In this week's programme:
09.05am
R. STRAUSS: Also sprach Zarathustra (Thus Spake Zarathustra) Op. 30 from disc Karajan: The Legendary Decca Recordings
(c/w CD 1: BRAHMS: Symphony No. 1 in C minor Op. 68; HAYDN: Symphony No. 103 in E flat major; CD 2: HAYDN: Symphony No. 104 in D major; BRAHMS: Tragic Overture Op. 81; Symphony No. 3 in F major Op. 90; CD 3: MOZART: Symphony No. 40 in G minor K550; Symphony No. 41 in C major K551; TCHAIKOVSKY: Romeo and Juliet: Fantasy Overture; CD 4: BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 7 in A major Op. 92; DVORAK: Symphony No. 8 in G major Op. 88; CD 5: TCHAIKOVSKY: Swan Lake Suite; The Nutcracker Suite; Sleeping Beauty Suite; CD 6: ADLOPHE ADAM: Giselle; CD 7: GRIEG: Music from Peer Gynt Op. 23; HOLST: The Planets Op. 32; CD 8: JOHANN. STRAUSS: Die Fledermaus - Overture, Ballet Music; Annen-Polka; JOSEPH STRAUSS: Delirien-Walzer; JOHANN STRAUSS: Der Zigeunerbaron (The Gypsy Baron) - Overture; Auf der Jagd (At the Hunt) - Polka; Geschicthen aus dem Wienerwald (Tales from the Vienna Woods) - Waltz; R. STRAUSS: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche (Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks) Op. 28; Tanz der sieben Schleier (Dance of the Seven Veils); CD 9: Don Juan Op. 20; Tod und Verklarung Op. 24)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan (conductor), Josef Sivo (violin - in CD 6), Emanuel Brabec (cello - in CD 6), Women of the Wiener Staatsopernchors (Vienna State Opera Choirs - in CD 7 - The Planets, Finale movement)
Decca 478 0155 (9 CDs, Budget)
ORLANDO GOUGH: Birds on fire [1]; SALAMONE ROSSI "EBREO": Hashkivenu from disc Birds on Fire - Jewish Music for Viols
(c/w Pieces from the Lumley Part Books:
Desperada, Pavana, Gallyard, Seconda Desperada, Pavin & Gallyard of Albarti, Terza Desperada; Leonora DUARTE: Two Sinfonias in 5 parts:
No.5, No.6, Octave toni (sopra Sol mi fa la sol); THOMAS LUPO: Fantasia in 6 parts No.1; ORLANDO GOUGH Birds on Fire [2]; Phillip van WILDER: Fantasia con pause e senza pause; THOMAS LUPO Pavan in 3 parts No.26, Fantasia [Air] in 4 parts No.5; Fantasia in 6 parts No.9; Augustine BASSANO: Pavan & Galliard No.1; Hieronymus BASSANO: Fantasia no.1; Joseph LUPO: Pavana a 5; THOMAS LUPO: Fantasia in 6 parts Nos. 4 & 11; ORLANDO GOUGH: Birds on Fire [3]; Salamone ROSSI: Shir hamma'alot [Psalm 128])
Fretwork, Jeremy Avis (voice)
Harmonia Mundi HMU907478 (CD)
STRAVINSKY: L'Oiseau de feu (Berceuse and Final)
(c/w The Rite of Spring)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Mariss Jansons (conductor)
RCO Live RCO08002 (Hybrid SACD)
JOHN ANTILL: Corroboree (Welcome Ceremony)
(c/w An Outback Overture)
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, James Judd (conductor)
Naxos 8.570241 (CD, Budget)
09.30 am
Building a Library Recommendation
Rachmaninov: Etudes-Tableaux Op. 39
Reviewer - David Nice
First Choice Recommendation:
(c/w Etudes-Tableaux Op. 33)
Rustem Hayroudinoff (piano)
Chandos CHAN10391 (CD)
Next week Roderick Swanston examines recordings of Bizet's Symphony in C.
10.15 Herbert von Karajan on disc
Listeners' favourite Karajan recordings are played and critic Peter Quantrill assesses with Andrew where the conductor's stock lies in this his centenary year. With extracts from the following discs:
STRAUSS: Metamorphosen (recorded 1947 with Walter Legge as producer)
(c/w BRAHMS: Symphony No. 2 Op. 73; MOZART: Masonic Funeral Music K477)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
EMI 0724347687723 (CD, Mid Price)
WAGNER: Parsifal (Act 2 Prelude) (recorded 1979)
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
Deutsche Grammophon 413 347-2 (4 CDs)
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 3 Op. 55, "Eroica" (first movement, opening) (recorded 1962)
(c/w Symphony No. 4 Op. 60)
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
Deutsche Grammophon 477 7157 (CD, Mid Price)
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 9 (second movement) (recorded 1955)
Lisa Della Casa, Hilde Rossel-Majdan, Waldemar Kmentt, Otto Edelmann, Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
Orfeo C729081B (Mono recording) (CD, Mid Price)
STRAUSS: Der Rosenkavalier (Act 2, Presentation of the Rose - "In dieser feierlichen Stunde der Pruung" and "Mir ist die Ehre widerfahren")
Philharmonia Orchestra, Teresa Stich-Randall (Sophie), Christa Ludwig (Octavian), Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
EMI 0724356760929 (3 CDs) (Recorded 1956)
STRAUSS: Der Rosenkavalier (Act 2, Presentation of the Rose - "Mir ist die Ehre widerfahren")
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Janet Perry (Sophie), Agnes Baltsa (Octavian), Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
Deutsche Grammophon 423 850-2 (3 CDs) (recorded 1982)
SIBELIUS: Tapiola (extract) from 8 disc set Herbert von Karajan: The Great Recordings (recorded 1976)
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
EMI 5160912 (8 CDs, Budget)
PUCCINI: Madam Butterfly (extract) (recorded 1955)
Orchestra of La Scala Milan, Maria Callas (Butterfly), Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
EMI 0724355629821 (2 CDs)
VAUGHAN-WILLIAMS: Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis from disc set Herbert von Karajan The Complete EMI Recordings (1946-1984) Volume 1 - Orchestral (recorded 1953)
Philharmonia Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
EMI 5120382 (88 CDs, Budget)
RAVEL: Rhapsodie Espagnole (Habanera) from disc set Herbert von Karajan The Complete EMI Recordings (1946-1984) Volume 1 - Orchestral (recorded 1971)
Orchestre de Paris, Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
EMI 5120382 (88 CDs, Budget)
SCHUMANN: Symphony No. 2 (first movement extract) (recorded 1971)
(c/w BRAHMS: Symphony No. 2 Op. 73)
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
Deutsche Grammophon 435067-2 (CD)
NB. Being re-issued in September 2008 as a 3 CD set 477 7932
BACH: St. Matthew Passion (Part 2 - "Ach! Nun ist mein Jesu hin!" - Aria) (recorded 1950)
Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Kathleen Ferrier/Vienna Singverein, Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
Andante AND1170 (3 CDs)
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 8 in C minor (Finale - opening) (recorded November 1988)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
Deutsche Grammophon 427 611-2 (CD)
NB. Being re-issued in September 2008 as part of a 9 CD set (477 7580)
DVORAK: Symphony No. 8 in G (first movement, extract) (recorded 1985)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan
Deutsche Grammophon 415 971-2 (CD)
DEBUSSY: Peleas et Melisande (Act 2, scene 2 - "Tiens, ou est l'anneau que je t'avais donne?") (recorded 1978)
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Jose van Dam (Golaud), Frederica von Stade (Melisande), Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
EMI 5 67057 2 (3 CDs)
OFFENBACH: Les Contes d'Hoffmann (Barcarolle)
(c/w Orpheus in the Underworld - Overture; Barbe-Bleue - Overture; La Grande Duchesse de Gerolstein - overture; La Belle Helene - overture; Vert-Vert - overture) (recorded 1980)
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
Deutsche Grammophon 477 7487 (CD)
11.45am Disc of the Week
MARTINU: Violin Concerto No. 2 H293
(c/w Serenada No. 2 for strings H216; Toccata and due canzoni H311)
Isabelle Faust (violin), Cedric Tiberghien (piano), The Prague Philharmonia, Jiri Belohlavek (conductor)
Harmonia Mundi HMC901951 (CD)
