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John
McCABE
(b.1939)
Variations, op.22 (1963) [9:38] Aubade (Study No.4) (1970) [5:52] Gaudi
(Study No.3) (1970) [14:35] Five Bagatelles (1964) [4:35] Mosaic (Study
No.6) (1980) [13:37] Haydn Variations (1983) [27:08] 
John McCabe (piano) rec. 21 and 28 March 1998, Bishopsgate Hall, London.
DDD
BRITISH MUSIC SOCIETY BMS424CD [76:08] 
[BBr]
A
most worthwhile issue of compelling British music … see Full
Review
Jules
MASSENET
(1842 – 1912) Thais
(1894) 
Lado Ataneli – Athanaél; Alessandro Liberatore – Nicias; Maurizio Lo
Piccolo – Palemon; Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro Regio Torino/Gianandrea
Noseda rec. live, 2008
ARTHAUS
MUSIC 101 385 [139:00]
[GF]
A
good option for those who want Thaïs on DVD ... see Full
Review
Gian
Francesco MALIPIERO
(1883-1973) Symphonies 5, 6, 8 & 11
Moscow SO/Antonio de Almeida rec. 1994
NAXOS 8.570880 [73:51] 
[WH]
Uneven
works, but well played, well recorded and well worth a listen …
see Full Review
David
McALMONT/Michael NYMAN
(b. 1948) The Glare Michael
NYMAN Songs for Tony
David McAlmont (vocals) Michael Nyman Band; Nyman Sax Quartet rec. 2008
MN
RECORDS MNRCD116 [52:58] 
[DC]
Good
fun, but only ‘almost’ convincing… see Full
Review
Nikolai
Karlovich MEDTNER (1880-1951) Piano Concerto
2 Sergei RACHMANINOV (1873-1943) Piano
Concerto 4 Yevgeny
Sudbin (piano) North Carolina Symphony/Grant Llewellyn rec.
2008 BIS
BIS-SACD-1728 [73:53] 
[SR]
A
great career in the making … see Full
Review
Felix
MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY (1809-1847) Magnificat,
Symphony for strings 12, Ave maria Johann
Sebastian BACH (1685-1750) Magnificat Yale
Voxtet; Yale Schola Cantorum; Yale Collegium Players/Simon
Carrington rec. 2008 NAXOS
8.572161 [65:56] [JV]
A
very interesting combination of Bach's Magnificat and a little-known
setting by Mendelssohn - a disc well worth repeated listening … see Full
Review
Felix
MENDELSSOHN (1809 – 1847) Symphony
4, The Hebrides Overture Felipe BOERO (1884 – 1958) El
Matrero La
Scala O, Milan, O del Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires/ Ettore Panizza
rec. 19289 PRISTINE
AUDIO PASC 189 [67:15] [BBr]
Welcome
this chance to celebrate the work of Ettore Panizza ... see Full
Review
Gustav
MERKEL (1827-1885) Organ Works Vol. I & II Halgeir
Schiager (organ) rec. 2005 SIMAX
CLASSICS PSC1273 & PSC1274 [77:11 & 78:21] [DC]
A
justified boost to Merkel’s profile … see Full
Review
Olivier
MESSIAEN (1908-1992) Poèmes
pour Mi, Les offrandes oubliées, Un sourire Anne
Schwanewilms (soprano) Ntl O Lyon /Jun Märkl rec. 2008 NAXOS
8.572174 [52:48] [DC]
First
rate ‘Poèmes’ ... see Full
Review
Stanislaw
MONIUSZKO (1819-1872) Paria Leszek
Skrla (baritone) Janusz Lewandowski (bass-baritone)
Ch & O Castle Opera (Opery na Zamku)/Warcislaw Kunc rec. 2008 DUX
0686/7 [54.30
+ 67.39] [RH]
For
interested parties only. You may wonder what all the fuss is about. … see Full
Review
Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART
(1756-1791)
Piano Concertos 22 & 24
David Greilsammer (piano), Suedama Ensemble rec. 2009
NAÏVE V5184 [59:52]
[BBr]
I
cannot raise any enthusiasm about this disk … see Full
Review
Wolfgand
Amadeus MOZART (1756
– 1791) Le
nozze di Figaro (1786)
Alfred Poell (baritone) Lisa Della Casa (soprano) Hilde Güden (soprano)
Cesare Siepi (bass) Suzanne Danco (soprano)
Wiener Philharmoniker/Erich Kleiber rec. Redoutensaal, Vienna, June
1955
DECCA 478 1720 [3 CDs: 68:51 + 62:49 + 40:48]
[GF]
Buy
new shelves and add Kleiber to the collection ... see Full
Review
Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART
(1756 - 1791) The Mozart Album – Daniele de Niesse
Daniele de Niesse (soprano) Apollo Voices; Orchestra of the Age of
Enlightenment/Sir Charles Mackerras rec. 2008/9
DECCA 478 1511 [65.50] 
[RF]
An
interesting and enjoyable collection from a young singer on the crest
of a wave. ... see Full Review
Wolfgang
Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791) Violin
Concerto 3 Johannes BRAHMS (1833-1897) Violin
Concerto Gioconda
De Vito (violin) Royal PO/Thomas Beecham, German Opera House
O, Berlin/Paul van Kempen
rec. 1941/9 NAXOS
HISTORICAL
8.111349 [63:57] [JW]
A
thoroughly accomplished restoration ... see Full
Review
Wolfgang
Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791) Die
Entführung aus dem Serail Teresa
Stich-Randall, Gottlob Frick, Ernst
Häfliger, Milan RSO/Peter Maag
rec. 1958 ARTS
ARCHIVES
43085-2 [70:18 + 41:02] [BW]
Competitive
but quite heavily cut and in mono only ... see Full
Review
Wolfgang
Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791) Symphonies 39 & 41 see London
Philharmonic Orchestra
Modest
MUSSORGSKY (1839-1881) Pictures
at an Exhibition (orch. Ravel) see RACHMANINOV
Carl
NIELSEN (1865-1931) Music for Wind and
Piano New
London Chamber Ensemble rec. 2005/8 MERIDIAN
CDE 84580 [64:58] [LW]
Scholarship
and musicianship combine for a perfect partnership in Nielsen … see
Full Review
Per
NØRGÅRD (b. 1932) Piano works
Erik Kaltoft (piano) rec. 2008
DACAPO 8.226089 [59:34]
[DC]
Attractive
miniatures and the 1959 breakthrough all on one disc … see Full
Review
Michael
NYMAN Songs for Tony see
McALMONT
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH Jacob OBRECHT (1450-1505)
Missa Sancto Donatiano Capella
Pratensis/Stratton Bull, Peter Van Heyghen rec. 2006/7 FINELINE
CLASSICAL FL72414 [DVD+CD:
118:00 + 63:13] [GH]
I
advise you to buy it instantly. Outstanding ... see Full
Review
Giovanni
PAISIELLO (1740-1816) Piano
Concertos 1, 3 & 5 Francesco
Nicolosi (piano) Compania CO/Luigi Piovano
rec. 2007 NAXOS
8.572065 [49:51] [IL]
Utterly
charming … see Full Review
Giovanni Battista PERGOLESI (1710-1736) Stabat Mater, Violin Concerto, Salve
Regina Rachel Harnisch
(soprano); Julia Kleiter (soprano); Sara Mingardo (contralto); Giuliano Carmignola
(violin); O Mozart/Claudio Abbado
rec. 2007 ARCHIV PRODUKTION
477 8077 [64:32] [JS]
Lacks
the kind of positive virtues that this music cries out for … see Full
Review
Giovanni
Battista PERGOLESI (1710-1736) Salve Regina see
VIVALDI
Gregor
PIATIGORSKY (1903-1976) Variations on a Paganini Theme see POPPER
Astor
PIAZZOLLA (1921-1992) Milonga
For Three Ephyra
Trio rec. 2008 FORGE
FACIC001 [59:31] [OL]
A
hearty recommendation ... see Full
Review
Ignaz
PLEYEL (1757 – 1831) Symphonie Concertantes,
Violin Concerto David
Perry, Isabella Lippi (violins), Victoria Chiang (viola) Baltimore
CO/Markand Thakar rec. 2008 NAXOS
8.570320 [79:33] [BBr]
This
is attractive music … see Full Review
David
POPPER
(1843-1913)
Suite for cello and piano, Three Pieces, Im Walde Gregor
PIATIGORSKY
(1903-1976) Variations on a Paganini Theme Wendy
Warner (cello) Eileen Buck (piano) rec. 2007/8
CEDILLE CDR 90000 111 [79:30]
[JW]
The
clement pastoral and wistful pleasures counter-balanced by panache and
extrovert self-confidence ... see Full
Review
Francis
POULENC (1899-1963) Flute Sonata see Cantilena
Serge
PROKOFIEV
(1891–1953) Cello Concerto in E minor, Op 58 (1933-8)
[36:18] Symphony-Concerto in E minor, Op 125 (1952) [36:51]
Alban Gerhardt (cello), Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra/Andrew Litton
rec. Grieghallen, Bergen, 1–5 September 2008. DDD.
HYPERION CDA67705 [73:11]
[JQ]
A
logical coupling of two fascinating works in splendid performances.
... see Full Review
Sergei
PROKOFIEV (1891 – 1953) Piano Transcriptions Temirzhan
Yerzhanov (piano) rec. 2005 CON
BRIO CBR28454 [64:53] 
[BBr]
Yerzhanov’s
is a prodigious technique … see Full
Review
Sergei
PROKOFIEV (1891-1953) Flute Sonata see Cantilena
Giacomo
PUCCINI (1858
- 1924) Opera
Arias Fabio
Armiliato (tenor)
Ch & O della Fondazione Arena di Verona/Marco Boemi rec. 2008 DECCA
476
3434 [56:15] [GF]
A
pleasure to hear such fresh, impassioned and stylish singing … see Full
Review
Henry
PURCELL (1659-1695) Dido and Aeneas Sarah
Connolly (soprano) Lucas Meachem (baritone) O Age of Enlightenment/Christopher
Hogwood rec. live, 2009 OPUS
ARTE OA1018D [72:00] [MG]
The
best Dido and Aeneas on DVD - Sarah Connolly the finest Dido … see Full
Review
The
Story of Henry Purcell see England,
My England
Sergei
RACHMANINOFF
(1873-1943)
Symphony No. 1 (1897) [44:23] Pyotr Il’yich
TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893) Romeo and Juliet overture
(1880) [19:09]
Philadelphia Orchestra/Eugene Ormandy (Rachmaninoff); Boston Symphony
Orchestra/Charles Munch (Tchaikovsky) rec. 1960 (Rachmaninoff) and 1963
(Tchaikovsky), venues not specified
HDTT
HDCD147 [63:32]
[RMay]
Two
first rate performances in a new disc incarnation ... see Full
Review
Sergei
RACHMANINOV (1873-1943) The
Isle of the Dead,
Two Études-Tableaux (orch. Respighi) Modest MUSSORGSKY (1839-1881) Pictures
at an Exhibition (orch. Ravel) BBC
SO/Evgeny Svetlanov
rec. 1999 BBC
LEGENDS
BBCL4259-2 [70:56] [JQ]
Very
special ... see Full Review
Sergei RACHMANINOV (1873-1943) Piano
Concerto 4 see MEDTNER
Jean-Philippe
RAMEAU (1683-1764)
Les Indes Galantes
Christophe Rousset (harpsichord - Jean-Henry Hemsch, Paris, 1761).
rec. 2007 AMBROISIE
AM152 [62.57]
[KM]
An
attractive, yet ultimately unsatisfying disc ... see Full
Review
Maurice
RAVEL (1875-1937) La Valse see Toscanini
Nikolai
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV (1844-1908) The Golden Cockerel (excerpts) see London
Philharmonic Orchestra
Albert
ROUSSEL (1869
- 1937) Symphony 1, Résurrection, Le marchand
de sable qui passe Royal
Scottish Ntl O/Stéphane Denève
rec. 2008/9 NAXOS
8.570323 [64:26] [NB]
Another
clear hit in this superb cycle … see Full
Review
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