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Bachs
Schüler - Motets
Johann Christoph
Friedrich Bach
(1732-1795) Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme Johann Philipp Kirnberger (1721-1783) An den Flüssen Babylons Johann Friedrich Doles (1715-1797) Wer bin ich, Herr? Gottfried
August Homilius (1714-1785) Die Elenden sollen essen Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788) Gott, deine Güte reicht so weit Johann Ludwig Krebs (1713-1780) Erforsche mich, Gott Johann
Christoph Altnickol (1719-1759) Befiehl du deine Wege 
Vocal Concert Dresden; Dresdner Instrumental-Concert/Peter Kopp rec.
2007 CARUS 83.263 [59:33]
[BW] 
An
attractive programme well performed and recorded ... see Full
Review
BARGAIN
OF THE MONTH Janet Baker – The
Beloved Mezzo various
orchestras conducted by Sir Adrian Boult, Sir John Barbirolli,
André Previn, Sir Simon Rattle, Sir Charles Mackerras, Raymond
Leppard, Yehudi Menuhin and Sir Neville Marriner; Robert Spencer
(lute), Martin Isepp (harpsichord), Gerald Moore and Geoffrey
Parsons (piano)
rec. 1964-86 EMI CLASSICS ICON
2080872 [5
CDs: 379:40] [GF] 
Marvellous
music in marvellous readings ... see Full
Review
The Best of the Bolshoi Ballet Boris ASAFIEV (1884-1949) Dance
of the Tartars Piotr Il’yich TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893) Spanish Dance
Sergei RACHMANINOV (1873-1943) Spring Waters Mikhail GLINKA (1804-1857) Polonaise and Cracovienne
Charles GOUNOD (1818-1893) Walpurgisnacht Camille SAINT-SAËNS (1835-1921) The Dying Swan Adolphe ADAM (1803-1856) Giselle
Galina Ulanova, Nikolai Fadeyechev, Bolshoi Theatre Ballet rec. live
1956 DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON
0734425 
[100:00] [RM] 
I
was very impressed ... see Full
Review
BARGAIN
OF THE MONTH
Dennis Brain – The Horn Player
Includes Mozart, Strauss and Hindemith concertos
rec. various locations 1943-47
EMI CLASSICS ICON 2060102 [4 CDs: 76:42 + 76:58 + 75:21 + 77:03]
[JS]
Irresistible
for its sheer musical pleasure ... see Full
Review
Byrdland
Music by William
BYRD and others
Lawrence Zazzo (counter-tenor); Paragon Saxophone Quartet rec. 2007
LANDOR LAN280 [62:47][EM]
Interesting
and engaging, and good for testing non-musician friends ... see Full
Review
Maria
Callas (soprano) Lyric
and Coloratura Arias
Maria Callas (soprano) Philharmonia Orchestra,
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala/Tullio Serafin rec.
1954-1955
EMI CLASSICS GREAT RECORDINGS OF THE CENTURY 4768422 [71:02][SV] 
An
album which I enjoyed immensely ... see Full
Review
The
Art of Fedor
Chaliapin - Opera scenes and arias
Fedor Chaliapin (bass)
MELODIYA MELCD1001345 [70.21][RJF]
Excellent
recorded sound for the greatest of singer-actors
in favourite roles ... see Full
Review
Carlo Colombara – Rencontres.
Mélodies Françaises Music by Gabriel
FAURÉ (1845 – 1924), Reynaldo HAHN (1875
– 1947), Charles GOUNOD (1818 – 1893),
Henri DUPARC (1848 – 1933), Francis
POULENC (1899 – 1963), Jacques IBERT
(1890 – 1962) and
Maurice RAVEL (1875
– 1937)
Carlo Colombara (bass); Rani Calderon (piano) rec. 2007
DYNAMIC CDS583 [58:14][GF]
Uneven but at its best rises to considerable heights ... see Full
Review
Composers
at the Piano - Bowen and Reizenstein York BOWEN
(1884-1961) CD 1 Ten
Preludes from the Set Op. 102 (1938, publ.1950) [21:29] Partita
Op. 156 (1960) [9:16] Berceuse Op. 83 (1928) [3:43] Moto
Perpetuo (III from Suite Mignonne op. 39) (1915)
[2:54] Toccata in A minor Op. 155 (1957) [4:53]
York Bowen (piano) Franz REIZENSTEIN
(1911-1968) CD 2 Piano Sonata in B Op. 19 (1944) [26:23]
Legend Op. 24 (1949) [5:34] Scherzo Fantastique
Op. 26 (1950) [9:01] Impromptu Op. 14 (1939) [5:07] Scherzo
in A Op. 21 (1945) [5:28]
Franz Reizenstein (piano) rec. mono, May 1960 (Bowen); October 1958
(Reizenstein). ADD Originally from LPs RCS 17 Bowen;
RCS19 Reizenstein Mid Price Double LYRITA REAM.2105 [42:13 +
51:37]
[RB]
Special
insights in pioneering recordings from the
1960s... see Full
Review
Music
for Euphonium and Orchestra Dominique
ROGGEN (b. 1948) Euphonium Concerto Wolfgang
Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791) Bassoon Concerto Carl
Maria VON WEBER (1786-1826) Bassoon Concerto Pyotr
Il’yich TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893) Andante cantabile
(arr. Roland Froscher) Jean
BALISSAT (1936-2007) Capriccio for euphonium and
orchestra da camera Roland
Froscher (euphonium) Cappella Istropolitana/Dominique Roggen
rec. 2005 NAXOS
8.570725 [67:19] [BM]
Euphonium
fans need not hesitate ... see Full
Review
Rudolf
Firkušný Music by Modest
MUSSORGSKY (1839-1881), Franz
SCHUBERT (1797-1828), Bohuslav MARTINŮ
(1890-1959), Fryderyk CHOPIN (1810-1849)
and Bedřich SMETANA (1824-1884)
Rudolf Firkušný
(piano) rec. 1980 BBC
LEGENDS BBCL42382 [75:54][JW]
A
tremendous recital – glorious playing, excellently recorded ... see
Full Review
Mirella Freni – The
Opera Singer
Mirella Freni (soprano); various accompanists rec. 1962–86
EMI CLASSICS ICON 2062532 [4 CDs: 76:43 + 78:32 + 77:30 + 77:57][GF]
One
of the loveliest sopranos … no one can afford not to buy this set ...
see Full Review
Les
Grandes Eaux Musicales De Versailles Music
by Jean-Baptiste Lully
(1632-1687), Jean-Philippe RameaU
(1683-1764), Henry Desmarest
(1661-1741), Christoph Willibald
Gluck (1714-1787)
and Nicola Porpora
(1686-1768) Chœur de
l’Opéra de Lausanne; Les Talens Lyriques/Christophe Rousset rec. 1994-2007
Naïve
AMBROISIE AM167 [75:00][BW]
Duplication
of existing recordings detracts from an otherwise very enjoyable CD
... see Full Review
Grétry traversant l'Achéron
Music by André-Ernest-Modeste GRÉTRY (1741-1813);
Armand-Louis COUPERIN (1727-1789); Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791); Dieudonné GAUBERT (1765-?), Alexandre-Pierre-François BOËLY (1785-1858),
Félix GODEFROID (1818-1897) and
César-Auguste FRANCK (1822-1890)
Guy Penson (fortepiano, harpsichord); Sylvia Bernier (fortepiano); Dirk
Vandaele (violin); rec. 1999
CYPRÈS CYP3618 [73:05][JV]
Testimony
to Grétry’s great reputation … played with zest and assurance ... see
Full Review
Jascha Heifetz Fireworks
Edouard LALO (1823-1892) Symphonie
espagnole Camille SAINT-SAËNS (1835-1921)
Havanaise Pablo DE SARASATE
(1844-1908) Zigeunerweisen Ernest
CHAUSSON (1855-1899) Poème Camille
SAINT-SAËNS (1835-1921) Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso
Maurice RAVEL (1875-1937) Tzigane
Jascha Heifetz (violin);
Various accompanists rec. 1951-3
ISTITUTO DISCOGRAFICO ITALIANO IDIS6546 [71:35][DC]
Not
just a great technician but a masterly artist ... see Full
Review
BARGAIN
OF THE MONTH
Jascha Heifetz - Violin
Virtuoso
Erich Wolfgang KORNGOLD (1897-1957) Violin ConcertoEdouard LALO (1823-1892)Symphonie Espagnole George GERSHWIN (1898-1937) Preludes 1-3,Porgy and Bess
Suite Kurt WEILL (1900-1950) Moderato assai Arthur BENJAMIN (1893-1960) Jamaican Rumba
Jascha Heifetz (violin) Los Angeles PO/Alfred Wallenstein; RCA Victor
SO/William Steinberg; Emanuel Bay (piano) rec. 1944-53
REGIS RRC1296 [74:04] [RM]
Hard
to see how this utterly committed recording could be bettered ...
see Full Review
Horowitz
in Hamburg - The Last Concert Wolfgang
Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791) Rondo, Piano Sonata K333 Franz
SCHUBERT (1797-1828)
- Franz
LISZT (1811-1886) Soirées de Vienne; Valse Caprice No.6 [7:36] Robert
SCHUMANN (1810-1856) Kinderszenen Fryderyk
CHOPIN (1810-1849) Mazurka,
Polonaise 6 Franz SCHUBERT (1797-1828) Moment
musical 3 Moritz MOSZKOWSKI Etincelles Vladimir
Horowitz (piano)
rec. live 1987 DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON
477 7558 [73:37] [JW]
A
memorable last concert, superbly recorded ... see Full
Review
Mieczyslaw
Horszowski Pablo
CASALS (1876-1973) Prelude Fryderyk
CHOPIN (1810-1849) Piano Sonata 3 Mazurkas Johann
Sebastian BACH (1685-1750) – Franz
LISZT (1811-1886) Prelude and Fugue Wolfgang
Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791) Piano Sonata K332 Heitor
VILLA-LOBOS (1887-1959) A Mare Encheu, Passa, Passa
Gaviao Felix MENDELSSOHN (1809-1847) Song
without Words Spinning Song Mieczyslaw
Horszowski (piano) rec. 1984/7 BBC
LEGENDS BBCL4230-2 [76:58] [JW]
A
connoisseur’s choice of a disc ... see Full
Review
Latvian
Organ Landscape
see review for details
Martin Rost (organs) rec. 2007
MUSIKPRODUKTION DABRINGHAUS UND GRIMM MDG3191503-2 [79:32] [CB]
A
beautifully conceived and executed project ... see Full
Review
Life
Abundant
Philip
Cobb (cornet and trumpet), Cory Band/Dr Stephen Cobb. rec. 2007
EGON SFZ140 [59:33] [TP]
A
very fine debut album featuring playing of the highest standard
... see Full Review
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