Composer Anniversaries

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:

Music of Henry Purcell

The Deller Consort, Alfred Deller (counter-tenor)

Vanguard Classics MC 194 (6 CDs, budget)

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Handel Oratorios

SAUL: RIAS Kammerchor, Concerto Koln, Rene Jacobs (director)

MESSIAH: The Choir of Clare College, Freiburger Barockorchester, Rene Jacobs (director)

Harmonia Mundi HMX2908280.83 (4 CDs)

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Handel Famous Arias

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)

Harmonia Mundi HMX2908288.91 (4 CDs)

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Handel Twelve Concerti grossi op. 6

Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini (conductor)

L’Oiseau Lyre 478 0319 (3 CDs)

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HANDEL: Israel in Egypt

Ariada Ensemble, Kevin Mallon (conductor)

Naxos 8.570966-67 (2 CDs, Budget)

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Haydn Edition

Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra, Adam Fischer (conductor) plus other musicians

Brilliant Classics 93782 (150 CDs, Budget)

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HAYDN: Symphonies 57, 59 and 65

Heidelberg Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Fey (conductor)

Hanssler Classic CD 98.526 (CD)

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Haydn Italian Arias

Thomas Quasthoff (bass baritone), Freiburger Barockorchester, Gottfried von der Goltz (conductor)

Deutsche Grammophon 477 7469 (CD)

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MENDELSSOHN: Violin Concerto in E minor Op. 64; Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor Op. 49; Violin Sonata in F major

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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)

Brilliant Classics 93777 (7 CDs, Budget)

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Mendelssohn Choral Works

RIAS Kammerchor, Hans-Christoph Rademann (conductor)

Harmonia Mundi HMC901992 (CD)

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Christmas New Releases

COLERIDGE-TAYLOR: Christmas Overture from disc A Very Pristine Christmas
BBC Wireless Orchestra, Percy Pitt (recorded 1926)
Pristine Audio PAMX005 (download from www.pristineclassical.com)

Christmas Around the World

BERLIN: White Christmas from disc Christmas Round the World

Jascha Heifetz (violin), Salvatore Camarata and his Orchestra

Deutsche Grammophon 477 7971 (CD, Mid Price)

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Alfred Deller Vanguard Edition, Vol 3 – Christmas Carols & Motets

ANON: Patapan; ANON: The Coventry Carol from discs Christmas Carols and Motets (Alfred Deller The Complete Vanguard Recordings, Vol. 3)

The Deller Consort (recorded 1956), Alfred Deller (counter-tenor)

Vanguard MC192 (4 CDs, Budget)

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Musical Instruments: A Musical Memory Game

MENDELSSOHN: Quartet No. 1 Op. 12 (Canzonetta) from CD and musical games set Musical Instruments

The Eroica Quartet

Harmonia Mundi HMX2908238 (CD, 60 Cards and booklet)

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Christmas Concertos & Cantatas

SCARLATTI: Cantata pastorale per la nascita di Nostro Signore (Recitativo and Pastorale) from disc Christmas Concertos and Cantatas

Susan Gritton (soprano), Collegium Musicum 90, Simon Standage (conductor)

Chandos CHAN0754X (CD, Mid Price)

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