Playlist

HOT OFF THE PRESS:
VIVALDI Concerto in A Minor for Bassoon, Strings & Continuo RV498; Concerto in D Minor for Bassoon, Strings & Continuo RV481; Concerto in A Minor for Oboe, Strings & Continuo RV461; Concerto in G Major for Oboe, Bassoon, Strings & Continuo RV545;
Concerto in C Major for Oboe, Strings & Continuo RV451; Concerto ‘La Notte’ in B Flat Major for Bassoon, Strings & Continuo RV501:
Sergio Azzolini (bassoon), Hans Peter Westermann (oboe),
Sonatori de la Gioiosa Marca
NAÏVE OPUS 111 OP 30379 (CD)
SCHUBERT Winterreise D911: Ian Bostridge (tenor), Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)
EMI 557790 2 (CD)
BARBER Piano Sonata, Op.26; IVES Piano Sonata No.2 ‘Concord, Mass., 1840-1860’: Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano)
HYPERION CDA 67469 (CD)

CD entitled ‘Chanticleer – How Sweet the Sound’: L.V. McCOLLUM Jesus Hits Like an Atom Bomb; W.H. BREWSTER, Sr. Surely God is Able; TRAD. Amazing Grace; Medley: Soon One Mornin’. What You Gon’ Do When The World’s On Fire?. You Can’t Hide. Run on For A Long Time; Didn’t It Rain; Sit Down Servant/Plenty Good Room; Keep Your Hand On The Plow (Hold On); My Soul Is a Witness; There Is A Balm In Gilead; Medley: Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child. Poor Pilgrim of Sorrow. Walk in Jerusalem; JENNINGS Be Still and Know that I’m God: Chanticleer, with Bishop Yvette A. Flunder, Joseph Jennings (musical director and arranger)
WARNER CLASSICS 2564 60309-2 (CD)

MERULA Hor ch’e tempo di morire “canzonetta spirituale sopra alla nanna”; SALVATORE Allor che Tirsi udia: CARISSIMI Deh, memoria, e che piu chiedi; MONTEVERDI Vorrei baciarti; Se i languidi miei sguardi; CAVALLI Erme e solighe cime in ‘La Calisto’; LEGRENZI Costei ch’ in mezzo al volto scritt’ha il mio cor; HANDEL Lungi da me pensier tiranno; VIVALDI Pianti, sospiri e dimandar mercede RV 676: Sara Mingardo (contralto), Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini (director)
NAÏVE OPUS 111 OP 30395 (CD)

BUILDING A LIBRARY RECOMMENDATION:
SCHUBERT Symphony No.8 in B Minor D 759
‘Unfinished’
Reviewer: Andrew Manze
First Choice:
Vienna Philharmonic, Carlos Kleiber (conductor)
(recorded 1978; c/w Symphony No.3 in D Major D200)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 449 745-2 (CD, mid-price ’Originals’)
Also available c/w BRAHMS Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op.98; *WAGNER Tristan und Isolde (Act 3, Scene 3) (CD entitled ‘Carlos Kleiber Tribute To A Unique Artist’) * Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Kurwenal), Wolfgang Hellmich (Steersman), Brigitte Fassbaender (Brangane), Werner Gotz (Melot), Kurt Moll (Marke), Margaret Price (Isolde), Staatskapelle Dresden, DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 477 5324 (CD, mid-price)

[Next week’s Building a Library will feature Beethoven’s Bagatelles.]

CONSUMER SLOT – VIRGIN CLASSICS
SMETANA String Quartet No. 1 in E Minor ‘From my Life’; DVORAK String Quartet in F Major, Op.96 ‘American’; MARTINU Double Concerto for Two String Orchestras, Piano & Timpani; Concerto for String Quartet & Orchestra; Sinfonia Concertante for Oboe, Bassoon, Violin, Cello & Orchestra: Endellion String Quartet, John Alley (piano), Charles Fullbrook (timpani), Nicholas Daniel (oboe), Stephen Reay (bassoon), Andrew Watkinson (violin) Stephen Orton (cello), City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox (conductor)
VIRGIN 5 624372 (2-CD, budget)

MOZART Symphony No.38 in D Major ‘Prague’ K504; Symphony No.39 in E Flat Major K543; Symphony No.40 in G Minor K550; Symphony No.41 in C Major ‘Jupiter’ K551: Sinfonia Varsovia, Yehudi Menuhin (conductor)
VIRGIN 5624282 (2-CD, budget)

ELGAR Violin Concerto in B Minor, Op.61*; +Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op.85; +Sea Pictures, Op.37: *Dmitri Sitkovetsky (violin), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin (conductor), +Steven Isserlis (cello), Felicity Palmer (contralto), London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox (conductor)
VIRGIN 562425 2 (2-CD, budget)

PART Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten*; Summa*; +The Beatitudes; Fratres (version VI)**; Festina Lente*; +Magnificat; Silentium (from Tabula Rasa)* (CD1); Statuit ei Dominus; Missa syllabica; Beatus Petronius; 7 Magnificat Antiphons; De Profundis; Memento; Cantate Domino; Solfeggio (CD2): +Guy Johnston (treble), Tasmin Little, Richard Studt (violin), Martin Roscoe (piano), +Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury (conductor), *Bournemouth Sinfonietta, Richard Studt (conductor), **London Philharmonic, Franz Welser-Most (conductor); (CD2): Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tonu Kaljuste (conductor)
VIRGIN 5624342 (2-CD, budget)

POULENC Figure humaine; Quatre Motets pour un temps de penitence; Laudes de Saint
Antoine de Padoue ; Quatre Motets pour le temps de Noel; Quatre petites Prieres de Saint Francois d’Assise; Salve Regina; Ave verum corpus; Exultate Deo; Mass in G; Un soir de neige ; Chansons francaises; Chanson a boire ; Sept chansons: The Sixteen, Harry Christophers (conductor)
VIRGIN 5624312 (2-CD, budget)

NEW RELEASES: BAROQUE
Reviewer: Simon Heighes
HANDEL Dixit Dominus; CALDARA Missa Dolorosa & Crucifixus: Balthasar-Neumann Choir & Ensemble, Thomas Hengelbrock (conductor)
DEUTSCHE HARMONIA MUNDI 82876 587922 (SACD/CD hybrid)

CD entitled VIVALDI ‘Concertos for the Emperor’: Concerto No.2 in C Major RV 189; Concerto No.3 in C Minor RV 202; Concerto No.4 in F Major RV 286; Concerto No.7 in C Major RV 183; Concerto No.10 ‘L’amoroso’ in E Major RV 271; Concerto No.11 ‘Il favorito’ in E Minor RV 277: The English Concert, Andrew Manze (solo violin & director)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMU 907332 (CD)

A. SCARLATTI La Santissima Trinita: Roberta Invernizzi (Fede), Veronique Gens (Amor divino) Vivica Genaux (Teologia), Paul Agnew (Indedelta), Ensemble Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi (violin/director)
VIRGIN 545666 2 (CD)
RAMEAU Pieces de Clavecin (Vol.2) Nouvelles suites de pieces de clavecin (1728) – Suite in A ; Suite in G ; Five pieces from ‘Pieces de clavecin en concerts’ arranged for solo harpsichord ; La Dauphine : Sophie Yates (harpsichord)
CHANDOS CHAN 0708 (CD)

B. MARCELLO Concerto in E Minor for Violin, Cello, Strings & Continuo; VIVALDI Concerto in D Minor for 2 Violins, Cello, Strings & Continuo, Op.111 No.11 RV 565 ; Concerto in G Minor for Violin, Cello, Strings & Continuo Op.IV No.6 RV 316a; Concerto in G Minor ‘La Notte’ for Flute, Strings & Bass Continuo, Op.x No.2 RV 439; A. MARCELLO Concerto in D Minor for Oboe, Strings & Continuo; BACH Italian Concerto BWV 971: Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini (conductor)
NAÏVE OP 30301 (CD)


AN INTERVIEW WITH COMPOSER PETER SCULTHORPE
SCULTHORPE Irkanda IV for solo violin, strings and percussion; Djilile (excerpts played; c/w Irkanda 1 for solo violin; Lament for cello and strings; Second sonata for strings; Cello Dreaming): Australian Chamber Orchestra,
Richard Tognetti (violin and director)
CHANDOS 10063 (CD)

SCULTHORPE Sun Music 3: (excerpt played; c/w The Fifth Continent: Small Town; Little Serenade; Piano Concerto: Calmo; Earth Cry; Awake, Glad Heart; Sonata for Strings No.3; Child of Australia: An Australian Anthem; Advance Australia Fair; Port Arthur: In Memoriam): Adelaide Symphony Orchestra,
David Porcelijn (conductor)
ABC CLASSICS ABC 465 270-2 (CD)

SCULTHORPE Earth Cry (excerpt played; c/w Mangrove; Songs of Sea and Sky; Kakadu; From Ubirr: William Barton (Didjeridu),
The Queensland Orchestra, Michael Christie (conductor)
ABC CLASSICS ABC 476 192-1 (CD)

SCULTHORPE String Quartet No.13 Island Dreaming (excerpt played; c/w String Quartet No.11; Jaribu Dreaming; Little Serenade; From Nourlangie; String Quartet No.8; Maranoa Lullaby): Brodsky Quartet
Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo)
VANGUARD CLASSICS 99215 (CD, mid-price)


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This week's choices:

Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier book 1: Prelude and Fugue in E flat
Daniel Barenboim (piano)
Warner Classics 2564 615532

Messiaen: Eclairs sur l'au-dela (2nd and 3rd mvts)
Berlin Philharmonic / Simon Rattle
EMI 5577882

Schubert: Winterreise: No 22 Mut; No 23 Die Nebensonnen; No 24 Der Leiermann
Nathalie Stutzmann (contralto) Inger Sodergren (piano)
Calliope CAL 9339

Hummel: Violin Concerto in G major (Finale)
James Ehnes (violin) London Mozart Players, Howard Shelley (conductor)
Chandos CHAN 10255

RADIO 3's DISC OF THE WEEK:
BARTOK Violin Sonata No.2; Violin Sonata No.1; Sonata for Solo Violin: Christian Tetzlaff (violin), Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)
VIRGIN 5456682 (CD)

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