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CD Review - Building a Library: Schumann: Das Paradies und die Peri

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Andrew McGregor with Radio 3’s regular look at what’s new in the world of recorded music. In this week’s programme (timings are approximate): 09.05am SARASATE: Music for Violin and Orchestra V.2 Fantasy on Carmen; Concert Fantasy on Gounod’s Romeo et Juliette etc. Tianwa Yang (violin) / Orquesta Sinfonica de Navarra / Ernest Martinez Izquierdo (conductor) Naxos 8.572216 (CD) Habanera Spanish songs and gypsy arias by Bizet, Lehar, Falla, Ravel, Balfe et al. Elina Garanca (mezzo-soprano) / Coro Filarmonico del Regio di Torino / Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai / Karel Mark Chichon (conductor) DG 477 8776 (CD) Slavic Opera arias by Borodin, Tchaikovsky, Zelenski, Rimsky-Korsakov, Arensky, Dvorak et al. Piotr Beczala (tenor) / Polish RSO / Lukasz Borowicz (conductor) Orfeo C 814 101 A (CD) Gypsic RAVEL: Tzigane; ENESCU: Violin Sonata No.3; SARASATE: Zigeunerweisen; RAVEL: Blues (Violin Sonata) etc. Sarah Nemtanu (violin) / Romain Descharmes (piano) / Chilly Gonzales (piano, percussion) Naïve V 5235 (CD) Rapsodia ENESCU: Minstrel; Violin Sonata No.3; LIGETI: Duo; KURTAG: 8 Duos Op.4; RAVEL: Tzigane etc. Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin) / Viktor Kopatchinsky (cimbalom) / Emilia Kopatchinskaja (violin, viola) / Martin Gjakonovski (double bass) / Mihaela Ursuleasa (piano) Naïve V 5193 (CD) 09.30am Building a Library Schumann’s Paradise and the Peri – Peter Quantrill makes his personal top recommendation of the currently available versions. First choice: c/w Requiem fur Mignon; Nachtlied Barbara Bonney (soprano) / Bernarda Fink (mezzo-soprano) / Christoph Pregardien (tenor) / Gerald Finley (bass) / Monteverdi Choir / Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantiques / John Eliot Gardiner (conductor) Archiv 4576602 (2CD) 10.20am SCHUMANN: Collection of Compositions from Old and New Times Music by Mendelssohn, Henslt, Spohr, Moscheles, Bach, Schubert, Weber, Schumann et al. Alsfelder Vokalensemble et al. / Wolfgang Helbich (conductor) CPO 777 595-2 (3CD) SCHUMANN: Fantasie; Davidsbundlertanze Mitsuko Uchida (piano) Decca 478 2280 (CD + bonus interview CD) 10.50am Martin Cotton talks with Andrew about two recent releases in the EMI Icon series. Icon: Pierre Fournier Including concertos by Schumann, Brahms, Dvorak, Haydn and Saint-Saens, plus chamber music and short works. EMI 6295392 (7CD) Icon: Leopold Stokowski EMI 6985552 (10CD) 11.50am Disc of the Week BARTOK: Piano Concertos Nos.1-3 Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano) / BBC Philharmonic / Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) Chandos CHAN10610