CD Review
09.05am
CHOPIN: Waltz Op. 64 No. 1 ('Minute Waltz')
(c/w Barcarolle OP. 60; Mazurkas Op. 59 Nos. 1-3; Impromptu)
Ingrid Fliter (piano)
5099951489953 (downloadable EP of highlights - the full concert on CD will be available from April 2008 as 5099951489922)
BO LINDE: A Merry Overture Op. 14
(c/w Musica Concertante OP. 27; Suite Variee Op. 21; Suite Boulogne OP. 32)
Gavle Symphony Orchestra, Petter Sundkvist (conductor)
Swedish Society Discofil SSACD 1132 (Hybrid SACD)
KODALY: Hary Janos Suite - Intermezzo
(c/w Summer Evening; Variations on a Hungarian Folk Song (The Peacock))
Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Adam Fischer (conductor)
Budapest Music Centre Records BMC CD141 (CD)
BARTOK: Violin Concerto Op. Posth. ('no. 1')*
(c/w Rhapsody for piano and orchestra Sz 27; Scherzo for orchestra and piano Sz 28)
Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra*, Zoltan Kocsis (conductor)*
Budapest Festival Orchestra, Ivan Fischer (conductor)
Hungaroton HSACD 32504 (Hybrid SACD)
09.30 am
Building a Library Recommendation
VIVALDI: Stabat Mater RV 621
Reviewer - David Vickers
First Choice:
(c/w Nisi Dominus RV 608, Salve Regina RV 616, Concerto for viola d'amore FII No. 2)
Carlos Mena (counter tenor), Ricercar Consort, Philippe Pierlot (director)
Mirare MIR 9968
Next week Piers Burton-Page examines recordings of Bartok's 2nd Violin Concerto.
10.15 New Releases
MOZART: Symphony no.40 (first movement)
(c/w Symphonies 38-39 and 41)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras (conductor)
LINN CKD 308 (download available now, Hybrid SACD for release 25/02/08)
JOSQUIN: Missa Ad fugam (Agnus Dei I - III)
(c/w Missa Sine nomine; Missa Ad fugam revisions attributed to Josquin)
Tallis Scholars, Peter Phillips (conductor)
Gimell CDGIM 039 (download available now, CD for release 03/03/08)
10.30 Downloads
Andrew talks to James Jolly, Gramophone editor-at-large and expert on the rapidly-expanding field of classical music downloads. Along with explaining the basics of downloads, they discuss the range of material available and recommend recent highlights. With extracts from the following:
ADES: Violin Concerto (3rd movement)
Anthony Marwood (violin), Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Thomas Ades (conductor)
EMI 5099950027156 (download available now, CD for release later in 2008)
MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No. 4 (2nd movement)
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly (conductor)
Decca Concerts download
(download only)
MENDELSSOHN: Violin Concerto (3rd movement)
Jascha Heifetz (violin), New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Guido Cantelli (conductor)
Pristine Audio download 344336/7 (download available now, CD released as Pristine Audio PASC 094)
BACH: 'Mache dich mein Herze rein' (St Matthew Passion)
Matthew Brook (bass), Dunedin Consort, John Butt (conductor)
Linn download
(download available now, 3 Hybrid SACDs CKD 313 for release 10/03/08)
Respighi Belkis, Queen of Sheba (War Dance)
(c/w Metamorphoseon)
Philharmonia Orchestra, Geoffrey Simon (conductor)
Chandos download
(download available now, CD released as CHAN 8405)
Brahms Vergebliches Standchen
(c/w other live and studio recordings, 1952-2007)
Inga Nielsen (soprano), Friedrich Gurtler (piano)
Chandos CHAN 10444 (2 CDs)
11.15 Interview with Thomas Dausgaard
With extracts from the following discs:
BERLIOZ: Lelio
(c/w Le Carnival romain; Helene)
Jean-Philippe Lafont (bass-baritone)
Sune Hjerrild (tenor), Gert-Henning Jensen (tenor)
Danish National Choir, Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Dausgaard (conductor)
Chandos CHAN10416 (CD)
SCHUMANN: Symphony No. 4 (1841 version), 2nd movement Op. 120
(c/w Symphony No. 2 Op. 61; Overture to 'Scenes for Goethe's Faust'; Julius Caesar Overture Op. 128)
Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Thomas Dausgaard
BIS SACD 1519 (Hybrid SACD)
DVORAK: Symphony No. 6, 4th movement Op. 60
(c/w Symphony No. 9, Op. 95)
Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Thomas Dausgaard
BIS SACD 1566 (Hybrid SACD)
11.45am Disc of the Week
JANACEK: The Excursions of Mr. Broucek
Jan Vacik, Peter Straka, Roman Janal, Maria Haan, Zdenek Plech, BBC
Singers, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jiri Belohlavek (conductor)
Deutsche Grammophon 477 7387 (2 CDs)
