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Building a Library:
LISZT: Transcendental Studies S. 139

Reviewer - Iain Burnside

First choice:
Russian Piano School Vol. 3: Liszt
Lazar Berman (piano)
Melodiya MELCD1000748 (CD) [1959 Recording]

CD Review BAL Catalogue Data
bal.liszt:
bal.liszt.transcendental.studies.s.139

09.05 am

RACHMANINOV: Preludes Op. 32 Nos. 12 & 13
(c/w RACHMANINOV: Prelude in C sharp minor Op. 3 No. 2; Ten Preludes Op. 23; Thirteen Preludes Op. 32)
Steven Osborne (piano)
Hyperion CSA67700 (CD)

MARCHAND: Prelude & ROYER: La Marche des Scythes
(c/w MARCHAND: Chaconne; DUPHLY: La de Belombre; Les Gr芒ces; La F茅lix; Rondeau; La Forqueray, Rondeau; Chaconne; La Potho眉in, Rondeau; COUPERIN: L鈥橧ntr茅pide, Rondeau; BALBASTRE: La Lug茅ac, Giga; La Suzanne; La d鈥橦茅ricourt; La de Caze, Ouverture; CORRETTE: Les Etoiles; ROYER: Allemande)
Skip Semp茅 (harpsichord)
Paradizo PA 0007 (CD)

TRAD. IRISH: The Musical Priest; Scotch Mary
(c/w TRAD. IRISH: The Humours of Scariff; Sackow鈥檚 (Jig); Dowd鈥檚 Reel; Trip it Upstairs (Single Jig); Tuttle鈥檚; The Gander in the pratie hole; TRAD. SCOTTISH: Hard is my Fate; Pretty Peggy; Prince Charlie鈥檚 Last View of Edinburg; FRASER (1816 Collection): Caledonia鈥檚 Wail for Niel Gow; Gudewife, Admit the Wanderer; M脿iri Bh脿n 脪g; MACPHERSON: Macpherson鈥檚 Lament; O鈥機AROLAN: Carolan鈥檚 Farewell; etc)
Jordi Savall (treble viol), Andrew Lawrence-King (Irish harp)
AliaVox AVSA 9865 (SACD Hybrid)

KORNGOLD: Die Tote Stadt (Marietta鈥檚 Lied)
(c/w ALWYN: Miss Julie (Midsummer Night); STRAVINSKY: The Nightingale (The Nightingale鈥檚 Aria); WALTON: Troilus and Cressida (At the Haunted End of the Day); FLOYD: Susannah (The Trees on the Mountains); DVORAK: Rusalka (Song to the Moon); BRITTEN: Peter Grimes (Embroidery Aria); Paul Bunyan (Tiny鈥檚 Sony); The Turn of the Screw (How Beautiful It Is); LEHAR: Die Lustige Witwe (Vilja-Lied); BARBER: Vanessa (Do Not Utter a Word); MESSAGER: Monsieur Beaucaire (Rossignol); HERRMANN: Wuthering Heights (I Have Dreamt))
Kate Royal (soprano), Orchestra of English National Opera, Edward Gardner (conductor)
EMI Classics 2 68192 2 (CD)

09.35 am Building a Library Recommendation

LISZT: Transcendental Studies S. 139

Next week William Mival compares recordings of Schoenberg Pelleas et Melisande.

10.25 am New Releases

BRIDGE: Piano Quintet H49a (Adagio ma non troppo)
(c/w BRIDGE: Three Idylls H67; String Quartet No. 4 H188)
Goldner String Quartet, Piers Lane (piano)
Hyperion CDA67726 (CD)

IRELAND: Piano Trio No. 3 in E (Scherzo: Vivace)
(c/w IRELAND: Phantasie Trio in A minor; Piano Trio No. 2 in E; Berceuse for violin and piano; Cavatina for violin and piano; Bagatelle for violin and piano; The Holy Boy for violin and piano)
Gould Piano Trio
Naxos 8.570507 (CD, Budget)

10.25 am Herv茅 Niquet Interview
Andrew talks to conductor Herv茅 Niquet. With extracts from the following discs:

HAENDEL: Water Music Suites 1-3 (HWV 348-350); Music for the Royal Fireworks (HWV 351)
Le Concert Spirituel, Herv茅 Niquet (director)
Glossa GCD 921606 (CD)

LULLY: Proserpine
Soloists, Le Concert Spirituel, Herv茅 Niquet (director)
Glossa GCD 921615 (2CDs)

PURCELL: King Arthur
V茅ronique Gens (soprano), Hanna Bayodi (soprano), B茅atrice Jarrige (alto), Cyril Auvity (countertenor), Joseph Cornwell (tenor), Peter Harvey (bass), Le Concert Spirituel, Herv茅 Niquet (director)
Glossa GCD 921608 (CD)

CHARPENTIER: Missa Assumpta est Maria H.11; Motet 脿 voix seule H.361; Pour un reposoir H.508; O salutaris Hostia H.262; Benedictus pour l鈥檕rgue; Domine salvum fac Regem H.303; Domine salvum fac Regem H.291
Chantal Santon-Jeffery (soprano), Hanna Bayodi-Hirt (soprano), Fran莽ois-Nicolas Geslot (countertenor), Romain Champion (tenor), Beno卯t Arnould (bass), Le Concert Spirituel, Herv茅 Niquet (director)
Glossa GCD 921617 (CD)

11.10 am Recent Releases

SHOSTAKOVICH: Podrugi (The Girlfriends) Op. 41 (extracts)
(c/w SHOSTAKOVICH: Rule, Britannia! Op. 28; Salute to Spain Op. 44; Symphonic Movement (1945, unfinished))
Celia Sheen (theremin), Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Mark Fitz-Gerald (conductor)
Naxos 8.572138 (CD, Budget)

SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 10 Op. 93 (opening)
(c/w TORMIS: Overture No. 2)
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Paavo J盲rvi (conductor)
Telarc CD-80702 (CD)

SHOSTAKOVICH: String Quartet No. 10 Op. 118 (Allegretto furioso)
(c/w SHOSTAKOVICH: String Quartet No. 12 Op. 133; String Quartet No. 14 Op. 142)
Mandelring Quartet
Audite 92.529 (SACD Hybrid)

PROKOFIEV (arr. M. Berkeley): The Queen of Spades (Adagio)
(c/w On Guard for Peace Op. 124)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Neeme J盲rvi (conductor)
Chandos CHAN 10519 (CD)

11.50 am Disc of the Week

KURT脕G鈥橲 GHOSTS
Containing seventy compositions selected by pianist Marino Formenti, Kurt谩g鈥檚 Ghosts examines how some of the major composers from the fourteenth to the twentieth century have influenced Hungarian composer Gy枚rgy Kurt谩g.
Marino Formenti (piano)
Kairos 0012902KAI (2CDs)

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