Building a Library: Brahms: Violin Concerto in D, Op.77
Reviewer - Robert Philip
First Choice: Gil Shaham (violin), Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado (conductor)
(recorded 2000; c/w Concerto for Violin and Cello in A minor, Op.102*)
Jian Wang (cello)*
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 4695292 (CD)
CD Review BAL Catalogue Data bal.brahms:
bal.brahms.violin.concerto.op.77
Discs played and reviewed in this programme
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NB Timings are approximate
09:00
NIELSEN Snefrid Suite (movements 1-3 played)
(c/w Maskarade; Hr. Oluf Han rider; Saul of Daivd; An Imaginary Journey to the Faroes - Rhapsodic Overture; Willemoies; Pan og Syrinx; Amor og Digteren, Op.54; Helios Overture, Op.17)
Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Dausgaard (conductor)
DACAPO 6.220518 (SACD/CD Hybrid)
NIELSEN Clarinet concerto (movement 2 played)
(c/w KALEVI AHO Clarinet concerto)
Martin Frost (clarinet), Lahti Symphony Orchestra, Osmo Vanska (conductor)
BIS BIS-SACD-1463 (SACD/CD Hybrid)
KALEVI AHO Contrabassoon concerto (Movement 3 'Misterioso' played)
(c/w Tuba concerto)
Lewis Lipnick (contrabassoon), Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Litton (conductor), Oysten Baadsvik (tuba), Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra, Mats Rondin (conductor)
BIS BIS-CD 1574 (CD)
09:30
Building A Library Recommendations
BRAHMS Violin Concerto in D, Op.77
Reviewer: Robert Philip
First Choice:
Gil Shaham (violin), Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado (conductor)
(recorded 2000; c/w Concerto for Violin and Cello in A minor, Op.102*)
Jian Wang (cello)*
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 4695292 (CD)
Next week, Simon Heighes compares available recordings of Monteverdi's 1610 Vespers
10:15
Listener Suggestions
MEDTNER Skazki Op.26
(from CD entitled 'Medtner - The Complete Skazki')
Hamish Milne (piano)
HYPERION CDA67491/2 (2-CD)
MEDTNER Piano Concerto No.1 in C minor, Op.33 (excerpt played)
(c/w TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No.1 in B flat minor, Op.23; MEDTNER Liebliches Kind! (from Nine Goethe Songs, Op.6 - transcribed by Yevgeny Sudbin)):
Yevgeny Sudbin (piano), Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra, John Neschling (conductor)
BIS SACD-1588 (SACD/CD Hybrid)
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10:45
16th Century Vocal Music
Reviewer: Laurie Stras
(in conversation with Andrew McGregor)
CD entitled 'Music from the Sistine Chapel' -works by ALLEGRI, ANERIO, MARENZIO and PALESTRINA):
The Sixteen, Harry Christophers (director)
CORO COR16047 (CD)
PALESTRINA Offertoria (from 'Offertoria totius anni secundum Sanctae Romanae Ecclesiae consuetudinem', Rome 1593)
Choir of Trinity College Cambridge, Richard Marlow (director)
CHANDOS CHACCONE CHAN0732 (CD)
PALESTRINA Third Book of Lamentations - In Coena Domini (Maundy Thursday); In Parasceve (Good Friday); Sabbato Sancto (Holy Saturday):
The Choir of Westminster Cathedral, Martin Baker (director)
HYPERION CDA67610 (CD)
ALLEGRI Miserere (2 versions - one with additional embellishments by Deborah Roberts); PALESTRINA Stabat mater; Missa Pape Marcelli; Tu es Petrus:
The Tallis Scholars, Peter Phillips (director)
GIMELL CDGIM041 (CD)
11:15
Listener Suggestions
DEBUSSY (orch. Ansermet) Six Epigraphes antiques
(c/w orchestrations of Children's Corner; Clair du lune; Sarabande; Danse; La Soiree dans Grenade; Petite Suite)
Orchestre Symphonique de Quebec, Yoav Talmi (conductor)
ATMA CLASSIQUE SACD2 2377 (SACD/CD Hybrid)
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11:45
Disc Of The Week
BACH Cantata 'Christ lag in Todesbanden' BWV4 (for Easter Sunday)
(from CD entitled 'Bach Cantatas Vol.22: Eisenach' - Cantata for Easter Sunday BWV 31; Cantatas for Easter Monday BWV6; BWV66; Cantatas for Easter Tuesday BWV 134; BWV145):
Gillian Keith (soprano), Daniel Taylor (alto), James Gilchrist (tenor), Stephen Varcoe (bass), The Monteverdi Choir, The English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
SOLI DEO GLORIA SDG128 (CD)
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