Building a Library: Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
Reviewer - Anthony Burton
First Choice: Concertgebouw Orchestra, Herman Krebbers (violin), Kirill Kondrashin (conductor)
(Recorded live 1980; c/w BORODIN Symphony No.2 in B minor)
PHILIPS 464 735-2 (CD, mid-price) (‘50 Great Recordings’ series)
OR
c/w Capriccio Espagnol; Russian Easter Festival Overture, Igor Markevitch (conductor)
PHILIPS 442 6432 (CD, mid-price)
CD Review BAL Catalogue Data bal.rimsky.korsakov:
bal.rimsky.korsakov.scheherazade
Playlist
Hot Off The Press:
BIBER Fanfare No.4 a due (1676); Missa Christi Resurgentis ; Sonata a 6; Sonata I, III, V, VII, XI; SCHMELZER Sonata XII (from Sacro-profanus concentus musicus, 1662): The English Concert & The Choir of The English Concert, Andrew Manze (director)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMU 907397 (CD)
CD entitled 'Arias for Senesino' A. SCARLATTI Del ciel sui giri ( Carlo re d'Allemagna); LOTTI Fosti caro agl'occhi miei (Gli odi delusi dal sangue); HANDEL Bel contento gia gode quest'alma (Flavio); Pompe vane di morte!; Dove sei, amato bene? (Rodelinda); Dall'ondoso periglio . . . ; Aure, deh, per pieta; Al lampo dell'armi (Giulio Cesare); Cara sposa (Rinaldo); PORPORA Va per le vene il sangue (Il trionfo di Camilla); ALBINONI Stelle ingrate (Astarto); Selvagge amenita (Engelberta): Andreas Scholl (countertenor), Accademia Bizantina, Ottavio Dantone (conductor)
DECCA 475 6569 (CD)
LINDBERG Clarinet Concerto; Grand Duo; Chorale: Kari Kriikku (clarinet), Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo (conductor)
ONDINE ODE 10382 (CD)
CD entitled 'You've Stolen My Heart' - the Kronos Quartet and Asha Bhosle (vocals) - songs from Rahul Dev Burman's Bollywood: Light a Match; Take another Toke; Relationships grow slowly; Beloved, O beloved; Smoke Rises across the River; If People Come; Some of my Things; Beloved, where would I Go?; Lover, Come to me now; In Dhanno's Eyes; You've Stolen my Heart; My Lover Came Silently
NONESUCH 7559798562 (CD)
BUILDING A LIBRARY RECOMMENDATION:
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Scheherazade
Reviewer: Anthony Burton
First Choice:
Concertgebouw Orchestra, Herman Krebbers (violin), Kirill Kondrashin (conductor) (recorded live 1980; c/w BORODIN Symphony No.2 in B Minor)
PHILIPS 464 735-2 (CD, mid-price)
('50 Great Recordings' series)
Also available c/w Capriccio Espagnol; Russian Easter Festival Overture, Igor Markevitch (conductor)
PHILIPS 442 6432 (CD, mid-price)
[Next week's Building a Library will feature Beethoven 's An Die Ferne Geliebte]
New Releases - Chamber
Reviewer: Michael Alliss
BEETHOVEN String Quartet in G Major, Op.18, No.2; String Quartet in F Minor, Op.95 'Quartetto serioso'; Satz (Allegretto) in B minor, WoO; String Quartet in F Major, Op.135: Endellion Quartet
WARNER CLASSICS 2564 621612 (CD)
BEETHOVEN String Quartet in E Flat Major, Op.127; String Quartet in A Minor, Op.132:
Hagen Quartet
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 477 5705 (CD)
DVORAK String Sextet in A Major, Op.48; String Quintet in G, Op.77: The Nash Ensemble
ASV GOLD GLD 4011 (CD)
SCHOENBERG Verklarte Nacht, Op.4 (transcribed for Piano Trio by Eduard Steuermann); Sonnet No.217 by Petrach (Fourth movement of Serenade Op.24, transcribed for Piano Trio by Felix Greissle); WEBERN Two Pieces for Cello and Piano; Cello Sonata; Three Little Pieces for Cello and Piano, Op.11; Sonata Movement (Rondo) for piano; Movement for piano; Variations for piano, Op.27; Piano Piece, Op. posth.; Children's Piece for piano; Four Pieces for violin and piano, Op.7: Ulf Wallin (violin), Torleif Thedeen (cello), Roland Pontinen (piano)
BIS CD 1467 (CD)
MANSURIAN String Quartet No.1; String Quartet No.2; Testament:
Rosamunde Quartet
ECM 476 3052 (CD)
An Interview with conductor & composer Andre Previn
PREVIN Violin Concerto ' Anne-Sophie ' (excerpts from 1 st & 3 rd movements played; c/w: BERNSTEIN Serenade after Plato 's 'Symposium'): Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Boston Symphony Orchestra,
Andre Previn (conductor)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 474 500-2 (CD)
PREVIN Sally Chisum remembers Billy the Kid (excerpt played; c/w Vocalise; COPLAND Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson; ARGENTO Six Elizabethan Songs; BARBER Hermit Songs, Op.29) (from CD entitled 'American Songs': Barbara Bonney (soprano),
Andre Previn (piano)
DECCA 476 723-2 (CD, mid-price) ('Critics' Choice' Series)
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Symphony No. 2 'A London Symphony' (3rd movement excerpt played; c/w The Complete Symphonies): London Symphony Orchestra,
Andre Previn (conductor)
RCA 82876557082 (6-CD, budget)
BRAHMS A German Requiem, Op.45 (excerpt from Denn alles Fleisch es ist wie Gras): Harolyn Blackwell (soprano), David Wilson-Johnson (baritone), London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Andre Previn (conductor)
LSO Live LSO0005 (CD, budget)
PREVIN A Streetcar named Desire (Act 3 excerpt played): Renee Fleming (soprano), San Francisco Opera, Andre Previn (conductor)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 459 366-2 (3-CD, mid-price)
Also available on DVD
ARTHAUS MUSIK 100138 (DVD)
RADIO 3'S DISC OF THE WEEK:
WAGNER Tristan und Isolde: Placido Domingo (Tristan), Nina Stemme (Isolde), Mihoko Fujimura (Brangane), Rene Pape (Konig Marke), Olaf Bar (Kurwenal), Jared Holt (Melot), Ian Bostridge (Der Hirt), Matthew Rose (Der Steuermann), Rolando Villazon (Der junge Seemann), Orchestra and chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Antonio Pappano (conductor)
EMI 5580062 (3CD + Bonus DVD, mid-price)
