Monday, August 6
Today: a sax quartet, a Schumann string quartet and a brass quintet. Also, spotlights on cello (thrilling Mendelssohn with Mischa Maisky) and clarinet (Poulenc).
I'm especially enthusiastic about these energetic Schumann and Mendelssohn performances
and there's nothing else like this haunting take on Bach's Chaconne, from the CD Morimur.
11 AM
- Francaix: Little Quartet for Saxophones. Saxology (ASV 2090)
- Schumann: String Quartet No. 3 in A. Eroica Quartet (Harmonia Mundi 907270)
- Bach/Thoene: Chaconne. Poppen, Hilliard Ensemble (ECM 1765)
- Saint-Saens: The Swan. Lowri Blake, Caroline Palmer (Etcetera 1111)
- Chopin: Bolero in C major. Roland Pontinen (BIS 673)
- Mozart: Idomeneo: ballet music. Les Musiciens du Louvre, Minkowski (Archiv 6506)
- Mendelssohn: Cello Sonata No. 2. Mischa Maisky, Sergio Tiempo (DG 289 471 565)
- Biber: Violin Sonata No. 2 from 1681. Romanesca (Harmonia Mundi 907134.35)
- Crusell: Divertimento in C for oboe and strings. Artved et al. (Naxos 8.557361)
- Corelli: Trumpet Sonata in D. Guttler, Leipzig Bach Collegium (LaserLight 15 662)
- Poulenc: Clarinet Sonata. Jonathan Cohler, Randall Hodgkinson (Ongaku 024-102)
- Evald: Brass Quintet No. 3. Swedish Brass Quintet (BIS 248)
