Sound Lounge for Tuesday 11 June 2013

7:00 New music for organ

AHO: Alles Vergangliche, Symphony for Organ
Jan Lehtola
BIS SACD 1946

Something from iTunes

KATS-CHERNIN: Moody Tango
Acacia Ensemble
840-1201
Track 3  3’00

8:00

TCHAIKOVSKY: The Tempest – Symphonic Fantasy
Simon Bolivar SO of Venezuela / Gustavo Dudamel
DG 477 9355

ADES: The opening scenes from The Tempest
Simon Kennlyside (bar), Cyndia Sieden, Kate Royal (sops), ROH Chorus & Orch / Thomas Ades
EMI 6 95234

BRITTEN: Our Hunting Fathers
Ian Bostridge (ten), Britten Sinfonia / Daniel Harding
EMI 5 56871

ADES: Tevot
Berlin Phil / Simon Rattle
EMI 4 57813

9:35 Performances of Gerald Barry’s opera, The Importance of Being Earnest are being well-received.  From one of his previous theatrical works:

BARRY: The eclipse of the sun and final chorus, from The Intelligence Park
Richard Jackson (bbar), Paul Harrhy (ten), Stephen Richardson (bass), Almeida Ensemble / Robert Houlihan
NMC D122

10:00 The Nielsen Symphony Series

NIELSEN: Symphony No 4, The Inextinguishable
Janacek Phil / Theodore Kuchar
Brilliant Classics

10:35 As James Ehnes departs New Zealand after working with the Michael Hill International Violin Competition

TARTINI: The Devil’s Trill
James Ehnes (vln), Eduard Laurel (pno)
Fleurs de Lys FL 2 3159

DALLAPICCOLA: Tartiniana
James Ehnes (vln), BBC Phil / Gianandrea Noseda
Chandos CHAN 10258

11:00 New Music Dreams

EL GRANDE: Fevergreens
Jono El Grande Orch
Rune Grammofon RCD 2031