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Alison
Balsom: Trumpet Concertos by Johann
Nepomuk HUMMEL (1778-1837), Franz
Joseph HAYDN (1732-1809), Giuseppe
TORELLI (1658-1709) and Jan
Křtitel Jiři NERUDA (1711-1776) 
Alison Balsom (trumpet); Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen rec.
2008 EMI CLASSICS
2162130 [52:50][DJB]
Glorious
tone – top of the class … see Full Review
American
Trios Ellen Taaffe ZWI LLICH (b. 1939) Piano Trio Leon KIRCHNER (b. 1919) Piano Trio, Piano Trio II Mason BATES (b. 1977) String Band Paul SCHOENFELD (b.
1947) Café Music Claremont Trio rec. 2008 TRIA RECORDS no catalogue
number [75:07] [BBr]
A
very attractive and interesting programme ... see Full
Review
Cæli Porta:
‘Gateway of heaven and star of the sea’ 17thC Sacred Music form
Lisbon and Granada Choir
of the Queen’s College, Oxford/Owen Rees Carlotte Philips (organ) rec.
2007/8, DDD. Booklet with texts and translations.
GUILD GMCD7323 [60:32]
[BW]
Attractive
performances of strikingly beautiful music ... see Full
Review
Christmas
Carols with Kiri te Kanawa from Coventry Cathedral
Dame Kiri te Kanawa
(soprano); Choirs of Coventry and Lichfield Cathedrals; BBC Philharmonic
Orchestra/Robin Stapleton rec. 1994
WARNER MUSIC 5186503472 [62:15 (CD) + 69:00 
][ST]
Serviceable
Christmas fare though quite forgettable ... see Full
Review
Sophie
Cashell – Début; Music by Frédéric
CHOPIN (1810 – 1849), Franz
LISZT (1811 – 1886), Maurice
RAVEL (1875 – 1937), Claude
DEBUSSY (1862 – 1918), Philip
MARTIN (b 1947) and Nikolai
KAPUSTIN (b 1937)
Sophie Cashell (piano)
UNIVERSAL CLASSICS AND JAZZ 4766459 [68:46][BBr]
I
really wish I could be more positive ... see Full
Review
The
Color of the Word Music by
Hugo WOLF (1860 – 1903), André CAPLET
(1878 -1925), Modest MUSSORGSKY
(1839 – 1881), Claude DEBUSSY (1862 – 1918) and
Henry PURCELL (1659 – 1695)
Georgine Resick (soprano); Warren Jones (piano) rec.
2007
BRIDGE 9268 [70:13][BBr]
I
simply cannot bring myself to be more positive ... see Full
Review
Placido Domingo in Concert -
Placido Grandissimo
Placido Domingo (tenor), Julia Migenes (soprano), Guadalupe Sanchez
(soprano), Ernesto Bitetti (guitar), National Symphonic Orchestra of
Spain /Eugene Kohn/Manuel Alejandro rec. live 1992, Includes Video Special:
Composer Documentary
CASCADE
82002 [DVD: c.60:00 + Video Extra c.35:00]
[CH]
Essentially
a television event. Once through will be enough ... see Full
Review
Du Shtetl à New York
Isabelle
Georges (vocals) Sibra Octet rec. 2008
AMBROISIE AM173 [64:49] [JW]
I’m
a convert ... see Full Review
Flagstad
sings Brahms and Mahler Johannes
BRAHMS (1833-1897) Vier ernste Gesänge
Gustav MAHLER (1860-1911)
Kindertotenlieder; Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
Kirsten Flagstad (soprano); Edwin McArthur (piano); Vienna Philharmonic
Orchestra/Sir Adrian Boult rec. 1956-7
BEULAH 1PD28 [61:52][CH]
Not
a first choice but Mahlerians can hardly leave it out of the reckoning
... see Full Review
The
Georgian Composers Collection
Sulkan TSINTSADZE (1925-1992)
Four Miniatures Otar TAKTAKISHVILI
(1924-1989) Megrelian Songs Redjeb
JORDANIA Concerto Classico
Zurab Sotkilava (tenor), Kharkov PO, Russian Federal O, Leningrad CO/Vakhtang
Jordania rec. 1976/8
ANGELOK1 CD-7770 [61:51] [RB]
A
brave cross-section: two hits and a miss ... see Full
Review
The
Grand Piano Era
Ignaz Friedman, Frederic Lamond, Harold Bauer, Nikolai Medtner, Ignaz
Jan Paderewski, Ferruccio Busoni, Percy Grainger, Josef Hofmann
NIMBUS
NI 8801 [70:45]
The
Polish Virtuoso:Josef
Hofmann, Ignaz Friedman, Ignaz Jan Paderewski NIMBUS NI 8802
[71:19]
Schumann - Harold Bauer, Percy GraingerHarold Bauer NIMBUS
NI 8804 [71:36]
Ignaz Friedman plays Liszt and Chopin NIMBUS NI 8805 [78:49]
Brahms - Harold Bauer, Wilhelm Backhaus, Edwin Fischer, Carl
Friedberg, Myra Hess, Arthur Rubinstein NIMBUS NI 8806 [74:51]
Debussy - Eugen d'Albert, George Copeland, Percy Grainger, Myra Hess,
Robert Lortat, Paquita Madriguera, Ignaz Jan Paderewski, Artur Rubinstein,
Elie Robert Schmitz NIMBUS NI 8807 [67:22]
Percy Grainger plays Grainger NIMBUS NI 8809 [76:24]
Ferruccio Busoni plays Liszt, Bach, Busoni & Chopin NIMBUS
NI 8810 [63:33]
Alfred Cortot plays Chopin, Liszt, Beethoven, Skriabin Saint-Saëns
& Chabrier NIMBUS NI 8814 [75:08]
[JW]
Valuable
and fascinating ... see Full Review
Jascha
Heifetz – the Master Violinist
rec. 1925-49 EMI CLASSICS
ICON 2173122 [6 CDs: 455:58] [JW]
A
well-chosen selection of vintage Heifetz ... see Full
Review
Barbara
Hendricks - Orchestral Songs Hector
BERLIOZ (1803
- 1869) Les
Nuits d’Été Benjamin
BRITTEN (1913 - 1976) Les Illuminations Maurice
RAVEL (1875 - 1937) Shéhérazade, Deux
Melodies hébraïques, Cinq Mélodies populaires grècques, Vocalise
en forme de habañera Henri
DUPARC (1848 - 1933) L’Invitation au voyage, Au
pays où se fait la guerre, La vie antérieure, Le
Manoir de Rosemonde, Phidylé, Chanson Triste Barbara
Hendricks (soprano) English CO/Colin Davis (Berlioz, Britten)
Lyons Opera O/John Eliot Gardiner (Ravel, Duparc)
rec. 1988/92 EMI CLASSICS 2344022 [56.18
+ 55.28] [RH]
A
fascinating portrait of a talented and well-loved artist ... see Full
Review
Marilyn
Horne – A Profile rec.
1994 EMI CLASSICS
2165819
[50.35 + bonus 25.23][RJF]
Insight
into the career of one of the century’s greatest opera singers ... see
Full Review
Hungarian Music for Cello and Piano
Béla BARTÓK
(1881-1945) First RhapsodyFranz
LISZT (1811-1886) Die Zelle in NonnenwerthDavid
POPPER (1843-1913) Mazurka, SerenadeZoltán
KODÁLY (1882-1967) AdagioErnő
DOHNÁNYI (1877-1960) Ruralia Hungarica, Cello SonataMiklós
RÓSZA (1907-1995) Toccata capricciosa
Mark Kosower (cello) Jee-Won Oh (piano) rec. 2006
NAXOS 8.570570 [74:08] [JW]
A
winning recital ... see Full Review
Gundula Janowitz in Concert
George Frederic HANDEL (1685-1759) Giulio Cesare: Overture
[5:00]; Da tempeste il legno infranto [8:08] Wolfgang
Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791) Don Giovanni: Crudele?...
Non mi dir [7:23] Carl Maria
von WEBER (1786-1826) Der Freischütz: Wie
nahte mir der Schlummer… Leise, leise [8:18] Giuseppe
VERDI (1813-1901) I Vespri Siciliani: Overture
[8:27] Attila: Santo di Patria… Allor che i forti [6:37]
Giacomo PUCCINI (1858-1924) Tosca: Vissi d’arte
[3:30] Richard WAGNER
(1813-1883) Tannhauser: Dich, teure halle [6:14]
Gundula Janowitz (soprano)
Graz Philharmonic Orchestra/Berislav Klobucar rec. live, in concert,
Stefaniensaal, Graz, 1970 Region Code 0, Aspect Ration 4:3, Mono only
VAI
4458 [RMo]
I’d
be willing to stay up all night to hear her ... see Full
Review
Karajan: A Profile
Directed by Gernot
Friedl EMI CLASSICS
2165739
[87:00] [ST]
I
wish they’d left it on the shelf ... see Full
Review
Mindru Katz plays Concert
Favourites by Joseph
HAYDN (1732-1809), Ludwig van BEETHOVEN
(1770-1827), Johannes BRAHMS (1833-1898)
and Franz LISZT (1811-1886)
Mindru Katz (piano) rec.
1960s CEMBAL D’AMOUR
CD136 [66:29][JW]
An
artist of great artistry and eloquence ... see Full
Review
Latvian
Music Series - Volume 1: Music by Romualds
JERMAKS (b.1931), Talivaldis KENINS
(b. 1919), Imants MEZARAUPS (b.
1958), Selga MENCE (b.1953), Imants
ZEMZARIS (b. 1951), Dace APERANS
(b. 1951) and Andris VECUMIEKS (b.1964)
Antra and Normunds
Visne (piano duo) ANGELOK1
CD-7701 [79:57]
Latvian Music Series - Volume 2: Music by Juris
ABOLS (b. 1950), Arturs GRINUPS (1931-1989),
Vilnis SMIDBERGS (b.1944) and
Imants ZEMZARIS (b.1951)
Bulavs Chamber Ensemble rec. 2001-2004
ANGELOK1 CD-7702 [70:47][RB]
Latvian
music delightfully advocated - grim, gritty, beautiful ... see Full
Review
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