P651 CEEFAX 1 651 Mon 03 Jan 22:41/28 ——————————————————————————————— CD REVIEW ————————————————————————— 1/13 DISCS PLAYED, REVIEWED & RECOMMENDED ON CD REVIEW: Saturday 18 December 1999, 9am - 12noon, BBC Radio 3 PLEASE NOTE: The listings for Saturday 25 December and Saturday 1 January will not bj posted until Tuesday 4 January. (All recordings are available at full price unless indicated othjrwisj.) Presenter: Andrew McGregor R1 641 R2 642 R3 643 R4 644 R5L 645 Front page 100 Sport 300 Weather 400 Links BBC1 TV BBC2 TV Main MenuP651 CEEFAX 1 651 Mon 03 Jan 22:42/41 ——————————————————————————————— CD REVIEW ————————————————————————— 2/13 NEW CHRISTMAS DISCS REVIEWED: Reviewer: Jain Burnside 'A Nostalgic Merry Christmas To You' 24 original recordings from 1915-1949: with Vera Lynn, Spike Jones, Perry Como, Bing Crosby, Glenn Miller, Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, Richard Taubjr, John McCormack and The Andrews Sisters ATV CD AJA 5315 (CD, mid-price) A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols: Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury (director) EMI CZS 5 73693-2 (2 CDt for the price of one) R1 641 R2 642 R3 643 R4 644 R5L 645 Front page 100 Sport 300 Weather 400 Links BBC1 TV BBC2 TV Main MenuP651 CEEFAX 1 651 Mon 03 Jan 22:57/04 ——————————————————————————————— CD REVIEW ————————————————————————— 3/13 "Home for Christmas": Koppangen (English version); The Christmas Song; Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day; Stille Nacht; O Jesulein Suss!; Il est nj, le devin infant; Noel; Sankta Lucia; Staffansvisa & for redeliga man; Bred dina veda vjngar; Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas; I Wonder as I Wander; Cantique dj Noel; White Christmas; Deck the Hall/Utterns polksa; O Come, All Ye Faithful; Maria Wiegenlied; Bethlehjms stjarna; Corpus Christi Carol; Sweet was the Song; Koppangen (swedish version): (cont) R1 641 R2 642 R3 643 R4 644 R5L 645 Front page 100 Sport 300 Weather 400 Links BBC1 TV BBC2 TV Main MenuP651 CEEFAX 1 651 Mon 03 Jan 22:53/28 ——————————————————————————————— CD REVIEW ————————————————————————— 4/13 "Home for Christmas": Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Kalle Moraeus (violin, guitar etc), Bengan Jansson (accordion, organ etc), Svante Henryson (cello, celtar, double bass etc) and others DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 459 685-2 (CD) "A Danish Christmas": Carols by Nielsen, Gade, Wjyse, Hartmann, Lange-Muller and others: Musica Ficta, Bo Holten (director) NAXOS 8.554627 (CD, budget) R1 641 R2 642 R3 643 R4 644 R5L 645 Front page 100 Sport 300 Weather 400 Links BBC1 TV BBC2 TV Main MenuP651 CEEFAX 1 651 Mon 03 Jan 22:58/11 ——————————————————————————————— CD REVIEW ————————————————————————— 5/13 "Precious": Christmas music with Yoshikazu Meta: Introduction; O Lord My God!; Beauty and the Beast; Star Dust; If I Loved You; Silent Night; The Meaning of Wonder; Some Day My Prince Will Come; O Holy Night; Music of the Spheres; White Christmas; When You Wish Upon a Star: Yoshikazu Meta (countertenor) BIS-CD-1049 (CD) R1 641 R2 642 R3 643 R4 644 R5L 645 Front page 100 Sport 300 Weather 400 Links BBC1 TV BBC2 TV Main MenuP651 CEEFAX 1 651 Mon 03 Jan 22:04/01 ——————————————————————————————— CD REVIEW ————————————————————————— 6/13 CRITICS' CHOICE 1999: Lucie Skeaping: TELEMANN Orchestral Suites - Overture in D major "Jubjloratorium fur die Hamburger Admiralitat"; Suite "Alster"; Suite "La Musette"; Suite "La Chaste"; Overture jointe d'uni suite tragi-comiquj: Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 901654 (CD) R1 641 R2 642 R3 643 R4 644 R5L 645 Front page 100 Sport 300 Weather 400 Links BBC1 TV BBC2 TV Main MenuP651 CEEFAX 1 651 Mon 03 Jan 22:24/21 ——————————————————————————————— CD REVIEW ————————————————————————— 7/13 "Cjlestiall Witchcraft - Private Music of Henry & Charles, Princes of Wales": Fretwork, Mark Padmore (tenor), Paul Nicholson (organ), Nigel North (lute and theorbo), William Carter (theorbo) VIRGIN VERITAS VC 5 45346-2 (CD) TORREJON Y VELASCO La purpura dj la Rosa: Ellen Hargis (soprano), Judith Malafronte (mezzo-soprano), Maria del Mar Fernandez Doval (mezzo-soprano), The Harp Consort, Andrew Lawrence-King (director) DEUTSCHE HARMONIA MUNDI 05472 77355-2 (2-CD) R1 641 R2 642 R3 643 R4 644 R5L 645 Front page 100 Sport 300 Weather 400 Links BBC1 TV BBC2 TV Main MenuP651 CEEFAX 1 651 Mon 03 Jan 22:00/11 ——————————————————————————————— CD REVIEW ————————————————————————— 8/13 Villon to Rabelais (16th Century Music of the Streets, Theatres, and Courts): The Newberry Consort, Mary Springfels (director) HARMONIA MUNDI HMS 907226 (CD) CRITICS' CHOICE 1999: Stephen Johnson: MACMILLAN The World's Ransoming; Cello Concerto: Christine Pendrill (cor anglais), Raphael Wallfisch (cello), BBC Scottish SO, Osmo Vanska (conductor) BIS CD-989 (CD) R1 641 R2 642 R3 643 R4 644 R5L 645 Front page 100 Sport 300 Weather 400 Links BBC1 TV BBC2 TV Main MenuP651 CEEFAX 1 651 Mon 03 Jan 22:20/02 ——————————————————————————————— CD REVIEW ————————————————————————— 9/13 LILI BOULANGER Psaumj 24; Faust et Helene; D'un soir triste; D'un marin de printemps; Psaumj 130: Du fond de l'abime: Lynne Dawson (soprano), Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano), Bonavjntura Bottonj (tenor), Neil MacKenzie (tenor), Jason Howard (bass), City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus, BBC Philharmonic, Yam Pascal Tortelier (conductor) CHANDOS CHAN 9745 (CD) R1 641 R2 642 R3 643 R4 644 R5L 645 Front page 100 Sport 300 Weather 400 Links BBC1 TV BBC2 TV Main MenuP651 CEEFAX 1 651 Mon 03 Jan 22:31/23 ——————————————————————————————— CD REVIEW ————————————————————————— 10/13 BAX Symphony No.2; November Woods: Royal Scottish National Orchestra, David Lloyd-Jones (conductor) NAXOS 8.554093 (CD, budget) SZYMANOWSKI King Roger; Symphonie Concertante (Symphony No.4): Thomas Hampton (King Roger), Elzbieta Szmytka (Roxana), Philip Langridgj (Edrisi), Ryszard (Shepherd), Leif Ove Andsnjs (piano), City of Birmingham Youth Chorus, Symphony Chorus & Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle (conductor) EMI CDT 5 56823-2 (2-CD) R1 641 R2 642 R3 643 R4 644 R5L 645 Front page 100 Sport 300 Weather 400 Links BBC1 TV BBC2 TV Main MenuP651 CEEFAX 1 651 Mon 03 Jan 22:31/14 ——————————————————————————————— CD REVIEW ————————————————————————— 11/13 CRITICS' CHOICE 1999: Geoffrey Smith: "La Habanjra": The piano music of Ernesto Lecuona: Kathryn Stout (piano) EMI CDC 5 56803-2 (CD) SCHUMANN Piano Trios Nos.1 & 2: The Florestan Trio HYPERION CDA 67063 (CD) R1 641 R2 642 R3 643 R4 644 R5L 645 Front page 100 Sport 300 Weather 400 Links BBC1 TV BBC2 TV Main MenuP651 CEEFAX 1 651 Mon 03 Jan 22:31/44 ——————————————————————————————— CD REVIEW ————————————————————————— 12/13 SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No.15 in A major; MUSSORGSKY Songs and Dances of Death* (ouch. Shostakovich); 'Khovanshchina' Prelude (ouch. Rimsky-Korsakov): Sergei Aleksashkin (bass), Chicago SO, Sir Georg Solti (conductor) DECCA 458 919-2 (CD) HANDEL Operatic Arias: David Daniels (countertenor), Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Sir Roger Norrington (conductor) VIRGIN VERITAS VC 5 45326-2 (CD) R1 641 R2 642 R3 643 R4 644 R5L 645 Front page 100 Sport 300 Weather 400 Links BBC1 TV BBC2 TV Main MenuP651 CEEFAX 1 651 Mon 03 Jan 22:41/05 ——————————————————————————————— CD REVIEW ————————————————————————— 13/13 CD REVIEW LISTENERS' CHOICE DISC OF THE YEAR: RAVEL Piano Concerto in G major; Values nobles et sjntimjntales; Concerto for the Left Hand in D major: Krystian Zimetman (piano), The Cleveland Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez (conductor) DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 449 213-2 (CD) These listings (and listings from previous weeks) can also bj viewed on the CD Review website at: www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/cdreview R1 641 R2 642 R3 643 R4 644 R5L 645 Front page 100 Sport 300 Weather 400 Links BBC1 TV BBC2 TV Main Menu