
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 â 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: âDevilâs Trillâ 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)
âVespro per la Vergineâ
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)
âSacred Garland â Devotional chamber music from the age of Monteverdiâ
Inc. CORRADINI: Spargite flores
The Gonzaga Band
Chandos CHAN 0761 (CD)
âSweet Tormentâ
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)
âHaydn in Londonâ
HAYDN: Piano Trios Hob.XV.15-17; Symphony No.94 âSurpriseâ 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 lâHarmonie
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: Bluebeardâs 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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