CD Review on Saturday 4th April - BAL: Sibelius 4

[Seán]

A real treat is in store for us on Saturday:

9.00am

Mozart: Piano Sonatas
MOZART: Piano Sonata No. 18 in D major, K576 'Hunt'; Piano Sonata No. 5 in G, K283; Piano Sonata No. 12 in F major, K332; Piano Sonata No. 17 in B flat major, K570; Rondo in D major, K485; Gigue in G Major, K574; Piano Sonata No. 10 in C major, K330; Piano Sonata No. 13 in B flat major, K333; Piano Sonata No. 16 in C major, K545 'Facile'; Piano Sonata No. 4 in E flat major K282; Rondo in A minor, K511; Fantasia in D minor, K397
Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano)
HYPERION CDA68029 (2CD budget)

Hilary Hahn: Violin Concertos Mozart 5 & Vieuxtemps 4
MOZART: Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major, K219 'Turkish'
VIEUXTEMPS: Violin Concerto No. 4 in D Op. 31
Hilary Hahn (violin), The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Paavo Jarvi (conductor)
DG 4793956 (CD mid-price)

Part: Te Deum
PART: Te Deum; Pilgrims' Song; Berliner Messe; Dopo la vittoria
Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Munchner Rundfunkorchester, Peter Dijkstra (conductor)
BR KLASSIK 900511 (CD)

Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony & Marche slave
TCHAIKOVSKY: Manfred Symphony Op. 58; Marche slave Op. 31
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons (conductor)
ORFEO C895151A (CD)



9.30am Building a Library

David Nice compares recordings of Sibelius’s fourth symphony and makes a personal recommendation.



10.20am New Releases - French chamber music with Rebecca Franks

James Ehnes and Andrew Armstrong: Franck & Strauss - Violin Sonatas
FRANCK: Violin Sonata in in A
STRAUSS: Violin Sonata in E flat, Op. 18; Allgretto in E, AV149; Wiegenlied, Op. 14 No. 1; Waldseligkeit, Op. 49 No. 1; Morgen! Op. 27 No. 4
James Ehnes (violin), Andrew Armstrong (piano)
ONXY CLASSICS ONYX4141 (CD)

Franck, Dvorak, Grieg: Violin Sonatas
DVORAK: Romantic Pieces (4) for Violin & Piano Op. 75
FRANCK, C: Violin Sonata in A major
GRIEG: Violin Sonata No. 3 in C minor Op. 45
Renaud Capucon (violon), Khatia Buniatishvili (piano)
ERATO 2564625018 (CD)

The Chopin Album
CHOPIN: Cello Sonata in G minor Op. 65; Grand Duo for Cello and Piano (on themes from Meyerbeer's Robert le Diable); Polonaise brillante Op. 3 for cello & piano; Nocturne No. 4 in F major Op. 15 No. 1; Etude Op. 25 No. 7 in C sharp minor
FRANCHOMME: Nocturne for Cello and Piano Op. 15, No. 1
Sol Gabetta (cello), Bertrand Chamayou (piano)
SONY 88843093012 (CD)

La Clarinette Francaise: Jos Van Immerseel & Lisa Shklyaver
BLOCH, ANDRE: Denneriana
DEBUSSY: Rhapsody for clarinet & piano (or orchestra), L. 116 'Premiere rapsodie'
MILHAUD: Scaramouche, suite for clarinet & piano (or orchestra) Op. 165d
PIERNE, G: Canzonetta Op. 19
POULENC: Clarinet Sonata Op. 184
SAINT-SAENS: Clarinet Sonata in E flat major Op. 167
Jos Van Immerseel (piano), Lisa Shklyaver (clarinet)
ZIGZAG ZZT358 (CD)

Green - Melodies francaises on Verlaine’s poems
BORDES: O triste, triste etait mon ame; Promenade Sentimental
BRASSENS: Colombine
CANTELOUBE: Colloque sentimental
CAPLET: Green
CHABRIER: Qui je suis, qui je suis (from Fish Ton Kan); J'engraisse (from Fish Ton Kan)
CHAUSSON: Ecoutez la chanson bien douce; La lune blanche
DEBUSSY: Claire de lune (song); Colloque sentimental; En sourdine; Fantoches; Green (No. 5 from Ariettes Oubliees); Il pleure dans mon c?ur (No. 2 from Ariettes Oubliees); La Faune; Les ingenus; Mandoline (Verlaine)
FAURE: C'est l'extase langoureuse Op. 58 No. 5 (Verlaine); Clair de Lune Op. 46 No. 2; En sourdine Op. 58 No. 2 (Verlaine); Green Op. 58 No. 3 (Verlaine); La Lune blanche luit dans les bois (No. 3 from La Bonne Chanson Op. 61); Mandoline Op. 58 No. 1 (Verlaine); Prison Op. 83 No. 1; Spleen Op. 51 No. 3 (Verlaine)
FERRE: Colloque sentimentale; Ecoutez la chanson bien douce
HAHN, R: Chanson de l'automne; D'une prison; En Sourdine; L'heure exquise
HONEGGER: Un Grand Sommeil Noir
KOECHLIN: Il pleure dans mon coeur Op. 22 No. 4
MASSENET: Revons c'est l'heure
SAINT-SAENS: Le vent dans la plane (Verlane)
SCHMITT, F: Il pleure dans mon coeur
SEVERAC: Le ciel est, par-dessus le toit ...
SZULC: Clair De Lune Op. 83 No. 1
TRENET: Chanson d'automne
VARESE: Un grand sommeil noir
WIENIAWSKA: Mandoline; La lune blanche; En sourdine
Philippe Jaroussky (counter-tenor), Jerome Ducros (piano), Nathalie Stutzmann (contralto), Quatuor Ebene
ERATO 2564616693 (2CD budget)



11.20am Passion Settings

MACMILLAN: St. Luke Passion
Peter Dicke (organ), Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic, Netherlands Radio Choir, National Youth Choir, Markus Stenz (conductor)
CHALLENGE CLASSICS CC72671 (Hybrid SACD)

CHILCOTT: St John Passion
Laurie Ashworth (soprano), Ed Lyon (Evangelist), Darren Jeffery (bass-baritone), Neal Davies (Christ), Jonathan Vaughn (organ), Wells Cathedral Choir, Chaconne Brass, Matthew Owens (conductor)
SIGNUM SIGCD412 (CD mid-price)

BACH, J S: St Mark Passion, BWV247
Gudrun Sidonie Otto, Terry Wey, Daniel Johannsen, Stephan MacLeod, Hanno Muller-Brachmann, Knabenkantorei Basel, Capriccio Barockorchester, Markus Teutschbein
RONDEAU ROP609091 (2CD mid-price)

BACH, J S: St Matthew Passion, BWV244
Charles Daniels (Evangelist), Peter Harvey (Christus), Bethany Seymour, Helen Neeves (sopranos), Sally Bruce-Payne, Nancy Cole (altos), Joseph Cornwell, Julian Podger (tenors), Matthew Brook (basses), Yorkshire Baroque Soloists, Peter Seymour
SIGNUM SIGCD385 (2CD budget)



11.45am Disc of the Week

BACH, J S: St Matthew Passion, BWV244
James Gilchrist (Evangelist), Matthew Rose (Christus), Ashley Riches (Pilatus), Elizabeth Watts (soprano), Sarah Connolly (alto), Thomas Hobbs (tenor), Christopher Maltman (bass), Richard Egarr (director, harpsichord), Academy of Ancient Music, Choir of the AAM
AAM RECORDS AAM004 (3CD mid-price)

[fergus]

Thank you for that Seán; there is some excellent music being covered in that programme!