Records of the Year 2021 Andrew McGregor & Hannah French 18th January 2021 (part of)

Records of the Year 2021 Andrew McGregor & Hannah French 18th January 2021 (part of)

Records of the Year with Hannah French [live to suit! 70.00]

Amazone – Music by Couperin, Pallavacino, Schürmann
Lea Desandre (mezzo-soprano)
Jupiter
Thomas Dunford (director)
Erato 9029506584
https://www.warnerclassics.com/release/amazone

Vaughan Williams: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 6
London Symphony Orchestra
Antonio Pappano (conductor)
LSO Live LSO0867 (Hybrid SACD)
https://lsolive.lso.co.uk/collections/homepage/products/vaughan-williams-symphonies-nos-4-6

Buxtehude, Schütz & Dijkman: Septem Verba & Membra Jesu Nostri
Ensemble Correspondances
Sébastien Daucé
Harmonia Muindi HMM90235051 (2 CDs)
https://store.harmoniamundi.com/release/221477-ensemble-correspondances-and-sbastien-dauc-septem-verba-membra-jesu-nostri

Dutilleux: Le Loup & Other Works
Adam Walker (flute)
Juliana Koch (oboe)
Jonathan Davies (bassoon)
Sinfonia of London
John Wilson (conductor)
Chandos CHSA5263 (Hybrid SACD)
https://www.chandos.net/products/catalogue/CHSA%205263

On DSCH – Music by Shostakovich & Stevenson
Igor Levit (piano)
Sony 19439809212 (3 CDs)
https://sonyclassical.com/releases/releases-details/on-dsch

Zemlinsky: Die Seejungfrau & Schreker: Der Geburtstag der Infantin
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Vasily Petrenko (conductor)
Onyx ONYX4197
https://onyxclassics.com/release/zemlinsky-schreker/

Canteloube: Chants d'Auvergne
Carolyn Sampson (soprano)
Tapiola Sinfonietta
Pascal Rophé (conductor)
BIS BIS2513 (Hybrid SACD)
https://bis.se/performers/sampson-carolyn/canteloube-chants-d-auvergne

Handel: Brockes-Passion
Sandrine Piau (soprano)
Stuart Jackson
Konstantin Krimmel
Arcangelo
Jonathan Cohen
Alpha ALPHA644 (2 CDs)
https://outhere-music.com/en/albums/handel-brockes-passion

Florence Price: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3
Philadelphia Orchestra
Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor)
DG 4862029
https://www.deutschegrammophon.com/en/catalogue/products/price-symphonies-nos-1-3-nezet-seguin-12476

Beethoven: String Quartets, Op. 18 Nos. 1-3
Chiaroscuro Quartet
BIS BIS2488 (Hybrid SACD)
https://bis.se/orchestras-ensembles/chiaroscuro-quartet/beethoven-string-quartets-op-18-vol-1

11.20am Record of the Week

Mahler: Symphony No. 8 'Symphony of a Thousand'

Judith Howarth (soprano)
Anne Schwanewilms (soprano)
Sofia Fomina (soprano)
Michaela Selinger (mezzo-soprano)
Patricia Bardon (mezzo-soprano)
Barry Banks (tenor)
Stephen Gadd (baritone)
Matthew Rose (bass)
London Philharmonic Choir
London Symphony Chorus,
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge
Tiffin Boys’ Choir
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Vladimir Jurowski
LPO LPO0121
https://www.lpo.org.uk/recordings-and-gifts/5826-cd-jurowski-conducts-mahler-symphony-no-8.html