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20/07/2013

Summer CD Review with Andrew McGregor, including new releases and a chance to revisit favourite discs from the past year.

3 hours, 12 minutes

Last on

Sat 20 Jul 2013 09:00

Music Played

  • Vincenzo Bellini

    Sinfonia (Norma)

    Performer: Orchestra la Scintilla. Performer: Giovanni Antonini.
    • Decca 478 3517 disc 1 tk 1.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No. 4 In B Flat Op. 60 (1st Mvt.)

    Performer: ASMF. Performer: Joshua Bell.
    • Sony 88765 44881 2 tk 1.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No. 4 (3rd Mvt.)

    Performer: Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale. Performer: Nicholas McGegan.
    • PBP-06 tk 3.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    The Creatrues Of Prometheus Op. 43(nos 6-8)

    Performer: Swedish Chamber Orchestra Orebro. Performer: Thomas Dausgaard.
    • Simax Classics PSC 1284 tk 8-10.
  • George Frideric Handel

    As Pants The Hart (Chandos Anthem Hwv251b)

    Performer: Susan Gritton (sop). Performer: Thomas Hobbs (ten). Performer: The Choir Of Trinity College, Cambridge. Performer: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Performer: Stephen Layton.
    • Hyperion CDA67926 tk 10-16.
  • Edward Elgar

    Softly And Gently (Gerontius)

    Performer: Janet Baker (mezzo). Performer: Hallé Choir & Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus. Performer: Ambrosian Singers. Performer: Hallé. Performer: John Barbirolli.
    • EMI 50999 9 03771 2 9 disc 13 tk 16.
  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Addio Roma (L'incoronazione Di Poppea)

    Performer: Janet Baker (mezzo). Performer: English Chamber Orchestra. Performer: Raymond Leppard.
    • EMI 50999 9 03771 2 9 disc 1 tk 3.
  • Henry Purcell

    Sound The Trumpet (Come Ye Sons Of Art)

    Performer: Janet Baker (mezzo). Performer: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (tenor). Performer: Daniel Barenboim (piano).
    • EMI 50999 9 03771 2 9 disc 2 tk 16.
  • Richard Strauss

    Die Nacht Op. 10 No. 3

    Performer: Janet Baker (mezzo). Performer: Gerald Moore (piano).
    • EMI 50999 9 03771 2 9 disc 12 tk 1.
  • Gustav Mahler

    Urlight (resurrection Symphony No. 2)

    Performer: Janet Baker (mezzo). Performer: CBSO. Performer: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • EMI 50999 9 03771 2 9 disc 14 tk 16.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Corpus Christi Carol

    Performer: Janet Baker (mezzo). Performer: Gerald Moore (piano).
    • EMI 50999 9 03771 2 9 disc 18 tk 10.
  • Joaquín Turina

    Ritmos Op.43

    Performer: ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Philharmonic. Performer: Juanjo Mena.
    • Chandos CHAN 10753 tk 11-16.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    Petite Messe Solennelle (kyrie & Gloria...)

    Performer: Kirchheimer Vokal-Consort. Performer: Simon Bucher (piano). Performer: Andreas Gräsle (harmonium). Performer: Tõnu Kaljuste.
    • Carus 83.406 tk 1-4.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    Petite Messe Solennelle (gratias Agimus Tibi)

    Performer: Soloists. Performer: Chorus & Orchestra of Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Rome. Performer: Sir Antonio Pappano.
    • EMI 4 16742 2 disc 1 tk 4.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    Petite Messe Solenelle (agnus Dei)

    Performer: Kirchheimer Vokal-Consort. Performer: Simon Bucher (piano). Performer: Andreas Gräsle (harmonium). Performer: Tõnu Kaljuste.
    • EMI 4 16742 2 disc 2 tk 4.
  • Jacques Ibert

    Flute Concerto

    Performer: Katherine Bryan (flute). Performer: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Performer: Jac van Steen.
    • Linn Records CKD 420 tk 6-8.
  • Carlo Cecere

    Flute Concerto In G (finale)

    Performer: Carlo Ipata (flute). Performer: Auser Musici.
    • Hyperion CDA67884 tk 10.
  • Vincenzo Bellini

    Norma (end Of Act 2)

    Performer: Cecilia Bartoli etc.. Performer: Orchestra la Scintilla. Performer: Giovanni Antonini.
    • Decca 478 3517 disc 2 tk 12-17.

9.05am

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 4 in B flat major Op. 60; Symphony No. 7 in A major Op. 92<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

The Academy Of St Martin In The Fields, Joshua Bell (conductor)

SONY 88765448812 (CD)

Ìý

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 4 in B flat major Op. 60; Symphony No. 7 in A major Op. 92

Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan (conductor)

PHILHARMONIA BAROQUE PBP06 (CD)

Ìý

Beethoven - Complete Orchestral Works Volume 11

BEETHOVEN: The Creatures of Prometheus Overture Op. 43; Twelve German Dances WoO 8; 12 Menuets, Wo0 7

Swedish Chamber Orchestra Orebro, Thomas Dausgaard (conductor)

SIMAX PSC1284 (2CD mid-price)

9.40am

HANDEL: Chandos Anthem No. 8 'O come let us sing unto the Lord', HWV 253; Chandos Anthem No. 6 'As pants the hart of cooling streams', HWV 251b; Chandos Anthem No. 5 'I will magnify Thee', HWV 250a<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

Susan Gritton (soprano), Thomas Hobbs (tenor), Iestyn Davies (countertenor), Trinity College Choir Cambridge, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Stephen Layton (conductor)

HYPERION CDA67926 (CD)

10.05am

Janet Baker: The Great EMI Recordings<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

Various, including:

ELGAR: Softly and Gently (The Dream of Gerontius)

MONTEVERDI: Addio Roma (L’incoronazione di Poppea)

PURCELL: Sound the Trumpet (Come ye sons of art)

STRAUSS, R: Die Nacht Op.10 No.3

MAHLER: Urlight (Resurrection Symphony No. 2)

BRITTEN: Corpus Christi Carol

Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)

EMI 9037712 (20CD budget)

10.35am

TURINA: Danzas fantasticas Op. 22; Sinfonia Sevillana Op. 23; Ritmos (Fantasia coreografica) Op. 43; Poema en forma de canciones Op. 19; Farruca from ‘Triptico’, Op. 45; Saeta en forme de Salve a la Virgen de la Esperanza Op. 60<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

Clara Mouriz (mezzo soprano), ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Philharmonic, Juanjo Mena (conductor)

CHANDOS CHAN10753 (CD)

Ìý

ROSSINI: Petite Messe solennelle

Simon Bucher (piano), Andreas Grasle (harmonium), Kirchheimer Vokal-Consort, Tonu Kaljuste (conductor)

CARUS 83.406 (CD)

Ìý

ROSSINI: Petite Messe solennelle

Marina Rebeka (soprano), Sara Mingardo (contralto), Francesco Meli (tenor), Alex Esposito (bass), Orchestra e Coro dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor)

EMI 4167422 (2CD mid-price)

Ìý

DEBUSSY: Syrinx for solo flute

IBERT: Concerto for Flute & Orchestra

MARTIN: Ballade for Flute, String Orchestra and Piano

ROUSE: Flute Concerto

Katherine Bryan (flute), Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Jac van Steen (conductor)

LINN CKD420 (Hybrid SACD)

11.45am

BELLINI: Norma<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

Cecilia Bartoli (Norma), Sumi Jo (Adalgisa), John Osborn (Pollione), Michele Pertusi (Oroveso), Liliana Nikiteanu (Clotilde), Reinaldo Macias (Flavio), Orchestra La Scintilla, International Chamber Vocalists, Giovanni Antonini (conductor)

DECCA 4783517 (2CD)

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  • Sat 20 Jul 2013 09:00

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