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01/08/2009

With Andrew McGregor. Includes recent releases of Schumann; Colin Matthews on the NMC Songbook; Recent Messiaen releases; Liszt: A Symphony to Dante's Divine Comedy.

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

Including:

09.05 am

SCHUMANN: Liederkreis Op.39; Die lowenbraut; Frauenliebe und 芒聙聯leben; Der Nussbaum; Er ist芒聙聶s; Loreley; Widmung
Marie-Nicole Lemieux (contralto), Daniel Blumenthal (piano)
Na脙炉ve V5159 (CD)

SCHUMANN arr ISSERLIS: Fantasiestucke; Adagio and Allegro; Violin Sonata No.3; Abendlied; 3 Romanzen; 5 Stucke im Volkston
Steven Isserlis (cello), Denes Varjon (piano)
Hyperion CDA67661 (CD)

CLARA SCHUMANN: 3 Romanzen; HOLLIGER: Romancendres; Gesange der Fruhe
Christoph Richter (cello), Denes Varjon (piano), SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart, SWR Radio Symphony Orchestra Stuttgart, Heinz Holliger (conductor)
ECM 4763255 (CD)

SCHUMANN: Davidsbundlertanze; Arabeske; Gesange der Fruhe
Paolo Giacometti (piano)
Channel Classics CCSSA 28709 (CD)

SCHUMANN: 12 vierhandige Klavierstucke fur kleine und grosse Kinder; Ball-Scenen; Kinderball; Album fur die Jugend
Eric le Sage, Frank Braley, Denis Pascal (piano)
Alpha 145 (2 CDs)

SCHUMANN: Papillons; Waldszenen; BRAHMS: Klavierstucke Op.118
Dejan Lazic (piano)
Channel Classics CCSSA 27609 (CD)

10.20 am

THE NMC SONGBOOK: Songs commissioned for NMC芒聙聶s 20th anniversary by nearly 100 different composers from Julian Anderson to John Woolrich, interspersed with instrumental interludes from versions of a Galliard by Thomas Morley arranged by Colin Matthews.
Claire Booth, Ailish Tynan, Elizabeth Atherton (soprano), Susan Bickley, Lore Lixenberg, Jean Rigby (mezzo-soprano), James Bowman, Michael Chance, Andrew Watts (counter-tenor), Andrew Kennedy, Daniel Norman, Benjamin Hulett (tenor), Stefan Loges, Roderick Williams, George Mosley, Richard Jackson, David Stout (baritone), Andrew Swait, Sam Harris (treble), Iain Burnside, Andrew Ball, Andrew Plant, Andrew West, Michael Finnissy, Huw Watkins, Jonathan Powell (piano), Lucy Wakeford (harp) Jane Chapman (harpsichord), Owen Gunnell (percussion), Antonis Hatzinikolaou (guitar)
NMC D150 (4 CDs, Mid Price)

11.05 am

MESSIAEN: Canteyodjaya; Prelude; Petites esquisses d芒聙聶oiseaux; La fauvette des jardins
Louise Bessette (piano)
Analekta AN 29960 (CD)

MESSIAEN: La Nativite du Seigneur; Offrande au Saint Sacrement; Prelude; L芒聙聶Ascension; Diptyque; Messe de la Pentecote; Verset pour la Fete de la Dedicace
Timothy Byram-Wigfield (organ of St George芒聙聶s Chapel, Windsor)
Delphian DCD34078 (2 CDs)

MESSIAEN: Oiseaux exotiques; AAGAARD-NILSEN: Winds of Changes; BUENE: Topographics
Hakan Austbo (piano), Eirik Raude (percussion), The Norwegian Army Band Bergen, Peter Szilway (conductor)
Aurora ACD 5057 (CD)

11.30 am

LISZT: Dante Symphony; 2 Legendes
Gillian Keith (soprano), Ladies Voices of the City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus, 大象传媒 Philharmonic Orchestra, Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)
Chandos CHAN 10524 (CD)

3 hours, 15 minutes

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  • Sat 1 Aug 2009 09:00

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