Beethoven and Gardiner's Bach feature on CD Review
Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2011 6:37 pm
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11:00am
Beethoven: The Birth of a Master
BEETHOVEN: The Creatures of Prometheus Overture, Op. 43; O wär' ich schon mit dir vereint; No, non turbati; Romance No. 2 for Violin and Orchestra in F major, Op. 50; Ah! Perfido, Op. 65; Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op. 21 Alexandra Coku (soprano), Julien Chauvin (violin), Le Cercle de l'Harmonie, Jérémie Rhorer (conductor) Ambroisie (Naïve) AM204 (CD)
Beethoven: In The Breath Of Time
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93; Grosse Fuge in B flat major, Op. 133; Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 'Pastoral'
David Suzuki - English/French Narration: Declaration of INTERdependence Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Kent Nagano (conductor) Sony Classical 88697 923602 (2 CDs, mid-price)
Beethoven - Complete Works for Solo Piano Volume 10
BEETHOVEN: Complete Bagatelles
Ronald Brautigam (fortepiano)
BIS SACD 1882 (Hybrid SACD)
BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No. 3 in C major, Op. 2 No. 3; No. 21 in C major, Op. 53 'Waldstein'; Andante Favori in F, Wo057; Rondo a capriccio in G major, Op. 129 ‘Rage over a lost penny'
Alice Sara Ott (piano)
Deutsche Grammophon 00289 477 9291 (CD)
BEETHOVEN: Septet in E flat major, Op. 20; Sextet in E flat Major, Op. 71 Scharoun Ensemble Berlin (Members of the Berlin Philharmonic) with Gaspare Vittorio Buonomano (clarinet II), Sarah Willis (horn), Henning Trog (bassoon II) Tudor TUDOR7146 (Hybrid SACD)
11.45am
Johann Christoph Bach: Welt, gute Nacht
BACH, J C'ph: Cantata 'Herr, wende dich und sei mir gnädig'; Aria 'Mit Weinen hebt sichs an'; Wie bist du denn, O Gott; Motet 'Der Gerechte, ob er gleich zu zeitlich stirbt''; Ach, daß ich Wassers genug hätte; Fürchte dich nicht; Aria 'Es ist nun aus mit meinem Leben'; Cantata 'Meine Freundin, Du ist schön'
Julia Doyle (soprano), Katharine Fuge (soprano), Clare Wilkinson (mezzo-soprano), Jeremy Budd (tenor), James Gilchrist (tenor), Nicholas Mulroy (alto/tenor), Matthew Brook (bass), Peter Harvey (bass), The English Baroque Soloists, Maya Homburger (violin), Sir John Eliot Gardiner (conductor) Soli Deo Gloria SDG715 (CD)