MusicWeb International One of the most grown-up review sites around 2024
60,000 reviews
... and still writing ...

Search MusicWeb Here Acte Prealable Polish CDs
 

Presto Music CD retailer
 
Founder: Len Mullenger                                    Editor in Chief:John Quinn             


Some items
to consider

new MWI
Current reviews

old MWI
pre-2023 reviews

paid for
advertisements

Acte Prealable Polish recordings

Forgotten Recordings
Forgotten Recordings
All Forgotten Records Reviews

TROUBADISC
Troubadisc Weinberg- TROCD01450

All Troubadisc reviews


FOGHORN Classics

Alexandra-Quartet
Brahms String Quartets

All Foghorn Reviews


All HDTT reviews


Songs to Harp from
the Old and New World


all Nimbus reviews



all tudor reviews


Follow us on Twitter


Editorial Board
MusicWeb International
Founding Editor
   
Rob Barnett
Editor in Chief
John Quinn
Contributing Editor
Ralph Moore
Webmaster
   David Barker
Postmaster
Jonathan Woolf
MusicWeb Founder
   Len Mullenger




Advertising on
Musicweb


Donate and keep us afloat

 

New Releases

Naxos Classical
All Naxos reviews

Chandos recordings
All Chandos reviews

Hyperion recordings
All Hyperion reviews

Foghorn recordings
All Foghorn reviews

Troubadisc recordings
All Troubadisc reviews



all Bridge reviews


all cpo reviews

Divine Art recordings
Click to see New Releases
Get 10% off using code musicweb10
All Divine Art reviews


All Eloquence reviews

Lyrita recordings
All Lyrita Reviews

 

Wyastone New Releases
Obtain 10% discount

Subscribe to our free weekly review listing

 

Alphabetical Listing

PART 7
Misc. M-Z

Click for alphabetical listings by composer:
[Part 1 New] [Part 2 A-B] [Part 3 C-L]
[Part 4 M-R] [Part 5 S-Z]
[Part 6 Misc A-L] [Part 7 Misc M-Z]
[last 5 days] [Recommended recordings]


Superbudget £5.99 or less Budget £6-7.99 Medium £8-10.99 Full price £11+
Download

Madrigali per Laura Peperara Luzzasco LUZZASCHI (1545-1607) Jaches WERT (1535-1596) Lodovico AGOSTINI (1534-1590) Paolo VIRCHI (1551-1610) Girolamo FRESCOBALDI (1583-1643) Silvia Frigato, Miho Kamiya (sopranoS) Silvia Rambaldi (harpsichord) rec. 2009 TACTUS TC 530001 [61:24] [JW]

An imaginative release covering often little known ground

Melodies - Violin and Guitar Recital Yi Chen (violin), Lars Hannibal (guitar), rec. 2009 OUR RECORDINGS 6.220602 [62:08] [JW]

One for gentle, lyrical listening

Musique française des XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles Jehan TITELOUZE (c.1553-1633) Jacques BOYVIN (c.1653-1706) François COUPERIN (1668-1733) Marc-Antoine CHARPENTIER (1643-1704) Jean-Marie LECLAIR (1697-1764) Jean-François LALLOUETTE (1651-1728) Benjamin Alard (organ), Thomas Van Essen (baritone), Marie Rouquié (violin), Julie Léonard (viola da gamba) rec. 2009 HORTUS 076 [51:53] [JQ]

The French baroque organ in various roles - good performances, but a questionable choice of repertoire

Oshtali Music For String Quartet - Chickasaw Student Composers Ethel rec. 2010 THUNDERBIRD ACD71258 [65:01] [RB]

A fascinating insight.

Pierre Monteux - Early Recordings Igor STRAVINSKY (1882-1971) Le Sacre de Printemps Maurice RAVEL (1875-1937) La valse Piero COPPOLA (1888-1971) Interlude dramatique Emmanuel CHABRIER (1841-1894) Fête Polonaise Paris SO/Pierre Monteux rec. 1929-30 PRISTINE AUDIO PASC219 [62:27] [JQ]

Despite the sonic limitations all admirers of Le Maître and anyone interested in Le Sacre and its performing history will want to hear this disc.

In Nativitate Beatae Mariae Virginis - Plainchant from Norway Espen Aalberg, Lars Sitter (percussion) Schola Sanctae Sunnivae/Anne Kleivset rec. 2009 2L-069-SACD [44.00] [GH]

Spiritual, thoughtful and often moving

The Art of the Netherlands Early Music Consort of London/David Munrow rec. 1975 VIRGIN VERITAS 6284972 [61:20 + 71:21] [JW]

An essentially vocal set with a wealth of detail and committed performances.

Ivo Pogorelich Piano works by Chopin, Beethoven & Scriabin Ivo Pogorelich (piano) rec. 1987 UNITEL CLASSICA DVD 701308 [101:00] [JW]

Fluency, elegance and fiery commitment

Polish Songs by Chopin, Moniuszko, Karlowicz & Paderewski Olga Maroszek (alto); Elzbieta Tyszecka (piano) rec. 2009 ACTE PRÉALABLE AP0201 [41:54] [GF]

Songs that are well crafted, deeply serious and artful.

Polyphonic Dialogues Rodion SHCHEDRIN (b.1932) Polyphonic Pieces & Preludes, Preludes and Fugues Dmitri SHOSTAKOVICH (1906-1975) Preludes and Fugues Joachim Kwetzinsky (pno), rec. 2009 2L63 [63:51] [DC]

A fascinating and effective juxtaposition.

Quan el sol se'n va a dormir Cor Sant Esteve de Vila-Seca/Xavier Pastrana rec. 2009 COLUMNA MUSICA 1CM0230 [41:56] [GPu]

Attractive, unfussy arrangements of Catalonian lullabies, well sung, though short on playing time

Roma 1670 Works by Stradella, Lonati, Mannelli, Corelli Ens Vocale e Strumentale Il Concerto d’Arianna rec. 2006 DYNAMIC CDS632 [60:11] [GPu]

Fascinating for its fine performances of interesting music and its value as a document of a particular musico-social world

William SHAKESPEARE (1564-1616) Love’s Labour’s Lost OPUS ARTE OA1035D [166:00] [KM]

Not one of Shakespeare’s best, but still an admirable performance

Le Sommeil de l’ange – Basque music for txistu and organ Jesús Martin Moro (organ); Sergio Torices Roldán (txistu) rec. 2009 HORTUS 077 [59:25] [JS]

I look forward to hearing this instrument and player again in more music from this interesting tradition.

Stabat Mater - Motets to the Virgin Mary Philippe Jaroussky (alto) Ensemble Artaserse rec. 2005 VIRGIN CLASSICS 6939072 [71:31] [JV]

If you didn’t purchase this disc when it was first released, you now get a second chance. Don't miss it.

A Yiddish Winterreise - A Holocaust survivor's inner journey told through Yiddish song Mark Glanville (bass-baritone), Alexander Knapp (piano) rec. 2008 NAXOS 8.572256 [79:35] [JW]

The voice of rebuke and regret, the voice that embraces but must stifle self-pity. It is the voice that goes on.


Click for alphabetical listings by composer:
[Part 1 New] [Part 2 A-B] [Part 3 C-L]
[Part 4 M-R] [Part 5 S-Z]
[Part 6 Misc A-L] [Part 7 Misc M-Z]
[last 5 days] [Recommended recordings]


 

 



EXPLORE MUSICWEB INTERNATIONAL

Making a Donation to MusicWeb

Writing CD reviews for MWI

About MWI
Who we are, where we have come from and how we do it.

Site Map

How to find a review

How to find articles on MusicWeb
Listed in date order

Review Indexes
   By Label
      Select a label and all reviews are listed in Catalogue order
   By Masterwork
            Links from composer names (eg Sibelius) are to resource pages with links to the review indexes for the individual works as well as other resources.

Themed Review pages

Jazz reviews

 

Discographies
   Composer
      Composer surveys
   National
      Unique to MusicWeb -
a comprehensive listing of all LP and CD recordings of given works
.
Prepared by Michael Herman

The Collector’s Guide to Gramophone Company Record Labels 1898 - 1925
Howard Friedman

Book Reviews

Complete Books
We have a number of out of print complete books on-line

Interviews
With Composers, Conductors, Singers, Instumentalists and others
Includes those on the Seen and Heard site

Nostalgia

Nostalgia CD reviews

Records Of The Year
Each reviewer is given the opportunity to select the best of the releases

Monthly Best Buys
Recordings of the Month and Bargains of the Month

Comment
Arthur Butterworth Writes

An occasional column

Phil Scowcroft's Garlands
British Light Music articles

Classical blogs
A listing of Classical Music Blogs external to MusicWeb International

Reviewers Logs
What they have been listening to for pleasure

Announcements

 

Community
Bulletin Board

Give your opinions or seek answers

Reviewers
Past and present

Helpers invited!

Resources
How Did I Miss That?

Currently suspended but there are a lot there with sound clips


Composer Resources

British Composers

British Light Music Composers

Other composers

Film Music (Archive)
Film Music on the Web (Closed in December 2006)

Programme Notes
For concert organizers

External sites
British Music Society
The BBC Proms
Orchestra Sites
Recording Companies & Retailers
Online Music
Agents & Marketing
Publishers
Other links
Newsgroups
Web News sites etc

PotPourri
A pot-pourri of articles

MW Listening Room
MW Office

Advice to Windows Vista users  
Questionnaire    
Site History  
What they say about us
What we say about us!
Where to get help on the Internet
CD orders By Special Request
Graphics archive
Currency Converter
Dictionary
Magazines
Newsfeed  
Web Ring
Translation Service

Rules for potential reviewers :-)
Do Not Go Here!
April Fools




Untitled Document


Reviews from previous months
Join the mailing list and receive a hyperlinked weekly update on the discs reviewed. details
We welcome feedback on our reviews. Please use the Bulletin Board
Please paste in the first line of your comments the URL of the review to which you refer.