CD Review including BAL on 10 Jan 2015

[Seán]

9.30am Building a Library

Robert Philip compares recordings of Dvorak's much-loved String Quartet known as the American Quartet, and makes a personal recommendation.



10.15am

BACH, J S: Kothener Trauermusik, BWV244a
Sabine Devielhe, Damien Guillon, Thomas Hobbs, Christian Immler, Pygmalion, Raphael Pichon
HARMONIA MUNDI HMC902211 (CD)

JS Bach: Suites Anglaises Nos 2 & 6 & Italian Concerto
BACH, J S: Chorale Prelude BWV691 'Wer nun den lieben Gott lasst walten'; Fantasia & Fugue in A minor, BWV944; English Suite No. 2 in A minor, BWV807; Chorale Prelude BWV690 'Wer nun den lieben Gott lasst walten'; Chorale Prelude BWV728 'Jesu, meine Zuversicht'; Italian Concerto, BWV971; Chorale Prelude BWV706 'Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier'; English Suite No. 6 in D minor, BWV811
Pierre Hantai (harpsichord)
MIRARE MIR251 (CD)

BACH, J S: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Books 1 & 2
John Butt (harpsichord)
LINN CKD463 (4CD budget)

BACH, J S: Mass in B minor, BWV232
Lydia Teuscher (soprano), Ida Falk Winland (soprano), Tim Mead (countertenor), Samuel Boden (tenor), Neal Davies (bass), Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen (conductor)
HYPERION CDA68051/2 (2CD mid-price)

[fergus]

Thank you for that Seán; I will catch up with that programme later.