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.
Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano), Gerald Finley (baritone), Lucy Crowe (soprano), Patricia Bardon (mezzo-soprano), William Purefoy (counter-tenor), Sarah Tynan (soprano), John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Carys Lane (soprano), Rebecca Outram (soprano), Choir & Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Steven Devine & Elizabeth Kenny (directors)
Chandos’ featured release is a new recording of the first English operatic masterpiece, Purcell’s tragedy Dido and Aeneas. Starring Sarah Connolly, Gerald Finley, with the Orchestra and Choir of the Age of Enlightenment, it is released to commemorate the 350th anniversary of Purcell’s birth.
Directed from the keyboard by Steven Devine and Elizabeth Kenny as in recent concert performances, the ensemble presents the opera in a version that incorporates other dance works by Purcell, a version which Sarah Connolly performed at Teatro alla Scala in 2006. Continue reading ‘Disc of the Week’
HANDEL arr. Schafer: La Rejouissance (Fireworks Suite in D HWV 351)
(c/w Concerto in B flat major HWV 301; Sonata No. 2 in B flat major; Concerto in B flat major HWV 302a; Water Music Suite in D)
Trompetenensemble Joachim Schafer, Joachim Schafer (piccolo trumpet)
Christophorus CHR 77302 (CD)
HANDEL arr. Mendelssohn: Acis und Galatea (Part Nos. 2 and 3)
Julia Kleiter (soprano), Christoph Pregardien (tenor), Michael Slattery (tenor), Wolf Matthias Friedrich (bass), NDR Choir, Gottingen Festival Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan (conductor)
Carus 83.420 (CD)
PURCELL: Dido & Aeneas (Act 1 Nos. 2 and 3)
Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano), Gerald Finley (baritone), Lucy Crowe (soprano), Patricia Bardon (mezzo-soprano), William Purefoy (counter-tenor), Sarah Tynan (soprano), John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Carys Lane (soprano), Rebecca Outram (soprano), Choir and Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Elizabeth Kenny, Steven Devine (music directors)
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)
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.
