Cd Review Summary
First broadcast from (?) to (?).
27 episodes
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| 20051203 | Andrew McGregor plays some of this month's newest releases and recently reissued recordings. In Building a Library, Alyn Shipton recommends a version of Bach's Christmas Oratorio from the currently available recordings. Stephen Johnson reviews new recordings of orchestral music, including Bartok's Concerto for Orchestra from Christoph Eschenbach and Seiji Ozawa, and Mahler's Sixth Symphony from Ivan Fischer. Plus, there's an interview with Sir Edward Downes who talks about his long career in the opera house and his love for both British and Russian music. |
| Andrew McGregor is joined live in the studio by Harriet Smith, Dermot Clinch and Rob Cowan to celebrate the Christmas season with a look at some of the year's best recordings. Includes: 10.20am Jeremy Summerly has been listening to this year's Christmas releases, and offers a guide to the finest stocking-fillers. 12.00pm Listeners' Discs of the Year: Excerpts from your favourite CDs of the Year. 12.30pm Disc of the Year 2005 (As voted for by listeners). | |
| Andrew McGregor takes a week off from reviewing to enjoy some outstanding recent releases. Schubert: Arpeggione, Sonata D821 Anne Gastinel (cello) Claire Désert (piano) Debussy: La Mer Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Simon Rattle (conductor) Rachmaninov (based on versions played by Horowitz): Piano Sonata No 2, Op 36 Yevgeny Sudbin (piano) Mozart: Piano Concerto in A, K414 Alfred Brendel (piano) Scottish Chamber Orchestra Charles Mackerras (conductor) Tippett: The Rose Lake BBC National Orchestra of Wales Richard Hickox (conductor). | |
| Andrew McGregor plays some of this month's newest releases. Building a Library: Piers Burton- Page recommends a version of Karl Amadeus Hartmann's Concerto Funebre, composed just after the outbreak of World War 2, from the currently available recordings. A round-up of some recently reissued recordings. Lucy Parham reviews recent piano releases, including the Chopin Nocturnes from Maurizio Pollini, a recital disc from Evgeny Kissin, and a first volume of Beethoven sonatas from Andras Schiff. An interview with cellist Alban Gerhardt who talks about recording rare repertoire, and his forthcoming release of music by Schnittke and Shostakovich. Disc of the Week: Barry Guy: Folio for two solo violinists, improvising double-bassist and string orchestra Maya Homburger (baroque violin) Muriel Cantoreggi (violin) Barry Guy (double-bass) Munich Chamber Orchestra Christoph Poppen (conductor). | |
| Andrew McGregor plays some of this month's newest releases. Includes: 9.30am Building a Library: As part of the Get Carter! season, Stephen Plaistow surveys the available recordings of the music of Elliott Carter. 10.15am A round-up of some recently reissued recordings. 10.50am David Fanning reviews new recordings of unusual piano repertoire, including music by Smetana, Suk and Hans Gal, and a disc of music for left hand alone. 11.20am Andrew McGregor talks harpsichords and fortepianos with Andreas Staier, and finds out about his love of Scarlatti, Bach, Mozart and Haydn. Plus the 50th birthday Staier Edition, and just what's so special about Hamburg in 1734? 11.55am The Listening Booth 12.30am Disc of the Week Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in Em, Op 64 Nikolaj Znaider (violin) The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra Zubin Mehta (conductor). | |
| Andrew McGregor plays some of this month's newest releases. Includes: 9.30am Building a Library: Jeremy Summerly recommends a version of Vaughan Williams' Mass in Gm from currently available recordings. 10.15am A round-up of some recently reissued recordings. 10.50am David Vickers reviews recent recordings of baroque music, including Schutz's Symphoniae Sacrae from Cantus Cölln, and chamber music by Telemann and Leclair. 11.20am Having finished recording the complete Shostakovich String Quartets, Andrew McGregor talks to members of the Sorrel Quartet. 11.55am The Listening Booth 12.30am Disc of the Week Smetana: Ma Vlast (excerpts) London Symphony Orchestra Sir Colin Davis (conductor). | |
| Andrew McGregor plays some of this month's newest releases. Includes: 9.30am Building a Library: Jeremy Siepmann recommends a version of Mozart's Piano Concerto No 9 in E flat - Jeunehomme, K271, from the currently available recordings. 10.15am A round-up of some recently reissued recordings. 10.50am Catherine Bott reviews recent new recordings of vocal music, including Schubert's Die schone Müllerin from Thomas Quasthoff and Schwanengesang from Nathalie Stutzmann, and songs by Bernstein and Copland from Joyce DiDonato. 11.20am Andrew McGregor talks to John Walters and Laurence Aston about 'Unknown Public', their series of CD-books exploring music, performers and projects that defy conventional categorisation, from the first volume: 'Points of Departure', to the most recent edition: 'Childhood'. 11.55am The Listening Booth 12.30am Disc of the Week Mozart: Violin Concerto No 5 in A, K219 Andrew Manze (violin/director) The English Concert. | |
| Andrew McGregor plays some of this month's newest releases. Includes: 9.30am Building a Library: Sarah Walker recommends a version of Debussy's Syrinx from the currently available recordings. 10.15am A round-up of some recently reissued recordings. 10.50am Hilary Finch reviews new recordings of chamber music, including Beethoven from the Tokyo and Borodin Quartets, Isabelle Faust and Alexander Melnikov on Schubert, and Franck's Piano Quintet from the Schubert Ensemble. 11.20am Andrew McGregor asks pianist Piers Lane about his enthusiasm for rare repertoire on record, his new recording of the original version of the Delius Piano Concerto, and gets an Australian's point of view on Percy Grainger. 11.55am The Listening Booth 12.30am Disc of the Week Vaughan Williams: Willow-Wood Roderick Williams (baritone) Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra David Lloyd-Jones (conductor). | |
| Andrew McGregor plays some of this month's newest releases. Includes: 9.30am Building a Library: Edward Seckerson recommends a version of Shostakovich's Symphony No 6 from the currently available recordings. 10.15am A round-up of some recently reissued recordings. 10.50am Richard Wigmore reviews some new Mozart recordings, including the Mass in Cm from Paul McCreesh, piano sonatas from Mikhail Pletnev, and sacred music from Carolyn Sampson and the King's Consort. 11.20am Andrew McGregor talks to baroque revivalist Alan Curtis about making his recent discs of rare Handel operas, and his latest project - reconstructing and recording Vivaldi's opera Montezuma, recovered from the Soviet Army. 11.55am The Listening Booth 12.30am Disc of the Week Janacek: String Quartet No 2 - Intimate Letters Talich Quartet. | |
| Andrew McGregor plays some of this month's newest releases. Christopher Cook recommends versions of Poulenc's operas Les Dialogues des Carmelites; La Voix Humaine and Les Mamelles de Tiresias, from the currently available recordings. A round-up of some recently reissued recordings. Robert Hollingworth reviews new recordings of choral music, including the Fauré and Duruflé Requiems from the Swedish Radio Choir under Fredrik Malmberg, Nordic works from Accentus, and Polyphony's new disc of music by Eric Whitacre. Andrew McGregor talks to harpist Catrin Finch about her roots in Welsh tradition, her wide-ranging recording projects, and her role as Royal Harpist to the Prince of Wales. Disc of the Week: Debussy: Preludes Book 2 (excerpts) Noriko Ogawa (piano). | |
| Andrew McGregor plays some of this month's newest releases. Includes: 9.30am Building a Library: Susan Tomes recommends a version of Schubert's String Quartet in G, D887, from the currently available recordings. 10.15am A round-up of some recently reissued recordings. 10.50am John Milson reviews recent recordings of Early Music including the Orlando Consort's The Rose, the Lily and the Whortleberry, inspired by gardens, and a Requiem Mass by Jacobus de Kerle. 11.20am Andrew McGregor talks to pianist Martin Roscoe about Bach transcriptions, his Szymanowski series, and playing the part of Olivier Messiaen. 11.55am The Listening Booth 12.30am Disc of the Week Brahms: Sonata for Clarinet & Piano No 1 in Fm, Op 120 Martin Frost (clarinet) Roland Pontinen (piano). | |
| Andrew McGregor plays some of this month's newest releases. Includes: 9.30am Building a Library: Stephen Johnson recommends a version of Bruckner's Symphony No 7, from the currently available recordings. 10.15am A round-up of some recently reissued recordings. 10.50am Alexandra Wilson reviews new opera recordings, including two versions of Verdi's Tito Manlio, and a recent Traviata live from the Salzburg festival. 11.20am Andrew McGregor asks cellist Sonia Wieder-Atherton about a career on record that's taken her in some unusual directions - from Shostakovich after her studies in Moscow, to Jewish chant and Monteverdi. 11.55am The Listening Booth 12.30am Disc of the Week Scriabin: Sonata No 3 in F sharp m, Op 23 Evgeny Kissin (piano). | |
| Andrew McGregor plays some of this month's newest releases. Includes: 9.30am Building a Library: David Nice recommends a version of Rachmaninov's Piano Sonata No 2 in B flat m, Op 36, from the currently available recordings. 10.15am A round-up of some recently reissued recordings. 10.50am Piers Burton-Page reviews recent releases of Tchaikovsky's Symphonies 4, 5 & 6 from Daniele Gatti and the RPO, and newly re-mastered historic performances from Evgeny Mravinksy and the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra. 11.20am Andrew McGregor meets guitarist Tom Kerstens and talks about instruments, festivals and new repertoire. 11.55am The Listening Booth 12.25am Disc of the Week Schumann: Piano Concerto in Am, Op 54 Helene Grimaud (piano) Staatskapelle Dresden Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor). | |
| Andrew McGregor plays some of this month's newest releases. Includes: 9.30am Building a Library: Roderick Swanston recommends a version of Grieg's Holberg Suite from the currently available recordings. 10.15am A round-up of some recently reissued recordings. 10.50am William Mival reviews new contemporary music recordings including Philip Glass' Plutonian Odes Symphony, Gorecki's Symphony No 3, and John Cage piano works performed by Martine Joste. 11.20am Andrew McGregor talks to Elisabeth Leonskaja about late Schubert, miniature Brahms, her life in the former Soviet Union and her duo partnership with Sviatoslav Richter. 11.55am The Listening Booth 12.25am Disc of the Week Koechlin: Chant funebre a la memoire des jeunes femmes defuntes, Op 37 SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra Heinz Holliger (conductor). | |
| Andrew McGregor plays some of this month's newest releases. Includes: 9.30am Building a Library: Susan Tomes recommends a version of Schubert's String Quartet in G, D887, from the currently available recordings. 10.15am A round-up of some recently reissued recordings. 10.50am John Milson reviews recent recordings of Early Music including the Orlando Consort's The Rose, the Lily and the Whortleberry, inspired by gardens, and a Requiem Mass by Jacobus de Kerle. 11.20am Andrew McGregor talks to pianist Martin Roscoe about Bach transcriptions, his Szymanowski series, and playing the part of Olivier Messiaen. 11.55am The Listening Booth 12.30am Disc of the Week Brahms: Sonata for Clarinet & Piano No 1 in Fm, Op 120 Martin Frost (clarinet) Roland Pontinen (piano). | |
| Andrew McGregor plays some of this month's newest releases. Includes: 9.30am Building a Library: Patrick O'Connor recommends a version of Verdi's Don Carlos from the currently available recordings. 10.15am A round-up of some recently reissued recordings. 10.50am Harriet Smith reviews recent recordings of piano music, including works by Bach and Beethoven performed by Vladimir Ashkenazy and Mitsuko Uchida. 11.20am Russian conductor Yakov Kreizberg talks to Andrew McGregor about his early training in the Soviet Union, his championing of music by Franz Schmidt and Bertold Goldschmidt, and teaching the Viennese to waltz for his latest disc of Strauss with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra. 11.55am The Listening Booth 12.25am Disc of the Week Hummel: Piano Trio No 5 in E, Op 83 Voces Intimae Riccardo Cecchetti (fortepiano) Luigi de Filippi (violin) Sandro Meo (cello). | |
| Andrew McGregor plays some of this month's newest releases and recently reissued recordings. Also, he talks to the young German violinist Julia Fischer about her critically acclaimed recordings of Russian repertoire, the Mozart Concertos, and about committing solo Bach to disc in your early 20s. In Building a Library, Martin Cotton recommends a version of Stravinsky's Symphony in Three Movements from the currently available recordings. Ash Khandekar reviews recent releases of vocal music including works by Argentine Osvaldo Golijov and songs by Schubert and his contemporaries. Disc of the Week: Bach: Kommt, eilet und laufet BWV 249, Easter Oratorio Yukari Nonoshita (soprano) Patrick van Goethem (countertenor) Jan Kobow (tenor) Chiyuki Urano (bass) Bach Collegium Japan Masaaki Suzuki (conductor). | |
| Andrew McGregor plays some of this month's newest releases. Includes: 9.30am Building a Library: Simon Heighes recommends a version of Vivaldi's 12 Concertos, Op 8,The Trial of Harmony and Invention, from the currently available recordings. 10.15am A round-up of some recently reissued recordings. 10.50am Chris de Souza reviews new orchestral recordings including Live in Ramallah, with Daniel Barenboim and the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra; Sibelius' 2nd Symphony with Mariss Jansons, and Bruckner's 4th Symphony with Philippe Herreweghe. 11.20am Andrew McGregor talks to lutenist Anthony Rooley about changing attitudes to early music on disc, his own career on record with the Consort of Musicke, and 30 years of John Dowland with Emma Kirkby. 11.55am The Listening Booth 12.25am Disc of the Week Elgar: Symphony No 1 in A Flat, Op 55 (excerpt) Staatskapelle Dresden Sir Colin Davis (conductor). | |
| Andrew McGregor plays some of this month's newest releases. Includes: 9.30am Building a Library: Simon Heighes recommends a version of Vivaldi's 12 Concertos, Op 8,The Trial of Harmony and Invention, from the currently available recordings. 10.15am A round-up of some recently reissued recordings. 10.50am Chris de Souza reviews new orchestral recordings including Live in Ramallah, with Daniel Barenboim and the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra; Sibelius' 2nd Symphony with Mariss Jansons, and Bruckner's 4th Symphony with Philippe Herreweghe. 11.20am Andrew McGregor talks to lutenist Anthony Rooley about changing attitudes to early music on disc, his own career on record with the Consort of Musicke, and 30 years of John Dowland with Emma Kirkby. 11.55am The Listening Booth 12.25am Disc of the Week Elgar: Symphony No 1 in A Flat, Op 55 (excerpt) Staatskapelle Dresden Sir Colin Davis (conductor). | |
| Andrew McGregor plays some of this month's newest releases. Includes: 9.30am Building a Library: Anthony Burton recommends a version of Dvorak's Violin Concerto from the currently available recordings. 10.15am A round-up of some recently reissued recordings. 10.50am Geoffrey Smith reviews chamber music by Mozart - including Piano Trios with Anne-Sophie Mutter, André Previn and Daniel Muller-Schott; Piano Quartets K478 and K493 played by the Fauré Quartet; and the Dissonance and Hoffmeister String Quartets from the Belcea Quartet. 11.20am Andrew McGregor talks to soprano Carolyn Sampson about her recent whirlwind of recording activity, from Ex Cathedra and the King's Consort to solo Mozart and Bach Cantatas in Japan. 11.55am The Listening Booth 12.25am Disc of the Week Buxtehude: Membra Jesu Nostri (excerpts from two recent recordings) The Netherlands Bach Society Jos van Veldhoven (conductor) Cantus Cölln Konrad Junghänel (conductor). | |
| Andrew McGregor plays some of this month's newest releases. Includes: 9.30am Building a Library: David Owen Norris recommends a version of Elgar's In the South from the currently available recordings. 10.15am A round-up of some recently reissued recordings. 10.50am Stephen Plaistow reviews recent releases of Chopin's solo piano music performed by Maurizio Pollini, Stephen Kovacevich and Artur Pizarro. There's also a review of the complete works for piano and orchestra played by Korean pianist Kun-Woo Paik. 11.20am Andrew McGregor talks to British composer John Casken about the challenges of getting new works recorded, and then kept in the catalogue. 11.55am The Listening Booth 12.25am Disc of the Week Mozart: String Quartet in C, K465, Dissonance Belcea Quartet. | |
| Andrew McGregor plays some of this month's newest releases and talks to French pianist Louis Lortie about his career on disc, and his Chandos recordings of Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt and Ravel. In Building a Library, Alexandra Wilson recommends a version of Puccini's Manon Lescaut from the currently available recordings. Andrew Green reviews new concerto recordings including Shostakovich's First Violin Concerto with Sarah Chang, his First Cello Concerto with Han-Na Chang; a disc of Romantic piano concertos by the Austrian Composer Henri Herz, played by Howard Shelley; and a new CD devoted to British tuba concertos. Disc of the Week: Berlioz: Requiem, Op 5, Grande messe des morts Vokalensemble, SWR: Stuttgart MDR Rundfunkchor Leipzig Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra Roger Norrington (conductor). | |
| Andrew McGregor plays some of this month's newest releases, plus: 9.30am Building a Library: Alyn Shipton explores the available recordings of Samuel Barber's two symphonies. 10.15am A round-up of some recently reissued recordings. 10.50am Patrick O'Connor reviews some recent vocal recitals, including two new versions of Schubert's Die Winterreise from Claus Mertens and Christine Schaefer, and two CDs entitled Invitation au Voyage. 11.20am Andrew McGregor talks to improvising double bass player Barry Guy about his own music, including the ECM label's new recording of Folio. 11.55am The Listening Booth 12.25pm Disc of the Week: Foulds: Dynamic Triptych, Op 88 Peter Donohoe (piano) City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Sakari Oramo (conductor). | |
| Andrew McGregor plays some of this month's newest releases, plus: 9.30am Building a Library: Alyn Shipton explores the available recordings of Samuel Barber's two symphonies. 10.15am A round-up of some recently reissued recordings. 10.50am Patrick O'Connor reviews some recent vocal recitals, including two new versions of Schubert's Die Winterreise from Claus Mertens and Christine Schaefer, and two CDs entitled Invitation au Voyage. 11.20am Andrew McGregor talks to improvising double bass player Barry Guy about his own music, including the ECM label's new recording of Folio. 11.55am The Listening Booth 12.25pm Disc of the Week: Foulds: Dynamic Triptych, Op 88 Peter Donohoe (piano) City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Sakari Oramo (conductor). | |
| Andrew McGregor plays some of this month's newest releases, plus: 9.30am Building a Library: Alyn Shipton explores the available recordings of Samuel Barber's two symphonies. 10.15am A round-up of some recently reissued recordings. 10.50am Patrick O'Connor reviews some recent vocal recitals, including two new versions of Schubert's Die Winterreise from Claus Mertens and Christine Schaefer, and two CDs entitled Invitation au Voyage. 11.20am Andrew McGregor talks to improvising double bass player Barry Guy about his own music, including the ECM label's new recording of Folio. 11.55am The Listening Booth 12.25pm Disc of the Week: Foulds: Dynamic Triptych, Op 88 Peter Donohoe (piano) City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Sakari Oramo (conductor). |