ALERT!!! CD Review tomorrow, 5 Feb: Berlioz, Bach & Mahler

[Seán]

Oh, what a beautiful way to start the day:

In this week’s programme (timings are approximate):


9.05am

MENDELSSOHN: Violin concerto; Octet
James Ehnes (violin) / Members of Seattle Chamber Music Society / Philharmonia / Vladimer Ashkenazy (conductor) Onyx ONYX 4060 (CD)

MENDELSSOHN: Octet; Sextet
I Solisti Filarmonici Italiani
CPO 777 5242 (CD)

FERDINAND DAVID: Violin Concertos Nos. 4 and 5; Andante & Scherzo capriccioso Hahai Shaham (violin) / BBC Scottish S O / Martyn Brabbins (conductor) Hyperion CDA 67804 (CD)


9.30am Building a Library

David Nice surveys the currently available recordings of Berlioz’s “dramatic symphony” Romeo and Juliet, and makes a top recommendation.


10.25am New Releases – Bach

J S BACH: Missae Breves BWV 233 & 236
Pygmalion / Raphael Pichon (director)
Alpha 170 (CD)

Johann Ludwig BACH: Trauermusik
Anna Prohaska (soprano), Ivonne Fuchs (alto), Maximilian Schmitt (tenor), Andreas Wolf (bass) / RIAS Chamber Choir / Akademi fur Alte Musik Berlin / Hans-Christoph Rademann Harmonia Mundi HMC 902080 (CD)

J S BACH: Oboe concertos
Alexei Ogrintchouk (oboe/director) / Alina Ibragimova (violin) / Swedish Chamber Orchestra
BIS-CACD-1769 (Hybrid SACD)

J S BACH: The Art of Fugue
Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin
Harmonia Mudi HMC 902064 (CD)

J S BACH: The Art of Fugue
Konstantin Lifschitz (piano)
Orfeo C802102A (CD)

J S BACH: Cantatas BWV 199 & 51; Arias
Elizabeth Watts (soprano) / The English Concert / Harry Bicket (director) Harmonia Mundi HMU 807550 (CD)

J S BACH: The Musical Offering
Camerata Kilkenny
Maya MCD1003 (CD)

C P E BACH: Keyboard music Vol.21: 6 Sonatas with Varied Reprises Miklos Spanyi (clavichord)
BIS-CD-1624 (CD)

J C BACH: Mailander Vesperpsalmen
South German Chamber Choir / Concerto Koln / Gerhard Jenemann Carus 83.347 (2 CDs)

J S BACH: Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin Pavlo Beznosiuk (violin) Linn CKD 366 (2 Hybrid SACDs)

“Bach in romantischer Manier”
J S BACH: Violin partita mvts with piano accomps by Mendelssohn, Ressel and Schumann Mayumi Hirasaki (violin) / Christine Schornsheim (fortepiano) Genuin Classics GEN 10189 (CD)


11.50am Disc of the Week

MAHLER: Symphony No.2 in C minor “Resurrection”
Ricarda Merbeth (soprano), Bernarda Fink (mezzo) / Netherlands Radio Choir / Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra / Mariss Jansons (conductor) RCO Live RCO 10102 (2 Hybrid SACDs + bonus DVD)

[DaveF]

Excellent! Thanks for the heads up Sean. A LOT of material there that interests me.

[fergus]

Quite a lot of the Bach clan scheduled there!!

[Seán]

Quite a lot of the Bach clan scheduled there!!

including the Kilkenny crowd.

[DaveF]

I caught the latter half of the show this morning. I quite enjoyed it and took quite an interest in the “Bach in romantischer Manier” near the end. I wasn't able to make up my mind about Janson's Mahler 2 though. I missed the Bach Oboe Concertos so I hope stream the show later.

[Seán]

I listened to the entire programme and I enjoyed it very much indeed. I was very impressed with the Gardiner and the Colin Davis interpretations of Berlioz's work.
Next week there will be a feast of new Mahler releases...................woo hoo!

[DaveF]

Next week............ a feast of new Mahler releases

Great! That's all I need! :-)

[Ciaran]

a feast of new Mahler releases...................woo hoo!

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