Playlist
[All recordings are available at full price unless indicated otherwise.]
ARNOLD Flourish for a 21st Birthday
(c/w Beckus the Dandipratt overture; Suite - The Inn of the Sixth Happiness; Symphony No.6; Philharmonic Concerto):
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley (conductor)
LPO 0013 (CD, mid-price)
ARNOLD Brass Quintet No.2 Op.132
(c/w Fanfare for Louis; Brass Quintet No.1 Op.73; Fantasy for B flat Trumpet Op.100; Little Suite for Brass No.1 Op.80; Fantasy for Horn Op.88; Little Suite for Brass No.2 Op.93; Fantasy for Trombone Op.101; Little Suite for Brass No.3 Op.131; Fantasy for Tuba Op.102; Symphony for Brass Op.124):
Fine Arts Brass Quintet and guests, Stephen Roberts (conductor)
NIMBUS NI5804 (CD, mid-price)
MOZART Piano Sonata in G, K283
(c/w Piano Sonatas K279-282; K284; K309-311; K330-333; K355/576b; K457; K475; K511; K533/494; K540; K545; K574; K576):
Leon McCawley (piano)
AVIE AV2105 (5-CD, budget)
BACH Cantata 'Jesu, nun sei gepreiset' BWV41
(from CD of Cantatas from Leipzig 1725 - also including 'Ich hab in Gottes Herz und Sinn' BWV92; 'Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir' BWV130):
Yukari Nonoshita (soprano), Robin Blaze (counter-tenor), Jan Kobow (tenor), Dominik Worner (bass), Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki (director)
BIS SACD-1541 (CD/SACD hybrid)
SHOSTAKOVICH New Babylon, Score Op.18 (Act 1 played)
(c/w A Year is Like a Lifetime, Suite Op.120)
SWR Radio Orchestra Kaiserslautern, Frank Strobel (conductor)
HANSSLER CLASSIC HAN093188 (CD)
SHOSTAKOVICH The Unforgettable Year 1919, Suite Op.89a* (Romance played)
(c/w The Fall of Berlin, Complete Score Op.82)
Moscow Capella and Youth Chorus, Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Adriano (conductor), Ellena Alekseyeva (piano)*
NAXOS 8570238 (CD, budget)
SHOSTAKOVICH Suite from 'Hamlet' (Ophelia and Duel played)
(c/w Suite from 'Five Days and Nights'; The Assault on Krasnaya Gorka (from The Unforgettable Year 1919)*; Suite from 'The Young Guard'):
BBC Philharmonic, Vassily Sinaisky (conductor), Martin Roscore (piano)*
CHANDOS CHAN10361 (CD)
HANDEL Scherza infida (Ariodante)
(from CD entitled 'Handel Arias' arias from the operas Ariodante, Giulio Cesare & Arianna in Creta):
Angelika Kirchschlager (mezzo-soprano), Kammerorchester Basel, Laurence Cummings (conductor)
SONY CLASSICAL 82876889522 (CD)
MAXWELL DAVIES House of Winter
(from CD entitled 'Landscape & Time' - also including R.R.BENNETT The Seasons of his Mercies; McCABE Scenes in America Deserta; KREEK Taaveti laulud; HILL Remembered Love; SIBELIUS Rakastava; KODALY Esti Dal; CHILCOTT Even Such is Time):
The King's Singers
SIGNUM CLASSICS SIGCD090 (CD)
MUSSORGSKY (orch. RAVEL) Pictures at an Exhibition (excerpt played)
(c/w TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No.4 in F minor, Op.36):
Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Tugan Sokhiev (conductor)
NAIVE V5068 (CD)
BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No.21 in C, Op.53 "Waldstein"
(from Piano Sonatas Vol.2 - also including No.8 in C minor, Op.13 'Pathetique'; No.9 in E, Op.14 No.1; No.10 in G, Op.14 No.2; No.11 in B flat, Op.22; No.24 in F sharp, Op.78; No.25 in G, Op.79 'Alla tedesca'; No.27 in E minor, Op.90; No.28 in A, Op.101; No.29 in B flat, Op.106 'Hammerklavier'):
Paul Lewis (piano)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMC901903.05 (3-CD)
BAX The Garden of Fand
(c/w In the Faery Hills; November Woods; Sinfonietta):
BBC Philharmonic, Vernon Handley (conductor)
CHANDOS CHAN10362 (CD)
MONTEVERDI Ave Maris Stella a 8 (from Vespers of the Blessed Virgin 1610)
(c/w Antiphona ad Magnificat: Spiritus sanctus in te descendet; Magnificat I a 7; Sonata sopra Sancta Maria a 1; Post Magnificat: Dominus vobiscum - Deus qui de beatae Mariae virginis; Ante Duo Seraphim: Dominus vobiscum - Alleluia; Duo seraphim a 3; Fidelium animae):
Gabrieli Consort and Players, Paul McCreesh (director)
ARCHIV PRODUKTION 4776147
MOZART Violin Sonata in B flat, K.454
(c/w Sonata in F major, K.376; Sonata in E flat, K302; Sonata in G, K.379; Sonata in A, K.305; Sonata in B flat, K.378; Sonata in G, K.301; Sonata in E flat, K.481; Sonata in C, K.296; Sonata in E flat, K.380; Sonata in F, K. 547; Sonata in D, K.306; Sonata in C, K.303; Sonata in F, K.377; Sonata in E minor, K.304; Sonata in A, K.526):
Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Lambert Orkis (piano)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 4775801 (4-CD)
STRAVINSKY Four Norwegian Moods
(c/w Symphony in Three Movements; Suite No.1; Suite No.2; SIBELIUS/STRAVINSKY Canzonetta Op.62a; HINDEMITH Concerto for Orchestra):
Symphony Orchestra of Norrlands Opera, Kristjan Jarvi (conductor)
CCn'C 02962 (SACD/CD Hybrid)
R. STRAUSS Elektra (excerpt played)
(recorded 29 May 1958)
Gerda Lammers (Elektra), Georgine von Milinkovic (Clytemnestra), Hedwig Muller-Butow (Chrysothemis), The Covent Garden Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Rudolf Kempe (conductor)
ROH HERITAGE SERIES ROHS004 (2-CD, mid-price)
NB: There is no Listening Booth this week - it will return for next week's programme, Saturday 6th January.
