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Gustav MAHLER
(1860-1911) Symphony 6 
London PO/Klaus Tennstedt rec. 1981
LPO LIVE LPO-0038 [52:56 + 30:57] 
[JQ]
A
splendid testimony to the Tennstedt/LPO partnership at its peak
... see Full Review
Henning
MANKELL
(1868-1930)
Three Preludes, Valse mesto, Three Legends, Four Pieces, Fantasy-Sonatas
1, 3 & 6, Ballade 7
Anna Christensson (piano) rec. 2008
PHOENIX EDITION 184 [67:14 + 67:05] 
[GF]
For
adventurous lovers of piano music ... see Full
Review
Bohuslav
MARTINŮ (1890-1959)
Cello Concertos 1 & 2, Cello Concertino
Raphael Wallfisch (cello) Czech PO/Jirí Belohlavek rec. 1991
CHANDOS CLASSICS CHAN10547X
[76:27] 
[RB]
Delightful
... see Full Review
William
MATHIAS (1934-1992) Celtic Dances see Welsh
Dances
Nikolai
MEDTNER (1880-1951) Two
Pieces Sergei RACHMANINOV (1873-1943) Suite
2, Russian Rhapsody, Symphonic Dances Dmitri
Alexeev (piano); Nikolai Demidenko (piano)
rec. 1993 HYPERION HELIOS CDH55337 [78:11] 
[RB]
Generous
and played with volatile flair and edgy venom ... see Full
Review
William
Rhys MEEK (b. 1963) On Salisbury
Plain – Music for Piano
William Rhys Meek (piano) rec. 2008
PRIVATE PRESSING [32:22][NH] 
Overall,
a real triumph ... see Full Review
Usko
MERILÄINEN (b.1930) Papillons, Piano Sonatas 2,
4 & 5 Jaana Kärakkäinen
(piano); Ilmo Ranta (piano II) rec. 1993/4
ALBA ABCD106 [73:05]
[RB]
Kokkonen:
modernism with lyricism. Meriläinen: uncompromising dissonance
... see Full Review
BARGAIN
OF THE MONTH Olivier MESSIAEN (1908-1992) The
100th Anniversary Edition rec. 1956-2004 EMI CLASSICS
2174662 [14
CDs: ca 15 hrs] [RB]
A
wide-ranging anthology of dazzling variety and mixed vintage ...
see Full Review
Léon MINKUS
(1826-1917)
Don Quixote (choreo. Nureyev/Petipa)
Jean-Marie Didière, Ballet & O de l’Opéra national
de Paris/Ermanno Florio rec. live 2002
ARTHAUS MUSIK 107009 
[122:00]
Léon MINKUS (1826-1917) Don Quixote (choreo.
Gorsky/Petipa) Vladimir Ponomarev,
Mariinsky Ballet, Mariinsky Theatre O/Pavel Bubelnikov rec. live 2006 DECCA
0743235 [118:00] [RMay]
A
great deal to delight and a pleasure to watch ... see Full
Review
Wolfgang
Amadeus MOZART
(1756-1791) Violin sonata 35 Ludwig
van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) Violin sonata 7 Johannes
BRAHMS (1833-1897) Violin sonata 3
Alfredo Campoli (violin) Peter Katin (piano) rec. live 1972/3
ORCHESTRAL CONCERTS CD3/2009 [69:49]
[JW]
A
warm welcome to this disc ... see Full
Review
Wolfgang
Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791)
Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 3; Sinfonia
Concertante K. 364
Renaud Capuçon (violin); Antoine Tamestit
(viola); Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Louis Langrée
rec. 2007
VIRGIN CLASSICS 5021122 [72:56][LW]
Capuçon is in complete service to Mozart in these works ...
see Full Review
Wolfgang
Amadeus MOZART
(1756-1791)
Complete String Quartets - Volume 2
American String Quartet (Peter Winograd,violin; Laurie Carney, violin;
Daniel Avshalomov, viola; David Geber, cello) rec. 1996/7
NIMBUS NI2533-5 [3 CDs: 69:27 + 76:22 + 73:25] [BW]
Rival
versions may find a little greater depth but these offer excellent value
... see Full Review
Wolfgang
Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791) Don Giovanni
Vienna
Chamber Chorus, Vienna Symphony Orchestra/Rudolf Moralt rec.
1955 rec. 1953 PREISER
90762 [3 CDs: 79:01 + 66:44 + 62:19][GF]
A
blustery Don but good singing from the other soloists … see Full
Review
BARGAIN
OF THE MONTH Wolfgang Amadeus
MOZART (1756-1791) Piano
concertos 9 & 14,
Piano sonata 8 Alfred Brendel
(piano) I Solisti di Zagreb/Antonio Janigro
rec. 1966/8 ALTO ALC1047 [72:13] [BW]
A
splendid reminder of early Brendel, still sounding very well ... see
Full Review
Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791)
(a) Symphony No 38 in D major K504 'Prague' [23:26] (b) Flute
Concerto No 2 in D major K314 [19:12] (c) Motet 'Exultate, jubilate'
K165 [14:54] (d) Serenade in B flat major K361 'Gran Partita'
[38:03]Leopold MOZART (1719-1787)
(e) Trumpet Concerto in D major [8:53]
André Pepin (flute) (b); Janine Micheau (soprano) (c); Michel
Cuvit (trumpet) (e); L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (a,b,d,e);
Paris Conservatoire Orchestra (c); Ernest Ansermet (conductor) (a-e)
rec. Radio Hall, Geneva July 1947 (a), Maison de la Mutualité,
Paris, May 1948 (c), Victoria Hall, Geneva November 1957 (b), May 1955
(d), March 1968 (e)
DECCA ELOQUENCE 480 0379 [57:54 + 47:06]
[JS]
Much
to enjoy here ... see Full Review
Modest
MUSSORGSKY (1839-1881)
Pictures at an Exhibition original piano version and the orchestration by Maurice RAVEL (1875-1937)
Oleg Marshev (piano); Odense Symphony Orchestra/Jan
Wagner rec. 2001-9
DANACORD DACOCD656 [70:13][BBr]
A
delightful disk … see Full Review
Jacques
OFFENBACH
(1819-1880) La
Belle Hélène - Jessye Norman (soprano)
Ch et Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse/Michel Plasson rec.16-21 July
1984, Halle-aux-Grains, Toulouse
EMI CLASSICS 395108 2 [55:54 + 50:57] [RMo]
This
splendid recording wears its years lightly ... see
Full Review
Pavel
PABST (1854-1897) Piano
Concerto Nikolai RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
(1844-1908) Piano Concerto Alexander
SCRIABIN (1872-1915) Piano Concerto
Oleg Marshev (piano); South Jutland Symphony Orchestra/Vladimir Ziva
rec. 2007 DANACORD
DACOCD660 [73:52][EM]
Simply
splendid ... see Full Review
Fredrik
PACIUS (1809-1891) Hymn to Finland:
Works for male-voice choir
Audio Quattro (vocal quartet); The 4Z (vocal quartet); Akademiska Sångföreningen/Henrik
Wikström rec. 2008 BIS-CD-1694
[60:30][DM]
Lovers
of the genre need not hesitate ... see Full
Review
BARGAIN
OF THE MONTH Sir
Charles Hubert Hastings PARRY
(1848-1918) Choral
Masterpieces Mark
Rowlinson* (baritone); Jeffrey Makinson (organist) Manchester Cathedral
Choir/Christopher Stokes rec. 2- 4 July 2008, Manchester Cathedral
NAXOS 8.572104 [66:25]
[JF]
An
essential addition to many collections ... see Full
Review
Stephen PAULUS (b. 1949)
To Be Certain Of The Dawn
Minnesota Chorale; Minnesota Boychoir; The Basilica Cathedral Choir;
The Cathedral Choristers Minnesota O/Osmo Vänskä rec. 2008
BIS BIS-CD-1726 [59:13]
[JQ]
A
thoughtful and thought-provoking piece. I urge you to hear it.
... see Full Review
Stephen
PAXTON (1734-1787) Cello
sonatas,
Cello concerto Sebastian Comberti
(cello) Ruth Alford (cello) Maggie Cole (harpsichord); The Pantheon Band rec.
2008 CELLO CLASSICS CC1021 [70:46] [BW]
Another
deserving unknown rescued in attractive performances ... see Full
Review
Georgs
PELĒCIS
(b.1938) Revelation [15:07] Nevertheless
(1994) [27:41] Astor Piazzolla, Oskar Strock and Me/Buena
Riga [19:13] The Last Song [4:58]
Gidon Kremer (violin) Katia Skanavi (piano, Revelation, Nevertheless)
Jānis Sipkēvis (contralto) and Gabor Boldoczki (trumpet,
Revelation) Kremerata Baltica rec. Radio Studios, Riga, November
2005 MEGADISC CLASSICS
MDC 7797 [67:03] [DC]
Great
beauty, plenty of padding. ... see Full
Review
Francisco
de PEÑALOSA (c.1470-1528) The
Complete Motets
Pro Cantione Antiqua/Bruno Turner rec. 1991
HYPERION HELIOS CDH55357 [67:53][MS]
Sumptuous
and expertly-sung ... see Full Review
Krzysztof
PENDERECKI (b. 1933)
Utrenja ('Morning Prayer')
Warsaw PCh & O/Antoni Wit rec. 2008
NAXOS 8.572031 [74:50]
[DM]
A
welcome release, despite variable singing and recording ... see Full
Review
Marcel
PÉRÈS
(b. 1956)
Contemplation - The Ancient Egyptians’ ‘Book of
the Dead’ Marcel
Pérès
(organ) rec. 2007 ZIG-ZAG
TERRITOIRES ZZT080601 [67:51]
[RB]
The
mystery of the ancients reflected in slow meditation ... see Full
Review
Astor
PIAZZOLLA (1921-1992) Four
Seasons of Buenos Aires, Le Grand Tango see Café Music
Leonid
Alekseevic POLOVINKIN (1894-1949) Piano
Works Anait
Karpova (piano)
rec. 2007/8 FUGA LIBERA FUG555 [60:08] [RB]
Tougher
music from the deeps of the Soviet era. ... see Full
Review
Marcel
POOT
(1901-1988) Anthology of Flemish Band Music Vol.
2 Brass Band
Buizingen/Luc Vertommen; Royal Symphonic Band of the Belgian Guides/
Norbert
Nozy rec. 2002 WORLD
WIND MUSIC WWM500090 [75:02][HC]
A
splendid survey … excellent performances ... see Full
Review
Hieronymus
PRAETORIUS (1560-1629) Magnificats
and motets The
Cardinall's Musick/Andrew Carwood
rec. 2008 HYPERION CDA67669 [68:30] [JV]
An
important addition, despite some shortcomings in the interpretation
... see Full Review
PROKOFIEV
REISSUES ON CHANDOS - THE AUGUST RELEASES
Sergey PROKOFIEV (1891-1953) Ivan
the Terrible Concert Scenario [59:14] CHANDOS CHAN 10536
X [59:14]
Sergey PROKOFIEV (1891-1953) Cantata
for the 20th Anniversary of the October Revolution, Op. 74 [46:32]
Excerpts from The Tale of the Stone Flower, Op. 118 [25:58]
CHANDOS CHAN 10537 X [72:43]
Sergey PROKOFIEV (1891-1953) Symphonic
Suite from War and Peace (arr. C. Palmer) [27:02] Summer
Night: Suite from 'The Duenna', Op. 123 [22:31] Russian
Overture Op. 72 [14:08] CHANDOS CHAN 10538 X [63:03]
Sergey PROKOFIEV (1891-1953) Romeo
and Juliet: Suites Nos. 1-3 CHANDOS CHAN 10539 X [78:48]
Sergey PROKOFIEV (1891-1953) Violin
Concerto No. 1 in D major, Op. 19 [21:56] Violin Concerto No.
2 in G minor, Op. 63 [25:47] Sonata No. 1 for Violin and
Piano in F minor , Op. 80 [29:45] CHANDOS CHAN 10540 X [77:50]
Sergey PROKOFIEV (1891-1953) Eugene Onegin -
Melodrama in Sixteen Scenes Op. 71 [124:11] CHANDOS CHAN 10541(2)
X [74:05 + 50:06]
[RB]
A
fascinatingly varied and provocative crop - rhetoric and poetry ...
see Full Review
Sergei
PROKOFIEV (1891-1953) Piano
Transcriptions Cinderella,
Symphony 1 Temirzhan
Yerzhanov (piano) rec. 2005 CON
BRIO
RECORDINGS CBR28454 [64:53] [OL]
Low-cholesterol
Prokofiev ... see Full
Review
Giacomo
PUCCINI
(1858-1924)
Turandot
Maria Callas, Eugenio Fernandi, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Ch & O La
Scala, Milan/Tullio Serafin rec. 1957
REGIS RRC2082 [55:30 + 68:53]
[CC]
Serafin
means business … generates huge excitement ... see Full
Review
Henry
PURCELL (1659-1695)
Purcell Edition III - Odes, Anthems and Ceremonial Music
Monteverdi Choir; Equale Brass Ensemble; English Baroque Soloists/John
Eliot Gardiner WARNER
CLASSICS 2564 69140-7 [4 CDs: 288:00]
[ST]
A
reliable bargain ... see Full
Review
Sergei
RACHMANINOV (1873-1943) Piano
Concertos 1 & 3 Mikhail
Pletnev, Cécile
Ousset (piano)
Philharmonia O/Libor Pešek, Günther Herbig rec. 1987/9 CLASSICS
FOR PLEASURE 2282792 [70:41] [SV]
A
worthwhile acquisition ... see Full
Review
Sergei RACHMANINOV (1873-1943) Suite
2, Russian Rhapsody, Symphonic Dances see MEDTNER
Maurice
RAVEL (1875-1937) Daphnis et Chloé - Suite
No.2 /Ernest Ansermet see
DELIBES
Alan
RAWSTHORNE (1905-1971) Piano Concerto 1 see FERGUSON
Thomas
L READ (b. 1938) Night
Pageantry
Various artists rec. 1982-2008
ZIMBEL RECORDS ZR118 [59:09][BBr]
Faceless
and without charm ... see Full Review
Max
REGER
(1873-1916)
Four Tone Poems after Böcklin, Variations on a Theme of Hiller,
Psalm 100, Variations on a Theme of Mozart
Royal Concertgebouw O/Neeme Järvi, Russian State SO/Valeri Polyansky
rec. 1989/2000
BRILLIANT CLASSICS 8998 [66:50 + 59:45]
[TB]
No
better initiation into the rewards Reger's music can offer
... see Full Review
Nikolai
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV (1844-1908) Piano Concerto see
PABST
Gioachino
Antonio ROSSINI (1792-1868) Complete
Piano Music - Volume 4 Péchés de Vieillesse,
Book 6 Marco
Sollini (piano) rec. 2002 CHANDOS
CHAN10520 [75:40] [JS]
Music
slightly off the beaten track ... see Full
Review
Ottorino
RESPIGHI (1879-1936) Rossiniana see
STRAVINSKY
Jeajoon
RYU (b.
1970) Sinfonia
da Requiem Op.11 (2008) [42:41] Violin Concerto No.1 Op.10 (2006)
[19:25] In-Hye Kim (soprano);
Polish Radio Choir, Kraków; Camerata Silesia; Polish Radio Symphony
Orchestra Warsaw/Łukasz Borowicz (Sinfonia da Requiem) So-Ock Kim
(violin); Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic Orchestra/Piotr Borkowski
(Violin Concerto) rec. Polish Radio Witold Lutoslawski Concert Studio,
Warsaw, 6 March 2008 (Sinfonia da Requiem); 3 December 2006 (Concerto)
NAXOS 8.570599 [62:13]
[NB]
Powerfully
performed premieres of oddly uninvolving music. ... see Full
Review
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