The Adaskin Collection THOMAS
ADASKIN
(b.1906) Woodwind
Quintet no.1 (1974) Musica Victoria for string quintet (2000) Sonatine
Baroque for unaccompanied violin (1952) Woodwind Quintet no.2 (1993)
Bergen Wind Quintet,
Thüringer Salonquintett, Jack Glatzer, violin Recorded at Soiree
Lane, Sooke, British Columbia, Canada, and the Philip T. Young Recital
Hall, University of Victoria, British Columbia, February-March 2000
SOCAN MMI 05 [49:06]
[RB]
Engaging
and full of personality … see Full Review
Anton
ARENSKY (1841-1906)
Piano Concerto in F minor Op.2, Fantasia
on Russian Folksongs Op.48 Sergei BORTKIEWICZ
(1877-1952) Piano Concerto No.1 in Bb Op.16
Stephen Coombs (piano) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Jerzy Maksymiuk
Recorded in Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow on 21, 22 August 1992 The Romantic
Piano Concerto: Volume 4
HYPERION CDA66624 [70.40] [CF]
The
Bortkiewicz has an awful lot going for it, lush tunes, rich tonal colours,
highly romantic music … excitingly Russian dance-like rhythms. … see
Full Review
Carl
Philipp Emanuel BACH (1714-1788)
The Solo Keyboard Music - Volume 8 - Sonata in E major, W.62/17 (H.117)
- ‘Petites Pièces’ (Character pieces): La Capricieuse, W.117/33
(H.113) - La Complaisante, W.117/28 (H.109) - Les Langueurs tendres,
W.117/30 (H.110) - La Journalière, W.117/32 (H.112) - L’Irresoluë,
W.117/31 (H.111) - Sonata in E flat major, W.65/28 (H.78) - ‘Petites
Pièces’ (Character pieces): La Gause, W.117/37 (H.82) - La Pott,
W.117/18 (H.80) - La Borchward, W.117/17 (H.79) - La Böhmer, W.117/26
(H.81) Miklós Spányi,
clavichord - Rec: July 1999, House of the Lukijoki Youth Association,
Finland. BIS CD-1087
[68.59] [KM]
C.P.E. is given the performer he deserves to
make this fine music better known. … see Full
Review
J. C. BACH (1735-82)
Opera Overtures, Volume 3: Endimione; Temistocle; Lucio Silla; Amadis
des Gaules (Overture and Incidental Music)
The Hanover Band/Anthony Halstead. Recorded at Rosslyn Hill Chapel,
Hampstead on April 1st-6th, 2000. [DDD]
CPO 999 753-2 [62'09] [CC]
All performances by the Hanover Band under Anthony
Halstead are of the highest order and will give the greatest pleasure.
Recommended. … see Full Review
Johann Sebastian BACH (1685-1750)
An introduction to: Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 (1721) Brandenburg
Concerto No. 5 (1721)
Music performed by: Cologne Chamber Orchestra, directed by Helmut Müller-Brüll
(from Naxos 8.554608) - Written and narrated by Jeremy Siepmann - Recorded
2002, London NAXOS
8.558055-56 [2CDs: 152.00] [TB]
Although
these discs are unlikely to become regular listening, they are well
worth hearing for the musical secrets that they uncover. … see Full
Review
Johann
Sebastian BACH
(1685-1750) Bach
- Hudecek/Sitkovetsky Concerto for Violin and Strings in E major BWV
1042 Concerto for Violin and Strings in A minor BWV 1041 Concerto 2
Violins and Strings in D minor BWV 1043 Concerto 2 Violins and Strings
in D minor BWV 1060 Vaclav
Hudecek, Dmitry Sitkovetsky, violins Virtuosi di Praga/ Dmitry Sitkovetsky
Rec: February 1995 SUPRAPHON
SU 3085-2031 [63.42] [KM]
Far
too many good recordings of these works to settle for this one … see
Full Review
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RECORDING
OF THE MONTH Johann Sebastian BACH
(1685-1750)
Trio Sonatas London
Baroque Ingrid Seifert, violin; Richard Gwilt, violin / viola; Charles
Medlam, violoncello; Terence Charlston, harpsichord / organ. Rec: October
- November 2001, St. Martin’s, East Woodhay, Hampshire, England.
BIS CD-1345 [74.38] [KM]
New
worlds of feeling in music that is certainly familiar … see Full
Review
Johann Sebastian BACH
(1685-1750) Trio
Sonata from A Musical Offering BWV1079 VIVALDI
- Trio in A minor rv86 C.P.E. BACH -
Trio Sonata in C major h571 (wq147) TELEMANN
- Parisian Quartet no.3 in A major The Academy Ensemble
Richard Blake, flute Rec: ?, Cranleigh School Chapel (original release
in 1992). BLACK BOX
BBM 3006 [55.09] [KM]
A
lacklustre recording … fine music but suffering from uninspired playing
and recording problems. … see Full
Review
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Johann Sebastian BACH
(1685-1750) The Flute Sonatas Partita
in A minor BWV1013 (for solo flute) Sonata in B minor BWV1030 Sonata
in A major BWV1032 Sonata in E minor BWV1034 Sonata in E major BWV1035
Martin Feinstein,
flute Maggie Cole, harpsichord Nicholas Roberts, cello Rec: June 2000,
Potton Hall, Suffolk, England.
BLACK BOX BBM 1060 [70.57] [KM]
Far
from the best, though better than many. … see Full
Review
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Johann Sebastian BACH
(1685-1750) Mass
in B Minor BWV 232 Sibylla
Rubens, soprano Juliane Banse, soprano Ingeborg Danz, alto James Taylor,
tenor Andreas Schmidt, bass Thomas Quasthoff, bass Gächinger Kantorei
Bach-Collegium Stuttgart, Helmut Rilling Rec: March 1999, Stadthalle
Sindelfingen. HÄNSSLER
92.070 [112.34] [KM]
One
of the finest recordings of the B Minor Mass on modern instruments.
… see Full Review
Albert Fuller: Bach & Rameau for
Harpsichord CD 1 [65:02] Jean-Philippe
RAMEAU (1683-1764) Eight Pieces de Clavecin (1724-47) Suite
in A
CD 2 [55:36] Johann Sebastian BACH (1685-1750)
Italian concerto in F Selections from ‘The Well-Tempered Clavier’,
Book II (circa 1744) French Suite No. 6 in E (circa 1722-25) Suite from
the ‘Anna Magdalena Bach Notebook’ (1725)
Albert Fuller, Harpsichord Rameau: Recorded at the Mission High
School Auditorium, San Francisco, CA, USA between the 19-21 August,
1987, using a William Hyman Harpsichord.
Bach: Recorded at The Presbyterian Church, Rye, New York, USA between
the 20-22 April, 1992, using a Thomas & Barbara Wolf Harpsichord.
(previously issued on RR-27 and RR-51)
REFERENCE RECORDINGS RR-2105 [2CDs: 120:38] [MC]
Albert
Fuller’s excellent performance and fine sound quality … a worthwhile
addition to any collector’s music library … see Full
Review
Johann
Sebastian BACH (1685
- 1750) "Life
and Works" - Narrated Biography with Extensive Musical Examples".
(Instrumental/Orchestral/Choral).
Written and Narrated by Jeremy Siepmann. John Shrapnel as Johann Sebastian
Bach. Other Parts Read by Trevor Nichols, Ruth Sillers and David Timson.
Recordings taken from the NAXOS recorded catalogue. Various Recording
Venues across Europe. Various Recording Dates. The full spoken text
is available at - www.naxos.com/lifeandworks/bach/spokentext
4 CDs with 116 page illustrated booklet. CDs not available separately,
see text. Naxos Website - www.naxos.com
NAXOS - 8.558051-54 [4 Hours, 34 minutes, 45 seconds] [SM]
Care
and attention to detail. Naxos treat the purchaser of this extensive
set as an intelligent person … see Full Review
Walter BAER
(born 1928) The
Sunpainter's Delight Passagen I (1996) Passagen II (1997) Passagen
III (1998) Erscheinungen (2000) Sequenzen für Klavier (1968) Zwei
Klavierstücke (1968)
Andrew Zolinsky (piano) Recorded: Potton Hall, Suffolk, December 2001
GUILD GMCD 7241
[71:13] [HC][GH]
Eminently
idiomatic, taxing piano writing that calls for and receives colour,
imagination and tonal variety [HC]
Little here I feel to retain much interest. … see Full
Review [GH]
Mily BALAKIREV (1837-1908)
Piano
Concerto no.1 in F sharp minor (1856) Piano Concerto no.2 in E flat
major (post-1910) Nikolai RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
(1844-1910) Piano Concerto in C sharp minor op.30 (1882/3)
Malcolm Binns, piano English Northern Philharmonia/David Lloyd-Jones
Recorded in Huddersfield, UK, 1992 The Romantic Piano Concerto – 5
HYPERION CDA 66640 [64’36"] [CN]
Generally
pleasing, if unoriginal … see Full Review
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Granville BANTOCK
(1868-1946) Violin
Sonata No. 1 (1929) [27.05] - Violin Sonata No. 2 (1932) [27.33] - Coronach
- Pro Patria Mori (1917) [5.52] - Salve Regina - Hail, Queen
of Heaven (1924) [3.09]
Lorraine McAslan (violin) - Michael Dussek (piano) - rec All Saints,
East Finchley, 17-19 July 2000 DDD
DUTTON EPOCH CDLX 7119 [75.27] [RB]
Unassertive,
stylistically confident music played with a rounded tenderness and with
conviction. ... see Full Review
Samuel
BARBER (1910-1981)
Piano
Concerto * - Die Natali † - Medea’s Meditation and Dance of
Vengeance * - Commando March + - Stephen Prutsman (piano)
Royal Scottish National
Orchestra conducted by Martin Alsop - * Recorded in Royal Concert Hall,
Glasgow 10 and 11 March 2002 - Recorded in Henry Wood Hall, 18 March
2001† and 12 May 2002 +
NAXOS 8.559133 [60:32] [IL]
Naxos’s
fine Samuel Barber series continues with another attractive album, this
time of rather less familiar works played with style. … see Full
Review
Arnold BAX
(1883-1953) Violin
Sonata No. 1 in E (1921) Violin Sonata in G minor (one movement) (1901)
Ballad for violin and piano (1916) Legend for violin and
piano (1915) Robert Gibbs
(violin) Mary Mei-Loc Wu (piano) rec Potton Hall, Suffolk, 21 Nov 2001,
St Silas (sonatas and Ballad), Kentish Town, 21 Sept 1999 (Legend)
Recording supported by the Sir Arnold Bax Trust
ASV CD DCA 1127 [60.38] [RB]
Sensitively
imaginative treatment .. the works and the listeners are well served
indeed. ... see Full Review
RECORDING OF THE MONTH Hilary Hahn:
Ludwig Van BEETHOVEN Violin
Concerto - Leonard
BERNSTEIN Serenade for violin, strings, harp and percussion.
Hilary Hahn (violin)
Baltimore SO/David Zinman - Rec. DDD
SONY CLASSICS SK60584 [74 36] [DW]
This
is the best Beethoven Violin Concerto recording. Of that I cannot be
gainsaid. … see Full Review
Ludwig van BEETHOVEN
(1770-1827) 32
Variations on an Original Theme, WoO 80 (1806) Andante WoO 57 Piano
Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op.13 ‘Pathétique’ (1798) Six
Variations on an Original Theme, Op.34 (1802) Piano Sonata No. 26 in
E flat, Op. 81a ‘Les Adieux’ (1810)
Leon McCawley (piano) Recorded at St. George’s Hill, Bristol, April
26-27 2000 BLACK BOX
BBM 3003 [64.47] [TH]
Leon
McCawley has certainly succeeded in making me listen to familiar music
with fresh ears. … see Full Review
Ludwig van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)
Three
Piano Sonatas, op. 2, in f, A and C (1795)
Artur Schnabel (pianoforte) - Recorded 23rd, 24th
& 28th April 1934 (1), 9th April 1933 (2),
26th, 27th April 1934 EMI Abbey Road Studio no.
3 - Producer and Restoration Engineer: Mark Obert-Thorn
NAXOS HISTORICAL 8.110693 [66’26"] [CH]
The
first instalment of what remains the locus classicus of Beethoven playing.
It is as essential to us today as it was when it was new. … see Full
Review
Ludwig
van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) Violin
Sonata No 9 Op 47 Kreutzer - Seven Variations in E Flat Major
on Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen from Die Zauberflöte
- Piano Trio Op 97 Archduke
Alfred Cortot, piano - Jacques Thibaud, violin - Pablo Casals, cello
- Recorded in London and Paris, 1927-29
NAXOS HISTORICAL 8.110195 [71’11] [JW]
A
marvellous opportunity to hear the trio individually and collectively
as Beethovenians of solid accomplishment. … see Full
Review
Ludwig
van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)
The Middle Quartets Quartet
Op 59 No1 Quartet Op 59 No 2 Quartet Op 59 No 3 Quartet Op 74 Quartet
Op 95 Budapest String Quartet
Recorded at the Coolidge Auditorium at The Library of Congress between
1940-60 BRIDGE 9099A/C
[3 CDs 155’38]
An
invaluable addition in excellent sound, splendid documentation and full
of concentrated wisdom. … see Full
Review
Ludwig van BEETHOVEN (1770
– 1827) The Middle String Quartets Quartet
Op 59 No 1 (1805-06) Quartet Op 59 No 2 (1805-06) Quartet Op 59 No 3
(1805-06) Quartet Op 74 (1809) Quartet Op 95 (1810)
Juilliard String Quartet Recorded live [1983?]
SONY CLASSICAL SB3K89896 [3 CDs 165.42]
Still
challenging and worthy performances … see Full
Review
Niels Viggo BENTZON (1919-2001)
Symphony
No. 3 (1947) [36.07] - Symphony No. 4 Metamorphosis (1948-49) [31.08]
Aarhus SO/Ole Schmidt
- rec. Aarhus, 1981, ADD
DACAPO DCCD 9102 [68.32] [RB]
Two
significant symphonies - one in transition the other in which Bentzon's
originality and invention is fully developed and asserted. ... see Full
Review
Alban BERG (1885-1935)
Complete Chamber Music - String Quartet
Op.3 (1909-10) Hier ist Friede Op.4 (1912) arranged for piano,
harmonium, violin and cello by Alban Berg (1917) Four Pieces Op.5 (1913)
arranged for viola and piano by Henk Guittart (1992) Adagio (1923-25)
from Chamber Concerto, arranged for violin, clarinet and piano by Alban
Berg (1935) Lyric Suite (1925-26)
Schoenberg Quartet with Pierre Woudeberg (clarinet), Bob Zimmerman (harmonium)
Sepp Grotenhuis (piano) - Rec 2000
CHANDOS CHAN 9999 [75.52] [TH]
A
most useful collection. … see Full Review
Hector
BERLIOZ (1803-1869):
Romeo
and Juliet [100’ 08"] - The Damnation of Faust (excerpts)*
[17’58"] - Rehearsal sequences: Romeo and Juliet [110’21"]
- (Broadcast commentaries included) - Gladys Swarthout (mezzo soprano);
John Garris (tenor); Nicola Moscona (bass); *Mack Harrell (baritone)
- Chorus and The NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Arturo Toscanini - Recorded in NBC Studio 8H on 9 and 16
February 1947 (Romeo and Juliet) and 16 February 1947 (Damnation
of Faust). Recording date of rehearsal sequence unknown.
GUILD HISTORICAL GHCD 2218/20 [228’27"] [JQ]
Melodic
gifts and his harmonic genius are all displayed at their greatest. …
see Full Review
Arthur BLISS
(1891 – 1975) String Quartet no.1 in B flat Major (1941)
- Conversations (1923) - String Quartet in A Major c.1915
Nicholas Daniel – Oboe/Cor Anglais (tracks 5-9) - Michael Cox – Flute/Alto
Flute (tracks 5-9) - The Maggini Quartet - Recorded 2000, Suffolk, UK
NAXOS 8.557108 [70:00]
[CN]
A
great introduction to a composer very much underrated by the public
at large … see Full Review
Ernest
BLOCH (1880-1959)
Symphony
in E flat major (1954-55) [24.13] Evocations symphonic suite
(1937) [18.58] Trois poèmes juifs for large orchestra
(1913) [26.52] Malmö
SO/Andrey Boreyko rec. Aug 2000 (Symphony; Evocations); May 2001,
(Poèmes), Malmö Concert Hall, Sweden
BIS BIS-CD-1183 [71.12] [RB]
One
rather thin-lipped example of 1950s objectivity and two where the composer's
well-stocked imagination reaches out with eloquence. ... see
Full Review
Pierre BOULEZ
(born 1925) Pli
selon pli Christine
Schafer (soprano) Ensemble Intercontemporain/Pierre Boulez Recorded
in the Salle des Concerts, Cité de la Musique, Paris, January
and February 2001
DG 471 344-2 [69’51"] [PQ]
The
most complex and detailed recording yet of a piece still puzzling and
profoundly beautiful. … see Full Review
York BOWEN (1884-1961)
String
Quartet No. 2 in D minor Op. 41 (c.1918) [28.29] String Quartet No.
3 in G major Op. 46(b) (1919) [27.04] Phantasy Quintet for bass
clarinet and string quartet Op. 93 (1932) [14.02]
Timothy Lines (bass clarinet) Archaeus Quartet rec Recital Room, Tonbridge
School, Kent, 16, 18, 20, Dec 2001
BRITISH MUSIC SOCIETY BMS426CD [70.17] [RB][LF][MB]
A
compellingly desirable addition to any open-minded collection. Bowen's
chamber music is fresh and for most of the time quite unlike that of
his British contemporaries. ... see Full
Review
Johannes BRAHMS (1833-1897)
Symphony
No.3 in F major Op.90 (1883) Symphony No.4 in E minor Op.98 (1887)
Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Neville MarrinerRecorded at Henry
Wood Hall, London in October and November 1997
HÄNSSLER CLASSIC (ACADEMY SERIES) CD 98. 187 [75. 27] [CF]
Readings
neither hang about nor indulge, and focus on thick string textures,
dark colours and the lyricism of warm tone. … see Full
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Johannes BRAHMS (1833-1897)
Piano Quintet Op 34 - Franz SCHUBERT (1797-1828)
- Quintet for Violin, Viola, Violoncello, Contrabass and Piano The
Trout The Budapest
Quartet - Georges Moleux, bass - George Szell, piano [who speaks about
acoustical recording and his early studies 3’51] Recorded at the Coolidge
Auditorium of The Library of Congress October 11 1945 (Brahms) and May
16 1946 (Schubert)
BRIDGE 9062 [77’41] [JW]
Refreshing to hear Szell’s idiomatic and subtle
Brahmsian collaboration … see Full
Review
Johannes
BRAHMS (1833-1897) Neun Gesänge,
Opus 69 (1877) - Vier Gesänge, Opus 70 (1875-77) - Funf Gesänge,
Opus 71 (1877) - Funf Gesänge, Opus 72 (1876-77) - Juliane Banse
(soprano) - Andreas Schmidt (baritone)
Helmut Deutsch (piano) - Rec March 1996; October 1997; January 1998,
Kleiner Sendesaal (SFB)
CPO 999 446-2 [56.00] [TB]
An
altogether splendid offering from artists who know and love this music
… see Full Review
Johannes
BRAHMS (1833-1897)
Academic
Festival Overture, Opus 80 (1876) - Tragic Overture, Opus 81 (1876)
- Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Opus 15 (1857) - Piano Concerto No.
2 in B flat major, Opus 83 (1881)
Rudolf Serkin (piano) - Cleveland Orchestra/George Szell - Rec 1968,
CBS SONY ESSENTIAL CLASSICS
SB2K89905 [2CDs: 57.51+62.19] [TB]
Nothing
is forced and unnatural, a real attraction for the discerning collector.
Could hardly be more compelling. … see Full
Review
Johannes BRAHMS
(1833-1897) – Works for Solo Piano Variations
on an original theme, op.21 no.1 (1856) Piano Pieces, op.119
(1893) No.1- Intermezzo No.2 – Intermezzo No.3 – Intermezzo No.4 - Rhapsodie
Variations on a theme by Handel, op.24 (1861) (Waltz in Ab) George
Frederic HANDEL (1685-1759) Suite no.1 (1733)
Francisca Skoogh, piano Recorded June 5th-7th
2001, at Helsingborg Concert Hall, Sweden
NYTORP MUSIK - NYTORP 5 [69:33] [GPJ]
A
powerful and wholly stylish reading … see Full
Review
Reiner
BREDEMEYER (1929
– 1995)
Die As(+-) (1973)a - Oboenkonzert (1977)b
- Synchronisiert: Asynchron (1975)c - Schlagstück 5
(1970)d - Bagatellen für B. (1970)e
Burkhard Glaetzen (oboe)ab; Ludwig Güttler (trumpet)a;
Roswitha Trexler (soprano)c; Nancy Bello (soprano)c;
Ensemblec; Dieter Brauer (piano)d; Joachim Gruner
(percussion)d; Walter Olbertz (piano)e; Staatskapelle
Berlinbe; Hartmut Haenchenb, Christoph-Albrecht
von Kamptzc, Otmar Suitnere - Recorded: Lukaskirche,
Dresden, February 1981a; Christuskirche, Berlin, February
1981b and June 1979e; SRK, Saal 1, Berlin, Junly
1975c; Studio Brunnenstrasse, Berlin, June 1980d
BERLIN CLASSICS 0013032
BC [56:31] [HC]
It
is clear that the 1970s were a period of experimentation and of final
synthesis … see Full Review
Frank BRIDGE
(1879-1941) Phantasy
Trio in C minor (1907) Piano Trio no.2 (1929) Miniatures (c.1908)
The Bernard Roberts Piano Trio – Bernard Roberts, piano, Andrew Roberts,
violin, Nicholas Roberts, ’cello Recorded at St.George’s, Brandon Hill,
2nd-3rd April 1995
BLACK BOX BBM1028 [57:13] [GPJ]
Effortlessly
resourceful and imaginative, the Roberts Trio give a deeply felt and
perfectly judged account. … see Full Review
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Benjamin BRITTEN (1913-1976)
The Canticles - My Beloved is Mine,
Op.40 (1947) - Abraham and Isaac, Op.51 (1952) - Still
Falls the Rain, Op.55 (1954) - Journey of the Magi, Op.86
(1971) - The Death of Narcissus, Op.89 (1974) -
Folksong Arrangements - The Plough Boy; The Sally Gardens;
The Foggy Dew; There’s none to soothe; O Waly Waly; The Ash Grove; Greensleeves.
Ian Bostridge (tenor)
David Daniels (countertenor) Christopher Maltman (baritone) - Timothy
Brown (horn) Aline Brewer (harp) Julius Drake (piano) - Recorded at
Air Studios, London, 11-17 September and 17 October 2001
VIRGIN CLASSICS VC 5 45525 2 [ 75.02] [ TH]
Uplifting
experience, spiritual mystery, vividly realised. … see Full
Review
Anton
BRUCKNER (1824-1896) Symphony
No 3 in D minor (1877 version, ed. Oeser)* [61’46"] - Symphony
No 8 in C minor (1890 version, ed. Haas)** [83’23"]
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Bernard Haitink - Recorded
in the Grosser Saal, Musikverein, Vienna in *December 1988 and ** January
1995 PHILIPS DUO 470
534-2 [145’ 09"] [JQ]
An
issue of very great distinction and I recommend it very highly. … see
Full Review
Anton
BRUCKNER (1824-1896) Symphony
No 1 in C minor - Second (Vienna) version (1890/91) - Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester
conducted by Günter
Wand - Recorded 11 July 1981 in the Grosser Sendesaal (now the Klaus
von Bismarck Saal), Cologne
BMG RCA 09026 63931 2 [48’15"] [JQ]
Those
wanting a good recording of this symphony in the later version can invest
with confidence. … see Full Review
RECORD OF THE MONTH Anton BRUCKNER (1824-1896)
Symphony No 4 in E flat major "Romantic" (Haas edition)* [68’40"]
Symphony No 5 in B flat major (Nowak edition)** [77’16"]
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Bernard Haitink Recorded
in the Grosser Saal, Musikverein, Vienna in *February 1985 and ** December
1988 PHILIPS DUO 470
537-2 [145’ 56"] [JQ]
A
peerless Fifth with a superb Fourth … surely irresistible. … see Full
Review
Anton BRUCKNER
(1824-1896) Symphony No 6 in A major - Original version (1879/81)
- Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester
conducted by Günter Wand - Recorded 16-25 August 1976 in the Grosser
Sendesaal (now the Klaus von Bismarck Saal), Cologne
BMG RCA 09026 63936
2 [53’18"] [JQ]
My
allegiance to Klemperer’s gaunt and majestic reading remains unshaken.
… see Full Review
Anton BRUCKNER (1824-1896)
Symphony No 7 in E major - Original version (1881/83) - Kölner
Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester
conducted by Günter Wand - Recorded 18 January 1980 in the Grosser
Sendesaal (now the Klaus von Bismarck Saal), Cologne
BMG RCA 09026 63937 2 [64’50"] [JQ]
A
well-played performance and a very authoritative interpretation … see
Full Review
Anton
BRUCKNER (1824-1896) Symphony
No 8 in C minor - Second version (1888/90): Schalk/von Oberleithner
edition (1892) Bayerisches
Staatsorchester conducted by Hans Knappertsbusch - Recorded 5 December
1955 in the Kongresssaal des Deutschen Museums, Munich
ORFEO C 577 021 B [70’14"] [JQ]
Admirers
of Knappertsbusch may be attracted to this release but Brucknerians
should look elsewhere … see Full Review
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH Anton BRUCKNER (1824-1896)
Symphony
No. 8 in C minor (Nowak Edition) (1887)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra/Ricardo Chailly - Recorded 10th-12th
May 1999, Grote Zaal, Concertgebouw, Amsterdam
DECCA 466 653-2 [79:04] [GPJ]
A
highly impressive reading, with gloriously confident and stylish orchestral
playing. … see Full Review
Ignaz BRÜLL (1846-1907)
Piano
Concerto No.1 in F Op.10 (first recording) (1860) Andante and
Allegro Op.88 (first recording) Piano Concerto No.2 in C Op.24
(1868) Martin
Roscoe (piano) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Martyn Brabbins Recorded
in Caird Hall, Dundee on 7, 8 May 1998 The Romantic Piano Concerto:
Volume 20 HYPERION
CDA67069 [72. 57] [CF]
Roscoe
plays magnificently, with bright tone and crisp articulation … see Full
Review
Alan BUSH (1900-1995)
Violin
Concerto (1948) [28.54] Six Short Pieces (1983) [8.57] Dialectic
(1929) [14.12] Manoug
Parikian (violin) BBC Symphony Orchestra/Norman Del Mar rec. BBC Maida
Vale, Studio 1, 22 Nov 1983 (concerto) Alan Bush (piano) rec The Art
Workers Guild, Queens Square, Holborn, London, 11 May 1984 (Six Short
Pieces) Medici String Quartet rec Rosslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel,
Hampstead, London 17 July 1984 (Dialectic)
CLAUDIO CB5151-2 [52.05] [PGW]
A
welcome reissue of Hyperion’s 1985 recording of works representing Alan
Bush at his best. … see Full Review
Ferruccio BUSONI (1866-1924)
Piano Concerto in C Op.39
Marc-André Hamelin (piano) City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus
(mens’ voices) City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/Mark Elder Recorded
in Symphony Hall, Birmingham on 20/21 June 1999 The Romantic Piano Concerto:
Volume 22 HYPERION
CDA67143 [73. 48] [CF]
This
is a landmark disc of an epic, landmark concerto, one of the finest
in the Hyperion series. … see Full Review
Paul BÜTTNER (1870-1943)
Heroic
Overture (1925) [14.07] Symphony No. 4 (1917-19) [40.59]
Berlin Radio SO/Hans-Peter Frank (overture) and Gerhard Pflüger
(symphony) Rec ADD 1974 (overture); 26 June 1965 (symphony). ADD Deutscher
Romantiker series - vol. 3
STERLING CDS-1048-2 [55.50] [RB]
Flourishing
confidence and panache … see Full Review
[Detailed listing (last two
days)]
[Part 1 New] [Part 2 A-B] [Part 3
C-L]
[Part 4 M-R] [Part
5 S-Y]
[Part 6 Misc] [Part
7 Misc]
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