CD Review Newsletter 16/04/2010

News from CD Review for Saturday 17 April 2010 Dear Listener, Welcome to the newsletter from CD Review with Andrew McGregor, Radio 3's regular look at all that's new in the world of recorded music. Send us your suggestions for any new releases you would like to hear in the programme, and contribute to the CD Review messageboard, via the website www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/classical/cdreview. You can still join the Building a Library text club at any time by simply texting 'Library' to 83111. For details visit www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/cdreview/textclub Search the Building a Library database for recommendations since 2005 via the CD Review website: www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/classical/cdreview Read recent Disc of the Week reviews on the BBC Music site: http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/recommenders/on60 In this week's programme (timings are approximate): 09.05am CHOPIN: Piano Sonata No 3 in B minor Op 58; Impromptu No 4 in C sharp minor Op 66 'Fantaisie-Impromptu'; Prelude in C sharp minor Op 45; Scherzo No 4 in E major Op 54; Nocturne No 4 in F major Op 15 No 1; Fantasia in F minor Op 49; Waltz No 7 in C sharp minor Op 64 No 2 Nikolai Lugansky (piano) Onyx ONYX4049 (CD) Chopin - Late Masterpieces CHOPIN: Barcarolle in F sharp major Op 60; Mazurka No 40 in F minor Op 63 No 2; Mazurka No 45 in A minor Op 67 No 4; Mazurka No 41 in C sharp minor Op 63 No 3; Mazurka No 49 in F minor Op 68 No 4; Polonaise No 7 in A flat major Op 61 'Polonaise-fantaisie'; Nocturne No 17 in B major Op 62 No 1; Nocturne No 18 in E major Op 62 No 2; Piano Sonata No 3 in B minor Op 58; Berceuse in D flat major Op 57 Stephen Hough (piano) Hyperion CDA67764 (CD) Argerich Plays Chopin CHOPIN: Ballade No 1 in G minor Op 23; Etude Op 10 No 4 in C sharp minor; Mazurka No 26 in C sharp minor Op 41 No 1; Mazurka No 27 in E minor Op 41 No 2; Mazurka No 15 in C major Op 24 No 2; Mazurka No 40 in F minor Op 63 No 2; Mazurka No 23 in D major Op 33 No 2; Nocturne No 4 in F major Op 15 No 1; Nocturne No 16 in E flat major Op 55 No 2; Piano Sonata No 3 in B minor Op 58; Mazurkas Op 59 Nos 1-3 Martha Argerich (piano) - Mono Radio Recordings from 1959 and 1967 Deutsche Grammophon 4777557 (CD) 09.30am Building a Library BARTOK: Duke Bluebeard's Castle Reviewer - Rob Cowan The first choice recommendation will be placed on the CD Review website on Monday. Next week Misha Donat compares recordings of Schubert's Sonata for Piano Duet 'Grand Duo' D812. Search the Building a Library database for recommendations since 2005 via the CD Review website: www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/classical/cdreview 10.20am Recent Release MENDELSSOHN: Piano Trio No 1 in D minor Op 49; Piano Trio No 2 in C minor Op 66 Yo-Yo Ma (cello) / Itzhak Perlman (cello) / Emanuel Ax (piano) Sony 88697521922 (CD) 10.30am New Releases Ivan Hewett talks to Andrew about recent releases of twentieth-century orchestral music. With extracts from the following: STRAVINSKY: Pulcinella; Symphony in Three Movements; Four Etudes Roxana Constantinescu (mezzo-soprano) / Nicholas Phan (tenor) / Kyle Ketelsen (bass-baritone) / Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Pierre Boulez (conductor) CSO Resound CSOR901918 (CD) [also available as Hybrid SACD] KLAMI: Northern Lights Op 38; Cheremissian Fantasy Op 19*; Kalevala Suite Op 23 Samuli Peltonen (cello)* / Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra / John Storgards (conductor) Ondine ODE11432 (CD) VON EINEM: Konzert fur Klavier und Orchester Op 20; Dantons Tod - Orchestersuite Op 6a; Wandlungen Op 21; Nachtstuck Op 29; Medusa - Suite aus dem Ballett Op 24 Konstantin Lifschitz (piano) / RSO Vienna / Cornelius Meister (conductor) Orfeo C764091A (CD) LINDBERG: Grafitti; Seht die Sonne Helsinki Chamber Choir / Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra / Sakari Oramo (conductor) Ondine ODE11572 (CD) BERNSTEIN: Serenade after Plato's 'Symposium'; BLOCH: Baal Shem - Three pictures of Chassidic Life; BARBER: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra Op 14 Vadim Gluzman / Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra / John Neschling (conductor) BIS BISSACD1662 (Hybrid SACD) 11.25am Recent Releases SCHUBERT: Symphony No 8 in B minor 'Unfinished' D759; Symphony No 9 in C major 'Great' D944 Swedish Chamber Orchestra / Thomas Dausgaard (conductor) BIS BISSACD1656 (Hybrid SACD) SCHUBERT: 4 Impromptus Op 90 D899; 4 Impromptus Op 142 D935 Alexei Lubimov (pianofortes - Muller [1810] and Schantz [1830]) Zig-Zag Territoires ZZT100102 (CD) SCHUBERT: Die Winterreise Werner Gura (tenor) / Christoph Berner (pianoforte - Ronisch [1872]) Harmonia Mundi HMC902066 (CD) 11.50am Disc of the Week CHOPIN: Nocturnes Nos 1-20 Nelson Freire (piano) Decca 4782182 (2CD, mid price) Read recent Disc of the Week reviews on the BBC Music site: http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/recommenders/on60 ******************************************************************************** If you want to unsubscribe from this newsletter please visit: www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/newsletters/index.shtml LISTEN TO CD REVIEW AT ANY TIME Don't forget that CD Review is available to listen to On Demand with the BBC iPlayer via the Radio 3 website: www.bbc.co.uk/radio3