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Antonio
SALIERI (1750-1825) Il mondo alla rovescia 
Maria Laura Martorana; Marco Filippo Romano; Patrizia Cigna, Ch &
O Arena di Verona/Federico Maria Sardelli rec. 2009
DYNAMIC CDS 655/1-2 [76:21 + 62:47] 
[GPu]
A
fascinating work in a pleasing debut recording.
Alessandro
SCARLATTI
(1660 - 1725) Intermezzi fra Palandrana
e Zamberlucco
Barbara di Castri (soprano), Gastone Sarti (tenor) Fortuna Ens/Roberto
Cascio rec. 2001
TACTUS TC 661908 [43:01]
[JV]
Nice
music, performed well. Lack of translation of the lyrics makes it hard
to enjoy the story
Alessandro
SCARLATTI (1660-1725) Cantatas
Tempesta di Mare rec. 2009
CHANDOS CHAN 0768 [67:41]
[J-PJ]
At
first sight seems promising.
Franz
SCHUBERT (1797-1827) Piano Sonatas 16 & 21
Wilhelm Kempff (pno), rec. 1950/3
DECCA ELOQUENCE 476 9913 [70:45]
[WH]
Fine,
wise performances by a master pianist, in variable sound.
Franz
SCHUBERT (1797-1828) Piano Trio 2 see MENDELSSOHN
Robert
SCHUMANN (1810-1856) Fantasy Pieces see
Cohler
Alexander
SCRIABIN (1872-1915) Étude, Deux Poèmes
see Pogorelich
Déodat
de SÉVERAC (1872–1921) Le Coeur du Moulin
Sophie Marin-Degor, Marie-Thérèse Keller, Jean-Sébastien Bou, Pierre-Yves
Pruvot, Ch l’Opéra de Tours, Région Centre Tours SO/Jean-Yves Ossonce,
rec. 2009
TIMPANI 1C1176 [75:30]
[HC]
A
magnificent recording of de Séverac’s marvellous opera - definitely
deserves to be heard
Rodion
SHCHEDRIN (b.1932) Polyphonic Pieces & Preludes, Preludes
and Fugues see Polyphonic
Dialogues
Dmitri
SHOSTAKOVICH (1906-1975) Preludes and Fugues see
Polyphonic Dialogues
Dimitri
SHOSTAKOVICH (1906-1975) Violin Concerto 1 see
GLAZUNOV
Sir
Charles Villiers STANFORD
(1852-1924)
Songs Of Old Ireland
Gilberto Fornito (flute, piccolo); Christopher Howell (piano) rec. 2009/10
SHEVA
SH031 [64:08]
[JF]
An
excellent disc that will satisfy and entertain
Richard
STRAUSS (1864-1949)
Der Rosenkavalier
Adrianne Pieczonka, Angelika Kirchschlager, Miah Persson, Vienna PO/Semyon
Bychkov rec. 2004
ARTHAUS MUSIK 107 139 
[131:11 + 69:47] 
[GD]
All
in all, a solid, traditional and well performed version.
Richard
STRAUSS (1864-1949) Ein Heldenleben
Anton WEBERN (1883-1945) Im
Sommerwind
Robert Chen (violin) Chicago SO/Bernard Haitink rec. 2008/9
CSO RESOUND CSOR 901 1002 [62:23]
[JLZ]
Haitink
invests the score with a welcome intensity.
Igor
STRAVINSKY (1882-1971) Symphony in 3 Movements, Four
Études, Pulcinella
Chicago SO/Pierre Boulez, rec. 2009
CSO RESOUND CSOR901918 [71:12] 
[JZ]
An
excellent addition to the already impressive CSO Resound series
Igor
STRAVINSKY (1882-1971) Le Sacre de Printemps
see Monteux
Igor
STRAVINSKY (1882-1971) Le Sacre du printemps see
RACHMANINOFF
Josef
SUK (1874-1935) Sokol March, Serenade for Strings
Antonín DVOŘÁK
(1841-1904) Symphony 6
Czech PO/Vaclav Talich rec. 1938
NAXOS HISTORICAL 8.112050 [78:35] 
[BR]
The
slow movement of Dvorák's Sixth will take your breath away, but
the rest is good too.
Karl
(Karol) SZYMANOWSKI (1882-1937)
Cello sonata see CHOPIN
Pyotr
Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893) The Nutcracker
Royal
Philharmonic Orchestra/David Maninov rec. 1995
RPO SP 006 [45:24+41:40]
[SV]
Merits,
yes but no challenge to the reigning analog contenders: Ansermet and
Bonynge
Pyotr
Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893) The Nutcracker see
RACHMANINOFF
Ralph
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
(1872-1958) The Wasps Overture, The Lark Ascending
Frederick DELIUS (1862-1934) Florida
Suite, Summer Evening
Michael Bochmann (violin) English SO/William Boughton rec. 1989
NIMBUS NI5208 [65:59]
[BW]
A
strong contender principally for the neglected Florida Suite
Ian
VENABLES (b.1955) At Midnight Invite
to Eternity, 4 Songs, Flying Crooked, The Hippo, At Midnight,
String Quartet
Andrew Kennedy (tenor), Dante Qt, rec. 2009
SIGNUM SIGCD204 [58:04]
[JF]
The
greatest thing of all is that each of these pieces has the capacity
to move.
Richard
WAGNER (1813-1883) Parsifal
George London, Josef Greindl, Ludwig Weber, Ramon Vinay, Hermann Uhde,
Ch & O Bayreuth Festival/Clemens Krauss rec. 1953
PRISTINE PACO043 [3:54:50]
[RMo]
A
valuable and worthy issue of Wagner's last opera.
Richard
WAGNER (1813-1883) Excerpts from Tannhäuser,
Lohengrin & Götterdämmerung
Kirsten Flagstad (soprano) Vienna PO, Phil O/Wilhelm Furtwängler
rec. 1952-4
NAXOS HISTORICAL 8.111348 [64:59]
[DH]
Reference
pointers to incandescent live performances which, incredibly, take the
drama and even the sound to a higher level.
William
Vincent WALLACE (1812-1865)
Lurline Sally
Silver (soprano) Keith Lewis (tenor) Victorian Opera Ch & O/Richard
Bonynge rec. 2009
NAXOS 8.660293-94 [74:58 + 75:25]
[GF]
Lovers
of good melodies should hasten to add this set to their collections
Anton WEBERN (1883-1945) Im
Sommerwind see STRAUSS
Mieczyslaw
WEINBERG
(Moisei VAINBERG) (1919-1996)
Symphony 1, Cello Concerto
Dmitry Khrychov (cello) St Petersburg State Academic SO/Alexander Titov
rec. 2008
NORTHERN FLOWERS NF/PMA 9973 [70:59]
[JW]
Performed
with sensitivity and control
William
WORDSWORTH (1908-1988)
Cello sonatas 1 & 2 see British
Music for Cello and Piano
Bruce
WOLOSOFF
(b.1955)
Songs without Words
Carpe Diem String Qt rec. 2008
NAXOS DIGITAL 
8.559663 [56:06] [BR]
By
no means great music, but that might not be the point.
Carl
ZELLER
(1842-1898) Der
Obersteiger
Santiago Bürgi (tenor) Cornelia Zink (soprano) Ch & O Der Musik
Theater Schönbrunn/Herbert Mogg rec. 2009
CPO 777549-2 [44:01 + 42:00]
[JS]
Plenty
to enjoy here for the lover of the genre
Mikolaj
ZIELENSKI (fl. 1611) Offertoria Totius Anni 1611
Collegium
Zielensk/Capella Cracoviensis/Stanislaw Galonski rec. 2008-9
DUX 0740 [75:01] [JV]
Disappointing
start of a project to record the complete works of Zielenski
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