Wednesday, March 3, 2021
9:00
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 in a, op. 56 “Scottish”: second movement; London PO/Bychkov (Philips 420 211)
Spohr: Sonata for Violin and Harp in c; Sophie Langdon and Hugh Webb (Naxos 8.555364)
Bizet: Overture in A; Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse/Plasson (EMI 54765)
J Strauss, Jr: Simplicius Overture; Slovak State PO/A Walter (Marco Polo 8.223275)
Janácek: Moravian Dances; Slovak PO/Pešek (Naxos 8.555245)
Fibich: Moods, op. 41 Part I: No. 13 in A flat; William Howard, piano (Chandos 9381)
Debussy/arr. Cohen: The Girl with the Flaxen Hair; Boston Pops O/Williams (Philips 416 361)
10:00
Bull/arr. Howarth: Pavane; The King’s Hunting Jig; Philip Jones Brass Ensemble (London 417 524)
Byrd: Sellenger’s Round; Christopher Hogwood, virginal (L’Oiseau-Lyre 430 484)
Britten, Tippett, Walton, et al.: Variations on an Elizabethan Theme (Sellenger’s Round); Guildhall String Ensemble/Salter (RCA 7846)
Quilter: Three Shakespeare Songs, op. 6; Stephen Varcoe, bass-baritone; City of London Sinfonia/Hickox (Chandos 8743)
Vaughan Williams: Six Studies in English Folksong; Janet Hilton, clarinet; Keith Swallow, piano (Chandos 8683)
M Saunders: A Cotswold Pastoral; Leon Goossens, oboe; Fitzwilliam String Quartet (Chandos 7132)
Saint-Saëns/arr. Odell: Mon cœur s’ouvre à ta voix (from Samson et Delila); Nashville Mandolin Ensemble (New World 80544)
11:00
C Stamitz: Parthia in E flat; Consortium Classicum (CPO 999 081)
Chopin: Grand Fantasia on Polish Airs for Piano and Orchestra in A, op. 13; Emanuel Ax, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment/Mackerras (Sony Classical 63371)
Tárrega: Fantasía sobre La Traviata de Verdi; Frank Bungarten, guitar (MDG 305 0959)
Tchaikovsky: Capriccio italien, op. 45; Berlin PO/Ozawa (DG 427 354)
Ippolitov-Ivanov: Turkish March, op. 55; Singapore SO/Hoey (Naxos 8.573508)
Durand: Valse in E flat; John O’Conor, piano (Telarc 80391)