In
Mani dei Catalani
La Caravaggia/Lluís
Coll i Trulls rec. 2010
MUSIÈPOCA MEPCD-002 [61:40] [Byz]
Splendid
musicianship … compelling proficiency, enthusiasm and ensemble
playing.
Pierre
Monteux with the Boston Symphony Orchestra Ten Concerts
from the 1958 and 1959 Seasons
Boston SO/Pierre Monteux rec. 1958/59
WEST HILL RADIO ARCHIVES WHRA 6034 [11 CDs: 821:54] [JQ]
An
enriching set which contains a collection of magnificent live performances
by Pierre Monteux and the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
Nobel
Prize Concert 2009
Dmitri SHOSTAKOVICH (1906-1975)
Festive Overture Maurice RAVEL
(1875-1937) Piano Concerto Sergey PROKOFIEV
(1891-1953) Romeo and Juliet
Martha Argerich (piano) Royal Stockholm PO/Yuri Temirkanov rec. 2009
EUROARTS
2057894 
[79:00] [DBi]
A
very fine concert well recorded in high definition. Worth anyone's money.
Orlando
Furioso - Madrigals on poems by Ludovico Ariosto
Works by Lassus, Byrd and Palestrina
La Compagnia de Madrigale rec. 2009-2010
ARCANA A 363 [69.49] 
[GH]
Wonderful.
There will be a tear in the eye at the ravishing exquisiteness of it
all.
Massimo
Stefanizzi Guitar recital:
Johann Sebastian BACH (1685-1750)
Suite in E minor BWV 996 [16.53] Heitor VILLA-LOBOS
(1887-1959) Five Preludes (1940) [21.42] Choros No 1 (1920) [4.51]
Manuel PONCE (1892-1948)
Six Preludes [7.32] Federico MORENO TORROBA
(1891-1982) Sonatina (1953) [13.00]
Massimo Stefanizzi (guitar) rec. 2008
SHEVA SH038 [64.01] [PCG]
A
very good recital by a player who should be better known.
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH Surrexit
Christus - Vespers and Procession on Easter Sunday in the Notre
Dame in Paris in the 13th Century
Ensemble
Grégorien de Notre Dame de Paris/Sylvain Dieudonné rec. 2009
HORTUS 073 [71:17] 
[JV]
In
every respect a winner.
The
Thurston Connection:
English Music for Clarinet and Piano
Nicholas Cox (clarinet) Ian Buckle (piano) rec. The Friary, Liverpool,
31 August and 1 September 2011
BRITISH MUSIC SOCIETY BMS440CD [68:40]
[JF]
Impressive
and often stimulating.
Music
for Viola and Piano Works by Martinů, Kodály,
Dohnányi, Joachim & Enescu
Sarah-Jane Bradley (viola) Anthony Hewitt (piano) rec. 2008
NAXOS 8.572533 [67:32] [BR]
Good
performances of rather introspective music
Virtuoso
Baroque Michala Petri (recorders) Lars Hannibal (archlute)
rec. 2011
OUR RECORDINGS 6.220604 
[67:48] [DC]
A
fine celebratory recital.
Wanderer
Lieder by Schumann, Killmayer & Mahler
Christoph Prégardien (tenor) Ensemble Kontraste rec. 2010
CHALLENGE CLASSICS CC72518
[66:53] [MC]
I
will listen to this splendidly performed release again and again.
Way
Cool
Stanley Schumacher and the Music Now Ensemble
MUSICKMACHER PRODUCTIONS MM005 [50:08] [DC]
Where’s
the melody? A good place to start searching.
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