Algernon
ASHTON (1859-1937)
Music for Cello and Piano - Volume 1 Arioso Op.43 (publ. 1889)
[7:23] Sonata No.1 in F major Op.6 (publ. 1880) [22:39] Phantasiestücke
Op.12 (publ. 1883) [12:32] Sonata No.2 in G major Op.75 (1885) [25:41]
Evva
Mizerska (cello); Emma Abbate (piano) rec. 2011
TOCCATA CLASSICS TOCC 0143 [68:15] [NB]
Not
every forgotten composer can be unjustly forgotten.
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH Johann
Sebastian BACH (1685-1750) Harpsichord Concertos
Retrospect
Ensemble/Matthew Halls (harpsichord) rec. 2011
LINN RECORDS CKD410 
[64:24]
[BW]
Intimate
performances that complement other recordings and may well be your first
choice.
Johann
Sebastian BACH (1685-1750)
The Six Partitas (1725-30)
Vladimir Feltsman (piano) rec. 1999, DDD
NIMBUS NI 6207 [59:05 + 61:36]
Ultimately
the essential rightness, improvisatory freedom and rhythmic vitality
of Feltsman’s account won me over.
Bach
in Context: Bach and Luther
Johann Sebastian
BACH (1685-1750) Cantatas 4 & 80, Chorales,
Dorian Toccata, Fugue Johann Christoph BACH
(1642-1703) Motet
Gesualdo Consort Amsterdam Musica Amphion/Pieter-Jan Belder (organ)
rec. 2012
ETCETERA RECORDS KTC 1442 [77:23] [HP-R]
Great
CD, less convinced by the book.
Johann
Sebastian BACH (1685-1750)
Goldberg Variations
Joël Pontet (harpsichord) rec. 2010
SAPHIR LVC 1166 [76:44] [HP-R]
Accomplished,
yet occasionally tiring, playing.
Johann
Sebastian BACH (1685-1750)
Six Suites for Cello Solo
Pieter Wispelwey (baroque cello and piccolo cello) rec. 2012
EVIL PENGUIN RECORDS EPRC012 [2 CDs: 54:00 + 79:00 + (DVD) 52:00]
[KM]
An
idiosyncratic approach to Bach’s cello suites.
Johann
Sebastian BACH (1685-1750) Christmas Oratorio see
Christmas
Celebrations with St Thomas’s Choir Leipzig
Granville
BANTOCK (1868-1946) Hamabdil see
British Works for Cello
and Piano
Samuel
BARBER (1910-1981) An American Romantic
Conspirare/Craig Hella Johnson rec. 2011
HARMONIA MUNDI HMU 807522 [79:44] [ST]
Well
worth a look if you’re interested in choral music.
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH Ludwig
van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)
Piano Sonatas Vol. 2
François-Frédéric Guy (piano) rec. 2010/11
ZIG-ZAG TERRITOIRES ZZT304 [3 CDs: 213:13] [BR]
I
greet this along with Volume 1 with enthusiasm … some of the best,
most consistently excellent performances in the century so far.
Ludwig
van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) Piano Concerto 1 Friedrich
KUHLAU (1786-1832) Piano Concerto
Marianna Shirinyan (piano) Copenhagen Philharmonic/Michael Francis,
Rolf Gupta rec. 2010/11
ORCHID CLASSICS ORC 100025 [67:28] [SA]
A
clever coupling and worth having for at least that reason.
Ludwig
van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) Piano Concerto 5 Nicolai
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV (1844-1908) Scheherazade
Yefim Bronfman (piano) Concertgebouw O/Andris Nelsons rec. 2011
C MAJOR 
710108 [110:00] [JW]
An
excellent package generally.
Ludwig
van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)
Symphony 3 Bedřich SMETANA (1824-1884)
The bartered bride overture & works by Ruperto
CHAPÍ (1851-1909) & Gerónimo
GIMÉNEZ (1854-1923)
Ntl O Spain, Suisse Romande O, Gran SO/Ataúlfo Argenta rec. 1957
ICA
CLASSICS ICAC 5087 [76:35] [RMay]
A valuable new CD and most welcome. ICA Classics deserve our thanks.
Ludwig
van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)
Piano Concertos 1-5
Wilhelm Kempff (piano) NHK SO Tokyo/Tadashi Mori rec. 1970
KING INTERNATIONAL INC KKC 2017-19 [3 CDs: 168:01] [JW]
A
valuable souvenir of Kempff in Tokyo, strictly for completists.
Hector
BERLIOZ (1803-1869) Nuits d’Été
(arr. David Matthews) see MAHLER
Alexander
BORODIN (1833-1887)
String Quartet 2 see Russian
String Quartets
Johannes
BRAHMS (1833-1897)
Complete Organ Works
Edouard Oganessian (organ) rec. 2010
SAPHIR LVC 1133 [70:41] [HP-R]
A
wonderful instrument, repertoire and some first-rate playing.
Johannes
BRAHMS (1833-1897)
Violin Concerto Aram KHACHATURIAN (1903-1978)
Violin Concerto
Leonid Kogan (violin) Philharmonia O/Kyril Kondrashin, Boston SO/Pierre
Monteux rec. 1958/59
GUILD GHCD2394 [71:12] [JW]
Kogan,
the young pretender: tensile, concentrated and subtle.
Johannes
BRAHMS (1833-1897) Clarinet Quintet, Piano Quintet
Jon Nakamatsu (piano) Jon Manasse (clarinet) Tokyo Qt rec. 2011
HARMONIA MUNDI HMU807558
[79:13] [BW]
This
version of the Piano Quintet is as good as any and that of the Clarinet
Quintet will appeal to those who stress its autumnal qualities.
Anton
BRUCKNER (1824-1896)
Symphony 5
Munich PO/Sergiu Celibidache rec. 1985
ARTHAUS MUSIK 101639
[90:00] [RMay]
An
interesting DVD but perhaps you really had to be there…
Ferruccio
BUSONI (1866-1924) Berceuse élégiaque,
Tanzwalzer see CHERUBINI
Dieterich
BUXTEHUDE (1637 - 1707) Suonate
The Purcell Qt rec. 2008-11
CHANDOS CHAN 0766/0784 [56:53 & 62:55] [JV]
Buxtehude's
music is much more dramatic and exciting than these interpretations
suggest.
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