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Elizabeth
MACONCHY (1907-1994) The
Sofa; The Departure 
Independent
Opera at Sadler’s Wells/Dominic Wheeler rec. 2007 CHANDOS
CHAN10508 [70:12] [HC] 
A
magnificent recording of Maconchy’s highly contrasted operatic diptych
... see Full Review
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH Gustav MAHLER
(1860-1911)
Symphony No.1 in D (1888) [56:51]
London Symphony Orchestra/Jascha Horenstein rec. Barking Assembly Hall,
London, 29-30 September 1969. ADD Transferred from a Unicorn four-track
tape.
HDTT HDCD128 [56:51]
[TD]
You
will be as thrilled as I was. ... see Full
Review
Gustav
MAHLER
(1860-1911)
Symphony No.9 in D major (1909) Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra/Alan
Gilbert
2-7 June 2008, Stockholm Concert Hall, Stockholm, Sweden SACD Surround/SACD
Stereo/CD Stereo 
BIS SACD1710 [82.22]
[TD]
I
am not going to recommend you buy this one ... see Full
Review
Giuseppe
MARTUCCI (1856-1909) Piano
Concerto 2, Momento musicale, Novelletta, Serenata, Colore
orientale Gesualdo
Coggi (piano) Roma SO/Francesco La Vecchia
rec. 2007/8 NAXOS
8.570932 [68:56] 
[BBr]
There’s
a lack of fire … see Full
Review
William
Thomas McKINLEY (b. 1938) Clarinet Duet Book II, Concerto
for Two Clarinets see COPLAND
Paul
MEALOR
(b.
1975) Stabat Mater [23:51] Let Fall the Windows
of Mine Eyes [6:51] Between Eternity and Time [7:42] Beata es, Virgo
Maria [4:44] Lux Benigna [4:12] Ave [13:03]
Irene Drummond (soprano); Drew Tullock (piano) Con Anima Chamber Choir/Paul
Mealor rec. King’s College Chapel, Aberdeen, March 2009
CAMPION CAMEO 2083 [60:25]
[WH]
Rich,
beautiful and instantly memorable - perhaps too easy on the ear? …
see Full Review
Felix
MENDELSSOHN (1809-1847) Piano
Trios
Borodin Trio rec. 1984
CHANDOS CLASSICS CHAN10535X [64:38] 
[SV]
Merits
a warm welcome … see Full
Review
Felix
MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY (1809-1847)
Organ Works Hans
Fagius (organ) rec. 2008 DAPHNE
1033 [78:47+78:32][JS]
This
set very much deserves to be heard in wider musical circles … see Full
Review
Felix
MENDELSSOHN (1809-1847) Mendelssohn
Edition 5 - Keyboard and Chamber Music Annie
d’Arco (piano) Marie-Claire Alain (organ) Trio Fontenay,
Kreuzberg and Eder Qts, Olivier Charlier (violin), Monte-Carlo
PO/Lawrence Foster, Maxim Vengerov (violin) Alexander Markovich
(piano)
rec. c.1960-1991 WARNER
CLASSICS
2564 69267-4 [5 CDs: 319:45] [JS]
Very
enjoyable and worthwhile … see Full
Review
Felix
MENDELSSOHN (1809-1847) Violin
Concerto in E minor see Campoli
Krzysztof
MEYER
(b.1943) Complete works for cello and piano Cello
Sonata No.1, op.62 (1983) [28:29] Canzona, op.56 (1981) [10:59] Cello
Sonata No.2, op.99 (2004) [24:42]
Ewa Mizerska (cello), Emma Abbate (piano), Katarzyna Hlensk (piano -
2nd Sonata only) rec 28-30 January 2008, Witold Lutosławski
Concert Studio, Polish Radio, Warsaw DDD
TOCCATA CLASSICS TOCC0098 [64:34]
[BBr]
For
me this is essential listening … see Full
Review
Krzysztof MEYER
(b.1943)
Symphony No.7 Sinfonia del Tempo che passa, op.97 (2002/2003)
[41:34] Concerto for violin, cello and orchestra, op.105 (2005/2006)
[35:26]
Magdalena Rezler–Niesoilowska (violin), Julius Berger (cello) National
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra in Katowice/Gabriel Chmura (Symphony);
Lukasz Borowicz (Concerto) rec. 23 – 25 November 2004 (Symphony) and
10 – 11 June 2008 (Concerto), Concert Hall of the National Polish Radio
Symphony Orchestra in Katowice DDD
DUX 0695 [76:59]
[BBr]
His
music is well worth the effort … see Full
Review
Claudio
MONTEVERDI
(1567 - 1643) L’incoronazione
di Poppea - Opera in a prologue and three acts (1643) Poppea
- Danielle de Niese (soprano) Nerone - Alice Coote (mezzo)
Orchestra of the Age of the Enlightenment/Emmanuelle Haïm rec.
Glyndebourne Festival, June 2008
DECCA 074 3339 
[193:00
+ 41:00] [RMk]
A
strong musical and theatrical performance ... see Full
Review
Lodewijk
MORTELMANS (1868-1952) Homerische
symfonie, Morgenstemming, Mythe der lente Royal
Flemish Philharmonic/Martyn Brabbins rec. 2008 HYPERION
CDA67766 [66:41] [NB]
A
big symphony that ultimately falls short of its lofty goals ...
see Full Review
Claudio MONTEVERDI
(1567 - 1643)
Sweet Torment
I Fagiolini; Barokksolistene/Robert Hollingworth rec. 2009
CHANDOS CHACONNE CHAN 0760 [79:02] 
[GF]
A
highly accomplished and engaging disc ... see Full
Review
Wolfgang
Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791) Requiem Anton
BRUCKNER (1824-1896) Te Deum Sheila
Armstrong, Janet Baker, Nicolai Gedda, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau,
Robert Tear,
John
Alldis Ch, ECO, New PCh & O/Daniel Barenboim
rec. 1969/71 EMI
CLASSICS
2127182 [79:09] 
[CR]
Ferocious
and full of dark energy … see Full
Review
Wolfgang
Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791) Sinfonia
concertante, Violin Concerto 4 Walter
Barylli (violin); Paul Doktor (viola) Vienna PO/Clemens Krauss,
Vienna State Opera O/Felix Prohaska rec. 1944/51 PREISER
90760 [57:54] [JW]
A
fascinating retrieval ... see Full
Review
Wolfgang
Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791) Piano Sonata 13 see BRAHMS
Carl
NIELSEN (1865-1931) Symphonies
4 & 5 Danish
Ntl SO/Michael Schønwandt rec. 1999 NAXOS
8.570739 [75:03] [DM]
Schønwandt’s
unwavering grip ... see Full Review
Kai
NIEMINEN (b.1953) Palomar,
Through Shadows I Can Hear Ancient Voices, Vicoli in ombra Mikko
Raasakka (clarinet) Sinfonia Finlandia Jyväskylä/Patrick
Gallois (flute) rec. 2006 NAXOS
8.572061 [58:31] [JW]
A
contemporary portfolio of approachable colour and incident ... see Full
Review
Zygmunt
NOSKOWSKI
(1846-1909) Piano Works 1 Impressions
Op.29 [12:40]
3 Pièces Op.35 [14:03] Moments mélodiques Op.36 [16:13]
Contes Op.37 [20:31] Feuille de trèfle Op.44 [13:03]
Valentina Seferinova (piano) rec. May 2008, Polish Radio Station S1
ACTE
PRÉALABLE APO 188 [76:41]
[JW]
Idiomatic
skill and some striking moments ... see Full
Review
Henryk
OPIEŃSKI
(1870-1942) Complete Songs; Chamber
Works
Maria Pawlaczyk (soprano) Weronika Firlej-Kubasik (piano) Anna Organiszczak
(piano) ¹ Mariusz Derewecki (violin) ² rec. 2001 and 2003,
Radio Merkury and the Academy of Music, Poznań
ACTE PRÉALABLE APO 075 [63:56]
[JW]
Altogether
a different brand of Polish composition ... see Full
Review
Robin
ORR
(1909-2006) Centenary
Tribute - Archive recordings of performances by friends and colleagues
Granville
Jones (violin); Thurston Dart (harpsichord) rec. historical, various
dates ADD
GUILD GHCD2350 [72:28]
[GH]
A
fascinating collection of historic recordings … see
Full Review
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH Nicoló
PAGANINI (1782
- 1840)
24 Caprices Op.1 James
Ehnes (violin) rec. 2009
ONYX 4044 [78:04]
[NB]
Marvellous,
amazing, stunning, spectacular ... see
Full Review
Ignaz
PLEYEL (1757-1831) Oboe & flute
quintet, Oboe quartets, Flute quartet Orsolya
Kaczander (flute) Lajos Lencsés (oboe) Vilmos Szabadi
(violin) Péter Bársony (viola) Péter Szabó ('cello) HUNGAROTON
CLASSIC HCD 32572 [59:11] [SV]
Musical
and assured, with a hint of roughness suggesting rustic vitality … see Full
Review
Sergei
RACHMANINOV (1873-1943) Etudes-Tableaux see
TCHAIKOVSKY
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH Maurice
RAVEL (1875-1937) Rapsodie espagnole, La
Valse (for 2 pianos) see DEBUSSY
Max
REGER (1873-1916)
J S BACH Piano
Transcriptions, Volume 7Complete Bach transcriptions
for piano two hands by Max Reger
Markus Becker (piano) rec. 2008
HYPERION CDA67683 [55:03 + 55:16]
[JL]
Nothing
but delight here … if you know what you are getting into …
see Full Review
Ferdinand
RIES (1784-1838) Violin
Concerto, Double Horn Concerto, Overtures Teunis
van der Zwart (horn) Erwin Wieringa (horn) Anton Steck (violin)
Kölner Akademie/Michael Alexander Willens rec. 2007 CPO
777 353-2 [65:30] [RB]
Ebullience
and poetry … juniper freshness ... see Full
Review
Nikolay
Andreevich RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
(1844-1908) Evgeny Svetlanov -
The Anthology of Russian Symphony Music Complete track-listing
at foot of this review
The State Academic Symphony Orchestra/Evgeny Svetlanov rec. 1971-1993
SVET
57-009-1/6 [6 CDs: 67:03 + 63:19 + 70:03 + 76:16 + 58:51 + 72:37]
[DM]
All
lovers of Russian music will find much to treasure in this box ... see
Full Review
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH Julius RÖNTGEN (1855-1932) Symphonies
8 & 15, Variations on a Norwegian Folksong Carmen
Fuggiss (soprano) NDR Radiophilharmonie/David Porcelijn rec.
2006 CPO
777 307-2 [69:29] [RB]
Deeply
romantic yet not extravagant ... see Full
Review
Antonio
ROSETTI (c1750 - 1792) Flute Concerto see German
Flute Concertos
Gioachino
ROSSINI (1792-1868) Il
Turco in Italia Marco
Vinco (bass) Alessandra Marianelli (soprano) Prague Chamber Ch,
Haydn O Di Bolzano e Trento/Antonello Allemandi
rec. live, 2007 NAXOS
2.110259 [165.09] [RJF]
Has
some fine qualities, especially its leading lady ... see Full
Review
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