5 April 2008

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Saturday 5 April 2008 Radio 3)

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

On this week's programme:
09.05am

MOZART: Sonata in A KV 305 from disc Complete sonatas for keyboard and violin Vol 5

(c/w Sonata in C KV 403 (385c); Sonata in B flat KV31; Sonata in D KV 306)

Rachel Podger (violin); Gary Cooper (fortepiano)

Channel Classics CCS SA 25608 (Hybrid SACD)


MICHAEL NYMAN: In Re Don Giovanni




(c/w Revisiting the Don ; Trysting Fields; Not Knowing the Ropess, Wedding Tango; Wheelbarrow Walk; Fish Beach; Knowing the Ropes; O my Dear Papa; I am an unusual thing;
Profit and Loss)

Michael Nyman Band

Mn Records MNRCD 113 (CD)


MOZART: Cosi fan tutte or The School for Lovers

English version by Marmaduke Browne, adapted by John Cox
Fiordiligi, Janice Watson (soprano)
Dorabella, Diana Montague (mezzo soprano)
Guglielmo, Christopher Maltman (baritone)
Ferrando, Toby Spence (tenor)
Despina, Lesley Garrett (soprano)
Don Alfonso, Thomas Allen (baritone)
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Gareth Hancock (assistant conductor), Sir Charles Mackerras (conductor)

Chandos Opera in English CHAN 3152(3) (3 CDs) (Mid Price)


MOZART: Vesperae Solennes de Confessore (K339)

(c/w MOZART Ave verum Corpus; FAURE: Requiem)

Elin Manahan Thomas (soprano); Ruth Massey (alto); Mark Dobell (tenor); Roderick Williams (baritone);
The Sixteen; Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Harry Christophers (conductor)

CORO Live COR 16057 (CD)

Building a Library Recommendation

SCRIABIN: Le Poeme de l'extase

Reviewer - William Mival

New Releases - Vaughan Williams and Finzi

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: On Wenlock Edge - From far, from eve and morning

(c/w IVOR GURNEY: Ludlow and Teme; IAN VENABLES: Songs of Eternity and Sorrow, Op.36)

Andrew Kennedy (tenor), Simon Crawford-Phillips (piano), Dante Quartet

Signum Classics SIGCD112 (CD)


VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: On Wenlock Edge - Is my team ploughing?

(c/w Piano Quintet in C minor; Romance and Pastorale - two pieces for violin and piano)

Mark Padmore (tenor); Schubert Ensemble with Alison Dods (violin)

Chandos CHAN 10465 (CD)


VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: On Wenlock Edge - Clun

(c/w WARLOCK: The Curlew; BLISS: Elegiac Sonnet; IVOR GURNEY: Ludlow and Teme)

James Gilchrist (tenor); Anna Tilbrook (piano); Michael Cox (flute) Gareth Hulse (cor anglais)
The Fitzwilliam String Quartet

LINN CKD 296 (CD)


FINZI: Dies Natalis, Op.8 - The Rapture

(c/w FINZI: Romance for string orchestra Op.11; WALTON: Sonata for string orchestra (l972)

Toby Spence (tenor); Scottish Ensemble; Jonathan Morton (artistic director)

WIGMORE HALL WHLive0021 (CD)


FINZI: Dies Natalis, Op.8 - Wonder

(c/w Prelude for String Orchestra; The Fall of the Leaf (Elegy) (compl. Howard Ferguson); Two sonnets for Tenor and Orchestra; Nocturne (New Year Music); Farewell to Arms)

James Gilchrist (tenor), Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, David Hill (conductor)

NAXOS 8.570417 (CD)

New Recordings

Wiebke Thormahlen talks to Andrew about recent releases of Baroque violin and cello repertoire, on both period and modern instruments. With extracts from the following discs:

CPE BACH: Gamba Sonatas & Fantasias

Solo a Viola da Gamba e Basso in D major H 559
Fantasie in A major H.278; Fantasie in C minor H.75; La Stahl H.94; Solo a Viola da Gamba e Basso in C major H 558; Les Langueurs Tendres H.110

Lorenzo Ghielmi (fortepiano), Vittorio Ghielmi
(viola da gamba), Gianluca Buratto (bass-baritone)

WINTER & WINTER910 140-2 (CD)


CPE BACH: Viola da gamba Sonatas

Sonatas in C major, Wq.136, H.558; D major, Wq.137, H559; Trio sonata in G minor, Wq.88 H.510

Dmitry Kouzov (cello), Peter Laul (harpsichord and piano)

NAXOS 8.570740 (CD)


JS BACH: Unaccompanied Sonata No.2 in A minor;
BARTOK: Sonata No.1 for violin and piano Sz.75 BB84

Midori (violin), Robert McDonald (piano)

SONY 82796977452 (CD)


Boccherini : Sei Quartetti per Archi, Op.2
QuartettI Nos. I to VI
Alea Ensemble

STRADIVARIUS STR 33758 (CD)


BUXTEHUDE : Sonatas for violin, viola da gamba and cembalo Op.1 (buxWV 252-258)

L'Estravagante: Stefano Montanari (violin), Rodney Prada (viola da gamba), Maurizio Salerno (cembalo)

ARTS 47731-8 (SACD)


BUXTEHUDE: Six Sonatas (Complete Chamber Music 3)

Sonatas in G major, BuxWV 271; A minor, BuxWV 272; F major, BuxWV 269; D major BuxWV 267; B flat major BuxWV 273; C major BuxWV 266

John Holloway and Ursula Weiss (violins), Jaap ter Linden and Mogens Rasmussen (viola da gamba), Lars Ulrik Mortensen (harpsichord and organ)

Naxos 8.557250 (CD)


BIBER: Mensa Sonora, seu Musica instrumentalis' Pars I to VI

Purcell Quartet

CHAN 0784 (CD)

Disc of the Week

HAYDN: The Creation (Part 1 played)

Sandrine Piau (soprano),Miah Persson (soprano), Ruth Massey (contralto), Peter Harvey (baritone), Mark Padmore (tenor), Neal Davies (bass), Chetham's Chamber Choir, Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh (conductor)

Archiv 477 7361 (2 CDs, Mid Price)

Album Description
Acclaimed for their recordings of large-scale masterpieces including Bach's St Matthew Passion, Handel's Saul and Mozart's Mass in C Minor, Paul McCreesh and his Gabrieli Consort turn their attention to Haydn's greatest work: The Creation
Paul McCreesh has revised large parts of the text of the English-language version, also rewriting the recitatives "as Haydn might have done had he been more familiar with the English language"

Not only is this the world premiere recording of this newly revised version, it is also the first release of Die Schoepfung in its equally authentic English version in the Deutsche Grammophon catalogue

Employing a luxuriously large cast of five soloists, almost 100 singers and 113 players as used by Haydn for the premiere of the German version, this promises to be the English-language recording of The Creation

McCreesh and the Gabrieli Consort are regarded as highly acclaimed experts in recreating large-scale orchestral/choral works as they might have been performed historically; here they bring their unique insight to Haydn's well-loved masterwork

Next Week

On next week's programme David Fanning examines recordings of Schumann's Piano Quintet in E flat Op.44 and Jonathan Swain picks out some highlights from EMI's bumper set of re-issues of recordings from some of the leading musicians of the stereo age.

Debussy: Preludes, Book 2

Saturday 8 March 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.

On this week's programme:

VILLA-LOBOS: Symphony No. 10 Amerindia (3rd movement)

Lothar Odinius (tenor), Henryk Bohm (baritone), Jurgen Linn (bass-baritone), Members of the Staatsopernchor Stuttgart, SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart, Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Carl St. Clair (conductor)

CPO 999 786-2 (CD, Mid Price)


SCHMIDT: Das Buch Mit Sieben Siegeln ('Und als das Lamm der Siegel drittes auftat'; Und als das Lamm der Siegel viertes auftat)

Johannes Chum (tenor - St. John), Robert Holl (bass baritone - Voice of the Lord), Sandra Trattnigg (soprano), Michelle Breedt (mezzo-soprano), Nikolai Schukoff (tenor), Manfred Hemm (bass), Robert Kovacs (organ), Wiener Singverein, Tonkunstler orchester Niederosterreich, Kristjan Jarvi (conductor)

Chandos CHSA 50612 (2 Hybrid SACDs, Mid Price)

RONTGEN: Aus Goethes Faust ('Vor dem Tor')

Machteld Baumans (soprano), Marcel Beekman (tenor), Andre Morsch (baritone), Andre Post (tenor), Mark Richardson (baritone), Dennis Wilgenhof (bass), Gijs van Schoonhoven (organ), Kooir van de Nationale Reisopera Enschede, Netherlands Symphony Orchestra, David Porcelijn (conductor)

CPO 777 311-2 (CD, Mid Price)

Building a Library Recommendation

DEBUSSY: Piano Preludes Book II

Reviewer - Stephen Plaistow

First Choice:

(c/w Preludes Book 1, 'Les soirs illumines par l'ardeur du charbon') from disc Debussy Complete Works for Solo Piano, Volume 1
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano)

Chandos CHAN10421 (CD)

1. Lent Et Grave
2. Modere (Dans Un Rythme Sans Rigeur Et Caressant)
3. Anime
4. Modere (Harmonieux Et Souple)
5. Tres Modere
6. Triste Et Lent
7. Anime Et Tumultueux
8. Tres Calme Et Doucement Expressif
9. Moderement Anime
10. Profondement Calme (Dans Une Brume Doucement Sonore)
11. Capricieux Et Leger
12. Modere (Nerveux Et Avec Humor)
13. Modere (Extrement Egal Et Leger)
14. Lent Et Melancolique
15. Mouvement De 'Habanera' (Avec De Brusque Oppositions D'Extreme Violence Et De Passionnee Douceur)
16. Rapide Et Leger
17. Calme (Doucement Expressif)
18. (Dans Le Style Et Le Mouvement D'Un Cake-Walk)
19. Lent
20. Scherzando
21. Grave
22. Tres Calme Et Doucement Triste
23. Moderement Anime
24. Moderement Anime
25. Lent Et Reveur - Plus Lent Jusqu'a La Fin


Historic Choice:

(c/w 10 Preludes from Book 1; L'isle joyeuse; Cloches a travers les feuilles; La Serenade interrompue; CHOPIN: Ballade No. 3 in A flat major Op. 47; Scherzo No. 4 in E major, Op. 54; 4 Mazurkas Op. 24; Barcarolle in F sharp major Op. 60; excerpts from Etudes Op. 10; PROKOFIEV: Dance, Op. 32 No. 1)
Sviatoslav Richter (piano)

BBC Legends BBCL 4021-2 (2 CDs, Mid Price)

Disc: 1
1. Ballade No. 3 In A Flat Major, Op. 47
2. Scherzo No.4 In E Major, Op.54: Presto
3. 4 Mazurkas, Op. 24: No. 1 In G Minor. Lento
4. 4 Mazurkas, Op. 24: No.2 In C Major. Allegro Non Troppo
5. 4 Mazurkas, Op. 24: No.3 In A Flat Major. Moderato
6. 4 Mazurkas, Op. 24: No.4 In B Flat Minor. Moderato
7. Barcarolle In F Sharp Major, op.60: Allegretto
8. 10 Preludes From Book 1: 1. Danseuses De Delphes
9. 10 Preludes From Book 1: 2. Violes
10. 10 Preludes From Book 1: 3. Le Vent Dans La Plaine
See all 17 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2
1. L'Isle Joyeuse
2. Cloches A Travers Les Feuilles Lent
3. Dance, Op.32 No.1
4. Etudes, Op. 10: No.12 In C Minor. Allegro Con Fuoco
5. Etudes, Op. 10: No.3 In E Major. Vivace Ma Non Troppo
6. Etudes, Op. 10: No.1 In C Major.
7. Etudes, Op. 10: No.4 In C Sharp Minor. Presto
8. Etudes, Op. 10: No.6 In E Flat Minor.
9. Etudes, Op. 10: No.10 In A Flat Major. Vivace Assai
10. Etudes, Op. 10: No.12 In C Minor. Allegro Con Fuoco
See all 23 tracks on this disc




Budget Choice:

(c/w Preludes Book 1)
Martino Tirimo (piano)
Regis RRC1111 (CD, Budget)


Next week Francis Knights examines recordings of Biber's Mystery or Rosary Sonatas.

Listener Requests

SCHOENBERG: Violin Concerto (second movement)
(c/w SIBELIUS: Violin Concerto Op. 47)
Hilary Hahn, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor)
Deutsche Grammophon 477 7346 (CD)


LISZT: Piano Concerto No.1 (fourth movement)

(c/w SHOSTAKOVICH: Concerto No. 1 for piano, trumpet and strings in C minor, Op. 35; PROKOFIEV: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D flat major, Op. 10)
Lise de la Salle (piano); Lisbon Gulbenkian Foundation Orchestra, Gabor Baldocki (trumpet), Lawrence Foster (conductor)
Naive V5053 (CD)

New Releases

Richard Morrison has been watching three new opera DVDs: Eugene Onegin from the New York Met starring Renee Fleming; Mussorgsky's epic drama Khovanshchina from Barcelona's Liceu; and a real rarity - Thomas Hampson as Busoni's anti-hero Doktor Faust.


TCHAIKOVSKY: Eugene Onegin



Renee Fleming (Tatiana), Elena Zaremba (Olga), Svetlana Volkova (Madame Larina), Larisa Shevchenko (Filippyevna), Ramon Vargas (Lenski), Dmitri Hvorostovsky (Eugene Onegin), Keith Miller (A Captain), Jean-Paul Fouchecourt (Triquet), Richard Bernstein (Zaretski), Sergei Aleksashkin (Prince Gremin), Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Chorus and Ballet, Valery Gergiev (conductor)

Decca 074 32489 (2 DVDs, Mid Price)

Opera Review | 'Eugene Onegin'
Star Power, Charisma and Ardor in ‘Onegin’

The Metropolitan Opera’s affecting revival of its 1997 production of Tchaikovsky’s “Eugene Onegin,” which opened on Friday night, is all the more impressive because it might have turned out so differently. In a risky move, the production brought major Russian artists steeped in their national operatic heritage together with two Met stars making brave forays into far-afield repertory.

The Russian maestro Valery Gergiev conducted, in his first Met performance of this work, Tchaikovsky’s best-known operatic masterpiece. It is an adaptation of Pushkin’s novel in verse about the dashing, worldly and aloof Onegin, who learns too late from a bookish, love-struck young woman that life will pass him by unless he dares to be emotionally vulnerable. In addition this was the first Met Onegin for the baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky, who was born to play the role.

Read more...

Renee Fleming - Eugene Onegin - Letter Scene (part 1)



Renee Fleming - Eugene Onegin - Letter Scene (part 2)



Ramon Vargas as Lensky "Kuda, kuda vy udalilis" Eugen Onegin



Hvorostovsky & Vargas - Eugene Onegin - Duel Scene




BUSONI: Doktor Faust

Thomas Hampson (Doktor Faust), Gunther Groissbock (Wagner, his medical student and Master of Ceremonies), Gregory Kunde (Mephistopheles), Reinaldo Macias (The Duke of Parma), Sandra Trattnigg (The Duchess of Parma), Martin Zysset (a lieutenant), Chorus and Orchestra of the Zurich Opera House, Philippe Jordan (conductor)

Arthaus Musik NTSC101283 (2 DVDs)




MUSSORGSKY: Khovanshchina

Vladimir Ognovenko (Pricne Ivan Khovansky), Vladimir Galouzine (Prince Andrei Khovansky), Robert Brubaker (Prince Vasily Golitsyn), Nikolai Putilin (Shaklovity), Vladimir Vaneev (Dosifei), Elena Zaremba (Marfa), Graham Clark (Scribe), Nataliya Tymchenko (Emma), Symphony Orchestra and Chorus of the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Michael Boder (conductor)

Opus Arte OA0989 D (2 DVDs)

Listener Requests

MONTEVERDI: Lagrime d'amante al sepolcro dell'amata (Sestina from Il sesto libro de madrigali 1614) from disc Fire and Ashes

(c/w allo - Tirsi e Clori, Chiome d'oro, Vorrei baciarti, Ardo avvampo, Ogni amante (Book VIII), Con dolce tormento, E cosi a poco a poco, Batto qui pianse, Che dar piu, Si ch'io vorrei (Book IV), Rimante in pace (Book III))
I Fagiolini, Robert Hollingworth (director)
Chandos CHAN 0749 (CD)


ROUSSEL: Symphony No.3 Op.42 (2nd movement)

(c/w Le Festin de l'araignee, Op. 17)
Orchestre de Paris, Christoph Eschenbach (conductor)

Ondine ODE 11072 (CD)


BARTOK: The Wooden Prince: "The Prince builds a wooden prince"

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop (conductor)

Naxos 8.570534 (CD, Budget)

Disc of the Week

SCHUMANN: Symphony No. 1 in B flat Major Op. 38 ('Spring Symphony')

(c/w Overture to Schiller's 'Braut von Messina', Op. 100, Overture to the opera 'Genoveva', Op. 81; Symphony in G minor, 'Zwickau Symphony';
Overture, Scherzo and Finale, Op. 52)
Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Thomas Dausgaard

BIS SACD 1569 (Hybrid SACD)

Next Week

On next week's programme Francis Knights recommends a recording of Biber's Mystery or Rosary Sonatas and conductor John Traill discusses new releases of Beethoven Symphonies.

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'