Playlist

HOT OFF THE PRESS:

HUMMEL Mass in E Flat Major, Op.80; Te Deum in D Major; Quod in orbe, Op.88: Susan Gritton (soprano), Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano), James Gilchrist (tenor), Stephen Varcoe (baritone), Collegium Musicum 90, Richard Hickox (conductor)
CHANDOS CHAN 0712 (CD)

CD entitled ‘Homenaje a Revueltas’ Chamber works of Silvestre REVUELTAS: Este era un rey; El renacuajo paseador; Pieza para doce instrumentos; Hommaje a Frederico Garcia Lorca; Hora de Junio – and other works: Ebony Band, Amsterdam, Werner Herbers (conductor), Juan Carlos Tajes (narrator)
CHANNEL CLASSICS CCS SA 2104 (SACD/CD hybrid)

MOZART Piano Concerto No.9 (‘Jeunehomme’) K 271 ; Piano Concerto No.18, K456 : Leif Ove Andsnes (piano/director), Norwegian Chamber Orchestra
EMI 557803 2 (CD)

SCHUMANN Lieder Nachtlied, Op.96 No.1 ; Mein schoner Stern !, Op.101, No.4; Zum Schluss, Op.25, No.26; Ins Freie, Op.89, No.5; Du bist wie eine Blume, Op.25, No.24; Die Lotosblume, Op.25, No.7; Meine Rose, Op.90, No.2 – and other songs : Matthias Goerne (baritone), Eric Schneider (piano)
DECCA 475 6012 (CD)

CD entitled ‘Laurent Korcia danses’ – GRAPPELLI Les Valseuses ; BRAHMS Hungarian Dances Nos 1, 2 & 4 ; DVORAK Slavonic Dance No.2 ; BUARQUE Paratodos ; WIENIAWSKI Polonaise, No.1 ; RAVEL Piece en forme de habanera ; PORTAL Valse Douce ; PIAZZOLA Cafe 1930 ; ALBENIZ Tango ; TCHAIKOVSKY Valse-scherzo ; FRANCESCATTI Polka ; FALLA Danse espagnole ; LENOIR & CHARLES La Villette : Laurent Korcia (violin), Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano), Michel Portal (Bandoneon, Bass clarinet), Christian Rivet (guitar), Leonardo Sanchez (guitar), Arnaud Boukhitine (tuba), Cyril Dupuy (cymbalum), Gergana Terziyska (double bass)
NAIVE V 4978 (CD)

BUILDING A LIBRARY RECOMMENDATION:

BRAHMS Piano Trios Op.8 in B Major; Op.87 in C Major; Op.101 in C Minor
Reviewer: Hilary Finch

First Choice:
Beaux Arts Trio: Menahem Pressler (piano), Daniel Guilet (violin), Bernard Greenhouse (cello) (recorded 1960s; c/w Trio in E Flat Major, Op.40 for piano, violin & horn; Trio in A Minor, Op.114 for piano, clarinet & cello)
PHILIPS 438 365-2 (2-CD, mid-price)

[Next week’s Building a Library will feature Handel’s Saul.]

CONSUMER SLOT – LIVE BERG OPERAS ON ANDANTE
BERG Wozzeck (live from the Vienna State Opera Festival, 1955): Walter Berry (Wozzeck), Max Lorenz (Tambourmajor), Murray Dickie (Andres), Peter Klein (Hauptmann), Karl Donch (Doctor), Harald Proglhof (Erster Handwerksbursch), Marjan Rus (Zweiter Handwerksbursch), William Wernigk (Der Narr), Christel Goltz (Marie), Polly Batic (Margret), Orchestra & Chorus of the Vienna State Opera, Karl Bohm (conductor)
ANDANTE AN3060 (2-CD) (mono)

BERG Lulu (live from the Vienna State Opera Festival, 1968): Anja Silja (Lulu), Gerd Nienstedt (Der Tierbandiger), Ernst Gutstein (Dr Schon), Waldemar Kmentt (Alwa Schon), William Blankenship (Der Maler), Hans Brand (Der Medizinalrat), Hans Hotter (Schigolch), Manfred Jungwrith (Der Theaterdirektor), Hilde Konetzni (Garderobiere), Mario Guggia (Der Prinz), Martha Modl (Grafin Geschwitz), Oskar Czerwenka (Rodrigo, Athlet), Rohangiz Yachmi (Der Gymnasiast), Heinz Zednik (Ein Kammerdiener), Orchestra & Chorus of the Vienna State Opera, Karl Bohm (conductor)
ANDANTE AN3050 (2-CD) (mono)

NEW RELEASES: VOCAL
Reviewer: Richard Wigmore

MERULA Hor ch’e tempo di morire “canzonetta spirituale sopra alla nanna”; SALVATORE Allor che Tirsi udia: CARISSIMI Deh, memoria, e che piu chiedi; MONTEVERDI Vorrei baciarti; Se i languidi miei sguardi; CAVALLI Erme e solighe cime in ‘La Calisto’; LEGRENZI Costei ch’ in mezzo al volto scritt’ha il mio cor; HANDEL Lungi da me pensier tiranno; VIVALDI Pianti, sospiri e dimandar mercede RV 676: Sara Mingardo (contralto), Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini (director)
NAÏVE OPUS 111 OP 30395 (CD)

MOZART Arias – Temerari . . . Come scoglio ; Ei parte. . . Per pieta, ben mio (Cosi fan tutte); Concert Aria ‘Bella mia fiamma, K 528; Ruhe sanft, mein holdes Leben (Zaide); Concert Aria ‘Ah, lo previdi’ K 272; E Susanna non vien! . . . Dove sono (The Marriage of Figaro); Concert Aria ‘Ch’io mi scordi di te?’ K 505: Soile Isokoski (soprano), Tapiola Sinfonietta, Marita Viitasalo (piano), Peter Schreier (conductor)
ONDINE ODE 1043-2 (CD)

SCHUBERT Winterreise, D911, Op.89: Nathalie Stutzmann (mezzo), Inger Sodergren (piano)
CALLIOPE CAL 9339 (CD)

SCHUBERT Winterreise D911: Ian Bostridge (tenor), Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)
EMI 557790 2 (CD)

CD entitled ‘Russian Songs’ MUSSORGSKY Detskaya (The Nursery); PROKOFIEV Five Poems of Anna Akhmatova, Op.27; SHOSTAKOVICH Satiri (Satires), Op.109; BRITTEN Ekho poeta (The Poet’s Echo), Op.76: Joan Rodgers (soprano), Roger Vignoles (piano)
HYPERION CDA 67355 (CD)


LISTEN UP! ORCHESTRAS' OWN LABELS

AN INTERVIEW WITH JOHN SUMMERS, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE HALLE
SOCIETY, AND ANDREW CORNALL, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE ROYAL LIVERPOOL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA

ELGAR Symphony No.1 in A Flat, Op.55 (excerpt from first movement played; c/w In the South (Alassio), Op.50; In Moonlight (Canto Popolare) : Halle Orchestra,
Mark Elder (conductor)
HALLE CD HLL 7500 (CD, mid-price)

R. STRAUSS An Alpine Symphony, Op.64 (excerpt played, ’Sunrise’; c/w Suite in B Flat Major, Op.4): Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Gerard Schwarz (conductor)
RLPO LIVE RLCD 401P (CD, mid-price)

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NIELSEN Symphony No.5, Op. 50 (excerpt played; c/w Flute Concerto; Entrance March (Aladdin Incidental Music): Halle Orchestra, Mark Elder (conductor)
HALLE CD HLL 7502 (CD, mid-price)

MAHLER Symphony No.4 (excerpt from 1st movement played): Rosa Mannion (soprano),
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Gerard Schwarz (conductor)
RLPO CLASSICO CLASSCD 1601 (CD, mid-price)

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

MOZART Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K 622 (excerpt played; c/w Clarinet Quintet K581; Adagio in C (ed. Wojciechowski) K 581:
Nicholas Cox (Basset Clarinet), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Roy Goodman (conductor)
RLPO CLASSICO CLASSCD 1502 (CD, mid-price)

‘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

MAHLER Symphony No.9:
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly (conductor)
DECCA 475 6191 (CD/SACD hybrid)

STANFORD Requiem:
Frances Lucey (soprano), Virginia Kerr (soprano), Colette McGahon (mezzo), Peter Kerr (tenor), Nigel Leeson-Williams (bass), RTE Philharmonic Choir, RTE National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, Adrian Leaper (conductor)
NAXOS 8.555201-02 (2-CD)

MAXWELL DAVIES Naxos Quartet No.1:
Maggini Quartet
NAXOS 8.557396

CD entitled 'Sarah Connolly – HANDEL Heroes & Heroines' – Music from Alcina; Solomon; Ariodante & Hercules:
Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano), The Sixteen, The Symphony of Harmony and Invention, Harry Christophers (conductor)
CORO COR16025

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RADIO 3'S DISC OF THE WEEK:

BIRTWISTLE +Earth Dances ; *Theseus Game: *Ensemble Modern, Martyn Brabbins & Pierre-Andre Valade (conductors), + Ensemble Modern Orchestra, Pierre Boulez (conductor)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 477 0702 (CD)

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/cdreview