Playlist
Hot Off The Press:
MOZART Concerto in D Major for Violin & Piano K.App.56/K315f (completed by Philip Wilby); Piano Concerto No.16 in D Major, K451; Sonata in G Major for Violin and Piano, K379: Daniel Hope (violin), Sebastian Knauer (piano), Camerata Salzburg, Sir Roger Norrington (conductor)
WARNER 2564 61944-2 (CD)
MOZART Piano Sonata in D Major, K576; Piano Sonata in B Flat Major, K281; Piano Sonata in E Flat Major, K282; Fantasia in C Minor, K396: Alfred Brendel (piano)
PHILIPS 475 6199 (CD/SACD hybrid)
VIVALDI The Four Seasons: Janine Jansen (solo violin), Candida Thompson, Henk Rubingh (violin), Julian Rachlin (viola), Maarten Jansen (cello), Stacey Watton (double bass), Elizabeth Kenny (theorbo), Jan Jansen (box organ, harpsichord)
DECCA 475 6188 (CD, SACD hybrid)
BRUCKNER Symphony No.7 in E Major (arranged Hans Eisler, Erwin Stein, Karl Rankl for clarinet, horn, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass, piano 4 hands and harmonium): Thomas Christian Ensemble
DABRINGHAUS UND GRIMM MDG 603 13132 (CD)
Art TATUM Improvisations - Humoresque; Tea for Two; St Louis Blues; Tiger Rag; Aunt Hagar's Blues; Sweet Lorraine; Get Happy; The Jitterbug Waltz; Tatum Pole Boogie; Cherokee; Lover, Come Back to Me!; Elegy; Hallelujah; Willow Weep for Me; Emaline; Yesterdays; I Know That You Know: Steven Mayer (piano)
NAXOS 8.559130 (CD, budget)
BUILDING A LIBRARY RECOMMENDATION:
JANACEK: Taras Bulba, Rhapsody for Orchestra
Reviewer: Jonathan Swain
First Choice:
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Karel Ancerl (conductor) (recorded 1961); c/w Glagolitic Mass): Libuse Domaninska (soprano), Vera Soukupova (contralto), Beno Blachut (tenor), Eduard Haken (bass), Jaroslav Vodrazka (organ), Czech Philharmonia Chorus,
(Karel Ancerl Gold Edition Vol.7)
SUPRAPHON SU 3667-2 911 (CD, mid-price)
Modern Digital Choice:
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras (conductor) (recorded 1980; c/w Sinfonietta; Lachian Dances; Suite for String Orchestra; Mladi; Capriccio; Concertino)
DECCA 448 255-2 (2-CD, mid-price) ('Double Decca' Series)
(Also available on DECCA 475 523-2 (5-CD, budget)
Also recommended:
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Rafael Kubelik (conductor) (recorded 1970; c/w Concertino for Piano, 2 Violins, Viola, Clarinet, Horn & Bassoon): Rudolf Firkusny (piano)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 476 2196 (CD, mid-price)
('Penguin Rosette Collection' series)
[Next week's Building a Library will feature Pergolesi's Stabat Mater]
Consumer Spot: Deutsche Grammophon 'Originals':
OFFENBACH (arr. M. Rosenthal) Gaite Parisienne; Johann STRAUSS II (orchestrated Roger Desormiere) The Blue Danube; BERLIOZ Overture Le Corsaire, Op.21; AUBER Overture 'Fra Diavolo'; DVORAK Overture 'Karneval', Op.92: Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Paul Strauss (conductor)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 477 5349 (CD, mid-price)
SCHUBERT Symphony No.5 in B Major D485; Symphony No.9 in C Major D944 'The Great': Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Eugen Jochum (conductor)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 477 5354 (CD, mid-price) (Mono/Stereo)
BEETHOVEN Triple Concerto for Piano, Violin & Cello and Orchestra, Op.56; BRAHMS Double Concerto for Violin, Cello and Orchestra in A Minor*: Geza Anda (piano), Wolfgang Schneiderhan (violin), Pierre Fournier (cello), *Janos Starker (cello), Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ferenc Fricsay (conductor)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 477 5341 (CD, mid-price)
MOZART The String Quintets: The Amadeus Quartet, with Cecil Aronowitz (2nd viola)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 477 5346 (2-CD, mid-price)
DEBUSSY Preludes Book 1; Images I & II: Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (piano)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 477 5345 (CD, mid-price)
BIZET Carmen: Teresa Berganza (Carmen), Placido Domingo (Don Jose), Sherrill Milnes (Escamillo), Ileana Cotrubas (Micaela), Yvonne Kenny (Frasquita), Alicia Nafe (Mercedes), Robert Lloyd (Zuniga), Stuart Harling (Morales), Gordon Sandison (Dancaire), Geoffrey Pogson (Remendado), Jean Laine (Andres), Shirley Minty (Une Marchande), Leslie Fyson (A gypsy), George Main (Lillas Pastia), The Ambrosian Singers, George Watson's College Boys' Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado (conductor)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 477 5342 (2-CD, mid-price)
WAGNER Tristan and Isolde: Rene Kollo (Tristan), Kurt Moll (King Marke), Margaret Price (Isolde), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Kurwenal), Werner Gotz (Melot), Brigitte Fassbaender (Brangane), Anton Dermota (A Shepherd), Wolfgang Hellmich (A Steersman), Eberhard Buchner (A Young Sailor), Leipzig Radio Choir, Staatskapelle Dresden, Carlos Kleiber (conductor)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 477 5355 (3-CD, mid-price)
New Releases - Chamber
Reviewer: Lowri Blake
MENDELSSOHN Complete String Quartets & Octet, Op.20: Emerson String Quartet
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 477 5370 (3-CD, mid-price + 1CDRom 'Recording The Octet')
TCHAIKOVSKY String Quartet No.3 in E Flat Minor, Op.30; String Quartet No.2 in F Major, Op.22: Brodsky Quartet
BRODSKY RECORDS BRD3500 (CD)
DEBUSSY String Quartet in G Minor, Op.10; ZEMLINSKY String Quartet No.2, Op.15:
Cuarteto Casals
HARMONIA MUNDI HMI 987057 (CD)
MAGNARD String Quartet, Op.16; FAURE String Quartet, Op.121: Ysaye Quartet
AEON AECD0426 (CD)
STANFORD String Quartet No.1 in G Major, Op.44; String Quartet No.2 in A Minor, Op.45; Fantasy for Horn Quintet in A Minor: RTE Vanbrugh Quartet, Stephen Stirling (french horn)
HYPERION CDA67434 (CD)
An Interview with conductor Jean-Claude Casadesus:
DUTILLEUX Symphony No.1 (opening of finale played): Orchestre National de Lille, Jean-Claude Casadesus (conductor)
FORLANE UM 6526 (LP) (no longer available)
MAHLER Symphony No.5: Orchestre National de Lille, Jean-Claude Casadesus (conductor)
FORLANE UCD 16609 (CD)
BERLIOZ L'Enfance du Christ (excerpt from Part One Scene 4 played): Choeur Regional Vittoria de l'Ile de France, Orchestre National de Lille, Jean-Claude Casadesus (conductor)
NAXOS 8.553650-51 (2-CD, budget)
DEBUSSY Pelleas et Melisande
(Excerpt from Act 4 Scene 4 played): Gerard Theruel (baritone) (Pelleas): Orchestre National de Lille, Jean-Claude Casadesus (conductor)
NAXOS 8.660047-9 (3-CD, budget)
CANTELOUBE Chants d'Auvergne (Uno jionto postouro, played): Veronique Gens (soprano),
Orchestre National de Lille, Jean-Claude Casadesus (conductor)
NAXOS 8.557491 (CD, budget)
DUKAS La Peri (Fanfare for La Peri, played; c/w CHAUSSON Poeme de l'amour et de la mer, Op.19; BERLIOZ Les Nuits d'ete, Op.7): Elsa Maurus (mezzo), Orchestre National de Lille, Jean-Claude Casadesus (conductor)
NAXOS 8.557274 (CD, budget)
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CD entitled 'A Scottish Lady Mass - Sacred Music from Medieval St Andrews':
Red Byrd, John Potter (tenor), Richard Wistreich (baritone), Yorvox
HYPERION CDA67299
ALBENIZ Iberia:
Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano)
HYPERION CDA67476/7
BRITTEN String Quartet No.3, Op.94:
Belcea Quartet
EMI 5579682
RADIO 3'S DISC OF THE WEEK:
BRITTEN Death in Venice: Philip Langridge (Aschenbach), Alan Opie (The Traveller, The Elderly Fop, The Old Gondolier, The Hotel Manager, The Hotel Barber, The Leader of the Players, The Voice of Dionysus, The Voice of Apollo), Michael Chance (The Voice of Apollo), BBC Singers, City of London Sinfonia,
Richard Hickox (conductor)
CHANDOS CHAN 10280 (2-CD)
