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Heinrich
Kaspar SCHMID (1874-1953) Trio for Clarinet, Viola and
Piano Op.114; Sonata for Flute and Piano Op.106; Allegretto for Clarinet
and Piano Op.34/2; Sonata for Viola and Piano Op.111; Capriccio for
Flute and Piano Op.34/4 
Nils Mönkemeyer; Johannes Zurl; Pirmin Grehl; Nicholas Rimmer rec. 2007/8
CPO
777 391-2 [79:58] 
[GD]
Perhaps
Schmid is due a revival for its melodic fluency and formal coherency,
if slightly lacking in invention and adventure. Worth a listen though
... see Full Review
Arnold
SCHOENBERG (1874–1951) "Of Dragonflies and Moonbeams"
Das Buch der hängenden Gärten, Pierrot Lunaire
Alison
Wells (mezzo); Firebird rec. 2007
UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE UHR 020011007 [60:37]
[JS]
Total
involvement, but lack of sheer beauty of vocal tone can be a problem…
see Full Review
Franz
SCHUBERT (1797–1828) The Symphonies
Staatskapelle Dresden/Herbert Blomstedt rec. 1982-1984
BERLIN CLASSICS 0300037BC [4CD: 251:41] 
[DC]
Consistent
high standard endowed with clarity and impact.… see Full
Review
BARGAIN
OF THE MONTH Dmitri SHOSTAKOVICH
(1906-1975)
Symphony No. 8 in C minor, Op. 65 (1943)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Vasily Petrenko rec. 2009. DDD
NAXOS
8.572392 [61:57]
[JQ] [BBr]
A
powerful, stirring performance of this dark, brooding symphony [JQ]
A real success [BBr] ... see Full
Review
Jean
SIBELIUS (1865–1957) The Sibelius Edition -
Volume 10 – Piano Music II - Original works and piano transcriptions
(1905-1931)
Folke Gräsbeck (piano) rec. 1996-2009
BIS BIS-CD-1927-29 [5 CDs: 5:46:17] 
[RB]
Discoveries
are there to be made and there's some delight too among the workaday
and the scholarship
Constantin
SILVESTRI (1913-1969)
Three Pieces for Strings see Silvestri
Bedrich
SMETANA (1824-1884) Pno Trio G min. Bohuslav
MARTINŮ (1890-1959) Piano Trio 1 Petr
EBEN (1929-2007) Piano Trio
Florestan Trio, rec. 2008
HYPERION CDA67730 [57:14] 
[DC]
Marvellous
playing. ... see Full Review
Johann
STRAUSS II (1825-1899) Die Fledermaus (Highlights)
Regina Resnik, Patrice Munsel, Paula Lenchner (sop.), Risë Stevens (mezzo),
Jan Peerce, James Melton, Johnny Silver (ten.), Robert Merrill, (bar.),
Robert Shaw Chorale/Robert Shaw, RCA Victor Orch./Fritz Reiner, rec.
1950
PRISTINE AUDIO PACO 037 [59.19]
[MM-B]
1950s
Fledermaus in English ... see Full
Review
Richard
STRAUSS (1864-1949) Enoch Arden - A melodrama
for piano and speaker after Alfred Lord Tennyson Op 38
David Ripley (speaker); Chad R Bowles (piano) rec. 2006
JRI RECORDINGS J127 [78:51]
[JS]
Gripping
throughout ... see Full Review
Richard
STRAUSS (1864-1949) Also Sprach Zarathustra, Don
Juan, Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Metamorphosen,
Tod und Verklärung
Staatskapelle Dresden/Herbert Blomstedt rec. 1987/89
DAL SEGNO DSPRCD050 [51:09 + 68:10]
[NB]
Versions
to return to with pleasure
Richard
STRAUSS (1864-1949) Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme see
STRAVINSKY
Igor
STRAVINSKY (1882-1971) Pulcinella Richard
STRAUSS (1864-1949) Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme
NFM Wroclaw PO/Jacek Kaspszyk rec. 2008
DUX 0764 [62:34]
[JS]
Interesting
and imaginative, well played and recorded but neither performance really
matches the best of earlier versions
Igor
STRAVINSKY
(1882-1971) Le
Sacre du Printemps Silvestre REVUELTAS
(1899-1940) La noche de los mayas
Simón Bolívar Youth O of Venezuela/Gustavo Dudamel rec. 2010
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 477 8775 [64:07]
[JQ]
A
disc with that rare “Wow!” factor
Georg
Philipp TELEMANN (1681–1767) Matthäus Passion
Collegium Vocale der Schlägler Musikseminare; Barockorchester München/Rupert
Gottfried Frieberger rec. 1985?
CHRISTOPHORUS CHE 0150-2 [117:34]
[MS]
A
creditable, persuasive yet less than perfect recording of Telemann's
1730 Matthew Passion
Ludwig
THUILLE (1861-1907) Chamber Works: Sextet for
Piano and Wind Quintet in Bb major; Trio for Violin, Viola and Piano
in Eb major; Piano Quintet in G minor; Piano Quintet in Eb
London Concord Ensemble; The Falk Quartet; Tomer Lev (piano) rec. 2002-04
CHAMPS
HILL RECORDS CHRCD 001-002 [65:44 + 62.17]
[GH]
A
fine double album which will leave you pondering why musical history
plays such tricks
Boris
TISCHENKO (b.
1939)
Violin Concerto 1, Concerto for Cello, Seventeen Wind Instruments, Percussion
and Harmonium, Op. 23 (1963) [26:20] Soundtrack to the Motion Picture
Suzdal (1964) [12:07]
Viktor Liberman (violin); Mstislav Rostropovich (cello); Valentina
Kozyreva (soprano); Anatoly Manukhov (tenor) Leningrad Chamber Orchestra/Edward
Serov (Violin Concerto); Members of the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra/
Igor Blazhkov (Cello Concerto); Kirov Opera Chamber Orchestra/Igor Blazhkov
(Suzdal) rec. 1966-77
NORTHERN FLOWERS NF/PMA9967 [64:02]
[WH]
Three
interesting and challenging works from an eminent Russian contemporary
composer
Tomás
Luis de VICTORIA (1548-1611) Lamentations for Maundy
Thursday; Lamentations for Good Friday; Lamentations for Holy Saturday;
Juan Gutiérrez de PADILLA (c.1590-1664)
Lamentations for Maundy Thursday
The Tallis Scholars/Peter Phillips
GIMELL GDGIM 043 [64:08]
[JW]
A
definitive statement about the Lamentations ... see Full
Review
Heitor
VILLA-LOBOS (1887-1959) Bachianas Brasileiras 9 see
Chormusik des 20. Jahrhunderts II
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH Richard WAGNER
(1813–1883)
Lohengrin
Jonas Kaufmann (tenor) Anja Harteros (soprano) Ch & O Bayerische
Staatsoper/Kent Nagano rec. 2009
DECCA 0743387
[2 DVDs: 207:00]
[ST]
Marvellous
singing and intelligent stagecraft
BARGAIN
OF THE MONTH
Sir
William WALTON (1902-1983) Symphony 1 see Sir
Adrian Boult
Martin
WESLEY-SMITH (b.1945) Merry-Go-Round
- chamber music: db; Merry-Go-Round; Snark-Hunting; Oom
Pah Pah; fin/début
Australia Ensemble with Timothy Constable rec. 2002/05
TALL POPPIES TP200 [71:18]
[JW]
The
performances match virtuosity with narrative flair and have been very
finely recorded ... see Full Review
John
WILLIAMS (b. 1932) Music of America
SONY 88697 70636 2 [186:08]
[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
Eugčne
YSAŸE (1858-1931) Passion Ysa˙e -
Six Sonatas for Solo Violin
Rachel Kolly d’Alba (violin), rec. 2008
WARNER CLASSICS 2564 68385-5 [67:38]
[DC]
Very
impressive, but under pressure from the competition ... see Full
Review
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