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Gustav
MAHLER (1860-1911) Symphonies Nos.
1 & 3 
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra & Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra/Zubin
Mehta rec. 1974-8
DECCA ELOQUENCE 4801133 [69:55 + 78:54][BW] 
This
strong challenger comes at a super-bargain price ... see Full
Review
Gustav MAHLER
(1860-1911) Symphony
No. 5
Bamberg Symphony/ Jonathan Nott
TUDOR 7126 
[72:20][SV]
Musicality
and scrupulous musicianship - a conductor to watch. Stay tuned ... see
Full Review
Gustav
MAHLER
(1860-1911) Symphonies 4 & 8
Lucia Popp, Elizabeth Connell, Felicity Lott, Jorma Hynninen, London
PCh & O/Klaus Tennstedt rec. 1986
EMI CLASSICS GREAT RECORDINGS OF THE CENTURY 3615722 [79.50 + 57.57]
[EM] 
Incredible,
intriguing, and worth a hearing ... see Full
Review
Gian Francesco
MALIPIERO (1883-1973) The Symphonies – Volume
1
Moscow Symphony Orchestra/Antonio de Almeida rec. 1993
NAXOS 8.570878 [72:29][JF]
Great
if somewhat idiosyncratic works that deserve attention and study ...
see Full Review
Bohuslav
MARTINŮ (1890-1959) Sextet;
Three Madrigals for violin and viola Ervin
SCHULHOFF (1894-1942) Sextet
The Raphael Ensemble rec. 1991
HYPERION HELIOS CDH55321 [56:14][JW]
Warmly
aerated performances, persuasively realised ... see Full
Review
Bohuslav
MARTINŮ (1890-1959) Cello Sonatas
Nos. 1-3 Mattia
Zappa (cello); Massimiliano Mainolfi (piano) rec. 2003-6
CLAVES 502803 [56:10][JW]
These
powerful, studio-cold and defiant readings
have real merit ... see Full
Review
Michele
MASCITTI (1664-1760)
Sonate a violino solo e a due violini op.
1:-
Ensemble Baroques-Graffiti (Jaroslaw
Adamus, Sharman Plesner (violin), Frédéric
Audibert (cello), Agustina Meroño (viola
da gamba), Jean-Christophe Deleforge (violone),
Jean-Paul Serra (harpsichord)) rec. August-September
2006, crypt of the basilica Sacré-Coeur,
Marseille, France. DDD
ACTE PRÉALABLE: AP0156 (Vol. 1)
[51:01]; AP0157 (Vol. 2) [55:48]
[JV]
Fine
performances of captivating and enjoyable
sonatas by an Italian master ... see Full
Review
Peter
MAXWELL DAVIES
(b. 1934) Psalm
124 (1974) [8:44] Dove, Star-Folded
(2000) [8:21] Economies of Scale (2002)
[7:12] Ave Maris Stella (1975)
[28:34]
Gemini/Ian Mitchell rec. PATS Studio I, Surrey
University, 23 December 2005 and 8 October
2006 (Ave Maris Stella)
METIER MSV28503 [52:46]
[DC]
Good
craftsmanship throughout. ... see Full
Review
George Frederick
McKAY
(1899-1970) Epoch
- An American Dance Symphony (I.
Symbolic Portraits; II Pastoral;
III. Westward; IV. Machine Age Blues)
(1935) [62:52]
University of Kentucky Women's Choir University
of Kentucky Symphony/John Nardolillo rec.
Singletary Center for the Arts Concert Hall,
Lexington, Kentucky, USA, 6-8 February 2007
NAXOS AMERICAN CLASSICS 8.559330 [62:52]
[RB]
Yields
its rewards in intensely pensive currency.
... see Full Review
Felix
MENDELSSOHN (1809–1847) Symphonies
Nos. 4 & 5; Piano Concerto
Ania Dorfmann (piano); LSO/Walter Goehr, Hallé Orchestra/Hamilton Harty,
L’Orchestre de la Société du Conservatoire de Paris/Charles Munch
rec. 1938-1947 DUTTON
CDBP9781 [64:25][JW]
Enjoyable
historical reclamations ... see Full
Review
Felix
MENDELSSOHN (1809-1847) An Introduction
to Felix Mendelssohn
Various artists rec. 1981-2006
CHANDOS CHAN2025 
[76:51][BW]
An
excellent introduction but there’s the peril of future duplication
... see Full Review
Felix
MENDELSSOHN (1809-1847) Symphonies 3 & 4 see
SCHUMANN
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH Felix MENDELSSOHN
(1809-1847) Mitten wir im Leben sind see BRAHMS
Olivier
MESSIAEN
(1908-1992)
Méditations sur le Mystère de la Sainte-Trinité, L’Ascension,
La Nativité du Seigneur, Messe de la Pentecôte
SharonRose Pfeiffer, James E. Jordan, David Chalmers (organ) rec. 2007
GLORIÆ DEI ARTES GDCD044 [68:27] [JW] 
Slightly
unsatisfying ... see Full
Review
Krzysztof
MEYER (b.1943) Cello
Concerto 2, Violin Concerto 2, Clarinet Concerto Boris
Pergamenshikov (cello) Magdalena Rezler (violin) Eduard Brunner
(clarinet) National Polish RSO Katowice/Antoni Wit, Gabriel
Chmura rec. 1998-2003 DUX
0594 [79:42] [BBr]
Brilliantly
scored, full of tunes, very satisfying ... see Full
Review
Nikolai MIASKOVSKY
(1881–1950) String
Quartet No.13 in A minor, op.86 (1949) [25:35]
Dmitri SHOSTAKOVICH
(1906–1975) String Quartet No.1
in C, op.49 (1938) [14:06] String Quartet
No.8 in C minor, op.110 (1960) [22:28] Kopelman
Quartet (Mikhail Kopelman (violin), Boris
Kuschnir (violin), Igor Sulyga (viola), Mikhail
Milman (cello)) rec. 22 – 23 June 2006 (Miaskovsky)
and 26 – 28 July 2007 (Shostakovich), Wyastone
Leys, Monmnouth, UK. DDD NIMBUS NI 5827
[62:18]
Their
work is not to be missed and neither is this
excellent disk ... see Full
Review
Cristóbal
de Morales (c1500-1553) Magnificat,
Motets, Lamentations The
Brabant Ensemble/Stephen Rice rec. 2007 HYPERION
CDA67694 [72:39] [BW]
The
Brabant Ensemble confirm their position as a force to be reckoned
with ... see Full Review
Cristobal
de MORALES (c.1500-1553) Andreas
Christi famulus, Sancta Maria, Succurre miseris, Clamabat
autem mulier Chananea, O sacrum convivium, Regina
caeli, Missa Queramus cum pastoribus Jean MOUTON (before 1459 – 1522) Queramus cum
pastoribus Choir
of Westminster Cathedral/James O’Donnell
rec. 1992 HYPERION HELIOS CDH55276 [65:25]
[BBr]
A
very exciting disk … some thrilling music ... see Full
Review
Jean MOUTON (before 1459 – 1522) Queramus cum
pastoribus see de
MORALES
Wolfgang
Amadeus MOZART (1756–1791) Complete
Songs
Ruth Ziesak (soprano); Lothar Odinius (tenor); Ulrich Eisenlohr (piano)
rec. 2006-7 NAXOS 8.557900-01
[53:40 + 43:07][GF]
No
one buying this set is likely to be disappointed ... see Full
Review
Wolfgang
Amadeus MOZART (1756–1791) The Da Ponte
Operas:
Così fan tutte, Le nozze di Figaro,
Don Giovanni
Netherlands CO, Chorus of De Nederlandse Opera/Ingo Metzmacher
OPUS ARTE
OA 3020BD [694:00]
[GF]
Convincing
acting and very good musically but controversial stagings ...
see Full Review
Wolfgang
Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791) Requiem, ‘Great’ Mass Dame Felicity Lott, London Ph Ch & O/Franz Welser-Möst
rec. 1989 EMI
CLASSICS 5209492 [49.47 + 56:00] [DC]
Still
worth a look, but not one with which to replace your favourites.
... see Full Review
Wolfgang
Amadeus MOZART
(1756-1791)
Violin Concerto 5 Richard STRAUSS
(1864-1949) Symphonia Domestica
Deutsches SO Berlin/Vladimir Ashkenazy rec. 1996/8
AUDITE 97.535 [78:31] [MSJ]
An
amply satisfying performance ... see Full
Review
Wolfgang
Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791) Demofoonte
- Fragments of an Opera
Capella Coloniensis/Bruno
Weil rec. 2005
ARTS 47746-8
[47:37 + 46:29][DC]
A
new Mozart opera? Not quite, but nearly ... see Full
Review
Wolfgang
Amadeus MOZART (1756–1791) Die
Zauberflöte Chorus and Orchestra
of the Zurich Opera/Nikolaus Harnoncourt rec. 2007
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 004400734367 [125:00
(incl. Bonus: 44:00) + 101:00][JFL]
Wimpishly
sung and the production matches the singing ... see Full
Review
Wolfgang
Amadeus MOZART
(1756–1791)
Mitridate, re di Ponto
Bruce Ford, Ann Murray, Royal Opera House O/Paul Daniel rec. 1993
OPUS ARTE OAR3105D
[177.00] [RMcK]
A
thought provoking production of early Mozart excellently performed
... see Full Review
Wolfgang
Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791) Serenade “Eine Kleine Nachtmusik”,
Symphony 36 see HAYDN
Modest MUSSORGSKY (1839-1881) A
Night on Bare Mountain (arr. Leopold Stokowski) Pictures
at an Exhibition (arr. Leopold Stokowski) Richard
WAGNER (1813-1883) Die
Meistersinger von Nürnberg prelude José SEREBRIER (b. 1938) Symphony no.3 “Symphonie mystique” Georges BIZET (1838-1875) L’Arlésienne suite 2
(arr. Ernest Guiraud) Carole
Farley (soprano) National Youth O Spain/José Serebrier rec. live
2007 NAXOS
2.110230 [84:00]
[RM]
Very
impressive and certainly very well worth watching ... see Full
Review
Modest
MUSSORGSKY (1839-1881) Pictures
from an Exhibition (arr. Maurice Ravel) Night on a Bare Mountain;
Khovanshchina Prelude; Dance of the Persian Slaves; Sorochintsy
Fair: Gopak Mili Alexeyevich
BALAKIREV (1837-1910) Tamara
L’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande/Ernest Ansermet rec. 1954-64
DECCA ELOQUENCE 4800047 [78:08][BW]
Not
a first choice Pictures but excellent value ... see Full
Review
Johann
Gottfried MÜTHEL
(1728-1788) Concertos and Chamber Music
Musica Alta Ripa
rec. 1988/92 MUSIKPRODUKTION
DABRINGHAUS UND GRIMM MDG3090452-2 [60:34 + 74:53] [DC]
An
excellent collection, filling some of that gap between baroque
and classical ... see Full Review
Juan
Gutiérrez de Padilla (c.
1590-1664) Streams of Tears The
Sixteen/Harry Christophers
rec. 2007 CORO COR16059 [67:25]
[BW]
Another
excellent offering from The Sixteen ... see Full
Review
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH Pierre Danican PHILIDOR
(1681-1731) Suittes pour hautbois
L'Assemblée des Honnestes Curieux rec. 2007
ZIGZAG TERRITOIRES ZZT080203 [65:09][JV]
Suites
by a member of the Philidor family in brilliant and exciting performances
... see Full Review
David
POHLE (1624–1695) Wie der Hirsch
schreyet – Musica Sacra
L'arpa festante/Rien Voskuilen rec. 2004
CARUS 83.413 [64:31][JV]
An
important and enjoyable addition to the catalogue ... see Full
Review
Sergei
PROKOFIEV (1891-1953)
Peter and the Wolf Jean
SIBELIUS (1865-1957) Symphony 2 Edvard
GRIEG (1843-1907)The Last Spring
Eleanor Roosevelt (narrator) Boston SO/Serge Koussevitzky rec. 1950
NAXOS HISTORICAL 8.111290
[72:42] [RM]
Expertly
graded and controlled, certainly exciting ... see Full
Review
Sergei
PROKOFIEV (1891-1953) DVD1:
Cinderella Les Ballets de Monte Carlo; Choreography by
Jean-Christophe Maillot
Cleveland Orchestra/Vladimir Ashkenazy
rec. 1999 (choreographed ballet) 1983 (soundtrack)
DVD2: Documentary Portrait
of Bernice Coppieters
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 0734410 [2DVDs:
111:53 + 73:18][TB]
Serge
PROKOFIEV (1891-1953) Sonatas for
Violin and Piano Nos.1 & 2; Five Melodies
Gidon Kremer (violin); Martha Argerich (piano) rec. 1991
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 4777434 [64:52][TH]
Extremely
rewarding … this disc puts itself firmly back in the front line ...
see Full Review
High
standards but it’s not made clear that this is danced to an older recording
... see Full Review
Giacomo
PUCCINI (1858-1924) La
Bohème
Anna Netrebko (soprano); Rolando Villazón (tenor); Symphonieorchester
des Bayerischen Rundfunks/Bertrand de Billy rec.
2007
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 4776600 [52:36 + 52:52][IL]
Compares
favourably with the best of all previous La Bohèmes ... see Full
Review
Henry
PURCELL (1659-1695) Songs and Lute
works see DOWLAND
George QUINCY
Pocahontas, at the Court of
King James I; Choctaw Diaries
The Queen’s
Chamber Band; The Bronx Chamber Ensemble
LYRICHORD LYRCD6009 [51:03][BBr]
I
shan’t be reaching for this CD again, in an hurry ... see Full
Review
Max
REGER
(1873-1916)
Piano Trio, Largo from Trio, Largo from Suite Im alten
Stil Hyperion Trio
rec. 2007 THOROFON CTH2546
[60:31] [JW]
A
fine case is made for the big Trio ... see
Full Review
Composers
at the Piano -
Bowen
and Reizenstein
Sergio
RENDINE (b
1954) Symphony
No.1 (2006) [34:28] Symphony No.2, Andorrana
(2007) [26:43]
Orquestra Nacional Classica d’Andorra (ONCA)/Marzio
Conti rec. 1-2 December 2007 (Symphony No.1),
21-22 October 2007 (Symphony No.2), Auditori
Nacional d’Andorra a Ordino, Principat d’Andorra
DDD
NAXOS 8.572039 [61:11]
[BBr]
Tonal,
brilliantly orchestrated, easily assimilated,
wildly enjoyable ... see Full
Review
Alessandro
ROLLA (1757-1841) Duo Concertant in C minor see
SPOHR
Gioacchino
ROSSINI (1792-1868) Songs
and Duets Soirées musicales, Péchés de vieillesse Miah
Persson (soprano); Stella Doufexis (mezzo); Bruce Ford (tenor);
Roger Vignoles (piano)
rec. 2007 HYPERION CDA67647 [78.59]
[MM-B]
Delightful
and enjoyable performances … pleasing and distinguished ... see Full
Review
Gioacchino ROSSINI (1792-1868)
Stabat Mater
see VERDI
Gioacchino
ROSSINI (1792-1868) Il Turco
in Italia Orchestra
Haydn di Bolzano e Trento/Antonello Allemandi rec. 2007
DYNAMIC CDS5661-2 [77.20 + 79.36][RH]
Live
… a capable but not inspirational cast ... see Full
Review
Albert
ROUSSEL (1869-1937) Trio for
flute, viola and cello, Two Poems by Ronsard for soprano
and flute, Elpénor for flute and string quartet
see DEBUSSY
Joseph RYELANDT
(1870–1965) Piano Quintet; Adagio; String Quartet
No.2; Andante “Ach Tjanne” and Variations
Jozef de Beenhouwer (piano); Joost Magerman (double bass); Spiegel String
Quartet rec. 2007
PHAEDRA PH92055 [57:59][HC]
Warmly
lyrical, melodic and deeply sincere music ... see Full
Review
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