With Andrew McGregor who plays some of this month's newest releases.
In Building a Library, Jeremy Summerly recommends a version of Frank Martin's Mass from the currently available recordings.
Harriet Smith reviews new piano discs, including Schubert's last Sonata from Leif Ove Andsnes, Rachmaninov's Second Sonata from Simon Trpceski, and a Liszt recital from Denis Matsuev.
Andrew McGregor talks to the Brodsky Quartet about the astonishing range of their recordings from Haydn to Shostakovich, Elvis Costello to Bjork.
Playlist
Hot Off The Press:
TCHAIKOVSKY String Quartet No.3 in E Flat Minor, Op.30; String Quartet No.2 in F Major, Op.22: Brodsky Quartet
BRODSKY RECORDS BRD3500 (CD)
RACHMANINOV Piano Trio in D Minor, Op.9 'Trio elegiaque'; SHOSTAKOVICH Piano Trio No.2 in E Minor, Op.67: Dmitri Makhtin (violin), Boris Berezovsky (piano), Alexander Kniazev (cello)
WARNER CLASSICS 2564 619372 (CD)
BARTOK Piano Concerto No.1*; Piano Concerto No.2+; Piano Concerto No.3**: *Krystian Zimerman (piano), Chicago Symphony Orchestra, +Leif Ove Andsnes (piano), Berlin Philharmonic, ** Helene Grimaud (piano), London Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez (conductor)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 477 5330 (CD)
BLOCH Violin Sonata No.1; Violin Sonata No.2 'Poeme mystique'; Melodie; Nuit exotique; Abodah: Hagai Shaham (violin), Arnon Erez (piano)
HYPERION CDA67439 (CD)
CD entitled 'Sea Change - The Choral Music of Richard Rodney BENNETT':
Sea Change; A Farewell To Arms; A Good-Night; Verses; Missa Brevis; Five Carols; Lullay Mine Liking; What Sweeter Music; Puer Nobis:
The Cambridge Singers, John Rutter (conductor)
COLLEGIUM RECORDS CSACD 901 (CD/SACD hybrid)
BUILDING A LIBRARY RECOMMENDATION:
Frank MARTIN: Mass for Double Choir
Reviewer: Jeremy Summerly
First Choice:
The Sixteen, Harry Christophers (conductor) (recorded 1995; c/w Cantate Pour Le 1er Aout; Chansons (1944); Chansons (1931); Songs of Ariel; Ode de la musique)
CORO COR16029 (CD)
Also Recommended:
The Choir of Westminster Cathedral, James O'Donnell (The Master of Music/*organ) (recorded 1997; c/w *Passacaille for Organ; PIZZETTI Messa di Requiem; De Profundis)
HYPERION CDA67017 (CD)
[Next week's Building a Library will feature Beethoven's Sonata for Cello and Piano No.3 in A Major Op.69]
Consumer Slot - Complete Bruckner Symphonies:
BRUCKNER The Nine Symphonies - Symphony No.1 in C Minor (Linz Version)*; +Helgoland Symphonic Chorus for male voices and orchestra*; Symphony No.2 in C Minor (1877 version)*; Symphony No.3 in D Minor (1877 version)*; Symphony No.4 in E Flat Major 'Romantic' (1878/80 version); Symphony No.5 in B Flat Major (original version)*; Symphony No.6 in A Major (Leopold Nowak, Robert Haas edition, 1935)*; Symphony No.7 in E major*; Symphony No.8 in C Minor (Robert Haas Edition, 1939)*; Symphony No.9 in D Minor*: +Male Voices of the Rundfunkchor Berlin, +Ernst-Senff Choir, Berlin Philharmonic, Daniel Barenboim (conductor)
WARNER CLASSICS 2564 61891-2 (9-CD, budget price)
* = live performance
BRUCKNER The Nine Symphonies - Symphony No.1 in C Minor (Linz Version)*; Symphony No.2 in C Minor (original version)*; Symphony No.3 in D Minor (1889 version)*; Symphony No.4 in E Flat Major 'Romantic' (original version); Symphony No.5 in B Flat Major (original version)*; Symphony No.6 in A Major (original version)*; Symphony No.7 in E major (original version); Symphony No.8 in C Minor (original version)*; Symphony No.9 in D Minor (original version): Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Kurt Masur (conductor)
RCA RED SEAL 82876 60395-2 (9-CD, budget)
New Releases: Piano
Reviewer: Harriet Smith
SCHUBERT Piano Sonata in B Flat Major, D960; Viola D786; Der Winterabend D938; Abschied von der Erde (Melodrama) D829: Leif Ove Andsnes (piano), Ian Bostridge (piano)
EMI 5579012 (CD)
GINZBURG Fantasy on a Theme from Il barbiere di Siviglia; LISZT Sonata Apres une lecture de Dante (Annees de Pelerinage); Mephisto Waltz No.1; Hungarian Rhapsody No.2 (cadenza by D. Matsuev); HOROWITZ Variations on a Theme from Carmen (from CD entitled 'Denis Matsuev: Tribute to Horowitz'): Denis Matsuev (piano)
RCA 82876 612732 (CD)
D. SCARLATTI Sonata in B Flat Major K545; Sonata in F Minor, K466; Sonata in F Minor K365; Sonata in D Major, K435; Sonata in B Minor K87; Sonata in C Major K487; Sonata in F Sharp Minor K448; Sonata in D Major K492; Sonata in G Minor K30; Sonata in G Major K455; Sonata in G Minor; Sonata in G Major K427; Sonata in B Minor K197'; Sonata in B Minor K27; Sonata in A Major K24: Yevgeny Sudbin (piano)
BIS CD 1508 (CD)
HENSELT Douze Etudes caracteristiques de concert, Op.2; Poeme d'amour, Op.3; Douze Etudes de salon, Op.5: Piers Lane (piano)
HYPERION CDA 67495 (CD)
RACHMANINOV Prelude, Op.23 No.2 in B Flat Major; 'Siren', Op.21 No.5; Prelude, Op.23 No.1 in F Sharp Minor; Prelude Op.23, No.10 in G Flat Major; Prelude Op.32, No.12 in G Sharp Minor; Lullaby (Tchaikovsky, transc. Rachmaninov); Prelude Op.32 No.2 in B Flat Minor; 'Margaritki', Op.38, No.3; The Flight of the Bumblebee (Rimsky-Korsakov, transcr. Rachmaninov); Prelude Op.23 No.5 in G Minor; Prelude Op.23, No.4 in D Major; Scherzo from 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' (Mendelssohn, transc. Rachmaninov); Prelude Op.3 No.2 in C Sharp Minor; Piano Sonata No.2 in B Flat Minor, Op.36 (rev.1931):
Simon Trpceski (piano)
EMI 5579432 (CD)
An Interview with members of the Brodsky Quartet:
BEETHOVEN String Quartets Op.18 (No.1 in F Major; FIRSOVA String Quartet No.10 Op.84 "Malinconia" played; c/w ALVAREZ Metro Nativitas; JEGEDE String Quartet No.2; TANAKA At the Grave of Beethoven; BEAMISH Opus California; SMIRNOV String Quartet No.6, Op.106: Brodsky Quartet
CHALLENGE CLASSICS CC72009 (3-CD, mid-price)
COSTELLO The Juliet Letters (Expert Rites, played): Elvis Costello (vocals), Brodsky Quartet
WARNERS 936245180-2 (CD, mid-price)
RESPIGHI Il Tramonto (The Sunset) (excerpt played; c/w String Quartet in D Major; Quartetto Dorico): Brodsky Quartet and Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo)
CHALLENGE CLASSICS 72008 (CD)
John TAVENER Prayer of the Heart (Excerpt played from CD entitled 'John Tavener A Portrait'): Bjork & The Brodsky Quartet
NAXOS 8.558152-53 (2-CD, budget)
Emma LUDLOW Shallow Footsteps (excerpt played from CD entitled 'Moodswings'; c/w COSTELLO My Mood Swings; STING Until; CURTIS & SOUTH The Abyss; BLATCHINGTON MILL SCHOOL Venus Flytrap; BJORK I've Seen it All; D. MONK Song; Meredith MONK Gotham Lullaby; Richard Rodney BENNETT I Never Went Away; Arieh MILLER Swearing at the Moon; Emma TILLYER When Darkness Comes; Ron SEXSMITH Dumptruck; Errolly WALLEN Daedalus; Randy NEWMAN Real Emotional Girl): Brodsky Quartet with Sophie Grimmer (vocals)
BRODSKY QUARTET BRD 3501 (CD)
'THE LISTENING BOOTH':
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MAHLER Symphony No.8:
C.Brewer, S.Isokoski, J.Banse (sopranos), B.Remmert, J.Henschel (mezzos), J.Villars (tenor), D.Wilson-Johnson (baritone), J.Relyea (bass), City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Chorus, City of Birmingham Youth Chorus, Toronto Children's Chorus, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle (conductor)
EMI 5579452
MENDELSSOHN Complete String Quartets & Octet, Op.20:
Emerson String Quartet
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 477 5370 (4-CD)
CD entitled 'The Grand Organ of The Royal Albert Hall - First Recording of the restored organ' Works by LANQUETUIT Toccata in D Major (played); LISZT; HOWELLS; PARRY; ELGAR; COOK: Gillian Weir (organ)
PRIORY PRCD 859
RADIO 3'S DISC OF THE WEEK:
TIPPETT Boyhood's End; BRITTEN Um Mitternacht; Who are these children?; Sechs Holderlin-Fragmente; FINZI A Young Man's Exhortation: Mark Padmore (tenor), Roger Vignoles (piano)
HYPERION CDA67459 (CD)
