On this week's programme:
09.05am
VIVALDI: Sonata 11 in B minor ('Preludio')
(c/w Complete Op. 1 Sonatas)
Enrico Gatti (violin), Rossella Croce (violin), Judith-Maria Becker (cello), Monica Pustilnik (archlute), Guido Morini (harpsichord and organ)
Glossa GCD 921203 (2 CDs)
VIVALDI: 'Sin Nel Placido Soggiorno' from La fede tradita e vendicata) from disc Amor Profano - Vivaldi Arias
(c/w 'Siam navi all'onde' from L'olimpiade; 'Ah fuggi rapido' from Orlando Furioso; 'Non m'afflige il tormento di morte' from Tito Manlio; 'Quegl' occhi luminosi' from Semiramide; 'Squarciami pure il seno' from Il Tigrane; 'Se in campo armato' from Catone in Utica; Sinfonia from Il Tamerlano; 'Agitata da due venti' from Griselda; 'Dopo si rei disastri' from Tito Manlio; 'Amato ben tu sei la mia speranza' from La verita in cimento; 'Combatta un gentil cor' from Tito Manlio; 'La farfalletta' (adapted by Andrea Marcon); 'Or che cinto ho il crin d'alloro' from Guistino)
Simone Kermes (soprano), Venice Baroque Orchestra, Andrea Marcon (conductor)
Archiv Produktion 477 6618 (CD)
VIVALDI: 'Per laceralo' from Teuzzone RV 736 from disc Arie Ritrovate
(c/w 'Sarai qual padre mio' (reconstructed by Ottavio Dantone and Fredeeric Delamea); '[Se vincer non si puo' from La verita in cimento RV 739; 'Mi vuoi tradir lo so' from La verita in cimento RV 739; Recitative then Aria 'Con palme ed allori' from Scanderbeg RV 732; Concerto for Strings RV 136; 'Abbia respiro il cor' (reconstructed by Ottavio Dantone and Frederic Delamea); 'Perche lacero il foglio' (reconstructed by Ottavio Dantone and Frederic Delamea); 'Tu dormi in tante pene'from Tito Manlio RV 738-A; Concerto Violin RV 369; Recitative then Aria 'S'a voi penso, o luci belle' from Scanderbeg RV 732; 'Vedi le mie catene' from Teuzzone RV 736; 'Porta il sol del tuo sembiante' from Orlando furioso RV Anh 84; 'Alma mia fra tanti affanni' from Teuzzone RV 736)
Sonia Prina (contralto), Stefano Montanari (violin), Accademia Bizantina, Ottavio Dantone (director / harpsichord)
Naive OP 30443 (CD)
VIVALDI: Nisi Dominus RV 608
(c/w Crucifixus from the Credo RV 592; Stabat Mater RV 621)
Philippe Jaroussky (counter-tenor), Marie-Nicole Lemieux (contralto), Ensemble Matheus, Jean-Christophe Spinosi (conductor)
Naive OP 30453 (CD)
09.30 am
Building a Library Recommendation
POULENC: Gloria
Reviewer - Jeremy Summerly
First Choice:
(c/w HONEGGER: Symphonie Liturgique)
Luba Orgonasova (soprano), Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Mariss Jansons (conductor)
RCO Live RCO06003 (SACD)
Budget Choice:
(c/w VERDI: Messa Da Requiem; PUCCINI: Messa di Gloria)
Reinaldo Macias (tenor), Marcos Fink (bass), Brigitte Fournier (soprano), Chorus and Orchestra of the Gulbenkian Foundation (Lisbon), Michael Corboz (conductor)
Virgin Classics 5 62322 2 (CD, Budget)
Next week Stephen Plaistow examines recordings of Debussy's second book of piano preludes.
10.30 New Releases
Sir John Tusa picks out some highlights of the many discs appearing recently of Czech music. With extracts from and discussion about the following discs.
DVORAK: Piano Trio in B flat major Op. 21 B51
(c/w ZDENEK FIBICH: Piano Trio in F minor; MARTINU: Piano Trio No. 2 in D minor H 327)
Smetana Trio
Supraphon SU 3927-2 (CD)
GIDEON KLEIN: String Trio (Terezin 1944) from disc Gideon Klein: The Chamber Music for Strings
(c/w Four Movements for String Quartet; String Quartet Op. 2; Duo for Violin and Viola; Preludium for Viola Solo; Duo for Violin and Cello; Fantasy and Fugue for String Quartet)
Kocian Quartet
Praga Digitals PRD/DSD 250 224 (SACD)
Bedrich Smetana - Complete Orchestral Works
(Ma Vlast; Wallenstein's Camp, Symphonic Poem Op. 14; Hakon Jarl, Symphonic Poem Op. 16; Richard III, Symphonic Poem Op. 11; Overture to 'The Bartered Bride'; Three Dances from 'The Bartered Bride'; Doktor Faust, Overture to the puppet-play by Matej Kopecky; Venkovanka, The Peasant Woman, Polka; Nasim Devam, To our Girls, Polka; Festive Symphony in E major Op. 6; Festive Overture in C major; Festive Overture in D major Op. 4; Prague Carnival, Introduction and Polonaise; March of the National Guard; Shakespeare Festival March Op. 20)
Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra, Theodore Kuchar (conductor)
Brilliant Classics 93634 (3 CDs, Budget)
SMETANA: Vltava from Ma Vlast; Janacek: The Cunning Little Vixen - Suite from the Opera (arr. V. Talich) from disc Vaclav Talich Special Edition 17
(c/w Vysehrad and Sarka from Ma Vlast; Libuse - Overture; Our Lasses - polka (Nasim devam); Prague Carnival - introduction and polonaise; The Two Widows - Recitative and Aria of Anezka; Dvorak: The Noon Witch (Polednice);
SUK: A Fairy Tale (The Game of the Swans and the Peacocks); Kovarovic: Miner's Polka for orchestra; Blodek: In the Well (Vstudni) - Overture; Act II. Bonus: Vaclav Talich speaking, recordings of parts of rehearsal - Dvorak: Cello Concerto, Symphony No. 9)
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Ludmilla Dvorakova (soprano), Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Pragude Radio Symphony Orchestra, Vaclav Talich (conductor)
Supraphon SU 3837-2 (2 CDs, Mid Price)
MARTINU: Concerto for violin, piano and orchestra H342 from disc Music for Violin and Orchestra Vol. 2
(c/w Concerto da camera H285; Czech Rhapsody, arr. for violin and orchestra by Jiri Teml H307A)
Bohuslav Matousek (violin), Karel Kosarek (piano), Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Christopher Hogwood (conductor)
Hyperion CDA67672 (CD)
11.15 Interview with Sir Simon Rattle
Sir Simon Rattle talks about his recent work with the Berlin Philharmonic, including his recording of Mahler's 9th Symphony and Mussorgsky's 'Pictures at an Exhibition'. With extracts from the following discs:
MUSSORGSKY: Pictures at an Exhibition; BORODIN: Symphony No. 2; Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle (conductor)
EMI 517582 2 (CD)
MAHLER: Symphony No. 9
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle (conductor)
EMI 5012282 (2 CDs)
BRAHMS: Ein Deutsches Requiem
Dorothea Roschmann (soprano), Thomas Quasthoff (baritone), Rundfunkchor Berlin, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle (conductor)
EMI 3653932 (CD)
After the interview extracts from the following disc:
JOHANNES MARIA STAUD: 'Apeiron' from disc Apeiron
(c/w Incipit III (Esquisse retouchee II); Towards a Brighter Hue; Violent Incidents (Hommage a Bruce Nauman); Peras)
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle; WDR Sinfonieorchester, Lothar Zagrosek (conductor); Windkraft Tirol Kasper de Roo, Marcus Weiss (saxophone); Uwe Dierksen (trombone), Marino Formenti (piano), Ernst Kovacic (violin))
Kairos 0012672KAI (CD)
11.45am Disc of the Week
WHITE: Lamentations a5 from disc Treasures of Tudor England
(c/w Christe qui lux es dies IV; PARSONS:
Ave Maria; O bone Jesu; TYE: Agnus Dei
from Mass: Euge bone; Peccavimus cum
patribus nostris)
The Sixteen, Harry Christophers (conductor)
Coro COR16056 (CD)
