Eugen d’ALBERT
(1864-1932) Piano
Concerto No. 1 in B minor (first recording) Piano Concerto No. 2 in
E major 
Piers Lane (piano)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Alun Francis rec Glasgow on 14/15 May
1994 The Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto Series – No. 9
HYPERION CDA66747 [65:39] [GL]
A
very attractive album that will appeal to lovers of the grandiloquent
"heart-on-sleeve" … see Full Review
Jesus
ARAMBARRI (1902-1960)
Gabon Zar Sorgiñak - Preludio Orquestal (1930) [5.51]
Ocho Canciones Vascas - for soprano and orchestra (1931) [12.10]
Elegía - In Memoriam (1930) [11.10] Aiko-Maiko (ballet)
- Symphonic Suite (1932) [51.39] Maria
Bayo (sop) (Canciones) Basque National SO/Christian Mandeal rec
San Sebastian, 11-15 Oct 1999 DDD CLAVES
CD 50-2001 [78.24]
Arambarri has the charm and freshness of Guridi and Canteloube even
if the big ballet is over-extended in relation to its material. Worth
hearing. … see Full Review
Johann Sebastian BACH
(1685-1750)
Organ Works, Volume 12 -
Sonata No. 1 in E flat major, BWV525 - Prelude and Fugue in C major,
BWV566 - Organ Chorales from the Neumeister Collection, BWV1108-1120
& 957 - Sonata No. 4 in E minor, BWV528
Gerhard Weinberger - Rec 11-13 July 1999, Heinrich Gottfried Trost organ
(built 1716), St Walpurgis Groengottern, Thüringen
CPO 999 866-2 [68.04] [TB]
Weinberger
succeeds in conveying the personalities of these pieces … see Full
Review
RECORD
OF THE MONTH Johann Sebastian
BACH (1685-1750)
English
Suite No. 2 in A minor, BWV807 Partita No. 1 in B flat, BWV825 Partita
No. 2 in C minor, BWV826 English Suite No. 3 in G minor, BWV808
Anne-Marie McDermott (piano) Recorded 26-29 April 1999, St George's,
Brandon Hill, Bristol
GMN C0112 [63.26] [TB]
One
of the best discs of Bach's keyboard music. Confirms the quality of
the music, and there can be no higher praise. … see Full
Review
You can sample, download or purchase this disc
Johann
Sebastian BACH (1685-1750) From the Mass in A Major
From the Magnificat From the Mass in G Minor From Cantata BWV 212 From
Cantata BWV 211 From St. Matthew Passion Georg
Friedrich HANDEL (1685-1759) From The Messiah
Thomas Quasthoff, Bass Gachinger Kantorei Stuttgart; Bach Collegium
Stuttgart; Stuttgarter Kammerorchester; Oregon Bach Festival Choir and
Orchestra; Helmuth Rilling, Conductor Rec: Various dates (not specified).
HÄNSSLER
CD 98.413 [71.04] [KM]
An enjoyable recording by one of the voices that will probably
be heard for many years to come. … see Full
Review
Johann
Sebastian BACH (1685-1750) John
Eliot Gardiner In Rehearsal Cantata No. 63, "Christem, ätzet diesen
Tag" BWV 63 Monteverdi
Choir English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner Sound format: PCM
stereo Subtitle languages: GB, D, F, SP Picture format: 4:3 Region code:
2, 5 Picture standard: PAL Rec: 2000, Abbey Road Studio, London. ARTHAUS
100292 [59 min.]
[KM]
Of limited interest … may be attractive only to true fans of Bach
and the cantatas … see Full Review
Johann
Sebastian BACH (1685-1750)
Orchestral Suites Overture in C major, BWV 1066 Overture in B flat
major, BWV 1067 Overture in D major, BWV 1068 Overture in D major, BWV
1069 Amsterdam Baroque
Orchestra/Ton Koopman Sound format: PCM stereo Menu languages: GB, D,
F, SP Picture format: 4:3 Region code: 2, 5 Picture standard: PAL Rec:
1989, The National Museum, Het Loo Palace, Netherlands. ARTHAUS
100266 [87 min]
[KM]
Camerawork generally uninteresting … décor attractive … music
wonderful. … see Full Review
Wanda Landowska plays Bach
- J S BACH (1685-1750)
-
Toccata in D Major BWV 912 - English Suite No 2 in A Minor BWV 807 -
French Suite No 6 in E Major BWV 817 - Concerto No 1 in D Minor
Wanda Landowska, harpsichord - String Ensemble with Denise Restout harpsichord
continuo conducted by Eugène Bigot - Recorded 1936 (Toccata,
French Suite), 1938 (Concerto) and 1947 (English Suite – live from the
Frick Museum, New York)
GEM 0169 [73’13] [JW]
Glinting
and darkening truth and power still to affirm and move. … see Full
Review
Bagad de Lann-Bihoué -
'Fromveur' -
Azerty - Suite de Loudeac (a) Circus b) Servane c) Tan-Dezhi) - Big
Deal - Dans Keff (featuring Solo Ensemble of Bombardes) - Fest Ar Bragou
Bihan - Hanter Dro Evit Maelan - Fromveur (featuring Ensemble Batterie)
- Suite Ecossaise - Marie A'r M'enez (Gavotte des Montagnes) - Souben
Al Laez - Features various combinations of cornemuses (bagpipes), bombardes,
batteries (drums), percussions and accordeon. Recorded live at the Centre
Culturel Oceanis de Ploemeur, Morbihan, Brittany on 15th
May 2002. Saint George/Sony
France (SAN 5086512) [46.46][NH]
A
fabulous Breton ensemble celebrates its fiftieth year in consummate
style.….. see Full Review
Michael
William BALFE (1808-1870) The
Bohemian Girl - Nova Thomas – Arline; Patrick Power – Thaddeus;
Jonathan Summers – Count Arnheim; Bernadette Cullen – Queen of the Gipsies;
John del Carlo – Devilshoof; Timothy German – Florestein; Radio Telefis
Eireann Philharmonic Choir - National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland
Richard Bonynge - Recorded
National Concert Hall, Dublin January 1991
DECCA BRITISH MUSIC COLLECTION 473 077-2 [2 CDs 150’29] [JW]
I
began in expectation and ended in disappointment. Little can convince
me that this is much more than cut-price Weber. … see Full
Review
Arnold
BAX (1883-1953)
Fanfare
for the Wedding of Princess Elizabeth (1947) [1.46] - Oliver
Twist: Fagin's Romp and Finale (1949) [6.57] - November
Woods (1917) [19.32] - Tintagel (1917) [13.32] - Coronation
March: 1953 [6.51]
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble - National PO/Bernard Herrmann - Academy
of St Martin in the Fields/Neville Marriner - London PO/Adrian Boult
- London SO/Malcolm Sargent - rec ADD/DDD
DECCA The British Music Collection 473 080-2 [48.55] [RB]
Not
absolutely recommendable. Try before you buy. ... see Full
Review
Ludwig van BEETHOVEN
(1770 - 1827) Complete
Symphonies
CD1: Symphony No.1 (1800)[26.54] Symphony No.2 (1803)[34.40]
TELDEC CLASSICS 8573-83062-2 [61.34] CD2: Symphony No.3 (1805, 55.54)
TELDEC CLASSICS 8573-83062-2
[55.54] CD3: Symphony No.4 (1806)[36.01] Symphony No.5 (1808)[35.56]
TELDEC CLASSICS 8573-83062-2
[71.57] CD4: Symphony No.6 (1808)[44.38]
TELDEC CLASSICS 8573-83062-2 [44.38] CD5: Symphony No.7 (1812)[41.26]
Symphony No.8 (1812)[25.08]
TELDEC CLASSICS 8573-83062-2 [67.27] CD6: Symphony No.9 (1824,76.24)
TELDEC CLASSICS 8573-83063-2
[76.24] Berliner Staatskapelle
Daniel Barenboim - Rec Studio One at the former GDR Radio Studios, Nalepastraße,
Berlin, May – July 1999 [AT]
Distinctive,
honest, joyful and magnificently played … see Full
Review
Ludwig
van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)
Sonata
No 14 Op 27/2 Moonlight - Sonata No 31 Op 110 - Sonata No 26
OP 81a Les Adieux - Variations and Fugue Op 35 Eroica
Friedrich Gulda, piano
- Recorded 1950 PEARL
GEM 0166 [70’45] [JW]
Gulda
caught here in all his youthful promise, a questing and restless mind
… see Full Review
Ludwig
van BEETHOVEN
(1770-1827) - Beethoven Renovated
-
Coriolan, op. 62; Variations on Rule Britannia, WoO. 79; Symphony number
5 in c minor, opus 67; Ode to Joy, based on the ninth symphony, opus
125. Quintessence Saxophone
Quintet (Uli Lettermann, Hartmut Salzmann, Tom Göstenmeier, Andreas
Menzel, and Bernd Stich, saxophones). Recorded 25-27 January 2002, [DDD]
CPO 9998612 [56:07]
[KS]
Music
presented for you to enjoy, by players who are obviously enjoying themselves.
… see Full Review
Sir Thomas Beecham conducts Beethoven
- Ludwig van
BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) Symphony
No 3 Eroica - Coriolan Overture
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Thomas Beecham - Recorded 1951 and
1952 (Eroica) and 1953 (Coriolan)
SONY CLASSICAL SMK89887 [57’32] [JW]
Beecham
variously avuncular, amused, thoughtful and pensive … see Full
Review
Sir Thomas Beecham conducts Beethoven
- Ludwig van BEETHOVEN
(1770-1827) Symphony
No 6 Pastoral - Symphony No 8 - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Thomas Beecham -
Recorded 1951/52 SONY
CLASSICAL SMK89888 [68’06] [JW]
Geniality
and easy going charm all Beecham’s own. … see Full
Review
Arthur
BLISS
(1891 -1975) Chamber music String
Quartet in A major (c.1915) Conversations for Flute, Oboe, Violin,
Viola and Cello (c. 1918) String Quartet No. 1 in B flat major (1941)
Maggini Quartet Recorded
at Potton Hall, Suffolk, England, 19th - 21st December 2000.
NAXOS 8.557108 [64.01]
[NH]
The
superb Maggini adds another fine collection to its growing catalogue
of English chamber music.….. see Full Review
Jack BODY
(b. 1944) Pulse - Disc 1: Transcriptions -
Melodies for Orchestra¹ (1983) - Campur Sari²³ (1994) - African
Strings a) Kora:Chedo b) Valiha II: Samy Faly° - Three Transcriptions
a) Long-ge b) Ramandriana c) Ratshenitsa² - Pulse¹ - New
Zealand Symphony Orchestra¹ - Kenneth Young, conductor¹ - New Zealand
String Quartet² - Budi Putra, gamelan instruments and voice³ - Norio
Sato and Kei Koh, guitars° - Orchestral works recorded in Symphony House
(1998 and 1999), string quartets in the Adam Concert Room, Victoria
University, Wellington, NZ (1994 and 1998), African Strings in Makioka
Arts Hall (1999). - Disc 2: Sources (all from commercial/radio
recordings except where stated) - Horos Serra (D.Ionnidis, Greece,
1973) - Singgalang (Lenggang Gayo, Indonesia, 1976) - Untitled
(Indian Street Band - field recording by Jack Body, 1978) - Long-ge
(Jiha Yueyue, China, no date given) - Ramandriana (Mororazana,
Madagascar, 1982) - Ratschenitsa (Varna Folk Dance Ensemble,
Bulgaria, no date given) - Chedo (Foday Musa Suso, West Africa,
no date given) - Samy Faly (Rakotozafy, Madagascar, 1982)
- Baining Fire Dance (Baining Fire Dance Bamboo
Ensemble, East New Britain - field recording by Jack Body, 1980)
RATTLE RAT-D009 [69.27+48.30]
- John PSATHAS (b. 1968) Rhythm Spike - Spike - Calenture
(parts 1-4) - Motet - Drum Dances (parts 1-4) -
Waiting for the Aeroplane - Abhisheka -
Stream 3.3 - New Zealand String Quartet - Brian Resnick and Murray
Hickman, percussion - Dan Poynton, Michael Houstoun, Dierdre Irons and
Stephen Gosling, pianos - Neil Becker and David Downes, guitars - David
Arend, bass - John Psathas, samplers and sequencers - All music recorded
at Victoria University, Wellington, NZ (Adam Concert Room and Hunter
Council Room), except Drum Dances (Hit factory, NYC) and Waiting for
the Aeroplane (Auckland School of Music Auditorium), (no dates given,
CD released 1999).
RATTLE RAT-D008 [70.54] - Dan POYNTON - "You Hit Him He Cry Out"
- John PSATHAS (b. 1968) Waiting
for the Aeroplane (1988) - Jack
BODY (b. 1944) Five Melodies (1982) -
Philip DADSON Sisters Dance (1987) - Gillian
WHITEHEAD (b. 1941) Lullaby for Matthew
(1981) - Douglas LILBURN (1915-2001)
Sonatina #2 (1962) - Dan POYNTON
(b.1965) Nga Iwi E (1996) -
Annea LOCKWOOD Red Mesa (1988) Dan Poynton,
piano - Recorded at the Auckland University School of Music and at Radio
NZ's Helen Young Studio. (dates not given, CD released 1997)
RATTLE RAT-D006 [68.13] - Hirini MELBOURNE
and Richard NUNNS - Te Ku Te Whe - Takapau Horanui
- Raukatauri - Tumatakoriri - Hau - Koau - Porotiti - Tangi
Koauau - Purerehua - Poiawhiowhio - Wai - Ororuarangi - Te
Po - Tangimokemoke A Raureka - Homai O Ringa
- Te Ao Takapau Tuwhara - Hirini Melbourne,
voice, traditional Maori instruments - Richard Nunns, traditional Maori
instruments - Recorded at Progressive Music Studio, (date not given,
CD released 1994).
RATTLE RAT-D004 [44.29] [NH]
Four
diverse and remarkable discs from a label you should be hearing a lot
more about in future.….. see Full Review
Konrad
BOEHMER (born
1941) Potential
II (1961) - Tango deslavado y moroso (1984) - Klangstück I (1959)
- Nordisches Liedchen (1975) - Potential III (1961) - Kinderlied zu
Dresden (1990) - In Illo Tempore (1979) - Orpheus Unplugged (1999/2000)
Nicolas Hodges (piano)
- Recorded: Bloomline Coryphée, ’s Gravendeel, December 2000
and August 2001 BVHAAST
CD 0901 [70:43] [HC]
I
did not warm much to this somewhat intractable music. … see Full
Review
Alexander BORODIN
(1833-1887)
Symphony
No. 1 (1867) [34.54] - Symphony No. 2 (1879) [25.39] - Symphony No.
3 (1887) [17.43] - Prince Igor - Overture (1887) [10.32] - Prince
Igor - Polovtsian Dances (1879) [12.58] - In the Steppes of Central
Asia (1880) [7.23] - Notturno (from String Quartet No. 2)
(1881) [8.41] Toronto
SO/Andrew Davis (symphonies; Igor) - NYPO/Leonard Bernstein -
St Petersburg Camerata - Orchestra of the Hermitage State Museum/Saulius
Sondeckis - rec Massey Hall, Toronto, 25 Nov 1976 (1, 2, 3, Igor);
Avery Fisher Hall, 8 Dec 1969 (Asia); Radio House, St Petersburg,
Russia, June 1993 (Notturno). ADD
SONY Essential Classics SB2K62406 [2CDs: 63.35+59.48] [RB]
Vital
Borodin from Davis and Toronto ... see Full
Review
Sergei BORTKIEWICZ
(1877-1952) Symphony
No. 1 in D Aus Meiner Heimat (1935-36) [39.10] Symphony No. 2
in E flat (1937) [32.35]
BBC Scottish SO/Martyn Brabbins rec City Hall, Glasgow, 7-8 Feb 2002
HYPERION CDA67338
[71.58] [RB]
Exultant,
yearning, gloomy, sincere, passionate, nostalgic Slavonic music. A major
revelation ... see Full Review
York
BOWEN
(1884-1961) Symphony
No. 2 in E minor (1909-11) [32.47] Frederic
AUSTIN (1872-1952) Symphonic Rhapsody: Spring (1902-07)
[14.55] Edgar BAINTON (1880-1956) Symphonic
Movement Genesis (1920) [19.56]
Royal Northern College of Music Symphony Orchestra conducted by Douglas
Bostock rec. RNCM Manchester, 15-16 Dec 2001 Three world premiere
recordings The British Symphonic Collection - Vol. 10
CLASSICO CLASSCD 404 [79.14] [RB]
Three
world premiere recordings opening up unexpected vistas on British music
from the first three decades of the last century. The Austin is a captivating
winner ... see Full Review
William BOYCE (1711-1779)
Symphonies
Op 2 The Academy of Ancient
Music/Christopher Hogwood - Recorded 1992
DECCA BRITISH MUSIC COLLECTION 473 081-2 [60’48][JW]
Splendid
music and a splendid disc. … see Full Review
Johannes BRAHMS
(1833-1897)
Symphony no. 1 in c, op. 68 (1), Tragic Overture, op. 81 (2)
London Philharmonic Orchestra (1), London Symphony Orchestra (2)/Sir
Adrian Boult - Location and date not given
HMV 5 73447 2 [59’ 03"] - Symphony
no. 2 in D, op. 73 (1), Alto Rhapsody, op. 53 (2), Two Songs, op. 91
(3) Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano) (2, 3), Cecil Aronowitz (viola)
(3), André Previn (pianoforte) (3), Male Voices of the John Alldis
Choir (2), London Philharmonic
Orchestra (1, 2)/Sir Adrian Boult (1, 2) - Location and date not given
HMV 5 74053 2 [67’
16"] - Symphony
no. 3 in F, op. 90 (1), Symphony no. 4 in e, op. 98 (1) London Symphony
Orchestra (1), London
Philharmonic Orchestra (2)/Sir Adrian Boult - Location and date not
given HMV 5 72306
2 [76’ 13"] All Available only in HMV stores [CH]
Boult’s
Brahms was historically important. No. 2 with the Rhapsody is one of
the finest Brahms discs ever made and no one will regret buying nos.
3 and 4. … see Full Review
Johannes
BRAHMS
(1833-1897) Complete
Chamber Music - Disc 1: Piano
Quartet No.1 in G minor, Op. 25 - Piano Quartet No.2 in C minor, Op.
60 - Derek Han (piano), Isabelle Faust (violin) - Bruno Giuranna
(viola), Alain Meunier (cello) - Recorded in Sion, Switzerland, August
21-24 1996 [71.53] - Disc 2: Piano Quartet No. 2 in A major,
Op.26 - Artists and recording as above [45.34] - Disc 3: String
Quintet No.1 in F major, Op.88 - String Quintet No.2 in G major, Op.111
- Brandis Quartet: Thomas Brandis (violin), Peter Brem (violin)
- Wilfried Strehle (viola), Wolfgang Boettcher (cello) with Brett Dean
(viola) - Recorded at Teldec Studio, Berlin June-July 1996 [59.04]-
Disc 4: Clarinet Sonata in F minor, Op.120, No.1 - Clarinet
Sonata in E flat major, Op.120, No.2 - Karl Leister (clarinet),
Ferenc Bognar (piano) - Recorded at Teldec Studio, Berlin February 1996
[46.19] - Disc 5: Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op.115 - String
Quartet No.2 in A minor, Op.51, No.2 - Karl Leister (clarinet) Brandis
Quartet (Quintet) - Tokyo Quartet (Quartet) - Recorded
June 1996 (Quintet), 1986 (Quartet) - Disc 6: String
Quartet No.1 in C minor, Op.51, No.1 - String Quartet No.3 in B flat
major, Op.67 - Tokyo Quartet: Peter Oundjian (violin), Kikuei Ikeda
(violin), Kazuhide Isomura (viola), Sadao Harada (cello) - Recorded
1986 [64.31] - Disc 7: Horn Trio in E flat major, Op.40 -
Piano Quintet in F minor, Op.34 - Nash Ensemble: Marcia Crayford
(violin), Elizabeth Layton (violin) - Roger Chase (viola), Christopher
van Kampen (cello), Ian Brown (piano) - Frank Lloyd (horn) - Recorded
at St. Paul’s Church, New Southgate, London, November 1991 [72.36] -
Disc 8: Violin Sonata No.1 in G major, Op.78 - Violin sonata
No.2 in A major, Op.100 - Violin Sonata no.3 in D minor, Op.108
- Gyorgy Pauk (violin), Roger Vignoles (piano) - Recorded 1991 [71.74]
- Disc 9: Cello Sonata No.1 in E minor, Op.38 - Cello Sonata
No.2 in F major, Op.99 - Herre-Jan Stegenga (cello), Philippe Entremont
(piano) - Recorded in the Netherlands, June, 2000 [50.07] - Disc
10: String Sextet No.1 in B flat major, Op.18 - String Sextet
No.2 in G major, Op.36 - Alberni Quartet: Howard Davis (violin),
Peter Pople (violin), Berian evans (viola) - David Smith (cello), with
Roger Best (viola) and Moray Walsh (cello) - Recorded London 1978 [77.47]
- Disc 11: Piano Trio No.1 in B major, Op.8 - Piano Trio No.3
in C minor, Op.101 - Joseph Kalichstein (piano), Jaime Laredo (violin),
Sharon Robinson (cello) - Recorded 1985 - Disc 12: Piano
Trio No.2 in C major, Op.87 - Clarinet Trio in A minor, Op.114 -
Artists as above (Piano Trio) - Karl Leister (clarinet), Ferenc
Bognar (piano), Wolfgang Boettcher (cello) - Recorded 1985 (Piano
Trio), 1997 (Clarinet Trio) [54.35]
BRILLIANT CLASSICS 99642 [12 Discs] [TH]
An
outstanding success on almost every level … see Full
Review
Johannes BRAHMS
(1833-1897) Symphony No 1 in C minor, Op.68 [43’43"]
Symphony No 3 in F major, Op. 90 [35’29"]* Sinfonieorchester
des Norddeutschen Rundfunks/Günter Wand Recorded in the Friedrich-Ebert-Halle,
Hamburg on 26-29 October and 16-17 November 1982 and *16-21 September
1983 BMG 74321
89102 2 [79’ 12"] [JQ]
Alert, full-toned playing under the guiding hand of a master conductor.
… see Full Review
Johannes
BRAHMS (1833-1897) Symphony No 2 in D major, Op. 73 [40’
05"] Symphony No 4 in E minor, Op. 98 [38’ 46"]* Sinfonieorchester
des Norddeutschen Rundfunks conducted by Günter Wand Recorded in
the Musikhalle (Laeiszhalle) Hamburg March 1983 and *date unspecified
(1983?) BMG 74321
89101 2 [78’ 51"] [JQ]
Splendid performances now resplendent in much-improved sound …
see Full Review
BARGAIN OF THE MONTH Frank BRIDGE
(1879-1941)
Enter
Spring (1924) [18.11] - Summer (1912) [9.37]
- Christmas Dance - Sir Roger de Coverley (1918) [4.17] - Cello
Sonata (1940) [23.13] - Go Not Happy Day [1.37] - rec ADD/DDD
DECCA The British Music
Collection 470 189-2 [57.11] [RB]
The
more romantic impressionist Bridge in a satisfying though rather short-timed
collection. ... see Full Review
Benjamin BRITTEN (1913-76)
BLEST CECILIA: Choral Works Volume 1 - Hymn to the Virgin
(1930-34); A Hymn of Saint Cuthbert (1962); Hymn to St.Peter Op 56A
(1955); Antiphon Op 56B (1955); Te Deum in C (1934); Jubilate Deo (1961);
Hymn to St. Cecilia Op 27 (1942); Festival Te Deum (1944); Rejoice in
the Lamb Op 30 (1943) 
The Sixteen/Harry Christophers - Rec 1990s DDD - Compilation from Collins
Classics 12862, 13702, 13432
CORO 16006 [62.56] [GH]
Fecundity
of original ideas. … see Full Review
Max BRUCH (1838-1920)
Symphony
No 3 in E Major Op 51 - Suite on Russian Themes op 79b - Hungarian State
Symphony Orchestra Manfred
Honeck - Recorded Hungaraton Studio, Budapest May 1987
NAXOS 8.555985 [59.09]
All
more than merely serviceable and the Third Symphony deserves an airing
now and then. … see Full Review [JW]
Recording
tends towards dryness. Two cheers instead of three. … see Full
Review [TB]
Anton BRUCKNER
(1824-1896) Symphony
No. 6 (1879-81) - Karl Amadeus HARTMANN
(1905-1963) Symphony No. 6 (1953)
South West German Radio Symphony Orchestra/Ferdinand Leitner - Rec 27-28
October 1982, Hans Rosbaud Studio, Baden Baden
HÄNSSLER CLASSIC CD 93.051 [79.59] [TB]
A
fine conductor, his memory is well served by both these performances
… see Full Review
Anton
BRUCKNER (1824-1896)
-
Symphony No. 3 in D minor (third version: 1889)
Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra/Günter Wand - Rec 17 May 1981,
Grüsser Sendsaal, Cologne
RCA VICTOR 09026 63933 2 [55.02] [TB]
Distinction
and commitment, sonorous and urgently compelling. … see Full
Review
Anton
BRUCKNER
(1824-1896) Symphony
No. 4 in E flat 'Romantic' (1876)
Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra/Günter Wand Rec 10 December 1976,
Grösser Sendsaal, Cologne
RCA VICTOR 09026 63934 2 [64.21] [TB]
Anton BRUCKNER Symphony No. 4 in
E flat 'Romantic' (1876) Franz SCHUBERT
(1796-1828) Symphony No. 5 in B flat
Günter Wand interviewed by Wolfgang Seifert Cologne Radio Symphony
Orchestra/Günter Wand Rec 28-30 October 2001, Hamburg, Musikhalle
RCA VICTOR 7432193041
2 [2CDs: 73.02+64.47] [TB]
For
the Bruckner collector this is a surfeit of riches indeed. … see Full
Review
Anton
BRUCKNER (1824-1896)
Symphony
No. 5 in B flat major Cologne
Radio Symphony Orchestra/Günter Wand - Rec 7 July 1974, Grosser
Sendsaal, Cologne RCA
VICTOR 09026 63935 2 [74.33] [TB]
Any
performance of this magnificent symphony must be a rousing experience,
and this one is precisely that. … see Full
Review
Anton
BRUCKNER (1824-1896) Symphony
No. 9 (Edited Ferdinand Löwe) Bavarian
State Orchestra/Hans Knappertsbusch Rec 10 February 1958, Kongressaal
des Deutschen Museums, München ORFEO
C 578 021 B [50.45] [TB]
A fascinating document which I commend to interested parties, but
it has little to do with the great symphony which many claim to be Bruckner's
masterpiece. … see Full Review
Alan BUSH (1900-1995)
Violin
Concerto (1948) [28.54] Six Short Pieces (1983) [8.57] Dialectic
(1929) [14.12] Manoug
Parikian (violin) BBC Symphony Orchestra/Norman Del Mar rec. BBC Maida
Vale, Studio 1, 22 Nov 1983 (concerto) Alan Bush (piano) rec The Art
Workers Guild, Queens Square, Holborn, London, 11 May 1984 (Six Short
Pieces)
Medici String Quartet rec Rosslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel, Hampstead,
London 17 July 1984 (Dialectic)
CLAUDIO CB5151-2 [52.05]
Not
angry or hectoring … drastically wild-eyed energy touched with Bach's
paschal calm and the radiance of ever-renewing resurrection. ... see
Full Review
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