03/01/2009

HANDEL: Bourree (Water Music Suite No. 2 in D HWV 349)

Concerto Koln

Berlin Classics 0016172BC (CD)

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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)

Chandos CHAN0757 (CD)

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HAYDN: Symphony No. 65 in A Hob. I:65
(c/w Symphonies Nos. 57 and 59)

Heidelberg Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Fey (conductor)

Hanssler Classic CD 98.526 (CD)

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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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