Playlist

HOT OFF THE PRESS:
CD entitled 'BACH The Conductors' Transcriptions' –
Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring (orch. Ormandy);
Toccata and Fugue in D Minor BWV 565 (orch. Skrowaczewski);
Herzlich tut mich verlangen (orch. Leinsdorf);
Suite No.6 for Full Orchestra (orch. Henry Wood);
Air on the G String (orch. Sargent);
Sheep May Safely Graze (orch. Barbirolli);
Fantasia and Fugue in G Minor, BWV 545 (orch. Mitropoulos);
Ich ruf’ zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ (orch. Gui);
Bist du bei mir? (orch. Klemperer);
A Mighty Fortress is Our God (orch. Damrosch):
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin (conductor)
CHANDOS CHSA 5030 (SACD/CD Hybrid)

CD entitled ‘Short Tales For a Viol’ – English Music of the 17th century for viola da gamba and lyra-viol:
ANONYMOUS For the Back of the Bow (William Ballet lyra-viol book);
MACE A Laborinth;
S.IVES La Cloche;
ANONYMOUS Hunt is up (John Playford, Musicks Recreation on the Viol) and other works:
Vittorio Ghielmi (viols)
WINTER & WINTER 910 085-2 (CD)

ELGAR
Te Deum Laudamus, Op.34, No.1;
Benedictus, Op.34, No.2;
Give Unto the Lord, Op.74;
Ave verum corpus, Op.2, No.1;
Ave Maria, Op.2, No.2;
Ave maris stella, Op.2, No.3;
O hearken Thou, Op.64;
O salutaris hostia; Great is the Lord, Op.67;
The Spirit of the Lord in upon me (from The Apostles);
Go, Song of Mine, Op.57;
Seek Him that maketh the seven stars (from The Light of Life, Op.29);
Light of the World (from The Light of Life, Op.29):
Choir of St John's College, Cambridge, Jonathan Vaughn (organ),
Christopher Robinson (conductor)
NAXOS 8.557288 (CD, budget)

CD entitled 'Homenatge al Misteri d'Elx (Sacred Drama for the Feast of the Assumption of the Virgin – Mystery Play of Elche, in South-eastern Spain):
Montserrat Figueras (Mary), Arianna Savall (Angel), Lluis Vilamajo (St John), Pascal Bertin (St Peter), Lambert Climent, Francese Garrigosa, Daniele Carnovich (The Apostles),
La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Jordi Savall (director)
ALIA VOX AV9836 (CD)

ADAMS
*Road Movies; +^Hallelujah Junction; +China Gates; +American Berserk; ^Phrygian Gates
(from CD entitled ‘Road Movies’:
*Leila Josefowicz (violin), *John Novacek (piano), +Nicolas Hodges, ^Rolf Hind (piano)
NONESUCH 7559 796992 (CD)

BUILDING A LIBRARY RECOMMENDATION:
BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No.21 Op.53 ‘Waldstein’
Reviewer: Penelope Thwaites
First Choice:
Maurizio Pollini (piano) (recorded live 1997; c/w Piano Sonata No.11 in B Flat Major, Op.22; Piano Sonata No.12 in A Flat Major, Op.26)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 435 472 2 (CD)

[Next week’s Building a Library will feature Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring.]


CONSUMER SLOT – EARLY MUSIC, ALFRED DELLER & DAVID MUNROW
CD entitled ‘Alfred Deller: Portrait of a Legend’
includes Opera & Stage music by Henry PURCELL
excerpts from The Fairy Queen; King Arthur; The Indian Queen;
Plainchant & Sacred Song by
TALLIS Te Lucis ante terminum (Cantiones sacrae);
COUPERIN Deuxieme Lecon de Tenebres pour le Mercredy;
BUXTEHUDE Canatata Jubilate Domino;
PURCELL In Guilty Night (Saul & The Witch of Endor);
GIBBONS Great King of Gods;
PALESTRINA Ave Verum ;
GRANDI Cantabo Domine;
Solo Songs by MORLEY It was a lover and his lass; O Mistress Mine;
ROSSETER What then is love;
CLARKE The Glory of the Arcadian Groves;
DOWLAND Fine knacks for ladies; Flow my tears;
PURCELL If music be the food of love; From rosy bow’rs; O Solitude;
CACCINI Pien d’amoroso affetto; Amarilli, mia bella;
SARACINI Pallidetto qual viola;
Folksongs – including ANONYMOUS Black is the colour of my true love’s hair; The Three Ravens; Barbara Allen; The Water is Wide; Bushes & Briars; She moved through the fair;
MORLEY Sweet nymph, come to thy lover; I go before my darling; Miraculous Love’s wounding:
Alfred Deller (countertenor), Desmond Dupre (viola da gamba), Robert Elliott (harpsichord),
Deller Consort, Jaye Consort of Viols, Stour Music Chorus & Orchestra, 
The King’s Music, Wieland Kuijken (viola da gamba) William Christie (harpsichord)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMX 290261.64 (4-CD, mid-price)

CD entitled ‘David Munrow Henry VIII and his Six Wives’ –
Music arranged and composed by David Munrow: includes –
Basse Danse ‘Jouyssance Vous Donneray’; Street Music; O Death Rock Me Asleep; Fireworks Music ; The King’s Ballad: ‘Pastime with Good Company; My Lady Carey’s Dompe; Greensleeves to a ground; The Fairie Round; Orlando Sleepeth; The King of Denmark’s Galliard (and pieces from the LP ‘Greensleeves To A Ground’ from 1977):
The Early Music Consort of London, David Munrow (director)
TESTAMENT SBT 1250 (CD, mid-price)

CD entitled ‘Music for Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain;
Instruments of the Middle Ages & Renaissance’:
includes ‘Viva el gran Re Don Fernando con la Reina Don Isabella; Ut queant laxis; Aquel caballero, madre; Caro ortolano; Pavana; La Volta: The Early Music Consort of London, David Munrow (director)
TESTAMENT SBT 1251 (CD mid-price)

NEW RELEASES: CHAMBER
Reviewer: Lowri Blake
BUSONI
Complete Violin Sonatas :
Lara Lev (violin), Matti Raekallio (piano)
FINLANDIA 2564 61078-2 (CD)

DOHNANYI
Sonata for cello & piano, Op.8;
Sonata for violin and piano, Op.21;
Serenade for string Trio, Op.10:
David Grimal (violin), Gerard Causse (viola), Marc Coppey (cello), Michel Beroff (piano)
AEON AECD 0419 (CD)

SUK
Piano Quartet in A Minor, Op.1;
Four Pieces for Violin & Piano, Op.17;
Piano Quintet in G Minor, Op.8:
The Nash Ensemble
HYPERION CDA 67448 (CD)

BRAHMS
Clarinet Quintet, Op.115;
Clarinet Trio, Op.114:
Joan Enric Lluna (clarinet), Tokyo String Quartet, Lluis Claret (cello), Josep Colom (piano)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMI 987048 (CD)

SHOSTAKOVICH
Piano Trio No.1, Op.8 in C Minor;
Piano Trio No.2, Op.67 in E Minor;
COPLAND Vitebsk Trio:
Trio Wanderer – Vincent Coq (piano), Jean-Marc Phillips-Varjabedian (violin), Raphael Pidoux (cello)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 901825 (CD)

AN INTERVIEW WITH VIOLINIST MIDORI
BARTOK
Violin Concerto No. 2 (excerpt from 1st movement played;
c/w BARTOK Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. Posth.):
Midori (violin), Berlin Philharmonic, Zubin Mehta (conductor)
SONY CLASSICAL SK 45941(CD)

AMY BEACH
Romance for Violin and Piano, Op. 23
(excerpt; c/w WIENIAWSKI Violin Concerto No. 1 in F sharp minor, Op. 14; DEBUSSY La fille aux cheveux de lin; KREISLER La Gitana; PROKOFIEV Tales of an Old Grandmother, Op. 31; EDE POLDINI The Dancing Doll; ELGAR Chanson de nuit
(from CD entitled ‘Midori 20th Anniversary Album’):
Midori (violin), Robert McDonald (piano), Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra,
Leonard Slatkin (conductor)
SONY CLASSICAL SK 89700 (CD)


ELGAR
Violin Sonata in E minor, Op. 82 (excerpt from 2nd movement played;
c/w FRANCK Violin Sonata in A major): Midori (violin), Robert McDonald (piano)
SONY CLASSICAL SK 63331 (CD)


SHOSTAKOVICH
Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 99
(excerpt from 2nd movement played;
c/w TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35):
Midori (violin), Berlin Philharmonic, Claudio Abbado (conductor)
SONY CLASSICAL SK68338 (CD)


MENDELSSOHN
Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64
(excerpt from 3rd movement played;
c/w BRUCH Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26:
Midori (violin), Berlin Philharmonic, Mariss Jansons (conductor)
SONY CLASSICAL SK87740 (CD)


RADIO 3'S DISC OF THE WEEK:
IVES
Piano Sonata No.2 'Concord' (performed with Ives's optional parts for flute & viola);
The Housatonic at Stockbridge; The Things Our Fathers Loved; From The Swimmers; Memories (A– Very Pleasant, B – Rather Sad); Ann Street; Serenity; 1, 2, 3, ; Songs my mother taught me; The Circus Band; The Cage; The Indians; Like a Sick Eagle; “A Sound of a Distant Horn”; September; Soliloquy; A Farewell to Land:
Susan Graham (mezzo),
Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano),
Tabea Zimmermann (viola),
Emmanuel Pahud (flute)
WARNER CLASSICS 2564602972 (CD)