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Hot Off The Press:
BEETHOVEN Symphony No.4 in B Flat Major; Symphony No.5 in C Minor: Minnesota Orchestra, Osmo Vanska (conductor)
BIS SACD 1416 (CD/SACD hybrid)
CD entitled 'Mugam Sayagi - the music of FRANGHIZ ALI-ZADEH': Oasis; Apsheron Quintet; Music for Piano; Mugam Sayagi: Kronos Quartet, Franghiz Ali-Zadeh (piano)
NONESUCH 7559 79804-2 (CD)
CD entitled 'Mischa Maisky & Martha Argerich in Concert' (at the Flagey Building Brussels) SHOSTAKOVICH Sonata for Cello & Piano, Op.40; STRAVINSKY 'Suite Italienne' from Pulcinella; PROKOFIEV Sonata for Cello & Piano, Op.119; Waltz from the Ballet 'Stone Flower' (arr. Piatigorsky & Kiushevitsky): Mischa Maisky (cello), Martha Argerich (piano)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 477 5323 (CD)
CD entitled 'Stokowski's Symphonic Bach, Volume 2 - Unpublished orchestral transcriptions by Leopold Stokowski of works by J.S. BACH': Fantasia and Fugue in G Minor; Arioso; Wachet Auf; Ein' feste Burg; Chaconne in D Minor; Andante sostenuto; Preludio in E: Aus tiefer Noth; Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring; My Soul is Athirst; Sarabande; Aus der Tiefe rufe ich; Fugue in C Minor: BBC Philharmonic, Matthias Bamert (conductor)
CHANDOS CHAN 10282 (CD)
BUILDING A LIBRARY RECOMMENDATION:
FAURE Violin Sonatas
Reviewer: Stephen Johnson
First Choice:
Krysia Osostowicz (violin), Susan Tomes (piano) (recorded 1987)
HELIOS CDH55030 (CD, budget)
Also Recommended:
Dong-Suk Kang (violin), Pascal Devoyon (piano) (recorded 1995; c/w Berceuse, Op.16; Romance in B Flat Major, Op.28; Andante in B Flat Major, Op.75)
NAXOS 8.550906 (CD, budget)
[Next week's Building a Library will feature Elgar's Falstaff]
Consumer Slot - BBC Legends:
Rozhdestvensky
BERLIOZ Symphonie fantastique, Op.14*; TCHAIKOVSKY Francesca da Rimini, Op.32+: Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra, Gennadi Rozhdestvensky (conductor) (*recorded Royal Albert Hall, London, 9th September 1971;+ recorded Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 9th September 1960)
BBC LEGENDS BBCL 4163-2 (CD, mid-price)
Stokowski
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No.5 in D Minor, Op.47*; VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Symphony No.8 in D Minor+: *London Symphony Orchestra, +BBC Symphony Orchestra, Leopold Stokowski (conductor) (*recorded Royal Albert Hall, London, 17th September 1964; +recorded Royal Albert Hall, London, 15th September 1964)
BBC LEGENDS BBCL 4165-2 (CD, mid-price)
Brain
BEETHOVEN Quintet for Piano and Wind Instruments in E Flat Major, Op.16*; JACOB Sextet for Wind Quintet and Piano, Op.3+; HINDEMITH Sonata for Horn & Piano**; VINTER Hunter's Moon++: *Benjamin Britten (piano), Leonard Brain (oboe), Stephen Waters (clarinet), Dennis Brain (horn), Cecil James (bassoon), + Dennis Brain Wind Quintet - Gareth Morris (flute), Leonard Brain (oboe), Stephen Waters (clarinet), Dennis Brain (horn), Cecil James (bassoon), ** Dennis Brain (horn), Noel Mewton-Wood (piano), ++ Dennis Brain (horn), BBC Concert Orchestra, Vilem Tausky (conductor) (*recorded Aldeburgh Festival 22 June 1955+ recorded BBC Studios, 22nd July 1957; ** recorded BBC Studios, 28th January 1953;++ recorded BBC Studios, 16th June 1957)
BBC LEGENDS BBCL 4164-2 (CD, mid-price)
Annie Fischer
HAYDN Andante & Variations in F Minor, Hob.XVII:6*; BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No.14 in C Sharp Minor, Op.27, No.2 'Moonlight'*; 32 Variations on an Original Theme in C Minor, WoO80+; CHOPIN Scherzo No.3 in C Sharp Minor, Op.39*; KODALY Dances of Marosszek+; MOZART Piano Sonata No.14 in C Minor K457**: Annie Fischer (piano) (*recorded BBC Studios, 2nd November 1958; + recorded BBC Studios, 19th May 1963; ** recorded BBC Studios, 24th February 1971)
BBC LEGENDS BBCL 4166-2 (CD, mid-price)
New Releases: Choral
Reviewer: Hilary Finch
ORFF Carmina Burana: Sally Matthews (soprano), Lawrence Brownlee (tenor), Christian Gerhaher (baritone), Rundfunkchor Berlin, Berlin Philharmonic, Sir Simon Rattle (conductor)
EMI 557888 2 (CD)
CD entitled 'Carmen de Sole - Contemporary Works for Male Voices': MANTYJARVI Grim and Glacial Funeral Waltzes; POHJANNORO Carmen de Sole; TALVITIE The Flicker of Fire; PULKKIS The Sorcerer's Apprentice; YUASA Four Seasons from Basho's Haiku; KARLSSON Body of a Woman; BERGMAN Swan Image; POHJOLA Hommage a Schubert; HEINIO Mind of Dust: YL Male Voice Choir, Matti Hyokki (conductor)
ONDINE ODE 1045-2 (CD)
LAURISDEN Lux aeterna; Madrigali: Six 'Fire Songs' on Italian Renaissance Poems; Ave Maria; Ubi caritas et amor; O magnum mysterium: Polyphony, Britten Sinfonia, Stephen Layton (conductor)
HYPERION CDA 67449 (CD)
TAVENER The Veil of the Temple: Patricia Rozario (soprano) The Choir of the Temple Church, The Holst Singers, Ian Le Grice, James Vivian (organ/Indian harmonium), Dirk Campbell (duduk), John Thurgood (Tibetan Horn), Brass of the English Chamber Orchestra, Stephen Layton (conductor)
RCA 82876661542 (2-CD, mid-price)
RACHMANINOV Vespers: Tenebrae,
Nigel Short (conductor)
SIGNUM SIGCD054 (CD)
An Interview with Renaud Machart, artistic director of the CD label INA:
RESPIGHI Stornellatrice (played; c/w A. SCARLATTI La violette; CAMPRA Chanson du papillon; De FALLA Siete canciones populares espanolas; TURINA Farruca, Op.45, No.1; BRAHMS Dein blaues Auge, Op.59, No.8; SCHUMANN Der Nussbaum, Op.25, No.3; R. STRAUSS Zueignung, Op.10, No.1; NIN El amor es como un nino) : Victoria de los Angeles (soprano), Madame R. Cayla (piano)
INA MEMOIRE VIVE IMV 048 (CD, mid-price)
MESSIAEN Harawi (Bonjour, toi, colombe verte, played; c/w DEBUSSY Cinq poemes de Charles Baudelaire): Marcelle Bunlet (soprano),
Olivier Messiaen (piano)
INA MEMOIRE VIVE IMV 044 (CD, mid-price)
BOULEZ Le Soleil des eaux (excerpt played; c/w STRAVINKSY Concerto in D; DALLAPICCOLA Six chants d'Alcee; SATIE Trois Morceaux en forme de poire; BARTOK Divertimento): Irene Joachim (soprano),
Joseph Peyron (tenor), Pierre Mollet (baritone),
Chorus and Orchestra of RTF, Roger Desormieres (conductor)
INA MEMOIRE VIVE IMV 041 (CD, mid-price)
POULENC Dialogues des Carmelites
(excerpt from Tableau 2 played):
Felicity Lott (Blanche de la Force),
Regine Crespin (First Prioress),
Orchestra Nationale de France,
Jean-Pierre Marty (conductor)
INA MEMOIRE VIVE IMV 035 (CD, mid-price)
DUPARC Chanson Triste (played; c/w L'Invitation au voyage; BIZET Chanson d'avril; GOUNOD Venise; Au Rossignol; Viens! Les gazons sont verts; BERLIOZ Villanelle; CHAUSSON Cantique a l'epouse, Op.36, No.1; PIERNE Le petit rentier; CASTILLON Sonnet melancolique; BORDES O triste, triste etait mon name; FAURE Aurore, Op.39 No.1; Soir, Op.83, No.2; Prison, Op.83, No.1; DEBUSSY De Reve; De Fleurs; De Soir; POULENC Air Champetre; Air vif): Suzanne Danco soprano), Roger Boutry (piano)
INA MEMOIRE VIVE IMV 002 (CD, mid-price)
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RAMEAU Les Cyclopes - Pieces de Clavecin:
Trevor Pinnock (harpsichord)
AVIE AV 2056
Alice Mary SMITH Symphony in A Minor; Andante for Clarinet & Orchestra, Symphony in C Minor:
Angela Malsbury (clarinet), London Mozart Players, Howard Shelley (conductor)
CHANDOS CHAN 10283
BRIDGE String Quartet No.4:
Maggini Quartet
NAXOS 8.557283
KALMAN Die Csardasfurstin (The Gypsy Princess):
Yvonne Kenny (Sylva Varescu), Michael Roider (Edwin Ronald), Mojca Erdmann (Countess Stasi), Marko Kathol (Count Boni), Karl-Michael Ebner (Feri von Kerekes /The Notary), Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge (conductor)
NAXOS 8.660105-06 (2-CD)
RADIO 3'S DISC OF THE WEEK:
HAYDN Keyboard Concerto in D Major Hob XVIII No.11; Keyboard Concerto in G Major Hob XVIII No.4; Concerto for Keyboard, Violin & Strings Hob XVIII No.6 : Andreas Staier (fortepiano), Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, Gottfried von der Goltz (conductor/solo violin)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMC901854 (CD)
