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ROZSA Cello Concerto, Op.32; Sinfonia Concertante for violin, cello and orchestra, Op.29 (2 nd movement played):
Raphael Wallfisch (cello), Philippe Graffin (violin), BBC Concert Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth (conductor)
ASV GLD 4018 (CD)
LEGRENZI Ave Regina from CD entitled 'Beata Vergine - Italian motets dedicted to the Virgin Mary, 17 th century' - also featuring works by BASSANI, CAPRIOLI, CAVALLI, COLONNA, FRESCOBALDI, GRANDI, MATTIOLI, RIGATTI and SANCES:
Philippe Jaroussky (counter-tenor), Marie-Nicole Lemieux (contralto), Ensemble Artaserse
VIRGIN CLASSICS 3447112 (CD)
CRECQUILLON Missa Mort m'a prive (Agnus Dei played); motets and chansons:
The Brabant Ensemble, Stephen Rice (director)
HYPERION CDA67596 (CD)
DEMENGA New York Honk - from CD entitled 'Chonguri' - also featuring music by BACH, CHOPIN, LISZT, FAURE, WEBERN, MILHAUD, Gaspar CASSADO, Sulkhan TSINTSADZE:
Thomas Demenga (cello), Thomas Larcher (piano), Teodoro Anzellotti (accordian)
ECM 4763022 (CD)
BUILDING A LIBRARY RECOMMENDATIONS:
Recordings of music by LULLY
Reviewer: Graham Sadler
LULLY Grands Motets Vol.1 - Te Deum; Miserere; Plaude laetare Gallia :
Le Concert Spirituel, Herve Niquet (conductor)
NAXOS 8.554397 (CD, budget)
LULLY Petits Motets - Omnes gentes; Regina Coeli; O sapientia; Laudate pueri; Salver Regina; Exaudi Deus; Anima Christi; Ave coeli; Dixit Dominus; O dulcissime; Domine salvum regem:
Les Arts Florissants, William Christie (conductor)
MUSIQUE D'ABORD HMA 1951274 (CD, budget)
LULLY 'Ballet Music for the Sun King' - Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme; Ballet d'Alcidiane et polexandre; Bellet de Xerxes; L'Amour Malade; Ballet du Temps; Ballet des Plaisirs:
Aradia Baroque Ensemble, Kevin Mallon (conductor)
NAXOS 8.554003 (CD, budget)
LULLY Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme; Les Nopces de Village; Cadmus et Hermione; PHILIDOR Le Mariage de la Grosse Cathos:
London Oboe Band, Marie-Ange Petit (baroque percussion), Paul Goodwin (conductor)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMU907122 (CD)
LULLY Atys:
Guy de Mey (Atys), Guillemette Laurens (Cybele), Agnes Mellon (Sangaride), Jean-Francois Gardeil (Celenus), Les Arts Florissants, William Christie (conductor)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMC901257.59 (3-CD)
LULLY Les Divertissements de Versailles - selections from the operas and ballets, including Isis; Armide; Psyche; Georges Dandin; Les Plaisirs de l'Ile Enchantee; Ballet des Muses; Roland:
Les Arts Florissants, William Christie (conductor)
ERATO 0927-44655-2 (CD)
LULLY Phaeton:
Howard Crook (Phaeton), Rachel Yakar (Clymene), Jennifer Smith (Theone), Veronique Gens (Libye), Gerard Theruel (Epaphus), Ensemble Vocal Sagittarius, Les Musiciens de Louvre, Marc Minkowski (conductor)
APEX 2564621842 (2-CD, budget)
LULLY Persee:
Paul Agnew (Persee), Anna Maria Panzarella (Andromede), Salome Haller (Merope), Jerome Correas (Phinee), Maitrise du Centre de Musique Bbaroque de Versailles "Les Chantres de la Chapelle", Les Talens Lyrique, Christophe Rousset (conductor)
NAIVE E8874 (3-CD, mid-price)
LULLY Armide:
Guillemette Laurens (Armide), Howard Crook (Renaud), Veronique Gens (La Gloire, Phenice, Melisse, Une Bergere), Noemi Rime (La Sagesse, Sidonie, Lucinde, Une Naiade), Bernard Deletre (Hidraot, Ubalde), Gilles Ragon (Le Chevalier Danois, Un Amant Fortune), Chorus and Orchestra of Collegium Vocale and Chapelle Royale, Philippe Herreweghe (conductor)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMC901456.57 (2-CD)
LULLY Roland:
Nicolas Teste (Roland), Anna-Maria Panzarella (Angelique), Olivier Dumait (Medor), Monique Zanetti (Temire, Belise), Robert Getchell (Astolfe), Salome Haller (Logistille), Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset (conductor)
AMBROISIE AMB 9949 (3-CD)
[Next week's Building a Library features SCHUMANN's Carnaval]
Consumer Spot -
EMI Great Recordings of the Century
RACHMANINOV Piano Concerto No.3 in D minor, Op.30; SAINT-SAENS Piano Concerto No.2 in G minor, Op.22; SHOSTAKOVICH 24 Preludes and Fugues, Op.87:
Emil Gilels (piano), Orchestre de la Societe des Concerts du Conservatoire, Andre Cluytens (conductor)
EMI CLASSICS 3458192 (CD, mid-price)
Also on TESTAMENT SBT1029 (CD, mid-price)
DEBUSSY Pelleas et Melisande; Melodies - Fetes Galantes*, Chansons de Bilitis*, Le Promenoir des deux amants*, Proses lyriques (no.2)*, Ballades de Francois Villon (no.3)*, Pelleas et Melisande (excerpt)+, Ariettes oubliees (nos.1, 3 & 5)+:
Jacques Jansen (Pelleas), Irene Joachim (Melisande), Henri-Bertrand Etcheverry (Golaud), Germaine Cerney (Genevieve), Paul Cabanel (Arkel), Leila ben Sedira (Yniold), Emile Rousseau (The Shepherd), Armand Narcon (The Physician), Choeurs Yvonne Gouverne, Orchestre Symphonique, Roger Desormiere (conductor), Maggie Teyte (soprano)*, Alfred Cortot (piano)*, Mary Garden (soprano)+, Claude Debussy (piano)+
EMI CLASSICS 3457702 (3-CD, mid-price)
DEBUSSY Pelleas et Melisande:
Premiere Complete Recording 1941 - Jacques Jansen (Pelleas), Irene Joachim (Melisande), Henri-Bertrand Etcheverry (Golaud), Germaine Cerney (Genevieve), Paul Cabanel (Arkel), Leila ben Sedira (Yniold), Emile Rousseau (The Shepherd), Armand Narcon (The Physician), Choeurs Yvonne Gouverne, Orchestre Symphonique, Roger Desormiere (conductor);
The 1928 George Truc recording (abridged) - Alfred Maguenat (Pelleas), Marthe Nespoulos (Melisande), Hector Dufranne (Golaud), Claire Croiza (Genevieve), Armand Narcon (Arkel), Orchestre de l'Opera, Georges Truc (conductor);
The 1927 Piero Coppola recording (excerpts from Acts 2-4) - Charles Panzera (Pelleas), Yvonne Brothier (Melisande), Vanni-Marcoux (Golaud), Willy Tubiana (Arkel), Grand Orchestre Symphonique du Gramophone, Piero Coppola (conductor);
The 1928 Germaine Cernay recording (excerpt from Act 1) - Germaine Cernay (Genevieve), Orchestre (without further specification), Gustave Cloez (conductor);
The 1930 Albert Wolff recording (excerpts from Act 3) - Andre Gaudin (Pelleas), Simone Berriao (Melisande), Jose Beckmans (Golaud), Orchestre (without further specification), Albert Wolff (conductor)
ANDANTE 3990 (4-CD, mid-price)
WAGNER Die Walkure (Act 1, Act 2 Sc. 3 & 5):
Lotte Lehmann (Sieglinde), Lauritz Melchior (Siegmund), Emanuel List (Hunding), Ella Flesche (Brunnhilde), Alfred Jerger (Wotan), Wiener Philharmoniker, Bruno Walter (conductor)
EMI CLASSICS 3458322 (CD, mid-price)
MILHAUD La Creation du monde, Op.81; Saudades do Brasil, Op.67 (extracts); Le Boeuf sur le toit, Op.58; Saudades do Brasil, Op.67 (complete)*:
Orchestre National de France, Leonard Bernstein (conductor), The Concert Arts Orchestra*, Darius Milhaud (conductor)*
EMI CLASSICS 3458082 (CD, mid-price)
ELGAR Violin Concerto in B minor, Op.61; Introduction and Allegro, Op.47:
Nigel Kennedy (violin), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley (conductor)
EMI CLASSICS 3457922 (CD, mid-price)
New Releases - Beethoven and Ries
Reviewer: William Mival
RIES Grande Sonate in D, Op.9 No.1; Grande Sonate Fantasie 'L'Infortune' in F sharp minor, Op.26; Andantino from Sonatina, Op.5 No.1; Andantino from Sonatina, Op.5 No.2:
Alexandrda Oehler (piano)
CPO 7771362 (CD, mid-price)
BEETHOVEN The Piano Sonatas Vol.2 - Sonata No.5 in C minor, Op.10 No.1; Sonata No.6 in F, Op.10 No.2; Sonata No.7 in D, Op.10 No.3; Sonata No.8 in C minor, Op.13 'Pathetique':
Andras Schiff (piano)
ECM 4763100 (CD)
BEETHOVEN Sonata No.7 in D, Op.10 No.2; Sonata No.18 in E flat, Op.31 No.3; CHOPIN 6 Waltzes; Andante spianato Grande Polonaise, Op.22:
Ingrid Fliter (piano)
VAI AUDIO VAIA1250 (CD)
BEETHOVEN Symphony No.6 in F, Op.68 'Pastoral'; Symphony No.2 in D, Op.36:
London Symphony Orchestra, Bernard Haitink (conductor)
LSO LIVE LSO0082 (CD, budget)
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No.4 in G, Op.58; Piano Concerto in D, Op.61a:
Boris Berezovsky (piano), Swedish Chamber Orchestra Orebro, Thomas Dausgaard (conductor)
SIMAX PSC1280 (CD)
An interview with conductor Markus Stenz on the Gurzenich Orchestra Cologne 's GO Live! project
(NB Full versions of the concert performances were only available to purchase on CD after the concert as part of the GO Live! project. Edited compilations are available on the 'iTunes' website)
RAMEAU Les Indes Galantes, Suite No.1 (opening March played; c/w SCHUMANN Violin Concerto in D minor, Op.posth; HAYDN Symphony No.104 in D, Hob.I:104; HINDEMITH Kammermusik No.4, Op.36 No.3:
Kolja Blacher (violin), Gurzenich Orchestra Cologne, Markus Stenz (conductor)
GURZENICH ORCHESTER LIVE (2-CD)
GLANERT Argentum et Aurum (Sanctus played; c/w SCHUMANN Konzertstuck for 4 horns and orchestra; FAURE Requiem Op.48):
Michaela Kaune (soprano), Michael Nagy (baritone), Gurzenich Orchestra and Chorus Cologne, Markus Stenz (conductor)
GURZENICH ORCHESTER LIVE (2-CD)
SCHUMANN Konzertstuck for 4 horns and orchestra (from above disc):
Marksu Wittgens, Ricardo Almeida, Johannes Schuster, Jorn Koster (horns), Gurzenich Orchestra Cologne, Markus Stenz (conductor)
GURZENICH ORCHESTER LIVE (2-CD)
[Next week's guest is conductor Masaaki Suzuki]
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HENZE Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 3:
Peter Sheppard Skaerved (violin), Saarbrucken Radio Symphony Orchestra, Christoph Lyndon-Gee (conductor)
NAXOS 8.557738 (CD, budget)
Songs by FAURE, HAHN and HEAD; Arias by ROSSINI and HANDEL:
Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano), Julius Drake (piano)
WIGMORE HALL LIVE WHLive0009 (CD, mid-price)
BRIDGE Piano Music Vol.1 - including Piano Sonata:
Mark Bebbington (piano)
SOMM NEW HORIZONS SOMMCD056 (CD)
RADIO 3'S DISC OF THE WEEK:
WAGNER Parsifal (live recording):
Placido Domingo (Parsifal), Waltraud Meier (Kundry), Falk Struckmann (Amfortas), Franz-Josef Selig (Gurnemanz), Wolfgang Bankl (klingsor), Ain Anger (Titurel), Chorus and Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera, Christian Thielemann (conductor)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 4776006 (4-CD)
