RECORDING OF THE MONTH RECORDING OF THE MONTH BARGAIN OF THE MONTH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS A London Symphony Oboe Concerto £11 post free World-wide RACHMANINOV Elegy, Preludes, Piano concerto 3 £12 post free World-wide CHAUSSON, DEBUSSY RACHMANINOV TRios 2CDs £16 post free World-wide

Late Conversations - American works for cello and piano Robert CUNDICK Cello Sonata David SARGENT Conversations Michael HICKS Induction Coil Reid NIBLEY Cello Sonata Roger Drinkall (cello) Dian Baker (piano) rec. no details given TANTARA RECORDS TCD 03960685 [51.01] AVAILABILITY KMB Music Office PO Box 24498 Provo, Utah 84602 1-800-879-1555 www.tantara.byu.edu tantara@byu.edu

Sadly Tantara do not give dates for composers or works here. Going by the heard evidence these appear to be works from the second half of the last century. There are two cello sonatas one of which is in one songful movement (Cundick). Nibley's sonata is in three movements and Sargent's Conversations is also in three. Cundick has the cello as the sweet singer with a faint touch of Oriental colour and Ravelian accenting. This he mobilises alongside a hoarsely singing way familiar from the Bax and Moeran cello sonatas. One of the themes steers desperately close to Korngold. Very appealing - as much as the Crawford Gates horn sonata on Tantara CD TCD0799LL4. While that horn sonata disc is rather uniform in style there are some real ‘gear changes’ in this one. Thus the transition between Cundick and Sargent is violent: singing impressionism gives way to a fractured and fractiously dissonant environment. Stern souls will love the theatre of it all. The Hicks work is further out on the avant-garde branch full of effects and fragmentation though finally retreating into the aural equivalent of a Garden of Death. The Nibley (didn't he record a disc of music by Gottschalk some years ago) takes us back to contoured lyricism encased in the aggressive bloodrush of a Bernstein or Prokofiev. While Steven Johnson's notes refer to Schumann I thought more of Fauré especially in the 'centre of gravity' provided by Nibley's elegiac Adagio. Rather short playing time. A disc of contrasts created by the stylistic divide between the two sonatas on one side and the other works. The Cundick and Nibley works are outstanding. They are most beautifully performed and recorded. Rob Barnett Advertising Rates Visitor stats MusicWeb International has over 40,000 Classical CD reviews on offer Discs received Having a problem Donating? Gerard Hoffnung Concerts & The Bricklayer Story MusicWeb can now offer you discs from the following catalogues: Prices include postage There will be NO VAT Rises [Acte Préalable £13.50] [Arcodiva £12.00] [Avie from £6.25] [British Music Society £12.00] [CDACCORD from £13.50 ] [ClassicO £12.50] [Hallé from £11] [Heritage £10] [Hortus £14.99 ] [Lyrita ONLY £11.75 ] [Nimbus Special prices] [Northern Flowers £13.50] [REDCLIFFE £11 ] [Sheva £11] [Tactus £11.50 ] [Talent from £12.00 ] [Toccata Classics £10.50 ] Musicweb Special Offers Monthly Best Buys   New Releases New Releases   MusicWeb sells the Polish catalogue CDAccord £10.50 post free W-W MusicWeb sells the Arcodiva catalogue £12.00 post free W-W £11.75 post-free world- wide     Google Ads - for information about privacy matters, click here.  Amazon Musicweb International is a participant in the Amazon EU Associates Programme, an affiliate advertising programme designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.com

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