CD Review
09.05am
JOHANN GOTTFRIED WILHELM PALSCHAU: Harpsichord Concerto No. 1 in C major
(c/w Harpischord Concerto No. 2 in D major; JOHANN ABRAHAM PETER SCHULZ: Six Diverses Pieces Pour le Clavecin ou le Piano Forte, Op. 1)
Concerto Copenhagen, Lars Ulrik Mortensen (harpsichord)
DACAPO 8.226040 (CD)
BUXTEHUDE: Suites and Variations
Variations in G BUX WV 250
Colin Booth (harpsichord/cembalo)
Soundboard SBCD 207 (CD, Mid Price)
JS BACH: Das Wohltemperierte Clavier (Vol. 1)
Prelude and Fugue in C major (BWV 846), Prelude and Fugue in C minor (BWV 847)
Richard Egarr (harpsichord)
Harmonia Mundi HMU 907431.32 (2CDs)
09.30 am
Building a Library Recommendations
SCHUBERT: String Quintet D956
Reviewer - Anthony Burton
First choice:
Hagen Quartet, Heinrich Schiff
DG 439 774 2 (special import only)
(c/w BEETHOVEN: Grosse Fuge in B flat Op. 133)
Budget price:
Ensemble Villa Musica
Naxos 8.550388
(c/w String Trio in B flat major D. 581)
Special mention
Smetana Quartet, Milos Sadlo
Testament SBT 1120 (CD, mid price)
(c/w BRAHMS String Quartet No. 3 Op. 67)
Historic choice
Hollywood Quartet, Kurt Reher
Testament SBT 1031 (CD, mid price)
(c/w Schoenberg Verklarte Nacht Op. 4)
Next week Bruce Wood reviews recordings of Walton's Viola Concerto.
10.15 am Highlights from Medici Masters
reissues and broadcast recordings
BEETHOVEN: Missa Solemnis in D major, Op. 123
'Angus Dei - Adagio'
Annelies Kupper (soprano), Sieglinde Wagner (contralto), Rudolf Schock (tenor), Josef Greindl (bass), Kolner Rundfunkchor, Chor des Norddeutschen Rundfunks, Kolner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester, Otto Klemperer (conductor)
Medici Masters MM015-2 (CD, Mid Price)
Mono (recorded 1955)
STRAVINSKY: Violin Concerto in D (recorded 1951)
(c/w Le Sacre du printemps, recorded 1953; BARTOK: Divertimento for String Orchestra, recorded 1953)
Artur Grumiaux (violin), Kolner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester, Ferenc Fricsay (conductor)
Medici Masters MM020-2 (CD, Mid Price)
Mono recording
TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No.6 in B minor, Op.74 (stereo recording, 1960)
(c/w Violin Concerto in D, Op. 35, mono recording 1955)
Philharmonia Orchestra, Paul Kletzki (conductor), Stockholm Festival Orchestra, David Oistrakh (violin)
Medici Masters MM018-2 (CD, Mid Price)
PROKOFIEV: Piano Concerto No.2 in G minor Op.16 (mono recording, 1954)
(c/w SHOSTAKOVITCH: Concerto for Piano, String Orchestra and Trumpet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 35, mono recording, 1954; CHASINS: Three Chinese Pieces, mono recording 1956; POULENC: Toccata from Trois Pieces, mono recording 1956; STRAVINSKY: Circus Polka (mono recording, 1955); BEETHOVEN: Bagatelle in G minor, Op. 119 No. 1, mono recording, 1956)
Shura Cherkassky (piano), Harold Jackson (trumpet), Philharmonia Orchestra, Herbert Menges
Medici Masters MM013-2 (CD, Mid Price)
PROKOFIEV: Symphony No. 5 in B flat, Op. 100 (stereo recording, 957)
(c/w ROSSINI: Overture to 'L'assedio di Corinto' (stereo recording, 1974); VIVALDI: Sinfonia 'al Santo Sepolcro' in B minor, R. 169, (recorded 1955); DURANTE: Concerto No. 5 for String Orchestra in A major (recorded 1955); SALIERI: Overture to 'Axur, re d'Ormus, recorded 1955)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Prokofiev), London Symphony Orchestra (Rossini), Orchestra Alessandro Scarlatti (Vivaldi/Durante/Salieri)), Thomas Schippers (conductor)
Medici Masters MM012-2 (CD, Mid Price)
10.45 am James Weeks on Contemporary
Music
ROBERT ASHLEY: Now Eleanor's Idea
Joan La Barbara (Now Eleanor), Amy X Neuberg (Now Eleanor's Low Rider Double), Marghreta Cordero (Now Eleanor's Guardian Angel), Ensemble Voices (Robert Ashley, Sam Ashley, Thomas Buckner and Jacqueline Humbert), Performance Orchestra (mixed and processed by Tom Hamilton)
Lovely Music LCD 1009 (2CDs)
MAXWELL-DAVIES: Mr. Emmet Takes a Walk
Adrian Clarke (baritone), Jonathan Best (bass baritone), Rebecca Caine (soprano), Etienne Siebens (conductor), instrumentalists
Original Cast / Psappha PsaCD1002 (CD)
Available from NMC website - www.nmcrec.co.uk
BIRTWISTLE: Punch and Judy
Soloists, The London Sinfonietta, David Atherton (conductor)
ANCORA NMC D138 (2CDs, Mid Price)
Available as CDs or download from NMC website - www.nmcrec.co.uk
11.15am - Listeners' Choice
SHOSTAKOVITCH: Piano Concerto No. 1
(c/w Concertino for Two Pianos; Piano Quintet)
Martha Argerich (piano), Renaud Capucon (violin), Lida Chen (viola), Mischa Maisky (cello), Alissa Margulis (violin), Sergei Nakariakov (trumpet), Lilya Zilberstein (piano), Orchestra Della Szizzera Italiana, Alexander Vedernikov (conductor)
EMI 50999 5 04504 2 8 (CD)
DVORAK: Cello Concerto in B minor Op. 104
(c/w Symphonic Variations for Orchestra Op. 78 on 'I am a Fidler' B. 66/3, B.70)
Pieter Wispelwey (cello), Budapest Festival Orchestra, Ivan Fischer (conductor)
Channel Classics CCS SA 25807 (CD)
11.45 am Disc of the Week
BERLIOZ: L'Enfance du Christ
Yann Beuron (Narrator/Centurion), Karen Cargill (Marie), William Dazeley (Joseph), Matthew Rose (Herod), Peter Rose (Father/Polydorus), Tenebrae Choir, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis (conductor)
LSO Live LSO0606 (2SACD, Budget)
