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The Universe of Sound – Classic Spectacular George Frideric HANDEL (1685-1759) Messiah – Hallelujah Chorus Vienna Boys’ Choir/Academy of London/Peter Marschik Francesco DURANTE (1684-1755) Concerto No.5 in A major - Presto Concerto Köln/Werner Erhardt Theodor SCHWARTZKOPFF (1659-1732) Overture for trumpet, strings and continuo Ludwig Güttler (trumpet)/Neus Bachisches Collegium Musicum Leipzig/Max Pommer Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791) Divertimento for strings in D major K136 (125a) Salzburg Symphony no.1 – Presto Camerata Academica des Mozarteums Salzburg/Sándor Végh Symphony No.29 in A major K201 Concerto Köln/Werner Erhardt Johann Nepomuk HUMMEL (1778-1837) Concerto for trumpet and orchestra in E major – Rondo Reinhold Friedrich (trumpet)/Academy of St-Martin-in-the-Fields/Neville Marriner Joseph Gabriel RHEINBERGER (1839-1901) Concerto for Organ and Orchestra Op.137 Andreas Juffinger (organ)/Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin/Hartmut Haenchen Anton BRUCKNER (1824-1896) Ave Maria Vienna Boys’ Choir/Peter Marschik Léon MINKUS (c.1826-1917) Paquita – Adagio Sofia National Opera Orchestra/Boris Spassov Leroy ANDERSON (1908-1975) The Typewriter WDR Rundfunkorchester Köln/Pinchas Steinberg Ernest CHAUSSON (1855-1899) Chanson perpétuelle Op.37 Juliane Banse (soprano) Wolfram Rieger (piano) Petersen Quartet Dmitri SHOSTAKIVCH (1906-1975) Violin Concerto No.1 in A minor Op.77 - Burlesque Vladimir Spivakov (violin) Gürzenich-Orchester Köln/James Conlon Symphony No.8 in C minor Op.65 - Allegretto Gürzenich-Orchester Köln/Dmitri Kitaenko Astor PIAZZOLLA (1921-1992) Concerto for bandoneon, percussion and string orchestra - presto Lothar Hensel (bandoneon) Deutsche Kammerakademie Neuss/Johannes Goritzki Undated recordings and locations – from previously issued Capriccio recordings CAPRICCIO SACD 71 023 [62.37] SACD

A long headnote - but a short review. This is a SACD sampler derived from a number of Capriccio’s recent releases and packaged into Classic Spectacular form to show this adventurous company’s wares. I’ve reviewed a few of them on this site – Rheinberger (coming up), Chausson and Anderson – but the remainder have escaped me. Capriccio has an extensive back catalogue of material and they cover the repertoire well enough – though obviously there are particular areas of reportorial concentration and particular artists who are associated with the label. The Vienna Boys’ Choir crops up for the first piece – yes, Messiah, yes, the Hallelujah chorus – which they sing in fine English and a crisp tone. The Schwartzkopff is played in nicely old school fashion by Ludwig Güttler (trumpet) with the Neus Bachisches Collegium Musicum Leipzig under Max Pommer. Végh is here with his Mozart, albeit less than three minutes of him, and in the companion work by the composer there are some bracing horns in the Menuetto from Symphony No.29 (Concerto Köln/Werner Erhardt). There’s the expected elegance from the ASMIF contribution and Rheinberger’s entertaining Op.137 Organ Concerto finale (see my forthcoming review for that disc). The Bulgarian forces do well and warmly by Minkus and the witty Anderson is represented by The Typewriter (novelty wins out over some of the other finer pieces on that Anderson album). One of the very best performances is the Chausson (Banse et al). Very evocatively done. There are other snippets, especially of Shostakovich, a strong Capriccio hand. As a promotional tool it does very nicely and in SACD format as well, which I was unable to sample. Jonathan Woolf   Advertising Rates Visitor stats MusicWeb International has over 40,000 Classical CD reviews on offer Discs received Having a problem Donating? Gerard Hoffnung Concerts & The Bricklayer Story MusicWeb can now offer you discs from the following catalogues: Prices include postage There will be NO VAT Rises [Acte Préalable £13.50] [Arcodiva £12.00] [Avie from £6.25] [British Music Society £12.00] [CDACCORD from £13.50 ] [ClassicO £12.50] [Hallé from £11] [Heritage £10] [Hortus £14.99 ] [Lyrita ONLY £11.75 ] [Nimbus Special prices] [Northern Flowers £13.50] [REDCLIFFE £11 ] [Sheva £11] [Tactus £11.50 ] [Talent from £12.00 ] [Toccata Classics £10.50 ] Musicweb Special Offers Monthly Best Buys   New Releases New Releases   MusicWeb sells the Polish catalogue CDAccord £10.50 post free W-W MusicWeb sells the Arcodiva catalogue £12.00 post free W-W £11.75 post-free world- wide     Google Ads - for information about privacy matters, click here.  Amazon Musicweb International is a participant in the Amazon EU Associates Programme, an affiliate advertising programme designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.com

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