CD Review - Building a Library: Vaughan Williams: Job, A Masque for Dancing

Andrew McGregor introduces Radio 3's weekly programme devoted to all that's new in the world of recorded music. Building a Library: Vaughan Williams: Job, A Masque for Dancing Reviewer - Jonathan Swain First choice: (c/w Pelléas & Mélisande Suite, Op. 46) Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi (conductor) BIS CD 237 (CD) CD Review BAL Catalogue Data bal.vaughan.williams: bal.vaughan.williams.job.a.masque.for.dancing 09.05am GRILLO: Sonata Prima; Misericordias Domini from disc Complete Instrumental Music and Selected Motets (c/w Ad te levavi; Canzon prima; Canzon in ecco; Anima mea; Dic mihi; Canzon sestadecima; Canzon secunda; Levavi oculos meos; Canzon quintadecima; Quam pulchri sunt; Canzon pian e forte; Canzon quartadecima 'Capricio'; Canzon terza; Obstupescite; Canzon quarta; O salutaris hostia; Sonata seconda) His Majesty’s Sagbutts and Cornetts SFZ SFZ0107 (CD) FASCH: Concerto in D major for flute, oboe, strings and basso continuo (FWV L:D11) (first movement) from disc Johann Friedrich Fasch Concerti from Dresden and Darmstadt (c/w Concerto in d minor for 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 bassoons, strimgs & basso continuo FWV L:d7; Concerto in d minor for oboe, violin, strings & basso continuo FWV L:d4; Concerto in A major for violin, strings & basso continuo FWV L:A3; Concerto in g minor for oboe, strings & basso continuo FWV L:g1; Concerto in D major for 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 bassoons, strings & basso continuo FWV L:D22) Il Gardellino Accent ACC24182 (Hybrid SACD) TELEMANN: Overture ‘L’Omphale’ (first, fifth and sixth movements); KEISER: Suite aus Hercules und Hebe (Overture) from disc Musik der Hamburger Pfeffersacke (Music of Hamburg Moneybags) (c/w TELEMANN: Aria dell’ Omphale (Lebe doch mein werthes Licht); HANDEL: Sinfonia in B flat major; TELEMANN: Aria dell’ Omphale (Ich sagte gern ich ware frey); HANDEL: Violin Concerto in B flat major) Elbipolis Barockorchester Hamburg, Yeree Suh (soprano) Raumklang RK2703 (CD) REBEL: Les Caracteres de la Danse (c/w PURCELL: Suite from The Fairy Queen; CORELLI: Concerto grosso Op. 6 Nr. 4; ALBINONI: Concerto a cinque Op. 9 Nr. 2; TELEMANN: Overture a 7 TWV55:C6) Harmony of Nations, Alfredo Bernardini (oboe, conductor) Raumklang RK2704 (CD) PURCELL: Fantazia upon one note (c/w Fantazia 30th of June 1680;.Fantazia 14th of June 1680;.Fantazia 11th of June 1680; Fantazia of three parts - undated fragment; Fantazia 31st of August 1680; Fantazia 22nd of June 1680; Fantazia of three parts – undated; Fantazia 19th of June 1680; Fantazia 19th of August 1680; Fantazia 10th of June 1680; Fantazia of three parts – undated; Fantazia 24th of February 1682/83 – fragment; Fantazia 23rd of June 1680) Il Suonar Parlante, Vittorio Ghielmi (director from viol) Winter & Winter 910134-2 (CD) 09.30 am Building a Library Recommendation VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Job, A Masque for Dancing Reviewer – Jonathan Swain Next week David Nice examines recordings of Sibelius’ Symphony No. 6 10.20 New Vivaldi Releases Andrew discusses new Vivaldi releases with Michael Talbot. 11.15 a.m. New Russian Releases MUSSORGSKY: Night on a Bald Mountain (c/w Pictures at an Exhibition; Prelude to Khovanshchina) Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Jarvi (conductor) Telarc SACD-60705 (Hybrid SACD) TCHAIKOVSKY: Romeo and Juliet ‘Fantasy Overture’ (original 1869 version) (c/w Hamlet OP. 67a) Russian National Orchestra, Vladimir Jurowski (conductor), Tatiana Monogarova (soprano), Maxim Mikhailov (bass) Pentatone PTC5186 330 (Hybrid SACD) 11.45am Disc of the Week BARTOK: Viola Concerto* (Concerto for Two Pianos, Percussion and Orchestra; Violin Concerto No. 1) Yuri Bashmet (viola)*, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra*, Pierre Boulez (conductor)*, Tamara Stefanovich (piano), Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano), Nigel Thomas (percussion), Neil Percy (percussion), London Symphony Orchestra, Gidon Kremer (violin) Deutsche Grammophon 4777440 (CD)