five-act Italian Version):
Nicolai Ghiaurov (Filippo II), Placido Domingo (Don Carlo), Louis Quilico (Rodrigo, Marchese di Posa), Ferruccio Furlanetto (Il Grande Inquisitore), Julien Robbins (Un Frate), Mirella Freni (Elisabetta di Valois), Grace Bumbry (La Principessa Eboli), Betsy Norden (Tebaldo), Marvis Martin (Una voce dal cielo), Barbara Greene (La Contessa d'Aremberg), John Gilmore (Il Conte di Lerma), Charles Anthony (Un araldo reale), Un boscaiolo), Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, James Levine (conductor)
(recorded live 1983)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHONE 00440 073 4085 (DVD)


[Next week's Building a Library will feature Stravinsky's Symphony in Three Movements ]


Consumer Spot - BBC Legends

Giulini

BRAHMS Symphony No.1 in C Minor, Op.68; MOZART Symphony No.36 in C Major K425 ' Linz ': Philharmonia Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini (conductor)
BBC LEGENDS BBCL4175 2 (CD, mid-price)

Firkusny

HAYDN Piano Sonata No.33 in C Minor Hob.XVI:20; Piano Sonata No.59 in E Flat Major, Hob.XVI:49; BRAHMS Four Piano Pieces, Op.119; SCHUBERT Piano Sonata in B Flat Major, D960: Rudolf Firkusny (piano)
BBC LEGENDS BBCL41732 (CD, mid-price)

Horszowski

BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No.2 in A Major, Op.2, No.2; BACH The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1 - Prelude & Fugue No.10 in E Minor, BWV 855; Prelude & Fugue No.15 in G Major, BWV 860; MOZART Fantasia in D Minor K397; FRANCK Prelude, choral et fugue; SCHUMANN Kinderszenen, Op.15: Mieczyslaw Horszowski (piano)
BBC LEGENDS BBCL41712 (CD, mid-price)

Monteux

PIJPER Symphony No.3*; ELGAR Variations on an Original Theme "Enigma', Op.36; WEBER Jubel-Overture; RAVEL Le Tombeau de Couperin; CHABRIER Fete polonaise: London Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra*, Pierre Monteux (conductor)
BBC LEGENDS BBCL41722 (CD, mid-price)

Boult

ELGAR Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in B Minor, Op.61; Introduction and Allegro, Op.47*; Funeral March from Grania and Diarmid, Op.42:
Yehudi Menuhin (violin), London Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra*, Sir Adrian Boult (conductor)
BBC LEGENDS BBCL41702 (CD, mid-price)

Goodall

BRUCKNER Symphony No.9 in D Minor:
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Reginald Goodall (conductor)
BBC LEGENDS BBCL41742 (CD, mid-price)


New Releases - Piano

Reviewer: Harriet Smith

CD entitled 'The Complete Bach Transcriptions by Walter Rummel' Ertodt' uns durch dein' Gute BWV 22; Ach wie nichtig, ach wie fluchtig BWV 26; Die Seele ruht in Jesu Handen BWV 127; Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier BWV 731; Vater unser im Himmelreich, BWV 760; Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan BWV 99; Das alte Jahr vergangen ist BWV 614; Jesus Christus, Gottes Sohn BWV 4; Wir eilen mit schwachen, doch emsigen Schritten BWV 78; Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen BWV12; Mein glaubiges Herze, frohlocke, sing, scherze BWV 68; O Menschen, die ihr taglich sundigt BWV 122; Das Brausen von den rauhen Winden BWV 92; Die Welt is wie ein Rauch und Schatten BWV 94; Zu Tanze, zu Sprunge BWV 201; Wir mussen durch viel Trubsal BWV 146 - and other transcriptions: Jonathan Plowright (piano)
HYPERION CDA674812 (2-CD)

BACH The Well-Tempered Clavier:
Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)
DECCA 475 6832 (3-CD, mid-price)

BACH Partita No.4 in D Major BWV 828; Partita No.6 in E Minor BWV 830: Freddy Kempf (piano) BIS CD 1330 (CD)

BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No.21 in C Major Op.53 'Waldstein'; Piano Sonata No.12 in A Flat Major, Op.26 'Marche Funebre'; Piano Sonata No.32 in C Minor, Op.111: Nicholas Angelich (piano)
MIRARE MIR003 (CD)

BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata in E Major Op.109; Piano Sonata in A Flat Major Op.110; Piano Sonata in C Minor, Op.111: Mitsuko Uchida (piano)
PHILIPS 475 6935 (CD)


An Interview with Conductor
Yakov Kreizberg

TCHAIKOVSKY: Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture (excerpt played; c/w DVORAK Symphony No.9 in E Minor, Op.95 ' New World ':
Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra Amsterdam, Yakov Kreizberg (conductor)
PENTATONE CLASSICS PTC 5186 019 (CD/SACD hybrid)

BRUCKNER: Symphony No.7 (excerpt from Scherzo played): Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Yakov Kreizberg (conductor)
PENTATONE CLASSICS PTC 5186 051 (CD/SACD hybrid)

GOLDSCHMIDT Chronica (Passacaglia, played; c/w Passacaglia, Op.4; Comedy of Errors - Overture; Ciaccona Sinfonica; Les Petits Adieux; Rondeau):
Symphony Orchestra of Komische Oper Berlin, Yakov Kreizberg (conductor)
DECCA 452 599-2 (CD)

FRANZ SCHMIDT Symphony No. 4 in C (excerpt from Allegro Molto played; c/w Orchestral Music from 'Notre Dame'):
Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra Amsterdam, Yakov Kreizberg (conductor)
PENTATONE CLASSICS PTC 5186 015
(CD/SACD hybrid)

WAGNER Overture from The Flying Dutchman (excerpt played; c/w Tristan und Isold - Isoldens Liebestod; Overture from Rienzi; Prelude from Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg; Tannhauser Overture; Lohengrin (Prelude to Act 3): Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra Amsterdam, Yakov Kreizberg (conductor)
PENTATONE CLASSICS PTC 5186 041 (CD/SACD hybrid)

Johann STRAUSS Waltzes - Nordseebilder, Op 390 (excerpt played; c/w Kaiserwalzer, Op.437; Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald, Op.325; Kunsterleben, Op.316; An der schonen blauen Donau, Op.314; Rosen aus dem Suden, Op.388):Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Yakov Kreizberg (conductor)
PENTATONE CLASSICS PTC 5186 052 (CD/SACD hybrid)


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TAVENER Lament for Jerusalem:
Angharad Gruffydd Jones (soprano), Peter Crawford (countertenor), Choir of London & Orchestra, Jeremy Summerly (conductor)
NAXOS 8.557826

CD entitled 'Dominick ARGENTO Shadow and Substance' – Six Elizabethan Songs; Letters from Composers; To be Sung upon the Water:
Howard Haskin (tenor), David Triestram (piano), Timothy Walker (guitar), Tansie Mayer (clarinet)
DEUX-ELLES DXL 1098

KOECHLIN Les Heures persanes, Op.65 (original version):
Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Heinz Holliger (conductor)
HANSSLER CD 93.125


RADIO 3'S DISC OF THE WEEK:

HUMMEL Piano Trios Volume 1 - Piano Trio No.5 in E Major, Op.83; Piano Trio No.2 in F Major, Op.22; Piano Trio No.6 in E Flat Major, Op.93: Voces Intimae, Riccardo Cecchetti (fortepiano), Luigi de Filippi (violin),
Sandro Meo (cello)
WARNER CLASSICS 2564 625952 (CD)

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