CD Review
09.05am
BEETHOVEN: Sonata No. 2 in A major Op. 2
(c/w Sonata No. 1 in F minor Op 2; Sonata No. 3 in C major Op. 2)
Maurizio Pollini (piano)
DG 477 6594 (CD)
SCHUBERT: Sonata in G minor, D. 408
(c/w Sonata in D major D. 384; Sonata in A minor, D. 385; Sonata in A major, D. 574)
Andrew Manze (violin), Richard Egarr (fortepiano)
Harmonia Mundi HMU 907455 (CD)
SCHUMANN: Intermezzo No. 5 in D minor Op. 4
(c/w Intermezzi No. 1-4 and 6 Op. 4; Davidsbundlertanze Op. 6)
Claire Desert (piano)
Mirare MIR 024 (CD)
SCHUMANN: Piano Sonata No. 1 in F sharp minor Op. 11
(c/w Humoreske in B flat major Op. 20)
Angela Hewitt (piano)
Hyperion CDA67618 (CD - also available on SACD)
RAVEL: 'Oiseaux tristes' from 'Miroirs'
(c/w BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No. 28 in A major Op. 101; MOZART: Piano Sonata in A minor, K. 310; DEBUSSY: La terrasse des audiences du clair de lune)
Imogen Cooper (piano)
Wigmore Hall Live WHLive0018 (CD, Mid Price)
09.30 am
Building a Library Recommendations
HAYDN: Theresienmesse
Reviewer - Richard Wigmore
First choice:
(c/w Kleine Orgelmesse Hob XXII:7)
Janice Watson (soprano), Pamela Helen Stephen (mezzo-soprano), Mark Padmore (tenor), Stephen Varcoe (baritone), Collegium Musicum 90 Choir, Collegium Musicum 90, Richard Hickox (conductor)
CHAN 0592 (CD)
Next week William Mival reviews recordings of Richard Strauss' 'Metamorphosen'.
10.15am Listener Choices
HONEGGER: Cello Concerto H. 72
(c/w Cello Sonata H 32; Sonatina for Cello and Piano H. 42; Sonatina for Violin and Cello H. 80)
Christian Poltera (cello), Malmo Symphony Orchestra, Tuomas Ollila-Hannikainen (conductor), Kathryn Stott (piano), Christian Tetzlaff (violin)
BIS-CD 1617 (CD)
NOVAK: Serenades Op. 9 (No. 3 and 4)
(c/w Bagatelles op. 5; Sonatina op. 54, no. 1 'Spring'; Mladi (Youth) op. 55)
Niel Immelman (piano)
Meridian CDE 84555 (CD)
10.45 am New Releases
JPE Harper-Scott (in discussion with Andrew McGregor) looks at some of the new Elgar releases.
Includes extracts from the following:
ELGAR: Symphony No. 3 (elaborated and orchestrated by Anthony Payne)
(c/w Pomp and Circumstance March No. 6, completed and orchestrated by A Payne; So Many True Princesses Who Have Gone, orchestrated by Anthony Payne)
Adrian Partington Singers, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Richard Hickox (conductor)
Chandos CHSA5057 (Hybrid SACD plus as a Download from Chandos)
ELGAR: Cello Concerto Op. 85
(c/w WALTON: Portsmouth Point)
Paul Watkins (cello), BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jiri Belohlavek (conductor)
DG 477 7331 (Download)
Also available as a 2 CD Proms compilation - DG 477 7352 (2CDs)
ELGAR: Cello Concerto
(c/w Salut d'Amour; La Capricieuse; Romance for Bassoon and Orchestra; In Moonlight; Chanson de Matin; Sospiri - all arranged by J. Milone)
Natalie Clein (cello), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley (conductor)
EMI 5014092 (CD and download)
ELGAR: Violin Concerto Op. 61
(c/w BRAHMS: Symphony No. 2; WAGNER: Tannhauser Overture)
Daniel Hope (violin), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Orama (conductor)
DG 477 7385 (Download only)
ELGAR: Violin Concerto Op. 61
(c/w Serenade for Strings Op. 20)
James Ehnes (violin), Philharmonia Orchestra, Andrew Davis (conductor)
Onyx 4025 (CD and download)
11.45 am Disc of the Week
SCRIABIN: Sonata No. 5, Op. 53; Four Mazurkas from Op. 3
(c/w Etude, Op. 8 No. 12; Sonata No. 2 (Sonate-Fantaisie), Op. 19; Etude from Three Pieces, Op. 2; Sonata No. 5, Op. 53; Nuances from Four Pieces, Op. 56; Poeme from Two Pieces, Op. 59; Sonata No. 9, 'Messe noire', Op. 68; Valse, Op. 38)
Yevgeny Sudbin (piano)
BIS SACD 1568 (Hybrid SACD)
