大象传媒

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

Including tracks from the following:

09.00am

PERGOLESI: Stabat Mater; Salve Regina in C minor; Violin concerto in B flat
Rachel Harnisch (soprano), Sara Mingardo (contralto), Bruno Carmignola (violin), Orchestra Mozart, Claudio Abbado (conductor)
Archiv 477 8077 (CD)

鈥淟AVA: Opera arias from 18th Century Napoli鈥�
Including arias by Pergolesi, Porpora, Hasse, Vinci and Leo
Simone Kermes (soprano), Le Musiche Nove, Claudio Osele (conductor)
DHM CD 88697 54121 2 (CD)

PORPORA: Opera arias
Karina Gauvin (soprano), Il Complesso Barocco, Alan Curtis (conductor)
ATMA ACD2 2590 (CD)
For more information see www.atmaclassique.com/en/albums/albuminfo.aspx?albumid=1370

09.40am

SAARIAHO: L鈥橝mour de Loin
Ekaterina Lekhina (Clemence), Marie-Ange Todorovitch (Le Pelerin), Daniel Belcher (Jaufre Rudel), Rundfunkchor Berlin, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Kent Nagano (conductor)
Harmonia Mundi HMC801937-38 (2 Hybrid SACDs)

TAN DUN: Marco Polo
Charles Workman (Polo), Sarah Castle (Marco), Stephen Richardson (Kublai Khan), Nancy Allen Lundy (Water), Netherlands Chamber Orchestra, Cappella Amsterdam, Tan Dun (conductor)
大象传媒 Opus Arte OA1010D (DVD)

KNUSSEN: Where the Wild Things Are / Higglety Pigglety Pop!
Glyndebourne Festival Opera, London Sinfonietta, Oliver Knussen (conductor)
NVC Arts 5186543112 (DVD)

10.30am

WALTON: Cello concerto; Passacaglia; BLOCH: Cello suite No.1; LIGETI: Sonata for solo cello; BRITTEN: Ciaccona (from Cello suite No.2)
Pieter Wispelwey (cello), Sydney Symphony, Jeffrey Tate (conductor)
Onyx Classics ONYX 4042 (CD)

鈥淟a Barcha D鈥橝more鈥�: 17th century European vocal and instrumental music inspired by mythology and love-poetry
Montserrat Figueras (soprano), Hopkinson Smith (theorbo), Hesperion XXI, Les Concert des Nations, Jordi Savall (director)
AliaVox AV9811 (CD)

鈥淢aestros del Siglo de Oro鈥�
MORALES: Officium Defunctorum; Missa pro defunctis; GUERRERO: Sacrae cantiones; VICTORIA: Cantica beatae Virginis
La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Hesperion XX, Jordi Savall (director)
AliaVox AVSA 9867 A/C (3 Hybrid SACDs, Budget price)

LULLY: Atys
Guy de Mey (Atys), Guillemette Laurens (Cybele), Agnes Mellon (Sangaride), Jean-Francois Gardeil (Celenus), Les Arts Florissants, William Christie (director)
Harmonia Mundi HML 5901257-59 (3 CDs, Mid-price)

ELGAR arr. Tertis: Cello concerto; SCHNITTKE: Viola concerto
David Aaron Carpenter (viola), Philharmonia Orchestra, Christoph Eschenbach (conductor)
Ondine ODE 1153-2 (CD)

11.30 am

VERDI: Requiem
Christine Brewer (soprano), Karen Cargill (mezzo), Stuart Neill (tenor), John Relyea (bass), London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis (conductor)
LSO Live LSO 0683 (2 Hybrid SACDs, Mid-price)

VERDI: Requiem
Violete Urmana (soprano), Olga Borodina (mezzo), Ramon Vargas (tenor), Ferruccio Furlanetto (bass), WDR Chorus and Symphony Orchestra Koln, NDR Chorus, Chorus of Teatro Regio Turin, Semyon Bychkov (conductor)
Profil PH08036 (2 Hybrid SACDs, Mid-price)

VERDI: Requiem
Anja Harteros (soprano), Sonia Ganassi (mezzo), Rolando Villazon (tenor), Rene Pape (bass), Coro and Orchestra dell鈥橝ccademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano (conductor)
EMI Classics 6 98936 2 (2 CDs, Mid-price)

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