CD Review on Saturday 15 November 2014

[Seán]

9.00am

Chorus Sine Nomine: Miserere
ALLEGRI arranged Vladimir Ivanoff: Miserere mei, Deus
Michael Krenn (saxophone), Chorus Sine Nomine, Johannes Hiemetsberger
GRAMOLA GRAM99027 (Hybrid SACD)

MOZART: Cosi fan tutte, K588
Simone Kermes (Fiordiligi), Malena Ernman (Dorabella), Anna Kasyan (Despina), Kenneth Tarver (Ferrando), Christopher Maltman (Guglielmo), Konstantin Wolff (Don Alfonso), MusicAeterna, Teodor Currentzis (conductor)
SONY 88765466162 (3CD mid-price)

Vaughan Williams: Orchestral Works
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis; Symphony No. 3 'A Pastoral Symphony'; Five Variants of ‘Dives and Lazarus'; The Wasps Overture
Sarah Fox (soprano), Halle, Sir Mark Elder (conductor)
HALLE CDHLL7540 (CD mid-price)

Tangophoria
COBIAN: Mi Refugio
DEMARE: Malena
GARDEL: Volver
LINDBERG, C: Midvinter
PIAZZOLLA: Cuarto Estaciones Portenas, Milonga del angel, Adios Nonino, Libertango, Decarismo, Oblivion
TROILO: La Ultima Curda; Sur
Trio Tangophoria: Christian Lindberg (trombone), Jens Lundberg (bandoneon), Roland Pontinen (piano)
BIS BIS2108 (Hybrid SACD)




9.30am Building a Library

Richard Osborne compares recordings of Rossini’s William Tell and makes a recommendation.




10.15am

Viktor Ullmann: The Complete Works for Piano Solo
ULLMANN, V: Piano Sonatas Nos. 1-7 (complete); Variations and Double Fugue Op.3a
Christophe Sirodeau (piano)
BIS BIS2116 (2CD)

La Fauvette Passerinette
BENJAMIN, G: Fantasy on Iambic Rhythm
DUTILLEUX: D’ombre et de silence
MESSIAEN: Preludes (8): La Colombe; Piece pour le tombeau de Paul Dukas; Ile de Feu 1 from 4 Etudes de rythme; Le traquet stapazin (Black-eared Wheatear); La Fauvette passerinette; Morceau de lecture a vue
MURAIL: Cloches d'adieu, et un sourire
RAVEL: Oiseaux tristes (Miroirs No. 2)
SCULTHORPE: Stars (from Night Pieces)
STOCKHAUSEN: Klavierstuck VII; Klavierstuck VIII
TAKEMITSU: Rain Tree Sketch II
YOUNG, D: River (from Dreamlandscapes, Book 2)
Peter Hill (piano)
DELPHIAN DCD34141 (CD)

Salvatore Sciarrino: Piano Works
SCIARRINO: Notturno No. 1; Notturno No. 3; Sonata V; Perduto in una citta d’acque (1991); Prima Sonata (1976)
Florian Hoelscher (piano)
NEOS NEOS11124 (CD)




10.40am New Releases

Dr. Hannah French joins Andrew to discuss a fascinating array of new releases of baroque music.

BACH, J S: Orchestral Suites Nos. 1-4, BWV1066-1069
Richard Egarr (director, harpsichord), Academy of Ancient Music
AAM RECORDS AAM003 (2CD)

VIVALDI: The Four Seasons & String Concerti
VIVALDI: Concerto for strings and continuo in D RV124, Sonnet La Primavera (Spring), Violin Concerto in E major RV269 'Spring', Sonnet L'Estate (Summer), Violin Concerto in G minor RV315 'Summer', Sonnet L'Autunno (Autumn), Violin Concerto in F major RV293 'Autumn', Sonnet L'Inverno (Winter), Violin Concerto in F minor RV297 'Winter', Concerto for strings and continuo in G minor RV157
Huw Daniel (violin 'Spring'), Bojan Cicic (violin 'Summer'), Johannes Pramsohler (violin 'Autumn'), Zefira Valova (violin 'Winter'), Antonio De Sarlo (speaker & violin), European Union Baroque Orchestra, Lars Ulrik Mortensen (director & harpsichord)
OBSIDIAN CD713 (CD)

Vivaldi: Concerti per flauto
VIVALDI: Flautino Concerto in C major, RV443; Flute Concerto Op. 10 No. 2 in G minor, RV 439 'La notte'; Concerto in D major RV95 'La Pastorella'; Concerto in D minor, RV566; Concerto in B flat Major for recorder, strings and basso continuo, RV 375; Concerto in G minor, RV 103; Concerto in D major, RV 90 'Il Gardellino'
Maurice Steger (recorders), I Barocchisti, Diego Fasolis (conductor)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMC902190 (CD)

CORELLI: La Follia
CORELLI: Six Sonatas, Op.5 (1700), nos.7-12
Michala Petri (recorder), Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord)
OUR RECORDINGS 6.220610 (CD)

JS Bach: Violin Concertos
BACH, J S: Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, BWV1041; Violin Concerto No. 2 in E major, BWV1042; Concerto for Two Violins in D minor*, BWV1043; Violin Concerto in G minor, BWV1056; Violin Concerto in D minor, BWV1052
Giuliano Carmignola (violin, director), Mayumi Hirasaki* (violin) Concerto Koln
DG ARCHIV 4792695 (CD)

JS Bach: The Art of Fugue
BACH, J S: The Art of Fugue, BWV1080; Wenn wir in hochsten Noten sein, BWV668a
Angela Hewitt (piano)
HYPERION CDA67980 (2CD mid-price)




11.40am Disc of the Week

HAYDN: The Seasons
Christina Landshamer, Maximilian Schmitt, Florian Boesch, Collegium Vocale Gent, Orchestre des Champs-Elysees, Philippe Herreweghe (conductor)
PHI LPH013 (2CD mid-price)

[fergus]

There is certainly a lot of wonderful music to be heard in that programme!

[Seán]

There is certainly a lot of wonderful music to be heard in that programme!

I was thinking of you when I posted it Fergus.