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John
CAGE (1912-1992)
Seven; Quartets I-VIII 
Orchester Jakobsplatz München/Daniel Grossman
rec. 2007
NEOS 10720 
[60:48][DC] 
A
very welcome addition to the catalogue ...
see Full
Review
John
CARMICHAEL (b. 1930)
Solo Flights: Piano Music
Antony Gray (piano) rec. 2006
ABC CLASSICS 4756191 [76.56][RB]
Impossible
not to enjoy and be stimulated by this approachable
yet freshly imagined music ... see Full
Review
Yves
CASTAGNET (b.1964)
Messe:
Salve Regina pour chœur, soli et deux
orgues see Salve
Regina
Ernest
CHAUSSON (1855–1899) Poème
de l’amour et de la mer Henri
DUPARC (1848–1933) Mélodies
Jean-François Lapointe (baritone); Louise-Andrée
Baril (piano) rec. 2006
ANALEKTA AN29924 [71:14][GF]
Be
prepared for a Wagnerian hero on top of the
smooth baryton-martin ... see Full
Review
Fryderyk
CHOPIN (1810-1849)
Piano Sonata No. 2 etc.
Vladimir Horowitz (piano) rec. 1949-57
NAXOS HISTORICAL 8.111282 [76:31][JW]
Uneven,
perplexing, sometimes simply unconvincing,
nevertheless magnificent ... see Full
Review
Fryderyk
CHOPIN (1810-1849) Nocturnes
Roger Woodward (piano)
rec. 2006 CELESTIAL
HARMONIES 142602 [58:17 + 65:55][JW] 
Performances
that fail to engage ... see Full
Review
Jonathan
COLE (b.1970)
Testament
(2005 ) [11:03]* Ben FOSKETT (b.1977)
Violin Concerto (2004) [32:44]* Luke BEDFORD
(b.1978) Or Voit Tout En Aventure (2006) [16:21]*
Clio Gould (violin); Claire Booth (soprano) London Sinfonietta/Oliver
Knussen rec. 2004/5/6. DDD *world premiere recording
LONDON SINFONIETTA: JERWOOD SERIES SINF CD-1-2007 [42:36] [AOz]
A
thrilling air of spontaneity … vivid music-making
... see Full
Review
Craig
COREY (b.1948) Sanctuary
see
STRAVINSKY
François
COUPERIN
(1668-1733) Première
Leçon de Ténèbres pour
le Mercredy Saint* [15:29] Seconde
Leçon de Ténèbres pour
le Mercredy Saint** [12:04]Troisième
Leçon de Ténèbres pour
le Mercredy Saint*/** [11:08] Michel-Richard
DE LALANDE (1657-1726) Troisième
Leçon de Ténèbres du
Mercredy Saint* [16:05] Troisième
Leçon de Ténèbres du
Vendredy Saint** [13:05]
Emma Kirkby* (soprano); Agnès Mellon**
(soprano) Charles Medlam (viola da gamba);
Terence Charlston (organ) rec. September 2005,
St Martin's, East Woodhay, Hampshire, England.
DDD
BIS CD-1575 [69:12]
[JV]
Captivating
performances … recommended, despite reservations
about style ... see Full
Review
Claude
DEBUSSY (1862-1918)
Complete Piano Works - Volume 3 Includes
Suite bergamesque, Children's Corner
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet rec. 2006
CHANDOS CHAN10467 [71:54]
[DM]
More
convincing in the later works, less so in
the earlier ones ... see Full
Review
Maurice
DELA (1919-1978)
Petite Suite Maritime see Petite
Suite Maritime
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH Vincent
d’INDY
(1851-1931)
Orchestral Works Vol. 1 Jour
dété à la montagne, La Forêt enchantée, Souvenirs
Iceland SO/Rumon Gamba rec. 2007
CHANDOS CHAN10464 [63:25]
[DM]
A
sonic and musical treat. Not to be missed
... see Full
Review
Ernö
von DOHNÁNYI (1877-1960)
Violin
Concerto No. 1 in d minor, Op. 27 (1915) [40:41]
Violin Concerto No. 2 in c minor, Op. 43 (1949)
[30:43]
Michael Ludwig (violin) Royal Scottish National
Orchestra/JoAnn Falletta rec. 20-21 August
2007, Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow.
NAXOS 8.570833 [71:24] [KS]
What
a treat to discover such stirring music so
ably executed ... see
Full Review
Gaetano
DONIZETTI (1797-1848)
La Figlia del Reggimento
Maria Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro Marrucino
di Chieti/Marzio Conti. rec. 2004
NAXOS 8.660161-62 [65:32 + 36:26][CC]
Worth
having but I hope no-one holds this as the
only Figlia in their collection ... see Full
Review
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH Gaetano
DONIZETTI (1797–1848) La
Fille du Régiment
The Royal Opera Chorus and Orchestra/Bruno
Campanella rec. 2007
VIRGIN CLASSICS 5190029 
[132:00][RJF]
Dessay’s
memorable performance as Marie will define
her career ... see Full
Review
John DOWLAND
(1562-1626) Lute Songs & Ayres:
Elizabeth and Essex Songs
Kristine Hurst (soprano); Ben Cohen (lute)
CENTAUR CRC2866 [55:24][JV]
Interesting
concept and notes but the performances leave no lasting impression ...
see Full Review
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH Hugues DUFOURT
(b. 1943) Le Cyprès blanc; Surgir
Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg/Pierre-André
Valade rec. 2004-6
TIMPANI 1C1112 [61:01][HC]
Truly
magnificent. Vital and assured readings of
exacting scores ... see Full
Review
Thomas DUNHILL
(1877-1946) Friendship's Garland -
a Suite of Five Miniatures op. 97 see
From
Hafiz to Firewing (and Beyond)
Henri DUPARC
(1848–1933) Mélodies
see CHAUSSON
Henri
DUTILLEUX (b. 1916) Oboe Sonata
see From
Hafiz to Firewing (and Beyond)
Antonín DVOŘÁK
(1841-1904)
Violin Concerto Aram
KHACHATURIAN (1903-1978) Violin
Concerto
Gerhard Taschner (violin) Berlin PO/Lovro
von Matacic, NWDR SO/Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt
rec. live 1942/55
TAHRA TAH641 [65:05]
[JW]
Good
performances alive with historical frisson
... see Full
Review
Antonín
DVOŘÁK (1841-1904) Violin Concerto see BEETHOVEN
(1770-1827)
Violin Concerto Antonín DVOŘÁK
(1841-1904) Violin Concerto
Guila Bustabo (violin); Concertgebouw Orchestra/Willem Mengelberg &
NWDR Symphony Orchestra/Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt rec. 1943 & 1955
TAHRA TAH640 [78:29][JW]
A
contrasting, valuable, excellently presented brace of performances ...
see Full Review
Antonin
DVOŘÁK
(1841-1904)
Stabat Mater
Alexandra Coku (soprano); Renata Pokupic (alto); Pavol Breslik (tenor);
Markus Butter (bass); Brigitte Engerer (piano); Accentus/Laurence Equilbey
rec. 2007 NAÏVE V5091
[60:00]
[JS]
A
performance described generously as intimate,
or more crudely as weak ... see Full
Review
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH Sir
Edward ELGAR
(1857-1934) Falstaff
– Symphonic Study, Op.68 (1913) [33:19]
Enigma – Variations on an original
Theme, Op.36 (1899) [29:46] Pomp and Circumstance
March No.5 in C, Op.39 (1930) [5:41]
New Philharmonia Orchestra/Andrew Davis rec.
Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London, 4-5 January
1974. ADD.
LYRITA SRCD.301 [68:46] [BW]
Just
has the edge over Davis’s own excellent re-makes
.... see Full
Review
Edward "Duke"
ELLINGTON
(1899-1974) Black,
Brown and Beige (1943) orch. Maurice Peress
[18:04] Three Black Kings (1973) orch.
Luther Henderson [19:11] New World A-Comin’
(1943 revised 1960 revised by Maurice
Peress c.1983) [13:47] Harlem – for
Jazz Band and Orchestra [15:23]
Frank Wess (alto saxophone); Richard Chamberlain
(trombone); Jimmy Heath (tenor and soprano
saxophones); Roland Hanna (piano); Stephen
Hart (clarinet); John Faddis (trumpet); Bill
Easley (clarinet); Ron Carter (bass); Butch
Miles (drums) American Composers Orchestra/Maurice
Peress rec. 1989
NIMBUS NI 2511 [66:44]
[JW]
Symphonic
Ellington strides confidently ... see Full
Review
Manuel de FALLA
(1876-1946)
El amor brujo – Suite; Noches
en los jardines de España; Excerpts from La
vida breve: & El sombrero de tres
picos Tomás
BRETÓN (1850-1923) Escenas
Andaluzas
Orchestra National de la Radiodiffusion Française,
Gran Orquesta Sinfónica/Ataúlfo Argenta rec.
1955-7
MEDICI ARTS MM025-2 [78:14][CH]
Argenta
was pretty well ideal in this repertoire,
and could inspire an orchestra ... see Full
Review
Gerald
FINZI (1901-1956)
Dies natalis etc.
James Gilchrist (tenor); Bournemouth Symphony
Orchestra/David Hill rec. 2007
NAXOS 8.570417 [66:40][MC]
Pleasingly
performed and well recorded a worthwhile addition
to the discography ... see Full
Review
Nicholas FLAGELLO
(1928-1994)
Missa Sinfonica Arnold
ROSNER (b. 1945) Symphony 5 ‘Missa
sine Cantoribus super Salve Regina’
National RSO Ukraine/John McLaughlin Williams
rec. 2006
NAXOS 8.559347 [74:45]
[WK]
Stirring
performances of neo-romantic symphonies -
a must for all twentieth century tonalists
... see Full
Review
Ben
FOSKETT (b.1977) Violin Concerto
(2004) see
COLE
César
FRANCK (1822–1890) Violin Sonata Dmitri
SHOSTAKOVICH (1906–1975) Violin Sonata
Sergey Khachatryan (violin); Lusine Khachatryan (piano) rec. 2007
NAÏVE V5122 [60:13][BBr]
An
odd coupling, to be sure, but one which works ... see Full
Review
Igor
Alexandrovich FROLOV
(b.1937) Works and arrangements for violin
and piano Nicolas
Koeckert (violin) Rudolf Joachim Koeckert (violin) Kristina Miller (piano)
rec. 2005/6 NAXOS 8.570583
[62:28]
[RM]
Charismatic
performers who share their enjoyment with
the listeners ... see Full
Review
Herman GALYNIN (1922-1966)
Piano
Music - Volume 1: Sonata Triad
(1939-41) [15:52]; Suite (1945) [11:26];
Four Preludes (c. 1939) [7:16]; Waltz
(c. 1939) [1:25]; Dance (c. 1939) [1:45];
Spanish Fantasy (c. 1939) [4:44]; The
Tamer Tamed (1944) [8:00]
Olga Solovieva (piano) rec. Moscow Theatre
and Concert Centre, 19 October, 2 November
2006. DDD first recordings TOCCATA CLASSICS TOCC
0076 [53:25] [RB]
Deeply
indebted to Shostakovich yet redeemed by an
irrepressible personality ... see Full
Review
James
Macdonald GAYFER (1916-1997)
Suite for Woodwind Quintet see Petite
Suite Maritime
George
GERSHWIN (1898-1937) Piano Concerto see LEIMER
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH Philip
GLASS
(b. 1937)
The Concerto Project - Volume II
Piano Concerto No. 2 “After Lewis And Clark”,
Concerto for harpsichord and orchestra
Paul Barnes (piano), R. Carlos Nakai (Native
American flute) Jillon Stoppels Dupree (harpsichord)
Northwest CO/Ralf Gothóni rec. 2005
ORANGE MOUNTAIN MUSIC OMM0030 [58:53]
[DJB]
Hypnotic
in the best Glass tradition, also moving,
thrilling and great fun! … see Full
Review
Philip
GLASS (b. 1937) Of
Beauty & Light Various
artists rec. 1987-2006 NAXOS
8.503202 [3 CDs: 70:09 + 67:07 + 51:46][RB]
Glass’s
hypno-rhythmic writing in full spate ... see Full
Review
Christoph
Willibald GLUCK (1714–1787)
Orphée et Eurydice Chorus & Orchestra
of the Bavarian State Opera/Ivor Bolton
FARAO CLASSICS D108045
[104:00][GF]
As
good a DVD version as any I know of ... see Full
Review
Alexander GOEHR (b.
1932) Little
Symphony op. 15 (1963) [28:04] String Quartet No. 2 op. 23 (1967)
[23:01] Piano Trio op. 20 (1966) [19:49]
London Symphony Orchestra/Norman Del Mar; Allegri Quartet; Orion Trio.
rec. 15 August 1964 (Little Symphony); no details for other items.
ADD First issued on LP: Philips SAL 3497 (Little Symphony); Argo ZRG
748. original recordings made in association with British Council.
LYRITA SRCD.264 [71:03]
[RB]
High
production values, commendable cultural commitment
and inspiration. ... see Full
Review
Francois
Joseph GOSSEC (1734-1829)
Trois Grandes Symphonies; Sabinus
- Suites de ballets
Les Agrémens/Guy Van Waas rec. 2006-7
RICERCAR RIC263 [57:58][RB]
Surprises
and imaginative coups aplenty in these Mozartean symphonies ... see
Full Review
Peder
GRAM (1881-1956) Orchestral
Works - vol. 2
Danish Philharmonic Orchestra/Matthias Aeschbacher rec.2007
DACAPO 8.224718 [64:58][BBr]
Well
written, tuneful and easily approachable ...
see Full Review
Edvard GRIEG
(1843-1907) At the Matching Game
see BULL
Edvard
GRIEG (1843–1907)
The Complete Songs - Volume 7
Monica Groop (mezzo); Roger Vignoles (piano)
rec. 2007
BIS BISCD1757 [68:38]
[GF]
A
must for Grieg collectors but a lot of interest
for non-specialists as well ... see Full
Review
Carlos GUASTAVINO
(1912–2000)
Piano
music
Martin Jones (piano) rec. 5-6 December 2005;
24-25 April 2006, Concert Hall, Wyastone Leys,
Monmouth. DDD
NIMBUS NI 5818-20 [3 CDs: 75:43 + 65:00
+ 72:40] [BBr]
Simple
delight in well-crafted, unpretentious music-making
... see Full
Review
George
Frideric HANDEL (1685-1759)
Messiah
Chor und Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen
Rundfunks/Sir Colin Davis rec. 1984
PHILIPS ELOQUENCE 4800120 [73:27 + 77:12][DC]
Still
good as a staple for any collection ... see
Full
Review
George
Frideric HANDEL (1685–1759)
Operatic Duets
Patrizia Ciofi (soprano); Joyce Di Donato
(mezzo); Il Complesso Barocco/Alan Curtis
rec. 2003
VIRGIN CLASSICS 5181792 [73:35][GF]
A
superb disc with baroque opera duets! ...
see Full
Review
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH George
Frideric HANDEL (1685–1759) Ariodante
Il Complesso Barocco/Alan Curtis rec. 2007
DYNAMIC 33559
2 DVDs [157:00][RM]
A
very very good DVD of a great Handel opera
... see Full
Review
George
Frideric HANDEL (1685-1759)
Hercules
HWV 60 (1745) [3:09:49] Liselotte
Kühn - First Oechalian (soprano); Gerlinde
Sämann - Iöle (soprano); Franz Vitzthum
- Lichas (counter-tenor); Nicola Wemyss -
Dejanira (mezzo); Knut Schoch - Hyllus (tenor);
Peter Kooij - Hercules (bass); Franz Schneider
- First Trachinian (bass)
Junge Kantorei Frankfurt Baroque Orchestra/Joachim
Carlos Martini rec. live, 4 June 2006, Kloster
Eberbach, Rheingau, Germany. DDD
NAXOS 8.557960-62 [3 CDs: 61:03 + 64:30
+ 64:16 est.]
[MS]
A crystalline, uplifting
and extrovert conception ... see Full
Review
Howard HANSON
(1896-1981) Symphony No. 2 Romantic
see Virgil
Thomson
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH Jonathan HARVEY (b.
1939) Tranquil Abiding, Body Mandala,
Timepieces, White as Jasmine, … towards a Pure Land Anu
Komsi (soprano) BBC Scottish SO/Ilan Volkov rec. 2007 NMC
D141 [79:59] [TH]
You
should have this disc of music by one of the UK’s finest elder
statesmen ... see Full Review
Joseph
HAYDN (1732-1809)
Symphony No. 39; Symphony No. 45 Isang
YUN (1917-1995) Chamber Symphony
I
Münchener Kammerorchester/ Alexander Liebreich
rec. 2007
ECM 2029 [69:56][DC]
A
genuinely substantial and fascinating programme
of expertly performed music ... see Full
Review
String
Quartets by
Joseph
HAYDN
(1732-1809),
Luigi BOCCHERINI (1745-1805) &
Ludwig
van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)
Quartetto Italiano rec. 1953-6
TAHRA TAH647-8 [63:21 + 58:42]
[JW]
Fine
sounding transfers cap a singularly pleasurable
disc ... see Full
Review
Joseph
HAYDN (1732-1809)
Die
Schöpfung
Chorgemeinschaft Neubeuern, Saarbrücken RSO/Enoch
zu Guttenberg rec. 1998
FARAO CLASSICS B108025 [38:00 + 65:06]
[DC]
A
sleeper, and worth waking ... see Full
Review
Jacques
HÉTU (b.1938) Quatre
Miniatures pour trio d'anches (1967)Quintette
pour instruments à vent op. 13 (1967)
see Petite
Suite Maritime
Johan
Nepomuk HUMMEL
(1778-1837)
Grand Concerto W23 for Bassoon and Orchestra
in F major see RECORDING
OF THE MONTH
Karen
Geoghegan plays Bassoon Concertos
Jacques
IBERT (1890–1962) Includes Divertissement,
Symphonie marine, Louisville Concerto, Flute Concerto, Ouverture
de fête, Escales, Tropismes pour des amours imaginaires, Quatre
Chansons de Don Quichotte City
of Birmingham SO/Louis
Frémaux; Emmanuel Pahud (flute), Tonhalle O Zürich/David Zinman; Orchestre National
de l’ORTF/Jean Martinon; José Van
Dam (baritone), Orchestre de l’Opéra de Lyon/Kent Nagano
rec. 1973-2002 EMI CLASSICS
GEMINI 5176392 [75:32 + 68:17] [HC]
Un
petit maître whose music is refreshingly unpretentious and attractive
... see Full Review
John
IRELAND (1879-1962)
Songs
Roderick Williams (baritone); Iain Burnside
(piano) rec. 2007
NAXOS 8.570467 [65:32][JF]
Some
of the best interpretations of Ireland’s songs
I have ever heard ... see Full
Review
Charles
IVES (1874-1954) A Concord Symphony
(orch. Henry Brant) Royal
Concertgebouw Orchestra/Dennis Russell Davies rec. 2000
INNOVA 414 [51:40][KM]
An
essential addition to any Ives collection ... see Full
Review
Gordon
JACOB (1895-1984) Piano Sonata see
MOERAN
Dmitri
KABALEVSKY (1904-1987) Piano
Concerto 3, Rhapsody for piano and orchestra on the
theme of the
song School Years, Poem of Struggle for orchestra and chorus Nikolai
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV (1844-1908) Piano Concerto Hsin-Ni
Liu (piano) Gnesin Academy Chorus, Russian PO/Dmitry Yablonsky
rec. 2005/6 NAXOS 8.557794 [54:09] [RB]
Simple
catchy exuberance and patriotic aggression ... see Full
Review
Erich
Wolfgang KORNGOLD (1897-1957)
Violin Sonata, Violin Concerto
Paul Waltman (violin) Bengt Forsberg (piano) Swedish RSO/David Björkman
rec. 2006/7 DAPHNE 1032
[63:52]
[RB]
Compulsive
for the Sonata but a poetic rather than chromium
reading of the Concerto ... see Full
Review
Michel-Richard
DE LALANDE (1657-1726) Troisième
Leçon de Ténèbres du
Mercredy Saint* [16:05] Troisième
Leçon de Ténèbres du
Vendredy Saint** see
Couperin
Constant
LAMBERT (1905-1951)
Suite from 'Merchant Seamen'; Suite
from 'Anna Karenina' Lord
BERNERS (1883-1950) From 'Champagne
Charlie'; Suite from 'Nicholas Nickleby';
Suite from 'The Halfway House'
BBC Concert Orchestra/Rumon Gamba rec. 2007
CHANDOS CHAN10459 [79:35][RB]
A
generous selection of largely unknown film
music done with conviction and style ... see
Full
Review
Constant LAMBERT
(1905-1951)
Suites from Merchant Seamen and Anna
Karenina Lord
BERNERS (1883-1950) Suites from
Champagne Charlie, Nicholas Nickleby, The
Halfway House
Joyful Company of Singers, BBC Concert O/Rumon
Gamba rec. 2007
CHANDOS CHAN10459 [79:35]
[IL]
One
of the best albums in the Chandos Film Music
series ... see Full
Review
Olivier
LATRY (b.1962) Salve Regina
pour orgue et voix see Salve
Regina
Benjamin
LEES (b.1924)
Piano Music: 1945-2005 Toccata
(1947) [2:16] Ornamental Etudes 1-6
(1957) [16:19] Three Preludes (1962)
[9:27] Sonata Breve (1956) [12:57]
Odyssey: Nos. 1-3 (1971, 1986, 2005)
[30:39]
Mirian Conti (piano) rec. 6-8 November 2006,
Estudios Cosentino, Buenios Aires, Argentina.
DDD
TOCCATA CLASSICS TOCC 0069 [71:39] [RB]
A
dark and fantastic imagination engaged ...
see Full Review
Kenneth LEIGHTON
(1929–1988) Orchestral
Works - Volume 1 Symphony for Strings,
Concerto for Organ, String Orchestra and Timpani,
Concerto for String Orchestra
John Scott (organ) BBC Ntl O of Wales/Richard
Hickox rec. 2006
CHANDOS CHAN10461 [74:34]
[HC]
Strongly
expressive, moving and often gripping ...
see Full
Review
Kurt
LEIMER (1920-1974) Piano
Concerto 4 George GERSHWIN (1898-1937) Concerto Kurt
Leimer (piano)
Skyline SO/Günter Neidlinger (Gershwin)
Symphony of the Air/Leopold Stokowski (Leimer)
rec. 1959-72 COLOSSEUM CLASSICS
COL9202.2 [67:25] [JW]
Leimer’s
early death robbed the world of a most versatile composer and executant
... see Full Review
Franz
LISZT (1811-1886)
Complete Piano Music - Volume 28
Ludwig van BEETHOVEN/Franz
LISZT Symphony 9 (transc. two pianos)
Leon McCawley, Ashley Wass (pianos) rec. 2007
NAXOS 8.570466 [61:04]
[MC]
A
winning release of a seminal work of the Romantic
repertoire in its guise as a two piano transcription.
... see Full
Review
Jon
LORD (b. 1941) Boom
of the Tingling Strings; Disguises
Nelson Goerner, (piano); Odense
Symfoniorkester/Paul Mann rec.
2006
EMI CLASSICS 3905282 [72:14][KS]
Wonderful
surprises from an unusual source. A rock star
with a quill of gold ... see Full
Review
Jean-Baptiste
LULLY (1632–1687) Thésée Yulia
van Doren, Suzie LeBlanc, Amanda Forsythe, Ellen Hargis, Laura
Pudwell, Teresa Wakim (sopranos); Mireille Lebel (mezzo); Howard
Crook, Marc Molomot, Aaron Sheehan (tenors); Aaron Engebreth
(baritone); Harry van der Kamp, Olivier Laquerre, Marek Rzepka
(bass)
Boston Early Music Festival O & Ch/Paul O'Dette, Stephen Stubbs rec. 2006 CPO
777240-2 [3 CDs: 66:04
+ 48:22 + 58:52] [JV]
A
masterpiece given a masterful performance by a cast without weak
links ... see Full Review
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