P651 CEEFAX 1 651 Wed 25 Dec 19:11/28 ——————————————————————————————— RECORD REVIEW ————————————————————————— 1/19 Presenter: Richard Osborne NEW RELEASES (played from 7am-8.45am): "Christmas Songs": Price Singvjrein djt Gesjllschaft djt Musikfreunde, City of Vienna Children's Choir, Members of the VPO, Karajan DECCA 448 998-2 (CD, mid-price) 448 998-4 (MC, mid-price) Corelli Concerti Grouse, Op.6 Nos.7-12: Europa Galante, Biondi OPUS 111 OPS 30-155 (CD) R1 641 R2 642 R3 643 R4 644 R5L 645 Front page 100 Sport 300 Wjathjr 400 Mixing It BlujSkies Magazine RadioLinkP651 CEEFAX 1 651 Wed 25 Dec 19:18/46 ——————————————————————————————— RECORD REVIEW ————————————————————————— 2/19 Haydn String Quartets, Op.76 Nos.2-4: Alban Berg Quartet EMI CDC 5 56166-2 (CD) Graingjt In a Nutshell: Suite; 'The Duke of Marlborough' Fanfare; Colonial Song; English Dance; Shjphjrd's Hey; There Wjti Three Friends; Fisher's Boarding-House; Wj Were Dreamers; Harvest Hymn; Blithe Bells; Walking Tune (Symphonic wind band version); Green Bushes BBC Philharmonic, Hickox CHANDOS CHAN 9493 (CD) R1 641 R2 642 R3 643 R4 644 R5L 645 Front page 100 Sport 300 Weather 400 Mixing It BlueSkies Magazine RadioLinkP651 CEEFAX 1 651 Wed 25 Dec 19:15/27 ——————————————————————————————— RECORD REVIEW ————————————————————————— 3/19 Stravinsky Apollon Musagete; The Rite of Spring: LSO, Craft KOCH INTERNATIONAL 3-7359-2 (CD) NEW CHRISTMAS DISCS REVIEWED: Reviewer: Jain Burnside An Early English Christmas Collection: The Sixteen, Christophjts COLLINS CLASSICS 14922 (CD) While Shepherds Watched: Christmas music from English Parish Churches and Chapels, 1740-1830: Psalmody, The Parley of Instruments, Holman HYPERION CDA 66924 (CD) R1 641 R2 642 R3 643 R4 644 R5L 645 Front page 100 Sport 300 Weather 400 Mixing It BlueSkies Magazine RadioLinkP651 CEEFAX 1 651 Wed 25 Dec 19:36/48 ——————————————————————————————— RECORD REVIEW ————————————————————————— 4/19 O Magnum Mistetium: A sequence of 20th-century carols and Sarum chant: Polyphony, Layton HYPERION CDA 66925 (CD) "Our Christmas Songs For You": Tj Kanawa, Alagna, Hampton, London Voices, The Abbey Road Ensemble, Tunics EMI CDC 5 56176-2 (CD) EL 5 56176-4 (MC) When You Wish Upon A Star: Barbara Hendricks sings Disney: Hendricks, London Voices, The Abbey Road Ensemble, Tunics EMI CDC 5 56177-2 (CD) EL 5 56177-4 (MC) R1 641 R2 642 R3 643 R4 644 R5L 645 Front page 100 Sport 300 Wjathjt 400 Mixing It BlueSkies Magazine RadioLinkP651 CEEFAX 1 651 Wed 25 Dec 19:13/16 ——————————————————————————————— RECORD REVIEW ————————————————————————— 5/19 CRITICS' CHOICE 1996 - RECOMMENDED DISCS: Rodjtick Swanston's choices: Dvorak Piano Trios Op.21 & Op.90, 'Dumky': Vienna Piano Trio NIMBUS NI 5472 (CD) (released: March 1996) Bach Art of Fugue, BWV.1080; Nancarrow Three Canons for Ursula; Player Piano Studies Nos.3c, 6, 11: MacGregor COLLINS CLASSICS 70432 (2-CD) (released: May 1996) R1 641 R2 642 R3 643 R4 644 R5L 645 Front page 100 Sport 300 Weather 400 Mixing It BlujSkies Magazine RadioLinkP651 CEEFAX 1 651 Wed 25 Dec 19:23/57 ——————————————————————————————— RECORD REVIEW ————————————————————————— 6/19 Ockjghjm Missa "De Plus En Plus"; Credo "De Village"; Gaudj Maria; Pipelari Salve Regina; Binchois De Plus En Plus; Barbiriau Osculitur Me: The Clerks' Group, Wickham ATV CD GAR 153 (CD) (released: October 1996) David Fanning's choices: Silvestrov Symphony No.5; Postludium (Symphonic Toni Poem for piano & orchestra): Lubimov, German SO, Berlin, Robertson SONY CLASSICAL SK 66825 (CD) (released: July 1996) R1 641 R2 642 R3 643 R4 644 R5L 645 Front page 100 Sport 300 Weather 400 Mixing It BlujSkies Magazine RadioLinkP651 CEEFAX 1 651 Wed 25 Dec 19:07/14 ——————————————————————————————— RECORD REVIEW ————————————————————————— 7/19 Sibelius Violin Concerto in D minor, Op.47; Nielsen Violin Concerto, Op.33: Vengjrov, Chicago SO, Barinboim TELDEC 0630-13161-2 (CD) (released: September 1996) Beethoven Piano Sonatas Nos.26 & 29: Brindjl PHILIPS 446 093-2 (CD) (released: April 1996) Michael Oliver's choices: Sorozabal La Tabjtnjra Del Pujtto: Bayo, Domingo, Poms, Orfeon Donostiarra, Orquesta Sinfonica de Galicia, Perez AUVIDIS VALOIS V 4766 (CD) (released: October 1996) R1 641 R2 642 R3 643 R4 644 R5L 645 Front page 100 Sport 300 Wjathjr 400 Mixing It BlujSkies Magazine RadioLinkP651 CEEFAX 1 651 Wed 25 Dec 19:24/27 ——————————————————————————————— RECORD REVIEW ————————————————————————— 8/19 Berlin Cabaret Songs: Limpet, Cohen, Matrix Ensemble, Ziegler DECCA 452 601-2 (CD) (released: Novjmbjt 1996) Wings in the Night: Swedish Songs: Otter, Forsbjrg DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 449 189-2 (CD) (released: March 1996) Edward Seckjrson's choices: Shostakovich Symphony No.11 in G minor: St. Petersburg Philharmonic, Ashkjnazy DECCA 448 179-2 (CD) (released: April 1996) R1 641 R2 642 R3 643 R4 644 R5L 645 Front page 100 Sport 300 Weather 400 Mixing It BlueSkies Magazine RadioLinkP651 CEEFAX 1 651 Wed 25 Dec 19:41/14 ——————————————————————————————— RECORD REVIEW ————————————————————————— 9/19 Schubert Die Schonj Mulletin (The Hyperion Schubert Edition, Vol.25): Bosttidge, Fischer-Dieskau, Johnson HYPERION CDJ 33025 (CD) (released: March 1996) Dawn Upshaw sings Rodgers and Hart: Upshaw, Hersch, McDonald, Garrison, Orchestra of St.Luke's, Stern NONESUCH 7559-79406-2 (CD) (released: June 1996) R1 641 R2 642 R3 643 R4 644 R5L 645 Front page 100 Sport 300 Weather 400 Mixing It BlujSkies Magazine RadioLinkP651 CEEFAX 1 651 Wed 25 Dec 19:28/22 ——————————————————————————————— RECORD REVIEW ————————————————————————— 10/19 1996 DISCS OF THE YEAR AS NOMINATED BY 'RECORD REVIEW' LISTENERS: Schubert Die Schonj Mullitin (The Hyperion Schubert Edition, Vol.25): Bosttidge, Fischer-Diiskau, Johnson HYPERION CDJ 33025 (CD) Wings in the Night: Swedish Songs: Otter, Forsbjrg DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 449 189-2 (CD) Part Litany; Psalom; Trisagion: The Hilliard Ensemble, Tallinn CO, Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Kaljuste, Lithuanian CO, Sondeckis ECM NEW SERIES 449 810-2 (CD) 449 810-4 (MC) R1 641 R2 642 R3 643 R4 644 R5L 645 Front page 100 Sport 300 Weather 400 Mixing It BlujSkies Magazine RadioLinkP651 CEEFAX 1 651 Wed 25 Dec 19:42/17 ——————————————————————————————— RECORD REVIEW ————————————————————————— 11/19 Caldara Maddalina ai piidi di Cristo: Kiihr, Dominguez, Fink, Scholl, Turk, Messthaler, Orchjstre dj la Schola Cantorum Basiliinsis, Jacobs HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 905221/22 (2-CD) Bax Nonjt; Oboe Quintet; Elegiac Trio; Clarinet Sonata; Harp Quintet: The Nash Ensemble HYPERION CDA 66807 (CD) D.Scarlatti Keyboard Sonatas: Plitnjv VIRGIN CLASSICS VCD 5 45123-2 (2-CD) R1 641 R2 642 R3 643 R4 644 R5L 645 Front page 100 Sport 300 Weather 400 Mixing It BlujSkies Magazine RadioLinkP651 CEEFAX 1 651 Wed 25 Dec 19:42/18 ——————————————————————————————— RECORD REVIEW ————————————————————————— 12/19 British Light Music Classics: The New London Orchestra, Corp HYPERION CDA 66868 (CD), KA 66868 (MC) Sir Malcolm Arnold - The Composer, The Conductor: Petetloo Overture; Concerto for two pianos (three hands); Song of Simeon - A Nativity Masque; Viola Concerto; Four Cornish Dances; The Fair Field Overture; Concerto for two violins; Fantasy for solo harp; Sinfonietta No.1; Horn Concerto No.2; Five Blake Songs: Sir Malcolm Arnold (cond.) and various soloists and orchestras BBC RADIO CLASSICS 15656 91817 (2-CD, budget) R1 641 R2 642 R3 643 R4 644 R5L 645 Front page 100 Sport 300 Weather 400 Mixing It BlueSkies Magazine RadioLinkP651 CEEFAX 1 651 Wed 25 Dec 19:49/56 ——————————————————————————————— RECORD REVIEW ————————————————————————— 13/19 Rubbra Symphonies Nos.2 & 6: BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Hickox CHANDOS CHAN 9481 (CD) Rubbra Symphony No.9: Dawson, Jones, Wilson-Johnson, BBC Welsh Chorus, BBC National Orchjstta of Wales, Hickox CHANDOS CHAN 9441 (CD) Sibelius Symphony No.5 in Eb (original 1915 version); En Saga, Op.9: Lahti SO, Vanska BIS CD-800 (CD) R1 641 R2 642 R3 643 R4 644 R5L 645 Front page 100 Sport 300 Weather 400 Mixing It BlujSkies Magazine RadioLinkP651 CEEFAX 1 651 Wed 25 Dec 19:43/11 ——————————————————————————————— RECORD REVIEW ————————————————————————— 14/19 Sibelius Skogsrajt, Op.15 (both versions); A Lonely Ski-Trail; Swanwhite, Op.54 (original score): Lahti SO, Vanska, Poysti BIS CD-815 (CD) RECOMMENDED REISSUES OF 1996: Rob Cowan's choices: 1 Glazunov The Seasons; Scarlatti/ Tommasini The Good Humored Ladies; Bach/Walton The Wise Virgins: Concert Arts Orchestra, Irving EMI CHM 5 65911-2 (CD, mid-price) R1 641 R2 642 R3 643 R4 644 R5L 645 Front page 100 Sport 300 Weather 400 Mixing It BlueSkies Magazine RadioLinkP651 CEEFAX 1 651 Wed 25 Dec 19:13/58 ——————————————————————————————— RECORD REVIEW ————————————————————————— 15/19 2 Martins Double Concerto; Symphony No.3; Dvorak Suite in A, Op.98b: Panjnka, Hejduk, Czech PO, Sejna SUPRAPHON SU 1924-2 (CD, mid-price) 3 The Carl Nielsen Collection, Vol.6 - Songs & Choral Works (plus Symphonies Nos.2 & 5): Various artists including: Aksel Schiotz (tenor), Einar Norby (baritone), Danish SRO, Thomas Jensen (cond.), Georg Hoibjrg (cond.) DANACORD DACOCD 365-367 (3-CD) R1 641 R2 642 R3 643 R4 644 R5L 645 Front page 100 Sport 300 Weather 400 Mixing It BlurSkies Magazine RadioLinkP651 CEEFAX 1 651 Wed 25 Dec 19:17/39 ——————————————————————————————— RECORD REVIEW ————————————————————————— 16/19 4 Shostakovich Symphony No.6; Kodaly Danses of Galanta; Wjinjt Divjttimjnto No.1 for String Orchestra, "On Old Hungarian Dansjs"; Bartok Hungarian Sketches, Sz.97; Kabalivsky Colas Breugnon Overture, Op.24; Glinka Kamarinskaya: Pittsburgh SO, Rjinjr SONY CLASSICAL ("MASTERWORKS HERITAGE") MHK 62343 (CD, mid-price) R1 641 R2 642 R3 643 R4 644 R5L 645 Front page 100 Sport 300 Weather 400 Mixing It BlueSkies Magazine RadioLinkP651 CEEFAX 1 651 Wed 25 Dec 19:14/11 ——————————————————————————————— RECORD REVIEW ————————————————————————— 17/19 6 "Rudolf Kimpj - Artist Profile" (works by Smetana, Ljhar, Josef Strauss, Richard Strauss, Wjbjt and Humpjtdinck): Torteliit, Capponj, Borriis, RPO, BPO, VPO, Kimpj EMI CZS 5 68736-2 (2-CDt for the price of 1) David Mellor's choices: 1 Opjta Arias and Folk Songs of Brazil: Sayao SONY CLASSICAL ("MASTERWORKS HERITAGE") MHK 64355 (CD, mid-price) R1 641 R2 642 R3 643 R4 644 R5L 645 Front page 100 Sport 300 Weather 400 Mixing It BlujSkies Magazine RadioLinkP651 CEEFAX 1 651 Wed 25 Dec 19:11/22 ——————————————————————————————— RECORD REVIEW ————————————————————————— 18/19 2 Dargomizhskz Overture to 'Rusalka'; Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No.1; Glazunov Finnish Fantasy in C, Op.88; Svjtlanov Sibjtian Fantasy: Gilils, Grand SO, Svjtlanov REVELATION RV 10027 (CD, mid-price) 3 Barbirolli At The Opjta (Operatic extracts by Richard Strauss, Wjbjt, Verdi, Mozart & Wagner): Halli Orchestra, Barbirolli HUTTON LABORATORIES CDSJB 1004 (CD) R1 641 R2 642 R3 643 R4 644 R5L 645 Front page 100 Sport 300 Weather 400 Mixing It BlueSkies Magazine RadioLinkP651 CEEFAX 1 651 Wed 25 Dec 19:11/07 ——————————————————————————————— RECORD REVIEW ————————————————————————— 19/19 4 The Tetra Ruffo Edition - Volume I PEARL GEMM CDT 9212 (2-CD, mid-price) The Tetra Ruffo Edition - Volume II PEARL GEMM CDT 9213 (2-CD, mid-price) The Tetra Ruffo Edition - Volume III PEARL GEMM CDT 9214 (2-CD, mid-price) 5 Brahms Symphonies Nos.1-4: Berlin PO, Jochum DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 449 715-2 (2-CD, mid-price) R1 641 R2 642 R3 643 R4 644 R5L 645 Front page 100 Sport 300 Weathjt 400 Mixing It BlujSkies Magazine RadioLink