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Divine Than Human
- Music from The Eton Choirbook John
FAWKYNER (fl. late 15th century) Gaude rosa sine
spina [16:35] William CORNYSH (d. c.
1502) Salve Regina [15:42] Walter LAMBE
(b. 1450-51. d. after Michaelmas 1504) Magnificat [12:58]
Richard DAVY (c. 1465-1535) In honore
summe matris [17:42] John BROWNE (fl.
c. 1480-1505) Stabat mater [15:16] 
The Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford/Stephen Darlington
rec. 16-18 March 2009 in the Chapel, Merton College, Oxford DDD Latin
texts and English translations included
AVIE AV2167 [78:55] 
[JQ]
A
fine disc containing some marvellous music. ... see Full
Review
Nuages
Franz
LISZT (1811-1886)
Nuages gris (1881) [3:45] La lugubre gondola I (1882)
[4:07] Unstern (1880-1886) [5:35] Vallée d’Obermann (1848-1854)
[15:24] Ludwig van BEETHOVEN
(1770-1827) Piano Sonata no. 30 in E major, Op. 109
(1820) [20:51] Panyiotis DEMOPOULOS
(b.1977) Tetraktys for solo piano (2000) [7:18]
Panayiotis
Demopoulos (piano) rec. Whiteley Hall, Chetham’s School of Music, Manchester,
UK, 18 April, 28 May 2003, Dunelm Records. DDD.
DIVINE ART DIVERSIONS DDV24142 [58:00] 
[BW]
An
enjoyable mixed recital but look elsewhere for the Liszt and Beethoven,
especially the latter ... see Full Review
O
How Glorious is the Kingdom:
Favourite Anthems
Roger Judd (organ)
Ch St. George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle/Timothy Byram-Wigfield rec. 2005
DELPHIAN
DCD34048 [69:42] [WH]
A
satisfying collection of “Favourite Anthems”…see Full
Review
Opera’s
Greatest Choruses Opera
Queensland Ch, Queensland O/Johannes Fritzsch rec. 2009 ABC
CLASSICS 476 3489 [62:08] [AS]
Well
presented and performed … you will find much enjoyment here ...
see Full Review
Organ
Odyssey Sigfrid
KARG-ELERT (1877-1933),
Louis VIERNE (1870-1937),
Felix MENDELSSOHN (1809
-1847), Charles-Marie WIDOR (1844-1937),
Charles IVES
(1874-1954), Olivier MESSIAEN
(1908-1992), John LA MONTAINE (b. 1920),
Charles-Marie WIDOR (1844-1937)
Mary
Preston (organ) rec. 16-17 July 2007, Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas,
Texas
REFERENCE RECORDINGS 
RR-113
[57:14]
[DM]
Just
too variable to warrant a recommendation ... see Full
Review
Out of the Cool
- Contemporary Music for Flute and Piano Richard
Rodney BENNETT (b.1936) Winter Music, Summer Music Robert
SAXTON (b. 1953) Krystallen Cecilia
McDOWALL (b.1951) The Moon Dances Arthur
BUTTERWORTH (b.1923) Aubade David HEATH
(b.1956) Out of the Cool Brian LOCK
(b.1967) Flute Sonata
Susan Milan (flute) Andrew Ball (piano) rec. 2007
MÉTIER MSV28510 [70:16]
[JW]
First
class, characterful and unimpeachable ... see Full
Review
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH Poems
Aaron
COPLAND (1900-1990) Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson (1950)
[30:29] Alexander SCRIABIN (1872-1915)
Vers la flamme, Op. 72 (1914) [6 :26] Alban
BERG (1885-1935)
Sieben frühe Lieder (1905-8) [14:47] Pawel
SZYMANSKI (b. 1954) Drei Lieder nach Trakl (2002)
[12:10]
Agata Zubel (soprano); Marcin Grabosz (piano) rec. Witold Lutoslawski
Concert Hall, Polish Radio, Warsaw, December 2007–March 2008
CDACCORD ACD149-2 [63:59]
[WH]
A
magnificently planned recital, superbly sung and played. Unmissable
… see Full Review
Postcards
from Paris Darius
MILHAUD (1892-1974) Corcovado [2:28]; Maurice
RAVEL (1875-1937) Pièce en forme de habanera [3:14];
Francis KLEYNJANS (b.1951) Deux
Arias Op. 92B [7:04], Deux Valses pour guitare solo Op. 64
[2:49]; Jacques IBERT (1890-1962) Entr’acte
[3:28], Pièce [4:41]; Louis MOYSE
(1912 - 2007) Cantos de las Sierras [17:23]; Francis
POULENC (1899-1963) Mouvements Perpétuels [6:25];
Claude DEBUSSY (1862 – 1918)
The Girl with the Flaxen Hair [3:41]; Syrinx [2:40]; Erik
SATIE (1866-1925) Trois Gymnopédies [7:49];
Gabriel FAURÉ (1845-1924) Berceuse
[2:25]
Michaella
LaPorte (flute); Gerald Saulter (guitar)
rec. May 2006, Serenade Music Studio, Saint James, New York. DDD
CENTAUR
CRC 2883 [64:17]
An
interesting range of repertoire and some enjoyable moments … see Full
Review
Prima
Voce Party
NIMBUS ALLIANCE NI 7839 [71:21]
A
magnificent, fascinating, compilation. … see Full
Review
Rediscovered
Polish Songs Maksymilian
GRECKI (c.1840 – 1870), Henryk OPIENSKI
(1870 – 1942), Feliks NOWOWIEJSKI (1877
– 1946), Stanislaw WIECHOWICZ (1893
– 1963), Tadeusz SZELIGOWSKI (1896 – 1963),
Andrzej KOSZEWSKI (b. 1922)
Maria
Pawlaczyk (soprano); Weronika Firlej-Kubasik (piano) rec. Radio ‘Merkury’,
Poznan, 2000-2001 Polish texts enclosed
ACTE PREALABLE MUZYKA POLSKA AP0080 [65:50]
[GF]
Not
standard fare, by all means, but very attractive … see Full
Review
Richter in Leipzig - The
Complete Recital of 28 November 1963 Ludwig
van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) Piano Sonatas 30-32 Johannes
BRAHMS (1833-1897) Ballade, Intermezzos Frédéric
CHOPIN (1810-1849) Nocturne
PARNASSUS PACD96032 [78:52] 
[PB-W]
A
disc to treasure ... see Full
Review
Ride On, King Jesus: Florence
Quivar sings black music of America
Florence
Quivar (mezzo) Larry Woodward, Joseph Joubert (piano) The Boys’
Choir of Harlem/Dr. Walter Turnbull
EMI CLASSICS 9671382 [67:03] 
[NB]
A
superb disc as a document of a magnificent singer at her considerable
peak and as a sincere expression of Christian faith. ... see Full
Review
Serenade Bohuslav
MARTINŮ (1890-1959) Serenade
1,
Quartet Carl NIELSEN (1865-1931) Serenata
in vano, Canto serioso Charles KOECHLIN (1867-1950) Les
Confidences d’un Jouer de Clarinette Luciano BERIO (1925-2003) Musica
Leggera Radek
Baborāk (French horn); Wenzel Fuchs (clarinet); Baborāk Ensemble rec.
2008 SUPRAPHON
SU3998-2 [59:34] [LW]
Interesting
and unusual chamber music very well performed … see Full
Review
Songs
and Romances
Galina
Vishnevskaya (soprano), Mstislav Rostropovich (piano)
WARNER APEX 2564 690457 [68:09 + 61:05] 
[BBr]
It
is a real pleasure to hear this quality of singing … see Full
Review
Stokowski
- Acoustic Vol. 1 Philadelphia
O/Leopold Stokowski rec. 1917-24 PRISTINE
AUDIO PASC192 [70:37] [RM]
Valuable
historical documents ... see Full Review
Suites
and Sweets Henry
COWELL (1897-1965) Suite for violin and piano (1926) [11:28]
Igor STRAVINSKY (1882-1971) Suite
Italienne (1926) [18:27] Erich Wolfgang KORNGOLD
(1897-1957) Suite from Much Ado About Nothing (1918) [13:33]
Manuel de FALLA
(1876-1946) Canciones populares españolas (1914)
arr. Kochanski [13:14] Maurice RAVEL
(1875-1937) Pièce en Forme de Habanera [2:49] Jules
MASSENET (1842-1912)
Meditation from Thais (1894) [4:38]
Jessica Mathaes (violin) Rodney Waters (piano) rec. July 2008, KUHF
Studios, Houston, Texas
CENTAUR CRC 2993 [64:08]
[JW]
Attractively
done ... see Full Review
The
Suk Trio
play Beethoven and Schubert CD
1 Ludwig van BEETHOVEN
(1770-1827) Piano Trio No. 3 in C minor, Op. 1 No. 3 (1794) Piano
Trio No. 5 in D major, Op. 70 No. 1 Ghost (1808) CD 2
Ludwig van BEETHOVEN
(1770-1827) Piano Trio No. 7 in B flat major, Op. 97 Archduke
(1811) Franz SCHUBERT (1797-1828)
Piano Trio No. 1 in B flat major, Op. 99 (1828)
Suk Trio (Jan Panenka (piano); Josef Suk (violin); Josef Chuchro
(cello)) rec. Domovina Studio Prague, 8-12 April 1963 (CD 1); Rudolfinum,
Prague, 29 August – 1 September 1961 (CD 2 Beethoven); 7-9 September
1964 (CD 2 Schubert)
SUPRAPHON ARCHIV SU 3959–2 [50:20 + 70:32]
[PBW]
Classic
performances of marvellous warmth, naturalness and spontaneity. Not
to be missed! … see Full Review
The
Sundance Trio Madeleine
DRING
(1923
– 1977) Trio Paul ANGERER (b.1927)
Chanson Gaillarde Geoffrey BUSH
(1920 – 1998) Trio David
SARGENT (b.1941)
Kaleidoscope Margaret GRIEBLING–HAIGH
(b.1960) Trocadillos 
The Sundance Trio (Geralyn Giovannetti (oboe); Christian Smith (bassoon);
Jed Moss (piano))
rec. 2007
CENTAUR CRC 2961 [67:37]
[BBr]
Most
entertaining and enjoyable … see Full
Review
Toscanini
Broadcasts Series:
NBC Symphony Orchestra, 1940-43 Kurt
ATTERBERG (1887-1974) Symphony 6 Samuel
BARBER (1910-1981) Adagio for Strings Oscar
Lorenzo FERNANDEZ (1897-1948) Reisado
do pastoreio Batuque Richard STRAUSS (1864-1949) Don
Juan Maurice RAVEL (1875-1937) La
Valse NBC
SO/Arturo Toscanini
rec. 1940/3 GUILD
GHCD2348 [71:13] [BR]
Buy
with confidence if you enjoy historical recordings and want to
hear a great conductor leading energized live recordings of timeless
late-romantic repertoire … see Full
Review
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH Verismo Renée
Fleming (soprano)
Giuseppe Verdi SO & Ch, Milan/Marco Armiliato
rec. 2008 DECCA
478
1533 [72:20] [MC]
A
wonderful collection of verismo arias that is worthy of acclaim.
Fleming’s creamy vocals are stunning and in beautiful condition
... see Full Review
A
Very Pristine Christmas.
A
Collection of Historic Recordings PRISTINE
AUDIO XR PAMX005 [67:50]
A
festive feast from Pristine Audio … see Full
Review
BOOK
REVIEWS
Landmarks
in Music since 1950 - Leonard
Bernstein: West Side Story
by Nigel Simeone Ashgate
Publishing, Farnham
& Burlington 2009. ISBN 978-0-7546-6484-0 GBP35.00
As
a source of information this is wonderful; the analysis I find less
sound. … see Full Review
OXFORD
COMPANION TO ENGLISH LITERATURE.
Seventh edition edited by Dinah Birch. Oxford University Press, 2009;
[xvii], 1,164pp.; ISBN 978-0-19-280687-1. £35.00 (hardback).
There
are a great many references in these pages to music, composers, and
the authors whose work inspired those composers. ... see Full
Review
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