CD Review - Andrew McGregor

09.05 am VIVALDI: “Paris” Concerto No.5 for strings & continuo in C, RV 114; Concerto for bassoon, strings & cont. in F, RV 488; Concerto for violin, strings & cont. in C, RV 185; Concerto for flute, strings, bassoon & cont. in G, RV 438; “Paris” Concerto No.1 for strings & cont. in G minor, RV 157; Concerto fragment for bassoon, strings & cont. in C, RV 468; Concerto fragment for flute, strings & cont. in E minor, RV 432; Concerto for flute, violin, bassoon & cont. in F, RV 100; “Paris” Concerto No.3 for strings & cont. in C minor, RV 119; Concerto for violin, strings & cont. in D, RV 211 Katy Bircher (flute), Peter Whelan (bassoon), La Serenissima, Andrian Chandler (director/violin) Avie AV 2178 (CD, Full Price) VIVALDI: “Violin Concertos Vol.3”: Concertos for violin, strings & continuo RV 352, 307, 268, 333, 210, 312, 350 Duilio M. Galfetti (violin), I Barocchisti, Diego Fasolis (director) Naive OP 30474 (CD, Full Price) VIVALDI: “New Discoveries”: Argippo (Se lento ancora il fulmine); Concerto for 2 violins, cello, strings & cont. RV 578a; Sonata for recorder & cont. RV 806; Vos invito – motet; Sonata for violin & cont. RV 798; Concerto for oboe, cello, strings & cont.; Se fide quanto belle – aria RV 749.32; Sonata for violin & cont. RV 810 Romina Basso (mezzo-soprano), Paolo Pollastri (oboe), Enrico Casazza (violin), Bettina Hoffmann (cello), Modo Antiquo, Federico Maria Sardelli (recorder/director) Naïve OP 30480 (CD, Full Price) VIVALDI: Tito Manlio (Sonno, se pur sei sonno); Juditha Triumphans (Armate face et anguibus); La Verita in Cimento (Solo quella guancia bella; Cara sorte di chi nata); Farnace (Gelido in ogni vena; Forse, o caro, in questi accenti); Arsilda (Tornar voglio al primo ardore); Orlando Furioso (Sol da te, mio dolce amore; Nel profondo, cieco mondo); Ottone in Villa (Misero spirto mio); Griselda (Ho il cor gia lacero); L’Incoronazione di Dario (Non mi lusinga vana speranza); Orlando Finto Pazzo (Lo stridor, l’orror d’Averno; Andero, volero, gridero); L’Olimpiade (Mentre dormi Amor fomenti) Magdalena Kozena (mezzo-soprano), Venice Baroque Orchestra, Andrea Marcon (conductor) Archiv 477 8096 (CD, Full Price) 09.30 am “Les Ballets Russes Vol.2” RAVEL: Daphnis et Chloe*; POULENC: Le Biches** EuropaChorAkademie, SWR Symphony Orchestra Baden-Baden and Freiburg, Michael Gielen*, Marcello Viotti** (conductor) Hanssler Classic CD 93.197 (CD, Mid Price) POULENC: Gloria; RAVEL: Daphnis et Chloe Jessica Rivera (soprano), Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Bernard Haitink (conductor) CSO Resound CSOR 901906 (CD, Mid Price) and CSOR 901908 (Hybrid SACD, Mid Price) RAVEL: Daphnis et Chloe; Sheherazade – fairy overture MDR Radio Chorus Leipzig, Orchestre National de Lyon, Jun Markl (conductor) Naxos 8.570992 (CD, Budget Price) RAVEL: Daphnis et Chloe Tanglewood Festival Chorus, Boston Symphony Orchestra, James Levine (conductor) BSO Classics 0801 (Hybrid SACD or download, Mid Price) 10.00 am Andrew McGregor talks to harpsichordist Mitzi Meyerson, and plays extracts from her new CD. MUFFAT: Componimenti Musicali per il cembalo Mitzu Meyerson (harpsichord) Glossa GCD 921804 (2 CD, Mid Price) 10.30 am MAHLER: Totenfeier; Symphony No.10 (Adagio); Blumine; MAHLER arr. Britten: What the Wild Things Tell Me Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Jarvi (conductor) Virgin Classics 50999 21657627 (CD, Mid Price) MAHLER: Symphony No.1 Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Bernard Haitink (conductor) CSO Resound CSOR 901902 (CD, Mid Price) and CSOR 901904 (Hybrid SACD, Mid Price) MAHLER: Symphony No.6 London Philharmonic Orchestra, Klaus Tennstedt (conductor) LPO 0038 (2 CD, Mid Price) MAHLER: Symphony No.6 Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, David Zinman (conductor) RCA Red Seal 88697 364652 (2 Hybrid SACD, Mid Price) MAHLER: Symphony No.7 Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Zdenek Macal (conductor) Exton OVCL 00298 (2 Hybrid SACD, Full Price) 11.35 am DEBUSSY: Pelleas et Melisande Michel Roux (Golaud), Denise Duval (Melisande), Anna Reynalds (Genevieve), Guus Hoekman (Arkel), Hans Wilbrink (Pelleas), Rosine Bredy (Yniold), John Shirley-Quirk (Doctor), Glyndebourne Festival Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vittorio Gui (conductor) Glyndebourne GFOCD 003 63 (3 CDs, Mid Price) BEETHOVEN: Fidelio Andrew Kennedy (Jaquino), Lisa Milne (Marzeline), Brindley Sherratt (Rocco), Anja Kampe (Leonore), Peter Coleman-Wright (Don Pizarro), Torsten Kerl (Florestan), Henry Waddington (Don Fernando), Glyndebourne Chorus, London Philharmonic Ochestra, Mark Elder (conductor) Glyndebourne GFOCD 004 06 (2 CDs, Mid Price)