23 February 2008

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Andrew McGregor introduces Radio 3's weekly programme devoted to all that's new in the world of recorded music.

This week's programme:

JOHANN CASPAR FERDINAND FISCHER: Suite No. 1 for Orchestra (Overture); Missa Sancti Michaelis Archangeli (Kyrie)

(c/w Missa in Contrapuncto)
Veronika Winter (soprano), Jenny Haecker (alto), Henning Voss (tenor), Nils Giebelhausen (tenor), Matthias Gerchen (bass), Handel's Company, Kammerchor der MarienKantorei Lemgo, Rainer Johannes Homburg (conductor)

MDG 905 1477-6 (Hybrid SACD)

1. Ouverture
2. Marche
3. Air Des Combattants
4. Riguadon
5. Menuet
6. Chaconne
7. Kyrie
8. Gloria In Excelsis
9. Laudamus Te
10. Gratias Agimus Tibi
11. Domine Deus
12. Qui Tollis Peccata Mundi
13. Quoniam Tu Solus Sanctus
14. Amen
15. Credo In Unum Deum
16. Genitum Non Factum
17. Et Incarnatus Est
18. Et Resurrexit
19. Et In Spiritum Sanctum
20. Et Unam Sanctam Catholicam
21. Amen
22. Sanctus
23. Osanna
24. Benedictus
25. Osanna
26. Agnus Dei
27. Dona Nobis Pacem
28. Kyrie (Pro Adventu)
29. Gloria In Excelsis Deo
30. Gratias Agimus Tibi
31. Qui Tollis Peccata Mundi
32. Quoniam To Solus Sanctus
33. Amen
34. Credo In Unum Deum
35. Genitum, Non Factum
36. Crucifixus
37. Et Resurrexit
38. Et Unam Sanctam Catholicam
39. Et Vitam Venturi
40. Amen
41. Sanctus
42. Hosanna
43. Benedictus
44. Hosanna
45. Agnus Dei
46. Dona Nobis Pacem
47. Kyrie (Pro Quadragesima)


MOZART: Requiem (Tuba mirum, Rex tremendae)



Marie Arnet (soprano), Anna Stephany (mezzo-soprano), Andrew Kennedy (tenor), Darren Jeffrey (bass)
London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis (conductor)

LSO Live LSO0627 (Hybrid SACD, budget) or LSO0127 (CD, Budget)

1. Requiem: No 1. Introitus and Kyrie: Requiem and Kyrie 7:13 $0.89
2. Requiem: No 2. Sequence: Dies irae 1:44 $0.89
3. Requiem: No 3. Sequence: Tuba mirum 3:37 $0.89
4. Requiem: No 4. Sequence: Rex tremendae 2:13 $0.89
5. Requiem: No 5. Sequence: Recordare 6:03 $0.89
6. Requiem: No 6. Sequence: Confutatis maledictis 2:44 $0.89
7. Requiem: No 7. Sequence: Lacrimosa 2:58 $0.89
8. Requiem: No 8. Offertorium: Domine Jesu 3:54 $0.89
9. Requiem: No 9. Offertorium: Hostias 4:36 $0.89
10. Requiem: No 10. Sanctus: Sanctus 1:47 $0.89
11. Requiem: No 11. Benedictus: Benedictus 4:33 $0.89
12. Requiem: No 12. Agnus Dei and Communio: Agnus Dei 8:45 $0.89

MOZART: Requiem MP3 showcase




SCHUBERT: Mass in E flat D950 (Agnus Dei)

Susan Gritton (soprano), Pamela Helen Stephen (mezzo-soprano), Mark Padmore (tenor), James Gilchrist (tenor), Matthew Rose (bass)
Collegium Musicum 90, Richard Hickox (conductor)
Chandos CHAN0750 (CD)

NB. This is released 3rd March 2008

Building a Library Recommendation

BARTOK: Violin Concerto No. 2 Sz112*



Bartok The Concerto Album

Reviewer - Piers Burton-Page

The recommendation will be placed on the website after the programme.

Next week Jeremy Summerly examines recordings of Poulenc's Gloria.

New Releases

Andrew talks to Hilary Finch about some new chamber music releases. With extracts from the following discs:

BEETHOVEN: Piano Trio No. 3 Op. 1 No. 3; Piano Trio No. 5 Op. 70 No. 1, 'The Ghost'
HUMMEL: Piano Trio No. 4 Op. 65

Andreas Staier (fortepiano), Daniel Sepec (violin), Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello)

Harmonia Mundi HMC 901955 (CD)

1. Piano Trio no.3 in C minor, op.1 no.3: I. Allegro con brio 9:21 $0.99
2. Piano Trio no.3 in C minor, op.1 no.3: II. Andante cantabile con variazione 7:20 $0.99
3. Piano Trio no.3 in C minor, op.1 no.3: III. Menuetto quasi allegro 3:42 $0.99
4. Piano Trio no.3 in C minor, op.1 no.3: IV. Prestissimo 7:38 $0.99
5. Piano Trio no.5 in D major, op.70 no.1 - "Geister-Trio": I. Allegro vivace con brio 10:20 Album Only
6. Piano Trio no.5 in D major, op.70 no.1 - "Geister-Trio": II. Largo assai ed espressivo 8:27 $0.99
7. Piano Trio no.5 in D major, op.70 no.1 - "Geister-Trio": III. Presto 7:57 $0.99
8. Piano Trio op.65 in G major: I. Allegro con spirito 7:27 $0.99
9. Piano Trio op.65 in G major: II. Andante grazioso 4:08 $0.99
10. Piano Trio op.65 in G major: III. Rondo. Vivace assai e scherzando 3:54 $0.99

Beethoven, Hummel, Piano Trios, MP3 Downloads




SCHUBERT: Piano Trio No. 1 Op. 99 (D.898); Notturno in E flat major D.897; Piano Trio No. 2 Op. 100 (D.929); Sonatensatz D.28



Trio Wanderer

Harmonia Mundi HMC 902002.03 (2 CDs, Mid Price)


JS BACH: Die Kunst der Fuge (The Art of Fugue) BWV 1080

Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano)

Deutsche Grammophon 477 7345 (CD)

1. Contrapunctus 1
2. Contrapunctus 2
3. Contrapunctus 3
4. Contrapunctus 4
5. Contrapunctus 5
6. Contrapunctus 6. a 4 in Stylo Francese
7. Contrapunctus 7. a 4 per Augmentationem et Diminutionem
8. Contrapunctus 8. a 3
9. Contrapunctus 9. a 4 alla Duodecima
10. Contrapunctus 10. a 4 alla Decima
11. Contrapunctus 11. a 4
12. Contrapunctus inversus 12.1 a 4
13. Contrapunctus inversus 12.2 a 4
14. Contrapunctus inversus 13.1 a 3
15. Contrapunctus inversus 13.2 a 3
16. Canon alla Ottava
17. Canon alla Decima in Contrapunto alla Terza
18. Canon alla Duodecima in Contrapunto alla Quinta
19. Canon per augmentationem in Contrario Motu
20. Fuga a 3 Soggetti (Contrapunctus 14)


CLEMENTI: The Complete Sonatas - 1
(Six Sonatas Op. 1; Three Sonatas Op. 2; Sonata in G major WO14; Three Sonatas Op. 7; Three Sonatas Op. 8; Sonata in A flat major WO13)

Howard Shelley (piano)

Hyperion CDA67632 (2 CDs)

Session Report

Late Mozart Symphonies. CD Review eavesdrops on the Glasgow City Halls sessions for Sir Charles Mackerras' latest recordings of Mozart Symphonies with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra.

MOZART: Symphonies 38-41

Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras (conductor)
Linn CKD 308 (2 Hybrid SACDs, 2 for the price of one plus digital download)

Disc of the Week

R. STRAUSS: 4 Last Songs

(c/w An Alpine Symphony)
Anja Harteros (soprano), Staatskapelle Dresden,
Fabio Luisi (conductor)

Sony 88697141972 (Hybrid SACD)

Next Week

On next week's programme Jeremy Summerly recommends a recording of Poulenc's Gloria (Building a Library), Sir John Tusa reviews recent releases of Czech music and Sir Simon Rattle talks with Andrew McGregor about his work with the Berlin Philharmonic, including his recording of Mahler's 9th Symphony and Mussorgsky's 'Pictures at an Exhibition'