John ADAMS
(b.1947) Short
Ride in a Fast Machine (1986) [4:05] The
Wound-Dresser (1988) [19:19] Berceuse
élégiaque (1991) [9:27]
Shaker Loops (1978, rev. 1983) [25:28]
Nathan Gunn (baritone) Bournemouth Symphony
Orchestra/Marin Alsop Rec. Lighthouse, Poole
Centre for Arts, UK, 10-11 June 2003
NAXOS AMERICAN CLASSICS 8.559031 [58:20]
[GPJ]
A
disc to prize for Adams’ growing cohorts of
admirers, and an ideal introduction for the
curious. ... see Full
Review
Eugen D'ALBERT
(1864-1932)
Tiefland (1903)
Bernd Weikl (tenor) – Sebastiano Kurt Moll
(bass) – Tommaso Bodo Brinkmann (bass) – Moruccio
Eva Marton (soprano) – Marta René Kollo
(tenor) – Pedro Maria Janina Hake (soprano)
– Pepa Angela Freeney (soprano) – Antonia
Carmen Anhorn (mezzo soprano) – Rosalia Norbert
Orth (bass) – Nando
Choir of Bavarian Radio and Munich Radio Symphony
Orchestra/Marek Janowski Recorded Munich,
February 1983
ARTS 2CD 47501-2 [65.49 + 69.04] [JW]
This
splendidly upholstered score owes much to
Wagner and not a little to Richard Strauss.
... see Full Review
Eugen d’ALBERT
(1864 - 1932) Tiefland,
Opera in a prelude and two acts (1903) [132.19]
Libretto by Rudolph Lothar after the Catalan
play "Terra Baixa" by Angel Guimerá.
Aga Joesten - Marta, Sebastiano's servant
(dramatic soprano) Max Lorenz - Pedro, shepherd
(helden-tenor) Carl Kronenberg - Sebastiano,
a rich landowner (helden-baritone) Otto von
Rohr - Tommaso, village elder 90 years old
(bass) Hedda Heusser - Nuri, Sebastiano's
servant (soprano) Franz Fehringer - Nando,
shepherd (lyric tenor) Georg Stern - Moruccio,
miller´s boy and Sebastiano's servant (bass)
Maria Madlen-Madsen - Pepa, Sebastiano's servant
(lyric soprano) Helene Bindhart - Antonia,
Sebastiano's servant (mezzo) Christa Ludwig
- Rosalia, Sebastiano's servant (alto) A Voice.
Bass The Priest, peasants Recorded in mono,
Frankfurt, Germany, 3 June 1953 Tiefland,
Opera in a prelude and two acts (1903) [20.29]
Excerpts from the finale to Act 1 and Act
2 scene three. Lieslotte Enck - Marta, Sebastiano's
servant. (dramatic soprano) Will Störring
- Pedro, shepherd. (helden-tenor) Lore Hoffmann(?)
- Nuri, Sebastiano's servant. (soprano) Margrete
Düren - Pepa, Sebastiano's servant. (lyric
soprano) Lore Hoffmann - Antonia, Sebastiano's
servant. (mezzo) Elfriede Marherr-Wagner -
Rosalia, Sebastiano's servant. (alto) Staatsoper
Berlin/Robert Heger Recorded in mono June
1943. Track list in German. No timings, texts
or synopsis. Autographed photo of Max Lorenz.
WALHALL WLCD 0049 [74.15 + 78.24] [PSh]
A
popular German verismo opera in an enjoyable
classic complete recording plus excerpts from
yet another classic recording. ... see Full
Review
Charles AVISON
(1709-1770)
Twelve Concertos, Op. 6
The Avison Ensemble/Pavlo Beznosiuk rec
January 2003, Jubilee Theatre, St Nicholas's
Hospital, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, UK. DDD
NAXOS 8.557553-54 [49:16 + 57:37] [JV]
A
fine recording of the opus 6 by Avison, which
shows a shift from the baroque to the early
classicist style ... see Full
Review
Joachim
ANDERSEN
(1847-1909) Works for
flute and piano Au
Bord de la Mer, Op. 9 Six Morceaux de Salon,
en deux Suites, Op. 24 (1891) Deuxième
Impromptu Op. 54 Fünf leichtere Stücke,
Op. 56 Quatre Morceaux de Salon, Op. 51 (1894)
Thomas Jensen (flute) Frode Stengaard
(piano) recorded at the Royal Academy of Music,
Aarhus, Denmark, undated
DANACORD DACOCD 617 [59.39] [JW]
Fluent,
often sheerly delightful. Nothing too taxing.
Compact, crafted and lyric, Mendelssohnian
and possessed of charm. All can listen with
pleasure ... see Full
Review
BARGAIN
OF THE MONTH The Great
Composers Johann
Sebastian BACH (1685-1750)
CD1: Brandenburg
Concerto No. 4, BWV1049 [15.13] Consort
of London/Robert Haydon Clark Jesu meine
Freude, from Cantata No. 147 [3.11]
Holland Boys’ Choir, Netherlands Bach Collegium/Pieter
Jan Leusink Toccata and Fugue in D minor,
BWV656 [8.54] Hans Fagius (organ) Orchestral
Suite No. 3, BWV 1068 [21.35] Consort
of London/Robert Haydon Clark Motet: Lobet
den Herrn, BWV230 [6.13] Ensemble Vocal
de Lausanne/Michel Corboz Italian Concerto:
Allegro, BWV971 [4.08] Pieter Jan Belder
(harpsichord) Schlummet Ein: bass aria
from Cantata No. 82 [9.24] Bas Ramselaar
(bass), Netherlands Bach Collegium/Pieter
Jan Leusink CD2: Violin Concerto
in E major, BWV1042 [17.19] Emma Verhey
(violin), Camerata Antonio Lucio Siciliano,
from Flute Sonata in E flat, BWV1032 [2.12]
Stephen Preston (flute), Trevor Pinnock (harpsichord)
St Matthew Passion: Opening Chorus [6.54]
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, Brandenburg
Consort/Stephen Cleobury Concert for oboe
d’amore in A major, BWV1055 Rob Visser,
Amsterdam Bach Soloists Eine Feste Burg:
opening chorus from Cantata No. 80
[5.18] Holland Boys’ Choir, Netherlands
Bach Collegium/Pieter Jan Leusink Preludio:
Partita for solo violin in E major, BWV1006
Mark Lubotsky Aus Liebe: soprano aria
from St Matthew Passion [4.38]
Emma Kirkby, Brandenburg Consort, Stephen
Cleobury Badinerie: Orchestral Suite No.
2, BWV1067 [1.21] Consort of London, Robert
Haydon Clark Bourrée: Lute Suite
in E minor, BWV996 [1.26] Bist du bei
Mir, BWV508 [2.40] Johannette Zomer (mezzo
soprano), Pieter Jan Belder (harpsichord)
Prelude: English Suite in E minor, BWV810
Bob van Asperen (harpsichord) Largo:
Concerto in D minor for 2 violins, BWV1043
Darius Polack, Kamil Drzygula (violins),
Lodz Chamber Orchestra, Zdislav Szostak No
recording information listed DVD: The
Great Composers: Johann Sebastian Bach Directed
by Kriss Russmann
BRILLIANT
CLASSICS 92416 [2 CDs: 67.51 + 70.23;
DVD: 58.00] [TB]
These
discs will give pleasure and the sequence
works satisfactorily enough. But then Bach
is the most indestructible of composers. ...
see Full Review
Johann Sebastian BACH
(1685-1750)
The Six Partitas for Keyboard
Scott Ross, harpsichord Recorded Temple
de Sommières, April 1988
WARNER ELATUS 2564 61778-2 [74:48 + 70:41]
[DS]
Life-affirming
and vibrant interpretations that should provide
many hours of joyous listening ... see Full
Review
Johann Sebastian
BACH (1685-1750)
The
Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1 CD 1: Preludes
and fugues (BWV 846 – 857) CD 2: Preludes
and fugues (BWV 858 – 869)
Daniel Barenboim (piano) Recorded at Teldex
Studio, Berlin, 27-30 December 2003. DDD
WARNER CLASSICS 2564 61553-2 [59:10 +
65:34] [PB]
A
beautiful demonstration of how Bach’s astonishing
music can be successfully realised on the
modern piano. ... see Full
Review
J.S. BACH (1685-1750)
Guitar Transcriptions
Enno Voorhorst (guitar) Rec. Hervormde Kerk, Renswoude, Netherlands,
26-27 June 1996. DDD
NAXOS 8.555369 [53.36] [ZT]
This
is a recording the enjoyment of which will increase with repeated listening
... see Full Review
Johann Sebastian BACH (1685-1750)
Organ Works Volume 16 Pièce dOrgue in G BWV 572
[831] Sonata No 3 in d BWV 527 [1407] Fuga in g BWV 542/2
[605] Choralbearbeitung Jesus, meine Zuversicht manualietr BWV
728 [158] Sonata No 6 in G BWV 530 [1401] Praeludium et
Fuga in A BWV 536 [738] Kanonische Veränderungen über
Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich herr BWV 769a (autographe Fassung) [1434]
Gerhard
Weinberger, Organ Rec: St Wenzel, Naumburg, May 28th-29th, September
10th-11th, 2003. DDD CPO 777
019-2 [67:54][GMS]
Weinberger
achieves well paced performances - this is
worth adding to your collection. ... see Full
Review
Johann Sebastian
BACH
(1685-1750) The
Goldberg Variations BWV988
Jacqueline Ogeil (harpsichord) Recorded at
St Ambrose Catholic Church, Woodend, Victoria,
April 2003
ABC CLASSICS 472 164-2 [76.44] [JW]
A
youthful performance, rather dry-eyed and
perhaps rather stinting on the potential for
interior drama ... see Full
Review
Double
Concertos by J. S. Bach and his sons Johann
Sebastian BACH (1685-1750) Concerto
for oboe, violin, strings and bc in d minor
(BWV 1060)$ [13:41] Carl
Philipp Emanuel BACH (1714-1788) Concerto
doppio for harpsichord, fortepiano and orchestra
in E flat (Wq 47/H 479)* [16:40] Johann
Christian BACH (1735-1782) Sinfonia
concertante for oboe, cello and orchestra
in F (T VIII,6) [11:00] Wilhelm
Friedemann BACH (1710-1784) Concerto
for 2 harpsichords and orchestra in E flat
(F 46)** [21:57] Johann
Sebastian BACH Concerto for 2 harpsichords,
strings and bc in c minor (BWV 1062)***/&
[14:47]
Jürg Schaeftlein, oboe; Alice Harnoncourt,
violin; Anner Bijlsma, cello; Alan Curtis
(**), Gustav Leonhardt (***), Eduard Müller
(***), Anneke Uittenbosch (*/**), harpsichord;
Jean Antonietti, fortepiano Concentus Musicus
Wien (Nikolaus Harnoncourt) ($), Leonhardt-Consort
(Gustav Leonhardt) ($) Recorded in 1967, 1968
(&),1970 ($). ADD
WARNER APEX 2564 61137-2 [78:08] [JV]
A
most welcome reissue of fine recordings of concertos by Bach and his
sons ... see Full Review
Ludwig
van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)
Symphony
No. 3 in E Flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica" [49’57"] Symphony
No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93* [25’42"]
NDR Sinfonieorchester/Günter Wand rec: Friedrich-Ebert-Halle,
Hamburg, 1985; * 25-27 Feb, 2-6 Mar 1987. DDD
BMG RCA RED SEAL CLASSIC LIBRARY 82876 60858 2 [75’27"] [JQ]
Anyone
buying this CD will find that it offers great
musical rewards ... see Full
Review
Ludwig
van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)
Symphony
No. 4 in B Flat major, Op. 60 [33’54"
plus spoken introduction by Georg Tintner
1’28"] Robert
SCHUMANN (1810-1856) Symphony No.
2 in C Major, Op. 61* [40’44" plus spoken
introduction by Georg Tintner 3’18"]
Symphony Nova Scotia/Georg Tintner Live recordings
10 February 1988 ADD and *9 January 1991 DDD
Tintner Memorial Edition Vol. 3
NAXOS 8.557235 [79’30"] [JQ]
I
enjoyed both of these performances a good
deal. Both are thoroughly musical and are
refreshingly straightforward. ... see Full
Review
Ludwig
van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)
Symphonies:
No. 7 in A, Op. 92 (1812) [40’24]; No. 8 in F, Op. 93 (1812) [24’29];
No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, ‘Choral’ (1824) [64’52].
Renate Behle (soprano); Yvonne Naef (contralto); Glenn Winslade (tenor);
Hanno Müller-Brachmann (bass); Berlin Radio Chorus; SWR Sinfonieorchester
Baden-Baden und Freiburg/Michael Gielen. Rec. live, Konzerthaus Freiburg,
June 1998 (No. 7), January 2000 (No. 8), July 1999 (No. 9). Subtitles.
Picture format NTSC 4:3.Sound formats: PCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.2,
DTS 5.1. EUROARTS
2050669 [141’00] [CC]
An
interesting set of interpretations. Nothing
will have you squirming in your seat in excitement,
but Gielen with his wealth of experience gains
excellent results ... see Full
Review
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH Ludwig
van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)
Piano
Concerto no.2 in B flat op.19 [28:11], Piano
Concerto no.3 in c op.37 [35:43]
Martha Argerich (piano) Mahler Chamber Orchestra/Claudio
Abbado Recorded live at the Teatro Communale
di Ferrara, 2/2000 (no.2), 2/2004 (no.3)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 00289 477 5026 [64:00]
[CH]
A
CD which shows that there can be a point in
recording these repertoire works again; surely
one of the Beethoven discs of the 21st
century which will still be listened to in
the 22nd. ... see Full
Review
Ludwig van
BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)
Piano
Concertos: No . 1 in C, Op. 15a
() [31:16]; No. 5 in E flat, Op. 73, ‘Emperor’b
[36:20]
Walter Gieseking (piano); aPhilharmonia
Orchestra/Rafael Kubelík; bBerlin
Radio Orchestra/Artur Rother. aFrom
Columbia LX1230/2, CAX10333/40. Rec. aEMI
Studio No. 1, Abbey Road, London, on October
13th, 1948 and bSaal
No. 1, Haus des Rundfunks (Reichsender Berlin),
on January 23rd, 1945. ADD
MUSIC & ARTS CD1145 [67’38]. [CC]
This
disc demands a hearing, and there is much to fascinate. ... see
Full Review
Ludwig
van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) Piano Concerto
No.3 in C minor, op.37*, Piano Concerto No.5 in E flat, op. 73 – “Emperor”**
Benno Moiseiwitsch (piano) Philharmonia Orchestra/Sir
Malcolm Sargent*, London Philharmonic Orchestra/Georg Szell** rec.
20 December 1950, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London*, 21 October 1938,
Kingsway Hall, London** CD transfers by Ward Marston
NAXOS 8.110776 [71:37][CH]
A
disc worth returning to, especially for the “Emperor”. ... see Full
Review
Ludwig van
BEETHOVEN
(1770-1827) Piano
Sonata, op.57, in F Minor "Appassionata"*
Allegro assai [9:54]; Andante con moto [5:27];
Allegro ma non troppo [8:14] Piano Sonata,
op.27 No.2, in C-Sharp Minor "Moonlight"
Adagio sostenuto [6:28]; Allegretto [2:06];
Presto agitato [7:04] Piano Sonata, op.53,
in C "Waldstein" Allegro con brio
[10:28]; Introduzione: Adagio molto [4:01];
Rondo: Allegretto moderato [9:42]
Vladimir Horowitz (piano) *Rec. May 14, 18,
25, 1959, Carnegie Hall, New York City; May
10-11, June 5, 1956 at the home of Mr. Horowitz.
ADD
BMG RCA RED SEAL CLASSIC LIBRARY 8287662311
2 [63:50] [SA]
Extremely
sensitive performances ... meticulously planned
... even the pauses are telling. ... see Full
Review
Niels Viggo BENTZON (1919-2000)
Music for Cello and Piano: Variations on The Volga Boatman op. 354 (1977);
Sonata No 3 for cello and piano op. 268 (1971); Sonata for cello and
piano op. 43 (1947)
Niels Ullner (cello); Rosalind Bevan (piano); Recorded at the Carl Nielsen
Academy of Music, Copenhagen, February/August 2002
DA CAPO 8.226015 [60.31][GH]
At
the end of it all I can only say that it is unlikely that I will listen
to this CD much if ever again, but for you it could of course be entirely
different. ... see Full Review
Piano
Works by Lennox and Michael Berkeley Sir
Lennox BERKELEY (1903-1989) Six
Preludes Op. 23 (1945) Three Pieces Op. 2 (1935) Paysage
(1944) Scherzo Op. 32 No. 2 (1949) Sonata Op. 20 (1941-45)
Three Mazurkas Op. 32 No. 1 (1939-49) Improvisation on a Theme
of Manuel de Falla Op. 55 No. 2 (1960) Concert Study Op.
48 No. 2 (1955) Michael BERKELEY (b.
1948) Strange Meeting (1974-78)
Margaret Fingerhut (piano) Recorded at Potton Hall, Suffolk, 30/31 January
2003 (Lennox Berkeley) 1 March 2004 (Michael Berkeley) DDD
CHANDOS CHAN 10247 [75:08] [CT]
An
admirable survey of Berkeley piano music played
with finesse by Margaret Fingerhut. ... see
Full Review
Edwin Fischer
Ludwig van BEETHOVEN
(1770-1827) Piano
Sonatas:- No.8 in C minor Op.13 Pathétique
No.15 in D major Op.28 No.21 in C major Op.53
Waldstein
Edwin Fischer (piano) Recorded live 1952-54
ARCHIPEL ARPCD 0216 [64.45] [JW]
In
view of the skimpy presentation and the veiled
sound I think you should give this a miss.
... see Full
Review
Ludwig
van BEETHOVEN
(1770-1827) Mass
in D major - Missa Solemnis Op.123
Eleanor Steber (soprano) Nan Merriman (mezzo)
William Hain (tenor) Lorenzo Alvary (baritone)
Westminster Choir Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra
of New York/Bruno Walter Recorded live in
Carnegie Hall, 18 April 1948
MUSIC & ARTS CD 1142 [78.06] [JW]
The
details militate against Walter and the imperfect
execution limits true appreciation. ... see
Full
Review
Vincenzo
BELLINI (1801-1835)
La
Sonnambula, Melodramma in two acts. Libretto by Felice Romani
First performed on 6 March 1831 at the Teatro Carcano, Milan. Amina
- Eva Lind (sop); Elvino - William Matteuzzi (ten); II Conte Rodolfo
- Petteri Salamaa (bass); Teresa - Sonia Ganassi (mez); Lisa - Stefania
Donzelli (sop); Alessio - Roberto De Candia (bass)
Chorus of the Nationale Reisopera, East Netherlands. Orchestra of
Eastern Netherlands/Gabriele Bellini Recorded Enschede, Netherlands,
1991 ARTS 47291-2 [75.59+63.50]
[RJF]
Despite
its limitations this issue could open the
door to a highly enjoyable and fulfilling
road of discovery. ... see Full
Review
Alban BERG
(1885-1935) Wozzeck
(1917-1921) Walter Berry, bar (Wozzeck);
Max Lorenz, ten (Tambourmajor); Murray Dickie,
ten (Andres); Peter Klein, ten (Hauptmann);
Karl Dönch, bass-bar (Doctor); Harald
Pröglhof, bass-bar (Erster Handwerksbursch);
Marjan Rus, bar (Zweiter Handwerksbursch);
William Wernigk, ten (Der Narr); Christel
Goltz, sop (Marie); Polly Batic, alto (Margret).
Orchestra and Chorus of the Vienna State Opera/Karl
Böhm rec. live, Vienna State Opera Festival,
25 November 1955. Mono. DDD 2004
includes 176pp booklet and libretto
ANDANTE AN 3060 [35'44" + 60'04"]
[AO]
A
well marketed package, impressively presented,
but ultimately a version for specialists in
the opera and in Böhm's development of
its themes ... see Full
Review
Alexander BORODIN (1833-1887)
Symphony No. 1 in E Flat major (1862-67) [33:17] Symphony No. 2 in B
Minor, Op.5 (1869-76) [26:38] Symphony No. 3 in A Minor (unfinished)
[18:57]
National Philharmonic Orchestra/Loris Tjeknavorian Recorded February
1977 at the Kingsway Hall, England, ADD
BMG CLASSICS RCA RED SEAL 82876623212 [79:00][MC]
Warm
cultivated and unaffected performances ... see Full
Review
Johannes
BRAHMS
(1833–1897) Orchestral Works Symphony
No. 1 op. 68 in C Minor (1876); Symphony No. 2 op. 73 in D (1877); Symphony
No. 3 op. 90 in F (1883); Symphony No. 4 op. 98 in E Minor (1885); Academic
Festival Overture op. 80 (1879); Tragic Overture op. 81 (1880); Variations
on a Theme by Haydn op. 56a (1873); Piano Concerto No. 1 op. 15 in D
Minor (1859); Piano Concerto No. 2 op. 83 in B-Flat (1881); Violin Concerto
op. 77 in D (1879). Gerhard Oppitz (piano), Kyoko Takezawa (violin).
Bavarian Radio Symphony
Orchestra/Colin Davis No recording dates and venues given. Published
1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1998, 2004.
BMG CLASSICS 82876 60388 2 [5 CDs: 71:22 + 75:10 + 66:08 + 75:22
+ 68:38] [GF]
Some
reservations but there is much here to admire.
... see Full Review
BARGAIN
OF THE MONTH Benjamin
BRITTEN (1913-76)
Symphony
for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 68 (1963) Suite
from Death in Venice, Op. 88, arr.
Steuart Bedford (1973) Rafael Wallfisch (cello)
English Chamber Orchestra/Steuart Bedford
recorded in St Barnabas Church, Finchley,
London, 26 March 1984, and All Saints’ Church,
Tooting, London, 27 November 1984
CHANDOS 10274 X [61'05"] [PL]
In
a marketplace teeming with good discs of Britten’s
music, positively none is better than this.
... see Full Review
BARGAIN
OF THE MONTH Benjamin
BRITTEN
(1913-1976) Canticle
I, op.40 – My Beloved is Mine [7:11] Canticle
II, Op.51 – Abraham and Isaac [16:10] The
Heart of the Matter (rev. Peter Pears, 1983)
[24:56] Canticle III, Op.55 – Still Falls
the Rain [11:31] Canticle IV, Op.86 – Journey
of the Magi [10:50] Canticle V, Op. 89 – The
Death of Saint Narcissus
Philip Langridge (tenor), Jean Rigby
(contralto), Gerald Finley (baritone), Derek
Lee Ragin (counter-tenor), Dame Judi Dench
(narrator), Steuart Bedford (piano), Frank
Lloyd (horn), Osian Ellis (harp) Recorded
at All Hallows, Gospel Oak, London, on 19-20,
23-24 March 1996. Narrations recorded at Floating
Earth, on May 16th 1996 NAXOS
THE ENGLISH SONG SERIES 8.557202 [66:47]
[GPJ]
This
is a very fine recording of some of the most
exquisite vocal music of the past century,
and enshrines the work of so many fine artists.
Impossible to recommend it too highly. ...
see Full Review
Benjamin BRITTEN (1913-1976)
Orchestral Song-Cycles vol. 2 Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings,
Op. 31a (1943) [2257]; Nocturne, Op. 60b (1958) [2635];
Phaedra, Op. 93c (1975) [1457].
abPhilip Langridge (tenor); aFrank Lloyd (horn); cAnn Murray (mezzo);
acEnglish Chamber Orchestra, bNorthern Sinfonia/Steuart Bedford. rec.
acHenry Wood Hall, London; bSt Nicholas, Newcastle, July 1994. DDD Originally
released on Collins Classics in 1994. Texts included.
NAXOS 8.557199 [6429][CC]
Superb
music, expertly played. Marvellous that it comes with a bargain basement
price tag! ... see Full Review
Dave
BRUBECK
(b.1920) The
Gates of Justice (1969)
Dave Brubeck Trio; Kevin Deas (bass-baritone); Cantor Alberto Mizrahi;
Baltimore Choral Arts Society/Russell Gloyd Rec. Kraushaar Auditorium,
Goucher College, Baltimore in March 2001. DDD
NAXOS 8.559414 [50:13][PCW]
Powerful
and approachable music performed with considerable commitment - highly
recommended … see Full Review
Anton
BRUCKNER
(1824-1896) Symphony
No 9 in D minor (1896) (i) Feierlich, Misterioso [26:19] (ii) Scherzo.
Bewegt, lebhaft – Trio. Schnell [10:35] (iii) Adagio. Langsam, feierlich
[24:58] Berlin Philharmonic
Orchestra/Günter Wand Rec. live concerts, Philharmonie, Berlin.
September 1998 BMG-RCA
RED SEAL 82876 62323-2 [61:52] [PCW]
This
is a work for which one version is not enough.
Like Wand’s other Berlin Bruckner recordings,
this is certainly one of the most essential
... see Full
Review
Ferrucio
BUSONI
(1866-1924) Busoni – the Visionary Volume II The
Six Sonatinas:- Sonatina
No. 1 Sonatina No. 2, `Sonatina seconda' Sonatina No. 3, `ad usum infantis'
Sonatina No. 4, `in diem Nativitas Christi MCMXVII' Sonatina No. 5,
`Sonatina brevis in signo Joannis Sebastiani Magni' Sonatina super Carmen
[Fantasia on Bizet's 'Carmen'] Toccata in C major for Organ BWV 564
transcribed by BUSONI
Jeni Slotchiver (piano) Recorded at the American Academy of Arts
and Letters, New York City, September 2002
CENTAUR CRC 2681 [68.29] [JW]
An
authoritative series of performances. The
element of melancholy is certainly true to
Busonian emotional topography. ... 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-Z]
[Part 6 Misc A-L]
[Part 7 Misc M-Z]