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Editor’s Choice: The Top Ten Discs September 2002

John Nelson · Maurizio Pollini · Mitsuko Uchida · Mstislav Rostropovich · Myung-whun Chung · Nicholas Daniel · Osmo Vänskä · Otto Klemperer · Robert Craft · Simon Rattle

Gramophone2002Cat. GCD090243m10 tracks

Composers

Dmitri Shostakovich2 Arthur Bliss1 Franz Schubert1 George Frideric Handel1 Igor Stravinsky1 Jean Sibelius1 Olivier Messiaen1 Robert Schumann1 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart1

Tracklist

01

Symphony no. 11 “The Year 1905”: Ninth of January (excerpt)

Dmitri Shostakovich - Symphony no. 11 in G minor, op. 103 "The Year 1905"

Mstislav Rostropovich, London Symphony Orchestra

4:15

02

Kreisleriana: III. Sehr auferegt

Robert Schumann - Kreisleriana, op. 16

Maurizio Pollini

4:26

03

String quartet no. 1: Allegretto grazioso

Arthur Bliss - String Quartet no. 1 in B-flat major, op. 60, F. 25

Nicholas Daniel

5:51

04

Pohjola’s daughter (excerpt)

Jean Sibelius - Pohjolan tytär, op. 49

Osmo Vänskä, Lahti Symphony Orchestra

3:54

05

Moments musicaux, D 780, no. 5 in F minor

Franz Schubert - 6 Moments musicaux for Piano, op. 94, D. 780: No. 5 in F minor. Allegro vivace

2:32

07

Theodora: Kind heav’n, if virtue be thy care

George Frideric Handel - Theodora, HWV 68: Act I, Scene 6, no. 26. Air “Kind Heav’n, if virtue be thy care” (Didymus)

5:45

08

La Transfiguration de notre-seigneur Jésus Christ: Premier septénaire. VII. Choral de la Sainte Montagne

Olivier Messiaen - La Transfiguration de Notre Seigneur Jésus-Christ, I/48: Part I. VIII. Chorale of the Holy Mountain

Myung-whun Chung, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France

4:04

10

Noces, First scene

Igor Stravinsky - Les Noces: Part 1, Scene 1. The Bride's Chamber "The Tresses"

Robert Craft, Philharmonia Orchestra

5:04

11

Zauberflöte, Act 2 scene 3: Hölle Rache

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Die Zauberflöte: Akt II. No. 14 Arie „Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen” (Die Königin der Nacht)

Otto Klemperer, Philharmonia Orchestra

3:13

12

Symphony no. 4: First movement (excerpt)

Dmitri Shostakovich - Symphony no. 4 in C minor, op. 43

Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

4:33