JUNE 2000 CLASSICAL CD REVIEWS INDEX disclaimer Classical Editor: Rob Barnett Music Webmaster Len Mullenger: Len@musicweb.uk.net

Classical Editor: Rob Barnett,  Reviewers: Rob Barnett, Ian Lace, Len Mullenger, and:  Richard Adams, Colin Anderson, Terry Barfoot,  Marc Bridle, Arthur Butterworth, Colin Clarke, Paul Conway, Gary Dalkin, Andy Daly, Tony Duggan, Harry Downey,  Gerald Fenech,  Lewis Foreman, David Frieze, Malcolm Galloway,  Ian Marchant, John Phillips, Ailís Ní Ríain, Humphrey Smith, Philip Scowcroft, Colin Scott Sutherland, Andrew Seivewright, Richard Whitehouse, Reg Williamson, Peter Grahame Woolf, David Wright. A complete list of contributors can be seen here

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Giacomo PUCCINI (1858-1924) La Rondine - a sequel to La Boheme? A discussion of the opera followed by comparative reviews of three recordings by Ian Lace The second in a series of comparative reviews of Puccini operas

Mahler Symphonies
Tony Duggan approaches the end of his survey with Symphony No 3

A CRYSTAL QUINTET
Five Instrumental Anthology Discs from Crystal Records Inc.
Each includes a work by ALAN HOVHANESS

Duo 1 POINT 5 BILL PERCONTI (alto saxophone) CRYSTAL RECORDS CD653 61.58 [RB]
BRASS BONANZA eight American brass quintets CRYSTAL CD200 62.25 [RB]
PISTONS AND PIPES Richard Giangiulio (trumpet) Paul Riedo (organ) CRYSTAL RECORDS CD666 67.14 [RB]
AMERICAN MUSIC FOR VIOLA Paul Cortese (viola) Jon Klibonoff (piano) CRYSTAL RECORDS CD636 63.22 [RB]
THE MAKING OF A MEDIUM - The Piano Trio - Mozart, Hovhaness, Frescobaldi, Pasatieri, Bartok The Verdehr Trio CRYSTAL CD741 70.33 [RB]

  COMPETITION: WIN a CD

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Alphabetical Listing
ALEXANDER ALYABIEV (1787-1851) String Quartet No.1 (1815) String Quartet No.3 (1825)
Beethoven Quartet :Dmitry Tsyganov (violin) Vassily Shirinsky (violin) Vadim Borisovsky (viola) Sergey Shirinsky (cello) rec 1948 mono BOHEME CDBMR 907086 [49.36] [RB]
MALCOLM ARNOLD: Symphony No. 5, Divertimento No. 2, Symphonic Study: 'Machines', Sarabande and Polka, The Belles of St. Trinians. Munich Symphony Orchestra Douglas Bostock. Classico CLASSCD294 61m DDD [HC] [GF]
C.P.E.BACH Six keyboard sonatas Carole Cerasi (harpsichord and fortepiano) Metronome MET CD 1032. 67'27" [PW]
J.S.BACH Lute Suites BWV 995-998; Prelude, Fugue & Allegro BWV 998. Paul Galbraith (guitar)
Delos DE 3258 59'38" [PW]
J S BACH: Goldberg Variations BWV988 Angela Hewitt: Piano. Hyperion CDA67305. 79m DDD.[GF]
J.S.BACH Goldberg Variations arr. Labadie Les Violons du Roy/Bernard Labadie Dorian- 90281 79'30" [PW]
BACH: Cantatas BWV 94-96. Helen Donath, Arleen Auger, Else Paaski, Marga Hoffgen. Gachinger Kantorei, Bach-Collegium Stuttgart Helmuth Rilling. Hanssler Classic Bach Akademie Vol 30 92.030 71m ADD/DDD. [GF]
BARTOK: First Rhapsody, Romanian Folkdances; ENESCU: Violin Sonata No.3; SZYMANOWSKI: Mythes, Op.30 Ida Haendel (violin) & Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) DECCA 455 488-2 [60' 55"] Plus bonus CD - "Ida Haendel: the Decca Years, 1940-47" [75'09"] [CA]
David BEDFORD Song of the White Horse also featuring Star Clusters, Nebulae & Places in Devon
Nash Ensemble & Queens College Choir conducted by Steuart Bedford, with Mike Ratledge and David Bedford, keyboards, soloist Diana Coulson (Song of the White Horse) / Chorus and Brass of the London Philharmonic Orchestra (Star Clusters…) * produced and engineered by Mike Oldfield
Classicprint CPVP011CD * [48:52]
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No 4 in G Major. Op. 58 30.46Armando José FERNANDES Concerto in B Flat 27.20 Helena Sá E Costa (pno) Orquestra Sinfónica Nacional (Beethoven) Cond Efrem Kurtz Academia de instrumentistas de Câmera Recorded Lisbon 12 Dec 1954; 2 May 1960 Strauss Potugalsom SP4238 ADD 58.10 [HD]
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No.9 in D minor, Op.125 "Choral" Aase Nordmo-Lovberg (soprano), Christa Ludwig (contralto), Waldemar Kmentt (tenor), Hans Hotter (bass); Philharmonia Chorus; Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Otto Klemperer TESTAMENT SBT 1177 [70'48"] [CA]
ADOLPHE BIARENT(1871-1916) Poème Héroïque (1907-11) 10.34 Rapsodie Wallonne (1910) 26.11 Contes d'Orient (1909) 36.23 Diane Andersen (piano) Orchestre Philharmonique de Liège et de la Communauté Française/Pierre Bartholomée rec 15 16 Jan; 8 19 July 1998  CYPRES CYP7605 [74.20] [RB]
ADOLPHE BIARENT (1871-1916) Trenmor - symphonic poem (1905) 15.54 Symphony (1908) 28.03 Two Sonnets for cello and orchestra (1909-13) 14.41 Luc Dewez (cello) Orchestre Philharmonique de Liège et de la Communauté Française/Pierre Bartholomée rec Conservatoire Royal de Liège, 16-19 October 1995 CYPRES CYP3601 [58.53] [RB]
BLUMENFELD Complete Preludes & Impromptus Philip Thomson (piano)
Ivory Classics 71002. 75'02" [PW]
Christopher BOCHMANN (b 1950) Aleafonia Concertante No 3 (1983) 11'44" Em Homagem (1984) 9'51" Epitaph (1991) 16'54" Misere Mei (1994) 11'54" Metaphors (1997) 10'41" Orquestra Sinfónica Juvenil Christopher Bockmann Recorded Lisbon. 25 March '99; 29 June '99; 10 Nov '99 Strauss  Portugalsom ST 2246 DDD [61'28"] [HD]
Luigi BOCCHERINI (1743 - 1805) Flute Quintets Op.55 58'34" Michael Faust (flute) Auryn Quartet Recorded February 12 -15 1996 Sendesaal. Germany. DDD cpo 999 382-2 [HD]
BRUCH: Symphony No. 1, Violin Concerto No. 3. Lydia Mordkovitch: Violin London Symphony Orchestra Richard Hickox. CHAN9784 72m DDD.[GF]
BRUCKNER: The Symphonies Royal Scottish National Orchestra, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland conducted by Georg Tintner NAXOS [TB]
ANTON BRUCKNER (1824 - 1896) Symphony No 00 in F Minor "Study Symphony" 37.25 "Volkfest" Finale to Symphony No 4 in E Flat major. 19.03 Royal Scottish National Orchestra  Cond. Georg Tintner Recorded Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow. 3/4 Sept 1998  Naxos 8.554432 [56.37] [TD][HD]
BRUCKNER: Symphony No.5 BBC Symphony Orchestra Conducted by Jascha Horenstein BBC Legends BBCL 4033-2 [TD]
BRUCKNER: Symphony No.7 Rameau: Gavotte with Six Variations Philharmonia and New Philharmonia Orchestras Conducted by Otto Klemperer EMI "The Klemperer Legacy" CDM5 67330 2 [TD]
JOHN CAGE (1912-92) Seventy-Four for orchestra - Version 1 (1992) 12.11 The Seasons - Ballet in one act (1947) 16.35 Concerto for Prepared Piano and Chamber Orchestra (1950/51) 20.39 Seventy-Four for orchestra - Version 2 12.03 Suite for Toy Piano (1948) 7.13 Suite for Toy Piano (orch Lou Harrison) 6.30 Margaret Leng Tan (piano) American Composers Orchestra/Dennis Russell Davies ECM NEW SERIES 1696 - 465 140-2 [75.11] [RB]
ANDRE CAPLET (1878-1925) Le Mystère de Jésus (1923) Brigitte Desnoues (mezzo) Maîtrise de Radio France Orchestre des Pays de Savoie/Mark Foster rec Radio France, Paris, 23-25 Nov 1996 MARCO POLO 8.225043 [61.13] [RB]
ANDRÉ CAPLET (1878-1925) Quintet for piano and winds (1898) 26.26 MAURICE RAVEL (1875-1937)
Le Tombeau de Couperin 17.06 Pavane pour une Infante Défunte 5.11 Ma Mère l'Oye 15.18 (all three Ravel pieces transcribed by David Walter) Claire Désert (piano) Quintette Moraguès rec Lausanne, 24-27 June 1999   LE CHANT DU MONDE LDC 2781116 [65.10] [RB]
PAUL CRESTON (1906-1985) The First Three Symphonies Symphony No. 1 (1940) 23.32 Symphony No. 2 (1944) 22.23 Symphony No. 3 (1950) 26.38 National SO of the Ukraine/Theodore Kuchar rec Kiev, 25-29 December 1998 NAXOS AMERICAN CLASSICS 8.559034 [72.39] [RB] [LF] [DW]
STEPHEN DODGSON - orchestral music: Flute Concerto (1990-91) * Last of the Leaves -cantata for bass, clarinet and strings (1973) ** Duo Concerto for violin, guitar and strings (1989) *** * Robert Stallman (flute) ** Michael George (bass) John Bradbury (clarinet) *** Jean-Jacques Kantorow (violin) Anthea Gifford (guitar) Northern Sinfonia/Ronald Zollman   rec Newcastle-upon-Tyne 23-24 Oct 1992 world premiere recordings BIDDULPH LAW 013 [57.16] [RB]
STEPHEN DODGSON - The Selevan Story - a selection of chamber works with guitar(s) Promenade (two guitars) (1988) Capriccio (Flute and guitar) (1980) Divertissement (violin and guitar ensemble) (1983) Follow the Star (three guitars) (1979) Hymnus de Sancto Stephano (soprano and guitar ensemble)  (1983) The Selevan Story (flute, violin, two guitars, guitar ensemble) (1992) The St Levan Ensemble rec Sharpham House, Devon 30 Sept-2 Oct 1994 ESG Records  [RB]
 ANTONIN DVORAK (1841 - 1904) Serenade for Wind. Op.44 23.27GEORGES ENESCU (1881-1955) Dixtuor. Op. 14 19.52LEOS JANACEK (1854 - 1928) Mládí 16.48 Oslo Philharmonic Wind Soloists Recorded Ris Kirk (Oslo) (Dvorak, Enescu)And Sojenberg Kirke, Oslo (Janacek) 4-6 Nov 1996 Naxos 8.554173 [60.24] [HD]
DVORÁK Serenade for Strings 29.17 SUK St Wenceslas Meditation 6.42 JANACEK Suite for Strong Orchestra 20.13 Czech Chamber Orchestra/Ondrej Kukal rec (Dvorák) March 1994; remainder May 1996 CAMPION RRCD1346 [57.03] [RB]
Eckard Sonatas Op. 1/3, 1/4 & 2/1 & Minuet d'Exaudet with 6 Variations Arthur Schoonderwoerd (fortepiano) Zig Zag Territoires ZZT 9806 01. 55'12" [PW]
SIR EDWARD ELGAR: Introduction & Allegro. (1947/1956 versions), Elegy (1947/1956 versions), Enigma Variations, Symphony No. 1, Bavarian Dance No. 2; 'Lullaby'. Hallé Orchestra Sir John Barbirolli. Dutton Laboratories/Barbirolli Society CDSJB 1017 117m ADD. [GF]
GEORGE ENESCU (1881-1955) Poème Roumain - Symphonic Suite (1898) 27.10 Vox Maris - symphonic poem (1929) 26.24 Voix de la Nature - Nuages d'automne sur les forêts (1931-39) 8.38 Florin Diaconescu, George Enescu Bucharest PO and choir/Christian Mandeal rec Bucharest, 9-18 July 1997 ARTE NOVA 74321 65425 2 [62.21] [RB]
ROBERT FARNON: From the Highlands, From the Emerald Isle. Robert Farnon and his Orchestra. Dutton Laboratories Vocalion Series CDLK4100 78m ADD (Mastered from Decca originals 1957 Mono/Stereo). [GF]
Elena FIRSOVA Akhmatova Songs; Mandelstam Poems; Hymn to Spring; Frozen Time; La Malinconia; The Night Demons; Vernal Equinox; Scent of Absence; Crucifixion; Meditation in the Japanese Garden; Before the Thunderstorm. Patricia Rosario, Tim Mirfin, Michael Vaiman Meladina Record MRCD00012a/00013a. 79'18" [PW]
PHILIP GLASS (b. 1937) Company. Violin Concerto. Prelude and Dance from Akhnaten. Adele Anthony (violin); Ulster Orchestra/Takuo Yuasa. Naxos 8.554568 [DDD] [52'46] [CC] [MB]
LOUIS GLASS (1864-1936) String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor op. 23 (1896 rev 1929) 32.38 String Quartet No. 4 in F Sharp Minor op. 35 (1907) 45.14 Zapolski Quartet rec Danish Radio 1998 DA CAPO MARCO POLO 8.224048 77.54 [RB]
GLAZUNOV (1865-1936) Symphony No.6 The Forest Op. 19 Moscow Symphony Orchestra conducted by Alexander Anissimov NAXOS 8.554293 [59:10] [CC] [IL]
GLINKA Overture to Ruslan and Ludmilla (arr. Roberts). BÖHME Sextet in E flat minor, Op. 30. ALABIEV Quintet.  MUSSORGSKY Gopak of the Young Ukrainians from 'Sorochintsky Fair'. Pictures at an Exhibition (both arr. Roberts).   Fine Arts Brass Ensemble.   Nimbus NI5645 [DDD] [65'37]. [CC]
GODOWSKY: Studies on Chopin's Etudes (complete) Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano) HYPERION CDA67411/2 (2 CDs) [153' 02"] [CA]
GRIEG Sonata; Lyric Pieces; 7 Fugues. Mikhail Pletnev (piano) Deutsche Grammophon DG 459 671-2; 75 mins. [PW]
Grieg Violin Sonatas 1-3 Henning Kraggerud (violin) with Helge Kjekshus (piano) Naxos 8.553904 66'50". [PW]
Hakim; Henze; Matthews; Smirnov Solo Violin Music Peter Sheppard Metier CD92028  [PW]
HANDEL: Opera Arias and Overtures -2. Emma Kirkby, The Brandenburg Consort Roy Goodman. Hyperion CDA67128 71m DDD. [GF]
HOWARD HANSON (1896-1981) Two Yuletide Pieces, Poèmes Erotiques, Sonata, Three Miniatures, Three Etudes, Enchantment
For the First Time, Slumber Song Thomas Labé (piano) NAXOS 8.559047 [75.39] [RB]
JOSEPH HAYDN (1732 - 1809) Symphony No 66 in B flat major. 21.23 Symphony No 67 in F major 25.15 Symphony No 68 in B Flat Major 29.18 Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia Bela Drahos Recorded Phoenix Studio, Budapest 19 - 23 January 1998 Naxos 8.554406 [76.05] [HD] [DW]
HAYDN - London Symphonies 93-104. London Festival Orchestra/Ross Pople. Arte Nova Classics 74321 72109 2 (4 CDs) [PC]
HAYDN (1732 - 1809) Missa in Anguistiis "Nelson Mass" Hob.XXXII:11 39'44" Missa brevis Sancti Joannis de Deo "Kleine Oregelmesse". Hob XXII:7 17'38" Viktoria Loukianetz (sop); Gabriele Sime (contralto); Kurt Azesberger (ten); Robert Holzer (Bass): Hungarian Radio &Television Chorus Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia Béla Drahos Recorded Budapest. June 17 - 20 1998 DDD Naxos 8.554416 [57'31"] [HD]
VICTOR HERBERT (1859-1924) Auditorium Festival March, Irish Rhapsody, Selections from Natoma, Columbus Suite Slovak RSO/Keith Brion rec Bratislava 11-16 Jan 1999 MARCO POLO 8.225109 [67.13] [RB]
ALAN HOVHANESS Khaldis - concerto for piano, four trumpets and percussion (1951) 18.58 Mount Katahdin - piano sonata (1987) 13.16 Fantasy - piano solo (1944) 19.14 (Khaldis - Martin Berkofsky (piano) Lawrence Sobol (cond), trumpets William Rohdin Dan Cahn, Francis Bonny, Patrick Dougherty, Percussion Neal Boyar rec 1972. Sonata: Martin Berkofsky: Fantasy: composer CRYSTAL RECORDS CD814 [51.41] [RB]
JACQUES IBERT (1890-1962) Piano Music. Scherzetto. Piece romantique. Toccata sur le nom d'Albert Roussel. L'espiegle au village de Lilliput. Francaise. Le vent dans les ruines.Petite Suite. Histoires. Les rencontres. Hae-won Chang (piano). Naxos 8.554720 [DDD] [70'47]. [CC]
Janacek, Debussy, Ravel & Nielsen Violin Sonatas. Christian Tetzlaff (violin) with Leif Ove Andsnes (piano) Virgin Classics VC 7243 5 45122 2 3. 68'41" [PW]
KERLL Missa Non sine quare La Risonanza/Fabio Bonizzoni Symphonia SY 99171 53'57" [PW]
ONDREJ KUKAL (b.1964) Violin Concerto Danse Symphonique for large orchestra Clarinet Concerto, Present, string duo, String Quartet No. 1 Composer (violin)/South Bohemia Chamber PO/Vladimir Valek (violin concerto) Prague RSO/composer (Danse) Ludmilla Peterkova (cl)/New Vlach Quartet/Jacub Waldman (double bass) (clarinet concerto) Jana Vlachova (violin)/Mikael Ericsson (cello) (Present) New Vlach Quartet (string quartet) rec 1997 Czech Radio studio and Ceske Budejovice CAMPION RRCD1343 [65.27] [RB]
FRANZ LEHÁR When the heart is young - a recital of 19 songs Sarah Leonard (soprano) Andrew Ball (piano) rec 6-8 Jan 1999, Waterloo, London   A Beulah live! recording BEULAH 1RF4 [65.10] [RB]
Kenneth LEIGHTON: Sonatina No.2, Five Studies Op.22, Fantasia Contrappuntistica Op.24, Pieces for Angela Op.47, Four Romantic Pieces Op.95 Margaret Fingerhut (piano) CHANDOS CHAN 9818 [67' 12"] [CA]
DAVID LYON Horn Concerto, Fairytale Suite and other orchestral music. Michael Thompson (French horn), Royal Ballet Sinfonia/David Lloyd-Jones Marco Polo 8.225839 [PS]
Albéric MAGNARD Symphonies No. 2 and 4 Malmö Symphony Orchestra conducted by Thomas Sanderling BIS CD-928 [RW]
MAHLER: Symphony No. 7, BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 9. BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra/Hallé Orchestra Sir John Barbirolli. BBC Legends BBCL4034-2 138m ADD. [TD] [GF] [MB]
JOHN McCABE: Edward II Ballet in 2 Acts. Royal Ballet Sinfonia Barry Wordsworth. Hyperion CDA67135/6 114m DDD. [GF]
McCABE THE PASSING OF TIME: John McCabe and Richard Strauss JOHN MCCABE Symphony No. 4Richard Strauss Duet Concertino Royal Holloway Symphony Orchestra/Matthew Taylor DUNELM RECORDS DRD 0148 from 2 Park Close, Glossop, Derbyshire SK 13 7RQ £12.00 plus 90p p & p [PS]
Felix MENDELSSOHN (1809 - 1847) Trio No 1 in D Minor. Op. 49 (not E Minor as shown on CD) 29'44" Johannes BRAHMS (1833 - 1897) Trio No 2 in C Major. Op. 87 29'24" Trio de Lisboa Leonor de Sousa Prado (violin), Pedro Corostola (cello), Nella Maissa (piano) Recorded March 16 1972 (Mendelssohn) June 12 1964 (Brahms) ADD Strauss Portugalsom SP 4241 [59'33"] [HD]
MOZART - Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, Symphonies 39 and 41 "Jupiter". Philharmonia Orchestra/Otto Klemperer. EMI 7243 5 67334 2 8 [PC]
MOZART (1756 - 1791) Symphony No 35 in D "Haffner", K385. 18.16 Symphony No 36 in C "Linz", K425. 26.58 Symphony No 38 in D "Prague", K504. 25.52 Overture: Die Zauberflöte, K620. 7.19 Philharmonia Orchestra.Otto Klemperer. EMI. The Klemperer Legacy CDM 5 67333 2 9 [78.56] [HD]
MOZART ( 1756 -1791) Dixit & Magnificat, K193 9.49 Vesperae Solennes de Dominica, K 321 26.07
Vesperae Solennes de Confessore, K339 24.31 Greta De Reyghere (sop); Marijke van Arnhem (mezzo); Rewnaat Deckers (ten); Jan Van der Crabben (bass). Collegium Instrumentale Brigense; Capell Brigensis; Patrick Peire. Recorded Steurbaut Studios, Ghent. 10-12 August 1996 Naxos 8.554158 [60.38] [HD]
NIELSEN String Quartets Vol. 1 (Op. 14 in Eb and Op. 44 in F major) Oslo String Quartet Naxos 8.553907 57' Vol. 2 (No. 2, Op.5 in F minor & No. 1, Op.13 in G minor) Naxos 8.553908 62'
Vol. 1 (No. 1, Op. 13 in G minor & No. 4, Op. 44 in F major) with Little Suite Op. 1 Zapolski Quartet Chandos CHAN 9635 Vol. 2 (No. 2, Op. 5 in F minor & No. 3, Op. 14 in Eb) Zapolski Quartet Chandos CHAN 9817 [PGW]
Astor PIAZZOLLA  Complete Music for Flute and Guitar Irmgard Toepper (f)  Hugo German Gaido (g)
NAXOS 8.554760 [67:04] [GD]
HANS PFITZNER. Lieder. Complete edition Volume 5. Julie Kauffman (soprano), Donald Sulzen (piano); Iris Vermillion (mezzo), Axel Bauni (piano); Robert Holl (bass), Rudolph Jansen (piano). CPO 999 491 - 2 [DDD] [73' 57"]. [DW]
Francis POULENC (1899 - 1963) Complete Chamber Music. Vol 2 Sonata for Violin & Piano ^a 18'26"
Bagatelle in D Minor for Violin & Piano ^a 2'17" Sonata for Clarinet in B Flat & Piano ^b 13'24" Sonata for Piano & Cello ^d 21'51" Graf Mourja (vn); Alexandre Tharaud (pno) ^a Ronald Van Spaendonck (clar); Alexandre Tharaud (pno) ^b  Alexandre Tharaud (pno); Francoise Groben (cello) ^c   Naxos 8.553612 [56'06"] [HD]
Freddy Kempf plays Rachmaninov BIS CD-1042 1 Disc, Full Price 67'12 [MB]
RACHMANINOV - Anthology of romance Complete anthology of Sergei Rachmaninov's romances.All 83 romances sung by Natalia Suchkova (soprano) Natalia Suchkova (soprano) BOHEME CDBMR 903048 (A/B/C)
Maurice RAVEL (1875 - 1937) String Quartet in F Major 31.09Gabriel FAURÉ (1845 -1924)
String Quartet in E Minor. Op. 121 25.15 Ad Libitum Quartet. Recorded Iasi, Romania May 1999 DDD Naxos 8.554722 [56'35"] [HD]
ALAN RAWSTHORNE Film Music including The Captive Heart, The Cruel Sea, Burmah Victory etc
BBCPO/Rumon Gamba Chandos CHAN 9749 [HC]
REGER: String Quartet in E flat, Op.109; Clarinet Quintet in A, Op.146 Karl Leister (clarinet) & Vogler Quartett Berlin NIMBUS NI 5644 [71' 55"] [CA]
Ottorino RESPIGHI (1879-1936) Transcriptions for Orchestra:Rachmaninov-Respighi: Cinq Études- Tableaux
Rossini-Respighi: La Boutique Fantasque Jesús López-Cobos conducting the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
TELARC CD-80396 [66:09](Note: This album was released in 1996) [IL]
ROREM Songs Susan Graham (mezzo-soprano) Malcolm Martineau (piano) with Ensemble Oriol (string trio) Erato 8573-80222-2 61'00" [PW]
NINO ROTA (1911-1979) Piano Concerto in C (1959-60) Piano Concerto in E Piccolo mondo antico (1978) Giorgia Tomassi (piano) Filharmonica della Scala Riccardo Muti EMI CLASSICS CDC 5 56869 2 [58.24] [RB]
Nino ROTA * Chamber Music * Sonata for flute and harp (1937), Trio for clarinet, cello and piano (1973), String Quartet (1948), Quintet for flute, oboe, viola, cello and harp, (1935), Trio for flute, violin and piano (1958), Piccola Offerta Musicale for wind quintet (1943) Ex Novo Ensemble ASV CD DCA 1072 [72:39] [GD]
SCHUBERT Complete chamber music for piano and strings Vol. 1: Trout Quintet D.667; Notturno D. 667& Piano Quartet D. 487 Nathalie Juchors-Paoletti (piano) David Lefèvre (violin) Christopher Gaugué (viola) Guillaume Paoletti (cello) & Eckhard Rudolph (Bass). ZigZag zzt 991201 63' 48" [PW]
Schubert, Schumann & Brahms lieder; Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Christa Ludwig (mezzo), Fritz Wunderlich (tenor) and Jessye Norman (soprano). DG CD-pluscore 445 188-2 62'24" [PW]
SCRIABIN The Orchestral Works conducted by NIKOLAI GOLOVANOV Mono recordings reissued from Melodiya LPs dating from 1946-1952 BOHEME - Russian Classical Collection on four CDs [RB]
SHOSTAKOVICH: Festive Overture, Piano Concerto 2, Symphony 5 Dallas Symphony Orchestra/Andrew Litton (piano) DELOS DE 3246 [73' 59"] [CA]
Shostakovich & Schnittke. The Piano Trios Vienna Piano Trio Nimbus NI 5572 69'. 00" [PW]
SHOSTAKOVICH: Complete String Quartets Emerson String Quartet DG 463 284-2, 5 discs (75'26, 76'58, 77'56, 68'33 & 60'38) Full Price [MB]
SHOSTAKOVICH: Overture Op. 23, TISCHENKO: Cello Concerto (orch. Shostakovich), SCHUMANN: Cello Concerto (orch Shostakovich), SHOSTAKOVICH: Two Preludes (orch. Alfred Schnittke). Russian State Symphony Orchestra Valery Polyansky. Chandos CHAN9792 60m DDD. [GF]
SIBELIUS: Symphony No. 2 Op 43, Finlandia Op. 26, En Saga Op. 9. Pelleas et Melisande Suite Op. 46, Romance in C Op. 42, Andante festivo, Valse Triste, Suite champetre, Suite mignonne Op. 98, Rakastava Op. 14. Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/English String Orchestra William Boughton Nimbus NI7716/7 137m DDD. [GF]
SOLER Sonatas Vol. 6 Gilbert Rowland (harpsichord) Naxos 8.554565 75'07" [PW]
Winners of the First International Composers' Competition.
PATRIC STANDFORD The Prayer of Saint Francis interrupted by bells  PETER KNELL The Sun's Blinking Eye ROBERT GULYA Piano Concerto Budapest SO and Hungarian Radio and TV Chorus/Tamas Vasary.   HUNGAROTON BR 0156 CD available from: Kodaly Foundation, Budapest [GH]
Richard STRAUSS: Elektra Birgit Nilsson (Elektra), Marta Szirmay (Klytamnestra), Gwyneth Jones (Chrysothemis), Donald McIntyre (Orestes) & Charles Craig (Aegisthus).Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, conducted by Carlos Kleiber rec London, 1977. 2 discs (stereo), Mid-price on Golden Melodram GM 6.0001.+ Coupled with Alban Berg: Wozzeck Suite, Wendy Fine (sop), Symphony-Orchestra of Radio Cologne, Carlos Kleiber (1972) [MB]
TCHAIKOVSKY Francesca da Rimini (1876) Great SO of All-Union Radio and Central TV rec 1949
KALINNIKOV Symphony No. 1 (1895) USSR State Academic Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra rec 1945 conducted by Nikolai Golovanov (1891-1953) Historical Golovanov series - mono recordings BOHEME Russian Classical Collection CDBMR GOLO2 [61.36] [RB]
TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893) Symphony No. 6 Pathétique (1893) 48.10 1812 Overture (1880) 14.47 Great SO of All-Union Radio and Central TV/Nikolai Golovanov both rec 1948 Historical Golovanov series - mono recordings BOHEME Russian Classical Collection CDBMR GOLO1 [63.04] [RB]
TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893) Complete Songs, Volume Two. Children's Songs, Op. 54. Six Romances, Op. 73. Lyuba Kazarnovskaya (soprano); Ljuba Orfenova (piano). Naxos 8.554358 [DDD] [64'09]. [CC]
TURNBULL Piano Music (Character Sketches; Miniatures; Pasticcio on a Theme of Mozart; Sonatina; Dances; Fantasy Suite; Preludes; Three Winter Pieces.) Peter Jacobs, piano.
Somm SOMMCD 015 CD 69:35 [LF]
WILLIAM WALTON Violin Concerto Cello Concerto Dong Suk Kang (violin) Tim Hugh (cello) ENPO/Paul Daniel NAXOS 8.554325 [59.57] [RB]
William WALTON (1902 - 1983) String Quartet in A Minor 28'49" Piano Quartet in D Minor * 28'37" Maggini Quartet Peter Donohoe (pno)* Recorded Potton Hall, Suffolk,UK. May 30 - June 1 1999 DDD Naxos 8.554646 [57'38"] [HD]
RICHARD WILSON Symphony No. 1 (1984) New Zealand SO/James Sedares Gnomics (1981) Randy Bowman (fl) Laura Ahlbeck (ob) Laura Flax (cl) Tribulations - song cycle (198) Mary Ann Hart (mezzo) composer (piano) Viola Sonata (1989) Misha Amory (viola) Blanca Uribe (piano) KOCH INTERNATIONAL CLASSICS 3-7483-2 [63.15]
VERDI (1813 - 1901) I vespri siciliani: Overture 8.50 Messa de Requiem 85.42 Amy Shuard (sop); Anna Reynolds (mez); Richard Lewis (ten); David Ward (bass); Philharmonia Orchestra, Philharmonia Chorus. FRANZ SCHUBERT (1797 -1828) Mass in E Flat Major. D 950 56.33 Anne Pashley (sop); Sybil Michelow (cont); David Hughes (ten 1); Duncan Robertson (ten 2); William McCue (bass). Scottish Festival Chorus, New Philharmonia Orchestra. Carlo Maria Giulini   Recorded: Royal Albert Hall:- Aug 7 1963 (I vespri siciliani); Royal Albert Hall:- Aug 5 1963 (Requiem) Usher Hall, Edinburgh. Aug 31 1968 (Schubert) BBC BBCL 4029-2 CD1 75.06 CD2 77.31 [HD]
VERDI: Complete Overtures, Preludes and Ballet Music. BBC Philharmonic Sir Edward Downes. CHANDOS CHAN9510, CHAN9594, CHAN9696, CHAN9788. 4 discs aas CHAN9787/4. 76m, 71m, 56m, 64m.[GF]
ANTIQUE BRASSES. Works by Salieri, Beethoven, Crusell, Rossini, Nicolai, Beethoven etc. London Gabrieli Brass Ensemble Christopher Larkin. Hyperion CDA67119 80m DDD.[GF]
SIR THOMAS BEECHAM, The RPO Legacy Volume 5. MENDELSSOHN: Overture; 'The Fair Melusine', Scherzo in G minor, SAINT SAENS: Symphonic Poem, 'Le Rouet d'Omphale', DELIUS: Summer Evening, DVORAK: 'The Golden Spinning Wheel', MASSENET: 'The Last Sleep of the Virgin', MEHUL: Overture, 'Les deux aveugles de Tolède', HAYDN: Symphonies Nos. 40 & 102, BERLIOZ: Overture, 'King Lear', LISZT: Symphonic Poem, 'Orpheus', PAISIELLO: Overture, 'Nina, o la pazza d'amore', HANDEL-BEECHAM: Ballet, 'The Great Elopement'. Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Sir Thomas Beecham Dutton Laboratories 2CDEA5025 2 discs 151m ADD (Rec 1947-51).[GF]
Collection: British Light Music Discoveries. Music by Sir Malcolm Arnold, Philip Lane, William Blezard, Eric Fenby, Raymond Warren, Adrian Cruft, Anthony Hedges, Paul Lewis and Arthur Butterworth Royal Ballet Sinfonia conducted by Gavin Sutherland ASV CD WHL 2126 [74:08] [IL]
BRITISH SONG. Michael Tippett, The Heart's Assurance; Francis Routh, A Woman Young and Old; David Matthews, The Golden Kingdom; John Rushby-Smith, Love's Legacy. Margaret Field (soprano) Andrew Ball (piano). Redcliffe Recordings RR009 [72' 22"]. [DW]
THE CLASSIC SALON; THE ART DECO CAFÉ. London Salon Ensemble. MERIDIAN CDE 84416/CDE 84361 2 CDs [PS]
CONTEMPORARY BRITISH CLARINET MUSIC David Farshaw, Jeremy Pike, John Reeman, Kevin Malone, Geoffrey Kimpton, David Golightly and Stephen Plews. Roger Heaton, clarinet - Stephen Pruslin, piano ASC CS CD2 [HC]
DIÁSPORA SEFARDÍ. Romances & Musical Interludes with Sephardi influences. Hesperion XXI Montserrat Figueras: canto. Jordi Savall. Aliavox AV9809 130m DDD. [GF]
FAST FORWARD INTO THE MILLENIUM String Quartets by Kevin Malone, David Ellis, John Casken, Robin Walker, Geoffrey Poole and Anthony Gilbert. Coull Quartet, Nossek Quartet, the Lindsays, Camerata Ensemble ASC  CS CD11[HC]
LA FOLIA: 1490-1701. Works by Corelli, Marais, Martin y Coll., Ortiz & Anon. Various Instrumentalists Jordi Savall. Aliavox AV9805 55m DDD. [GF]
WALTER GIESEKINGCLAUDE DEBUSSY (1862 - 1918) Suite bergamasque 15.43 Pagodas 4.08 La Soiree dans Grenade 4.14 (from "Estampes") Reflets dans l'eau 4.39 (from "Images 1")
L'Isle joyeuse 4.55MAURICE RAVEL (1875 - 1937)
Sonatine 10.03 La Vallee des cloches 4.51 (from "Miroirs")ROBERT SCHUMANN (1810 - 1856) Kreisleriana. Op. 16 29.33 Fantasies Walter Gieseking (pno). Recorded BBC Studios, London. 29 Sept 1956 (Debussy, Ravel) Recorded BBC Studios, London. 6 Dec 1953 (Schumann) MONO recording. BBC Records. BBCL 4030-2 [79.04] [HD]
GREAT MUSICIANS IN COPENHAGEN: Works by Dvorak, Tchaikovsky, Debussy, Poulenc, Beethoven, Chopin and Paganini. Gregor Piatigorsky, Vladimir Horowitz, Rudolf Serkin, Nathan Milstein, Wanda Landowska. Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra Fritz Busch/Nikolai Malko. Danacord DACOCD303. 70m (Recorded 1932-43). [GF]
I WILL GIVE MY SPIRIT Music for Easter and PentecostERIC THIMAN and others Cathy Roberts (soprano)  Chris Hyde (baritone)  Glossop Methodist Circuit Choir (augmented)/David W. Rothery. CD DRD 0139 from Dunelm Records, 2 Park Close, Glossop SK13 7RQ [RB]
ISRAELI WIND VIRTUOSI and friends, Volume 2.BEETHOVEN Sextet in E flat, Op. 71 (arr. clarinet and string trio). HAYDN Oboe Concerto in C, Hob.VIIg:C1 (arr. bassoon and string trio, in F). MOZART Andante in B flat, K315 (arr. clarinet and string trio). BACH Four Duets, BWV802-5 (arr. clarinet and bassoon). Chorale Prelude, 'Nun komm' der Heiden Heiland', BWV659 (arr. bassoon and string trio). All arrangements by Mordechai Rechtman (Haydn with Ilan Rechtman).   Eli Heifetz (clarinet); Mordechai Rechtman (bassoon); Gil Sharon (violin); Gad Lewertoff (viola); Hillel Zori (cello).   Meridian CDE84412 [DDD] [64'32]. [CC]
VESSELINA KASAROVA. Lieder recital. Songs bySchubert, Brahms and Schumann. Vesselina Kasarova (mezzo soprano), Friedrich Haider (piano). RCA Red Label 09026 68763 2. [DDD]. [DW]
HELEN LAWRENCE - Portrait of an Artist Two CDs: (1) operatic recital; (2) Pushkin songs CD1 39.57 Helen Lawrence (sop) National PO/Robin Stapleton rec 1979 Abbey Road studio 1, London  CD2 48.12 Helen Lawrence (sop) Julian Rolton (piano) BEULAH 1-2RF5 [39.57]+[48.12] [RB]
Anne-Sophie Mutter: Selected 20th Century Violin Works Back to the Future DG 463 790-2, 4 discs (69'51, 77'57, 56'08 & 62'17), mid price. [MB]
NUIT D'ETOILES: MELODIES FRANCAISES GABRIEL FAURÉ eight songs CLAUDE DEBUSSY eleven songsFRANCIS POULENC eight songs Véronique Gens (sop)/Roger Vignoles (piano) rec Metz, Arsenal, 8-12 Nov 1998, 4 Oct 1999 VIRGIN CLASSICS 5 45360 2 [64.31] [RB]
PIAE CANTIONES, Church and School songs from Medieval Scandinavia. Pro Musica Antiqua Oslo. Simax PSC1203 65m DDD. [GF]
ROMANTIC VIOLIN CONCERTOS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY GIAN CARLO MENOTTI Violin Concerto 28:17ALEXANDER ARUTIUNIAN Violin Concerto 23:53SAMUEL BARBER Violin Concerto 23:13 Bohuslav Martinu PO/Kirk Trevor (Menotti; Arutiunian) and Leon Gregorian (Barber) CRYSTAL RECORDS CD514 [75.41] [RB]
SING JOYOUS BIRD: Love Ballads of the Early 1900s. ANN HODGES, soprano, LINDA NOTTINGHAM, piano. CD available (£10) from Miss Hodges, 15 Broxbourne, Herts EN10 7JG [PS]
STRING QUARTETS. Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel Quartet in E flat; Emilie Mayer Quartet in G minor Op 14; Laura Lombardini Sirmen Quartet No 2 in B flat, Quartet No 3 in G minor. Erato Quartet Basel CPO 999 679 - 2 [DDD] [72' 23"][DW]
TWENTIETH CENTURY PIANO DUETS Works by Alan Rawsthorne, Lennox Berkeley, John Joubert, Kenneth Leighton and Peter Melville Smith. Helen and Harvey Davies ASC CS CD13 [HC]
Intermezzo - Various Composers
Bizet: Prelude to Carmen 2.11
Mascagni: Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana 3.40
Leoncavallo: Intermezzo from I Pagliaci 2.49
Schmidt: Interlude from Notre Dame 4.24
Humperdinck: Dream Pantomime from Hansel & Gretel 5.58
Puccini: Intermezzo from Manon Lescaut 5.49
Johann Strauss.Jr: Intermezzo from Tausend und eine Nacht 7.48
Massenet: Meditation from Thais 4.39
Bizet: Entr'acte to Act 3 of Carmen 3.10
Faure: Sicilienne from Pelleas & Melisande 3.16
Stenhammar: Interlude from The Song 5.49
Sibelius: Intermezzo from Karelia Suite 3.46
Offenbach: Barcarolle from the Tales of Hoffman 3.19
Mascagni: Intermezzo from L'Amico Fritz 4.35
Verdi: Prelude to Act 1 of La Traviata 3.53
Verdi: Prelude to Act 3 of La Traviata 4.02
Ponchielli: Dance of the Hours from La Gioconda 7.53
Various artists.
Recording dates. N/A Naxos. 8.554703 [68.10]
WELSH CLASSICAL FAVOURITES: Grace Williams, Walford Davies, Gareth Walters, Trevor Roberts, Alun Hoddinott, Mervyn Burtch, William Mathias and Ian Parrott. ROYAL BALLET SINFONIA/Andrew Parry. MARCO POLO 8.225048 [PS]
"Who's Afraid of 20^th Century Music?"  The Millennium Concert. Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg/Ingo Metzmacher. EMI 7243 5 56970 2 8 [PC]
WHILE SHEPHERDS WATCHED; Christmas Music from English Parish Churches and Chapels 1740-1830. VITAL SPARK OF HEAVENLY flame; Music of Death and Resurrection from English Parish Churches and Chapels 1760-1840. PSALMODY, with THE PARLEY OF INSTRUMENTS/PETER HOLMAN. HYPERION CDA 66924/67020. [PS]
The World of the 18^th Century Symphony
Johann Stamitz. Symphony in F Major.
Franz Beck. Symphony in E Major.
Christian Cannabich. Symphony No. 50 in D Minor.
Francois-Joseph Gossec. Symphony in G Major.
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach. Symphony in B Flat Major.
Johann Christian Bach. Symphony in D Major.
Leopold Hoffman. Symphony in F major
Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf. Symphony in G Major.
Johann Baptist Vanhal. Symphony in D Major
Joseph M

rtin Kraus. Symphony in C 'Violin Obligato'
Northern Chamber Orchestra - Nicholas Ward. ^a Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia - Uwe Grodd ^b Capella Istropolitana - Christian Benda^c  Camerata Budapest - Hanspeter Gmür^d Failoni Orchestra - Uwe Grodd^e Swedish Chamber Orchestra - Petter Sundkvist^f
Recording dates N/A. Naxos.8. 554761 [76.27] [HD]
Patrick DOYLE, Wynton MARSALIS, and Edgar MEYER Listen to the Storyteller - A Trio of MusicalTales from around The World - told by Kate Winslet, Wynton Marsalis and Graham Greene
Joshua Bell (violin); Edgar Meyer (Bass solo); Jerry Douglas (Dobro solo) Orchestra of St. Lukes conducted by Robert Sadin (The Fiddler and the Dancin' Witch) and Steven Mercurio SONY SK 60283 [59:41]

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