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FRIDAY
July 31st
Georg
Frideric HANDEL (1685-1759) Samson 
Thomas
Cooley, NDR Choir, Festspiel O Göttingen/Nicholas McGegan
rec. live, 2008 CARUS
83.425 
[3
CDs: 167:12] 
[JW]
Equable
and small scaled ... see Full
Review
Robert
HERMANN (1869-1912) Symphonies
1 & 2 Württembergische
Philharmonie Reutlingen/Christopher Fifield rec. 2008/9 STERLING
CDS-1081-2 [74:42] [RB]
Hermann's
sunny pastoral muse is very catchy ... see Full
Review
Wilhelm
PETERSON-BERGER (1867-1942) Arnljot Erland
Hagegård, Karin Langebo, Stockholm Ph Ch & Orchestra/Okko
Kamu rec. 1973 STERLING
CDO-1082-2 [53:14] [RB]
Leaves
you wanting to hear the whole thing ... see Full
Review
Jewish
Cabaret in Exile New
Budapest Orpheum Society rec. 2008 CEDILLE
CDR90000 110 [78:58] [DC]
A
fine production … deserves great success ... see Full
Review
You'll
Never Walk Alone David
Hobson (tenor): Teddy Tahu Rhodes (bass-baritone). Sinfonia
Australis/Guy Noble rec. 2008 ABC
CLASSICS 476 3284 [52:30] [JW]
Meet
and greet old and familiar friends ... see Full
Review
THURSDAY
July 30th
Joseph
HAYDN (1732-1809) Symphonies
31, 59 & 73 Concentus
Musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt
rec. 1992/3 DAS ALTE WERK
2564 690550 [77:42] 
[BW]
If
the coupling appeals, don’t hesitate ... see Full
Review
Herman
D KOPPEL (1908-1998) Requiem,
Concertinos 1 & 2, Oboe Concerto, Chamber Concerto Danish RSO/Jan
Krenz, Lamberto Gardelli, Leif Segerstam, John Frandsen rec.
1958-72 DANACORD DACOCD571-2 [53:57
+ 69:25] [JW]
Shows
the width of preserved material in the Koppel archives ... see Full
Review
Wolfgang
Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791) Clarinet
Quintet, String Quartets Joseph HAYDN (1732-1809) String
Quartets Georgina
Dobrée (clarinet) The Loewenguth Qt rec. 1945-72 DOREMI
DHR-7846/48 [3 CDs: 217:38] [JW]
Valuable,
estimable but transfers unsympathetic ... see Full
Review
Johann
STRAUSS II (1825-1899) Der
Zigeunerbaron (1885) Herbert
Lippert, Pamela Coburn, Arnold Schönberg Ch, Wiener SO/Nikolaus
Harnoncourt rec. live, 1994 WARNER
TELDEC 2564 691250 [74:54 + 75:19] [GF]
On
most accounts a competitive Zigeunerbaron … see Full
Review
Peter
Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893) Orchestral
Suites 1-4, Romeo and Juliet, Francesca da Rimini, Capriccio
Italien Stuttgart
RSO, ASMF/Sir Neville Marriner rec. 1987-92 PHOENIX
EDITION 412 [3 CDs: 189:50] 
[ST]
Quite
lovely ... see Full
Review
WEDNESDAY
July 29th
Sylvie
BODOROVÁ
(b.1954) Ja
Ra Laj - Suite on folk motives and texts; 27 Slovak, Balkan
and Roma songs (2009) [55:12]
Štefan Margita (tenor) Martina Bačová (violin) Jitka
Hosprová (viola) Irvin Venyš (clarinet) Kateřina
Englichová (harp) Markéta Mazourová (percussion)
Quattro Orchestra (Pavla Franců (violin); Karel Chudý (cello))/Marek
Štilec rec. Lichtenstein Palace, Prague, February 2009
ARCO DIVA UP 0110-2 131 [55:12]
[JW]
Richly
crafted but not precious or inflated ... see Full
Review
Zygmunt
STOJOWSKI (1870-1946)
Sonata for violin and piano No. 2 in E major Op. 37 Romance for
violin and orchestra Op. 20 Concerto for violin and orchestra in G major
Op. 22 Agnieszka Marucha
(violin); Jean-Jacques Schmid (piano) Orkiestra PSM II st. im. J. Elsnera/
Piotr Wajrak rec. DDD. World Premiere Recording
ACTE PREALABLE AP0221 [64'28"] 
[RB]
Gold
in full flood ... see Full Review
Music
for Sir Anthony van Dyck
compilation -see review for details
Sesquialtera Consort (Laura Pok, Jean-Paul Hinnekens (recorder); Martin
Bauer, Liam Fennely (viola da gamba); Etienne Leuridan (harpsichord,
organ, regale)) rec. 20-28 April 1999, Église Notre-Dame de l'Assomption,
Longueville, Belgium. DDD
TALENT DOM 2911 60 [71:35]
[JV]
A
nice mixture of instrumental pieces the painter Sir Anthony Van Dyck
could have heard ... see Full Review
Iberoamérica
Manuel
PONCE (1882-1948)
Sonata Romántica (1929) [23:21] Joaquín
RODRIGO (1901-1999)
Sonata Giocosa (1958) [12:55] Leo BROUWER
(b. 1939) Sonata (1990) [14:44]
Hermann Hudde (guitar) rec. August 2007, Blink Music Studios at Cambridge
MA, USA CENTAUR CRC
2974 [51:02] [OL]
Attractive
music, good playing ... see Full
Review
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH Ljuba
Welitsch - Prima Voce
NIMBUS NI 7959/60
[60:40 + 47:34]
[GF]
A
set that no lover of great singing can afford to be without … see
Full Review
TUESDAY
July 28th
B
Tommy ANDERSSON (b.
1964) Satyricon etc.
Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra/B Tommy Andersson rec. 2004-8
PHONO SUECIA PSCD178 [71:43][GF/RB]
Should
appeal to listeners from various cultures ... see Full
Review
Charles-Auguste de BÉRIOT (1802-1870) Duo concertants etc.
Christine
Sohn and John Marcus (violins) rec. 2007
NAXOS 8.570748 [74:49][NB]
A disc of considerable technical expertise but
little musical magic ... see Full Review
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH Max BRUCH (1838-1920)
String Quintet in E flat Felix
MENDELSSOHN (1809-1847) String Quintets Nos. 1 &
2 Henschel
Quartet rec. 2008-9
NEOS CLASSICS 30901
[76:12][MC]
Remarkable
… snap this up immediately ... see Full
Review
Robert Casadesus Wolfgang
Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791) Piano Concerto No. 23 Ludwig
van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) Piano Concerto No. 5
Maurice RAVEL (1875-1937) Piano
Concerto for the Left Hand
Robert Casadesus (piano); various orchestras and conductors rec. 1956-65
MEDICI ARTS MM0322
[78:16][JW] 
A
finely transferred and annotated tribute ... see Full
Review
The
Galant Bassoon Music by Georg Philipp
TELEMANN (1681-1767), Johann Sebastian
BACH (1685-1750) and Carl
Philipp Emanuel BACH (1741-1788) Matthew
Wilkie (bassoon); Neal Peres Da Costa (harpsichord); Kees Boersma (double
bass) rec. 2008
MELBA MR 301124
[73:23][DC]
A
real winner ... see Full Review
MONDAY
July 27th
Georges
BIZET (1838-1875) Carmen
Anna Caterina Antonacci
(soprano); Jonas Kaufmann (tenor); Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal
Opera House/Antonio Pappano rec. 2006
DECCA 0743312 
[152:00][ST]
Decadent,
passionate and sexy ... see Full
Review
Brian
DEWAN Ringing
at the Speed of Prayer
Brian Dewan with Jamie Barnes and the Liverpool Cathedral Bell Ringers
rec. 2006-7
INNOVA 725 [49:20][DC]
A
bit dull and aimless ... see Full Review
Ralph VAUGHAN
WILLIAMS (1872-1958) Film Music
– Collectors’ Edition
BBC Philharmonic/Rumon Gamba rec. 2002-5
CHANDOS MOVIES CHAN10529-31 [3 CDs: 78.30 + 70:47 + 66:37][RB]
Most
handsomely done and at mid-bargain price ... see Full
Review
David
Nadien – The Memorable 1973 Town Hall Recital;
Music by Giuseppe TARTINI (1692-1770);
Ludwig van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827); Henri
VIEUXTEMPS (1820-1881); Johann Sebastian
BACH (1685-1750), Robert SCHUMANN
(1810-1856), Henryk WIENIAWSKI
(1835-1880), Francesco Maria VERACINI (1690-1768)
and Fritz KREISLER (1875-1962)
David Nadien (violin);
Samuel Sanders (piano) rec. 1973
CEMBAL D’AMOUR CD140 [74:02][JW]
Warmly
welcomed ... see Full Review
Il
Pianto di Maria – The Virgin’s Lament;
Music by Antonio VIVALDI (1675-1741);
Giovanni Battista FERRANDINI
(c.1710-1791), Biagio MARINI
(1594-1663), Claudio MONTEVERDI
(1567-1643), Francesco Bartolomeo
CONTI (1681/2-1732) and Johann
Georg PISENDEL (1687-1755)
Bernarda Fink (soprano); Il Giardino Armonico/Giovanni Antonini
DECCA L’OISEAU LYRE 4781466 [60.54][GH]
A
very moving experience; superbly compiled and performed ... see Full
Review
