Arno BABADJANIAN
(1921-1983) Piano Trio Peteris VASKS
(b. 1946) Episodi e Canto Perpetuo - Potch
Trio rec. 1997 DELOS [JW] The essential
spirit of this music projected with care and sympathy.
Johann Sebastian
BACH (1685-1750) Oboe concertos - Gonzalo X. Ruiz (oboe,
oboe d'amore) Portland Baroque O/Monica Huggett (violin) rec.
2013 AVIE [JV] If you love Bach's
music or the oboe, don't miss this disc.
Béla BARTÓK
(1881-1945) Three Village Scenes, Concerto for Orchestra,
Kossuth - SLUK Slovakian Folk Ens Ch, Budapest Festival O/Iván
Fischer rec. 1997 PHILIPS [JQ] Surely
one of the finest recorded accounts of Bartók’s Concerto for
Orchestra.
Marc-Antoine CHARPENTIER (1643-1704) Charpentier
at the Chapelle Royale de Versailles La Capella Reial
de Catalunya, Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall rec. 1989/2004 ALIA
VOX SACD/DVD [ST] An excellent
tour of Charpentier’s considerable achievement for both court
and church.
Ernő
DOHNÁNYI (1877-1960) Piano Quintets
1 & 2, Serenade for string trio - Schubert
Ens London rec. 1995 HYPERION HELIOS
Piano Quintets 1 &
2 - Gottlieb Wallisch (piano) Ensö String Qt
rec. 2007 NAXOS [DJB] Both offer fine
performances of excellent music but the Hyperion
is far better value.
Juozas
GRUODIS (1884-1948) Violin Sonata,
Piano Sonata 2, ‘Joys and Sorrows’,
4 pieces - Christopher Horner (violin) John
Lenehan (piano) rec. 2013 DISCOVERY
[PRB] Something
new and decidedly refreshing - a charming and
interesting addition to the catalogue.
Giovanni
Battista PERGOLESI (1710-1736)
Stabat mater Giovanni Lorenzo GREGORI
(1663-1745) 2 Concerti grossi - Jonah
Schenkel (soprano) Alex Potter (alto) Zürcher
Sängerknaben, Capriccio Barock O/Alphons von
Aarburg rec. 2013 TUDOR [JV] Despite
its unmistakable qualities I cannot rate this
disc as a valuable addition to the discography
of Pergolesi's Stabat mater.
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH
Piotr Beczala (tenor) The
French Collection O de l’Opéra National de Lyon/Alain Altinoglu
rec. 2014 DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON [MC] A compellingly
desirable collection with real impact.
Ich
will schweigen Johann Hermann
Schein & the Leipzig Stadtpfeifer tradition - Alice Foccroulle (soprano) Béatrice
Mayo-Felip (soprano) Reinoud Van Mechelen (tenor)
Marc Meisel (organ) InAlto/Lambert Colson rec.
2014 RAMÉE [BW]
Attractive music, convincingly
performed and well recorded.
Philippe Jaroussky (counter-tenor) The
Voice rec. 2008/12
VIRGIN CLASSICS [JW] A useful
introduction to Jaroussky-on-disc.
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