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Wednesday
May 22nd 2013
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Havergal
BRIAN (1876?972) Symphony No. 22 Symphonia
Brevis, Symphony No. 23, Symphony No. 24, English
Suite No. 1 - New Russia State Symphony Orchestra/Alexander
Walker rec. 2012. NAXOS 8.572833 [65:26] [RB]
A welcoming gateway to Brian enthusiasts existing and
potential.
Frank
BRIDGE (1879-1941) Phantasy for Piano Quartet
Arnold BAX (1883-1953) Piano Quartet Ian WILSON
(b.1964) Noct for Piano Quartet William
WALTON (1902-1983) Piano Quartet - Cappa Ensemble
rec.2012 NIMBUS ALLIANCE NI6230 [70:19] [BW] Individual
works are slightly better served elsewhere but the coupling
is unique and makes a fine addition to the Nimbus Alliance
roster.
Antonín
DVORÁK
(1841-1904) Cypresses, B152 [31:07] String
Quartet No. 13, B192 [37:36] Cypress String Quartet rec.2012
AVIE AV2275 [68:43] [BR]
I couldn’t get past the harsh sound and poor balance.
Alexander
GLAZUNOV (1865-1936)
Violin Concerto in A minor Op. 82 [20:52] Meditation in
D major Op. 32 [4:15] Mazurka-Oberek in
D major [9:56] Othmar SCHOECK (1886-1957)
Concerto quasi una fantasia in B flat
major Op. 21 (1912) [34:06] - Chloë Hanslip (violin) Orchestra
della Svizzera Italiana/Alexander Vedernikov rec. 2011,
The Romantic Violin Concerto - Vol. 14 HYPERION CDA67940 [69:09][JQ]
This disc is a winner, particularly
for the Schoeck concerto.
Ricky
Ian GORDON (b.1956) Silver Rain Nicole
Cabell (soprano): Ricky Ian Gordon (piano)
rec. 2011, BLUE GRIFFIN BGR253 [64:00] [JW] These
settings seem to present problems.
Édouard
LALO (1823-1892) Piano Trio No.1 Max BRUCH
(1838-1920) Piano Trio Felix MENDELSSOHN (1809-1847)
Piano Trio No. 1 - Petrof Piano Trio (Martina Schulmeisterová
(piano); Jan Schulmeister (violin); Kamil Žvak (cello))
rec. 2012, NIMBUS ALLIANCE NI 6219 [70:43] [MC]
Played with conviction and character
with the music revealed naturally with clarity and crispness.
Maciej
MALECKI (b.1940) The Dream of Frédéric [10:21]
String Quartet No. 1 [14:22] String Quartet No. 2 [15:15]
String Quartet No. 3 [11:54] Opium Quartet rec. 2012,
ACTE PRÉALABLE APO268 [51:53] [BR] Very
much for the adventurer, though not everyone will like
all of this. One of the all-time best tributes to Chopin,
though.
Francis
POULENC (1899-1963) melodies - Holger Falk
(baritone) Alessandro Zuppardo (piano)
rec. 2012, MDG 606 1776-2 [61:09] [DC] A
vocal goldmine.
Jean
SIBELIUS (1865-1957) Pohjola’s Daughter,
Op. 49 [13:13] The Oceanides, Op. 73* [10:23]
Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 43** [46:44] Hallé/Sir
Mark Elder rec. 2006, 2007, 2012, HALLÉ CD HLL
7526 [70:59] [JQ] Another
excellent addition to the Elder/Hallé discography.
Ian
VENABLES (b. 1955) Complete Works for Piano
Solo Graham J. Lloyd (piano) rec. 2012 NAXOS
8.573156 [70:10][JF] I
would commend this CD to all British music enthusiasts.
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