September 2010 – July 2011

September 2010 – July 2011

All selections were made from recordings available in the UK at the time of the broadcast and are full price unless otherwise stated.

Previous editions of this factsheet are available from the CD Review website: www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/cdreview

Bernard Foccroulle (organ)

Ricercar RIC289 (16 CD, budget)
Marie-Claire Alain (organ)

Erato 2564676018 (14 CD, budget)

Ingrid Schmithusen (soprano), Yoshie Hida (soprano), Yoshikazu Mera (counter-tenor), Gerd Turk (tenor), Makoto Sakurada (tenor), Chiyuki Urano (bass), Peter Kooij (bass), Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki (conductor)

Bis BISCD921-922 (2 CD)

BEETHOVEN: String Quartet in Eb major, “Harp”, Op.74 Harriet Smith

04/06/2011

Alban Berg Quartett: Gunter Pichler (violin), Gerhard Schulz (violin), Hatto Beyerle (viola), Valentin Erben (cello)

EMI 5736062 (7 CD, budget)

BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata no. 4 in Eb major, Op. 7 Iain Burnside

11/12/2010

Andras Schiff (piano)

ECM 4763054 (CD)

BEETHOVEN: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61 Roy Goodman

09/04/2011

Isabelle Faust (violin), Prague Philharmonia, Jiri Belohlavek (conductor);

Harmonia Mundi HMC901944 (CD)

BERLIOZ: Romeo and Juliet David Nice

05/02/2011

Catherine Robbin (mezzo-soprano), Jean-Paul Fouchecourt (tenor), Gilles Cachemaille(baritone), The Monteverdi Choir, Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique ,John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)

Philips 4544542 (CD)

BIZET: L'Arlesienne suites David Nice

09/07/2011

London Symphony Orchesta, Claudio Abbado (conductor)

DG 4776350 (CD)

BRAHMS: Four Serious Songs Richard Wigmore

12/02/2011

Thomas Quasthoff (baritone), Justus Zeyen (piano)

DG 4710302 (CD)

BRAHMS: String Quartet in C minor, Op .51 Piers Burton-Page

25/09/2010

Quatuor Ebene, Akiko Yamamoto (piano)

Virgin 2166222 (CD)

BRITTEN: Serenade for tenor, horn and strings, Op.31 Hilary Finch

28/05/2011

Christoph Pregardien (tenor), Ib Lanzky-Otto (horn), Tapiola Sinfonietta, Osmo Vanska (conductor)

Bis BISCD540 (CD)

CHOPIN: Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 65 Helen Wallace 20/11/2010

Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Martha Argerich (piano)

(from “Chopin - Complete Edition”)

DG 477 8445 (17 CD)

Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Rafael Kubelik (conductor)

DG 4577122 (CD)

DVORAK: String Quartet no 13 in G, Op. 106 Jan Smaczny

30/04/2011

Pavel Haas Quartet

Supraphon SU4038 (CD)

HONEGGER: Symphonie No.3 "Liturgique" Jonathan Swain

13/11/2010

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Mariss Jansons (conductor)

RCO LIVE RCO0003 (Hybrid SACD) 

LISZT: Annees de Pelerinage Book I “Suisse” Stephen Plaistow

05/03/2011

Stephen Hough (piano)

Hyperion CDA67424 (CD)

LISZT: Annees de Pelerinage Book II “Italie” David Owen Norris

29/01/2011

Alan Marks (piano)

Nimbus NI5226 (CD)

MAHLER: Des Knaben Wunderhorn Richard Wigmore

11/06/2011

Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Thomas Quasthoff (baritone), Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Claudio Abbado (conductor)

DG 4596462 (CD)

MAHLER: Ruckert Lieder Hilary Finch

06/11/2010

Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano), Halle Orchestra, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli (conductor)

EMI 5669812 (CD)

MAHLER: Symphony no 10 (round up of recent releases) Stephen Johnson

19/03/2011

Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle (conductor)

EMI Classics 5569722 (CD)

MONTEVERDI: Selva morale e spirituale David Vickers

02/07/2011

First choice:

Cantus Colln; Concerto Palatino, Konrad Junghanel (conductor)

HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 901718.20 (download)

Alternative recommendations (of liturgical music only):

La Venexiana, Claudio Cavina (conductor)

GLOSSA GCD920914 (3 CD)
Akademia, Francoise Lasserre (director)

ZIG ZAG TERRITOIRES ZZT0311013 (3 CD)

MONTEVERDI: Vespers Simon Heighes

18/12/2010

Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Rebecca Outram (mezzo-soprano), Daniel Auchincloss (tenor), Nicholas Mulroy (bass), The King’s Consort, Robert King (conductor)

Hyperion CDA67531-2 (2 CD) / SACDA67531-2 (2 Hybrid SACD)

MOZART: Piano Concerto no. 17 in G, K.453 Robert Philip

14/05/2011

Maria Joao Pires (piano), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Claudio Abbado (conductor)

DG 4775747 (CD)

MOZART: Symphony no. 25 in G minor, K.183 Chris de Souza

26/03/2011


First choice:

Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra, Sir Roger Norrington (conductor)

Hanssler Classic HAN093211 (CD)

Special mention:

Robert Casadesus (piano), New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, John Barbirolli (conductor)

Barbirolli Society SJB1026 (CD, mono)

MUSSORGSKY: Boris Godunov Stephen Walsh

02/10/2010

Ruggero Raimondi, Paul Plishka, Kenneth Riegel, Nicolai Gedda, Galina Vishnevskaya, Choral Arts Society of Washington, National Symphony Orchestra of Washington, Mstislav Rostropovich

Erato 2292454182 (3 CD)

PROKOFIEV: Symphony no 6 in Eb minor, Op.111 Jonathan Swain

16/04/2011

London Symphony Orchestra, Valery Gergiev (conductor)

Philips 4757655 (4 CD)

RAVEL: Alborada de gracioso (orchestral version) Rob Cowan

19/02/2011

Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Pierre Boulez (conductor)

DG 4398592 (CD) or 4770742 (2 hybrid SACD)

ROSSINI: Stabat Mater Richard Osborne

23/04/2011

Anna Netrebko (soprano), Joyce DiDonato (mezzo), Lawrence Brownlee (tenor), Ildebrando D'Arcangelo (bass), Orchestra e Coro dell`Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano (conductor)

EMI Classics 6405292 (CD)

SCHUBERT: Piano Trio no 1 in Bb, D.898 Stephen Johnson

21/05/2011

Schubert: Piano Trio in B flat, D.898

Beaux Arts Trio: Menahem Pressler (piano), Isidore Cohen (violin), Bernard Greenhouse (cello)

Decca 4387002 (2 CD, budget)

Barbara Bonney (soprano), Bernarda Fink (mezzo-soprano), Christoph Pregardien (tenor), Gerald Finley (bass), Monteverdi Choir, Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantiques, John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)

Archiv 4576602 (2 CD)

SIBELIUS: Symphony no 7 in C, Op. 105 Stephen Johnson

18/09/2010

Lahti Symphony Orchestra, Osmo Vanska (conductor)

Bis BISCD864 (CD)

STRAUSS: Alpine Symphony William Mival

22/01/2011

Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan (conductor)

DG 439 0172 (CD)


TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 50 David Fanning

15/01/2011

Pinchas Zukerman (violin), Jacqueline du Pre (cello), Daniel Barenboim (piano)

EMI 94636522456 (2 CD)

WAGNER: Tristan and Isolde Roger Vignoles 18/06/2011


First choice:

Waltraud Meier (Isolde), Siegfried Jerusalem (Tristan), Berlin Philharmonic, Daniel Barenboim (conductor)

Teldec 4509 94568-2 (4-CD)

NB reissued 25 July Warner 2564 67273-6 (4 CD, budget price)

DVD recommendation:

Nina Stemme (Isolde), Robert Gambill (Tristan), The Glyndebourne Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Jiri Belohlavek (conductor), Nikolaus Lehnhoff (stage director)

OPUS ARTE OA0988D (3DVD) or OABD7039D (Blu-ray)

Joan Rodgers (soprano), Stephan Genz (baritone), Roger Vignoles (piano)