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Monday May 20th 2013

140 reviews completed so far this month

Johann Sebastian BACH (1685-1750) The Bach Cantata Pilgrimage Volume 28: Cantatas for Ascension Day - Soloists, The Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists/Sir John Eliot Gardiner. rec. 2012 SOLI DEO GLORIA SDG 185 [77:08] [JQ] A very welcome addition to the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage series.

Benjamin BRITTEN (1913-1976) Piano Concerto; Violin Concerto - Howard Shelley (piano) Tasmin Little (violin) BBC Philharmonic Orchestra/Edward Gardner rec. 2012 CHANDOS CHAN 10764 [76:30] [MC] A desirable Chandos release of two marvellous Britten concertos that deserve to be far better known.

Edward ELGAR (1857-1934) Cello Concerto; Sospiri; Salut d’amour; La capricieuse Antonín DVORÁK (1841-1904) Silent Woods Rondo Ottorino RESPIGHI (1879-1936) Adagio con variazioni Sol Gabetta (cello) Danish NSO/Mario Venzago rec. 2009 RCA RED SEAL 88697658242 [65:54] [MC] Stunning playing and sound... eminently satisfying.

RECORDING OF THE MONTH   Vagn HOLMBOE (1909-1996) Chamber Music Vol 1: Primavera; Gioco; Sonata per flauto solo; Ballata; Quartetto Ensembl MidtVest rec. 2010 DACAPO 8.226073 [72:20] [BB] In felicity these works sit comfortably beside those by Martinu and Poulenc.

RECORDING OF THE MONTH   Simeon ten HOLT (1923-2012) Canto Ostinato; Natalon; Aforisme II; Solo Devil’s Dances I-IV; Eadem Sed Aliter - Jeroen van Veen (piano) rec. 2012 BRILLIANT CLASSICS 9434 [5 CDs: 78:15 + 46:59 + 67:43 + 50:10 + 77:12] [DC] Fascinating and life-enhancing, a real bargain.

Claude LE JEUNE (c.1530-1600) Autant en emporte le vent Eric Bellocq (lute) Jean-Marc Aymes (positive organ) Malcolm Bothwell (viola da gamba) Ensemble Clément Janequin/Dominique Visse rec. 2004 HARMONIA MUNDI /MUSIQUE D’ABORD HMA1951863 [67.15] [GH] Memorable and delightful performances … and the recording is ideal.

Modest MUSSORGSKY (1839-1881) Pictures from an Exhibition Serge PROKOFIEV (1891-1953) Sarcasms; Visions fugitives Steven Osborne (piano) rec. 2011 HYPERION CDA67896 [65:58] [LW] A warm welcome for these remarkable performances.

Manuel María PONCE (1882–1948) Complete Piano Works Vol. 1 - Álvaro Cendoya (piano) rec. 2012 GRAND PIANO GP 638 [59:33] [Byz] This augurs well for the rest of Grand Piano’s Ponce series.

Giuseppe VERDI (1813-1901) La Battaglia di Legnano Enrico Giuseppe Iori, Andrew Richards, Dimitra Theodossiou, Teatro Lirico Giuseppe Verdi, Trieste/Boris Brott rec. 2012 C MAJOR BLU-RAY 722704 [119:00+11:00] [RF] None of the set, orchestra or chorus do justice to this opera. I know from audio recordings that this work has so much more vitality than is revealed here.

Experimental Music Lab - Stanley Schumacher and the Music Now Ensemble MUSICMACHER PRODUCTIONS MM006 [58:18] [DC] Now who’s Bad?

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What We Really Do. The Tallis Scholars by Peter Phillips Second Edition ISBN: 978-0-95457777-2-8
344pp First published 2003. Second Edition, 2013 The Musical Times Publications

 

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