Andrew McGregor introduces Radio 3’s weekly programme devoted to all that’s new in the world of recorded music, including some of the latest releases requested by listeners.
James Jolly joins Andrew to discuss the wealth of recent and upcoming releases marking the four major composer anniversaries of 2009 – Purcell, Handel, Haydn and Mendelssohn. With extracts from the following discs:
Lorraine Hunt (soprano), Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan (conductor); Dorothea Roschmann (soprano), Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin; Andreas Scholl (counter tenor); Mark Padmore (tenor), Lucy Crowe (soprano), Robin Blaze (counter tenor), The English Concert, Andrew Manze (conductor)
Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Kurt Masur (conductor), Lynn Harrell (cello), Andre Previn (piano)
Deutsche Grammophon 477 8001 (CD)
Mendelssohn Symphonies (Complete)
New Philharmonia Orchestra, Wolfgang Sawallisch (conductor), Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Lev Markiz (conductor), Helen Donath (soprano), Rostraud Hansmann (soprano), Waldermar Kmentt (tenor)
Mikhail Pletnev (piano), Russian National Orchestra, Christian Gansch (conductor)
Deutsche Grammophon 477 6417 (CD)
Building a Library
WAGNER: Ring Cycle on DVD
Reviewer – Patrick Carnegy
First choice:
Donald McIntyre, Heinz Zednik, Hermann Becht, Hanna Schwarz, Siegfried Jerusalem, Matti Salminen, Gwyneth Jones, Jeannine Altmeyer, Peter Hofmann, Gabriele Schnaut, Manfred Jung, Fritz Hubner, Franz Mazura, Gwendolyn Killebrew, Choir and Orchestra of the Bayreuther Festspiele, Pierre Boulez (conductor)
Deutsche Grammophon 00440 073 4057 (8 DVDs, including Bonus DVD on the making of this production. Each opera also available separately)
Das Rheingold I – Loge’s monolog
Das Rheingold II – finale
Die Walküre, act one
Wagner – Die Walküre, Act One, scene 2: Hunding (Salminen)
Die Walküre, act two
Wagner – Die Walküre: “The Ride of the Valkyries” (Boulez)
Die Walküre: Winterstürme – Du bist der Lenz
Die Walküre: Nicht sehre dich Sorge um mich (Altmeyer)
Siegfried, act one
Siegfried, act one
Siegfried, act two, Forest Murmurs
Götterdämmerung Act 1 Sc 2
Götterdämmerung Act 1 Sc 3
Götterdämmerung, act two
Götterdämmerung, act three
Next week Peter Quantrill examines recordings of one of Mozart’s ‘Prussian’ Quartets, K90 in F Major.
Harmonia Mundi at 50
With extracts from the following discs:
BIZET: L’Arlesienne Overture
(c/w Symphony in C major)
Orquesta Cuidad de Granada, Josep Pons (conductor)
Harmonia Mundi HMA1951675 (CD, Mid Price)
BYRD: Miserere mihi, Domine
(c/w works by John Sheppard, Thomas Tallis, Robert White and Hugh Aston)
Stile Antico
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 3 Op. 55
(c/w 12 Contretanze WoO14; Die Geschopfe des Prometheus Op. 43)
Helsinborg Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Manze (conductor)
Harmonia Mundi HMU 807470 (CD)
(released March 31st 2008)
SCHUBERT: Sehnsucht
Matthias Goerne (baritone), Elisabeth Leonskaja (piano)
Harmonia Mundi HMC 901988 (CD)
(released March 31st 2008)
CHARPENTIER: Te Deum H. 146)
(c/w Missa ‘Assumpta Est Maria’ H. 11, Litanies de la Vierge H. 83)
Les Arts Florissants, William Christie (conductor)
Harmonia Mundi HMG 901298 (CD, Mid Price)
PURCELL: Fairest Isle from disc Music for a While
Alfred Deller (counter tenor), Wieland Kuijken (bass viol), William Christie (harpsichord), Roderick Skeaping (baroque violin), Robert Elliott (organ), Jane Ryan (bass viol)
MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 27 K 595
(c/w Clarinet Concerto K. 622)
Andreas Staier (fortepiano), Lorenzo Coppola (clarinet), Freiburger Barockorchester, Gottfried von der Goltz (conductor)
Harmonia Mundi HMC 901908 (CD)
Next Week
On next week’s CD Review Peter Quantrill recommends a recording of Mozart’s String Quartet K590, there’s a session report on the disc ‘Burning in the Snow’ and Rob Cowan reviews some historic recordings
CD Review
Saturdays 09:00 - 12:15
Andrew McGregor introduces Radio 3's weekly programme devoted to all that's new in the world of recorded music, including some of the latest releases requested by listeners.
Andrew McGregor introduces Radio 3's weekly programme devoted to all that's new in the world of recorded music, including some of the latest releases requested by listeners.
