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Alfred SCHNITTKE (1934-1998) Viola Concerto see
ELGAR
Erwin
SCHULHOFF (1894-1942) String
Quartets 1 & 2 
Aviv
Qt rec. 2008 NAXOS
DIGITAL 8.570965 
[50:55]
[BR] 
An
overlooked modernist thrills, chills and dances … see Full
Review
Robert
SCHUMANN (1810-1856) Papillons;
Arabeske; Humoreske Joseph
HAYDN (1732-1809) Keyboard Sonata No.36
András Schiff (piano) rec. 1986
DAL SEGNO DSPRCD044 [71:10][BW] 
Well
worth reissuing ... see Full
Review
Robert
SCHUMANN
(1810-1856)
Davidsbündlertänze, Album für die Jugend,
Fantasie Stephen
Hough (piano) rec. 1989
VIRGIN CLASSICS 6994702 [73:10]
[OL]
Well-balanced
program, excellent interpretation ... see Full
Review
Alexander
SCRIABIN (1872 - 1915) Nocturne in A, op.5/2 see Russian
Piano
Dmitri
SHOSTAKOVICH (1906-1975) Symphonies
5-7 Philadelphia
O, NBC SO/Leopold Stokowski
rec. 1939-42 MUSIC & ARTS CD-1232 [79:40
+ 73:26] 
[RB]
History
made and in the making ... see Full
Review
Bedřich
SMETANA (1824-1884) Orchestral
Works - Volume 2
BBC Philharmonic/Gianandrea Noseda rec.
2008
CHANDOS CHAN10518 [72:33][LW] 
Rarely
heard works of Smetana bring real pleasure ... see Full
Review
Josep SOLER
(b. 1935)
Das Marien-Leben, Concert dels Àngels, Das Marien-Leben, Escena
amb cranis, El Cant de Déu
Elena Gragera (mezzo) Antón Cardó (piano) Badalona-Grup
Instrumental/Joan Pere Gil Bonfill rec. 2007/8
COLUMNA MÚSICA 1CM0195 [71:01]
[GPu]
Music
of unforced spirituality from a modern Catalan master … see Full
Review
Philip
SPRATLEY (b.1942)
Music
for string orchestra Sinfonietta op. 6 (1987) [26:30] Clarinet Concertino
- Byard's Leap op. 27 (1980s) [16:16] Recorder Concertino - A
Gallery of Cats op. 26 (1983 rev. 2008) [13:00] In Outlaw Country
- Suite for Harp, Strings and Trumpet (1971 rev. 2007?) [15:52]
Linda Merrick (clarinet);
John Turner (recorder); Tracey Redfern (trumpet); Eira Lynn Jones (harp)
Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Barry Wordsworth Manchester Sinfonia/Philip Spratley
rec. 16 March 2007, Angel Studios, London; 15 September 2008, St Thomas’
Church, Hillgate, Stockport.
TOCCATA TOCC0088 [71:11]
[RB]
Warmly
and lyrically complex ... see Full Review
Josef SUK
(1874-1935) Asrael Symphony
Brno Philharmonic
Orchestra/Jiří Waldhans rec. 1968
ORCHESTRAL CONCERT CDs CD7/2009 [60:30][JW]
Takes
a high place in the pantheon of recordings of this masterwork ...
see Full Review
Karol
SZYMANOWSKI (1882-1937) Works for violin
and piano Joanna
Mądroszkiewicz (violin); Paul Gulda (piano) rec. 2008
MUSIKPRODUCTION DABRINGHAUS UND GRIMM MDG60315552 [79:33][JW]
A
determination not to linger or indeed wallow ... see Full
Review
TAN DUN
(b. 1957) Water Concerto
Rifa Fuji, Tamao Inano (water percussion); Royal Stockholm Philharmonic
Orchestra/Tan Dun rec. 2007
OPUS ARTE OA1014D 
[66.56][SP]
As
much about watching the physical gestures as absorbing the sounds ...
see Full Review
Sergei
Ivanovich TANEYEV
(1856-1915)
Overtures Novosibirsk
Academic SO/Thomas Sanderling rec. 2007
NAXOS 8.570584 [74:53]
[WK]
A
magisterial recording of known and unknown Taneyev … see Full
Review
Francisco
TARREGA
(1852-1909)
Jota Michael
Erni (guitar) rec. 2008
GUILD GMCD7332 [61:33]
[ZT]
Technically
capable; musically lacking ... see Full
Review
John
TAVENER (b.1944) The
Hidden Treasure Arvo
PÄRT (b.1935) Summa, Fratres Winchester
Cathedral Ch/David Hill, Chilingirian Qt rec.
1993-4 VIRGIN
CLASSICS 6932332 [62:40 + 72:12] [BBr]
Compelling
in a strange kind of way… see Full
Review
Pyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893) Romeo
and Juliet – Fantasy Overture see DVOŘÁK
Pyotr
Il’yich TCHAIKOVSKY
(1840-1893)
The Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66 (1889) [133:26]
L’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande/Ernest Ansermet rec. April 1959,
Victoria Hall, Geneva, Switzerland. ADD
DECCA ELOQUENCE 480 0560 [63:25 + 70:01]
[DM]
After
a shaky start this performance really comes alive ... see Full
Review
Pyotr
Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893) Piano Concerto 1 see BRAHMS
Georg Philipp TELEMANN
(1681-1767) III
Trietti metodichi e III Scherzi
Parnassi musici rec. 2006
CPO 777301-2 [63:21][JV]
Enjoyable
and entertaining music in which Telemann also shows his sense of humour
... see Full Review
RECORDING OF THE MONTH Georg
Philipp TELEMANN (1681-1767)
Kapitänsmusik 1724
Telemannisches Collegium
Michaelstein/ Ludger Rémy rec. 2005
CPO 777176-2 
[78:52]
RECORDING OF THE MONTH Georg
Philipp TELEMANN (1681-1767)
Kapitänsmusik 1744
Weser-Renaissance Bremen/Manfred Cordes
rec. 2008
CPO 777390-2 [71:20 + 75:19] [JV]
Telemann
at his very best and most inspired, and so are the ensembles performing
his music ... see Full Review
Lasse
THORESEN (b.
1949) To the Brother People;
Emergence; The Sun of Justice
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra/Ingar Bergby rec. 2007
AURORA ACD5058 [65:31]
[JS][RB]
Extravagant,
kaleidoscopic folk-modernist phantasmagoria ... see Full
Review
Joaquín TURINA
(1882-1949) Piano Music - Volume 5
Jordi Masó (piano) rec. 2007
NAXOS 8.570370 [73:05][JW]
Alluring
sun bathed piano writing and playing ... see Full
Review
Giuseppe
VERDI (1813-1901) Un Ballo in
Maschera Robert
Shaw Chorale; NBC Symphony Orchestra/Arturo Toscanini rec. 1954
PRISTINE AUDIO PACO032 [64:41 + 57:14][RMay]
A
definitive account of a wonderful score ... see Full
Review
Giuseppe VERDI
(1813-1901)
The Verdi Tenor
Marcelo Alvarez (tenor); Coro e Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe
Verdi/Daniel Oren rec. 2008
DECCA 4781442 [64:08]
[ST]
A
worthy survey of Alvarez’s Verdi career ... see Full
Review
Antonio
VIVALDI
(1678-1741) Arrangements for piano The Four
Seasons & other concertos
Jeffrey Biegel (piano) rec. 2008
NAXOS 8.570031 [60:32]
[JW]
Began
with a feeling of weary subjugation and ended elated ... see Full
Review
Antonín
VRANICKÝ (1761-1820) Violin Concerto see BENDA
Richard
WAGNER
(1813-1883) Die
Meistersinger von Nürnberg Friedrich Schorr (bass-baritone)
Metropolitan Opera Ch & O/Erich Leinsdorf rec. 1939
IMMORTAL PERFORMANCES IPCD1001-3 [3 CDs: 70:12 + 77:11 + 77:22]
[JW]
This
often inspiring performance comes in truly first class sound ... see
Full Review
Richard WAGNER
(1813-1883) Parsifal (1865-1882)
Act I Erich Kleiber rec. live, 1946, Buenos Aires Act I Prelude
and Transformation Scene to the end of the act and Act III Good Friday
Scene to the end of the act Fritz Reiner rec. live 1937 Bonus
items IMMORTAL
PERFORMANCES IP CD 1006-3 [3 CDs: 74:33 + 79:10 + 78:38]
Exceptionally
valuable torso performances in painstaking transfers ... see Full
Review
Leó
WEINER (1885-1960) Violin Sonatas,
Twenty easy little pieces
Hagai Shaham (violin), Arnon Erez (piano) rec. 2008
HYPERION CDA67735 [77:29]
[JW]
Well
crafted, largely non-academic pleasures … nothing earth shattering
... see Full Review
Thomas WILSON
(1927-2001)
A Chamber Portrait
Simon Smith (piano); Edinburgh Quartet rec. 2008-9
DELPHIAN DCD34079 [77:56]
[HC]
What
a fine composer Thomas Wilson was ... see Full
Review
Haydn
WOOD
(1882-1959)
A Breezy Ballad
Shae Apland (bass-baritone), Sharon Wishart (piano)
No label or number [67:39]
Wonderful World of Romance
Peter Dempsey (tenor); Guy Rowland (piano)
No label or number [71:45]
A
wealth of fine singing ... see Full Review
Mikołaj ZIELEŃSKI
(fl. 1611) Offertoria
et Communiones Totius Anni, 1611
Emma Kirkby (soprano); Capella Cracoviensis/Stanisław
Gałoński rec. 2008
DUX 0681 [54:37][JV]
The
quality of Zieleński's music which is written in the style of Gabrieli
isn't heard to best advantage here ... see Full
Review
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