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RECORDINGS
OF THE MONTH
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH
Vienna
Johannes BRAHMS
(1833-1897) Cello sonata 2 Franz SCHUBERT
(1797-1828) “Arpeggione” sonata Ludwig
van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) Cello sonata 3 
Thomas Carroll (cello) Llŷr Williams (piano) rec. 2009/10
ORCHID CLASSICS ORC100016 [79:46]
[OL]
Definitive
performances of ultimate beauty. My Disc of the Year.
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH William BYRD
(ca.
1540-1623) Complete Consort Music
Phantasm rec. 2010
LINN CKD372 
[79:42]
[KM]
The
beauty of Byrd’s viol consort music, excellently performed, impeccably
recorded.
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH Christopher FOX (b.
1955) Catalogue Irraisoné
Christopher Fox (speaker) Exaudi/James Weeks rec. 2006
METIER MSVCD92103 [53:00]
[CR]
Not
to be missed.
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH James MacMILLAN
(b. 1959) A Different World
Gregory Harrington (violin) Simon Mulligan (piano) Caroline Stinson
(cello) rec. 2009
ESTILE RECORDS 391651 [63:56]
[MS]
A
compelling and wonderfully-executed recital of James MacMillan's smaller-scale
music for piano, violin and cello in a variety of combinations that
are not to be ignored. Buy this CD!
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH Frank MARTIN
(1890-1974) Der Sturm
Soloists, Netherlands Radio PO/Thierry Fischer rec. 2008
HYPERION CDA67821/3 [3 CDs: 54:48 + 53:35 + 44:25] [RB]
Magically
re-imagined and brought to harvest.
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH Wolfgang
Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791) Die Entführung aus dem Serail
Eva Mei (soprano) Rainer Trost (tenor) Patrizia Ciofi (soprano) Ch &
O Maggio Musicale Fiorentino/Zubin Mehta rec. 2002
ARTHAUS MUSIC 107109 
[136:00] [RJF]
High
picture quality and sound, elegantly staged and well sung … a first
choice for me in this opera.
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH Hans PFITZNER
(1869-1949)
Violin Concerto Siegfried WAGNER
(1869-1930) Violin Concerto Richard WAGNER
(1813-1883) Träume
Juraj Cizmarovic (violin) WDR RSO Cologne/Marcus Bosch rec. 2009
COVIELLO CLASSICS COV31104 [64:03]
[MC]
Quite
a discovery.
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH Mario PILATI
(1903-1938)
Preludio, Aria e Tarantella, Four Italian Folksongs, Bagatelles,
Divertimento
Moscow SO/Adriano rec. 2007/8
INEDITA PI 2757 [52:32]
[IL]
A
thoroughly delightful, light-hearted collection.
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH Sergei
RACHMANINOV (1873-1943) A Tribute to Rachmaninoff
Vladimir
Feltsman (piano) Russian Ntl SO/Mikhail Pletnev rec. 1992/2010
NIMBUS ALLIANCE NI 6148 [65:14]
[RMo]
A
collector’s disc where it is very easy to make allowances for the sonic
deficiencies in the concerto.
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH Josef SUK (1874-1935)
Asrael Symphony
Czech PO/Sir Charles Mackerras rec. 2007
SUPRAPHON SU 4043-2 [60:01] [RB]
The
best modern version.
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH Peter
Mattei - Great Baritone Arias
Royal Stockholm PO/Lawrence Renes rec. 2008-10
BIS BISSACD1749
[63:51]
[OL]
A
glorious disc!
BARGAINS
OF THE MONTH
BARGAIN
OF THE MONTH Pieter BUSTIJN (c.1649-1729)
IX Suittes pour le Clavessin
Alessandro Simonetto (harpsichord) rec. 2010
BRILLIANT CLASSICS 94187 [78:52]
[Byz]
This
superlative recording by Simonetto is the one to get.
BARGAIN
OF THE MONTH Alberto GINASTERA
(1916-1983) Cello Concertos 1 & 2
Mark Kosower (cello) Bamberg SO/Lothar Zagrosek rec. 2009/2010
NAXOS 8.572372 [68:58] [Byz]
A
marvellous team performance making a compelling case for these concertos.
The Government must act now to make these compulsory components of the
repertoire.
BARGAIN
OF THE MONTH Kenneth LEIGHTON
(1929-1988) Et Resurrexit, Six Fantasies on Hymn Tunes
4-6, Missa de Gloria
Greg Morris (organ) rec. 2009
NAXOS 8.572601 [70:10] [NB]
Naxos
have a winner of a disc here.
BARGAIN
OF THE MONTH Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART
(1759-1791)
Flute and harp concerto, Flute concertos 1 & 2
Emmanuel Pahud (flute) Marie-Pierre Langlamet (harp) Berlin PO/ Claudio
Abbado rec. 1996
EMI CLASSICS 9659372 [71:06]
[CR]
Unmissable.
one of the best Mozart flute concerto recordings I’ve heard, with
musicianship and instrumental ability in abundance.
BARGAIN
OF THE MONTH Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART
(1756-1791)
Symphonies 32, 35, 36, 39 & 41
Scottish CO/Jukka-Pekka Saraste rec. 1987/90
VIRGIN CLASSICS 0963702 [68:58 + 62:07]
[BW]
Too
tempting a bargain to resist.
BARGAIN
OF THE MONTH Wilhelm STENHAMMAR
(1871 - 1927) Symphonies, piano concertos & other orchestral
works
Peter Mattei (baritone) Ulf Wallin (violin) Love Derwinger, Cristina
Ortiz (piano) Gothenburg SO/Neeme Järvi; Malmö SO/Paavo Järvi
rec. 1982-92
BRILLIANT CLASSICS 94238 [3 CDs: 230:38] [RB]
The
accustomed romantic idiom inflamed with Swedish folk voices - a sensational
bargain.
BARGAIN
OF THE MONTH
The British Symphonic Collection
various orchestras/Douglas Bostock rec. 1998-2005
MEMBRAN 233316 [10 CDs: ca 12 hrs]
[RB]
An
adventurous conspectus that is nothing if not enterprising and the price
is right - in fact irresistible even for timid risk-takers.
BARGAIN
OF THE MONTH
Mirella Freni
- Great Singers Live Arias by Cilea, Puccini, Bizet, Massenet,
Verdi, Mozart & Tchaikovsky
Munich RSO/Kurt Eichhorn,Vladimir Ghiaurov rec. 1971-87
BR KLASSIK 900303 [59:42]
[MC]
I
just couldn’t stop playing this disc which is not surprising given
that Freni has one of the finest soprano voices I have ever heard.
BARGAIN
OF THE MONTH Elisabeth
Schwarzkopf Sings Operetta
Philharmonia
O/Otto Ackermann, Herbert von Karajan rec. 1950s
ALTO ALC 1122 [72:27]
[GF]
I
kept listening through the whole recital and ended up playing it once
again from beginning to end. Absolutely marvellous!
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