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Ian Runcie Published by Trafford, 2004. 145
pages; Perfect bound; catalogue #04-0456;
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Ian
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OF THE MONTH
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
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RECORDING
OF THE MONTH Samuel
COLERIDGE-TAYLOR (1875–1912)
Violin
Concerto in G minor Op. 80 (1912) [31'55]
(1 Allegro maestoso — Vivace — Allegro molto
[11'39] 2 Andante semplice — Andantino [8'28]
3 Allegro molto — Moderato [11'41]) Arthur
SOMERVELL (1863–1937) Violin Concerto
in G minor (1930) [32'59] (First
Recording) (1 Allegro moderato e con grazia
[18'21] 2 Adagio [6'44] 3 Allegro giocoso
[7'47])
Anthony Marwood (violin) BBC Scottish Symphony
Orchestra/Martyn Brabbins rec. 24-25 Feb 2004,
Greyfriars Church, Edinburgh. DDD The Romantic
Violin Concerto – 5
HYPERION CDA67420 [65:03] [RB]
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and captivating work which I guarantee that
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instantly appeal to all lovers of the Brahms
and of the British pastoral idyll filtered
through the German romantic idiom ... see
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OF THE MONTH Olivier
MESSIAEN (1908-1992)
Turangalîla
Symphony (1946-8) [76:59]
Yvonne Loriod (piano); Jeanne Loriod (ondes
martenot); Toronto Symphony Orchestra/Seiji
Ozawa Recorded December 1967 ADD
BMG RCA RED SEAL CLASSIC LIBRARY 82876 59418
2 [76:59] [JQ]
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Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791)
Piano Concerto no.17 in G major K 453 Piano
Concerto no. 21 in C major K467
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Chamber Orchestra)/Jan Stanieda rec.
29-30 April 1995, Bydgoszcz Philharmonic Concert
Hall, Poland. DDD
CD ACCORD ACD 093-2 [56:22] [GPJ]
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BARGAIN OF THE MONTH
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
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Great Composers: Johann Sebastian Bach Directed
by Kriss Russmann
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These
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works satisfactorily enough. But then Bach
is the most indestructible of composers. ...
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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
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music, positively none is better than this.
... see Full Review
Benjamin
BRITTEN
BARGAIN OF THE MONTH
(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. ...
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