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Hot Off The Press:
CD entitled 'Altre Follie 1500-1750' - works inspired by the Portuguese Folia dance: FALCONIERO; PLAYFORD; CORELLI; VIVALDI; MUDARRA; RUFFO; PICCININI; SANTIAGO DE MURCIA; RUFFO and ANONYMOUS composers: Manfredo Kraemer (violin), Hesperion XXI, Jordi Savall (conductor)
ALIA VOX AVSA 9844 (CD/SACD hybrid)
CD entitled 'Barrack-Room Ballads' - Ballads with music by Gerard F. COBB, words by Rudyard Kipling including: Shillin' a day; The Young British Soldier; To T.A.; Screw-Guns; Gunga Din; Tommy; 'Snarleyow'; Cells; Belts; Troopin': Ralph Meanley (baritone), David Mackie (piano)
CAMEO 2056 (CD)
CD entitled 'When The Empire Calls' - CD1 Rudyard Kipling's Barrack-Room Ballads: J.P. McCALL Boots; G.F. COBB Gunga Din; Belts; Oonts; Snarleyow; Mary CARMICHAEL Tommy; GRAINGER Soldier, Soldier; WARD-HIGGS Troopin'; The Widow's Party - CD2 Popular Songs of the Boer War: MORSE Two Little Boys; BARNES Good-bye, Dolly Gray; SULLIVAN The Absent-Minded Beggar; SOMERVELL The Handy Man; ROBEY The Pretoria Dinnner Party, or In Walked England - and other songs: Michael Halliwell (baritone), David Miller (piano)
ABC CLASSICS 476 8063 (2-CD, mid-price)
VILLA-LOBOS Bachianas Brasileiras (complete) Nos 1-9: Rosana Lamosa (soprano), Jose Feghali (piano), Nashville Symphony Orchestra, Kenneth Schermerhorn, Andrew Mogrelia (conductors)
NAXOS 8.557460-62 (3-CD, budget)
RACHMANINOV Variations on a Theme of Chopin, Op.22; Piano Sonata No.2, Op.36 (Horowitz version); KREISLER (arr. RACHMANINOV) Liebeslied; Liebesfreud; Song Transcriptions - Lilacs, Op.21, No.5; Daisies, Op.38, No.3: Yevgeny Sudbin (piano)
BIS SACD 1518 (CD/SACD hybrid)
CD entitled 'When Laura Smiles' - Lute solos and songs from Elizabethan England by Philip ROSSETER (1567/8-1623): Whether Men Do Laugh or Weep; What then is Love but Mourning?; When Laura Smiles; What Hearts Content - and other works:
Matthew Wadsworth (lute), James Gilchirst (tenor)
AVIE AV2074 (CD)
BUILDING A LIBRARY RECOMMENDATION:
TIPPETT A Survey of his orchestral works
Reviewer: Martin Cotton
Recommended:
TIPPETT Ritual Dances from 'The Midsummer Marriage'; c/w Concerto for Double String Orchestra; Fantasia Concertante on a Theme of Corelli: BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Davis (conductor)
APEX 8573890982 (CD, budget)
TIPPETT Symphonies 1-3; c/w * Suite in D for the Birthday of Prince Charles: Heather Harper (soprano), London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis (conductor), * Sir Georg Solti (conductor)
DECCA 473 092-2 (2-CD, mid-price)
TIPPETT Symphony No.4; c/w Fantasia Concertante on a Theme of Corelli; *Fantasia on a Theme of Handel: *Howard Shelley (piano), Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox (conductor)
CHANDOS CHAN 9233 (CD)
Also available c/w The Complete Symphonies; New Year Suite, on
CHANDOS CHAN 10330(3) x (3-CD-mid-price)
TIPPETT The Rose Lake; The Vision of St Augustine*: London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, John Shirley-Quirk (baritone),
Sir Colin Davis (conductor)
RCA 82876642842 (CD, mid-price) ('Catalyst' series)
TIPPETT Piano Sonata Nos 1-3; String Quartet Nos. 1-3++; Fantasia Concertante on a Theme of Corelli^^; Double Concerto^^; Little Music for String Orchestra^^; Concerto for Orchestra; Triple Concerto^; The Symphonies; Ritual Dances from Midsummer Marriage; Fanfare for Brass*; Sonata for Four Horns**; Suite in D for the Birthday of Prince Charles: Paul Crossley (piano), *Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, ** Barry Tuckwell Horn Quartet, ++ Lindsay String Quartet, Academy of St Martin- in-the-Fields, Sir Neville Marriner (conductor)^^, ^Gyorgy Pauk (violin), Nobuko Imai (viola), Ralph Kirshbaum (cello), Heather Harper (soprano in 3 rd Symphony), London Symphony Orchestra & Sir Colin Davis (conductor) (in Symphonies 1-3, Concerto for Orchestra, Triple Concerto), Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Sir Georg Solti (conductor) (in Symphony No.4 & Suite in D for the Birthday of Prince Charles)
DECCA 475 6750 (6-CD, budget)
[Next week's Building a Library will feature Brahms's Clarinet Trio, Op.114.]
Consumer Spot - D. SCARLATTI The complete keyboard sonatas (Scott Ross)
D. SCARLATTI The Keyboard Sonatas:
Scott Ross (harpsichord/organ), Monica Huggett (violin), Christophe Coin (cello), Michel Henry (oboe), Marc Vallon (bassoon)
WARNER CLASSICS 2564 62092-2 (34-CD, budget)
New Releases - Violins
Reviewer: Erica Jeal
TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto in D Major, Op.35: Joshua Bell (violin), Berlin Philharmonic, Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor)
SONY SH 94829 (CD)
ZWILICH Concerto for Violin and Orchestra; Rituals for five Percussionists and Orchestra: Pamela Frank (violin), Nexus, Iris Chamber Orchestra, Saarbrucken Radio Symphony Orchestra, Michael Stern (conductor)
NAXOS 8.559268 (CD, budget)
RUBBRA Violin Concerto, Op.103; Improvisations on Virginal Pieces by Giles Farnaby, Op.50; Improvisation for Violin and Orchestra, Op.89: Krysia Osostowicz (violin), Ulster Orchestra, Takuo Yuasa (conductor)
NAXOS 8.557591 (CD, budget)
MOZART Sonatas for Piano & Violin 1781 - Sonata in F Major, K377; Sonata in E Flat Major, K380; Sonata in C Major, K403 (fragment); Sonata in F Major K376: Andrew Manze (violin), Richard Egarr (fortepiano)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMU 907380 (CD)
MOZART Complete Sonatas for Keyboard and Violin (Volume 2) - Sonata in C Major K303; Sonata in D Major K7; Sonata in G Major K301; Sonata in F Major K30; Sonata in E Flat Major K481: Gary Cooper (fortepiano), Rachel Podger (violin)
CHANNEL CLASSICS CCSSA 22805 (CD/SACD hybrid)
An Interview with conductor & pianist Andrew Litton
WALTON Belshazzar's Feast (excerpt played; c/w Suite from Henry V; Crown Imperial):
Bournemouth Symphony Chorus, Waynflete Singers, L'Inviti, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Litton (conductor)
LONDON (DECCA) 448 134-2 (CD)
IVES Three Places in New England (Putnam's Camp, excerpt played; c/w W.SCHUMAN New England Triptych; GRIFFES The White Peacock; HOVHANNES Mysterious Mountain - Symphony No.2; PISTON The Incredible Flutist; (From CD entitled 'An American Tapestry'): Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Litton (conductor)
DORIAN DOR-90224 (CD)
MAHLER Symphony No.4 in G Major (excerpt from 1 st movement played): Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Litton (conductor), Heidi Grant Murphy (soprano)
DELOS DE 3261(CD)
SHOSTAKOVICH Piano Concerto No.2 (excerpt from 2 nd movement played; c/w Festive Overture; Symphony No.5): Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Litton (piano/conductor)
DELOS DE 3246 (CD)
SCHWANTNER September Canticle - 'Fantasy' for Organ, Brass, Percussion, Amplified Piano & Strings (excerpt played; c/w A Sudden Rainbow; Angelfire; Beyond Autumn): James Diaz (organ), Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Litton (conductor)
HYPERION CDA 67493 (CD)
'THE LISTENING BOOTH' :
The Listening Booth is a regular slot around midday on Saturday's CD Review . It's your chance to vote for and listen to excerpts from brand-new CDs.
MOZART Great Mass in C Minor, K427:
Camilla Tilling, Sarah Connolly (sopranos), Timothy Robinson (tenor), Neal Davies (bass), Gabrieli Consort and Players, Paul McCreesh (conductor)
ARCHIV 477 5744
CD entitled 'Miguel de Cervantes Don Quijote de la Mancha' – A Homage to Miguel de Cervantes: Poet and Musician: A selection of the ballads, songs, madrigals, and other musical forms mentioned in his 400-year-old novel, by Cervantes' contemporaries.
Works by DU BAILLY; NARVAEZ; MORALES; MARTIN Y COLL; VASQUEZ and others:
Vocal soloists including – Montserrat Figureas, Arianna Savall, Hesperion XXI, Jordi Savall (director)
ALIA VOX AVSA9843 (2-CD)
MAHLER Symphony No.4; BERG Seven Early Songs:
Renee Fleming (soprano), Berlin Philharmonic, Claudio Abbado (conductor)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 477 5574
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/newsletters/index.shtml RADIO 3'S DISC OF THE WEEK:
VIVALDI Arie d'Opera dal fondo Foa 28 (Opera Arias from Volume 28 of the Foa Collection) - Usignolo che piangete (from La Candace); Zeffiretti che sussurrate RV 749.21; Anima del cor mio (La Candace) RV 704 - and other arias from Tieteberga RV 737; La Silvia RV 734; Tito Manlio RV 738A; La Verita in Cimento RV 739; Medea e Giasone RV 749.B & Aria RV 749.21: Sandrine Piau (soprano), Ann Hallenberg (mezzo), Paul Agnew (tenor), Guillemette Laurens (mezzo), Modo Antiquo, Federico Maria Sardelli (director)
NAÏVE OP30411 (CD)
The 2004/2005 edition of the annual "Building a Library" factsheet is now available. To obtain a copy, please send an A4 sized, self-addressed envelope (45 pence postage for first class, 35 pence for second class) to:
Building a Library Factsheet
Room 4012, BBC Radio 3
Broadcasting House
Portland Place
LONDON W1A 1AA
Alternatively, the factsheet can be downloaded from the "Building a Library" homepage:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/cdreview/buildingalibrary/
which is accessible from the CD Review website, along with editions dating back to 1995.
