CD Review - Building a Library: Mozart's Gran Partita

Building a Library: MOZART: Serenade No. 10 in B flat 'Gran Partita' K. 361/370a Reviewer - Anthony Burton First choice: (c/w Divertimento in E flat major K. 252) Linos Ensemble Capriccio 10 472 (CD) Budget Recommendation: Albion Ensemble Helios CDH 55093 (CD, Budget) CD Review BAL Catalogue Data bal.mozart: bal.mozart.serenade.no.10.k.361.370a 09.05 am The People Shall Hear! Great Handel Choruses HANDEL: Israel in Egypt (The People Shall Hear); Alexander's Feast (The Many Rend the Skies); L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato (Or Let the Merry Bells); Zadok the Priest; Samson (Hear Jacob's God & Let the Bright Seraphim); Belshazzar (Recall, O King); Athalia (The Mighty Pow'r); Hercules (Jealousy, Infernal Pest); Joshua (See the Conquering Hero Comes); Judas Maccabaeus (Fall'n is the Foe); Solomon (May No Rash Intruder); Theodora (He Saw the Lovely Youth); Messiah (Hallelujah) Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Robin Blaze (counter-tenor), The Bach Choir, The English Concert, David Hill (conductor) BIS BIS-SACD-1736 (Hybrid SACD) John Kitchen Plays Handel Overtures HANDEL: Overtures to Samson, Saul, Il Pastor Fido, Teseo, Rinaldo, Occasional Oratorio, Athalia, Radamisto; Suite in G (HWV 450); Suite in A (HWV 454) John Kitchen (harpsichord [1755, Jacob Kirckman]) Delphian DCD34053 (CD) Handel: Arie per Basso HANDEL: Siroe (Ouverture, No, io per sua pena, Se il mio paterno amore, Ove son? Che m'avvenne?, Gelido in ogni vena); Orlando (Impari ognun da Orlando, Sorge infausta una procella); Agrippina (Pur ritorno a rimirarvi, Ma, o ciel, mesta e confusa, Vieni, o cara); Serse (Me infelice, Del mio caro Bacco amabile); Alcina (Ouverture Musette Menuet, Pensa a chi geme); Tamerlano (Amor da guerra e pace); etc Lorenzo Regazzo (bass), Gemma Bertagnolli (soprano), Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini (conductor) Naïve OP 30472 (CD) HANDEL: 12 Solo Sonatas Op. 1 Richard Egarr (harpsichord), Pavlo Beznosiuk (violin), Rachel Brown (flute & recorder), Frank de Bruine (oboe), Academy of Ancient Music Harmonia Mundi HMU 907465.66 (2 CDs) 09.30 am Building a Library MOZART: Serenade No. 10 in B flat 'Gran Partita' K. 361/370a Reviewer - Anthony Burton Next week David Vickers compares recordings of Handel's Acis and Galatea. 10.25 am Recent Release HAYDN: Die Schopfung (The Creation) Sally Matthews (soprano), Ian Bostridge (tenor), Dietrich Henschel (bass), London Symphony Chorus & Orchestra, Colin Davis (conductor) LSO Live LSO0628 (2 Hybrid SACDs) 10.35 am New Releases John Deathridge talks us through some recent releases of Wagner Operas with extracts from the following discs: WAGNER: Lohengrin Johan Botha (Lohengrin), Adrianne Pieczonka (Elsa von Brabant), Kwangchul Youn (King Henry), Falk Struckmann (Friedrich von Telramund), Petra Lang (Ortrud), WDR Rundfunkchor Koln, NDR Chor, Prager Kammerchor, WDR Sinfonieorchester Koln, Semyon Bychkov (conductor) Profil PH09004 (3 SACDs, Mid Price) The Copenhagen Ring WAGNER: Das Rheingold; Die Walkure; Siegfried; Gotterdammerung Stig Andersen (tenor), Steyn Byriel (bass), James Johnson (baritone), Peter Klaveness (bass), Bengt-Ola Morgny (tenor), Johan Reuter (baritone), Gitta-Maria Sjoberg (soprano), Irene Theorin (soprano), Chorus of Royal Danish Opera, Royal Danish Orchestra, Michael Schonwandt (conductor) Decca 074 3264 (7 DVDs [also available as separate DVDs]) 11.10 am Recent Releases Smetana Orchestral Works, Vol. 2 SMETANA: The Bartered Bride (Overture, Three Dances); The Secret (Overture); Libussa (Prelude); The Devil's Wall (Prelude, Infernal Dance); The Brandenburgers in Bohemia (Prelude, Act 1 Ballet); The Kiss (Overture); Dalibor (Entr'acte); The Two Widows (Overture, Act II Prelude and Polka) BBC Philharmonic, Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) Chandos CHAN 10518 (CD) Dvorak String Quartets Vol. 8 DVORAK: String Quartet No. 3 in D major, B. 18 Vlach Quartet Prague Naxos 8.553378 (CD, Budget) DVORAK: Symphony No. 3 in E flat major Op. 10, B. 34; GLAZUNOV: Concerto for Saxophone and String Orchestra in E flat major Op. 109; GERSHWIN: Rhapsody in Blue Karel Krautgartner (saxophone), Jan Panenka (piano), Prague Symphony Orchestra, Vaclav Smetacek (conductor) Supraphon SU 3968-2 (CD, Mid Price) DVORAK: Symphony No. 7 in D minor Op. 70; Golden Spinning Wheel Op. 109 Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra Amsterdam, Yakov Kreizberg (conductor) PentaTone PTC 5186 082 (Hybrid SACD) DVORAK: Serenade for Strings in E Op. 22; HAAS: String Quartet No. 2 Op. 7 (version for string orchestra and percussion); SCHULHOFF: Five Pieces for String Quartet WV 68 (version for string orchestra) Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Candida Thompson (artistic leader) Channel Classics CCS SA 24409 (Hybrid SACD) 11.55 am Disc of the Week ALBINONI: Sinfonie a Cinque Op. 2 Ensemble 415, Chiara Banchini (violin & director) Zig Zag ZZT090202 (CD)