15 September 2007
Saturday 15 September 2007 9:00-12:15 (Radio 3)
Andrew McGregor introduces Radio 3's weekly programme devoted to all that's new in the world of recorded music, including some of the latest releases requested by listeners.
Duration:
3 hours 15 minutes
Playlist
09.05am
SMETANA: ORCHESTRAL WORKS VOL.1
Prague Carnival (played)
BBC Philharmonic; Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)
c/w
Smetana: Wallenstein's Camp; Richard III; Hakon Jarl; The Fisherman; The Peasant Woman; Fanfares for Shakespeare's 'Richard III'; Grand Overture in D major; March for the Shakespeare Festival
CHANDOS CHAN 10413 (CD)
NICOLAS GOMBERT: 4 and 5 part Motets
Tribulatio et angustia (played)
The Brabant Ensemble
Stephen Rice
c/w Gombert: Hortus conclusus es; Aspiece Domine; Virgo sancta Katherina; Inviolata; inviolata, integra, et casta es, Maria; Ne reminiscaris, Domine; Pater Noster; Ave Maria; Ergone vitae; Ave sanctissima Maria
HYPERION CDA67614 (CD)
JACOB REGNART: Inviolata; (played)
Cinquecento
c/w Missa Super Oenides Nymphae;Quod mitis sapiens nulli virtute secundus; Exultatent iusti; Stetit Jesus; Lamentabatur Jacob; Stella, quam viderant Magi; Ut vigilum densa silvam cingente corona
HYPERION CDA 67640 (CD)
ALBUM: SEASCAPES
FRANK BRIDGE: The Sea (2nd movt. Sea-foam played)
Singapore Symphony Orchestra; Lan Shui (conductor) +Sharon BeZaly (alto flute/piccolo)
c/w Debussy: La Mer; +Zhou Long: The Deep, deep sea; Glazunov: La Mer
BIS SACD 1447 (HYBRID SACD)
10.00am
Building a Library Recommendations
BACH: The Art of Fugue, BWV. 1080
Overall choice:
Phantasm
Laurence Dreyfus & Wendy Gillespie (treble viols)
Jonathan Manson (tenor viol), Markku Luolajan-Mikkola (bass viol)
SIMAX PSC1135 (CD)
Solo instrumental choice:
Davitt Moroney (harpsichord)
(HARMONIA MUNDI HMX2901169-70 (2-CDS) (mid price)
Budget price recommendation:
BACH: THE KEYBOARD ALBUM
Charles Rosen (piano) (CD2)
c/w
Bach: Applicato in C BWV.994; Chorale: Joy & Peace BWV512; Musettes, Minuets and Inventions; Italian Concerto in F BWV.971
Rosalyn Tureck (piano)
ESSENTIAL CLASSICS SB2K 63231
(2 CDs)
Listeners suggestions:
SIR GRANVILLE BANTOCK: Omar Khayyam
Part 1 (excerpt played)
Catherine Wyn-Rogers (mwezzo-soprano)
Toby Spence (tenor)
Roderick Williams (baritone)
BBC Symphony Chorus and Orchestra
Vernon Handley (conductor)
CHANDOS CHSA 5051(3)
ALBUM: EIGHTH BLACKBIRD: Strange Imaginary Animals
Dennis DeSantis: Strange imaginary remix (played)
c/w Jennifer Higdon: Zaka; Gordon Fitzell: Violence; Steven Mackey: Indigenous Instruments
david M Gordon: Friction Systems; Gordon Fitzell: Evanescence
CEDILLE CDR 90000 094
NIELSEN: Clarinet Concerto (4th movt played)
Sabine Meyer (clarinet),
Berlin Philharmonic; Simon Rattle (conductor)
c/w Nielsen: +Flute Concerto; *+Wind Quintet
+Emmanuel Pahud (flute)
*Stefan Schweigert (bassoon), Jonathan Kelly (oboe & cor anglais), Radek Baborak (horn)
EMI CLASSICS 0946 3 94421 2 6
10.45 am
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No.5 'Emperor'
Helene Grimaud (piano)
Staatskapelle Dresden
Vladimir Jurowski (conductor)
c/w Piano Sonata No.28 in A major Op.101
+ BONUS DVD VIDEO
BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No.28 in A major Op.101
Mitsuko Uchida (piano)
c/w Piano sonata No.29 in B flat major, Op.106 'Hammerklavier'
PHILIPS 475 8662 (CD)
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor Op.37
Mikhail Pletnev (piano)
Russian National Orchestra
Christian Gansdch (conductor)
c/w Piano Concerto No.1 in C major Op.15
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 4776415
BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No.1 in C major Op.15
Lang Lang (piano); Orchestre de Paris; Christoph Eschenbach (conductor)
c/w Piano Concerto No.4 in G major, Op.58
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 477 6719
BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No.4 in E flat major, Op.7
Paul Lewis (piano)
c/w Piano Sonatas Nos. 1 - 4 Op.2 Nos.1-3 & Op.7; Sonata No.22 in F, Op.54; Sonata No.23 'Appassionata' Op.57; Sonata No.12 'Marcia funebre, Op.26; Sonata No.13 'Quasi una Fantasia' Op.27 No.1; Sonata No.14 'Moonlight' Op.27 No.2
HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 901906.08 (3 CD)
11.30am Disc of the Week
SIBELIUS: Violin Concerto (live recording)
Lisa Batiashvili (violin) Finnish Radio Symphony
Orchestra, Sakari Oramo (conductor)
c/w Magnus Lindberg: Violin Concerto
SONY CLASSICAL 8869 712 9362 (CD)
