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Last broadcast on Sat, 26 Dec 2009, 09:00 on BBC Radio 3.
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With Andrew McGregor. Including Building a Library: Beethoven: Symphony No 9 (Choral). Recent recordings of music by Handel. Disc of the Week: Haydn: Die Schopfung.
Building a Library:
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 9
Reviewer – Stephen Johnson
First Choice Recommendation:
Aase Nordmo-Lovberg (soprano) / Christa Ludwig (contralto) / Waldemar Kmennt (tenor) / Hans Hotter (bass) / Philharmonia Chorus and Orchestra / Otto Klemperer (conductor)
(Rec live, Royal Festival Hall, London, 15.11.1957)
Testament SBT1177 (CD)
Modern Recommendation:
c/w BEETHOVEN: The Creatures of Prometheus Op 43 (Finale)
Jane Eaglen (soprano) / Waltraud Meier (mezzosoprano) / Ben Heppner (tenor) and Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone) / Swedish Radio Choir / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Claudio Abbado (conductor)
(Live performance from the 1996 Salzburg Easter Festival)
Sony Classical 5162302 (CD, Mid Price)
CD Review BAL Catalogue Data
bal.beethoven:
bal.beethoven.symphony.no.9
sj.bal.cd.review
09.05am
MOZART: Piano concerto No. 24 in C Minor K491; Piano Concerto No. 22 in E Flat Major K482
Suedama Ensemble / David Greilsammer (piano and conductor)
Naive V5184 (CD)
Haydn and the Art of Variation
HAYDN: Sonata in C major Hob XVI/48; Sonata in G major Hob XVI/40; Sonata in D major Hob XVI/19; Sonata in D major Hob XVI/42; Andante and Variations in f minor Hob XVII/6
Carole Cerasi (fortepiano and clavichord)
Metronome METCD1085 (CD)
Dom Quichotte – Cantatas and Comic Concertos
CORRETTE: Concerto Comique V & XXIV; COURBOIS: Dom Quichotte; GRANDVAL: La Matrone d'Ephese; MARAIS: La Sonnerie de Ste Genevieve du Mont de Paris; DE LA GARDE: La Sonate
Dominique Visse (countertenor) / Celine Frisch (organ and harpsichord) / Cafe Zimmermann / Pablo Valetti (director)
Alpha ALPHA151 (CD)
09.30am Building a Library
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 9
Reviewer – Stephen Johnson
First Choice Recommendation:
Aase Nordmo-Lovberg (soprano) / Christa Ludwig (contralto) / Waldemar Kmennt (tenor) / Hans Hotter (bass) / Philharmonia Chorus and Orchestra / Otto Klemperer (conductor)
(Rec live, Royal Festival Hall, London, 15.11.1957)
Testament SBT1177 (CD)
Modern Recommendation:
c/w BEETHOVEN: The Creatures of Prometheus Op 43 (Finale)
Jane Eaglen (soprano) / Waltraud Meier (mezzosoprano) / Ben Heppner (tenor) and Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone) / Swedish Radio Choir / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Claudio Abbado (conductor)
(Live performance from the 1996 Salzburg Easter Festival)
Sony Classical 5162302 (CD, Mid Price)
Next week David Fanning compares recordings of Tchaikovsky’s The Seasons.
10.35am Recent Releases
Andrew talks to David Vickers about recently released recordings of music by Handel, with extracts from the following discs:
HANDEL: Messiah
Julia Doyle (soprano) / Iestyn Davies (countertenor) / Allan Clayton (tenor) / Andrew Foster-Williams (bass) / Polyphony / Britten Sinfonia / Stephen Layton (conductor)
Hyperion CDA67800 (2CD, Mid Price)
HANDEL: Trio Sonatas Op 2 & Op 5
Academy of Ancient Music / Richard Egarr (director)
Harmonia Mundi HMU907467-68 (2CD)
Le Cantate Italiane di Handel VI Rome, 1708
HANDEL: Olinto, pastore arcade (Oh! Come chiare e belle) HWV143; Duello amoroso (Amarilli vezzosa) HWV82; Alpestre monte HWV81
Roberta Invernizzi (soprano) / Yetzabel Arias Fernandez (soprano) / Romina Basso (alto) / La Risonanza / Fabio Bonizzoni (harpsichord and direction)
Glossa GCD921526 (CD)
Handel – Complete Cantatas Volume 1
HANDEL: Da quel giorno fatale (Delirio amoroso) HWV99; Ditemi, o piante HWV107; Care selve, aure grate HWV88; Allor ch’io dissi addio HWV80
Stefanie True (soprano) / Contrasto Armonico / Marco Vitale (director)
Brilliant Classics 93999 (CD, Budget)
HANDEL: Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne; Dixit Dominus HWV232
Helene Guilmette (soprano) / Andreas Scholl (countertenor) / Malcolm E. Bennet (tenor) / Andreas Wolf (bass) / Vocalconsort Berlin / Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin / Marcus Creed (conductor)
Harmonia Mundi HMC902041 (CD)
11.30am Recent Release
DVORAK: Romance for Violin and Orchestra in F minor Op 11; Violin Concerto in A minor Op 53; SZYMANOWSKI: Violin concerto No 1 Op 35
Arabella Steinbacher (violin) / Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra / Marek Janowski (conductor)
Pentatone PTC5186353 (Hybrid SACD)
11.40am Disc of the Week
HAYDN: Die Schopfung (The Creation)
Julia Kleiter (soprano) / Maximilian Schmitt (tenor) / Johannes Weisser (bass) / RIAS Chamber Choir / Freiburg Baroque Orchestra / Rene Jacobs (conductor)
Harmonia Mundi HMC992039-40 (2CD and bonus DVD)
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