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22/08/2009

With Andrew McGregor. Including 17th and 18th-century Italian music; William Mival on recent Szymanowski recordings; New Haydn chamber releases; Bartok: Bluebeard's Castle.

DISCS PLAYED & REVIEWED ON SUMMER CD REVIEW:
Saturday 22 August 2009,
09.00 – 12.15, ѿý Radio 3

Presenter: Andrew McGregor

All CDs are Full Price unless otherwise stated.

NB Timings are approximate

09.05 am

VIVALDI: The Four Seasons; TARTINI: “Devil’s Trill” sonata
Joshua Bell (violin), Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Sony Classical 88697 11013 2 (CD)

VIVALDI arr. Biegel: The Four Seasons etc.
Jeffrey Biegel (piano)
Naxos 8570031 (CD, Budget Price)

“Vespro per la Vergine”
VIVALDI: Nisi Dominus, Magnificat and other sacred vocal and choral works
Musica Fiata, La Capella Ducale, Roland Wilson (conductor)
Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 88697 318702 (CD)

“Sacred Garland – Devotional chamber music from the age of Monteverdi”
Inc. CORRADINI: Spargite flores
The Gonzaga Band
Chandos CHAN 0761 (CD)

“Sweet Torment”
MONTEVERDI: Zefiro torna (two settings) and other madrigals
I Fagiolini, Barokksolistene, Robert Hollingworth (director)
Chandos CHAN 0760 (CD)

MONTEVERDI: Scherzi Musicali, 1632
Emanuela Galli (soprano), La Venexiana, Claudio Cavina (director)
Glossa GCD 920915 (CD)

09.50 am

SZYMANOWSKI: Songs of a Fairy-tale Princess; Harnasie Op. 55 - ballet pantomime; Love Songs of Hafiz; Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2; Symphony Nos. 3 & 4; King Roger; Stabat Mater; Litania do Marii Panny
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle (conductor)
EMI 5145762

SZYMANOWSKI: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 4 etc.
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Antoni Wit (conductor)
Naxos 8570722 (CD, Budget Price)

SZYMANOWSKI: Symphonies Nos. 2 and 3
Warsaw Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra, Antoni Wit (conductor)
Naxos 8570721 (CD, Budget Price)

SZYMANOWSKI: Masques; Piano Sonata No.3; Metopes
Piotre Anderszewski (piano)
Virgin Classics 5457302 (CD)

SZYMANOWSKI: String Quartets Nos. 1 and 2; ROZYCKI: String Quartet
Royal String Quartet
Hyperion CDA 67684 (CD)

SZYMANOWSKI: Complete works for violin and piano
Alina Ibragimova (violin), Cedric Tiberghien (piano)
Hyperion CDA67703 (CD)

SZYMANOWSKI: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 and 2; BRITTEN: Violin concerto
Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin), Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Manfred Honeck (conductor)
Sony Classical 88697439992 (CD)

10.35am

HAYDN: String Quartets Op.17
The London Haydn Quartet
Hyperion CDA67722 (CD)

HAYDN: String Quartets vol.2: Opp.64/6, 77/1, 20/4
The Amsterdam String Quartet
Channel Classics CCS SA 28209 (Hybrid SACD)

HAYDN: Complete string quartets vol.4: Opp.33, 42
Festetics Quartet
Arcana A 414 (2 CD)

HAYDN: Scottish Songs Hob.XXXIa; Piano Trios Hob.XV.25 and 27; Canzonettas Hob.XXVIa.25-30
Julie Kaufmann (soprano), Munich Piano Trio
Orfeo C642091A (CD)

HAYDN: Piano Trios Hob.XV.12, 25, 27, 29
Vienna Piano Trio
MDG 342 1556-2 (CD)

“Haydn in London”
HAYDN: Piano Trios Hob.XV.15-17; Symphony No.94 “Surprise” arr. Lachnith
La Gaia Scienza
Winter & Winter 910 156-2 (CD)

HAYDN: Violin Concerto in F; Cello Concerto in C; HOFMANN: Flute Concerto in D
Julien Chauvin (violin), Atsushi Sakai (cello), Alexis Kosenko (flute), Le Cercle de l’Harmonie
Eloquentia EL0917 (CD)

HAYDN: Cello Concertos in C and D; ZUMSTEEG: Cello Concerto in A
Sebastian Comberti (cello), Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Cello Classics CC1023 (CD)

11.50 am

BARTOK: Bluebeard’s Castle
Elena Zhidkova (mezzo), Willard White (bass-baritone), London Symphony Orchestra, Valery Gergiev (conductor)
LSO Live SACD LSO0685 (Hybrid SACD, Mid Price)

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