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Mélodies
Works by Debussy, Duparc, Saint-Saëns, Chabrier, Hahn &
Ravel 
Stéphane Degout (baritone) Hélène Lucas (piano) rec. 2010
NAÏVE V5209 [74:00]
[GF]
A
very appealing recital.
Mélodies
Songs
by Gabriel Fauré and Henri Duparc
Hugues Cuénod (tenor) Martin Isepp, Geoffrey Parsons (piano) rec. 1972-8
NIMBUS
NI 5736-37 [65:03 + 62:57]
[JW]
A
characteristically nasal voice with an individual sound that makes comparisons
unprofitable.
Music@Menlo
- Maps and Legends 1-8
rec. 2002-2010
MUSIC@MENLO No catalogue number [8 CDs: 588:45]
[JW]
Music@Menlo
- a chamber festival with a strong educative base, first held in 2002
and still going strong.
Naked
Byrd Two
Anna Sandström, Kirsteen Rogers, Rachel Robinson (soprano) Peter Morton
(tenor) Kelly McCusker (violin) Armonico Consort/Christopher Monks rec.
2010
SIGNUM SIGCD235 [52:40]
[BW]
Not
much Byrd, despite the title, but an attractive assemblage of powerfully
emotive music.
Norwegian
Safari
Øivind Farmen (accordion) Elise Båtnes (violin)
AURORA ACD5064 [43:45] [Byz]
Worthy
of consideration by anyone interested in adventurous accordion music
but playing time is an issue.
Overtures
in Hi-Fi
O de L’Opéra-Comique, Paris & Paris Conservatoire O/Albert Wolff
rec. 1951-7
DECCA ELOQUENCE 480 2385 [70:19 + 74:00] [DM]
Joyous
music-making … just too tempting to resist.
Oxford
Anthems
The Choir of New College, Oxford/Edward Higginbottom rec. 1987-2007
HERITAGE
HTGCD 217 [73:00]
[JV]
An
attractive sampler though as nice as this disc may be those interested
in the history of the English anthem should look for the original recordings.
Reflection
Choir
of Clare College, Cambridge/Timothy Brown
HERITAGE HTGCD 212 CD [66:00]
[JQ]
Immaculate
performances though the repertoire is of uneven quality.
Renaissance
Music by SUSATO, FRESCOBALDI,
GABRIELI, DOWLAND arr. for saxophone
quartet
Berlin Saxophone Quartet Clemens Hoffmann (soprano sax) Theo Nabicht
(alto sax) Christof Griese (tenor sax) Friedemann Graef (baritone sax)
rec. 2009
CPO 777 581-2 [63:13]
[DM]
A
sense of adventure and fun.
Resurrection
Herbert
HOWELLS (1892-1983) Like as the Hart Desireth
Waterbrooks Adam POUNDS (b.1954)
Life Cycle; Martyrdom of Latimer Gerald
FINZI (1901-1956) Lo, the Full Final Sacrifice
Academy of Great St. Mary’s/Sam Hayes/Adam Pounds rec. 2010
CAMBRIDGE RECORDINGS CAMREC004 [48:48] [JF]
Adam
Pounds: an underrated master of the orchestra.
Elisabeth
Schwarzkopf Perfect Prima Donna
EMI CLASSICS ICON 9184592 [10 CDs: 742:46]
[DBe]
A
very special collection of lieder, opera and operetta from one of the
great post-war sopranos.
Oxana
Shevchenko (piano) Works by Ravel, Shostakovich, Liszt, Mozart &
Musgrave
rec.
2010
DELPHIAN DCD34061 [65:29]
[JW]
Playing
of considerable poise, maturity and genuine accomplishment.
Smile
– Carol Jarvis
Carol Jarvis (trombone) Orchestra/Roderick Dunk rec. 2009
DIVINE ART DIVERSIONS DDV24150 [62:47] 
[CT]
Recorded
in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support, a charity close to Carol Jarvis’s
heart for very personal reasons, Smile is an entertaining and highly
polished showcase of the soloist’s versatility on the trombone.
Renata
Tebaldi sings Puccini & Verdi Favourites
rec.
1954-1959
ALTO ALC 1133 [67:46]
[DBe]
One
of the most naturally beautiful voices on record. Tebaldi’s achievements
should not be underrated.
Written
in Sand - Works by Ruders,
Hallgrímsson & Salonen
Sølve Sigerland (violin) Risør Festival Strings/Per Kristian Skalstad
rec. 2004/2008
SIMAX CLASSICS PSC1301 [59:14] [Byz]
Most
violin lovers interested in the more tonal end of late 20th century
music should find this a very satisfying acquisition.
BOOK
REVIEW
Manchester
Sounds - The Journal of the Manchester Musical Heritage Trust
Vol. 8 (2009-10)
Edited by David Fallows and David Ellis [JF]
Musik-Konzepte
151 - Arthur Sullivan
Edited by Ulrich Tadday [JSch]
Letters
from a Life The Selected Letters of Benjamin Britten 1913–1976.
Volume Five: 1958–1965 Edited by Philip Reed and Mervyn Cooke.
The Boydell Press 2010 [JS]
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