CD Review on Saturday 24th October - Very interesting!

[Seán]

9.00am

STRAVINSKY: The Rite of Spring
MusicAeterna, Teodor Currentzis (conductor)
SONY 88875061412 (CD)

Jos van Immerseel conducts Dvorak & Janacek
DVORAK: Symphony No. 9 in E minor Op. 95 'From the New World'
JANACEK: Sinfonietta
Anima Eterna Brugge, Jos van Immerseel (conductor)
ALPHA ALPHA206 (CD)

JS Bach: Organ Works
BACH, J S: Toccata & Fugue in D minor, BWV565; Pastorale in F major, BWV590; Chorale Partita BWV767 'O Gott, du frommer Gott'; Fantasia in G major, BWV572; Prelude & Fugue in G minor, BWV535; Canonic Variations on the Christmas Hymn 'Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her', BWV769; Prelude & Fugue in E minor, BWV548 'Wedge'
Masaaki Suzuki (Schnitger/Hinz organ in the Martinikerk, Groningen)
BIS BIS2111 (Hybrid SACD)





9.30am Building a Library

Richard Wigmore compares recordings of Mozart's Symphony no.36 'Linz' and makes a personal recommendation.

Next week’s Building a Library is on Berg's Violin Concerto.





10.25am New Four Seasons

Andrew discusses new releases of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons – some of them with a bit of a difference.

Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
LECLAIR, J-M: Tambourin
TARTINI: Violin Sonata in G minor 'Devil's Trill'
VIVALDI: The Four Seasons
James Ehnes (violin), Andrew Armstrong (piano), Sydney Symphony Orchestra
ONYX ONYX4134 (CD)

Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
VIVALDI: The Four Seasons; Bassoon Concerto, RV 501 in B flat major 'La notte'; Bassoon Concerto, RV 496 in G minor; Concerto For Violin In Tromba Marina, Strings & Continuo In G, RV 311; Concerto For Violin In Tromba Marina, Strings & Continuo In D, RV 221
Adrian Chandler (director/violin), Peter Wheelan (bassoon), La Serenissima
AVIE AV2344 (CD)

Davis/Vivaldi: Seasons
DAVIS, O: Anno; Anno Epilogue
VIVALDI: The Four Seasons
Grace Davidson (soprano), Kerenza Peacock (violin), Emma Heathcote (viola), Susie Winkworth (cello), Trafalgar Sinfonia, Ivor Setterfield
SIGNUM SIGCD437 (CD)

Vivaldi: The New Four Seasons
VIVALDI arr. Kennedy: The Four Seasons
Nigel Kennedy (violin), Orchestra of Life
SONY 88875076722 (CD)

Antonio Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
CSÉKI: Alpha; Omega
VIVALDI: The Four Seasons
PATRIACH ILIA II OF GEORGIA: Ave Maria
Roby Lakatos (violin), Dominique Corbiau (voice), Kálmán Cséki (keyboards), Kálmán Cséki Jr. (piano), László Lisztes (electric bass), Gabriel Laufer (percussion), Brussels Chamber Orchestra
AVANTI CLASSICS 5414 706 10422 (Hybrid SACD)

Vivaldi in Dresden
VIVALDI: Concerto Op. 3 No. 11 'Con due Violini e Violoncello obligato', RV 565; Concerto for Violin "Il Grosso Mogul" in D major RV 208; The Four Seasons
Hansjorg Albrecht (Silbermann Organ of the Hofkirche in Dresden)
OEHMS OC1822 (CD)





11.00am Guy Barker on newly released jazz interpretations of classical music

Guy Barker joins Andrew to discuss recent recordings of cornerstones from the classical repertoire, reinterpreted as jazz.

ReWrite of Spring
David Liebman (saxophone), Marilyn Mazur (percussion), Aarhus Jazz Orchestra, Lars Moller (conductor)
DACAPO 8226117-18 (2CD)

Bach to Parker
Thomas Gould (violin)
CHAMPS HILL RECORDS CHRCD078 (CD)

Peter and the Wolf and Jazz!
David Tennant (narrator), The Amazing Keystone Big Band
LE CHANT DU MONDE 2742378 (CD)

Duke Ellington: The Columbia Studio Albums Collection 1956-1961
Including: TCHAIKOVSKY arr. Ellington and Strayhorn: The Nutcracker Suite
Duke Ellington and his Orchestra
SONY/LEGACY 88697938892 (10CD)


11.45am Disc of the Week

JS Bach: Magnificat & Christmas Cantata 63
BACH, J S: Magnificat in E flat major, BWV243a; Chorale Prelude BWV600 'Gott, durch deine Guete'; Cantata BWV63 'Christen, aetzet diesen Tag'
GABRIELI, G: Hodie Christus natus est a 10
Julia Doyle (soprano), Joanne Lunn (soprano), Clare Wilkinson (alto), Nicholas Mulroy (tenor), Matthew Brook (bass), Dunedin Consort, John Butt (conductor)
LINN CKD469 (Hybrid SACD)