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Albrecht
Mayer in Venice Music by Antonio
VIVALDI (1678-1741), Giovanni
PLATTI (? Before 1692-1763), Alessandro
MARCELLO (1669-1747), Benedetto
MARCELLO (1686-1739), Antonio
LOTTI (c.1667-1740) and
Tomaso ALBINONI
(1671-1750/51) 
Albrecht Mayer (oboe); New Seasons Ensemble
rec. 2008
DECCA 4780313 [70:52][BW] 
Recommended
to all but the most hardened authenticists
... see Full
Review
Robert Merrill & Jussi Björling - Operatic Arias
and Duets rec.
1949-51 NIMBUS PRIMA
VOCE NI 7945 [78:31] 
This
disc is a gem ... see Full
Review
Nan
Merriman
Nan Merriman (mezzo); various accompanists rec.
1943-49 PREISER 89706
[75:31][JW]
A
snapshot of the art of American mezzo Nan Merriman ... see Full
Review
A Night at the Opera
Music by LISZT, GLUCK,
CHOPIN, RIMSKY-KORSAKOV,
GRAINGER,
BUSONI,
WAGNER, MENDELSSOHN
and GRÜNFELD
Anthony Goldstone (piano) rec. 2005-8
DIVINE ART DDA25067 [79.27][DJ]
A
gem of a disc with glorious melodies lovingly
adorned ... see Full
Review
A
Noble Noyse of
Musicke The
Royal Wind Music
rec. 2004 LINDORO MPC-0118 [63:15]
[JV]
Performed
well, but lacks coherence and suffers from less than ideal recording
... see Full Review
David
Oistrakh – 100th Anniversary
Edition CD
1 Johann Sebastian BACH (1685-1750) Concerto
for two Violins Antonio
VIVALDI (1678–1741) L’Estro Armonico No 8 Wolfgang
Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791) Violin Concerto 5 Jean-Marie
LECLAIR (1697-1764) Violin Sonata Zoltán
KODÁLY (1882-1967) Three Hungarian folk dances CD
2 Ernst Hermann MEYER (1905-1988) Violin
Concerto David
Oistrakh, Igor Oistrakh (violin) Leipzig Gewandhaus O, Staatskapelle
Dresden/Franz Konwitschny (Mozart)
rec. 1954-65 BERLIN CLASSICS
0184612BC [77:52 + 36:19] [JW]
Offers
gap-filling opportunities even for strong Oistrakh admirers ...
see Full Review
Perlman
Plays Klezmer
Itzhak Perlman (violin);
Brave Old World; Kapelye; The Klezmatics;
The Klezmer Conservatory Band; The Andy Statman
Klezmer Orchestra rec. 1995-96
EMI CLASSICS 2070942 [72:16 + 76:29; 
55:00][JW]
Something
of the excitement of Klezmer, mid-1990s style ... see Full
Review
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH Patricia Petibon Amoureuses Arias
by Mozart, Haydn and Gluck Patricia
Petibon (soprano)
Concerto Köln/Daniel Harding rec. 2008 DEUTSCHE
GRAMMOPHON 477 7468 [68:39]
The
bewitching Petibon can be justly proud ... see Full
Review
Powerplant Includes Steve
REICH (b.1936) Electric
Counterpoint Kraftwerk Tour
de France, Radioactivity, Pocket Calculator Javier
ALVAREZ (b.1956) Temazcal Powerplant
rec. 2003-8 SIGNUM
RECORDS SIGCD143 [49:55] [DC]
Is
this is where contemporary percussion is going? ... see Full
Review
Restoration – Treasures
of the English Baroque
Jette Rosendal (soprano and baroque violin); Colin Booth (harpsichord,
spinet and organ) rec. 2008
CD CLASSICS CDK1002 [65:52][BW] 
A
varied and attractive programme, well performed ... see Full
Review
Paul
Robeson - The Complete EMI Sessions 1928-1939
Paul Robeson
(bass) rec. London 1928-39
EMI CLASSICS 2155862 [7 CDs: 63:38 + 63:50 + 76:09 + 76:53 + 63:39
+ 68:23 + 64:52][JW] 
An
obvious first port of call for pre-War Robeson material ... see Full
Review
Romantic Music for Two
Pianos by Camille
SAINT-SAËNS (1835-1921), Sergei RACHMANINOV (1873-1943), Benjamin BRITTEN (1913-1976), Arnold
BAX (1883-1953), Claude DEBUSSY (1862-1918), Arthur
BENJAMIN (1893-1960) and Witold
LUTOSLAWSKI (1913-1994)
Joshua Pierce and Dorothy Jonas (pianos) rec.
1979-88
MSR RECORDS MS1260 [74:11][MC]
Assured
playing of highly attractive and imaginative scores ... see Full
Review
Andrés
Segovia – 1950s American Recordings – Volume
Six Andrés
Segovia (guitar) rec. 1952-56
NAXOS HISTORICAL 8.111314 [79:17][JW]
Characteristically
accomplished performances ... see Full
Review
Andrés
Segovia – The Master Guitarist
rec. 1927-49 EMI CLASSICS
ICON 2080772 [3 CDs: 62:09 + 59:02 + 62:09] [JW]
Inexpensive,
well produced and fully representative ... see Full
Review
Songs
My Mother Taught Me Music by Leoš
JANÁČEK (1854-1938), Antonín DVOŘÁK
(1841-1904), Ervin (Erwin) SCHULHOFF
(1894-1942), Petr EBEN
(1929-2007), Jan
Josef RÖSLER (1771-1813), Vítězslav
NOVÁK (1870-1949) and Bohuslav
MARTINŮ (1890-1959) Magdalena
Kožená (mezzo); Malcolm Martineau (piano) rec. 2007
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 4776665 [70:17][JW]
Thoughtful
and imaginative ... see Full Review
In
Memory of Arturo Toscanini
Complete 1957 Symphony of the Air concert
Symphony of the
Air/Bruno Walter, Charles Munch & Pierre Monteux rec. 1957
MUSIC & ARTS MACD1201 [74:06 + 67:48][RM]
An
excellent commemoration in surprisingly good
sound of a great era ... see Full
Review
The Trio Sonata in 17th-Century
Germany
London
Baroque rec. 2005 BIS
BISCD1545 [73:06] [JV]
One
of the best recordings of German chamber music of the 17th century
... see Full Review
Urban
Requiem Scott
LINDROTH (b. 1968) Spin Cycle Camille
SAINT-SAËNS (1835-1921) (arr. Lee Brooks) Introduction
and Rondo-Capriccioso Eric
WHITACRE (b.1970) October Michael
COLGRASS (b.1932) Urban Requiem Dmitri
SHOSTAKOVICH (1906-1975) (arr. Guy Duker) Overture
on Russian and Kirghiz Folk Songs John
Philip SOUSA (1854-1932) Nobles of the Mystic Shrine Youngstown
State University Symphonic Wind Ensemble/Stephen L. Gage rec.
2002-6 NAXOS
8.570946 [64:06] [BM]
Another
excellent release in this great series … see Full
Review
Emanuel
Vardi – The Virtuoso Viola -
Recital -
Emanuel Vardi (viola)
Norman Carey (piano) All items arranged by
Emanuel Vardi except the Vardi Suite and the
Serly Rhapsody rec. 1988 CEMBAL
D’AMOUR CD 134 [74:27]
[JW]
A
splendid thing – nicely annotated and in excellent
sound ... see Full
Review
Violin
Solo 3 Music by Paul
HINDEMITH (1895-1963),
Anatol VIERU
(1926-1998) and Vladimir
MARTYNOV (b.1946)
Renate Eggebrecht (violin) rec.
2006-7
TROUBADISC TROSACD01431 
[79:01][DC]
Hindemith’s
revenge on violinists ... see Full
Review
BOOK
REVIEWS
Love
Me Tender –
The Stories behind the world’s best-loved
songs by
Max Cryer. Frances Lincoln Limited. ISBN 978-0-7112-2911-2.
[IL]
An
intriguing little book that would make an
ideal Christmas stocking filler. ... see Full
Review
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