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Monday September 26th
155 reviews completed so far this month
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RECORDING
OF THE MONTH Kati AGÓCS (b.1975)
The Debrecen Passion,
Requiem Fragments,
... like treasure hidden in a field,
Vessel
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Lorelei Ens,
Boston Modern Orchestra Project/Gil Rose
rec. 2010-15
BMOP SOUND SACD [SG] Compelling … never outstays its welcome. A beautifully balanced recording, superbly engineered.
Hector BERLIOZ (1803-1869) Symphonie fantastique - Royal Concertgebouw
O/Daniele Gatti - rec. 2016 RCO LIVE SACD
[DM] A pedestrian performance that fails on every level; lacklustre sound, too.
Havergal BRIAN (1876-1972) Symphonies 2 & 14 - Royal Scottish Ntl O/Martyn Brabbins rec. 2015 DUTTON EPOCH SACD [JWh] A great version of the wonderful Second symphony.
John DOWLAND (1563-1626) Lachrimae - Ruby Hugues (soprano) Reinoud van Mechelen, Paul Agnew (tenor) Alain Buet (bass) Thomas Dunford (lute/direction) rec. 2012 ALPHA CLASSICS [GH] Well worth exploring.
Sergei PROKOFIEV (1891-1953) Semyon Kotko - Viktor Lutsuk,
Tatiana Pavlovskaya, Mariinsky Ch & O/Valery Gergiev rec. 2014 MARIINSKY Blu-ray/DVD [RK] If you can put aside the political complications, this spirited and
musical production can be enjoyed by anyone with an enthusiasm for
Prokofiev.
Giacomo PUCCINI (1858-1924) La rondine - Dinara Alieva, Charles Castronovo, Álvaro Zambrano, Alexandra Hutton - Ballet, Ch & O Deutsche Oper Berlin/Roberto Rizzi Brignoli rec. 2015 DELOS Blu-ray [MC] This certainly stands comparison with the finest on film.
Richard WAGNER (1813-1883) Das Rheingold - Manfred Volz (baritone), Marisa Altmann-Althausen (mezzo), Kassel State Theatre O/Roberto Paternostro rec. 1999 ARS PRODUKTION
SACD [PCG] Not a great Rheingold, but one which takes the music seriously and is better than many other recent recordings.
Emanuele D’Aguanno (tenor) Arias by Bellini, Donizetti & Rossini - Charles Spencer (piano) rec. 2014 CAPRICCIO [GF] Some quibbles apart this is a delightful disc.
Roma Æterna Works by Guerrero, Palestrina & Victoria - New York
Polyphony rec. 2015 BIS SACD [DC]
Both exquisitely polished and rewardingly deep.
The Scottish Baroque Ensemble in Concert
Works by Albinoni, Handel, Haydn, McGibbon, Pachelbel & Purcell -
Scottish Baroque Ens/Leonard Friedman
rec. 1976 CRD [MR] Affectionate performances that
remind of how baroque music was played decades ago.
Other reviews
Flores de Espana
Chant 1450, Mahmoud Turkmani (oud)
rec. 2011/12
CHRISTOPHORUS Eros and Thanatos
Chant 1450,
Ken Zuckerman (sarod)
rec. 2013
CHRISTOPHORUS [EML] The mixture of two different worlds is interesting and exciting, but not entirely convincing.
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The
world premiere of John Joubert's opera Jane Eyre will be held, as a
concert performance, at Ruddock Hall, Birmingham on October 25. It will be
recorded by Somm Records.
Box office information and how to
support this production can be found
here.
For an article about the work, see
here. |
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Cookson
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symphonies & Walton Violin concerto.
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