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Manuel CARDOSO (c.1566-1650)
Requiem see
Lôbo
Elliott
CARTER (b.1908) Complete Piano
Music 
Ursula
Oppens (piano) rec. 2008
CEDILLE RECORDS 90000108 [70:53][JW]
Very
strong claims on Carter adherents ... see Full
Review
Nicolas CHÉDEVILLE (1705–1782)
and Antonio VIVALDI (1678-1741) Les
Saisons Amusantes
Matthias Loibner (hurdy-gurdy); Enrico Casazza (violin); Chiara de Ziller
(recorder); Les Eclairs de Musique rec. 2001
ARTS 476692 
[54.15][RH]
Charming
and convincing … lightness and deftness ... see Full
Review
Frédéric CHOPIN
(1810-1849) Nadia Reisenberg: A Chopin Treasury
- Studio and Concert Recordings
Nadia Reisenberg (piano) rec. 1947–1957
BRIDGE RECORDS 9276A/D [4 CDs: 77:46 + 78:53 + 76:54 + 67:10][PPLL]
A
life in search of honesty and perfection ... see Full
Review
Fryderyk
CHOPIN (1810-1849) Waltzes, Ballade 4 see Marshev
Carson COOMAN (b.
1982)
Sacred Choral Music
Choir of Royal Holloway, University of London/Rupert Gough, Samuel Rathbone
(organ) rec. 2007 NAXOS
AMERICAN CLASSICS 8.559361 [79:36] [JQ]
Tonal,
accessible music, skilfully written for choir ... see Full
Review
Aaron
COPLAND (1900 – 1990) Music
for the Theater (1925) [22:13] Quiet City (1940)
[10:02] Music for Movies (1942) [16:57]
Clarinet Concerto (1947/1948) [16:36]
William Blount (clarinet), Stephen Taylor (cor anglais), Chris Gekker
(trumpet), Orchestra of St Luke’s/Dennis Russell Davies rec.
details not given but c. 1988 DDD Re–issue
of MusicMasters MMD 60162L
NIMBUS NI 2522 [66:56]
[BBr]
Fine
music-making ... see Full Review
Hughes
de COURSON Babel – from
Bach in Africa to Mozart in Egypt VIRGIN
CLASSICS 5190342 [72:09
+ 64:38] [JW]
Not
my bag really but some of you might like it ... see Full
Review
Carl
CZERNY
(1791-1857) Piano
Sonatas - Volume 1 Sonata Nos. 5, 6, 8, 9
Martin Jones (piano) rec. Wyastone, Monmouth, December 2007 and June
2008 NIMBUS NI 5832-33
[71:05 + 79:51]
[JW]
Important,
intelligently conceived and very rewarding ... see Full
Review
Claude
DEBUSSY (1862-1918) Nocturnes
etc.
Leipzig Orchestre National de Lyon/Jun Märkl
rec. 2007-8
NAXOS 8.570993 [74:09][KS]
A
worthwhile collection of what is and what might have been ... see Full
Review
Gaetano
DONIZETTI (1797–1848)
Roberto Devereux
Dimitra Theodossiu, Massimiliano Pisapia, Ch & O Bergamo Musica
Festival/Marcello Rota rec. live, 2006
NAXOS 8.660222-23 [54:39 + 72:39] [GF]
The
cast as a whole makes this the best set so far ... see Full
Review
John
DOWLAND
(1563-1626) Ayres
Gérard Lesne (alto) Ensemble Orlando Gibbons rec. 2002
NAĎVE E8919 [65:54] [JV]
Despite
some shortcomings these are superior performances ... see Full
Review
Guillaume
DUFAY (1397-1474) The Court of Savoy
The Binchois Consort/Andrew
Kirkman rec. 2008
HYPERION CDA67715 [71:58][MS]
Superb
and convincing ... see Full Review
Antonín
DVOŘÁK
(1841-1904) Symphonies 3 & 7
Czech PO/Zdeněk Mácal rec. 2004
EXTON OVCL-00280
[67:24] [SV]
Spankingly
played … fresh thinking ... see Full
Review
David
DZUBAY (b. 1964) Music
for Brass Manhattan
Brass rec. 2005-7 BRIDGE
9230 [53:34][BBr]
Rather
dull and lack-lustre ... see Full Review
Edward
ELGAR (1857-1934) The
Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38 (1900) [94:21] CD 1 Part I [37:20]
CD 2 Part II [57:01]
Alice Coote (mezzo) - The Angel; Paul Groves (tenor) – Gerontius; Bryn
Terfel (bass-baritone) - The Priest and The Angel of The Agony Hallé
Choir; Hallé Youth Choir Hallé Orchestra/Sir Mark Elder rec. Bridgewater
Hall, Manchester, 15-19 July 2008 English text included
HALLÉ CD HLD 7520 [37:20 + 57:01]
[JW]
Lays
bare the orchestral writing, choral strands and architectural spine
... see Full Review
Gabriel
FAURE (1845-1924) Requiem;
Cantique Jean Racine
Maitrise de Paris; Accentus; Members of L’Orchestre National de France/Laurence
Equilbey rec. 2008
NAĎVE V5137 [41.21][RH]
Fine
singing and playing but fails to tug the heart-strings and thrill the
soul ... see Full Review
Samuil
FEINBERG (1890-1962) Piano
Concerto No. 1 etc.
Christophe Sirodeau (piano); Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra/Leif Segerstam
rec. 1988 ALTARUS AIR-CD-9034 [75:02]
Samuil FEINBERG (1890-1962)
Piano Sonatas Nos. 1-6 Nikolaos Samaltanos (piano); Christophe
Sirodeau rec. 1993-2002 BIS-CD-1413 [70:13]
Samuil FEINBERG (1890-1962)
Piano Sonatas Nos. 7-12 Nikolaos Samaltanos (piano); Christophe
Sirodeau (piano) rec. 1999-2002
BIS-CD-1414 [79:57][RB]
Something
of a high priest of expressionism and dissonance ... see Full
Review
Antonio
FERRADINI
(1718-1779)
Six Sonatas for Harpsichord (c.1760) [78:39]
Silvia Rambaldi (harpsichord) rec. Studio Monari, July 2007
TACTUS TC 713101 [78:29]
[JW]
Charming
and highly effective ... see Full Review
Philip GATES
(b.1963) Wind Sonatas etc.
Ian Clarke (flute); Roy Willox (alto saxophone and clarinet); Thomas
Kelly (clarinet); Janet Way (flute); Philip Gates (piano) rec. 1999
SHELLWOOD SWCD15
[61:11][JW]
Winning,
life-affirming, excellently recorded ... see Full
Review
Francesco
GEMINIANI (1687-1762)
Concerti Grossi see VIVALDI
Christoph Willibald
GLUCK (1714–1787) Orphée et Eurydice
Monteverdi Choir; Orchestre
Révolutionnaire et Romantique/John Eliot Gardiner rec. 2000
EMI CLASSICS 2165779 
[100:00] [ST]
A
great success on every level ... see Full
Review
Christoph
GRAUPNER (1683 -
1760) Partitas for Harpsichord Naoko
Akutagawa (harpsichord)
rec. 2007 NAXOS 8.570459 [58:32]
[JV]
Technically
brilliant and captivating - strongly recommended ... see Full
Review
Edvard
GRIEG (1843-1907) Peer
Gynt, Before
a Southern Convent, Bergliot Malmö Chamber
Ch, Malmö SO/Bjarte Engeset rec. 2006/8 NAXOS
8.570871-72 [75:58 + 52:06] [GF]
Another
feather in Engeset's cap ... see Full
Review
Sofia
GUBAĎDULINA (b.
1931) Complete Works for Solo Piano Marcela
Roggeri (piano)
rec. 2007 TRANSART
TR161 [52:52]
[MS]
Insistence,
caustic emotion and tidiness ... see Full
Review
George
Frideric HANDEL (1685–1759) Sento
Brillar - Arias for Carestini Vesselina
Kasarova (mezzo) Il Complesso Barocco/Alan Curtis
rec. 2008 BMG-RCA 88697 318712 [64.12]
[RH]
Strong
technique and imaginative but try before buying ... see Full
Review
George
Frideric HANDEL (1685-1759) Israel
in Egypt Aradia
Ensemble/Kevin Mallon rec. 2008 NAXOS
8.570966-67 [70:35 + 48:44] [JS]
A
real winner ... see Full Review
George
Frideric HANDEL (1685-1759) An
Ode for St Cecilia's Day, Organ Concerto 13, Zadok
the Priest Julia
Gooding (soprano) Jeremy Ovenden (tenor), Francesco Cera (organ)
Coro della Radio Svizzeria, I Barocchisti/Diego Fasolis rec.
2005/8 ARTS
47739-8 [61:35]
[JV]
No
reason to welcome this disc - better performances elsewhere ...
see Full Review
George
Frideric HANDEL (1685–1759) Messiah
Toronto Mendelssohn
Choir; Toronto SO/Sir Andrew Davis rec. 1986
EMI CLASSICS 2176452 [73.02 + 73.00] [RH]
A
real symphonic account which respects Handel's original conception
... see Full Review
Barbara
HARBACH Toccatas,
Flourishes and Fugues – A Celebration of Hymns Barbara
Harbach (organ) rec. 2006 MSR
CLASSICS MS1254 [65:32] [BBr]
So
much to enjoy ... see Full Review
Franz
Josef HAYDN (1732-1809) The
Complete Symphonies Various
artists rec. 1988-2007 see review for details NAXOS
8.503400 [34 CDs: 35:57:27]
[BBr]
You
won’t be disappointed with this set ... see Full
Review
Josef
HAYDN (1732-1809) Cello Concerto No. 2 see Richard
STRAUSS
Joseph
HAYDN (1732-1809) String Quartets
(Complete)
Kodály Quartet rec. 1989-2000
NAXOS 8.502400 [25:42:24][GPJ]
Companionable
… deeply enjoyable … brilliantly inventive ... see Full
Review
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH Josef HAYDN
(1732-1809) Complete Piano Trios
Haydn Trio Eisenstadt
PHOENIX EDITION 161 [8 CDs: 9:40:00][ST]
Endless
pleasure ... see Full Review
Joseph
HAYDN
(1732-1809)
Keyboard Sonatas Hob.XVI:6 & 41 Wolfgang
Amadeus MOZART (1756-1891) Piano Sonatas KV330 & K457
Vadim Chaimovich (piano)
SHEVA 010 [60:39] [JW]
A
talented young player ... see Full
Review
Joseph
HAYDN (1732-1809) Piano
Sonatas Vol. 1
Marc-André Hamelin (piano) rec. 2005
HYPERION CDA67554 [75:07 + 69:24][IB]
No
bad thing in Haydn anniversary year ... see Full
Review
Hans
Werner HENZE
(b.1926) Der junge Lord
Edith Mathis, Donald Grobe, Loren Driscoll, Deutsche Oper Berlin Ch
& O/Christoph von Dohnányi rec. 1968
MEDICI ARTS 2072398
[136:00] [AOz]
This
is a classic ... see Full Review
Gustav
HOLST (1874-1934) The
Planets,
Lyric Movement,Neptune – The Mystic Colin
MATTHEWS (b. 1946) Pluto – The Renewer Timothy
Pooley (viola)
Hallé Ch & O/Mark Elder
rec. 2001 HYPERION HELIOS CDH55350 [75:00]
[CR]
A
strong feel for the individual characters of the movements ...
see Full Review
Herbert
HOWELLS (1892-1983) Piano
Concertos Nos. 1 & 2; Penguinski Howard
Shelley (piano); BBC Symphony Orchestra/Richard Hickox rec.
2000 CHANDOS CHAN9874 [70:52]
[RB]
Stormingly
Brahmsian and pastoral ecstatic ... see Full
Review
Engelbert
HUMPERDINCK (1854–1921) Hänsel
und Gretel Ludmil
Kuntschew, Sabine Noack, Cornelia Marschall, Anhaltische Philharmonie
Dessau/Markus L. Frank rec. live 2007 ARTHAUS
MUSIC 101321 [98:00]
[GF]
A
socio-critical approach that may go astray … but fascinating ...
see Full Review
Reinhard
KEISER (1674–1739) Fredegunda
Munich Neue Hofkapelle/Christoph
Hammer rec. 2007 NAXOS
8.660231-32 [77:35 + 64:34][BW]
A
performance good enough to enjoy this little-known opera ... see Full
Review
Franz
LISZT (1811-1886) Works for Piano and
orchestra Eldar
Nebolsin (piano); Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Vasily Petrenko
rec. 2007 NAXOS 8.570517
[54.18][GH]
Worthy
of your attention ... see Full
Review
Franz
LISZT
(1811-1886)
Great Liszt interpreters play Liszt
Lazar Berman, Afred Brendel, György Cziffra, Emil Gilels, Vladimir Ovchinikov,
Artur Pizarro, Sviatoslav Richter, Earl Wild, Klára Würtz rec. 1949-2005
BRILLIANT CLASSICS 93786 [10 CDs: 698:04] [JW]
A
well-chosen selection ... see Full Review
Franz
LISZT
(1811-1886)
Funčrailles, Rapsodie espagnole, Etude see Marshev
Franz
LISZT (1811-1886) Transcendental Etude 11, St Francis of
Assisi preaching to the Birds, Ballade 2 see SCHUMANN
Duarte
Lôbo
(c.1556-1646) Requiem, Missa Vox clamantis
The Tallis Scholars/Peter
Phillips rec. 1992 GIMELL
cdgim028 [65:48]
Requiem Includes Tomas
Luis de VICTORIA (1548-1611) Requiem Duarte Lôbo (c.1556-1646) Requiem Manuel
CARDOSO (c.1566-1650) Requiem Alonso LOBO (c.1555-1617) Ave
Maria The Tallis
Scholars/Peter Phillips
rec. 1987-97 GIMELL CDGIM205 [79:33
+ 76:05] [BW]
You
can’t go wrong with either ... see Full
Review
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