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BARGAIN
OF THE MONTH Martha
Argerich The Collection 2 - The Concerto Recordings 
rec.
1967-2004 DEUTSCHE
GRAMMOPHON
477 8124 [7CD: 462:26] 
[OL]
A
unique combination of daring and ease - a box full of marvels ...
see Full Review
Bad Boys Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone)
Swedish RSO & Ch/Paul Daniel
rec. 2009 DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 477 8091 [58:21] 
[MC]
Bryn Terfel convinces in this challenging recital of opera and musical ‘Bad Boy’ characters. Wonderful entertainment from start to finish ... see Full Review
The
Baroque Trombone Works
by Castello, Speer, Frescobaldi, Biber & Bertali Christian
Lindberg trombone (sackbut) Soloists of the Australian CO rec.
2007 BIS
BIS-CD-1688 [56:30] 
[GD]
An
idiosyncratic take on the music of the trombone’s predecessor
... see Full Review
Alfred
Brendel - The Farewell Concerts Wolfgang
Amadeus MOZART (1756 - 1791) Piano Concerto 9, Piano
sonata 15 Joseph HAYDN (1732-1809) Keyboard
Sonata Ludwig van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) Piano
Sonata 13 Franz SCHUBERT (1797-1828) Piano
Sonata 21 Alfred
Brendel (piano) Wiener Philharmoniker/Sir Charles Mackerras
rec. live, 2008 DECCA
478
2116 [71:21 + 69:48] 
[DC]
A
fitting finale from a fine fellow … see Full
Review
Cantilena Johann
Sebastian BACH (1685-1750) Sonata 6 Camille
SAINT-SAENS (1835-1921) Romance Francis
POULENC (1899-1963) Flute Sonata Francois
BORNE (1840-1920?) Fantaisie Brillante sur Carmen Sergei
PROKOFIEV (1891-1953) Flute Sonata Odinn
Baldvinsson (flute); Patricia Romero (piano)
rec. 2007 DIVINE
ART
DDV24137 [65:04] [CR]
Recorded
numerous times before by superior performers … see Full
Review
Capolovari
dell’800 per Oboe e Corno inglese Vincenzo
BELLINI (1801-1835)
Concerto in E flat major, for oboe and orchestra (1823?) [06:41] Gioachino
ROSSINI (1792-1868)
Variations in C for oboe and orchestra (1809) [07:58] Andante, with
Variations on ‘Tanti palpiti’ (from Tancredi) for oboe and strings
[04:22] Frederick CHOPIN
(1810-1849) Variations on a Theme by Rossini from
La Cenerentola, for oboe and strings (c.1828) [04:04] Gioachino
ROSSINI (1792-1868)
Sonata for Strings, No.1 (1804) [13:31] Gaetano
DONIZETTI (1798-1848)
Andante sostenuto in F minor, for oboe and strings [03:23] Concertino
for cor anglais and orchestra (1816) [10:56]Giuseppe
FERLENDIS (1755-1810] Concerto in F, for oboe and orchestra
[12:55]
Alessandro Baccini (oboe, cor anglais); Orchestra Filarmonica Città
di Adria/Giorgio Fabbri rec. 10-12 May 2005, Villa Ca’Tiepolo, Isola
di Albarella, Rovigo. DDD
TACTUS TC 791804 [63:43]
[GPu]
A
pleasant exploration of some interesting by-ways … see Full
Review
Cellovator Mikotaj
PATOSZ Impros 1-9 Pawel
SZYMANSKI (b.1954) Kaleidoscope
for M.C.E. Elliott CARTER (b.1908) Figments Henri
DUTILLEUX (b.1916) 3 Strophes sur
le nom de Sacher James DILLON (b.1950) Parjanya
Vata Iannis XENAKIS (1922-2001)
Kottos Mikotaj
Patosz (cello)
rec. 2007 DUX
0628 [60:40] [CR]
An
excellent disc that showcases not only the cello but this very
fine performer … see Full
Review
Rosalia Chalia - Selected Recordings of a Forgotten Soprano rec. 1898-1912 MARSTON 51007 [76:48] 
[JW]
A forgotten figure from
the dawn of recording … see Full Review
Christmas with London Brass London Brass/Roger
Harvey
rec. 1990 TELDEC 2564 68618-0 [59:00] [CT]
A showcase of largely familiar carols given a freshly applied make-over by
the talented players of London Brass ... see Full Review
Carlo
Colombara (bass) Opera
Arias Svizzera
italiana O/György G. Ráth rec. 2003 BONGIOVANNI
OPCD0106 [54:02] [GF]
A
recital worth anyone’s attention … see Full
review
COLORaturaS Diana
Damrau (soprano) Munich RSO/Dan Ettinger
rec. 2008/9 VIRGIN
CLASSICS
5193132 [73:59] [ST]
By
Damrau’s high standards this is inconsistent and unnecessarily
disappointing ... see Full Review
Composer
as Pianist Claude
Debussy, Enrique Granados, Alexander Scriabin, Ottorino Respighi & Alfredo
Casella PIERIAN
0001, 0002, 0018 & 0024 [JW]
Individually
and collectively fascinating documents ... see Full
Review
Conversations
for Violin and Piano Niels ROSING-SCHOW
(b.1954) E Rigidis Per NØRGÅRD
(b.1932) Fragment 5, Diptychon Poul
RUDERS (b.1949) Three Tiny Pieces for Great Friends, Bel
Canto Anders NORDENTOFT (b.1957)
Two movements Herman D. KOPPEL
(1908-1998) Ternio
Elisabeth Zeuthen Schneider (violin); Ulrich Stærk (piano) rec. 2009
DACAPO
8.226519 [60:00] [JW]
Somewhat
uneven – but never less than intriguing … see Full
Review
Danses
et Divertissements Paul
TAFFANEL (1844-1908) Wind Quintet Francis
POULENC (1899-1963) Sextet André JOLIVET Serenade Henri
TOMASI (1901-1971) Cinq Danses Profanes et Sacrées Berlin
Philharmonic Wind Qnt, Stephen Hough (piano)
rec. Dec 2004/6 BIS
BIS-SACD-1532 
[68:47] [CR]
Excellent
repertoire heard at the highest standards … see Full
Review
Don’t Talk – Just Listen!
Robert SAXTON (b.1953) Five Motets
Antony PITTS (b.1976) Thou
wast present as on this day Gabriel JACKSON
(b.1962) The Armed Man, Te
Deum
Christopher FOX (b.1955) 20
Ways to Improve your Life ANON Three
Contrafacta
The Clerks/Edward Wickham rec. 2009
SIGNUM SIGCD174 [61:02]
[CR]
An
engaging disc which deserves to be heard … see Full
Review
England,
My England:
The Story of Henry Purcell Simon
Callow (Charles II); Michael Ball (Henry Purcell) Monteverdi
Ch, English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner
rec. 1995 NVC
ARTS 5051865
513322 
[DVD:
153:00 + CD: 76:04] [BW]
The
CD is attractive, the DVD much less so ... see Full
Review
English
Piano Sonatas Arnold
BAX (1883 – 1953)
Piano Sonatas 1-4 John
IRELAND (1879 – 1961) Piano Sonata Frank
BRIDGE (1879 – 1941)
Piano Sonata
Malcolm Binns (piano) rec. 16 and 30 May, 13 June and 18 July 2007,
Menuhin Hall, Yehudi Menuhin School, London. DDD
BRITISH MUSIC SOCIETY BMS 434/435CD [74:26 + 72:32]
[BBr]
Essential
listening … see Full Review
The
English Viola Arthur
BLISS (1890 – 1975) Viola Sonata (1933) [26:11] Frederick
DELIUS (1862 – 1934) Violin Sonata No.3 (1930) (arr. Lionel
TERTIS (1876 – 1975) (1932)) [16:30] Frank
BRIDGE (1879 – 1941)
Allegro appassionato (1907) [2:17]; Serenade (1903) [2:41]; Souvenir
(1904) [4:00]; Gondoliera (1907) [4:06]; Pensiero (1908) [4:15]; Norse
Legend (1905) [3:33]; Berceuse (1901) [3:34]
Enikö Magyar (viola), Tadashi Imai (piano) rec. 10, 11, 13 July 2009,
Phoenix Studios, Budapest. DDD
NAXOS 8.572407 [67:52]
[BBr]
Fantasie
Includes Pablo de SARASATE (1844-1908)
Zigeunerweisen Ralph VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
(1872-1958) The Lark Ascending Camille
SAINT-SAËNS (1835-1921) Introduction and Rondo
Capriccioso Maurice RAVEL (1875-1937)
Tzigane Avro PÄRT (b.1935)
Spiegel Im Spiegel
Nicola Benedetti (violin) Alexi Grynyuk (piano) Royal Liverpool PO/Vasily
Petrenko rec. 2005-8
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 476 3399 [68:54]
[PPLL]
Benedetti
here brings to the violin a rare virtuosity … see Full
Review
La
Fête de Saint Hubert - Masses for Saint Hubert Gustave
ROCHARD (1866–1924) Messe solenelle pour la Fête de Saint
Hubert TYNDARE (1858–1921) La
Messe de Saint Hubert Albert SOMBRUN (1870–1922) La Messe de Saint Hubert Jules
CANTIN (1874-1956) La Messe de Saint Hubert
Deutsche Naturhorn Solisten/Wilhelm Bruns Johannes Michel (organ) rec.
2009
MUSIKPRODUKTION DABRINGHAUS UND GRIMM MDG60515762 [57:71]
[BW]
A
little of this music goes a long way ... see Full
Review
The
Flagstad Recitals Vol. 1 Kirsten
Flagstad (soprano) Edwin McArthur (piano) rec. 1956 DECCA
ELOQUENCE 480 1799 [65:50 + 75:53] [GF]
A
mixed bag, but well worth owning for the Wolf and Strauss songs … see Full
Review
The
Flagstad Recitals -
Volume 2 Grieg,
Sibelius
songs etc. Kirtsen
Flagstad (soprano) Edwin McArthur (piano) (CD 1), London Symphony Orchestra/Øivin
Fjeldstad (CD 2) rec.1956, 1958 and 1959
DECCA ELOQUENCE 480 1804 [74:24 + 78:41] [GF]
‘The
Voice of the Century’ in still sterling form … see Full
Review
The
Flagstad Recitals
- Volume 3 Wagner and Mahler
Kirsten Flagstad (soprano) Rec
1956
DECCA ELOQUENCE 480 1796 [60:25 + 64:31]
[GF]
At
Eloquence price this should be attractive for all lovers of great singing
… Full Review
The
Flagstad Recitals: Volume
4 - Songs for Sunday
Kirsten Flagstad (soprano) London PO/Sir Adrian Boult rec. 1956/7
DECCA ELOQUENCE 480 0616 [42:09 + 50:49]
[GF]
Swings
and roundabouts but CD 1 and several Handel arias are definitely worth
a listen … see Full Review
Kirsten
Flagstad Sings Norwegian Hymns
Kirsten Flagstad (soprano); Sigvart Fotland (organ) rec. Ris Church,
Oslo, Norway, September 1956
DECCA ELOQUENCE 480 1836 [59:48 + 58:42] [GF]
The
repertoire may not have universal appeal, but the singing should have
… see Full Review
Folk
Song Arrangements
by Ludwig van BEETHOVEN ((1770-1827),
Franz Joseph HAYDN (1732-1809) and
Carl Maria von WEBER (1786-1826)
See end of review for full list
Edith Mathis (soprano); Julia Hamari (mezzo); Alexander Young (tenor);
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone); RIAS Kammerchor; Andreas Roehn,
Helmut Heller (violins); Georg Donderer, Irmgard Poppen (cellos); Aurèle
Nicolet (flute); Karl Engel (piano); rec. Berlin, February 1961, March
1970. ADD
AUSTRALIAN ELOQUENCE 4800385 [58:22 + 64:17]
[JS]
Performances
like these are well worth hearing and bring hours of pleasure. … see
Full Review
French
Flute Chamber Music Marcel
TOURNIER (1879-1951) Suite Florent
SCHMITT (1870-1958) Suite en rocaille Gabriel
PIERNÉ (1863-1937) Variations libres et finale Jean
FRANÇAIX (1912-1997) Quintette Albert
ROUSSEL (1869-1937) Sérénade Mirage
Qnt
rec. 2007 NAXOS
8.570444 [63:53] [OL]
Soft
bliss, unbelievably good... see Full
Review
Golden
Age of Light Music Volume 50 – String Fever
rec.
re–issues from 78 rpm discs and 33 rpm LP records, recorded between
1947 and 1957. ADD 
GUILD GLCD5150 [77:19] 
[BBr]
Another
in Guild’s fabulous light music series … see Full
Review
Vladimir Horowitz - The
Legendary Berlin Concert - 18 May 1986
SONY
CLASSICAL 88697 527082 [48:18 + 42:38]
[PPLL]
The
authentic Horowitz magic revived … a musician whose artistry was
mellowed by age and experience ... see Full
Review
Jeffrey Khaner: German Flute Music
Walter
GIESEKING (1895-1956) Sonatine for Flute [13:30];
Harald GENZMER (1909-2007) Sonata
No. 2 for flute and piano in E minor (1945) [14:00]; Hans
Werner HENZE (b.1926) Sonatina for flute and piano
(1946) [9:19]; Paul HINDEMITH (1895-1963)
Sonata for flute and piano (1936) [13:59]; Sigfrid
KARG-ELERT (1877-1933) Sinfonische Kanzone Op. 114
(1917) [8:40]
Jeffrey Khaner (flute); Charles Abramovic (piano) rec. 22 November 1999,
Curtis Hall, Philadelphia, USA. DDD
AVIE AV2076 [59:36]
[CR]
A
recording with integrity which deserves to be heard. ... see Full
Review
Fritz Kreisler - The Complete Recordings
– vol. 1
Fritz Kreisler (violin), w. piano accompaniment (1-5), w. George Falkenstein
(piano) (6- 24) rec. Berlin 1904 (1-5); New York, May 1910 (6-24)
NAXOS 8.112053 [74:43]
[GF]
Surprisingly
vivid sound and the playing is absolutely enchanting … see Full
Review
London
Philharmonic Orchestra – The Formative Years. Pioneering
Sound Recordings from The 1930s Wolfgang
Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791) Symphonies 39 & 41 Frederick
DELIUS (1862-1934) On Hearing the First Cuckoo
in Spring Nikolai RIMSKY-KORSAKOV (1844-1908) The
Golden Cockerel - excerpts London
PO/Thomas Beecham rec. 1933-36 LPO
0040 [75:17] 
[JW]
I
took to it like a duck to aqua ... see Full
Review
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