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20/21
– Music for Cello and Piano from the 20th
and 21st centuries Claude
DEBUSSY (1862-1918)
Cello Sonata in D minor (1915) Elliott CARTER
(b.1908) Cello Sonata (1948) Andrew WAGGONER
(b.1960) Catenary, Memory Variations for cello and
piano (2007) Gabriel FAURÉ (1845-1924)
Après un Rêve [2:46] 
Robert Burkhart (cello) Blair McMillen (piano) rec. 2009,
CENTAUR CRC 3004 [47:18] [JW]
Burkhart
is quite a patrician and relatively reserved cellist ... see Full
Review
William
Appling Plays Scott Joplin and J.S.Bach
William Appling (piano) rec. 2004-07
ALBANY TROY 1163 [71:04] 
[JW]
Performances
marked by a stately, relaxed approach that bespeaks great affection
and an almost wonderingly, lingering appreciation… see Full
Review
Baltic
Exchange
Ugis PRAULIŅŠ
(b.1957)
Missa Rigensis, Laudibus in Sanctis Maija EINFELD
(b.1939) Cikls ar Friča Bārdas dzeju Urmas
SISASK (b.1960) Benedictio Vytautas
MIŠKINIS (b.1954) Angelis suis Deus, Pater Noster
Ch Trinity
College, Cambridge/Stephen Layton rec. 2008
HYPERION CDA67747 [67:43]
[HC]
A
very fine selection of imaginative and often quite beautiful choral
music by Baltic composers in excellent performances and recordings …
see Full Review
Leonard
Bernstein Conducts Pyotr Ilyich
TCHAIKOVSKY (1840–1893) Symphony No. 4 in F minor Ludwig
van BEETHOVEN (1770–1827) Egmont Overture Maurice
RAVEL (1875–1937) La Valse
New York Philharmonic Orchestra/Leonard Bernstein rec. 1958, 1959
DYNAMIC IDIS 6577 [61:08] 
[BR]
Great
performances but I have no fondness for the remastering ... see Full
Review
Measha
Brueggergosman - Night and Dreams
Measha Brueggergosman (soprano); Justus Zeyen (piano) 2009
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 00289 477 8101 [65:30]
[GF]
A
quality product that should offer many pleasant listening hours to lovers
of Lieder and Mélodies ... see Full
Review
Call
me Flott Songs
Dame Felicity Lott (sop.), Graham Johnson (pno), rec.
CHAMPS HILL RECORDS CHRCD003 [74:57]
[JQ]
A
captivating disc in which charm and sophistication are blended in equal
measure. ... see Full Review
Espoon
tuomiokirkon urut
1967-2010 (Espoon cathedral organ 1967-2010) Johann
Sebastian BACH (1685-1750) Sulo SALONEN
(1899-1976) Joonas KOKKONEN (1921-1996)
Oskar LINDBERG (1887-1955) Oskar
MERIKANTO (1868-1924) Joseph Gabriel RHEINBERGER
(1839-1901) Felix MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY (1809-1847)
Louis VIERNE (1870-1937)
Petri Koivusalo (organ)
rec. 2009, 2010,
FUGA-0292/MKSACD
43 [72:01]
[DM]
A
tribute to a now-defunct instrument, and what better eulogy than this
beautifully produced recording ... see Full
Review
The
Grand Tour: Music from 16th and 17th Century Italy,
Spain and Germany
His Majesty’s Sagbutts and Cornetts/Timothy Roberts rec. 1993,
1995
HYPERION HELIOS CDH55344 [69:26] 
[GD]
Worthy
of unqualified recommendation at full price. At budget price an absolute
bargain… see Full Review
Danish
Violin Concertos - Vol. 4 Works by Niels & Axel
Gade, Riisager & Malling
Kai Laursen (violin), South Jutland SO/Ole Schmidt/Mariss Jansons, Aarhus
SO/Jorma Panula/Aksel Wellejus, rec. 1966-78
DANACORD DACOCD 467/468 [60:41 + 61:03]
[BBr]
Much
to discover and enjoy … see Full
Review
BARGAIN
OF THE MONTH
Early One Morning:
Finnish Orchestral Favorites
Turku Philharmonic Orchestra (CD1), Camerata Finlandia (CD2)/Jorma Panula
rec. 1995,1996,2007
NAXOS CD 8.578143-44 [70:33 + 53:15] 
[BR]
I
loved this two-disc sampler of lesser-known Finnish composers … see
Full Review
English
Viola Sonatas
Martin Outram (viola), Julian Rolton (pno), rec. 2009
NAXOS 8.572208 [72.04]
[GH]
With
this music and these performances we are undoubtedly the richer. ...
see Full Review
The
Enlightenment in the New World - American harpsichord music of the 18th
century William
SELBY (c.1738-1798) Voluntary VIII in A Mr.
NEWMAN (fl. c.1807-1810) Sonata III in D Alexander
REINAGLE (1756-1809) Lee Rigg in A John
Christopher MOLLER (1755-1803) Sinfonia in E flat
Victor PALISSIER (c.1745-c.1820) Three
Hornpipes in B flat, C and G James HEWITT
(1770-1827) Yankee Doodle with 9 variations William
BROWN (fl.1783-1788) Rondo III in G Benjamin
CARR (1768-1831) Sonata VI in B flat The Maid of
Lodi in G James HEWITT The Battle
of Trenton
Olivier Baumont (harpsichord), Matthew Kowles (narrator) rec. 2001
WARNER CLASSICS 2564 68966-9 [50:22]
[JvV]
Largely
unknown American keyboard music from the last decades of the 18th century
- beautiful performances, but the lack of information about the music
is unforgivable ... see Full
Review
Fantasy
Olivier MESSIAEN (1908–1992)
La Mort du Nombre, Thème et Variations, Fantasie Arnold
SCHOENBERG (1874–1951) Phantasy Franz
SCHUBERT (1797–1828) Fantasie, Sei mir Gegrüsst!
Kaoru
Ymada (violin); Sholto Kynoch (piano); Rhona McKail (soprano) ; Nicky
Spence (tenor) rec. 2009
STONE RECORDS 5060192780017 [69:20]
[JW]
Intelligence
in this respect is matched by the performances, and good recorded sound…
see Full Review
Gerald
Finley - Great Operatic Arias
Gerald Finley (baritone) London Philharmonic Orchestra/Edward Gardner
rec. 2009
CHANDOS CHAN 3167 [68:41]
[GF]
Another
highly desirable issue in the ever-growing Opera in English series…
see Full Review
The
Golden Age of the Gramophone –
The 42 Best Loved Popular Classical Recordings 1907-1945
RETROSPECTIVE RTS 4164 [78:11 +78:32]
If
you can live with treble-starved transfers this selection is decent
enough. ... see Full Review
Für
Elise:
Kempff Transcriptions and Encores
Wilhelm Kempff (piano) rec. 1953/5
DECCA ELOQUENCE 480 1288 [63:32]
[BBr]
This
disk doesn’t do Kempff any favours … see Full
Review
A
German Bouquet Works
by Schop, Schmelzer, Muffat, Krieger, Buxtehude, Bach, Erlebach &
Pisendel
Trio Settecento rec. 2008
CEDILLE RECORDS 90000114 [78:30]
[BW]
An
excellent German-based successor to Trio Settecento’s CD of Italian
Sonatas ... see Full Review
London
Mozart Players: the complete HMV stereo recordings
Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791)
Symphonies 28 & 41, Concertos for Two Pianos, Serenade 9 Juan
Crisóstomo de ARRIAGA (1806-1826) Symphony
Joseph HAYDN (1732-1809) Symphony
103
Vitya Vronsky and Victor Babin (piano) London Mozart Players/Harry Blech
rec. 1955-7
FIRST HAND REMASTERS FHR05 [3 CDs: 199:24]
[JW]
Pleasures
aplenty here ... see Full Review
Radu
Lupu - Complete Decca Solo Recordings
Radu Lupu (piano) rec. 1970-1993
DECCA 478 2340 [10 CDs: 693:23]
[DC]
Must
have, must have… see Full
Review
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