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BRAHMS Symphony No.4 in E Minor, Op.98: London Symphony Orchestra, Bernard Haitink (conductor)
LSO LIVE LSO 0057 (CD, budget)
CAVALIERI Rappresentatione di Anima et di Corpo: Johannette Zomer (Anima), Marco Beasley (Corpo/Tempo), Jan van Elsacker (Intelletto), Stephan Macleod (Consiglio/Mondo), Dominique Visse (Piacere), Nuria Rial (Angelo custode), Beatrice Mayo Felip (Vita mondana), L'Arpeggiata, Christina Pluhar (director)
ALPHA 065 (2-CD, mid-price)
DEBUSSY Premiere Rhapsodie; Petite piece; MARTINU Sonatine for Clarinet & Piano; BERG Five Pieces for Clarinet & Piano, Op.5; BUSONI Elegie for Clarinet & Piano, Op.10; Suite for Clarinet & Piano; POULENC Sonata for Clarinet & Piano: Fredrik Fors (clarinet), Sveinung Bjelland (piano)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMN 911853 (CD, budget)
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)
BUILDING A LIBRARY RECOMMENDATION:
BACH The Musical Offering BWV 1079
Reviewer: Dermot Clinch
First Choice:
Gottfried von der Goltz (violin), Karl Kaiser (flute), Ekkehard Weber (viola da gamba), Michael Behringer (fortepiano) (recorded 1999; c/w Canon BWV 1072-1078, 1086; Fourteen Canons on the first eight fundamental notes of the aria from the Goldberg Variations)
HANSSLER CD 92.133 (CD)
Choice with harpsichord:
John Holloway (violin), Janet See (flute), Jaap ter Linden (cello), Davitt Moroney & Martha Cook (harpsichord) (recorded 1987)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMA 1951260 (CD, budget) (musique d'abord series)
Also recommended:
Le Concert des Nations - Marc Hantai (flute), Pierre Hantai (harpsichord), Manfredo Kraemer, Pablo Valetti (violin), Bruno Cocset (violone, cello), Sergi Casademunt, Lorenz Duftschmid (viola da gamba), Jordi Savall (viola da gamba/director)
(recorded 1999 & 2000)
ALIA VOX AV 9817 (CD)
[Next week's Building a Library will feature Mozart's String Quintet in G Minor K516]
Consumer Slot - RCA Classic Library
BORODIN Symphony No.1 in E Flat Major; Symphony No.2 in B Minor; Symphony No.3 in A Minor: National Philharmonic Orchestra, Loris Tjeknavorian (conductor)
RCA 82876 623212 (CD, mid-price)
TCHAIKOVSKY Romeo and Juliet*; Symphony No.6 in B Minor 'Pathetique' Op.74+: *Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, +St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Yuri Temirkanov (conductor)
RCA 82876 623202 (CD, mid-price)
PROKOFIEV Symphony No.1 in D Major, Op.25 'Classical'; Lieutenant Kije, Symphonic Suite, Op.60; Symphony No.5, Op.100: St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Yuri Temirkanov (conductor)
RCA 82876 623192 (CD, mid-price)
STRAUSS Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op.28; Ein Heldenleben, Op.40: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Lorin Maazel (conductor)
RCA 82876 623132 (CD, mid-price)
BRUCKNER Symphony No.9 in D Minor (original version): Berlin Philharmonic, Gunter Wand (conductor)
RCA 82876 623232 (CD, mid-price)
New Releases: Contemporary
Reviewer: Stephen Plaistow
DALLAPICCOLA *Tartiniana; Due Pezzi; Piccola Musica Notturna; Frammenti Sinfonici del Balletto 'Marsia'; Variazioni per Orchestra: *James Ehnes (violin), BBC Philharmonic, Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)
CHANDOS CHAN 10258 (CD)
BERIO Epifanie; Coro: Cathy Berberian (mezzo), ORF choir, ORF Symphony Orchestra, Leif Segerstam (conductor)
ORFEO C 626 041 B (CD, mid-price)
MACMILLAN The Confession of Isobel Gowdie; Symphony No.3 'Silence': BBC Symphony Orchestra, James MacMillan (conductor)
CHANDOS CHAN 10275 (CD)
CD entitled 'Harrison BIRTWISTLE The Axe Manual - complete piano works': Betty Freeman: Her Tango; The Axe Manual; Oockooing Bird; Sad Song; Berceuse de Jeanne; Precis; Hector's Dawn; Ostinato with Melody; Saraband: The Kings Farewell; Harrison's Clocks: Nicolas Hodges (piano), Claire Edwardes (percussion)
METRONOME MET CD 1074 (CD)
KAGEL The Pieces of the Compass Rose for salon orchestra: Schonberg Ensemble, Amsterdam, Reinbert de Leeuw (conductor)
WINTER & WINTER 910 109-2 (CD)
An Interview with mezzo-soprano
Lorraine Hunt Lieberson:
BACH Cantata No. 199 'Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut', BWV199; Cantata No. 82 'Ich habe genug', BWV82 (excerpts played) :
Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (mezzo-soprano)
The Orchestra of Emmanuel Music, Craig Smith (conductor)
NONESUCH 7559 79692-2 (CD)
*HANDEL Ariodante ('Doppo notte, atra e funestra', excerpt played): Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (mezzo),
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan (conductor)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMU 907146.48 (3-CD)
* This CD is currently unavailable.
HANDEL Arias and recits from Theodora - (Lord, to Thee each night and day, played; c/w ; Ah! Whither should we fly . . . As with rosy steps the morn; O bright example of all goodness! . . . Bane of virture, nurse of passions; The clouds begin to veil the hemisphere . . . Defend her Heav'n!; She's gone, disdaining liberty and life . . . New scenes of Joy; Cantata La Lucrezia; Arias and a recit from Serse - Se bramate d'amar, chi vi sdegna; Frondi tenere e belle; Ombra mai fu): Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (mezzo), Stephen Stubbs (lute and baroque guitar), Phoebe Carrai (cello), Margriet Tindemans (viola da gamba), Harry Bicket (harpsichord/chamber organ & conductor)
AVIE AV 0030 (CD)
MAHLER - Symphony No. 2 in C minor 'Resurrection' - 4th movt (excerpt played): Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (mezzo), San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor)
SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY 82193600062 (2-CD, mid-price)
'THE LISTENING BOOTH':
The Listening Booth is a regular slot around midday on Saturday's CD Review. It's your chance to vote for and listen to excerpts from brand-new CDs.
COLERIDGE-TAYLOR Violin Concerto in G Major, Op.80:
Anthony Marwood (violin), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins (conductor)
HYPERION CDA67420
GESUALDO Quinto Libro di Madrigali:
La Venexiana
GLOSSA GCD920935
BRAHMS Symphony No.1 in C Minor, Op.68:
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Marin Alsop (conductor)
NAXOS 8.557428
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RADIO 3'S DISC OF THE WEEK:
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No.3 in C Minor, Op.37; Piano Concerto No.2 in B Flat Major, Op.19: Martha Argerich (piano), Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Claudio Abbado (conductor) (live in Ferrara in 2000 & 2004)DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 477 5026 (CD)
