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John
CAGE (1912–1992) Melodies and Harmonies
Annie
Gahl (violin); Klaus Lang (keyboard – Fender Rhodes) rec. 2009
COL
LEGNO WWE 1CD 20292 [55:55] 
[DC]
Fender
Rhodes fans, gather ‘round
Giacomo
CARISSIMI (1605-1674)
Oratorios
Les Voix Baroques/Alexander Weimann rec. 2009
ATMA ACD2 2622 [67:42]
[MS]
A
splendid, atmospheric and technically precise and accurate collection
of four of Carissimi's lovely oratorios
Francesco
CAVALLI (1602–1676) 5 Magnificat
Coro Claudio Monteverdi; Ensemble La Pifarescha/Bruno Gini rec. 2008
DYNAMIC
CDS 623 [71:48] [RH]
You
won't quite get the crisp, vibrant music-making which this music deserves
Emmanuel
CHABRIER (1841-1894)
Habañera;
España ; Suite pastorale; Joyeuse marche;
Le roi malgré lui see
LALO
Muzio
CLEMENTI (1752-1832) Pno & Harpsichord Sonatas
Lamar Crowson (pno), rec. 1968
DECCA ELOQUENCE 480 2071 [58:16 + 51:14] 
[MS]
Compelling
and totally creditable … An illuminating foil to the excellent series
by Howard Shelley. Worth trying
Aaron
COPLAND (1900-1990) Music of America
SONY 88697 70047 2 [205:20]
[RB]
Five
three disc bargain price sets each of which celebrates independence,
political and artistic, and offers a substantial slice of each composer’s
music in golden age reissues
Aaron
COPLAND (1900 – 1990) Clarinet Concerto; Suite: Appalachian
Spring Gerald FINZI (1901 -1956) Clarinet
Concerto; Romance
Sarah Williamson (clarinet) O of the Swan/David Curtis rec. 2009
SOMM SOMMCD 244 [78:12]
[BBr]
There
are better versions
Ernst
von DOHNÁNYI (1877–1960) Symphonic Minutes,
Variations on a Nursery Song, Suite in F sharp minor
Eldar Nebolsin (piano) Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra/JoAnn Falletta
rec. 2008, 2009
NAXOS 8.572303 [69:39]
[BBr]
Will
give much pleasure… see Full
Review
Gaetano
DONIZETTI (1797-1848) L’Elisir d’Amore
Siurina, Auty, Daza, Di Pasquale, Pretorian; The Glyndebourne Chorus;
London PO/Maurizio Benini rec. 2009
OPUS ARTE OA 1026 D 
[126:00]
[RF]
More
a provincial performance than that from an international house
Avner
DORMAN (b.1975) Mandolin Concerto; Piccolo Concerto;
Concerto Grosso; Piano Concerto in A
Avi Avital (mandolin), Mindy Kaufman (piccolo), Eliran Avni (piano),
Arnaud Sussmann (violin), Lily Francis (violin), Eric Nowlin (viola),
Michal Korman (cello), Aya Hamada (harpsichord), Metropolis Ensemble/Andrew
Cyr rec. 2007
NAXOS 8.559620 [62:27]
[OL]
Beautiful,
inventive, high-spirited music, a modern tribute to Baroque ... see
Full Review
Antonin
DVORÁK (1841-1904) Symphonies NN 1-9
Staatskapelle Berlin/Otmar Suitner rec. 1977-1981
BERLIN CLASSICS BASICS BOX 0300036BC [5 CDs: 43:09 + 77:29 +
75:27 + 78:13 + 77:14]
[RB]
Do
not disdain the patent pleasures of this enthusiastic if slightly stern
cycle ... see Full Review
Antonín
DVOŘÁK (1841–1904) Symphonies 7 & 8
Baltimore SO/Marin Alsop, rec. 2008-9
NAXOS 8.572112 [74:21]
[BBr]
Not for
repeated listening … see Full Review
Antonín
DVORÁK (1841-1904)
String Quartet No. 11 in C major, op. 61, B121 (1895) [37:27] String
Quartet No. 12 in F major, op. 96, ‘American’ B179 (1893) [26:00]
Wihan
Quartet rec. Potton Hall, December 2004. DDD
NIMBUS ALLIANCE NI 6114 [63:30]
[MG]
The
intensity and commitment of these performances make them very striking.
… see Full Review
Antonín
DVOŘÁK (1841-1904) Old World - New World
Emerson
Str. 4tet, rec. 2008-9
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 477 8765 [3 CDs: 71:18 + 65:28 + 69:03] 
[MC]
In
these Dvořák scores the Emerson maintains an impressive and consistent
standard of playing that few other quartets can achieve. ... see Full
Review
Antonin
DVORÁK (1841-1904)
Slavonic Dances 3-5 see Silvestri
BARGAIN
OF THE MONTH Sir
Edward ELGAR (1857-1934) Falstaff, Symphony 2, Cockaigne
see Sir
Adrian Boult
George
ENESCU (1881-1955) Symphony 1, Two orchestral suites
see
Silvestri
John
FIELD (1782-1837)
Complete Piano Concertos
Paolo Restani (piano) Nice PO/Marco Guidarini rec. 2007/8
BRILLIANT CLASSICS 93783 [4 CDs: 226:27]
[BW]
Enjoyable
and unjustly neglected music in recommendable performances and recordings
at a modest cost
Gerald
FINZI (1901 -1956) Clarinet Concerto; Romance see
COPLAND
Girolamo
FRESCOBALDI
(1583-1643) Masterworks
from a luminary of the early baroque
Richard Lester (harpsichord)
NIMBUS NI 5861 [68.07]
[GH]
Nothing
dull about these performances which give the music every opportunity
to speak ... see Full Review
Robert
FUCHS (1847-1927) Serenades 1 & 2, Andante grazioso
& Capriccio
Cologne Ch. Orch./Christian Ludwig, rec. 2008-9
NAXOS 8.572222 [53:25]
[BR]
These
serenades are like romantic divertimenti, full of wit, charm, and Viennese
grace … see Full Review
Axel
GADE (1860-1921) Violin concerto see Danish
Violin Concertos
Niels
Wilhelm GADE (1817-1890) Violin concerto see Danish
Violin Concertos
Hans
GÁL
(1890-1987)
Works for Violin and Piano
Annette-Barbara Vogel (violin) Juhani Lagerspetz (piano) rec. 2009
AVIE AV 2182 [61:12]
[JW]
Authoritative
and highly sensitive
Silvestro
GANASSI, Pierre SANDRIN, Jacques ARCADELT & Diego ORTIZ
Madrigals rec. 1997
TACTUS TC 490701 [64.39]
[GH]
Quite magical and stylistically ideal
George
GERSHWIN (1898-1937)
A Gershwin Songbook, I Got Rhythm, Piano Concerto
Aalborg SO/Wayne Marshal rec. 1992-5
EMI CLASSICS 6066882 [77:53]
[WK]
Creditable
performances of two Gershwin masterpieces
Mozart
Camargo GUARNIERI (1907-1993) Pno Concertos 4, 5 &
6 Max
Barros (pno), Warsaw PO/Thomas Conlin, rec. 2006-7
NAXOS 8.557667 [60:50]
[NB]
Exciting,
involving, instantly appealing ... see Full
Review
Sofia
GUBAIDULINA (b.1931) 7 Etüden fur Kontrabass,
Pentimento see Migrations
Joseph
HAYDN (1732-1809) Pno Sonatas Eb maj., Bb maj., B min.,
E maj., C maj.
Chad R. Bowles (pno), rec. 2008
JRI RECORDINGS J126 [72:18]
[OL]
Much
is plain and tiring - not my cup of Haydn! ... see Full
Review
Joseph
HAYDN (1732-1809) Sonatas 47, 53 & 60, Fantasia C
maj., Andante con variazioni F min. Joseph
HAYDN (arr. Yvgeny Subdin) Larking with Haydn: String 4tet
D maj. Finale
Yevgeny Subdin (pno), rec. 2009-10
BIS-SACD-1788 [75:10] 
[DC]
Taking
un-serious Haydn seriously. ... see Full
Review
Joseph
HAYDN (1732–1809) Cäcilienmesse
Trinity Choir; Rebel Baroque Orchestra/J. Owen Burdick rec. 2001
NAXOS 8.572122 [65:16]
[J-PJ]
Lively
and theatrical but let down by the quality of some of the solo singing.…
see Full Review
Alun
HODDINOTT
(1929-2008) Variants for Orchestra, Night Music,
Sinfoniettas 1 & 3, The Sun
London SO, New PO/David Atherton, Norman Del Mar rec. 1967-75
LYRITA SRCD.333 [68.43]
[GH][RB]
I
can only strongly advise you to obtain your copy of this disc urgently
[GH] Music that is dissonant and pithy yet impressively approachable
[RB]
Arthur
HONEGGER (1892-1955) Symphony No. 3 Olivier
MESSIAEN (1908-1992)
Visions de l’Amen
Soós Haag Piano Duo rec. 2009
GUILD GMCD7331 [47:41]
[JW]
A
specialist acquisition, this, but one that posits a plausible connection
between the two composers ... see Full
Review
Alan
HOVHANESS (1911–2000) Symphonies 7, 14 & 23
TCM Wind O/Keith Brion, rec. 2008
NAXOS AMERICAN CLASSICS 8.559385 [62:43]
[JW]
Admirers
of the composer need not hesitate
Jean
HURÉ (1877-1930) Violin Sonata, Piano 5tet
Louvigny 4tet, Philippe Koch (violin), Marie-Josèphe Jude (pno), rec.
2009
TIMPANI 1C1166 [71:19]
[JW]
Individuality
rather than obviously memorable thematic material ... see Full
Review
Charles
IVES (1874-1954) Music of America
SONY 88697 70049 2 [189:53]
[RB]
Five
three disc bargain price sets each of which celebrates independence,
political and artistic, and offers a substantial slice of each composer’s
music in golden age reissues
John
JEFFREYS
(b. 1927) Idylls and Elegies
Various performers
DIVINE ART DDA25082 [68:57]
[JQ]
An
excellent introduction to the music of John Jeffreys for those unacquainted
with it
John
JEFFREYS (b.1927)
Northumbria and beyond - Songs by John Jeffreys
Ian Partridge(tenor); Jennifer Partridge(piano) rec. 1991-4
DIVINE ART DDV24128 [72:38] 
[JQ]
I
urge all lovers of English songs to seek out this very fine disc
Karl
KOHAUT (1726–1784) Haydn's lute player Divertimento,
Sinfonia and Concerti Joseph HAYDN
(1732–1809) Trio for lute, violin and bass
Hubert Hoffmann (lute); Jan Krigovsky (double bass) Ars Antiqua Austria/Gunar
Letzbor rec. 2008
CHALLENGE CLASSICS CC72323 [66:44]
[JV]
Curious
repertoire of considerable weight, given fine performances… see
Full Review
Nikolaus
KRAFT
(1778-1853)
Cello Concerto No.2 in D, Op.4 (1813) [26:29] Cello Concerto No.3 in
a minor, Op.5 (1819) [24:12]
Jiri Hošek (cello) Plzen Radio Symphony Orchestra/Hynek Farkac rec.
Czech Radio Studio Pilsen, date not given. DDD.
RADIOSERVIS CR0493-2 [50:53]
[BW]
Recommended
as a follow-up to those who enjoy the Haydn Cello Concertos and Beethoven
Triple Concerto ... see Full Review
Rodolphe
KREUTZER (1766-1831) Violin Concerto No.15 in A major;
Violin Concerto No.18 in E major; Violin Concerto No.19 in D minor
Laurent Albrecht Breuninger (violin); SWR Radio Orchestra Kaiserslautern/Alun
Francis rec. 2005/06
CPO 777 188-2 [79:47]
[JW]
Cleverly
constructed though not wholly individual ... see Full
Review
Larysa
KUZMENKO (b.1956) Piano Concerto see LOUIE
Édouard
LALO
(1823-1892) Symphonie
espagnole, Namouna, Scherzo, Rapsodie norvégienne;
Le roi d’Ys overture Emmanuel CHABRIER
(1841-1894) Habañera; España,
Suite pastorale; Joyeuse marche; Le roi malgré lui
Suisse Romande O/Ernest Ansermet
DECCA ELOQUENCE 480 0049 [76:46 + 73:41]
Lalo
items generally fine and persuasively done, but the Chabrier makes this
collection rather special. Don’t miss!
Thomas
LARCHER (b.1963) Madhares: Böse Zellen, Still,
Madhares (String Quartet no.3)
Till Fellner (piano); Kim Kashkashian (viola); Quatuor Diotima; Münchener
Kammerorchester/Dennis Russell Davies rec. 2008
ECM NEW SERIES 2111 476 3651 [65:43]
[GD]
A
unique voice in modern music and one well worth hearing ... see Full
Review
Franz
LEHÁR (1870
- 1948) Der Zarewitsch
Alexandra Reinprecht, Christina Landshamer, Bayerischen Rundfunks Ch;
Münchner Rundfunkorchester/Ulf Schirmer rec. 2009
CPO 777 523-2 [62:53 + 59:48]
[NB]
Instructive
but flawed
Kenneth
LEIGHTON (1929-1988) Symphony No. 1, Op. 42; Piano Concerto
No. 3, Op. 57 Concerto estivo
Howard Shelley (piano); BBC National Orchestra of Wales/Martyn Brabbins
rec. DDD
CHANDOS CHAN 10608 [73:03]
[RB]
Thrawn
emotional symphony meets life-enhancing concerto ... see Full
Review
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH Ruggero
LEONCAVALLO (1857-1919) I Medici
Plácido Domingo (tenor) Daniela Dessi (soprano) Ch & O Maggio Musicale
Fiorentino/Alberto Veronesi rec. 2007
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON DG 477 7456 [78:43 + 46:21]
[JS]
With
luxury forces throwing themselves unsparingly into an idiomatic, well
focused and vigorous performance this is a significant achievement and
DG’s enterprise deserves to be richly rewarded
Ruggero
LEONCAVALLO (1857-1919) Pagliacci see
MASCAGNI
Alexina
LOUIE (b.1949) Piano Concerto Violet
ARCHER (1913-2000) Piano Concerto Larysa
KUZMENKO (b.1956) Piano Concerto
Christina Petrowska Quilico (piano) National Arts Centre O/Alex Pauk,
CBC Vancouver O/John Eliot Gardiner Toronto SO/Jukka-Pekka Saraste rec.
1986-98
CENTREDISQUES CMCCD 15610 [71:29]
[BBr]
Essential
for the magnificent Louie work
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