CD Review - Building a Library: Handel: Dixit Dominus

Building a Library: Handel: Dixit Dominus Reviewer - Simon Heighes First choice: (c/w CALDARA: Missa Dolorosa) Balthasar-Neumann Choir and Ensemble, Thomas Hengelbrock (conductor) Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 82876587922 (Hybrid SACD) CD Review BAL Catalogue Data bal.handel: bal.handel.dixit.dominus 09.05am HANDEL: Bourree (Water Music Suite No. 2 in D HWV 349) Concerto Koln Berlin Classics 0016172BC (CD) HANDEL arr. Schafer: La Rejouissance (Fireworks Suite in D HWV 351) (c/w Concerto in B flat major HWV 301; Sonata No. 2 in B flat major; Concerto in B flat major HWV 302a; Water Music Suite in D) Trompetenensemble Joachim Schafer, Joachim Schafer (piccolo trumpet) Christophorus CHR 77302 (CD) HANDEL arr. Mendelssohn: Acis und Galatea (Part Nos. 2 and 3) Julia Kleiter (soprano), Christoph Pregardien (tenor), Michael Slattery (tenor), Wolf Matthias Friedrich (bass), NDR Choir, Gottingen Festival Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan (conductor) Carus 83.420 (CD) PURCELL: Dido & Aeneas (Act 1 Nos. 2 and 3) Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano), Gerald Finley (baritone), Lucy Crowe (soprano), Patricia Bardon (mezzo-soprano), William Purefoy (counter-tenor), Sarah Tynan (soprano), John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Carys Lane (soprano), Rebecca Outram (soprano), Choir and Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Elizabeth Kenny, Steven Devine (music directors) Chandos CHAN0757 (CD) HAYDN: Symphony No. 65 in A Hob. I:65 (c/w Symphonies Nos. 57 and 59) Heidelberg Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Fey (conductor) Hanssler Classic CD 98.526 (CD) 09.30 am Building a Library Recommendation HANDEL: Dixit Dominus Reviewer – Simon Heighes Next week Martin Cotton examines recordings of Berg’s Lyric Suite 10.30 Composer Anniversaries James Jolly joins Andrew to discuss the wealth of recent and upcoming releases marking the four major composer anniversaries of 2009 – Purcell, Handel, Haydn and Mendelssohn. With extracts from the following discs: Music of Henry Purcell The Deller Consort, Alfred Deller (counter-tenor) Vanguard Classics MC 194 (6 CDs, budget) Handel Oratorios SAUL: Rosemary Joshua (Michal), Emma Bell (Merab), Lawrence Zazzo (David), Jeremy Ovenden (Jonathan), Michael Slattery (High Priest, Witch of Endor), Finnur Bjarnason (Amalekite, Abner), Henry Waddington (Deog, Samuel), Gidon Saks (Saul), RIAS Kammerchor, Concerto Koln, Rene Jacobs (director) MESSIAH: Kerstin Avemo (soprano), Patricia Bardon (alto), Lawrence Zazzo (counter-tenor), Kobie van Rensburg (tenor), Neal Davies (bass), The Choir of Clare College, Freiburger Barockorchester, Rene Jacobs (director) Harmonia Mundi HMX2908280.83 (4 CDs) Handel Famous Arias Lorraine Hunt (soprano), Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan (conductor); Dorothea Roschmann (soprano), Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin; Andreas Scholl (counter tenor); Mark Padmore (tenor), Lucy Crowe (soprano), Robin Blaze (counter tenor), The English Concert, Andrew Manze (conductor) Harmonia Mundi HMX2908288.91 (4 CDs) Handel Twelve Concerti grossi op. 6 Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini (conductor) L’Oiseau Lyre 478 0319 (3 CDs) HANDEL: Israel in Egypt Laura Albino (soprano), Nils Brown (tenor), Jennifer Enns Modolo (mezzo-soprano), Peter Mahon (counter tenor), Eve Rachel McCleod (soprano), Jason Nedecky (baritone), Bud Roach (tenor), Jennie Such (soprano), Sean Watson (baritone), Ariada Ensemble, Kevin Mallon (conductor) Naxos 8.570966-67 (2 CDs, Budget) Haydn Edition Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra, Adam Fischer (conductor) plus other musicians Brilliant Classics 93782 (150 CDs, Budget) HAYDN: Symphonies 57, 59 and 65 Heidelberg Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Fey (conductor) Hanssler Classic CD 98.526 (CD) Haydn Italian Arias Thomas Quasthoff (bass baritone), Freiburger Barockorchester, Gottfried von der Goltz (conductor) Deutsche Grammophon 477 7469 (CD) MENDELSSOHN: Violin Concerto in E minor Op. 64; Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor Op. 49; Violin Sonata in F major Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Kurt Masur (conductor), Lynn Harrell (cello), Andre Previn (piano) Deutsche Grammophon 477 8001 (CD) Mendelssohn Symphonies (Complete) New Philharmonia Orchestra, Wolfgang Sawallisch (conductor), Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Lev Markiz (conductor), Helen Donath (soprano), Rostraud Hansmann (soprano), Waldermar Kmentt (tenor) Brilliant Classics 93777 (7 CDs, Budget) Mendelssohn Choral Works RIAS Kammerchor, Hans-Christoph Rademann (conductor) Harmonia Mundi HMC901992 (CD) 11.20am EMI Reissues Reissues on the EMI label for its ‘American Classics’ series. 11.40am Disc of the Week BRAHMS: Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor Op. 60 (c/w Piano Quartets Nos. 1 and 2 Opp. 25 and 26) Renaud Capucon (violin), Gerard Causse (viola), Gautier Capucon (cello), Nicholas Angelich (piano) Virgin 5193102 (2 CDs, Mid Price)