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Mementos:
Modern Orchestral Music Keith
KRAMER Emerge Stephen YIP (b.1971) Raining
in Autumn Jason BARABBA Conjecture Shawn
CROUCH (b.1908) City Columns 
Ondrej
Lebr (violin) Richard Stoltzman (clarinet) Slovak Ntl PO/Kirk
Trevor; Moravian PO/Vit Micka; rec. 2008 NAVONA
NV5816 [49:57] [CR]
Fresh
and well-conceived, with some imaginative orchestral writing and
some interesting musical ideas ... see Full
Review
Yehudi
Menuhin: The
Great Violin Concertos VIVALDI,
BACH, HAYDN, MOZART, BEETHOVEN, MENDELSSOHN, LALO, CHAUSSON, DVORAK,
BRAHMS, BRUCH, ELGAR, TCHAIKOVSKY, SIBELIUS, NIELSEN, BARTOK, BERG,
WALTON
EMI CLASSICS 2641982 [10 CDs: 729:52]
[EM]
A
great violinist at his best … performances over an impressive period
encompassing nearly half a century ... see Full
Review
A
Musical Journey -
Bavaria and Switzerland
To the Music of Pyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893)
Piano Concerto No. 1 Op. 23 and Souvenir d’un Lieu Cher Op. 42
(orch. Glazunov)
Joseph Banowetz (piano) Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra/Ondrej Lenárd
(from Naxos 8.550137) Mariko Honda (violin) Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra/Keith
Clark (from Naxos 8.550124) No recording dates or venues given Dts Digital
Surround Sound. Dolby Digital. Aspect ratio 4:3. No Region Coding
NAXOS 2.110246 [54:58]
[WK]
Beautiful
views of the Alps and Bavaria accompanied by Tchaikovsky favorites -
an excellent holiday without leaving home ... see Full
Review
Musik
für Viola solo Johann
Sebastian BACH (1685-1750) Chromatic Fantasia BWV903 (c.1730)
transcribed (1950) by Zoltán KODÁLY
(1882-1967) [7:58] Johann
Nepomuk DAVID (1895-1977)
Sonata for solo viola Op.31 No.3 (1943) [16:38] Felix
TREIBER (b.1960) Six Caprices for solo viola (1999) [12:11]
Adolf BUSCH
(1891-1952) Suite in A minor for solo viola Op.16
[9:08]; Praeludium and Fugato in E minor for solo viola BoO 6 (1948)
[3:29] Eugène BOZZA (1905-1991) Parthie
for solo viola (1967) [12:32]
Sibylle
Langmaack (viola) rec. February 2007-February 2009, Gemeindezentrum
HI. Geist, Karlsruhe-Büchtig
ANTES BM-CD 31.9261 [62:34]
[JW]
Draws
disparate compositions together in a thematically elegant and non-dogmatic
way ... see Full Review
Oboe
Divas! Léo
DELIBES (1836-1891) The Flower Duet from “Lakmé”
[3:52]; Gaetano DONIZETTI (1797-1848)
Duo from “Lucia di Lammermoor” (arr. Henri Brod) [9:28]; Ludwig
van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) Variations on “Là ci darem la
mano” from Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” WoO28 [9:19]; Extracts
from “Fidelio” arr. Wenzl Sedlak [18:05]; George
Frederick HANDEL (1685-1759) Duetto “Bramo haver mille
vite” from “Ariodante” [4:21]; Richard
BLACKFORD (b.1954)
“Portrait of Hans Sachs” on themes from Wagner’s “Die Meistersinger
von Nürnberg” [10:31]; Gioachino ROSSINI
(1792-1868) Duo Brilliant from “William Tell” arr.
Jules Demersseman [9:45]; Wolfgang Amadeus
MOZART (1756-1791) Three Duets arr. Gunther Joppig [6:50];
Peter TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893) Opening
scene from “Eugene Onegin” arr. Daniel Pailthorpe [4:01]
Emily Pailthorpe, Elaine Douvas (oboe); Stefán Ragnar Höskuldsson (flute);
Anthony McGill, Jessica Phillips (clarinet); Andrea de Flammineis, Daniel
Shelly, Douglas Brown (bassoon); Brad Gemeinhardt, Julie Landsman, Michelle
Reed Baker (horn); Timothy Cobb (bass); Mark Gould (conductor); Elizabeth
Martyn, Julian Milford, James Martin (piano) rec. March-November 2007,
Juilliard School recording studio, New York, and The Music Room, Champs
Hill, Pulborough, Sussex
OBOE CLASSICS CC2018 CD [76:19]
[JS]
Will
appeal especially to enthusiasts of the opera or the oboe, but it deserves
a much wider circulation. … see Full
Review
Piano
Preludes
Wojciech KILAR (b.1932) Three Preludes
Kazimierz SEROCKI (1922 - 1981) Suite
of Preludes Zygmunt MYCIELSKI (1907 - 1987)
Six Preludes Henryk Mikołaj
GORECKI (b.1933) Four Preludes Miłosz
MAGIN (1929 - 1999) Five Preludes Krzysztof
KNITTEL (b.1947) Four Preludes Paweł
MYKIETYN (b.1971) Four Preludes
Magdalena Prejsnar (piano) rec. 2009
DUX 0699 [61:21]
[BBr]
Full
marks DUX! ... see Full Review
Psaumes
de la Réforme (Psalms
of the Reformation)
Choeur La Camerata Baroque, La Tromboncina/Daniel Meylan (organ) rec.
10 - 12 May 2008, Temple of Orbe, Switzerland. DDD
HORTUS 064 [50:24]
[JV]
Music
based on the melodies of the Genevan Psalter - the performances are
largely disappointing ... see Full
Review
Racines
Sacrées (Sacred
Roots) Traditional Quadish Maria [1.22] Roula
SAFAR Incantation à Ishtar (2008/9) [4.44]
Roula SAFAR and Paul
MINDY Qaddish: prière de louanges (2006/09) [4.26]
Roula SAFAR Urtenu (2008/09)
[2.55] Grigor NAREKATSI (951-1003) arr.
Roula SAFAR Havoun [4.21] Antoine
BEYLOUNI (b. 1930)
Abouned bachmayo [2.59] Byzantine Chant Alleluia
[3.00] Roula SAFAR Aasheq el
Hob (2008/9) [2.25] Florence BASCHET Femmes
- excerpts (2001) [5.30] Levi YITZHAK
(1740 - 1810) arr. Roula SAFAR Meyerke,
main Suhn (2009) [4.28] Plainchant Alleluia [1.50]
Traditional arr. Roula SAFAR Athanatai
[4.16] Francois-Bernard MACHE Rasna
(1982) [5.22] Karim HADDAD Meditatio
1 [5.13]
Roula SAFAR
(mezzo, guitar, percussion); Paul Mindy (harmonic flute) rec. details
of location not given, 21-24 May 2009. DDD
EDITIONS HORTUS 067 [52.58]
[RH]
Imaginatively
mixes modern and ancient in a stylish synthesis ... see Full
Review
Rhapsodic
Musings –
21st Century Works for Solo Violin Esa-Pekka
SALONEN (b.1958)
Lachen Verlernt (2002) [9:43] Elliott
CARTER (b.1908)
Four Lauds Statement – Remembering Aaron (1999) [3:59] Riconoscenza
(per Goffredo Petrassi) (1984) [5:10] Rhapsodic Musings (2000) [3:05]
Fantasy (1999) [5:00] Augusta Read THOMAS
(b.1964) Pulsar (2003) [5:33] John
ZORN (b.1953)
Goetia (2002) [19:00]
Jennifer Koh (violin) Academy of Arts and Letters, NYC June 2008 (Salonen
and Thomas); January 2009 (Carter) and March 2009 (Zorn)
CEDILLE RECORDS CDR 90000 113 [52:00]
[JW]
Koh
proves a laudable ambassador for contemporary music ... see Full
Review
Romantic
Piano Works by Danish Women Composers Nanna
LIEBMANN (1849-1935)
Théme passionné et Variations (1911) [11.26] Benna
MOE (1897-1983)
Six Instructive Studies (c.1920) Op. 3: no.1 Presto e leggiero
[3.14]; No.2 The Brook [2.03]; No. 3 Allegro moderato
[2.43]; Op. 9 no. 1 Venezia [2.50]; Tarantelle [1.46];
Ballabile [2.16] Hilda SEHESTED
(1858-1936) Sonata in A flat major [30.29]
Cathrine Penderup (piano) rec. 24-25 January 2009, Kalvehallen, Copenhagen,
Denmark. DDD
DANACORD DACOCD 680 [56.57]
[GH]
Fine
performances which do all they can to give these composers a real chance
of some kind of appreciation. ... see Full
Review
Saxophone & Piano Thomas
FORTMANN (b.1951) Sonata Joseph
VELLA (b. 1942) Sonata Sergio CALLIGARIS (b.1941) Sonata-Fantasia Filiberto
PIERAMI (b.1958) Berceuse Pedro
ITURRALDE (b.1929) Suite Hellénique Marco
Falaschi (saxophones)
Marco Podestà (piano) ANTES
EDITION
BMCD31.9256 [55:19] [JW]
Veers
from the introspective to the unbuttoned … see Full
Review
Scenes
Erich
Wolfgang KORNGOLD (1897-1957) Much Ado About Nothing Josef
MARX
(1882-1964) Pastorale Paul
BADURA-SKODA (b. 1927) Elegie Stefan
ESSER (b. 1966)
Cello Sonata Federico
MOMPOU (1893-1987)
El pont Frederick DELIUS (1862-1934)
Cello Sonata
Michael Schlechtriem (cello); Noriko Kitano (piano)
rec. 2004/9
GENUIN GEN89529 [69:21]
[RB]
Grand
strengths in a freshly conceived collection ... see Full
Review
Shehori
Plays Russian Music Sergei PROKOFIEV (1891-1953) Sonata
7 Mikhail GLINKA (1804-1857)/Mily
BALAKIREV (1837-1910) The Skylark Mily
BALAKIREV (1837-1910) Islamey Pyotr
Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893) Romance, Dumka Pyotr
Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893)/Pavel
PABST (1854-1897) Eugene Onegin paraphrase Mordecai
Shehori (piano) rec. 1999-2009 CEMBAL
D’AMOUR CD143 [65:09] [JW]
Shehori’s
performance level and values never dip ... see Full
Review
The
Soprano Sings – English Song Lesley-Jane
Rogers (soprano); Christopher Ross (piano) rec. 2002 PENCHANT
PCHN-2402 [70:31] [JF]
This
is a CD that all enthusiasts of English Song will want to have
in their collection ... see Full
Review
Spirit
of Vienna - Vol. 2 Die
Flotten Geister/Christian Pollack rec. 2009 TONSTUDIO
JR02332 [74:32] [BR]
Well
worth the attention of the light music fan … see Full
Review
The
Spirits of England and France
Volume 3 Gilles BINCHOIS (c.1400-1460)
Qui
veut mesdire [1:40]; Amoreux suy [6:34]; Adieu mon amoreuse joye [2:57]
Le CARDOT
(c.1380-1470) Pour une fois [1:06] Gilles
BINCHOIS Ay! doloureux
[8:39] Gilet VELUT (c.1410-l430) Un
petit oyselet [1:56] Anonymous Abide, I hope [4:11] Gilet
VELUT Laissies ester [3:07] Johannes
LEGRANT (c.1420-1440)
Se liesse [1:15] Johannes Del YMBURGIA
(c.1400-1440) Descend in ortum meum [2:59] Leonei
POWER (d.1445 ) Gloria [3:12] Gilles
BINCHOIS Magnificat secundi toni [7:40] John
DUNSTABLE (c.1390-1453)
Beata Dei genitrix [4:24] Gilles BINCHOIS
Se la belle [3:12] Pierre FONTAINE
(c.1380-1450) J'ayme bien celui [2:45] Guillaume
De MACHAUT (c.1300-1377) Il m'est avis [4:51] Anonymous
Exultavit cor in Domino [2:01] H BYTTERING
(c.1410-1420) En Katerina solennia [2:52]
Gothic Voices (Catherine King (mezzo); Margaret Philpot (alto); Rogers
Covey-Crump, Paul Agnew, Steven Harrold, Julian Podger, Leigh Nixon
(tenors); Stephen Charlesworth, Henry Wickham (baritones); Shirley Rumsey,
Christopher Wilson, Christopher Page (lutes))/Christopher Page (director)
rec. location not specified, 23-25 March 1995. DDD
HYPERION HELIOS CDH55283 [66:42]
[EM]
A
thoroughly enjoyable disc ... see Full
Review
The
Complete Conchita Supervia - Volume 4 Conchita
Supervia (soprano) rec. 1932-3 MARSTON
52061-2 [79:16
+ 78:00] [JW]
Throughout
the two discs vitality and élan are never in short supply
... see Full Review
Transmigration Samuel
BARBER (1910-1981) Adagio for Strings, Agnus Dei Jennifer
HIGDON (b. 1962) Dooryard Bloom John
CORIGLIANO (b. 1938) Elegy John
ADAMS (b. 1947) On the Transmigration of Souls Atlanta
SO & Ch/Robert Spano
rec. 2006/8 TELARC
CD-80673 [72:31] [JQ]
A
thoughtful and thought-provoking disc ... see Full
Review
The
Very Best of Cinema Classics NAXOS
8.578021-22 [70:06
+ 67:42] [CR]
A
disc that might reach out to the public and encourage an interest
in classical music … see Full
Review
Viennese
Waltz Transcriptions Berliner
Soloisten, Elisabeth Leonskaja (piano), Philip Moll (harmonium)
rec. 1989 WARNER
APEX
2564 68642-1 [52:27] [JFL]
Enough
of a curiosity to pique your interest … see Full
Review
Virtuosi Liat
Cohen (guitar) Talich Qt rec. 2009 WARNER
CLASSICS 2564 685307 [72:58 + 60:12] [MC]
Remarkable
prowess - a virtuoso performance high on charisma and polish … see Full
Review
Wired
Works for harpisichord and electronics
Jane Chapman (harpsichord) rec. 1988/2007
NMC D145 [67:06]
[CR]
Thoroughly
fascinating … see Full Review
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The
String Quartets of Beethoven A
course of 24 lectures by Professor Robert Greenberg TEACHING
COMPANY (no catalogue number) [approx. 18 hours] [KMc]
An
excellent series of lectures about Beethoven’s string quartets … see Full
Review
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