Main content
Sorry, this episode is not currently available

Summer CD Review

With Andrew McGregor. Including Debussy, Casella and Bach cantatas; Recent Mahler recordings; Recordings of songs by Britten; Bartok: Violin Concerto No 1.

3 hours, 12 minutes

Last on

Sat 3 Aug 2013 09:00
Â鶹Éç Radio 3

More episodes

Previous

27/07/2013

Next

Summer CD Review

See all episodes from CD Review

Music Played

  • Claude Debussy

    Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune

    Performer: Royal Academy of Music Soloists Ensemble. Performer: Trevor Pinnock.
    • Linn Records CKD 438 tk 1.

  • Alfredo Casella

    Italia Op. 11

    Performer: Â鶹Éç Philharmonic. Performer: Gianandrea Noseda.
    • Chandos CHAN 10768 tk 1.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata BWV31 Der Himmel Lacht! (2nd Mvt)

    Performer: Heinrich Schütz Choir Heilbronn. Performer: South West German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim. Performer: Fritz Werner.
    • Erato 2564 64742-9 disc 6 tk 2.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata BWV110 Unser Mund Sei Voll Lachens (duet)

    Performer: Friederike Sailer (sop). Performer: Helmut Krebs (ten) etc..
    • Erato 2564 64742-9 disc 2 tk 5.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata BWV34 O Ewiges FeuerÂ… (mvts. 3-5)

    Performer: Petra Noskaiova (alto). Performer: Jan Van der Crabben (bass). Performer: La Petite Bande. Performer: Sigiswald Kuijken.
    • Accent ACC 25316 tks 3-5.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata BWV173a Durchlauchtster Leopold (mvts. 4-6)

    Performer: Joanne Lunn (sop). Performer: Roderick Williams (bar). Performer: Bach Collegium Japan. Performer: Masaaki Suzuki.
    • BIS-2041 SACD tks 4-6.

  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony No. 4 (2nd Mvt.)

    Performer: Royal Academy of Music Soloists Ensemble. Performer: Trevor Pinnock.
    • Linn CKD 438 tk 3.

  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony No. 4 (finale)

    Performer: Sena Jurinac (sop). Performer: Vienna Symphony Orchestra. Performer: Karl Rankl.
    • Guild GHCD 2397 tk 4.

  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony No. 7 (scherzo 3rd Mvt.)

    Performer: Berlin Philharmonic. Performer: Michael Gielen.
    • Testament SBT 1480 tk 3.

  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony No. 7 (finale)

    Performer: Gürzenich-Orchester Köln. Performer: Markus Stenz.
    • Oehms Classics OC 652 tk 5.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Canticle 1 My Beloved Is Mine Op. 40

    Performer: James Gilchrist (ten). Performer: Anna Tilbrook (piano).
    • Linn CKD 404 tk 22.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Canticle 2 Abraham And Isaac Op. 51

    Performer: Christopher Ainslie (countertenor). Performer: Ben Johnson (ten). Performer: James Baillieu (piano).
    • Signum Classics SIGCD317 tk 2.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Canticle 3 Still Falls The Rain Op. 55

    Performer: Nicholas Phan (ten). Performer: Jennifer Montone (horn). Performer: Myra Huang (piano).
    • Avie AV2258 tk 7.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    The Hero's Song (heldenlied) Op. 111

    Performer: Bavarian Radio SO. Performer: Andris Nelsons.
    • BR Klassik 900116 tk 5.

  • Béla Bartók

    Violin Concerto No. 1 Sz 36 Op. Posth.

    Performer: Isabelle Faust. Performer: Swedish RSO. Performer: Daniel Harding.
    • Harmonia Mundi HMC 902146 tk 1 & 2.

9.05am

Casella: Orchestral Works Volume 3

CASELLA: Italia Op. 11; Introduzione, Corale e Marcia Op. 57; Sinfonia (Symphony No. 3) Op. 63

Â鶹Éç Philharmonic, Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)

CHANDOS CHAN10768 (CD)

9.35am Bach Cantatas

BACH, J S: Cantatas

Maria Friesenhausen, Agnes Giebel, Hedy Graf, Emiko Iiyama, Ingeborg Reichelt, Friederike Sailer, Edith Selig (sopranos), Claudia Hellmann, Marga Hoffgen, Emmy Lisken, Barbara Scherler, Hertha Topper (altos), Theo Altmeyer, Kurt Huber, Georg Jelden, Helmut Krebs, Friedreich Melzer (tenors), Bruce Abel, Franz Kelch, Barry McDaniel, Jakob Stampfli, Erich Wenk (basses), Heinrich-Schutz-Chor Heilbronn, Sudwestdeutsches Kammerorchester Pforzheim Wurttembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn, Grosses Orchester des Sudwestfunks, Fritz Werner (conductor)

ERATO 2564647429 (20CD budget)

Ìý

J S Bach - Cantatas for the Liturgical Year Volume 16

BACH, J S: Cantata BWV34 'O ewiges Feuer, O Ursprung der Liebe'; Cantata BWV173 'Erhohtes Fleisch und Blut'; Cantata BWV184 'Erwunschtes Freudenlicht; Cantata BWV129 'Gelobet sei der Herr, mein Gott'

La Petite Bande, Sigiswald Kuijken (conductor)

ACCENT ACC25316 (CD)

Ìý

Bach - Secular Cantatas III

BACH, J S: Cantata BWV173a 'Durchlauchtster Leopold'; Cantata BWV202 'Weichet Nur, betrubte Schatten' (Wedding Cantata); Cantata BWV36c 'Schwingt freudig euch empor'; Quodlibet, BWV524

Joanne Lunn (soprano), Hiroya Aoki (counter-tenor), Makoto Sakurada (tenor), Roderick Williams (baritone), Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki (conductor)

BIS BIS2041 (Hybrid SACD mid-price)

10.05am Mahler Symphonies

DEBUSSY: Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune

MAHLER: Symphony No. 4 in G major

Sonia Grane (soprano), Royal Academy of Music Ensemble, Trevor Pinnock (conductor)

LINN CKD438 (Hybrid SACD)

Ìý

DUKAS: The Sorcerer's Apprentice

MAHLER: Symphony No. 4 in G major

Sena Jurinac (soprano), Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Karl Rankl (conductor)

GUILD GHCD2397 (CD budget)

Ìý

MAHLER: Symphony No. 7 in E minor

Berliner Philharmonic, Michael Gielen (conductor)

TESTAMENT SBT1480 (CD mid-price)

Ìý

MAHLER: Symphony No. 7 in E minor

Gurzenich-Orchestra Köln, Markus Stenz (conductor)

OEHMS OC652 (Hybrid SACD)

10.55am Britten Canticles

BRITTEN: On this Island Op. 11; The Holy Sonnets of John Donne Op. 35; Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo Op. 22; Canticle I – My Beloved Is Mine And I Am His Op. 40

James Gilchrist (tenor), Anna Tilbrook (piano)

LINN CKD404 (Hybrid SACD)

Ìý

BRITTEN: Canticles I-V

Ben Johnson (tenor), James Baillieu (piano), Christopher Ainslie (countertenor), Benedict Nelson (baritone), Martin Owen (horn), Lucy Wakeford (harp)

SIGNUM SIGCD317 (CD)

Ìý

BRITTEN: The Heart of the Matter (includes Canticle III); A Birthday Hansel Op. 92; Canticle V: The Death of St. Narcissus Op. 89; Eight Folk Song Arrangements for High Voice and Harp; Greensleeves; The Holly and the Ivy

Nicholas Phan (tenor), Myra Huang (piano), Jennifer Montone (horn), Sivan Magen (harp), Alan Cumming (narrator)

AVIE AV2258 (CD)

11.25am

DVORAK: Symphony No. 9 in E minor Op. 95 'From the New World'; The Hero's Song Op. 111

Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons (conductor)

BR KLASSIK 900116 (CD)

Ìý

BARTOK: Violin Concerto No. 1, Sz 36; Violin Concerto No. 2, Sz 112

Isabelle Faust (violin), Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Harding (conductor)

HARMONIA MUNDI HMC902146 (CD mid-price)

Broadcast

  • Sat 3 Aug 2013 09:00
    Â鶹Éç Radio 3

Record Review

CD Review has become Record Review - listen here