BBC R3 CD Review includes music by Duke Ellington

[Seán]

Mozart, Nielsen, Rachmaninov, Ellington and Handel, it looks like an interesting programme.

Timings are approximate

9.00am
Beethoven Masterworks
For full details see http://www.deutschegrammophon.com/en/cat/4791042
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 4791042 (51CD budget)


9.30am Building a Library
Nicholas Kenyon explores recordings of Mozart’s Piano Concerto no.19 in F K459 and makes recommendations


10.20am
NIELSEN: Symphony No. 2 Op. 16 'The Four temperaments'; Symphony No. 3 Op. 27 'Sinfonia espansiva'
Lucy Hall (soprano), Marcus Farnsworth (baritone), London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis (conductor)
LSO LIVE LSO0722 (Hybrid SACD)


SUTER: Symphony in D minor
WEHRLI: Chilbizite
Aargau Symphony Orchestra, Douglas Bostock (conductor)
MUSIQUES SUISSE MGBCD6274 (CD)
http://www.musiques-suisses.ch


RACHMANINOV: The Isle of the Dead Op. 29; The Rock Op. 7; Symphonic Dances Op. 45
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Litton (conductor)
BIS BIS1751 (Hybrid SACD)


MADETOJA: Kullervo Op.15; Symphony No. 2 Op.35; Elegy Op. 4
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, John Storgards (conductor)
ONDINE ODE12122 (CD)


Kurt Atterberg Vol. 1
ATTERBERG: Symphony No. 6 in C major Op. 31 'Dollar Symphony'; En varmlandsrapsodi Op. 36; Suite No. 3 Op. 19 No. 1; Symphony No. 4 Op. 14 'Sinfonia piccola'
Sara Troback Hesselink (violin), Per Högberg (viola), Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi (conductor)
CHANDOS CHSA5116 (Hybrid SACD)


ELLINGTON: Harlem; Black Brown and Beige; Three Black Kings; The River
STRAYHORN arr. ELLINGTON: Take the ‘A’ Train
Sal Andolina (clarinet and alto saxophone), Tony Di Lorenzo (trumpet), Amy Licata (violin), Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, JoAnn Falletta (conductor)
NAXOS 8559737 (CD)




11.00am
As part of Radio 3’s Baroque Spring, harpsichordist and Baroque specialist Alan Curtis joins Andrew to discuss 35 years of Handel recordings with Il Complesso Barocco, including:

Handel Operas
HANDEL: Admeto Re di Tessaglia
c/w HANDEL: Arminio; Deidamia; Radamisto; Rodrigo; Fernando re di Castiglia
Rene Jacobs (Admeto), Rachel Yakar (Alceste), Ulrik Cold (Ercole), Rita Dams (Orindo), James Bowman (Trasimede), Jill Gomez (Antigona), Max von Egmond (Meraspe), Il Complesso Barocco, Alan Curtis (conductor)
VIRGIN 6958622 (16CD budget)

HANDEL: Giulio Cesare
Marie-Nicole Lemieux (Giulio Cesare), Karina Gauvin (Cleopatra), Romina Basso (Cornelia), Emoke Barath (Sesto), Filippo Mineccia (Tolomeo), Johannes Weisser (Achilla), Milena Storti (Nireno), Gianluca Buratto (Curio), Il Complesso Barocco, Alan Curtis (conductor)
NAIVE OP30536 (3CD mid-price)


11.40am Disc of the Week
PETRASSI: Magnificat (Premiere Recording); Psalm IX
Sabina Cvilak (soprano), Coro Teatro Regio Torino, Orchestra Teatro Regio Torino, Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)
CHANDOS CHAN10750 (CD)

[fergus]

Due to circumstances over the last few days I did not get a listen to that programme but I will tune in to the playback version over the coming days Seán.

[Jared]

Due to circumstances over the last few days I did not get a listen to that programme but I will tune in to the playback version over the coming days Seán.

Would those 'circumstances' have involved Ireland & France?

[fergus]

Nothing that straightforward or simple Jared.