Building a Library: Mozart: Idomeneo, Re di Creta
Reviewer - Christopher Cook
First Choice: Anthony Rolfe Johnson (Idomeneo), Anne Sofie von Otter (Idamante), Sylvia McNair (Ilia), Hillevi Martinpelto (Elettra), Nigel Robson (Arbace), Glenn Winslade (Gran Sacerdote), Cornelius Hauptmann (La Voce), The Monteverdi Choir, The English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
(recorded 1990)
ARCHIV PRODUKTION 4316742 (3-CD)
CD Review BAL Catalogue Data bal.mozart:
bal.mozart.idomeneo.re.di.creta
Discs played and reviewed in this programme
[Available at full price unless indicated]
NB Timings are approximate
09:00
ELGAR Symphony No.1 in A flat, Op.55 (excerpt played)
(c/w Sonata for Organ in G, Op.28 - transcribed for orchestra by Gordon Jacob):
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Richard Hickox (conductor)
CHANDOS CHSA5049 (SACD/CD Hybrid)
ELGAR Sonata for Organ in G, Op.28 (excerpt played)
(c/w from CD entitled 'Chanson de Matin' - also including Cantique, Op.3 No.1; Vesper Voluntaries, Op.14; Organ Sonata No.2, Op.87a; transciptions of Chanson de Matin; Nimrod (Enigma Variations); Pomp and Circumstance No.4 in G, Op.39):
Thomas Trotter (organ of Salisbury Cathedral)
REGENT REGCD256 (CD)
ELGAR The Dream of Gerontius, Op.38 (excerpts - recorded 1935*) (extract played)
(from CD box set entitled 'Elgar's Interpreters on Record Vol. 5 - Broadcasts from the Leech Collection at the British Library 1935-1950' - featuring various artists and including The Dream of Gerontius, Op.38 (excerpts - recorded 1936+); Caractacus, Op.35 (excerpts); Scenes from the Saga of King Olaf, Op.30; With Proud Thanksgiving; Carillon, Op.75; The Shepherd's Songs, Op.16 No.1; Sea Pictures, Op.37 (incomplete); The Spirit of England, Op.80 (incomplete)):
Heddle Nash (tenor)*+, Astra Desmond (mezzo-soprano)*, Keith Falkner (bass)*, The Halle Chorus and Orchestra*, Malcolm Sargent (conductor)*, Muriel Brunskill (mezzo-soprano)+, Horace Stevens (bass)+, BBC Choral Society+, BBC Symphony Orchestra+, Adrian Boult (conductor)+
ELGAR EDITIONS EECD003-5 (3-CD, mid-price)
ELGAR The Dream of Gerontius, Op.38 (extract played)
(c/w The Holly and the Ivy; Enigma Variations, Op.36):
Jane Irwin (mezzo-soprano), Justin Lavender (tenor), Peter Rose (bass), City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, Sakari Oramo (conductor)
CBSO CD003 (2-CD)
09:30
Building a Library Recommendations
MOZART Idomeneo, Re di Creta
Reviewer: Christopher Cook
First Choice:
Anthony Rolfe Johnson (Idomeneo), Anne Sofie von Otter (Idamante), Sylvia McNair (Ilia), Hillevi Martinpelto (Elettra), Nigel Robson (Arbace), Glenn Winslade (Gran Sacerdote), Cornelius Hauptmann (La Voce), The Monteverdi Choir, The English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
(recorded 1990)
ARCHIV PRODUKTION 4316742 (3-CD)
DVD Choice:
Ramon Vargas (Idomeneo), Magdalena Kozena (Idamante), Ekaterina Siurina (Ilia), Anja Harteros (Elettra), Jeffrey Francis (Arbace), Robin Leggate (Gran Sacerdote), Gunther Groissbock (La Voce), Salzburger Bachchor, Camerata Salzburg, Sir Roger Norrington (conductor), Ursel and Karl-Ernst Herrmann (stage directors)
(recorded at the 2006 Salzburg Festival)
DECCA 0743169 (2-DVD)
Next week, Geoffrey Smith recommends a recording of Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue
10:15
Listener Suggestions
MOZART Le Nozze di Figaro (excerpt from Act 2 played)
Ildebrando D'Arcangelo (Figaro), Anna Netrebko (Susanna), Dorothea Roschmann (La COntessa di Almaviva), Bo Skovus (Il Conte di Almaviva), Christine Schaefer (Cherubino), Vienna State Opera Chorus, Wiener Philharmoniker, Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 4776558 (3-CD) / 4776544 (CD - highlights) / 0734245 (2-DVD)
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10:30
Vintage Piano Recordings
Interview with Anatoly Larkin
(performance analyst, Zenph Studios)
BACH Goldberg Variations, BWV988 (excerpts played)
Zenph Re-Performance of Glenn Gould's 1955 recording
SONY CLASSICAL 88697033502 (SACD/CD Hybrid)
Review - Robert Philip in conversation with Andrew McGregor
BACH Goldberg Variations, BWV988 (excerpt played)
(c/w Partita No.5, BWV829):
Glenn Gould (piano)
(recorded 1955)
NAXOS 8111247 (CD, budget)
BACH Goldberg Variations, BWV988 (excerpts played)
Zenph Re-Performance of Glenn Gould's 1955 recording
SONY CLASSICAL 88697 033502 (SACD/CD Hybrid)
BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No.14 in C sharp minor, Op.27 No.2 'Moonlight'* (excerpt played); piano Sonata No.30 in E, Op.109** (excerpt played); Piano Sonata No.25 in G, Op.79+ (excerpt played); Piano Sonata No.3 in C, Op.2 No.3 (excerpt played)++
(c/w Piano Sonata in E minor, Op.90; Gavotte in F; Andante Favori in F, Op.35; Piano Sonata in A flat, Op.26; Bagatelle in B minor, Op.126 No.4; Turkish March):
Original Piano Roll recordings from performances by Ignace Paderewski*, Alfred Cortot**, Dame Myra Hess+, Josef Hofmann++ (2-CD set also features performances by Eugene D'Albert, Wanda Landowska and Harold Bauer)
DAL SEGNO DSPRCD030 (2-CD)
MOZART Piano Concerto No.20 in D minor, K466 (excerpt played); Piano Concerto No.14 in E flat, K449 (excerpt played):
Myra Hess (piano), Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, Bruno Walter (conductor)
(recorded 1954 & 1956)
MUSIC & ARTS CD275 (CD) - excerpts played from 1988 reissue and recently remastered version by Pristine Audio (available as a CD or download from www.pristineaudio.com)
11.15
Listener Suggestions
HARBISON Concerto for Oboe, Clarinet and Strings (1st movement played)
(c/w Due Libri dei Mottetti di Montale*; Piano Sonata No.1+; Mirabai Songs^):
Peggy Pearson (oboe)m Jo-Ann Sternberg (clarinet), Metamorphosen Chamber Orchestra, Scott Yoo (conductor), Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (mezzo-soprano)*, Greenleaf Chamber Players*, Robert Shannon (piano)+, Georgine Resick (soprano)^, Warren Jones (piano)^
BRIDGE 9200 (CD)
FRANCK String Quartet in D (2nd movement played)
(c/w Sonata for piano and violin in A; Quintet for piano and strings in F minor):
Quatuor Ysaye, Pascal Roge (piano)
YSAYE RECORDS YR03 (2-CD)
BUTTERWORTH The Banks of Green Willow
(from CD entitled 'Boult conducts...' - works by BUTTERWORTH, HADLEY, HOWELLS and WARLOCK):
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult (conductor)
LYRITA SRCD245 (CD, mid-price)
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11:45
Disc Of The Week
RIHM Styx und Lethe - Music for Cello and Orchestra (world premiere)
(c/w Musik fur Oboe und Orchester; Dritte Musik - for Violin and Orchestra; Erster Doppelgesang - Music for Viola, Cello and Orchestra):
Lucas Fels (cello), SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg, Hans Zender (conductor)
HANSSLER CLASSIC HAN093185 (CD)
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