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Gustav
MAHLER (1860–1911) Symphonies
Nos. 1 & 9 
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Gerard Schwarz rec.
2003-6
ARTEK AR00412 [56:51 + 75:16][BBr] 
If
you don’t know Mahler this is a good introduction, as it won’t scare
you off ... see Full Review
Gustav
MAHLER (1860-1911) Symphony
1 Bamberger
Symphoniker/Jonathan Nott rec. 2005/6 TUDOR
CD7147 
[55:25] 
[DM]
Nott’s
mundane Mahler can’t begin to compete with the best in the catalogue
... see Full Review
Bruno
MANTOVANI (b.1974) D’une Seule Voix
see SCELSI
Joseph
MARX (1882-1964) Piano
Works Tonya
Lemoh rec. 2006 CHANDOS
CHAN10479 [54:38] [KS]
Fascinating … a
real find for lovers of keyboard music ... see Full
Review
Nilo
MENÉNDEZ (1902-1987) Aquellos ojos verdes see SOR
Gian
Carlo Menotti (1911-2007) The
Old Maid and the Thief Lynn Parr Mock, Nicole Franklin,
Lone Spring Arts O/Victoria Bond rec. 2007 ALBANY
RECORDS TROY990 [68:08] [WK]
Menotti’s
second opera and the first in America to be written for radio ...
see Full Review
Olivier MESSIAEN
(1908-1992) Turangalīla-Symphonie;
Quatuor pour la fin du Temps; Thème et Variations London
Symphony Orchestra/André Previn (conductor) rec. 1977-90
EMI CLASSICS 20TH CENTURY CLASSICS 2068672 [67:43 + 71:32][DC]
Essential
Messiaen ... see Full Review
Olivier
MESSIAEN (1908-1992) Quatuor
pour la fin du Temps; Thème et Variations for violin and
piano Jonathan
Cohler (clarinet); Ilya Kaler (violin); Andrew Mark (cello); Janice
Weber (piano) rec. 2002
ONGAKU RECORDS 024119 [58:55][DC]
A
genuinely fine recording of an essential 20th century work
... see Full Review
Olivier
MESSIAEN
(1908-1992)
Organ Works Volume III Livre du Saint Sacrement
Michael Bonaventure rec. 2007
DELPHIAN DCD34076 [72:10 + 44:58] 
[DM]
I’m
eager to hear the next instalment in Bonaventure’s cycle ... see Full
Review
Philippe
de MONTE (1521-1603) Miserere
mei, Deus; Missa Ultimi miei sospiri; Magnificat
sexti toni; Ad te levavi; Fratres, ego enim accepti; Asperges
me, Domine; Gaudent in caelis animae Sanctorum; Ne
timeus, Maria Philippe
VERDELOT (c.1470/80-pre-1552) Ultimi miei
sospiri Cinquecento
Vocal Ensemble rec. 2007 HYPERION
CDA67658 [56:04][GH]
Expressive
and sensitive music … clarity of diction and wonderful vocal
blend ... see Full Review
Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791)
Symphonies 40 & 41
Tafelmusik O/Bruno Weil rec. 2006
DEUTSCHE HARMONIA MUNDI 82876 895042 [68:05]
[MG]
Consistent,
classical, disciplined - more attractive in 41 than 40 … see Full
Review
Wolfgang
Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791) Complete
Works for Flute and Orchestra Flute concertos 1 & 2,
Concerto for flute & harp, Rondo
Rondo, Andante Sharon Bezaly (flute);
Julie Palloc (harp) Ostrobothnian CO/Juha Kangas
rec. 2005/7 BIS BISSACD1539 [81:52] [CR]
A
completely fresh take on frequently performed repertoire ... see Full
Review
Wolfgang
Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791) Violin
Concertos 1-5, Sinfonia Concertante for violin and viola Giuliano
Carmignola (violin) Danusha Waskiewicz (viola) Orchestra Mozart/Claudio
Abbado rec. 2007 ARCHIV
PRODUKTION 477 7371 [57:36 + 71:45] [MC]
The
Mozart violin concertos lovingly performed ... see Full
Review
Wolfgang
Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791) Lucio
Silla Lothar
Odinius, Simone Nold, Vocal Group Ars Nova, Danish Radio Sinfonietta/Adam
Fischer rec. 2001-02 DACAPO
8.226069-71 [3 CDs: 68.18 + 70.42 + 31.00] 
[MM-B]
An
enjoyable, beautifully recorded interpretation ... see Full
Review
Wolfgang
Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791) Violin
Concerto 5 see BACH
Wolfgang
Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791) Violin Concerto 3 see BRAHMS
Nicolai
MYASKOVSKY (1881-1950) String
Quartets 12 & 13 Taneyev
Quartet rec.1981/2 NORTHERN
FLOWERS NF/PMA9954 [54:40] [JW]
What
Svetlanov is to the symphonies, Taneyev is to the quartets ...
see Full Review
Carl NIELSEN (1865-1931)
Complete Piano Music
Martin Roscoe (piano) rec. 2007
HYPERION CDA67591/2 [69:31 + 47:15]
[DC]
Truly
excellent Nielsen, from Young to Old ... see Full
Review
Carl NIELSEN
(1865-1931)
Symphonies 2 & 3
Inger Dam-Jensen (soprano); Poul Elming (tenor) Danish National SO/Michael
Schønwandt rec. 1999
NAXOS 8.570738 [71:11]
[DM]
Strong,
purposeful performances that could well become classics ... see Full
Review
Carl
NIELSEN (1865 -1931) Symphony 5, Violin
Concerto, Flute Concerto, Clarinet Concerto, Wind Quintet
Danish RSO/Rafael Kubelik, Herbert Blomstedt, Melos Ensemble rec. 1967-83
EMI 20th CENTURY CLASSICS
2068822 [76:17 + 68:59]
[BBr]
There’s
much to enjoy here, so please do enjoy it! ... see Full
Review
Robert
PARSONS (c.1530?–1572) First
Great Service, Responds for the Dead Voces
Cantabiles/Barnaby Smith
rec. 2007 NAXOS CD & 
8.570451 [69.44]
Treasures
of Tudor England Includes Robert Parsons O
bone Jesu Robert White (c.1538-1574) Lamentations
a 5 Christopher Tye (c.1505-1573) Peccavimus
cum patribus nostris The Sixteen/Harry
Christophers rec. 2007 CORO
CD & COR16056 [63:43] [BW]
Runners-up
in the Tudor music stakes, but both recordings are well worth hearing
... see Full Review
Astor
PIAZZOLLA (1921-1992) The
Four Seasons of Buenos Aires Mikhail
BRONNER (b. 1952) The Seasons ARCO
CO/Levon Ambartsumian rec. live2006/7 PHOENIX
PHCD170 [74.58] [DC]
It’s
worth investigating ... see Full
Review
Matthias
PINTSCHER (b. 1971) Transir see DALBAVIE
Sergei
PROKOFIEV (1891–1953) Scythian
Suite; Piano Concerto No.1; Violin
Concerto No.1; Visions fugitives; Symphony
No.1; Cello Concerto; Sinfonietta; Overture
on Hebrew Themes Various artists rec.
1956-1997 EMI
CLASSICS 20TH CENTURY CLASSICS 2068602 [78:02
+ 73:56] [BBr]
Well
worth having ... see Full Review
Sergei
PROKOFIEV (1891-1953) Cello Sonata see RACHMANINOV
Sergei RACHMANINOFF
(1873-1943) Piano Concerto No. 2; Rhapsody
on a Theme of Paganini etc.
Arthur Rubinstein (piano); NBC Symphony Orchestra/Vladimir Golschmann
& Philharmonia Orchestra/Walter Susskind rec. 1946-1950
NAXOS HISTORICAL 8.111289 [55:54][RM]
A
very thrilling account with fast tempos throughout ... see Full
Review
Sergei
RACHMANINOV (1873–1943) The
Isle of the Dead; “Youth” Symphony;
Symphony No.1 BBC
Philharmonic Orchestra/Gianandrea Noseda rec.
2008 CHANDOS
CHAN10475 [74:39][BBr]
Noseda
seems to be able to get to the core of the music. So it is
here ... see Full
Review
Sergei
RACHMANINOV (1873-1943) Cello
Sonata Sergei PROKOFIEV (1891-1953) Cello
Sonata Gautier
Capuçon, (cello); Gabriela Montero (piano) rec. 2006 VIRGIN
CLASSICS 3857862 [75:09] [KS]
Fine
performances from two of the strongest up-and-comers ... see Full
Review
Steve
REICH (b.1936) Vermont
Counterpoint; Eight Lines; New York Counterpoint; Four Organs Philip
GLASS (b.1937) Façades; Company Various
artists rec. 1973-96 EMI
CLASSICS AMERICAN CLASSICS 2066242 [79:45][DC]
Once
hardcore minimalism: now 20th century
nostalgia ... see Full
Review
Nikolai
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
(1844-1908) Symphony
No.1, Antar, Symphony No.3, Overture "Bojarynja
Vera Sheloga", Overture, Intermezzo act1
,act2, In the Woods, Tsar’s Hunting, Storm,
musical picture from "The Maid of Pskov",
"Scheherazade",Capriccio Espagnol,
Fantasia on Serbian Themes, Suite from "Pan
Voyevoda", Suite from "Snow Maiden"
Four musical pictures from"Golden Cockerel",
"Sadko", musical picture, Suite
from "The Tale of Tsar Saltan",
Procession of the Nobles from "Mlada"
Introduction to "Golden Cockerel",
Act 1, Procession from "Golden Cockerel",
Act 3 , Introduction and symphonic picture
from the 3rd Act of "The Legend of the
Invisible City of Kitezh and the Maiden Fevroniya"
- Praise to the desert and Battle in Kerzhenets,
Introduction to "Sadko",Introduction
to "May Night",Introduction to "The
Tsar’s Bride", Russian Overture on Three
Russian Themes, Easter Festival Overture,
"From Homer", "On the Tomb",
"Dubinushka", Sinfonietta on Russian
Themes
The State Academic Symphony Orchestra/Evgeny
Svetlanov rec. c. 1969-1993
SVET 57-009-1/3 [6 CDs: 67:03 + 63:19
+ 70:03 + 76:16 + 58:51 + 72:37]
[JW]
The
essential Rimsky box: colourful, intense,
incisive, grave, effervescent ... see Full
Review
BARGAIN
OF THE MONTH Gioachino ROSSINI (1792-1868) Il
Viaggio a Reims Katia
Ricciarelli, Enzo Dara, Samuel Ramey, Ruggero Raimondi, CO Europe/Claudio
Abbado
rec. live 1984 DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON
GRAND PRIX 477 7435 [67.07 + 68.35] [RJF]
One
of the best recordings of a Rossini opera ever set down ... see Full
Review
Nino
ROTA (1911–1979) Sinfonia
sopra una Canzone d’Amore; Concerto-Soirée for piano
and orchestra
Benedetto Lupo (piano);
Orchestra Sinfonica Siciliana/Massimo de Bernart rec. 1991
ARTS 475962 [49:15][DW]
A
testament to Rota’s remarkable melodic and
harmonic gifts … see Full
Review
Edmund
RUBBRA (1901-1986)
Symphony
No. 6, Op. 80 (1953/4) [32:40] Symphony No.
8, Op. 132, ‘Hommage à Teilhard
de Chardin’ (1966-68) [24:55] Soliloquy
for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 57 (1947)
[15:02]
Philharmonia Orchestra/Norman Del Mar (symphonies)
Rohan de Saram (cello); London Symphony Orchestra/Vernon
Handley (Soliloquy).© 1992. No
further details available. ADD
LYRITA RECORDED EDITION SRCD.234 [72:38]
[BW]
Neglected
music in excellent performances and recordings
... see Full
Review
Poul
RUDERS (b. 1949) Light Overture;
Cembal d’Amore: First Book; Credo; Air with Changes; The Second
Nightshade
Various artists rec. 2005-6
BRIDGE 9237 [61:10][HC]
Ruders’ orchestral
mastery and flair for arresting textures ... see Full
Review
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