CD Review - Building a Library: Mendelssohn's Symphony No 3 in A minor (Scottish)

Building a Library: MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No. 3 in A minor Op. 56, “Scottish” Reviewer - Chris de Souza First Choice: Complete Mendelssohn Symphonies (c/w Symphonies Nos. 1-2 and 4-5) from disc Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Vladimir Ashkenazy (conductor) Decca 470 946-2 (3 CDs, Budget) CD Review BAL Catalogue Data bal.mendelssohn: bal.mendelssohn.symphony.no.3.op.56 09.05am HANDEL: Concerto Grosso No. 2 in F Major HWV320 from disc Concerti Grossi Op. 6 (c/w Concerto Grosso No. 1 HWV 319; Concerti Grossi Nos. 312 HWV321-330) Arte Dei Suonatori, Martin Gester (conductor) BIS SACD 1705/06 (3 Hybrid SACDs, Mid Price) MENDELSSOHN: Sonata No. 2 Op. 58 from disc Felix Mendelssohn Complete works for cello and pianoforte (c/w Lied ohne Worte Op. 109; Variations concertantes Op. 17; Sonata No. 1 Op. 45) Sergei Istomin (cello), Viviana Sofronitsky (fortepiano) Passacaille 947 (CD) MARTINU: Violin Concerto No. 1 H226 (third movement) from disc Martinu: The Complete Music for Violin and Orchestra Volume 4 (c/w Violin Concerto No. 2 H293) Bohuslav Matousek (violin), Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Christopher Hogwood (conductor) Hyperion CDA67674 (CD) 09.30 am Building a Library Recommendation Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 in A minor Op. 56, “Scottish” Reviewer – Chris de Souza Next week Hilary Finch examines recordings of Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 17 Op. 31/2, “Tempest” 10.20 Interview with Sir John Eliot Gardiner JS BACH: Sie werden euch in den Bann tun II BWV 183 (tenor aria) from disc Bach Cantatas Volume 25 (c/w Cantatas for the Fifth Sunday after Easter: Wahrlich, wahrlich, ich sage euch BWV 86; Bisher habt ihr nichts gebeten in meinem Namen BWV 87; In allen meinen Taten BWV 97; Cantatas for the Sunday after Ascension Day: Sie werden euch in den Bann tun I BWV 44; Nach dir, Herr, verlanget mich BWV 150; Johann Christoph Bach - Fürchte dich nicht) Soloists (cantatas for fifth Sunday after Easter): Katharine Fuge, Robin Tyson, Steve Davislim, Stephan Loges; Soloists (Sunday after Ascension Day): Joanne Lunn, Daniel Taylor, Paul Agnew, Panajotis Iconomou; The Monteverdi Choir, The English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner (conductor) Soli Deo Gloria SDG144 (2 CDs) BRAHMS: Symphony No. 1 (first movement) (c/w Begrabnisgesang, Op. 13; Schicksalslied Op. 54; MENDELSSOHN: Mitten wir in Leben sind Op. 23) Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique, The Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner (conductor) Soli Deo Gloria SDG702 (CD) 11.15 Britten Opera Releases BRITTEN: Albert Herring (recorded 1949) Joan Cross (Lady Billows), Gladys Parr (Florence Pike), Margaret Ritchie (Miss Wordsworth), Otakar Kraus (Mr. Gedge), Roy Ashton (Mr. Upfold), Norman Lumsden (Superintendent Budd), Denis Dowling (Sid Butcher’s shophand), Peter Pears (Albert Herring), Nancy Evans (Nancy), Catherine Lawson (Mrs Herring), Anne Sharp (Emmie), Elisabeth Parry (Cis), Alan Thompson (Harry), The English Opera Group Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten (conductor) Nimbus NI5824/6 (3 CDs, Mid Price) BRITTEN: Owen Wingrave Peter Colman-Wright (Owen Wingrave), Robin Leggate (General Sir Philip Wingrave and Narrator), Elizabeth Connell (Miss Wingrave), Janice Watson (Mrs. Coyle), Sarah Fox (Mrs. Julian), Alan Opie (Spencer Coyle), Pamela Helen Stephen (Kate), James Gilchrist (Lechmere), Tiffin Boys Choir, City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox (conductor) Chandos CHAN10473(2) (2 CDs) BRITTEN: Billy Budd Nathan Gunn (Billy Budd), Ian Bostridge (Captain Vere), Gidon Saks (Claggart), Neal Davies (Mr Redburn), Jonathan Lemalu (Mr. Flint), Matthew Rose (Lieutenant Ratcliffe), Alasdair Elliott (Red Whiskers), Daniel Teadt (Donald), Matthew Best (Dansker), Andrew Kennedy (Novice), Andrew Tortise (Squeak), Adam Green (First Mate), Mark Stone (Bosun), Darren Jeffery (Second Mate/Gunner's Mate), Andrew Staples (Maintop), Roderick Williams (Novice's Friend/Arthur Jones), London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Daniel Harding (conductor) Virgin 5190392 (3 CDs, Mid Price) BRITTEN: Peter Grimes Dean Peterson (Hobson), John Del Carlo (Swallow), Anthony Dean Griffey (Peter Grimes), Felicity Palmer (Mrs. Sedley), Patricia Racette (Ellene Orford), Jill Grove (Auntie), Greg Fedderly (Bob Boles), Anthony Michaels-Moore (Captain Balstrode), Bernard Fitch (Rev. Horace Adams), Leah Partridge, Erin Morley (Two nieces), Teddy Tahu Rhodes (Ned Keene), Logan William Erickson (Boy), Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Donald Runnicles (conductor) EMI 2 17414 9 (2 DVDs) 11.40m Disc of the Week GUBAIDULINA: In tempus praesens (c/w JS BACH: Violin Concertos BWV 1041 and 1042) Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin; conductor for the Bach), Trondheim Soloists (Bach concertos), London Symphony Orchestra, Valery Gergiev (conductor) Deutsche Grammophon 477 7450 (CD)