大象传媒

Presented by Andrew McGregor. With a chance to request and catch up with some of the best new recordings of summer 2008.

Including:

COUPERIN: Deuxi猫me Suite (Fuguette and Pompe Funebre played) from disc Fran莽ois Couperin Pi猫ces de Violes
(c/w Premi猫re Suite; Premier Concert; Deuxi猫me Concert)
Philippe Pierlot (bass viol), Emmanuel Balssa (bass viol), Eduardo Eguuez (theorbo and guitar), Pierre Hantai (harpsichord)
Mirare MIR040 (CD)

BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor Op. 37 (extracts)
(c/w Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major Op. 15)
Ronald Brautigam (piano), Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Parrott (conductor)
BIS-SACD 1692 (Hybrid SACD)

BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor Op. 37 from disc Evgeny Kissin Complete Beethoven Piano Concertos (extracts)
(c/w Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Op. 15; Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat Op. 19; Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Op. 58; Piano Concerto No. 5 鈥淓mperor鈥� in E flat Op. 73)
Evgeny Kissin (piano), London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis (conductor)
EMI 50999 20631123 (3 CDs)

BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor OP. 37 (extracts)
(c/w Piano Concerto in D major Op. 61a (arranged by the composer from the violin concerto)
Tapiola Sinfonietta, Olli Mustonen (piano and conductor)
Ondine ODE1123-5 (Hybrid SACD)

GOEHR: Little Symphony Op. 15*
(c/w String Quartet No. 2 Op. 23; Piano Trio Op. 20)
London Symphony Orchestra*, Norman Del Mar* (conductor), Allegri Quartet, Orion Trio
Lyrita SRCD.264 (CD)
MAHLER: Symphony No. 3 in D minor (extracts)
(c/w Kindertotenlieder)
Kathleen Ferrier (soprano), 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra*, Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam, Adrian Boult (conductor)*, Otto Klemperer (conductor)
Testament SBT21422 (2 CDs, Mid Price)

Sorceress of the New Piano (extracts)
With works and contributions by John Cage, George Crumb, Ge Gan-ru, Joan La Barbara, Raphael Mostel, Somei Satoh and Lois V Vierk, Joshua Kosman, Edward Rothstein and Mark Swed
The Maverick Piano (extracts)
Filmed live performances of six complete works representing the grand piano in various transformations:
CAGE: In a Landscape; In the Name of the Holocaust; Music for Piano No. 2; GE GAN-RU: Gu Yue (Pipa); SATIE: Gymnop茅die No. 3; TWINING: Satie Blues
Margaret Leng Tan (piano, prepared piano and toy piano)
Mode 194 (DVD)

CRUMB: Makrokosmos I and II
Ellen Ugelvik (piano)
Simax PSC1263 (Hybrid SACD)

CRUMB: Makrokosmos I and II
Margaret Leng Tan (piano), Alex Nowitz (whistler)
Mode 142 (CD)

CRUMB: Makrokosmos I and II
Margaret Leng Tan (piano), Alex Nowitz (whistler)
Mode 142 (DVD)

BAX: Three Northern Ballads (Number 1)
(c/w Nympholept; Red Autumn; The Happy Forest; Into the Twilight)
大象传媒 Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley (conductor)
Chandos CHAN10446

JS BACH: Sie Werden Euch in Den Bann Tun, BWV 183 from disc Bach Cantatas Volume 39
(c/w Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt, BWV68; Er rufet seinen Schafen mit Namen, BWV175; Gottlob! nun geht das Jahr zu Ende, BWV28; Ich bin ein guter Hirt, BWV85)
Bach Collegium Japan, Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Robin Blaze (counter tenor), Gerd Turk (tenor), Peter Kooij (bass), Dmitry Badiarov (violoncello da spalla), Concerto Palatino, Masaaki Suzuki (conductor)
BIS-SACD-1641 (Hybrid SACD)

TIPPETT: Piano Sonata No. 1
(c/w IAIN HAMILTON: Piano Sonata Op. 13; WILLIAM WORDSWORTH: Piano Sonata in D minor Op. 13; Cheesecombe Suite Op. 27; Ballade Op. 41)
Margaret Kitchin (piano)
Lyrita REAM.2106 (2 CDs, Mid Price)

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