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Tuesday June 18th

120 reviews completed so far this month

Sir Edward ELGAR (1857-1934) Enigma Variations Ralph VAUGHAN WILLIAMS (1872-1958) The Wasps - Aristophanic Suite Kansas City SO/Michael Stern rec. 2011 REFERENCE RECORDINGS [JW] De luxe recording quality meets thoroughly idiomatic and engaging musicianship. 

Frederico de FREITAS (1902-1980) The Silly Girl’s Dance, The Wall of Love, Medieval Suite, Ribatejo - Royal Scottish Natl O/Álvaro Cassuto rec. 2012 NAXOS [BR] A fun disc of colorful, quirky music. The title indicates the smiles within. 

Sir WS GILBERT (1836-1911) & Sir Arthur SULLIVAN (1842-1900) The Mikado Darrell Fancourt (bass) Derek Oldham (tenor) Light Op O & Ch/Harry Norris rec. 1926 PRISTINE AUDIO [JS] This wonderfully characterful performance.

Andreas HAMMERSCHMIDT (1611/12-1675) Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt and other sacred choral works
Johann ROSENMÜLLER (1619-1684) Dixit Dominus Gli Scarlatti/Jochen Arnold rec. 2001-11 CARUS [JV] A nice survey of Hammerschmidt's oeuvre.

Elena KATS-CHERNIN (b.1957) Blue Silence: Complete Works for String Quartet - Acacia Qt rec. 2011/12 VEXATIONS [Byz] Communicating Kats-Chernin’s music with a goodly amount of panache.

Victor KISSINE (b. 1953) Between Two Waves - Gidon Kremer (violin) Daniil Grishin (viola) Giedre Dirvanauskaite (violoncello) Andrius Zlabys (piano) Andrei Pushkarev (percussion) Kremerata Baltica/Roman Kofman (conductor) rec. 2011 ECM NEW SERIES [DC] Haunting and atmospheric.

Joseph MARX (1882-1964) Rhapsodie Erich KORNGOLD (1897-1957) Suite - New York Piano Qt rec. 2012 URLICHT AUDIOVISUAL [MC] These attractive late-Romantic scores are certainly worth hearing but deserve to be recorded with much improved playing and more satisfactory sonics.

Franz SCHUBERT (1797-1828) Piano Sonatas 13 & 21 - Sviatoslav Richter (piano) rec. 1956-1972 PRAGA DIGITALS [BW] Richter’s Schubert has its fervent admirers but I’m not among them. 

Richard STRAUSS (1864-1949) Die schweigsame Frau Franz Hawlata, Julia Bauer, Chor des Oper Chemnitz/Robert-Schumann-Philharmonie/Frank Beermann rec. 2012 CPO [RMo] Unless modern sound is essential to you, there is little reason to opt for this new recording if you want to hear this late flowering of Strauss’s theatrical genius.

To touch to kiss to die Songs by Purcell, Matteis & Dowland - Valer Barna-Sabadus (alto) Pavel Serbin (cello, viola da gamba) Axel Wolf (lute) Olga Watts (harpsichord) rec. 2012 OEHMS [JV] A highly compelling recital of gems from 17th-century England. 

 

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