BBC R3 CD Review on Saturday, 16th March 2013

[Seán]

With a baroque feel to it:

Timings are approximate

9.05am
CORELLI: 12 Violin sonatas,Op.5
The Avison Ensemble
LINN CKD 412 (2 Hybrid SACD)

Mediterraneo
A musical crossing of the Mediterranean sea
Misia (voice - Portugal), Nuria Real (soprano – Catalonia), Raquel Andueza (soprano – Spain), Vincenzo Capezzuto (voice – Italy), Katerina Papadopoulou (voice – Greece), L’Arpeggiata, Christina Pluhar (director)
VIRGIN CLASSICS 46454720 (CD + bonus DVD)

FRANCOIS COUPERIN: Pieces de violes
Premiere suite pour viole de gambe et continuo; Douzieme concert (a deux violes); Deuxieme suite pour viole de gambe et continuo; Treizieme concert (a deux violes); Plainte pour les violes
Paolo Pandolfo (viola da gamba), Amelie Chemin (viola da gamba), Thomas Boysen (theorbo and baroque guitar), Markus Hunninger (harpsichord)
GLOSSA GCD 920414 (CD)

Mystery Variations on Giuseppe Colombi’s Chiacona
Variations by Edmund Campion, Denis Cohen, Gualtiero Dazzi, Pascal Dusapin, Ivan Fedele, Luca Francesconi, Vinko Globokar, Kimmo Hakola, Paavo Heininen, Anders Hillborg, Betsy Jolas, Jouni Kaipainen, Fred Lerdahl, Magnus Lindberg, Martin Matalon, Colin Matthews, Marc Neikrug, Pablo Ortiz, Veli-Matti Puumala, Roger Reynolds, Kaua Saariaho, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Miroslav Srnka, Steven Stucky, Tan Dun, Jukka Tiensuu, Tapio Tuomela, Rolf Wallin, Ryan Wigglesworth, Joji Yuasa.
Anssi Karttunen (cello)
TOCCATA CLASSICS TOCC 0171 (CD)

ROBERT “RED ROB” MACKINTOSH: Airs, Minuets, Gavotts and Reels
Concerto Caledonia
DELPHIAN DCD34238 (CD)


9.30am Building a Library
David Vickers explores recordings of Corelli’s Op.6 Concerti Grossi and makes a recommendation.


10.23am New Releases
Iain Burnside joins Andrew live in the studio to discuss new recordings from pianists including Howard Shelley, Maria-Joao Pires and Boris Giltburg

MENDELSSOHN: The Complete Solo Piano Music Vol,1
Capriccio in F# minor, Op.5
Piano sonata in E major, Op.6
Sieben Charakterstucke, Op.7
Lieder ohne Worte I, Op.19b
Howard Shelley (piano)
HYPERION CDA 67935 (CD)

SCHUBERT
Piano Sonata no.16 in A minor D 845; Piano Sonata no.21 in B flat major D 960
Maria Joao Pires (piano)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 477 8107 (CD)

BEETHOVEN
Piano sonata no.8 in C minor, Op.13 ‘Pathetique’; Piano sonata no.14 in C# minor, Op.27 no.2 ‘Moonlight’; Piano sonata no.23 in F minor, Op.57 ‘Appassionata’
Yundi (piano)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 476 5059 (CD)

LISZT: Transcriptions
Saint-Saens, Paganini, Schubert, Wagner
Liszt: Liebestraume no.3; Grand Galop chromatique
Niu Niu (piano)
EMI CLASSICS 725 332 2 (CD)

PROKOFIEV: The War sonatas 6-7-8
Piano sonata no.6 in A, Op.82
Piano sonata no.7 in B flat, Op.83
Piano sonata no.8 in B flat, Op.84
Denis Kuzhukin (piano)
ONYX 4111 (CD)

PROKOFIEV: War Sonatas
Piano sonata no.6 in A, Op.82
Piano sonata no.7 in B flat, Op.83
Piano sonata no.8 in B flat, Op.84
Boris Giltburg (piano)
ORCHID CLASSICS ORC 100023 (CD)


11.25am
J S BACH: Violin concertos, BWV.1041-1043, Concerto for three violins, BWV.1064R
Petra Mullejans (violin), Gottfried von der Goltz (violin), Anna Katharina Schreiber (violin), Freiburger Barockorchester
HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 902145 (CD)

STEFANO SCODANIBBIO – Re-inventions for string quartet (from Bach’s Art of Fugue and popular Mexican songs and Spanish guitar music)
Quartetto Prometeo
ECM NEW SERIES 476 4850 (CD)

HANDEL: Dixit Dominus, HWV.232
J S BACH: Magnificat, BWV.243
Christina Landshamer (soprano), Diana Haller (mezzo-soprano), Maarten Engeltjes (counter tenor), Maximilian Schmitt (tenor), Konstantin Wolff (bass-baritone), Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Concerto Koln, Peter Dijkstra (conductor)
BR KLASSIK 900504 (CD)


11.44am Disc of the Week
J S BACH: The English Suites BWV.806-811
Richard Egarr (harpsichord - Katzman - Amsterdam 1991, after Ruckers - Antwerp, 1638)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMU 907591.92 (2CD)

[fergus]

The Bach English Suites with Egarr would be very interesting for me.