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Thomas
ADÈS (b.1971) The Tempest
Orchestra
and Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Thomas Adès rec.
2007 EMI CLASSICS 6952342
[72:36 + 44:48][DC] 
Creates
its own forceful world ... see Full
Review
Tomaso
ALBINONI (1672-1751) Concerto
a Cinque Op.10 Harmonices
Mundi/Claudio Astronio rec. 2004 ARTS
47747-8 
[72:12][DC]
A
desirable collection … see Full
Review
Volkmar
ANDREAE (1879-1962) String Quartets
Nos. 1 & 2 etc.
Locrian Ensemble of London rec. 2009
GUILD GMCD7328 [75:33][RB]
Late-romantic,
melancholic succulence and poignant romantic delight ... see Full
Review
Mark
APPLEBAUM
(b. 1967)
Sock Monkey
Mark Applebaum (electronics, prepared pianos) Meridian Arts Ensemble;
sf Sound, The Paul Dresher Ensemble Electro-Acoustic Band; Stanford
SO/Jindong Cai, Christopher Jones rec. 2004-8
INNOVA 706 [71:30]
[CR]
Transparency
of sound … beautifully poetic ... see Full
Review
Frederick Austin
(1872-1952) Piano Concertino see
FERGUSON
Carl
Philipp Emanuel BACH
(1714-1788)
Concertos for Cello, Strings and Continuo:- Concerto in a minor, Concerto
in B-flat major, Concerto in A major,
Raphael Wallfisch (cello); Scottish Ensemble/Jonathan Morton rec. Caird
Hall, Dundee, 21 April 2008. DDD.
NIMBUS NI 5848 [67:48]
[BW]
Attractive
music well performed and recorded ... see Full
Review
Johann
Christian BACH (1735-1782) Keyboard
Sonatas Sophie
Yates (harpsichord)
rec. 2005 CHANDOS CHACONNE CHAN0762 [67:48] [DC]
A
concerted confluence of creative sensitivity ... see Full
Review
Johann
Sebastian BACH (1685-1750)
A Selection of Pieces from Clavier Übung III
Malcolm Proud (Metzler, Dietikon organ, built 1992) rec. 2008
MAYA RECORDINGS MCD0803 [68:46][BW]
A
good selection, well played and recorded ... see Full
Review
Johann
Sebastian BACH (1685-1750) Organ
Sonatas Christopher
Wrench (organ) rec. 2003
MELBA MR301125
[77:45][GD]
Emphasises
the musical rather than the didactic values ... see Full
Review
Johann
Sebastian BACH (1685-1750) The
Bach Cantata Pilgrimage - Volume 9 Cantatas for the
Seventeenth & Eighteenth Sundays after Trinity The
Monteverdi Choir; English Baroque Soloists/Sir John Eliot Gardiner
rec. 2000 SOLI
DEO GLORIA SDG159 [2 CDs:
70:22 + 68:19][JQ] 
Performances
that often penetrate to the heart of this music ... see Full
Review
Mily
BALAKIEV (1947 - 1910) Piano Sonata in Bb minor see
Russian Piano
Samuel
BARBER (1910-1981) Serenade,
Songs, String Quartet
Thomas Allen (baritone) Eric Cutler (tenor) Roger Vignoles, Bradley
Moore (piano) Endellion String Qt rec. 1990/3
EMI CLASSICS 6952322 [71:29] 
[OL]
A
good program, but trumped in parts by other sets ... see Full
Review
Béla
BARTÓK Romanian
Folk Dances arranged by Zoltan Székely see Bacova
Günther BECKER
(1924-2007) The Complete Organ Works
Martin Schmeding (organ),
Christian Roderburg (percussion) rec. 2008
CYBELE 060701
[50:12] [DC]
The
Cybele label’s musical voyage of discovery continues. ...
see Full Review
Günther
BECKER (1924-2007) The
Complete Organ Works
Martin Schmeding (organ); Christian Roderburg (percussion) rec. 2004-8
CYBELE 060701
[50:14][SR]
Thorny,
but ultimately very rewarding ... see Full
Review
Ludwig
van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)
Symphony No. 5
NBC Symphony Orchestra/Arturo Toscanini rec. 1944
PRISTINE AUDIO PASC170 [28:16]
[JQ]
A
rare Toscanini performance in an excellent transfer ... see Full
Review
Ludwig
van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) Overtures
Chamber Orchestra
of Europe/Nikolaus Harnoncourt rec. 1993-6
WARNER CLASSICS 2564691750 [66:06][BBr] 
You
can’t go wrong with this ... see Full
Review
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH Ludwig van BEETHOVEN
(1770-1827) Complete String Quartets
Alexander String Qt rec.
2008 FOGHORN CLASSICS
CD2005 [9 CDs: 522:11] 
[MC]
One
of the very finest sets available ... see Full
Review
Ludwig
van BEETHOVEN
(1770-1827) Middle
String Quartets CD 1 String Quartet No.7 in F, Op.59/1 (1806) [39:58]
String Quartet in F, Op.14/1 (arr. of Piano Sonata No.9, 1798-9) [13:03]
CD 2 String Quartet No.8 in e minor, Op.59/2 (1806) [34:37] String Quartet
No.9 in C, Op.59/3 (1806) [30:38] CD 3 String Quartet No.10 in E-flat,
Op.74, ‘Harp’ (1809) [30:44] String Quartet No.11 in f minor,
Op.95, ‘Serioso’ (1810) [21:01]
Wihan Quartet rec. live, Convent of St Agnes, Prague, 18 October 2007,
8 November 2007, 6 December 2007, 17 January 2008 and 7 February2008.
DDD. NIMBUS ALLIANCE
NI 6109 [3 CDs: 54:04 + 65:26 + 51:47] 
[BW]
Not
quite top flight but very good value ... see Full
Review
Ludwig
van BEETHOVEN
(1770-1827)
Septet in E-flat, Op.20 (1799-1800) [40:01] Serenade in D, Op.25 (1801)
[24:32] Ensemble 360
(Sara Bittloch (violin); Martin Saving (violin); Marie Bittloch (cello);
Laurène Durantel (double-bass); Guy Eshed (flute); Matthew Hunt
(clarinet); Peter Whelan (bassoon); Naomi Atherton (French horn)) rec.
Potton Hall, Suffolk, UK, 28-31 May 2007. DDD.
NIMBUS ALLIANCE NI6112 [65:06]
[BW]
Fine
performances of Beethoven at his most delightful ... see Full
Review
Ludwig
van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) Fidelio Rose
Bampton (soprano) Jan Peerce (tenor) NBC SO & Ch/Arturo Toscanini
rec. 1944/5 IMMORTAL
PERFROMANCES IPCD1007-2 [77:26 + 78:59] [JW]
Tremendous
vitality - a vortex of passionate commitment and narrative tension
... see Full Review
Ludwig van
BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)
Violin Concerto Felix MENDELSSOHN (1809-47)
Violin Concerto David Nadien
(violin) National Orchestral Association/Leon Barzin (Beethoven) Chappaqua
CO/Wolfgang Schanzer (Mendelssohn) rec. live, 1952/75
CEMBAL D’AMOUR CD137 [67:31] 
[JW]
Ripe
playing and splendid musical riches ... see Full
Review
Vincenzo
BELLINI (1801-1835) Norma Fiorenza
Cedolins, Vincenzo La Scola, Andrea Papi, Sonia Ganassi, Gran
Teatre del Liceu SO & Ch/Giuliano Carella rec. 2007 ARTHAUS
MUSIK 101465 
[169:00] [RMK]
Excellent
female leads not matched by their male counterparts .. see Full
Review
František
BENDA (1709-1786) Violin
Concerto Václav PICHL (1741-1805) Violin
Concerto Antonín VRANICKÝ (1761-1820) Violin
Concerto Gabriela
Demeterová (violin)
Prague CO/Milan Lajčík
rec. 1994 SUPRAPHON SU3977-2 [66:30] [JW]
The
Vranický is a real winner ... see Full
Review
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