CD Review and BAL: Mahler’s Symphony no. 8 on 26th November
Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2011 7:12 pm
A feast of Mahler and Mozart awaits us:
In this week’s programme (timings are approximate):
9.05am
TCHAIKOVSKY: Francesca da Rimini – Fantasie op. 32; Symphony No. 4 CBSO, Andris Nelsons (conductor) ORFEO C860111A (CD)
TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 5 in E minor op. 64; Festive Overture, op. 96
Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse / Tugan Sokhiev
NAIVE V5252 (CD)
TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No.2 ‘Little Russian’
MUSSORGSKY: A Night on the Bare Mountain (orig. version), Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Ravel)
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Kirill Karabits (conductor)
ONYX ONYX4074 (CD)
9.30am Building a Library
Julian Johnson surveys available recordings of Mahler’s Symphony no. 8 and makes a recommendation
10.20am
MAHLER: Symphony No. 10
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Mark Wigglesworth (conductor)
ABC CLASSICS ABC4764336 (CD, mid-price)
Horizon 4
MAHLER / MATTHEWS: Nicht zu Schnell
VAN KEULEN: Funf tragische Lieder
GLANERT: Fluss ohne Ufer
JETHS: Scale 'le tombeau de Mahler'
ROUKENS: Out of control
SHCHEDRIN: Oboe Concerto
BERIO: Solo Ed Spanjaard
HINDSON: Chrissietina’s Magic Fantasy
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; Lothar Zagrosek, Ed Spanjaard, Markus Stenz, Susanna Malkki (conductors); Detlef Roth (baritone); Alexei Ogrintchouk (oboe); Marijn Mijnders & Monica Naselow (violin); Jorgen van Rijen (trombone)
RCO LIVE RCO11001 (2CD, mid-price)
The Mahler Album
MAHLER: Adagietto from Symphony no. 5 in C#; Adagio from Symphony no. 10 (arr. for string orchestra by H. Stadlmair)
BEETHOVEN: String Quartet no. 11 in F minor op. 95 “Quartetto Serioso” (arr. for string orchestra Mahler)
Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Candida Thompson (artistic director)
CHANNEL CLASSICS CCSSA31511 (SACD)
10.50am New Releases
Iain Burnside joins Andrew to discuss recent releases of works by Mozart
MOZART: Piano Concerto No 6 in B flat major K238; Piano Concerto No 8 in C major ‘Lützow’ K246; Piano Concerto No 9 in E flat major ‘Jeunehomme’ K271
Angela Hewitt (piano), Orchestra da Camera di Mantova
HYPERION CDA67840 (CD)
Symphonies Vol. 3
MOZART: Symphony No. 9 in C Major K73; Symphony No. 10 in G major K74; Symphony No. 11 in D major K84; Symphony No. 44 in D major K81; Symphony No. 45 in D major K95; Symphony No. 47 in D major K97
Danish National Chamber Orchestra, Adam Fischer (conductor)
DACAPO 6220538 (SACD)
Piano Concertos Vol. 7
MOZART: Piano Concertos Nos. 5 & 27, Rondo K382
Cyprien Katsaris (piano), Salzburg Chamber Philharmonic, Yoon Kuk Lee (conductor)
PIANO 21 P21039 (CD)
MOZART: Clarinet Concerto in A major K622*; Clarinet Quintet in A major K581~
Haydn Philharmonic Orchestra, Sharon Kam (director)*
Sharon Kam (clarinet), Isabelle van Keulen & Ulrike-Anima Mathe (violins), Volker Jacobsen (viola), Gustav Rivinius (cello)~
BERLIN CLASSICS 0016672BC (CD)
MOZART: Six German Dances K571; Symphony No. 36 in C major K425 'Linz'; Piano Concerto No. 22 in E flat major K482; Masonic Funeral Music in C minor, K477
Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg, Alexander Lonquich (piano, director)
ORFEO C842111B (CD)
11.40 am Disc of the Week
Exultent superi – Motets Choisis
COUPERIN: Resonent organa a 3 et symphonies - Pro Sancta Cecilia (reconstruction by Edward Higginbottom); Tantum ergo sacramentum a 3; Ornate aras - Elevation a voix seule et Symphonie (reconstruction by Edward Higginbottom); Lauda Sion; O Domine quia refugium. Precatio ad Deum a 3; O misterium ineffabile – Elevation; Ad te levavi oculos meos a voix seule et symphonie (Psalm 122); Domine salvum fac Regem a 2; Exultent superi a 3 et symphonie (reconstruction by Edward Higginbottom);
Soloists of New College Oxford, Collegium Novum, Edward Higginbottom (conductor)
NOVUM NCR1384 (CD)