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Léon
de SAINT-LUBIN (1805-1850) Virtuoso
works for Violin - Volume 1 
Anastasia
Khitruk (violin) Elizaveta Kopelman (piano)
rec. 2008 NAXOS
8.572019 [75:16] 
[JW]
Virtuosity
with elegance throughout ... see Full
Review
Domenico
SCARLATTI
(1685 - 1757) 30
Keyboard Sonatas: K.14, 6, 106, 161, 490, 3, 32, 53, 105, 391, 45,
175, 145, 206, 327, 184, 407, 109, 496, 132, 402, 427, 466, 193, 215,
532, 443, 283, 380, 487 John
Browning (piano) rec. April 1994, American Academy and Institute of
Arts and Letters, New York
NIMBUS NI 2544[70:53] 
[JL]
a
fine testament to Browning's unfussy, level-headed playing ... see
Full Review
Othmar SCHOECK
(1886-1957)
Unter Sternen
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone) Hartmut Höll (piano) rec. 1986
CLAVES CD 50-8606 [58:25] 
Das Holde Bescheiden
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone) Mitsuko Shirai (mezzo) Hartmut Höll
(piano) rec. 1991-93
CLAVES CD 50-9308/9 [54:41 + 55:37]
[RB]
Fresh-voiced
and intelligently etching every syllable ... wondrous ... see Full
Review
Franz
SCHUBERT (1797-1828) Choral
Music PHOENIX
EDITION 408 [3
CDs: 65:02 + 55:45 + 57:39] [MC]
Integrity
and splendid sound quality make this a most desirable release ...
see Full Review
Franz SCHUBERT
(1797-1828) Complete Overtures Vol. 2
Prague Sinfonia/Christian
Benda rec. 2006 NAXOS
8.570329 [64:28]
[JS]
Utterly
delightful ... see Full
Review
Franz
SCHUBERT (1797-1828) Symphony
9, Rosamunde Entr’acte 3 Berlin
PO, Vienna PO/Wilhelm
Furtwängler
rec. 1942/4 TAHRA FURT2006 [58:20] [JW]
The
most unbridled, unfettered and unclassical of performances ...
see Full Review
William SCHUMAN
(1910-1992) Undertow see
American
Ballets
Alexander SCRIABIN (1872-1915)
Piano Concerto see PABST
Humphrey
SEARLE (1915-1982)
Symphony No. 2 see STILL
Dmitri
SHOSTAKOVICH (1906-1975) Symphony No. 5
Royal Flemish Philharmonic/Jaap
van Zweden rec. 2008
AMBROISIE AM171 [47:00][CR]
A
reasonable recording if somewhat sterile ... see Full
Review
Dmitry
SHOSTAKOVICH
(1906-1975) Podrugi
(The Girlfriends) etc.
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra/Mark
Fitz-Gerald rec. 2008-9
NAXOS 8.572138 [72:53][WK]
A
variety of Shostakovich world premieres … see Full
Review
Dmitri
SHOSTAKOVICH (1906-1975) Symphony
11 Royal Liverpool
PO/Vasily Petrenko
rec. 2008 NAXOS 8.572082 [57:37] [DM]
Petrenko
skates across the surface of this symphony ... see Full
Review
Dmitri
SHOSTAKOVICH (1906-1975) Cello
Concerto 1 see TCHAIKOVSKY
Jean
SIBELIUS (1865-1957)
Symphony No. 4 [31:08] Symphony No. 5 [28:43] The Swan of Tuonela
[9:42] Finlandia [8:08]
Philadelphia Orchestra/ Eugene Ormandy rec. 28 November 1954 (4), 19
December 1954 (5), 2 April 1950. Symphonies from UK LP Philips ABL3084.
other items from US LP Columbia ML2158. mono. ADD
PRISTINE XR PASC 177 [77:41]
[RB]
Singingly
expressive and muscular propulsion ... see Full
Review
Bedřich
SMETANA (1824-1884) Polkas
András Schiff
(piano) rec. 1998
WARNER CLASSICS MAESTRO 256469175-3 [56:36][TB] 
One
of the leading artists of recent times is truthful recorded sound ...
see Full Review
Charles
Villiers STANFORD (1852 - 1924) Three Intermezzi see
BRITISH CLARINET MUSIC
Robert
STILL (1910-1971)
Symphony No. 3 (1960) [28:21] Symphony No. 4 (1964) [20:43] Humphrey
SEARLE (1915-1982)
Symphony No. 2 op. 33 (1957) [20.18]
London Symphony Orchestra/Eugene Goossens (3); Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Myer
Fredman (4); London Philharmonic Orchestra/Josef Krips rec. Walthamstow
Assembly Hall, 19 May 1962 (3); 6 January 1974 (4); 18 September 1972
(2). ADD LYRITA SRCD.285
[69:22]
[JW]
Makes
a strong kind of sense for all sorts of reasons ... see Full
Review
Igor STRAVINSKY (1882-1971)
L'Histoire
du Soldat (1918) [29:57] Ottorino RESPIGHI
(1879-1936) Rossiniana (1925) [22:58]
Ars Nova/Robert Mandell (Stravinsky) Vienna State Opera Orchestra/Robert
Zeller rec. Carnegie Hall, 25 May 1956 (Stravinsky) and no date or location
given (Respighi).
HIGH DEFINITION TAPE TRANSFERS HDCD 111 [53:47]
[DC]
Great
initiative, and a worthwhile restoration. ... see Full
Review
Sergey
Ivanovich TANEYEV
(1856-1915) Overture
to Oresteya, Op. 6 (1889) [20:48] Oresteya, Act III: Entr'acte:
The Temple of Apollo at Delphi (1894) [5:10] Adagio in
C major (1875) [5:54] Overture on a Russian Theme (1882)
[17:26] Cantata for the Unveiling of the Moscow Pushkin Memorial
(1880)* [4:26] Canzona (1883) [6:21] Overture in D minor
(1875) [14:48] *Novosibirsk
State Philharmonic Chamber Choir/Igor Judin **StanislavYankovsky (clarinet)
Novosibirsk Academic Symphony Orchestra/Thomas Sanderling rec. 1-15
September 2007, Studio of West-Siberian Radio, Novosibirsk, Russia
NAXOS 8.570584 [74:53]
[DM]
Unfamiliar
scores played with great conviction. A real treat ... see Full
Review
John TAVENER
(b. 1944)
The Protecting Veil, The Last Sleep of the Virgin, Angels, Annunciation,
The Lament of the Mother of God, Thunder Entered Her, Hymns of Paradise,
God is With Us Steven Isserlis
(cello) London SO/Gennady Rozhdestvensky; Chilingirian Qt, Winchester
Cathedral Ch/David Hill, David Dunnett rec. 1991-94
EMI CLASSICS 2376912 [69:17 + 62:40]
[RB]
Still
mysteries by which to be blessed ... see Full
Review
John
TAVENER (b.1944) Requiem
etc. Royal
Liverpool Philharmonic Chorus & Orchestra/Vasily Petrenko rec. 2008
EMI CLASSICS 2351342
[63:02][NB]
Exemplary
performances displaying strengths and weaknesses ... see Full
Review
Alexander
TCHEREPNIN
(1899-1977)
Piano Concertos 1 & 3, Festmusik, Symphonic March
Noriko Ogawa (piano) Singapore SO/Lan Shui rec. 2002
BIS BIS-CD-1317 [55:19]
[RB]
Rearing,
heroic, confident yet with some statuesque dissonance ... see Full
Review
Georg Philipp TELEMANN
(1681-1767)
Overture, Trios, Quartet
The Hanoverian Ensemble rec. 2008
MSR CLASSICS MS1309 [68:36]
[JV]
Fails
to communicate the beauty and expression of Telemann's music ...
see Full Review
Peter
Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893) Variations
on a Rococo Theme, Pezzo Capriccioso,
Nocturne Dmitri SHOSTAKOVICH (1906-1975) Cello
Concerto 1 Zuill
Bailey (cello) San Francisco Ballet O/Martin West
rec. 2007 TELARC
CD-80724 [60:36] [BBr]
Thrilling
and intelligent playing … see Full
Review
Joaquín
TURINA (1882-1949) Trio
2 see Café Music
Ralph
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS (1872-1958) Mystical
Songs
Choir of Trinity College, University of Melbourne Australian Chamber
Brass Ensemble/Michael Leighton Jones rec. 2007
ABC CLASSICS 4766906 [77:14][MC]
This
valuable disc just grew and grew on me ... see Full
Review
Giuseppe
VERDI
(1813-1901)
Messa da Requiem
Gré Brouwenstijn (soprano) Oralia Dominguez (mezzo) Giuseppe
Zampieru (tenor) Nicola Zaccaria (bass) WDR Köln Ch & O/Georg
Solti rec. live, 1958. Plus bonus tracks
INSTITUTO DISCOGRAFICO ITALIANO IDIS6567/68 [62.17 + 57.16]
[RJF]
For
Solti and live performance enthusiasts only ... see Full
Review
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH Tomás Luis De VICTORIA
(1548–1611) Missa Gaudeamus
Lay Clerks of Westminster Cathedral/Matthew Martin rec. 2008
HYPERION CDA67748 
[73:20][BW]
Download
or CD, buy without delay ... see Full
Review
Louis
VIERNE (1870-1937)
A Vierne Collection - The complete choral and liturgical organ works
**Monica Brett-Crowther
(mezzo); *Christopher Gray (organ) Truro Cathedral Choir/Robert Sharpe
(Director and Organ Soloist) rec. Truro Cathedral 30 April - 2 May 2007,
13 March 2008 DDD Texts and English translations included
REGENT REGCD263 [64:12 + 61:29]
[JQ]
An
impressive collection ... see Full Review
Giovanni
Battista VIOTTI (1755-1824) Chamber
Music for Flute and Piano Mario
Carbotta (flute) Carlo Balzaretti (piano)
rec. 2007 DYNAMIC CDS 620/1-2 [42:59
+ 45:40] [CR]
Interesting,
unusual repertoire and enjoyable ... see Full
Review
Tomaso da VITTORIA [Tomás
Luís de Victoria] (1548 - 1611)
O
quam gloriosum (1572) [3.21] Missa O quam gloriosum (1583)
[27.25] Iste Sanctus (1585) [2.03] Gaudent in coelis (1585)
[2.08] Sancta Maria, succure miseris (1572) [3.37] Senex puerum
portabat (1572) [3.08] O magnum mysterium (1572) [3.00] O
sacrum convivium (1572) [3.22] Vere languores (1572) [3.36]
O vos omnes (1572) [3.34] Tristes errant apostolic (1581)
[4.23] Te Deum (1581) [10.49] Veni, creator spiritus (1581)
[6.52] Il Convitto Armonico/Stefano
Buschini rec. March/April 2007 - Convent of Santa Maria del Mare, Castellazzo,
La Spezia, Italy TACTUS
TC 552902 [69.12]
[RH]
A
welcome touch of warmth and vibrancy of tone ... see Full
Review
Antonio
VIVALDI
(1678-1741) The
Four Seasons (Le Quattro Stagioni) (1720) (arr. Red Priest)
[39:15] Arcangelo CORELLI
(1653-1713) The Christmas Concerto (Concerto
grosso in G minor Op. 6 No. 8 Fatto per la Notte di Natale (arr.
Red Priest) [11:16] Red
Priest (Piers Adams (recorders); Julia Bishop (violin); Angela East
(cello); Howard Beach (harpsichord)) rec. Troy Savings Bank Music Hall,
Troy, New York, January 2003
RED PRIEST RECORDINGS RP003 [50.33]
[EM]
Witty
and amusing ... see Full Review
Carl
Maria WEBER (1786-1826) Der
Freischütz Overture see Hallé Centenary
Concert
Alexander
ZEMLINSKY (1871-1942) Die
Seejungfrau, Sinfonietta, Lyrische Symphonie, Excerpts
from operas, Cymbeline, Frühlingsbegräbnis, Ein
Tanzpoem Gürzenich
O Köln/James Conlon rec. 1997-2001 EMI
CLASSICS 5094562 [3 CDs: 67:07 + 78:19 + 77:04] [RB]
A
desperately neglected lavish late-romantic well worth discovering
... see Full Review
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH Alexander von ZEMLINSKY
(1871-1942) Symphonic Fantasy: Die
Seejungfrau; Sinfonietta
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/James Judd rec.
2006
NAXOS 8.570240 [63:26][IL]
Irresistible
... see Full Review
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