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Monday December 14th

90 reviews completed this month

Ivan BELLOCQ Obsession Ivan Bellocq (flute) Jean-Marc Fessard (clarinet) rec.2008 DUX [CR]

Johannes BRAHMS (1833-1897) Clarinet sonatas & trio Hideaki Aomori (clarinet) Joshua Pierce (piano) Daniel Barrett (cello) rec. 2008 MSR CLASSICS [OL]

George Frideric HANDEL (1685-1759) Apollo e Dafne Helen Donath (soprano) Capella Coloniensis/Günther Wich rec. 1978 PHOENIX EDITION   [RH]

Jenö HUBAY (1858-1937) Violin Concertos 1 & 2, Scènes de la Csarda Chloë Hanslip (violin) Bournemouth SO/Andrew Mogrelia rec. 2008 NAXOS [JW]

John JENKINS (1592-1678) Fantasy Suites Hamburger Ratsmusik rec. 2008 PHOENIX EDITION 141 [63:03] [JV]

Gian Francesco MALIPIERO (1883-1973) Symphonies Volume 3 Moscow SO/Antonio de Almeida rec. 1994 NAXOS [JW]

Robert SCHUMANN (1810-1856) Dichterliebe Johann Kaspar MERTZ (1806-1856) Sechs Schubert’sche Lieder Kevin Kyle (tenor) Carl Herring (guitar) rec. 2007/8 JCL RECORDS [GF]

Masterpieces of Mexican Polyphony Ch Westminster Cathedral/James O’Donnell rec. 1989 HYPERION HELIOS [BW]

Earl Wild in Concert - Vol. 1 Joseph HAYDN (1732-1809) Sonata 50 Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791) Variations on a theme by Gluck, Sonata Muzio CLEMENTI (1752-1832) Sonata Dieterich BUXTEHUDE (1637-1707) Suite rec. 1951-87 IVORY CLASSICS [JW]

Fritz Wunderlich sings Operetta and Opera Arias rec. 1956-58 REGIS [GF]

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This week: I never look at the trombones - it only encourages them. Richard Strauss

CHRISTMAS Discs - Full Listing (continuously added to)

Masterwork Index: Villa-Lobos's Bachianas Brasileiras

Gerald Finzi: Discography (updated) and Review Index - David Barker

December Download Roundup - Brian Wilson

Holst's In the Bleak Mid-Winter by John France

HYPERION: Top 30 download recommendations - Brian Wilson

Christmas Downloads 2009 - Brian Wilson

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To Live for you! To Die for you! The Life of Gustav Mahler by John Searight [PPLL]

American Muse: The Life and Times of William Schuman by Dr. Joseph W. Polisi [RB]

 

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