Discs played and reviewed in this programme
[Available at full price unless indicated]
NB Timings are approximate
09:05
CHARPENTIER Marches; DESMAREST De Profundis (extracts)
(from CD entitled 'Les Grandes Eaux Musicales 2007 du Chateau de Versailles' - also including DESTOUCHES Callirhoe (extracts); CHARPENTIER Te Deum (extracts); BOISMORTIER Sonate a Quatre; Daphnis et Chloe (extracts); LULLY Prosperine (extracts); HANDEL Water Music, Suite 1 (extracts):
Le Concert Spirituel, Herve Niquet (conductor)
GLOSSA GCD921613 (CD, mid-price)
DVORAK Slavonic Dances for four hands, Op.72 (extracts played)
(c/w Slavonic Dances for four hands, Op.46):
(live recording 2007)
Claire Desert, Emmanuel Strosser (piano)
MIRARE MIR042 (CD)
FELD Clarinet Quintet
(c/w String Quartet No.4; Two Pieces for Cello and Piano*; Viola Concerto+):
Prazak Quartet, Jan Mach (clarinet), Michal Kanka (cello)*, Jaromir Klepac (piano)*, Raphael Oleg (viola)+, Czech Radio Symphony Orchestra+, Vladimir Valek (conductor)+
PRAGA DIGITALS PRD/DSD250239 (SACD/CD Hybrid)
BARTOK Romanian Folk Dances (extract); TARAF DE HAIDOUKS The Missing Dance
(from CD entitled 'Maskarada' - works by ALBENIZ, BARTOK, FALLA, KETELBEY, KHACHATURIAN, KOSMA and TARAF DE HAIDOUKS):
Taraf de Haidouks
CRAMMED DISCS CRAW40 (CD)
10:00
STRAVINSKY The Soldier's Tale (extract played) - 1961 & 1967 Columbia sessions with narration recorded in 2006 (Jeremy Sams' English Version)
(c/w Symphonies of Wind Instruments*):
Jeremy Irons (narrator), Columbia Chamber Ensemble, Igor Stravinsky (conductor), Columbia Symphony Winds and Brass*, Robert Craft (conductor)*
SONY CLASSICAL 82876765862 (CD)
STRAVINSKY Suite from The Soldier's Tale (extract played)
(c/w Pastorale; Three Pieces for Clarinet; Pour Picasso; Pribaoutki*; Berceuses du Chat*; Renard - Burlesque in One Act; Two Balmont Songs; Three Japanese Lyrics; Scherzo a la Russe*; Song of the Volga Boatmen+):
Various artists, Robert Craft (conductor) - disc also features Orchestra of St Luke's* & Philharmonia Orchestra+
NAXOS 8557505 (CD, budget)
STRAVINSKY Violin Concerto (extract played); The Rite of Spring (1967 edition)
(from CD entitled 'Stravinsky - 125th Anniversary Album' - also including Zvezdolikiy: Cantata for Male Chorus and Orchestra*; Symphonies of Wind Instruments+):
Jennifer Frautschi (violin), Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra of St Luke's and Gregg Smith Singers*, Twentieth Century Classics Ensemble+, Robert Craft (conductor)
NAXOS 8557508
11:00
Listener Suggestions
STEPHEN DODGSON: String Quartet No.7 'Cross Currents' (3rd movement played) c/w String Quartets Nos.1,5, and 6
The Tippett Quartet
DUTTON DIGITAL/EPOCH CDLX 7182 (CD)
PADEREWSKI: Piano Sonata in E flat minor Op.21 (Finale played) c/w Variations and Fugue on an original theme in A minor, Op.11; Variations and Fugue on an original theme in E flat minor, Op.23
Jonathan Plowright (piano)
HYPERION CDA 67562 (CD)
11:30
Handel Airs and Arias
HANDEL Total eclipse (Samson); As steals the morn (L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato)
(from CD entitled 'Great Handel' - also including arias from Semele; Messiah; Serse; La Resurrezione; Acis and Galatea; Ariodante; Samson; L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato; Jeptha):
Ian Bostridge (tenor), Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Harry Bicket (conductor)
EMI CLASSICS 3822432 (CD)
HANDEL Heav'n smiles once more; His mighty arm; Waft her, angels (Jeptha)
(from CD entitled 'As steals the morn.' - arias and scenes from Alceste; Semele; Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno; Tamerlano; Samson; Rodelinda; Esther; L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato):
Mark Padmore (tenor), The English Concert, Andrew Manze (director)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMU907422 (CD)
HANDEL Qual leon (Arianna in Creta)
(from CD entitled 'Handel Arias' - arias from Ariodante; Giulio Cesare; Arianna in Creta):
Angelika Kirchschlager (soprano), Kammerorchester Basel, Laurence Cummings (conductor)
SONY CLASSICAL 82876889522 (CD)
HANDEL Where shall I fly? (Hercules); Scherza infida (Ariodante)
(from CD entitled 'Ah! Mio cor' - arias from Alcina; Hercules; Agrippina; Giulio Cesare; Joshua; Ariodante; Theodora; Amadigi di Gaula; Orlando; Rinaldo):
Magdalena Kozena (mezzo-soprano); Venice Baroque Orchestra; Andrea Marcon (conductor)
ARCHIV PRODUKTION 4776547 (CD)
HANDEL (arr. Tarkmann) Concerto for Oboe d'amore, Strings and Basso continuo 'Verdi prati'
(from CD entitled 'New Seasons' - featuring arrangements of The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba; Largo for Oboe, Violin and Basso continuo; Lascia ch'io pianga; Country Dance (from Water Music Suite No.3 in G, HWV350); Concerto for Oboe, Strings and Basso continuo 'Voli per l'aria'; Ombra mai fu (Serse); Concerto for Oboe, Bassoon, Harpsichord and Basso continuo 'Piagge serene'; Variations 'The Harmonious Blacksmith' for Oboe, Bassoon and Harpsichord, HWV430):
Albrecht Mayer (oboe), Sinfonia Varsovia
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 4765681 (CD)
12:30pm
Disc of the Week
HAYDN Symphony No.89 in F
(c/w Symphonies 88 & 90-92; Sinfonia concertante in B flat):
Berliner Philharmoniker, Sir Simon Rattle (conductor)
EMI CLASSICS 3942372 (CD)
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