Building a Library: Nielsen: Symphony No 4

Timings are approximate

9.05am

ELGAR: Cello Concerto in E minor Op.85; The Dream of Gerontius Op.38
Mark Tucker (tenor), Lilli Paasikivi (mezzo-soprano), David Wilson-Johnson (bass-baritone), Sydney Philharmonia Choirs, TSO Chorus, Sydney Symphony, Vladimir Ashkenazy (conductor)
ABC CLASSICS / DECCA 4764297 (2CD)


Arcadia Lost
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The Lark Ascending; Flos Campi; On Wenlock Edge
BRITTEN: Sinfonia da Requiem
Michael Dauth (violin), Roger Benedict (viola), Steve Davislim (tenor), Cantillation, Hamer Quartet, Benjamin Martin (piano), Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Mark Wigglesworth (conductor)
MELBA MR301131 (Hybrid SACD)


VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Symphony no.2 in G major “A London Symphony”; Serenade to Music
Juliana Athayde (violin), singers from Mercury Opera Rochester, Rochester Philharmonia Orchestra, Christopher Seaman (conductor)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMU807567 (Hybrid SACD)



9.30am Building a Library

David Fanning surveys recordings of Nielsen’s Symphony no.4 and makes a recommendation:

NIELSEN: Symphony no. 4
San Francisco Symphony, Herbert Blomstedt (conductor)
c/w Symphony 5; Symphony 6; Little Suite Op.1*; Hymnis Amoris Op.12*
Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra*, Ulf Schirmer (conductor) *
DECCA 4609882 (2CD, budget)



10.20am New Releases

Mercury Living Presence – Collector’s Edition
Fifty albums from the last sixty years of the label’s recordings
Various artists
DECCA 4783566 (51CD, budget)
Full track listing and further details can be found at http://www.deccaclassics.com/cat/single?PRODUCT_NR=4783566



10.50am

David Owen Norris joins Andrew to discuss some recent releases of Liszt and Chopin piano music:

Chopin: 9 Songs and 9 Lieder
CHOPIN: Trube Wellen op.74 No.3; Melancholie op.74 No.13; Eine Melodie op.74 No.9; Polens Grabgesang op.74 No.17; Der Fruhling op.74 No.2; Litauisches Lied op.74 No.16; Der Bote op.74 No.7; Madchens Wunsch op.74 No.1; Mein Geliebter op.74 No.8. Smutna rzeka op.74 No.3; Nie ma czego trzeba op.74 No.13; Z gor gdzie dzwigali op.74 No.9; Spiew Zmogily op.74 No.17; Wiosna op.74 No.2; Piosnka litewska op.74 No.16; Posel op.74 No.7; Zyczenie op.74 No.1; Sliczny chlopiec op.74 No.8
Dorothee Mields (soprano), Nelson Goerner (fortepiano - Pleyel 1848)
NIFC NIFCCD023 (CD)


LESSEL: Piano concerto in C major Op. 14
DOBRZYNSKY: Piano Concerto in A flat major Op. 2
Howard Shelley (piano and conductor), Sinfonia Varsovia
NIFC NIFCCD101 (CD)


LISZT: Piano Concerto No.1 in E flat S.124; Piano Concerto No.2 in A S.125; Totentanz S.126
Denis Matsuev (piano), Russian National Orchestra, Mikhail Pletnev (conductor)
RCA RED SEAL 88697989452 (2CD)


Liszt - Annees de Pelerinage
LISZT: Premiere Annee - Suisse S.160; Deuxieme Annee – Italie S161; Supplement - Venezia e Napoli s.162; Troisieme Annee S.163
Bertrand Chamayou (piano)
NIAVE V5260 (3CD)


LISZT: Les Preludes - Symphonic Poem No. 3; Orpheus - Symphonic Poem No. 4; Ce qu'on entend sur la montagne (Berg-Symphonie) - Symphonic Poem No. 1
Orchester Wiener Akadamie, Martin Haselbock (conductor)
NCA 60246 (CD)


LISZT: Hunnenschlacht - Symphonic Poem No. 11; Hungaria - Symphonic Poem No. 9; Mazeppa - Symphonic Poem No. 6
Orchester Wiener Akademie, Martin Haselbock (conductor)
NCA 60250 (CD)