Playlist
[All recordings are available at full price unless indicated otherwise.]
VIVALDI Concerto in B flat, RV163
(c/w Sinfonia in C, RV111a; Concerto in G minor, RV157; Concerto in D minor, RV127; Sinfonia in B minor RV168; Concerto in C, RV114; Concerto in G minor, RV152; Concerto in D, RV121; Concerto in C minor, RV119; Concerto in G minor, RV156; Concerto in B flat, RV167; Sinfonia in G, RV146):
Venice Baroque Orchestra, Andrea Marcon (director/harpsichord)
ARCHIVE PRODUKTION 4745092 (CD)
PROKOFIEV Symphony No.4 in C, Op.47 (original version)
(c/w Symphony No.1 in D, Op.25 'Classical'; Symphony No.4 in C, Op.112 (revised 1947 version); Symphony No.2 in D minor, Op.40; Symphony No.3 in C minor, Op.44; Symphony No.5 in B flat, Op.100; Symphony No.6 in E flat minor, Op.111; Symphony No.7 in C sharp minor, Op.131):
London Symphony Orchestra, Valery Gergiev (conductor)
PHILIPS 4757655 (4-CD, mid-price)
ELGAR Romance for Bassoon and Orchestra, Op.62
(c/w Froissart Overture, Op.19; May Song; Carissima; Three Characteristic Pieces, Op.10; Minuet, Op.21; Chanson de Matin, Op.15 No.2; Chanson de Nuit, Op.15 No.1; Three Bavarian Dances):
Preman Tilson (bassoon), New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, James Judd (conductor)
NAXOS 8557577 (CD, budget)
SCHUBERT String Trio in B flat, D471
(c/w Piano Quintet in A, D667 ‘Trout’*; String Trio in B flat, D581):
Leopold String Trio, Paul Lewis (piano)*, Graham Mitchell (double bass)*
HYPERION CDA67527 (CD)
MAXWELL DAVIES Nunc Dimittis (from ‘The Edinburgh Service’)
(c/w Three Organ Voluntaries (Psalm 124; O God Abufe; All Sons of Adam); O magnum mysterium):
Michael Bonaventure (solo organ); Simon Nieminski (organ accompaniment); RSAMD Ensemble, Matthew Owens (conductor)
DELPHIAN DCD34037 (CD)
BEETHOVEN Sonata No. 6 in F, Op.10 No.2
(c/w Sonata No.5 in C minor, Op.10 No.1; Sonata No.7 in D, Op.10 No.3; Sonata No.8 in C minor, Op.13 ‘Pathetique’):
Andras Schiff (piano)
ECM NEW SERIES 4763100 (CD)
BERLIOZ Les Nuits D’Ete (Absence; Au cimetiere (Clair de lune); L’ile inconnue played)
(c/w MOZART Serenade in D, K250 ‘Haffner’):
Ian Bostridge (tenor), New York Philharmonic, Sir Colin Davis (conductor)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 4776386
(from DG CONCERTS series, available as digital download only from iTunes)
WAGNER Prelude and Liebestod (Tristan und Isolde)
(c/w R. STRAUSS Tod und Verklarung; Four Last Songs)
Christine Brewer (soprano), Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Donald Runnicles (conductor)
TELARC CD80661 (CD) or CD60661 (SACD)
(available 25th September)
MOZART Concerto No.2 in D, K211
(c/w Concerto No.1 in B flat, K207; Adagio in E, K261; Concerto No.3 in G, K216; Concerto No.4 in D, K218; Concerto No.5 in A, K219; Rondo in B flat, K269; Rondo in C, K373):
James Ehnes (violin), Mozart Anniversary Orchestra
CBC RECORDS SMCD52382 (2-CD, mid-price)
TCHAIKOVSKY Overture in F major
(c/w Symphony No.2 in C minor, Op.17 ‘Little Russian’; Festive Overture on the Danish National Anthem in D, Op.15; The Storm (Groza) Overture, Op.76):
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi (conductor)
BIS SACD-1418 (SACD/CD Hybrid)
BARTOK Concerto for 2 Pianos & Percussion
(c/w Concerto for Orchestra; Romanian Folk Dances):
Heini Karkkainen & Paavali Jumppanen (pianos), Lassi Erkkila & Tim Ferchen (percussion), Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo (conductor)
WARNER CLASSICS 2564 619472 (CD)
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