In this week's programme:
09.05am
DVORAK: Symphony No. 9 Op. 95, 'From the New World' (second movement)
(c/w Symphonic Variations Op. 78)
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop (conductor)
Naxos 8.570714 (CD, Budget)
BERWALD: Concert Piece (second and third movements)
(c/w HUMMEL: Grand Concerto W23; WEBER: Andante e Rondo ungarese Op. 35; JACOBI: Introduction and Polonaise Op. 9; ELGAR: Romance Op. 62; GERSHWIN: Summertime)
Karen Geoghegan (bassoon), Orchestra of Opera North, Benjamin Wallfisch (conductor)
Chandos CHAN10477 (CD)
SCHMELZER: Sonata a 3 from disc Sackbutt
(c/w Johann Georg Albrechtsberger: Concerto in B flat major; Antonio Bertali: Sonata a 3 No. 1 in D minor; Sonata a 3 No. 3 in A minor; Dario Castello: Quarta Sonata a 2; Leopold Mozart: Concerto Concerto in D major; Biagio Marini: Sonata Quarta a 4; Georg Christoph Wagenseil: Concerto in E flat major)
Jorgen van Rijen (tenor and alto sackbutts), Combattimento Consort Amsterdam, Jan Willem de Vriend (conductor)
Channel Classics CCS SA 26708 (Hybrid SACD)
09.30 am
Building a Library Recommendation
PUCCINI: La Boheme
Reviewer - Alexandra Wilson
First Choice:
Victoria de los Angeles, Jussi Bjorling, Robert Merrill, John Reardon, Giorgio Tozzi, Fernando Corena, Lucie Amara, RCA Victor Chorus & Orchestra, Columbus Boychoir, Sir Thomas Beecham (conductor)
EMI 5677502 (2 CDs, Mid Price - Mono Recording)
DVD/Modern Recommendation:
Inva Mula, Laura Giordano, Aquiles Machado, Fabio Maria Capitanucci, David Menendez, Felipe Bou, Gonzalo Fernandez de Teran, Juan Tomas Martinez, Alfredo Mariotti, Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro Real, Jesus Lopez Cobos (conductor)
Opus Arte OA0961D (2 DVDs)
Next week Jonathan Swain examines recordings of Borodin's 2nd Symphony.
10.15 New Releases
BEETHOVEN: Concerto for Piano, Violin, Cello and Orchestra in C major Op. 56, "Triple Concerto"*
(c/w Piano Concertos No. 1-5)
Maurizio Pollini (piano), Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra*, Alexander Lonquich (piano)*, Ilya Gringolts (violin)*, Mario Brunello (cello)*, Claudio Abbado (conductor)*
Deutsche Grammophon 477 7244 (3 CDs, Budget)
Horowitz In Hamburg - The Last Concert
(MOZART: Rondo in D major K. 485; Piano Sonata in B flat major K. 333; LISZT after SCHUBERT: Soirees de Vienne: Valse-Caprice no. 6; SCHUMANN: Kinderszenen Op. 15; CHOPIN: Mazurka in B minor Op. 33 No. 4; Polonaise No. 6 in A flat major Op. 53; SCHUBERT: Moment musical in F minor D 780 No. 3; MOSZKOWSKI: Etincelles Op. 36 No. 6)
Vladimir Horowitz (piano - live recording 21st June 1987)
Deutsche Grammophon 477 7558
10. 40 New Releases
Rob Cowan talks about new discs of violin and orchestra. With extracts from the following:
DUTILLEUX: L'Arbre des songes
(c/w DEBUSSY: La mer, trois esquisses symphoniques; RAVEL: La valse, poeme choregraphique)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Mariss Jansons (conductor)
RCO Live RCO 08001 (Hybrid SACD)
TCHAIKOVSKY: Violin Concerto Op. 35
(c/w Souvenir d'un lieu cher Op. 42, arr. for violin and orchestra Alexander Glasunov; Pas d'action, Swan Lake Op. 20, Act 2; Danse Russe, Swan Lake OP. 20, Act 3)
Baiba Skride (violin), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons (conductor)
Sony 88697214232 (CD)
MARTINU: Suite concertante H276 (first version); Suite concertante H276A (second version); Rhapsody-Concerto H337 from disc The Complete Music for Violin and Orchestra Volume 3
Bohuslav Matousek (violin/viola), Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Christopher Hogwood (conductor)
Hyperion CDA67673 (CD)
MARTINU: Violin Concerto No. 2 H293
(c/w Serenada No. 2 for strings H216; Toccata e due canzoni H311)
Isabelle Faust (violin), Cedric Tiberghien (piano), The Prague Philharmonia, Jiri Belohlavek (conductor)
Harmonia Mundi HMC901951 (CD)
11.15 New Releases
LORRAINE AT EMMANUEL - Celebrating the Lives of Craig Smith and Lorraine Hunt Lieberson
(JS BACH: arias from Cantata BWV 30; Cantata BWV 33*; HANDEL: Dejanira's arias from Hercules)
Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (mezzo-soprano), The Orchestra of Emmanuel Music, Craig Smith (conductor), John Harbison (conductor)*
Avie AV2130 (CD)
11.40am Disc of the Week
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 5 Op. 67
(Symphonies 1-2 and 4-9; Overtures: The Consecration of the House, Coriolan, The Ruins of Athens, The Creatures of Prometheus, Marcia alla Turca)
Anna-Kristiina Kaappola (soprano), Marianne Beate Kielland (alto), Markus Schafer (tenor), Thomas Bauer (bass), Anima Eterna, Jos van Immerseel (conductor)
Zig Zag Territoires ZZT080402/6 (6 CDs, Budget)
