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Hot Off The Press:
CD entitled 'The Waltz: ecstasy and mysticism' - a collection of works exploring the cultural interchange between the Ottoman Turks and the Austro-Germans: BEETHOVEN German Dances Nos 9 & 10; CANTEMIR Sunbule Semai, played. Also includes works by MOZART; DEDE EFENDI; LANNER;
J. STRAUSS: Concerto Koln, Sarband
ARCHIV 477 5420 (CD)
CD entitled 'Orientale - eight pieces for piano duo inspired by the east' HOLST (arr. Nora Day) Beni Mora, Op.29, No.1; GORB Yiddish Dances; BORODIN In the Steppes of Central Asia; GLIERE Orientale, Op.38, No.17; MAYER Sangit Alamkara Suite; SAINT-SAENS Caprice arabe, Op.96; ACHRON (arr. Auer/Goldstone) Hebrew Melody; MCPHEE Balinese Ceremonial Music: Goldstone & Demmow (piano duet)
DIVINE ART 25032 (CD)
Alfonso FERRABOSCO 'Il Padre' Psalm CIII; Peccantem me quotidie; Domine, non secundum peccata nostra; Dolci ire; Bruna sei tu ma bella; Quel sempre acerbo; Aupres de vous; In Nomine: Huelgas-Ensemble, Paul Van Nevel (director)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 901874 (CD)
CD entitled 'The Rainbow Bear' Stephen BARLOW The Rainbow Bear (words by Michael Morpurgo); PROKOFIEV Peter and the Wolf, Op.67: Joanna Lumley (narrator), English Northern Philharmonia, Stephen Barlow (conductor)
SANCTUARY - HEAR THIS CD RSN 3041 (CD, budget)
BUILDING A LIBRARY RECOMMENDATION:
LISZT Piano Sonata in B Minor
Reviewer: Harriet Smith
First Choice:
Krystian Zimerman (piano) (recorded 1990; c/w Nuages gris; La notte; La lugubre gondola II; Funerailles)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 431 780-2 (CD)
Mid-price recommendation:
Martha Argerich (piano) (recorded 1971; c/w Hungarian Rhapsody; CHOPIN Scherzo No.3 in C Sharp Minor, Op.39; Barcarole in F Sharp Major, Op.60; BRAHMS Rhapsodies Op.79 Nos 1 & 2; PROKOFIEV Toccata;
RAVEL Jeux d'eau) (from CD entitled 'Martha Argerich Debut Recital')
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 447 430-2 (CD, mid-price) ('Originals' Series)
Also available on DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON E4372522 (CD, mid-price)
Budget-price recommendation:
Nikolai Demidenko (piano) (recorded 1992; c/w Two Legends - St Francis of Assisi preaching to the birds; St Francis of Paola walking on the waves; Scherzo and March)
HELIOS CDH55184 (CD, budget)
Also recommended:
Emil Gilels (piano) (recorded 1964; c/w SCHUBERT Piano Sonata in D Major, D850)
RCA
(Currently unavailable, but to be reissued in Autumn 2005)
[Next week's Building a Library will feature Grieg's incidental Music to Peer Gynt]
Consumer Spot
- Hyperion's budget Helios label
Duarte LOBO Missa pro defunctis; Audivi vocem de caelo; Filipe De MAGALHAES Missa Dilectus meus; Commissa mea pavesco: The William Byrd Choir, Gavin Turner (director)
HELIOS CDH55138 (CD, budget)
MUFFAT Armonico Tributo, Salzburg 1682: The Parley of Instruments, Roy Goodman and Peter Holman (directors)
HELIOS CDH55191 (CD, budget)
CD entitled 'Italian Baroque Trumpet Music' - STRADELLA Sonata a otto Viole con una Tromba; ALBRICI Sonata a 5; FANTINI Sonata a due Trombe del Gucciardini; Balletto detto la Squilletti; Brando detto la Squiletti; & works by PALLAVACINO; MATTEIS; MANCINI; FRANCESCHINI; CAZZATI; VIVIANI; CORELLI & BONONCINI) (from CD entitled 'Italian Baroque Trumpet Music'): Crispian Steele-Perkins (trumpet), Stephen Keavy (trumpet), The Parley of Instruments, Peter Holman (director)
HELIOS CDH 55192 (CD, budget)
BEETHOVEN The Creatures of Prometheus, Op.43: Scottish Chamber Orchestra,
Sir Charles Mackerras (conductor)
HELIOS CDH55196 (CD, budget)
CHOPIN Ballade No.1 in G Minor, Op.23; Ballade No.2 in A Minor, Op.38; Ballade No.3 in A Flat Major, Op.47; Ballade No.4 in F Minor, Op.52; Piano Sonata No.3 in B Minor, Op.58: Nikolai Demidenko (piano)
HELIOS CDH55182 (CD, budget)
CD entitled 'Demidenko plays Chopin' - Polonaise No.11 in G Minor; Bolero in A Minor, Op.19; Polonaise No.14 in G Sharp Minor; Allegro de Concert in A Major, Op.46; Polonaise No.13 in A Flat Major; Berceuse in D Flat Major, Op.57; Polonaise No.15 in B Flat Minor; Polonaise-Fantasy in A Flat Major, Op.61; Polonaise No.16 in G Flat Major; Tarentella in A Flat Major, Op.43; Polonaise No.12 in B Flat Major:
Nikolai Demidenko (piano)
HELIOS CDH55183 (CD, budget)
CD entitled 'The Last Rose of Summer - Best-Loved Songs of Ireland' - including Ach, I dunno; The Bard of Armagh; The Beautiful City of Sligo; Danny Boy; The falling star; Galway Bay; Gortnamona; How sweet the answer; The Lark in the clear air; The last rose of summer; The leprehaun; Mother Machree; Oft in the stilly night; O the sight entrancing; Phil the Fluter's ball; She moved thro' the fair; The stuttering lovers: Ann Murray (mezzo), Graham Johnson (piano)
HELIOS CDH55210 (CD, budget)
New Releases- Early Music
Reviewer: Alison Bullock
CD entitled 'Music for Alfonso the Wise (King of Castille and Leon 1252-1284)' - including Martin CODAX Cantigas de amigo : The Dufay Collective
HARMONIA MUNDI HMU 907390 (CD)
MACHAUT The Motets: Ensemble Musica Nova
ZIG ZAG AAT 021002.2 (CD)
CD entitled 'Maiestas Dei' - Medieval Polyphony by Petrus WILHELMI DE GRUDENCZ: Schola Gregoriana Pragensis, David Eben (conductor)
SUPRAPHON SU 38072 (CD)
CD entitled 'Santiago a Cappella' - LOBO Lamentations of Jeremiah; Versa est in luctum; ANONYMOUS Mariam matrem virginem; F. GUERRERO Ave Virgo sanctissima; Duo Seraphim; King JOHN IV of Portugal Crux Fidelis; VICTORIA O Lux et decus; O Vos Omnes; CARDOSO Non mortui qui sunt in inferno; ROGIER Salva nos Domine:
The Monteverdi Choir, Sir John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
EMANCY 0028947630104 (CD)
CD entitled '1605 Treason & Dischord - William Byrd and the Gunpowder Plot' - DOWLAND George Whitehead's Almand; BYRD Mass for 4 Voices; A Fancie; Civitas sancti tui; From Virgin's womb/Rejoice, rejoice; DERING Ardens est cor meum; PHILIPS Ave Maria gratia plena; WEELKES O Lord how joyful is the King; Francis POTT Master Tresham: His Ducke: The King's Singers, Concordia, Sarah Baldock (organ)
SIGNUM CLASSICS SIGCD061 (CD)
An Interview with Bandoneon player
Per Arne Glorvigen:
PIAZZOLLA Café 1930 from "Histoire du Tango" (from CD entitled 'Gidon Kremer: Hommage a Piazzolla': Gidon Kremer (violin), Per Arne Glorvigen (bandoneon)
NONESUCH 7559-79407-2 (CD)
PIAZZOLLA La Muerte del Angel (from Concierto del Angel) (excerpt played;
c/w Tango Ballet, Trez Piezas Para Orquesta de Camara)
(from CD entitled 'Astor Piazzolla Tango Ballet':
Gidon Kremer (violin), Per Arne Glorvigen (bandoneon) Kremerata Baltica
TELDEC 3984226612 (CD)
PIAZZOLLA Poema Valseado, and Tocata Rea (played from 'Tango Operita Maria de Buenos Aires'): Julia Zenko (vocal) Horacio Ferrer (narrator), Per Arne Glorvigen (bandoneon)
Kremerata Musica
TELDEC 3984-20632-2 (2-CD)
SCHWERTSIK Adieu Satie, Op.86 (Gymnopedie played c/w works by PIAZZOLLA; AROLAS; COBIAN, Julio de CARO: Alban Berg Quartet, Alois Posch (double bass)
Per Arne Glorvigen (bandoneon)
EMI 557778 2 (CD)
*GRIEG Waltz Op 12 No.2:
Per Arne Glorvigen (bandoneon)
from CD entitled ‘Argentinian Tangos and Lyric pieces by GRIEG’
BANDONARUN BAN 101-2 (CD)
*N.b. this disc is only available from Per Arne Glorvigen’s website
www.perarne.net
JOHN LENNON/PAUL MCCARTNEY Come Together (arranged for guitar and bandoneon by Per Arne Glorvigen) c/w Norwegian Wood, In My Life; Can't Buy Me Love; The Long and Winding Road; I Will; I Want To Hold your Hand, Help!; BROUWER From Yesterday to Penny Lane; George MARTIN Three American Sketches:Per Arne Glorvigen (bandoneon), Goran Sollscher (guitar), Members of the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Mats Rondin (conductor)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 459 6922 (CD)
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Stephen HARTKE Cathedral in the Thrashing Rain:
The Hilliard Ensemble
ECM 476 0512
Thomas Hampson sings arias by MOZART, BEETHOVEN, HAYDN, MOZART & SCHUBERT: Thomas Hampson (baritone), Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor)
WARNER CLASSICS 2564 622572
NANCARROW Pieces Nos 1 & 2 for Small Orchestra; Tango; String Quartet No.1; Sonatina for Piano:
Continuum, Cheryl Seltzer and Joel Sachs (directors)
NAXOS 8.559196
RADIO 3'S DISC OF THE WEEK:
HAYDN The Paris Symphonies (Nos 82-87)
Symphony No.82 in C Major Hob. 1:82 'The Bear': Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor)
DEUTSCHE HARMONIA MUNDI 8287606022 (3-CD, mid-price)
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