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John
CAGE (1912-1992) Credo
in US, Imaginary Landscape 1, Concert for Piano and Orchestra,
Suite for Toy Piano, Music for Carillon 
Michael
Dietz (percussion) Ensemble Musica Negativa/Rainer Riehn; Gentle
Fire. rec. 1971-73 EMI
AMERICAN CLASSICS 2344542 [68:26] 
[CC]
A
sure-fire winner ... see Full Review
Mario
CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO
(1895-1968)
Concerto for Guitar and Orchestra Op.99 (1939) [20:18] Golondrinas
(1940s) [4:48] La Primavera (1940s) [1:51] Platero en
el Cielo de Moguer (1940s) [5:00] Rondo Op.129 (1946) [7:35]
Suite Op.133 (1947) [16:17] Quintet for Guitar and Strings Op.143
(1951) [23:08] Eliot
Fisk (guitar) Czech Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra/Richard Kapp (op.
99) The Shanghai String Quartet (op. 143) rec. no dates or locations
given but first issued by MusicMasters in 2004
NIMBUS NI 2536 [78:58] 
[RB]
Cheerful,
poetic, dynamic and sweetly eerie ... see Full
Review
Luigi
CHERUBINI (1760-1843) Piano Sonatas see GALUPPI
Paul
CHIHARA (b.
1938) Ain't
No Sunshine, Piano Quintet,Minidoka, An Afternoon
on the Perfume River Pascal
Rogé (piano); Ysaye String Qt, Odense SO/Paul Mann rec.
2007 BRIDGE 9267 [59:26] [RB]
Melodic,
impressionistic, atmospheric - even nostalgic ... see Full
Review
Frédéric
CHOPIN (1810-1849) Piano
Sonatas Nos. 2 & 3 etc.
Marc-André Hamelin (piano) rec. 2008
HYPERION CDA67706 [76:40][PPLL]
Innate
musicality, great nobility and magnificent technical command ... see
Full
Review
Fryderyk
CHOPIN (1810-1849) Nocturnes,
Ballade 3,
Scherzo 1 Franz LISZT (1811-1886) Sposalizio, Il
Pensieroso, Les Jeux d’eau ŕ la Villa d’Este, Rhapsodie
Hongroise, Liebesträume 3 Alexander
Thomas (piano) rec. 2006 RUSSIAN
COMPACT DISC RCD30110 [66:38] 
[JW]
Scrupulous,
thoughtful, and dedicated – nothing flashy or clumsy … see Full
Review
Jean
Baptiste Charles DANCLA (1817-1907) Petite École
de la mélodie Camille SAINT-SAËNS (1835-1921) Violin
sonata 1 Jules MASSENET (1842-1912) Meditation from Thaïs Guido
Rimonda (violin); Cristina Canziani (piano)
rec. 2007 CHANDOS CHAN10510 [57:20] [KS]
Tuneful
throughout, this disc makes for a fine evening’s listen
... see Full Review
Claude
DEBUSSY (1862-1918) Piano Trio
etc. Lili BOULANGER (1893-1918) D'un soir triste
etc.
Trio George Sand rec. 2006
INTEGRAL CLASSIC INT221155 [61:12][BBr]
An
issue to cherish ... see Full
Review
Claude
DEBUSSY (1862–1918) Transcriptions
Jean-Francois
Heisser; Georges Pludemacher (pianos) rec. 1991-3
WARNER APEX 2564692098 [69:36 + 67:08][BBr] 
Unknown
insights ... see Full
Review
Michael
Brant DeMARIA
Siyotanka
All instruments and voices are Michael Brant DeMaria multitracked
MICHAEL DeMARIA MDM5812 [72:37][RB]
Pleasing
New Age-Native American mystery ... see Full
Review
Michael
DENHOFF (b. 1955) Player Piano 8
rec. 2005 MUSIKPRODUKTION
DABRINGHAUS UND GRIMM 64514082 [59:19][DC]
For
all player piano and Nancarrow/Ligeti fans ... see Full Review
Gaetano
DONIZETTI (1797–1848) Anna Bolena
London Symphony Orchestra/Julius Rudel rec. 1972
BRILLIANT CLASSICS 93924
[3 CDs: 64:51 + 58:02 + 71:26][GF]
First
choice ... see Full Review
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH Gaetano
DONIZETTI (1797-1848) Maria
Stuarda Laura
Polverelli, Maria Pia Piscitelli, Roberto De Basio, Ch & O
Filarmonica Marchigiana/Riccardo Frizza rec. 2007 NAXOS
OPERA 2.110268 
[122:00] [RF]
Another
well cast and sung production full of drama and superb music ... see
Full
Review
BARGAIN
OF THE MONTH John Dowland (1563-1626) Lute
Music Volume 4: The Queen’s Galliard Nigel
North (lute)
rec. 2007 NAXOS 8.570284 [60:18] [BW]
A
crowning conclusion to an excellent series ... see Full
Review
Antonín
DVOŘÁK (1841-1904) Symphony
9 see SCHUBERT
Sir
George DYSON
(1883-1964) Hierusalem
Three Songs of Praise. Three Choral Hymns. O praise God in his holiness1,
Fantasia and ground bass1, Hierusalem (1956)2 
1 Thomas Trotter (organ); 2Valery Hill (soprano);
St Michael’s Singers Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Jonathan Rennert
rec. 1984,DDD.
HYPERION HELIOS CDH55046 [60:05] 
Herbert
HOWELLS (1892-1983) String Quartet No 3 ‘In Gloucestershire’,
Sir George Dyson (1883-1964) Three
Rhapsodies,
Divertimenti (Paul Barritt (violin); Rachel Isserlis (violin); Gustav
Clarkson (viola); Sebastian Comberti (cello)) rec. 1984, DDD.
HYPERION HELIOS CDH55045 [63:33]
[BW]
Please
rescue one or both of these excellent CDs ... see Full
Review
Edward
ELGAR (1857-1934) Symphony No.1;
Falstaff
London Symphony Orchestra/Edward Elgar rec. 1930-2
NAXOS HISTORICAL 8.111256 [79:35][RMay]
Central
to the Elgar discography ... see Full
Review
Simon
EMMERSON (b.1950) Points and
Pathways Various
artists/Priti Pantal (director) rec. 1993-2005
SARGASSO SCD28060 [59:47][CR]
Each
piece has a strong identity of its own ... see Full
Review
Josef
Bohuslav FOERSTER (1859-1951)
Violin Concertos 1 & 2
Ivan Ženatý (violin) BBC SO/Jiří Bĕlohlávek rec. 2007
SUPRAPHON SU3961-2 [65:23]
[RB]
Two
cantabile concertos avoiding the emotional hothouse ... see Full
Review
Arthur
FOOTE
(1853–1937) Francesca
da Rimini, Op. 24 (1890) Serenade, Op. 25 (excerpts) (1889, 1866)
II. Air [8:42] V. Gavotte Four Character Pieces after the Rubaiyat
of Omar Khayyam, Op. 48 (1900) Suite in E major for string orchestra,
Op. 63 (1907)
Seattle Symphony Orchestra/Gerard Schwarz rec. 1997/2004/2005
NAXOS AMERICAN CLASSICS 8.559365 [59:20] 
[RB]
Satisfying,
Brahmsian music with excursions towards Bach and Grieg ... see Full
Review
Johann Philipp FÖRTSCH (1652-1732) Dialogs,
Psalms & Sacred Concertos La
Capella Ducale; Musica Fiata/Roland Wilson rec.
2007 CPO
777369-2 [79:09][JV]
Förtsch's
remarkable dialogues give some idea of his talent for musical
drama ... see Full Review
Daniel
GALAY (b.1945) Klassical Klezmer
Michčle Gingras
(clarinet); Ron Matson (piano) rec. 2008
MSR CLASSICS MS1240 [41:25][JW]
Highly
enjoyable and versatile ... see Full
Review
Baldassarre
GALUPPI (1702-1785) Piano Sonatas
Andrea Bacchetti (piano) rec. 2007
RCA-BMG RED SEAL 88697367932 [68:50]
Luigi CHERUBINI (1760-1843) Piano
Sonatas Andrea Bacchetti (piano) rec. 2006
RCA-BMG RED SEAL 88697057742 
[75:35][DC]
Galuppi,
Cherubini, Fazioli and Bacchetti: a quartet to savour ... see Full
Review
Francesco
GEMINIANI (1687-1762) Concerti Grosso see VIVALDI
Giorgio
Federico GHEDINI (1892-1965) L’Olmeneta;
Litanie alla Vergine; Musical Offering after JS Bach
Orchestra Alessandro Scarlatti di Napoli/Giorgio Federico Ghedini rec.
1952 NAXOS HISTORICAL
8.111325 [73:32][JW]
Joyful
… puzzlingly hypnotic ... see Full
Review
Alexander
GLAZUNOV (1865-1936) Symphony No.6 etc.
Royal Scottish
National Orchestra/José Serebrier rec. 2008
WARNER CLASSICS 256469627 [66:48][JW]
A
general front-runner … see Full
Review
Henryk
Mikolaj GÓRECKI (b. 1933) Symphony
No.3
Christine Brewer (soprano); Atlanta Symphony
Orchestra/Donald Runnicles rec. 2008
TELARC
CD80699 [48:56][BBr]
Brewer’s
voice is far too big and fruity for this music ... see Full
Review
Edward
GREGSON (b. 1945) Trumpet
Concerto, Concerto for Piano and Wind,
Saxophone Concerto Ole Edvard
Antonsen (trumpet); Nobuya Sugawa (saxophone); Nelson Goerner (piano)
BBC Philharmonic/Clark Rundell
rec. 2007 CHANDOS CHAN10478 [66:27] [RB]
Tangy
and often rhythmically ingenious exciting concertos ... see Full
Review
Edvard
GRIEG (1843-1907) Piano Concerto see SCHUMANN
Edvard
GRIEG (1943-1907) Piano Concerto, Ballade, Lyric Pieces see Farrell
Christopher
GUNNING (b.
1944) Symphonies
3 & 4, Oboe Concerto Verity
Gunning (oboe) Royal PO/Christopher Gunning rec. 2008 CHANDOS
CHAN10525 [66:53] [BBr][RB]
Fabulous
stuff … a must [BBr] ... Rewards yielded only after repeat
listening [RB] ... see Full Review
Haflidi
HALLGRIMSSON
(b.1941)
Cello Concerto op. 30 (2003) Herma for cello and string
orchestra op. 17 (1995)
Truls Mřrk (cello) Scottish Chamber Orchestra/John Storgĺrds rec. 2007
ONDINE ODE 1133-2 [57:21] 
[SR]
Music
that sings slowly and quietly ... see Full
Review
Kimmo HAKOLA (b.
1958)
Piano Concerto, Sinfonietta
Henri Sigfridsson (piano) Tampere PO/John Storgĺrds rec. 2007
ONDINE ODE1127-2 [70:27]
[RB]
A
triumph ... see Full Review
George
Frideric HANDEL (1685–1759) Trio
Sonatas, Pensieri notturni di Filli, Agrippina
condotaa a morire Johanna
Koslowsky (soprano) Musica
Alta Ripa
rec. 1990 MUSIKPRODUKTION DABRINGHAUS
UND GRIMM MDG3090399-2 [63.03] [RH]
Brings
out the freshness Handel’s invention ... see Full
Review
George
Frideric HANDEL
(1685 – 1759) Arias
Rolando Villazon (tenor) Gabrieli Players/Paul McCreesh rec. 2008 Sung
texts and English, German and French translations enclosed
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 477 8056 [59:26]
[GF]
A
fascinating cross-over album ... see Full
Review
Georg
Frideric HANDEL (1685-1759) Tamerlano
Plácido Domingo (tenor); Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro
Real (Madrid Symphony Orchestra)/Paul McCreesh
OPUS ARTE OA1006D
[75.02 + extras 23.37 + 69.41 + 72.43][RMK]
Probably
one of the best Handel operatic productions presently available ...
see Full
Review
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH George Frideric
HANDEL (1685–1759) Alcina Joyce
DiDonato, Maite Beaumont, Karina Gauvin, Il Complesso Barocco/Alan
Curtis rec. 2007 ARCHIV
PRODUKTION 477 7374 [3 CDs: 203:16] [ST]
The
best introduction to Handel’s operatic world ... see Full
Review
George
Frideric HANDEL (1685-1759) Chandos
Anthems Nos. 7, 9 & 11a
Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge Academy of Ancient Music/Stephen
Layton rec. 2008 HYPERION
CDA67737 [66:09][JPJ]
Highly
enjoyable, if unspectacular ... see Full
Review
George
Frideric HANDEL (1685-1759) The
Handel Collection: Rodelinda; Theodora; A Night With Handel
Various artists rec. 1996-8
WARNER CLASSICS 505186532732
[3
DVDs: 460:00][ST]
A
good introduction to what Handel’s operatic gifts can do ... see Full
Review
Franz
Joseph HAYDN (1732-1809) Music
for Prince Esterházy and the King of Naples
Haydn Sinfonietta
Wien/Manfred Huss rec. 1992-1995
BIS-CD-1796/98 [6 CDs: 52:10 + 63:11 + 60:41 + 63:10 + 51:27 + 50:22][DC]
A
‘must have’ for Haydn fans ... see Full
Review
Joseph
HAYDN
(1732–1809) Scena di Berenice,
Miseri noi, misera patria, Violin Concerto 4, Symphony 92
Marilyn Schmiege (mezzo); Ingrid Seifert (violin); Cappella Coloniensis/Hans-Martin
Linde; Ferdinand Leitner rec. 1987/8
PHOENIX EDITION 176 [68:39]
[BW]
Herbert
HOWELLS (1892-1983) Thee
Will I Love, I Love All Beauteous Things, Missa
Aedis Christi, Six Short Pieces for Organ & other
choral pieces Ch
of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin/Judy Martin
rec. 2008 SIGNUM CLASSICS SIGCD151 [73:33] [JQ]
A
fine disc containing some rare gems by Howells ... see Full
Review
Herbert
HOWELLS (1892-1983) String Quartet No 3 ‘In Gloucestershire’
see DYSON
BARGAIN
OF THE MONTH Jacques IBERT (1890-1962) Divertissement, Symphonie
Marine, Bacchanale, Louisville Concerto, Bostoniana,
Flute Concerto, Ouverture de Fête, Escales, Tropismes
pour des amours imaginaires, Quatres Chansons de Don Quichotte Emmanuel
Pahud (flute), José Van
Dam (baritone)
CBSO/Louis
Frémaux; Tonhalle O Zurich/David Zinman; l'ORTF Ntl O/Jean Martinon; O
de l'Opéra de Lyon/Kent Nagano
rec. 1973-2002 EMI CLASSICS
GEMINI 5176392 [75:32
+ 68:17] [RB]
Interested
in Ibert? Sorted ... see Full
Review
Vincent
d’INDY (1851-1931) Wallenstein
etc.
BBC National Orchestra of Wales/Thierry Fischer rec. 2008
HYPERION CDA67690 [73.42][GH]
An
honourable and fine release to be enjoyed by any music-lover ... see
Full
Review
Leoš
JANÁČEK (1854-1928) Orchestral
Suites from the operas Vol. 1
New Zealand Symphony
Orchestra/Peter Breiner rec.
2007
NAXOS 8.570555 [70:20][ST]
A
fitting enough supplement to the operas ... see Full Review
Niels
Peter JENSEN (1802-1844) Flute
Sonatas and Fantasias Rune
Most (flute) Frode Stengaard (piano) rec. 2007/8 DACAPO
8.226054 [69:16] [CR]
A
delight to listen to ... see Full
Review
Samuel
JONES
(b. 1935)
Tuba Concerto, Symphony 3
Christopher Olka (tuba) Seattle SO/Gerard Schwarz rec. 2006/7
NAXOS AMERICAN CLASSICS 8.559378 [47:36]
[BBr][RB]
Strong
and enjoyable … a truly satisfying listen [BBr] A Hanson pupil
with a personable and subtle lyric manner [RB] ... see Full
Review
Dmitri
KABALEVSKY (1904-1987) Twenty-Four
Preludes, Op. 38; Four Preludes, Op. 5 Christophe
Deluze (piano) rec. 2006 PAVANE
ADW7513 [50:47][CC]
Unless
absolutely desperate to hear Op. 5 invest in Flier on APR ... see Full
Review
Dmitri
KABALEVSKY
(1904-1987) Piano Sonatas 1-3, Sonatinas
Alexandre Dossin (piano) rec. 2007
NAXOS 8.570822 [74:17]
[CC]
Anyone
interested in Soviet piano repertoire need not hesitate ... see Full
Review
Leif
KAYSER (1919-2001) Symphonies
1 & 4 Aalborg
SO/Matthias Aeschbacher
rec. 2008 DACAPO 8.224709 [69:04] [RB]
Concise
and romantic …surging and cresting climaxes ... see Full
Review
Aram
KHACHATURIAN (1903-1978)
Violin
Concerto; Masquerade Suite
Ara Malikian (violin); Extremadura Symphony Orchestra/Jesús Amigo
NON PROFIT MUSIC NO CATALOGUE NUMBER
[54:46][RB]
A
good modern recording of the concerto ... see Full
Review
Aram
KHACHATURIAN (1903-1978) Extracts from Masquerade, Spartacus & Gayaneh see RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Theodor
KIRCHNER (1823-1903) Eight Pieces for Cello and Piano
see MARTUCCI
Franciszek
LESSEL (c.1780-1838) Wind Sextets
Consortium Classicum/Dieter
Klöcker rec. 2007 MUSIKPRODUKTION
DABRINGHAUS UND GRIMM MDG 30115092 [57:03][RB]
Pleasing
additions to the harmoniemusik repertoire ... see Full Review
Franz
LISZT (1811-1886)
Fantasia and Fugue on Ad nos, ad salutarem undam Julius REUBKE (1834-1858) Sonata on the 94th
Psalm Robert Costin
(organ) rec. 2007
ATOLL ACD307 [57:00][MC]
Consummate
control … luxuriant tone ... see Full Review
Franz
LISZT (1811-1886) Sposalizio, Il
Pensieroso, Les Jeux d’eau ŕ la Villa d’Este, Rhapsodie
Hongroise, Liebesträume 3 see CHOPIN
Franz
LISZT (1811-1886) Piano Concerto 1 see Farrell
Paweł ŁUKASZEWSKI (b.
1968)
Sacred works, Organ Concerto, Symphony 2
MUSICA SACRA EDITION 013 [74:46]
Seven Great Advent Antiphonae, Beatus Vir
Polish Chamber Choir, Schola Cantorum Gedanensis/Jan Łukaszewski
rec. 1999 ACTE PRÉALABLE
AP0029 [51:39]
Via Crucis Polyphony,
Britten Sinfonia/Stephen Layton rec. 2008
HYPERION CDA67724 [55:24]
Important
releases, especially the Hyperion ... see Full
Review
Witold
LUTOSŁAWSKI (1913–1994) Symphonies
1 & 2, Concerto for Orchestra & other orchestral works Polish
CO, Polish Ntl RSO/Witold Lutosławski
rec. 1976 BRILLIANT CLASSICS
9011 [3 CDs: 77:32 + 62:44 + 59:16] [BBr]
Good
to welcome these performances back ... see Full
Review
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