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John
CAGE (1912-1992) Sixteen
Dances 
Boston
Modern Orchestra Project/Gil Rose rec. 2007 BMOP/SOUND
1012 
[42:12] 
[DC]
A
genuine delight ... see Full
Review
Elliot
CARTER (b. 1908) Cello sonata see MESSIAEN
Ernest
CHAUSSON (1855-1899) Poème de l’amour et
de la mer see VIERNE
Ernest
CHAUSSON
(1855-1899) Symphony in B flat major, Op. 20 (1890)
[31:27] Soir de Fęte, Op. 32 (1898) [13:13] Počme de l’amour
et de la mer, Op. 19 (1890) [26:14]
Brigitte Balleys (mezzo) Royal Flemish Philharmonic Orchestra/Michael
Schřnwandt rec. March 2008, Queen Elisabeth Concert Hall, Brussels
TALENT DOM 2929 97 [71:24]
[TB]
The
orchestral playing, Balleys’ singing, and the nicely atmospheric recording
make this a most satisfying experience. ... see Full
Review
Fryderyk
CHOPIN (1810-1849) Piano concerto 1 see Géza
Anda
Muzio
CLEMENTI (1752-1832) The Complete Piano Sonatas – Vol.
4 Howard
Shelley (piano) rec. 2009 HYPERION
CDA67738 [71:09 + 65:15] 
[MS]
The
fourth in Howard Shelley's highly prized series of Clementi's piano
sonatas easily lives up to the very high standards of the earlier volumes.
Definitely a keeper … see Full Review
Bernhard Henrik CRUSELL (1775-1838)
Concertos for Clarinet and Orchestra: No. 2, Op. 5 in F minor (1815)
[22:07]; No. 3, Op.11 in B-flat (1807) [23:10]; No. 1, Op.1 in E-flat
major (1810) [19:58]
Martin Fröst (clarinet) Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra/Okko Kamu rec.
January 2008, Gothenburg Concert Hall, Sweden. SACD
BIS-SACD-1723 [66:19]
[JL]
Anyone
looking for the Crusell clarinet concertos is well advised to go straight
to this one … see Full Review
Joe
CUTLER (b. 1968) Music for Parakeets see MESSIAEN
Evaristo
Felice dall’ABACO (1675-1742) Concerti
for strings Cappella
Coloniensis/Günter
Wich, György Fischer, Hanns-Martin Schneidt, Wilfried Boettcher
rec. 1972-78 PHOENIX
EDITION
190 [65:41] 
[GPu]
Distinctly
individual works in the tradition of the Italian baroque concerto … see Full
Review
Michael
DAUGHERTY (b.1954) Fire
and Blood, MotorCity Triptych, Raise the Roof Detroit
SO/Neeme Järvi
rec. 2001/3 NAXOS
8.559372 [69:30] 
[CR]
Unapologetic,
honest and above all, musically satisfying … see Full
Review
Claude
DEBUSSY
(1862-1918)
La Mer (1904) [24:17] Prélude ŕ l'aprčs-midi d'un
faune (1892) [9:02] Danse – Tarantelle Styrienne (orch. Ravel)
(1890) [5:26] Trois Nocturnes (1900) [26:03]
William Kincaid (flute) Temple University Women’s Choir/Robert E Page
Philadelphia Orchestra/Eugene Ormandy rec. 1959, 1964. ADD
SONY ESSENTIAL MASTERWORKS 88697572792 [64:48]
[RB]
Sumptuous
poetic recordings from a truly great orchestra at nigh noon ... see
Full Review
BARGAIN
OF THE MONTH Frederick
DELIUS (1862-1934) The Complete Violin
Sonatas Tasmin
Little (violin) Piers Lane (piano) rec. 1997 SONY
CLASSICAL 88697 532142 [76:40] [RB]
Magical
Delius performances ... see Full
Review
Peter
DICKINSON (b. 1934) Mass of the Apocalypse, Larkin’s
Jazz, Five Forgeries, Five Early Pieces
Peter Dickinson, John Flinders (piano), St James Singers/Ivor Bolton,
Nash Ensemble/Lionel Friend rec. 1988-2009
NAXOS 8.572287 [79:02]
[JF]
An
excellent CD with which to introduce the diverse sound-world of Peter
Dickinson ... see Full Review
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH Rihards DUBRA
(b.1964) Choral Works
Ch Royal Holloway/Rupert Gough rec. 2009
HYPERION CDA 67799 [67:03]
[HC]
Magnificent
and generously rewarding … see Full
Review
Marcel
DUPRÉ (1886-1971) Deuxième
Symphonie, Deux Esquisses Giles SWAYNE (b.1946) Riff
- Raff Joseph JONGEN (1873-1953) Sonata
eroica Frank BRIDGE (1879-1941) Adagio Tobias
Frank
(organ)
rec. 2007 PROFIL
EDITION
PH09011 [70:49] [BBr]
I
am most impressed by what I have heard … see Full
Review
Edward
ELGAR (1857-1934)
Enigma Variations, Introduction
and Allegro
Houston SO/Lawrence Foster,
Boston SO/Charles Munch rec. 1958/78
HDTT HDCD183 [46:33]
[JW]
Adherents
will have the Munch, and the Foster is not a market contender ... see
Full Review
Louise
FARRENC
(1804-1875)
Piano Trio No. 1 in E flat major Op. 33 (1842) [31.06] Piano Trio No.
3 in E flat major Op. 44 (1856) [24.58] Sextet in C minor Op. 40 (1852)
[24.58]
Linos Ensemble rec. 9, 11, 13 October 2006, Radio-Bremen-Sendesaal
CPO 777 256-2 [79.03]
[GH]
Well
crafted and top-quality and certainly worth getting to know ... see
Full Review
Gasparo
(Kaspar) FRITZ (1716-1783) Flute
Sonatas Claire
Genewein (transverse flute); Maya Amrein (cello); Nicoleta Paraschivescu
(harpsichord)
rec. 2008 GUILD
GMCD7330 [53:33] [JW]
These
hitherto little appreciated works have a fine send-off into the market-place
… see Full Review
Baldassare
GALUPPI
(1706 – 1785) L’Olimpiade
(1747) Mark Tucker (tenor); Ruth Rosique (soprano); Roberta Invernizzi
(soprano);
Venice Baroque Orchestra/Andrea Marcon rec. 2006
DYNAMIC 33545
[2 DVDs: 210:00]
[GF]
A
desirable acquisition for lovers of baroque opera ... see Full
Review
Florian
Leopold GASSMANN (1729-1774)
Opera Overtures La notte critica (The Critical Night), Gli
uccellatori (The Birdcatchers), Filosofia ed amore (Philosophy and Love),
La casa di campagna (The Country House), La contessina (The Young Countess),
Il viaggiatore ridiculo (The Ridiculous Traveller), Il filsofo innamorato
(The Philosopher in Love), L’amore artegiano (Love in the Workplace),
Un pazzo ne fa cento (One Madman Makes Many),Le pescatrici (The Fisherwomen)
Eclipse
Chamber Orchestra/Sylvia Alimena rec. 24 October 2006 and 12 March 2007,
George Washington Masonic Memorial, Alexandria, Virginia
NAXOS 8.570421 [64:10]
[GPu]
Charming,
lightweight overtures attractively played … see Full
Review
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH Charles GOUNOD (1818
- 1893) Roméo
et Juliette Bidú Sayão,
Jussi Björling, Metropolitan Opera Ch & O/Emil Cooper
rec. live, 1947 IMMORTAL
PERFORMANCES
IPCD1003-2 [74:06
+ 79:30] [GF]
One
of the truly great moments at the Met … indispensable ...
see Full Review
George
Frideric HANDEL (1685–1759) Messiah Julia
Doyle (soprano) Iestyn Davies (counter-tenor) Allan Clayton
(tenor) Andrew Foster-Williams (bass) Polyphony; Britten Sinfonia/Stephen
Layton rec. 2008 HYPERION
CDA67800 [64:27+69:34] [BW]
A
middle-of-the-road performance which just about presses all the
right buttons ... see Full
Review
George
Frideric HANDEL (1685
- 1759) Apollo
e Dafne Helen
Donath (soprano) Peter Christoph Runge (bass) Capella Coloniensis/Günther
Wich rec. 1978 PHOENIX
EDITION
192 [53.10] [RH]
Showing
its age but certainly in the realms of the interesting and, perhaps,
desirable. ... see Full
Review
BARGAIN
OF THE MONTH Franz Joseph HAYDN (1732-1810) Great
Piano Sonatas Sonatas 20, 23, 28 & 48 Ronan
O'Hora (piano) rec. 1997 REGIS
RRC1311 [71:37] [OL]
Life
and love in every note ... see Full
Review
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH Simon HOLT (b.
1958) Tauromaquia,
a book of colours, Black Lanterns,
Klop’s Last Bite,
Nigredo Rolf
Hind (piano)
rec. 2008 NMC
D128 [69:17] [HC]
One
of the most endearing composers of his generation ... see Full
Review
Jenő HUBAY (1858-1937) Works
for violin and piano - Vol. 12 Ferenc
Szecsődi (violin)
István Kassai (piano)
rec. 2007 HUNGAROTON
CLASSIC HCD32549 [72:55] [JW]
A
valuable series ... see Full Review
Jenö HUBAY (1858-1937) Violin
Concertos 1 & 2, Scènes de la Csarda 3 & 4 Chloë Hanslip
(violin) Bournemouth SO/Andrew Mogrelia
rec. 2008 NAXOS
8.572078 [70:46] [JW]
With
fine recorded sound and committed performances this is an admirable
entrant ... see Full Review
John
IRELAND
(1879-1962) Mai-Dun, The
Forgotten Rite, Satyricon
Overture, The Overlanders Suite, A London March, Epic
March
Hallé Orchestra/John Wilson rec. March 2007, BBC Studio 7, New Broadcasting
House, Manchester
HALLÉ CDHLL7523 [67:41] 
[JW]
Has
some good things going for it ... see Full
Review
John
IRELAND (1879-1962) The
Piano Music of John Ireland - Volume 2 Sarnia, Sea Idyll & other
works Mark
Bebbington (piano) rec. 2008 SOMM
NEW HORIZONS SOMMCD 088 [72:28] 
[JW]
A
measured, but romantic view ... see Full
Review
Salomon JADASSOHN (1831-1902) Piano Concerto 1,
Symphony 1 see BRŰLL
Leoš
JANÁCEK (1854-1928) String Quartet 1 Hans
KRÁSA (1899-1941) String Quartet Victor
ULLMANN (1898-1944) String Quartet 3
Schulhoff Qt rec. 2008
VMS MUSICAL TREASURES VMS 202 [52:35]
[JW]
Good
though a work too short ... see Full
Review
John
JENKINS (1592-1678) Fantasy
Suites Hamburger
Ratsmusik
rec. 2008 PHOENIX EDITION 141 [63:03] [JV]
An
oustanding disc which makes Jenkins shine and sheds light on the
unique talent of this English master of the 17th century ... see Full
Review
Joseph
JONGEN (1873-1953) Sonata eroica see DUPRÉ
Daniel
KESSNER (b.1946) Dances for Clarinet and Guitar see BRAHMS
Erich
Wolfgang KORNGOLD (1897-1957) Violin concerto see
RÓZSA
Hans
KRÁSA (1899-1941) String Quartet see JANÁCEK
LÉONIN (‘Magister
Leoninus’) (fl.1150s-c.1201) Vol.
1: Sacred Music from 12th-century Paris Red
Byrd, Cappella Amsterdam
rec. 1996 HYPERION
HELIOS
CDH55328 [71:10] [BW]
Purchase
with confidence and hope that Hyperion soon also reissues Volume
2 ... see Full Review
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