麻豆社

CD Review Andrew McGrgeor with what's new in the world of classical music recordings including:

09.05am
RAVEL: Daphnis et Chloe; Bolero; Pavane
London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra / Valery Gergiev (conductor)
LSO Live LSO0693 (Hybrid SACD)

RAVEL: Piano Concerto for left hand; Piano Concerto in G; Miroirs
Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano) / The Cleveland Orchestra / Pierre Boulez (conductor)
DG 477 8770 (CD)

RAVEL: Piano Concerto for left hand; Piano Concerto in G; DEBUSSY: Fantaisie; MASSENET: Deux Impromputs etc.
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano) / 麻豆社 S O / Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor)

09.30am Critics鈥� Pick of the Year 2010
Andrew is joined by Rob Cowan, Hilary Finch and Jeremy Summerly to discuss some favourite releases of 2010. With extracts from the following discs:

MOZART: Die Zauberflote
Daniel Behle (Tamino) / Marlis Petersen (Pamina) / Daniel Schmutzhard (Papageno) / Sunhae Im (Papagena) / Anna-Kristiina Kaappola (Konigin der Nacht) / Marcos Fink (Sarastro) / Kurt Azesberger (Monostatos) / RIAS Kammerchor & Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin / Rene Jacobs (conductor)
Harmonia Mundi HMC902068/70 (3 CDs)

WOLF: Italian Songbook
Christoph Pregardien (tenor) / Julia Kleiter (soprano) / Hilko Dumno (piano)
Challenge Classics CC72378 (Hybrid SACD)

ELGAR: Violin Concerto
Nikolaj Znaider (violin) / Dresden Staatskapelle / Sir Colin Davis (conductor)
RCA 88697605882 (CD)

PALESTRINA: Missa Tu es Petrus; Missa te Deum Laudamus; VICTORIA: Te Deum Laudamus
Choir of Westminster Cathedral / Martin Baker (Master of Music)
Hyperion CDA67785 (CD)

BRITTEN: String Quartets Nos 2 & 3; 3 Divertimenti
Elias String Quartet
Sonimage SON 10903 (CD)

The Busch-Serkin Duo: public performances and broadcasts from 1939-1950 of works by Mozart, Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Schubert, Schumann and Busch
Adolf Busch (violin) / Rudolf Serkin (piano)
Music & Arts CD1244 (4 CDs)

鈥淕reat Strauss Scenes鈥�
STRAUSS: Scenes from Elektra, Capriccio, Die Frau ohne Schatten & Salome
Christine Brewer (soprano) / Eric Owens (bass-baritone) / Atlanta S O / Donald Runnicles (conductor)
Telarc REL 31755 02 (CD)

鈥淟e Royaume Oublie鈥� (The Forgotten Kingdom)
Hesperion XXI / La Capella Reial de Catalunya / Jordi Savall (director)
Alia Vox AVSA9873 A/C (3 Hybrid SACDs)

DAVID BRIGGS: Messe pour Notre-Dame etc.
Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge / David Briggs (organ) / Stephen Layton (conductor)
Hyperion CDA67808 (CD)

POULENC: Figure Humaine; Mass in G etc.
Tenebrae / Nigel Short (director)
Signum SIGCD197 (CD)

SCHUBERT: Die Winterreise
Werner Gura (tenor) / Christoph Berner (1872 piano)
Harmonia Mundi HMC 902066 (CD)

SHOSTAKOVICH: The Preludes and Fugues
Alexander Melnikov (piano)
Harmonia Mundi HMC 902019.20 (2 CDs + bonus DVD)

BACH: Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin BWV 1001-1006
Sergey Khachatryan (violin)
Na茂ve V5181 (2 CDs)

MARTIN: Golgotha
Judith Gauthier (soprano), Marianne Beate Kielland (alto), Adrian Thompson (tenor), Mattijs van de Woerd (baritone), Konstantin Wolff (bass) / Capella Amsterdam / Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir / Estonian National S O / Daniel Reuss (conductor)
Harmonia Mundi HMC 902056.57 (2 CDs)

鈥淎rgerich Plays Chopin鈥�
CHOPIN: Piano Sonata No.3; Ballade No.1; 3 Mazurkas Op.59 etc.
Martha Argerich (piano)
DG 477 7557 (CD)

鈥淐eremony and Devotion鈥�
Works by Byrd, Sheppard and Tallis
The Sixteen / Harry Christophers (conductor)
Coro COR16077 (CD)

MAHLER: Songs from Des Knaben Wunderhorn; Symphony No.10 鈥� Adagio
Magdalena Kozena (mezzo-soprano), Christian Gerhaher (baritone) / The Cleveland Orchestra / Pierre Boulez (conductor)
DG 477 9060 (CD)

BRUCKNER: 10 Symphonies
Bavarian RSO / Lorin Maazel (conductor)
BR Klassik 900711 (11 CDs)

WAGNER: Gotterdammerung
Katarina Dalayman (Brunnhilde), Lars Cleveman (Siegfried), Arttila Jun (Hagen), Andrew Shore (Alberich), Peter Coleman-Wright (Gunther), Nancy Gustafson (Gustafson), Susan Bickley (Waltraute), Ceri Williams, Yvonne Howard, Miranda Keys (Norns), Katherine Broderick, Madeleine Shaw, Leah-Marian Jones (Rhinemaidens) / 麻豆社 Symphony Chorus / London Symphony Chorus / Royal Opera Chorus / Halle Choir and Orchestra / Sir Mark Elder (conductor)
Halle CDHLD7525 (5 CDs)

11.50am Disc of the Week
BEETHOVEN: Symphonies Nos. 4 and 6 鈥淧astoral鈥�
Budapest Festival Orchestra / Ivan Fischer (conductor)
Channel Classics CCSSA 30710 (Hybrid SACD)

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