蜜芽传媒

Building a Library:
Berg: Lyric Suite

Reviewer - Martin Cotton

First choice:
(c/w HAYDN: String Quartets Op. 74 No. 3 and Op. 76 No. 3; MOZART: 鈥楬aydn鈥� Quartets鈥�; 鈥楬offmeister鈥� Quartets; 鈥楶russian鈥� Quartets; SCHUBERT: String Quartets D804 and D173; BRAHMS: String Quartets Nos. 1-3; DVORAK: String Quartet in G major Op. 106; BERG: String Quartet Op. 3; WEBERN: Five Movements Op. 5; Six Bagatelles Op. 9; String Quartet Op. 28; URBANNER: String Quartet No. 3)
Alban Berg Quartet
Teldec 2564 696067 (8 CDs, Budget)

CD Review BAL Catalogue Data
bal.berg:
bal.berg.lyric.suite

09.05am

JS BACH trans. Stokowski: Arioso (Largo from the Concerto for Harpsichord and Strings in F minor BWV 1056); from disc Stokowski Bach Transcriptions 2
(c/w Toccata and Fugue in D minor; Wachet auf; Ich ruf鈥� zu dir; Herr Jesu Christ; Adagio; Mein Jesu; Ein feste burg; Jesu, Joy of Man鈥檚 Desiring; Prelude in B minor; Siciliano; PALESTRINA: Adoramus te; BYRD: Pavane and Gigue; CLARKE: Trumpet Prelude; BOCCHERINI: Minuet; MATTHESON: Air; HAYDN: Andante cantabile; BACH: Fugue in C minor)
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Jose Serebrier (conductor)
Naxos 8.572050 (CD, Budget)

SCHUMANN: Kinderzenen Op. 15 (Nos. 9-13) from disc Schumann Hommage a Bach
(c/w aus 鈥�40 Clavierstucke fur die Jugend鈥� [Album fur die Jugend] Op. 68; 鈥淪cherzo, Gigue, Romanze und Fughette鈥� Op. 32; aus 鈥淪ieben Clavierstucke in Fughettenform鈥� Op. 126; 鈥淲aldzenen. 9 Clavierstucke Op. 82; aus 鈥淪ieben Clavierstucke in Fughettenform Op. 126)
Andreas Staier (on a restored Erard piano from 1837)
Harmonia Mundi HMC901989 (CD)

HOLST: 鈥楳ating Dance鈥�, 鈥楧ance of the Youngest Couple (Choral Ballet The Morning of the Year Op. 45 No. 2) from disc Holst Orchestral Works Volume 1
(c/w The Ballet from 鈥楾he Perfect Fool鈥� Op. 39; The Golden Goose Op. 45 No. 1; The Lure)
Joyful Company of Singers; 蜜芽传媒 National Orchestra of Wales; Richard Hickox (conductor)
Chandos CHSA 5069 (Hybrid SACD)

09.30 am
Building a Library Recommendation

Berg: Lyric Suite

Reviewer 鈥� Martin Cotton

First Choice Recommendation:
(c/w HAYDN: String Quartets Op. 74 No. 3 and Op. 76 No. 3; MOZART: 鈥楬aydn鈥� Quartets鈥�; 鈥楬offmeister鈥� Quartets; 鈥楶russian鈥� Quartets; SCHUBERT: String Quartets D804 and D173; BRAHMS: String Quartets Nos. 1-3; DVORAK: String Quartet in G major Op. 106; BERG: String Quartet Op. 3; WEBERN: Five Movements Op. 5; Six Bagatelles Op. 9; String Quartet Op. 28; URBANNER: String Quartet No. 3)
Alban Berg Quartet
Teldec 2564 696067 (8 CDs, Budget)

Next week Richard Wigmore examines recordings of Haydn鈥檚 Symphony No. 104.

10.20 Reissues

John Eliot Gardiner
(BERLIOZ: Les Nuits d鈥檈te; Le Jeuen Patre Breton; La Captive; Le Chasseur danois; Zaide; La Belle Voyageuse; Aubade; La Mort d鈥橭phelie; BIZET: Symphony in C; L鈥橝rlesienne; MASSENET: Scenes dramatiques; Scenes de feerie; Le Dernier Sommeil de la Vierge; Scenes alsaciennes; Scenes pittoresques; Two interludes from Don Quichotte; MESSAGER: Fortunio)
Brigitte Fournier (soprano), Diane Montague (mezzo-soprano), Catherine Robbin (mezzo-soprano), Howard Crook (tenor), Gilles Cachemaille (baritone), Thierry Dran (tenor), Colette Alliot-Lugaz (soprano), Francis Dudziak (baritone), Choeurs de l鈥橭pera de Lyon, Orchestre de l鈥橭pera de Lyon, Orchestre National de l鈥橭pera de Monte-Carlo, John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
Warner 2564 69422-3 (6 CDs, Budget)

11.00am Interview

Andrew talks to Jordi Savall about his recent mammoth recording project, Jerusalem and about future plans.

Jerusalem - La Ville Des deux Paix: La Paix celeste et la Paix Terrestre (City of two peaces: Heavenly peace and Earthly peace)
Singers: Bego帽a Olavide, Lior Elmalich, Muwafak Shahin Khalil, Razmik Amyan, Lluis Vilamaj贸, Marc Mauillon; Recitants: Manuel Forcano (Hebrew); Jean Hache (French); Nejat Ferouse (Turkish); Invited musicians: Yair Dalal (oud); Dvir Cohen, Erez Shmuel Mounk (percussion); Yagel Harel (shofar); Wabab Badarne (qanun); Usama Abu Ali (flutes, ney); Kaled Abu Ali (chant); Razmik Amyan (chant); Gaguik Mouradia (kamancha); Dmitris Psonis (santur, morisca, percussions); Omar Bashir (oud); Fahmi Alqhai (viol); Mutlu Torun (oud); Driss El Maloumi (chant, oud): Khaled Arman (rebab); Siar Hashimi (darbouka); Al-Darwish (Sufi group of Galilee); Les trompettes de J茅richo; La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Hesp猫rion XXI, Jordi Savall (director)
Alia Vox AVSA9863 (2 Hybrid SACDs)

11.40am Disc of the Week

ELGAR: Violin Concerto Op. 61
Gil Shaham (violin), Chicago Symphony Orchestra, David Zinman (conductor)
Canary Classics CC06 (CD)

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