CD Review for Saturday 3rd March 2012 - BAL is Nielsen's 4th

[Seán]

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

9.05am


ELGAR: Cello Concerto in E minor Op.85; The Dream of Gerontius Op.38 Mark Tucker (tenor), Lilli Paasikivi (mezzo-soprano), David Wilson-Johnson (bass-baritone), Sydney Philharmonia Choirs, TSO Chorus, Sydney Symphony, Vladimir Ashkenazy (conductor) DECCA 4764297 (2CD)


Arcadia Lost
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The Lark Ascending; Flos Campi; On Wenlock Edge
BRITTEN: Sinfonia da Requiem
Michael Dauth (violin), Roger Benedict (viola), Steve Davislim (tenor), Cantillation, Hamer Quartet, Benjamin Martin (piano), Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Mark Wigglesworth (conductor) MELBA MR301131 (Hybrid SACD)


VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Symphony no.2 in G major “A London Symphony”; Serenade to Music Juliana Athayde (violin), singers from Mercury Opera Rochester, Rochester Philharmonia Orchestra, Christopher Seaman (conductor) HARMONIA MUNDI HMU807567 (Hybrid SACD)


9.30am Building a Library

David Fanning surveys recordings of Nielsen’s Symphony no.4 and makes a recommendation


10.20am New Releases

Mercury Living Presence – Collector’s Edition Fifty albums from the last sixty years of the label’s recordings Various artists DECCA 4783566 (51CD, budget) Full track listing and further details can be found at http://www.deccaclassics.com/cat/single ... NR=4783566


10.50am

David Owen Norris joins Andrew to discuss some recent releases of Liszt and Chopin piano music:

Chopin: 9 Songs and 9 Lieder
CHOPIN: Trube Wellen op.74 No.3; Melancholie op.74 No.13; Eine Melodie op.74 No.9; Polens Grabgesang op.74 No.17; Der Fruhling op.74 No.2; Litauisches Lied op.74 No.16; Der Bote op.74 No.7; Madchens Wunsch op.74 No.1; Mein Geliebter op.74 No.8. Smutna rzeka op.74 No.3; Nie ma czego trzeba op.74 No.13; Z gor gdzie dzwigali op.74 No.9; Spiew Zmogily op.74 No.17; Wiosna op.74 No.2; Piosnka litewska op.74 No.16; Posel op.74 No.7; Zyczenie op.74 No.1; Sliczny chlopiec op.74 No.8 Dorothee Mields (soprano), Nelson Goerner (fortepiano - Pleyel 1848) NIFC NIFCCD023 (CD)


LESSEL: Piano concerto in C major Op. 14
DOBRZYNSKY: Piano Concerto in A flat major Op. 2 Howard Shelley (piano and conductor), Sinfonia Varsovia NIFC NIFCCD101 (CD)


LISZT: Piano Concerto No.1 in E flat S.124; Piano Concerto No.2 in A S.125; Totentanz S.126 Denis Matsuev (piano), Russian National Orchestra, Mikhail Pletnev (conductor) RCA RED SEAL 88697989452 (2CD)


Liszt - Annees de Pelerinage
LISZT: Premiere Annee - Suisse S.160; Deuxieme Annee – Italie S161; Supplement - Venezia e Napoli s.162; Troisieme Annee S.163 Bertrand Chamayou (piano) NIAVE V5260 (3CD)


LISZT: Les Preludes - Symphonic Poem No. 3; Orpheus - Symphonic Poem No. 4; Ce qu'on entend sur la montagne (Berg-Symphonie) - Symphonic Poem No. 1 Orchester Wiener Akadamie, Martin Haselbock (conductor) NCA 60246 (CD)


LISZT: Hunnenschlacht - Symphonic Poem No. 11; Hungaria - Symphonic Poem No. 9; Mazeppa - Symphonic Poem No. 6 Orchester Wiener Akademie, Martin Haselbock (conductor) NCA 60250 (CD)


11.45am Disc of the Week

Vivaldi - Sacred works for soprano & concertos
VIVALDI: Concerto Madrigalesco RV129; Laudate Pueri RV601; Il Gran Mogul RV431a; Motet Nulla in mundo RV630; Concerto in B flat RV547 Elin Manahan Thomas (soprano); Ashley Solomon (flute); Bojan Cicic (violin); Jennifer Morsches (cello); Florilegium CHANNEL CLASSICS CCSSA32311 (Hybrid SACD)

[Seán]

Yep, Blomstedt SFSO, no surprise there.

[Claus]

Missed it, darn it!

[Seán]

Missed it, darn it!

Hi Claus, you have a PM.

[fergus]

Missed it, darn it!

You have the facility to replay the entire programme for 7 days on the BBC website Claus.

[Claus]

Thanks a mill Fergus! Could you link to the page? I keep getting the "you are outside the uk" message! Thanks again Sean!

[Claus]

Got it working via iplayer! Thanks!

[Seán]

Thanks a mill Fergus! Could you link to the page? I keep getting the "you are outside the uk" message! Thanks again Sean!

Another PM sent.

[fergus]

Got it working via iplayer! Thanks!

Quite a lot of BBC 3 programmes can be replayed in that way Claus if you ever miss one that you particularly want to hear. Enjoy the programme!