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Minds
Astor
PIAZZOLLA; Lera AUERBACH; Zoltán
KODÁLY; Gerald FINZI; Fernando
EGOZCUE; Marjan MOZETICH; Jorge
GRUNDMAN; Elena KATS-CHERNIN 
Ara Malikian (violin); Daniel del Pino (piano) rec. no details given.
SACD hybrid
NON PROFIT MUSIC
NPM 0911 [56.33] [RB]
Predominantly
reflective-elegiac - attractive stuff ... see Full
Review
Music
in Motion Sergei PROKOFIEV (1891-1953) Sonata
2 Rob DU BOIS (b.1934) Bewingingen
(Movements) Otar TAKTAKISHVILI (1924-1989) Sonata Robert
ZUIDAM (b.1964) Four Movements Sofia
GUBAIDULINA (b.1931) Sounds of the Forest,
Allegro Rustico Sergei RACHMANINOV (1873-1943) Vocalise Abbie
de Quant (flute), Elizabeth van Malde (pno), rec. 2008 FINELINE
CLASSICAL FL72413 [69:36] [CR]
Convincing
playing with a sense of musicianship and expression. ... see Full
Review
Music
From The Movies rec.
1937-57 DUTTON
VOCALION CDEA6146 [75:13] [RB]
A
pungent collection with a good smattering of rarities along the
way. By no means a case of all the usual suspects ... see Full
Review
Norwegian
Imperatives Fartein
VALEN
(1887-1952) Four Pieces for Piano Klaus EGGE
(1906-1979) Sonata 2 Finn
MORTENSEN
(1922-1983) Sonata Rolf
WALLIN (b.1957)
Seven Imperatives
Håkon Austbø (piano) rec. 2009
AURORA ACD5060 [64:36]
[OL]
Håkon
Austbø lives every note. ... see Full
Review
One
thing have I desired Ch
Exeter College, Oxford/Alistair Reid rec. 2009 REGENT
REGCD332 [63:33] [WH]
A
fine collection of British choral music from a young and enthusiastic
choir … see Full Review
Plainchant
Heinrich-Isaac-Ensemble
der Staatlichen Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe/Hans-Georg Renner
rec. 1996
CHRISTOPHORUS CHE0146-2 [47.54]
[RH]
Striking
and very attractive ... see Full
Review
The
Service of Venus and Mars:
Music for the Knights of the Garter Gothic
Voices/Christopher Page
rec. 1986 HYPERION
HELIOS
CDH55290 [49:46] [J-PJ]
A
real value-for-money disc ... see Full
Review
Shostakovich
and Comrades
Dimitri KABALEVSKY (1904-1987) Piano
Sonata 3 Dmitri SHOSTAKOVICH (1906-1975)
Piano Sonatas 1 & 2 Nikolai MIASKOVSKY
(1881-1950) Song and Rhapsody Ronald STEVENSON
(b. 1928) Recitative and Air on DSCH Rodion
SHCHEDRIN (b. 1932) Tschastuschki
Murray McLachlan (piano) rec. 2006
DIVINE ART DDA25080 [79.44]
[JZ]
A
fine introduction to the repertoire, which bears rehearing, particularly
in the hands of such a fine interpreter … see Full
Review
Showtime -
25 Years of BBC Concert Orchestra Favourites BBC
CO/Roderick Dunk, rec. 2009 DUTTON
EPOCH CDLX 7242 [64:41] [RB]
You
might well find this mix irresistible whether as a guilty pleasure
or a delight without any guilt at all. ... see Full
Review
Sinfonias
from the Enlightenment Moderntimes
1800/Ilia Korol, Julia Moretti, rec. 2007 CHALLENGE
RECORDS CC72193 [45:37 + 47:37] [JV]
An
interesting survey of the development of orchestral music in the
mid-18th century, including four first recordings ... see Full
Review
Stylems:
Italian Music from the Trecento Ensemble
Syntagma/Alexandre Danilevski rec. 2007 CHALLENGE
CLASSICS CC72195 [58:13] [GPu]
A
delightful sampler of the music of the Ars Nova … see Full
Review
Swedish
Colours Bo
LINDE; Hilding ROSENBERG; Allan
PETTERSSON ; Wilhelm PETERSON-BERGER;
Yngve SKÖLD; Emil
SJÖGREN; Lille Bror SÖDERLUNDH
Karl-Ove Mannberg (violin), Bengt Forsberg (piano)
rec. 2005/6
ACOUSTICA ACCD-1019 [61:45]
[GF]
Nothing
on the disc is international standard fare but both Linde and Sjögren
should be and the rest of the music is eminently listenable, though
hardly epoch-making, and the playing is aristocratic ... see Full
Review
The
Complete Conchita Supervia
Conchita Supervia (mezzo) with various orchestras and accompanists.
Volumes 1 to 4, each of two CDs with illustrated booklets Only available
separately See end of review for track listings and credits.
MARSTON RECORDS: Supervia Series: Vol. 1 52041-2 [79:42 + 70:47];
Vol. 2 52050-2 [79:45 + 78:44] Vol. 3 52060-2 [73:09 +
79:40] Vol. 4 52061-2 [79:16 + 78:00] [JB]
The
complete Supervia … unrivalled charm ... see Full
Review
Tea
for Two – Dances and Rags with London Brass London
Brass rec. 1988 TELDEC
2564 68617-2 [60:00] [DM]
A
most entertaining collection ... see Full
Review
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH Tender
is the North Jean SIBELIUS (1865-1957) Two
Pieces Niels W. GADE (1817-1890) Tre
Tonestykker Áskell MÁSSON (b.1953) Larghetto Knut
NYSTEDT (b.1915) Variasjoner Otto
OLSSON (1879-1964) Sonata Iain
Quinn (organ)
rec. 2009 CHANDOS
CHAN10581 [71:02] [DC]
Superlative
performance, interesting and inspired programming ... see Full
Review
Tewkesbury
Abbey Choral
Evensong Tewkesbury
Abbey School Ch/Benjamin Nicholas
rec. 2006 DELPHIAN
DCD34019 [74:37] [JQ]
A
splendid representation on disc of the liturgy of Evensong ... see Full
Review
Touch:
The Toccata Project -Vol. 1 American Composers Philip
Amalong
(piano) ALBANY
TROY1142 [57:00] [GPu]
Entertaining,
bravura music from American composers both well-known and less familiar … see Full
Review
BOOK
REVIEWS
Composing
in Words:
William Alwyn on his Art (Musicians on Music: Volume 9)
Edited
by Andrew Palmer MusicWeb Special Price £28 post-free World-wide
The
Great Lablache -
Nineteenth Century Operatic Superstar: His Life and His Times By
Clarissa Lablache Cheer Published 2009 688 pages Price: £14.00
(paperback), £23.00 (hardback) XLIBRIS CORPORATION,
USA [RJF]
An
interesting if diffuse read. Something of a mixed blessing ... see Full
Review
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