Building a Library: Buxtehude: Membra Jesu Nostri, BuxWV 75
Reviewers - David Vickers
First Choice: The Sixteen, The Symphony of Harmony & Invention, Harry Christophers (conductor) (recorded 2000)
LINN RECORDS CKD141 (CD)
CD Review BAL Catalogue Data bal.buxtehude:
bal.buxtehude.membra.jesu.nostri.buxvw.75
Discs played and reviewed in this programme
[Available at full price unless indicated]
NB Timings are approximate
09:00
SCHUMANN Symphony No.4 in D minor, Op.120 (original 1841 version) (excerpt played)
(c/w Symphony No.2 in C, Op.61; 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.4 in D minor, Op.120 (arr. Mahler) (excerpt played)
(c/w Symphony No.2 in C, Op.61 (arr. Mahler); Genoveva Overture, Op.81):
Gewandhausorchester, Riccardo Chailly (conductor)
DECCA 4758352 (CD)
JOSEPH/JAMES Fantasie in C after Robert Schumann (Op.17) (excerpt played)
(c/w Wanderer Fantasy in C after Franz Schubert (D760)):
English Chamber Orchestra, Orlando Jopling (conductor), Members of the Schubert Ensemble
SIGNUM RECORDS SIGCD095 (CD)
ZENDER Schumann-Phantasie (excerpt played)
(c/w Bardo for cello and orchestra*):
SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg, Sylvain Cambreling (conductor), Heinrich Schiff (cello)*, Hans Zender (conductor)*
HANSSLER CLASSIC HAN093128 (CD)
09:30
Building A Library Recommendations
BUXTEHUDE Membra Jesu Nostri, BuxWV 75
Reviewer: David Vickers
First Choice:
The Sixteen, The Symphony of Harmony & Invention, Harry Christophers (conductor)
(recorded 2000)
LINN RECORDS CKD141 (CD)
Next week, Harriet Smith compares the available recordings of Schubert's Piano Sonata No.14 in A minor, D784.
10:15
Listener Suggestions
SIBELIUS Sandels (original version)
(c/w Sandels (revised version); Tulen Synty (The Origin of Fire), Op.32 (original and revised versions); Have you Courage? (2nd and 4th versions); The Captive Queen; March of the Finnish Jager Battalion; The Rapids-Rider's Brides; The Lover; The Origin of Fire (original version)):
Tommi Hakala (baritone), YL Male Voice Choir, Lahti Symphony Orchestra, Osmo Vanska (conductor)
BIS CD-1525 (CD)
LISZT Bagatelle sans tonalite
(c/w Vallee d'Obermann (Annees de pelerinage 1 - Suisse, S160); Il Penseroso (Annees de pelerinage 2 - Italie, S161); Saint Francois d'Assise - La predication aux oiseaux; Hungarian Rhapsody No.13, S244/13; Sposalizio (Annees de pelerinage 2 - Italie, S161); Prelude in F minor after BACH "Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen", S179; Funerailles (Harmonies poetiques et religieuses, S173); La lugubre gondola No.2, S200/2; En reve - Nocturne, S027):
Arcadi Volodos (piano)
SONY CLASSICAL 82876873802 (CD)
JONGEN Messe en l'honneur du Saint-Sacrement, Op.130 (Gloria played)
(c/w Deus Abraham; Pie Jesu; Quid sum miser?; PEETERS Missa Festiva, Op.62):
The Choir of St John's College Cambridge, London City Brass, David Hill (director)
HYPERION CDA67603 (CD)
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10:45
New Mozart Releases
Reviewer: Cliff Eisen
(in conversation with Andrew McGregor)
MOZART Symphony No.38 in D, K504 "Prague"; Symphony No.41 in C, K551 "Jupiter":
Freiburger Barockorchester, Rene Jacobs (conductor)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMC901958 (CD)
MOZART Sinfonia Concertante, K364*; Violin Concerto No.4, K218; Violin Concerto No.2, K211:
Maxim Vengerov (violin), Lawrence Power (viola)*, UBS Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra
EMI CLASSICS 3783742 (CD)
CD entitled 'Mozart am Stein Vis-a-vis' -MOZART Modulating Prelude, K284a; Sonata in B flat, K358; Modulating Prelude, KV deest; Fragment Prelude, K624; Variations in F on the aria 'Salve tu, Domine' from 'I filosofi immaginarii', K398; Fantasy and Fugue in C, K394; Improvisation; Sonata in D, K381; 6 German Dances, K509:
Andreas Staier, Christine Schornsheim (Stein-vis-a-vis 1777)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMC901941 (CD)
CD entitled 'Uri Caine Plays Mozart' - an arrangement of Piano Sonata in C major, K545, interspersed with arrangements of extracts from Symphony No.40 in G minor, K550; Symphony No.41 in C, K551; Clarinet Quintet in A, K581; Sinfonia Concertante in E flat, K364; Piano Sonata in A, K331; Don Giovanni and Die Zauberflote:
Uri Caine Ensemble
WINTER & WINTER 9101302 (CD)
11:45
Disc Of The Week
M. BERKELEY Concerto for Orchestra 'Seascapes'
(from The Berkeley Edition Vol.6 - also including M. BERKELEY Gregorian Variations; L. BERKELEY Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra, Op.30):
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Richard Hickox (conductor)
CHANDOS CHAN10408 (CD)
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