Building a Library: Charpentier: Te Deum, H.146
Reviewer - Graham Sadler
First Choice: Les Arts Florissants, William Christie (conductor)
(recorded 1988; c/w Missa "Assumpta est Maria", H.11; Litanies de la vierge, H.83): HARMONIA MUNDI HMC901298 (CD) or HMC801298 (SACD/CD Hybrid)
Budget Choice: Aradia Ensemble, Kevin Mallon (conductor)
(recorded 2003; c/w Dixit Dominus, H.204; Messe de Minuit pour Noel, H.9):
CD Review BAL Catalogue Data bal.charpentier:
bal.charpentier.te.deum.h.146
Discs played and reviewed in this programme
[Available at full price unless indicated]
NB Timings are approximate
09:00
TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto in D, Op.35
(Finale played)
(c/w Serenade melancolique, Op.26; Valse - Scherzo, Op.34; Souvenir d'un lieu cher, Op.42*):
Julia Fischer (violin), Russian National Orchestra, Yakov Kreizberg (conductor/piano*)
PENTATONE PTC5186095 (SACD/CD Hybrid)
BARTOK The Wooden Prince (excerpt played)
(c/w Kossuth, symphonic poem):
Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra, Zoltan Kocsis (conductor)
HUNGAROTON HSACD32502 (SACD/CD Hybrid)
09:30
Building A Library Recommendations
CHARPENTIER Te Deum, H. 146
Reviewer: Graham Sadler
First Choice:
Les Arts Florissants, William Christie (conductor)
(recorded 1988; c/w Missa "Assumpta est Maria", H. 11; Litanies de la vierge, H. 83):
HARMONIA MUNDI HMC901298 (CD) or HMC801298 (SACD/CD Hybrid)
Budget Choice:
Aradia Ensemble, Kevin Mallon (conductor)
(recorded 2003; c/w Dixit Dominus, H. 204; Messe de Minuit pour Noel, H. 9):
NAXOS 8557229 (CD, budget)
Next week, David Owen Norris compares the available recordings of Elgar's 1st Symphony.
10:15
Listener Suggestions
MOZART Piano Concerto No.22 in E flat, K482 (1st movement played)
(c/w Piano concerto No.27 in B flat, K595; Adagio and Fugue for String Orchestra in C minor, K546):
Sviatoslav Richter (piano), English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten (conductor)
BBC LEGENDS BBCL42062 (CD, mid-price)
ORFF Carmina Burana (excerpt played)
Claire Rutter (soprano), Tom Randle (tenor), Markus Eiche (baritone), Highcliffe Junior Choir, Bournemouth Symphony Youth Chorus, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Marin Alsop (conductor)
NAXOS 8570033 (CD, budget)
YORK BOWEN Fantasia, Op.132
(c/w from CD entitled 'Works for Piano, Volume 2' - also including Sonata No.5, Op.72; Nocturne, Op.78; Ripples (A Short Sketch), Op.100 No.1; Two Preludes; Two Intermezzi, Op.141; Siciliano and Toccatina, Op.128; Four Bagatelles, Op.147; Evening Calm):
Joop Celis (piano)
CHANDOS CHAN10410 (CD)
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11:00
Wagner's Die Walkure
Reviewer: Christopher Wintle
WAGNER Die Walkure
(State Opera of South Australia - live recording 2004):
Stuart Skelton (Siegmund), Deborah Riedel (Sieglinde), Richard Green (Hunding), John Brocheler (Wotan), Lisa Gasteen (Brunnhilde), Elizabeth Campbell (Fricka), Elizabeth Stannard (Gerhilde), Lisa Harper-Brown (Ortlinde), Liane Keegan (Waltraute), Zan McKendree-Wright (Schwertleite), Kate Ladner (Helmwige), Gaye MacFarlane (Siegrune), Jennifer Barnes (Grimgerde), Donna-Maree Dunlop (Rossweise), Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Asher Fisch (conductor)
MELBA RECORDINGS MR301091-94
(4-SACD/CD Hybrid)
WAGNER Die Walkure
(Bayreuth Festival - live recording 1955):
Ramon Vinay (Siegmund), Gre Brouwenstijn (Sieglinde), Josef Greindl (Hunding), Hans Hotter (Wotan), Astrid Varnay (Brunnhilde), Georgine von Milinkovic (Fricka), Hertha Wilfert (Gerhilde), Gerda Lammers (Ortlinde), Elisabeth Schartel (Waltraute), Maria von Ilosvay (Schwertleite), Hilde Scheppan (Helmwige), Jean Watson (Siegrune), Georgine von Milinkovic (Grimgerde), Maria Graf (Rossweisse), Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, Joseph Keilberth (conductor)
TESTAMENT SBT41391 (4-CD)
WAGNER Die Walkure
(Netherlands Opera - live recording 2005):
John Keyes (Siegmund), Charlotte Margiono (Sieglinde), Kurt Rydl (Hunding), Albert Dohmen (Wotan), Linda Watson (Brunnhilde), Doris Soffel (Fricka), Dorothy Grandia (Gerhilde), Ellen van Haaren (Ortlinde), Natascha Petrinsky (Waltraute), Hebe Dijkstra (Schwertleite), Turid Karlsen (Helmwige), Irene Pieters (Siegrune), Marina Prudenskaja (Grimgerde), Qiu Lin Zhang (Rossweisse), Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, Hartmut Haenchen (conductor)
ETCETERA KTC5501 (4-SACD/CD Hybrid)
11:45
Disc Of The Week
HANDEL Concerti grossi Op.3; Sonata a 5, HWV288:
Academy of Ancient Music, Richard Egarr (conductor)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMU907415 (CD) or HMU807415 (SACD/CD Hybrid)
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