 BARGAIN 
          OF THE MONTH The 
          Maiden & the Nightingale – Songs of Spain Enrique 
          GRANADOS (1867–1916) 1. Goyescas (1916): La 
          maja y el ruiseñor [6:11]; Xavier MONTSALVATGE 
          (1912–2002) Cinco canciones negras (1946): 
          (2. I. Cuba dentro de un piano [4:06]; 3. II. Punto de habanera [1:55]; 
          4. III. Chévere [1:55]; 5. IV. Canción de cuna para dormer a un negrito 
          [2:20]; 6. V. Canto negro [1:18]) Enrique 
          GRANADOS Colección de canciones amatorias (Góngora 
          y Argote)(orch. Ferrer): (7. Llorad corazón [2:29]; 8. Iban 
          al pinar [1:51]) Joaquín RODRIGO (1901–1999) 
          Cuatro madrigales amatorios (Traditional): (9. I. E con 
          qué la lavaré? [2:26]; 10. II. Vos me matasteis [2:32]; 11. III. De dónde venís, amore? [1:02]; 12. IV. De los álamos 
          vengo, madre [1:55]) Tríptic de Mossén Cinto: (13. 
          I. L’harpa ssagrada [4:10]; 14. II. Lo violí de Sant Francesc [3:02]; 
          15. III. Sant Francesc I la cigala [3:50]) Federico 
          MOMPOU (1893–1987) El combat del somni (orch. 
          Ros-Marba): (16. I. Damunt de tu, només les flors [4:41]; 
          17. II. Aquesta nit un mateix vent [2:53]; 18. III. Jo et pressentia 
          com la mar [2:03]) Oscar ESPLÁ 
          (1886–1976) Cinco canciones playeras españolas: 
          (19. I. Rutas [1:25]; 20. II. Pregón [3:01]; 21. III. Las 12 [1:30]; 22. IV. El pescador sin dinero [3:20]; 23. V. 
          Copilla [1:32]) Eduardo TOLDRÁ (1895–1962) 
          24. Cançó de grumet [2:02]; 25. Cançó incerta 
          [2:43]; 26. Maig [4:01]; 27. Anacreóntica 
          [2:17]; Xavier MONTSALVATGE 28. 
          Madrical sobre un tema popular (El cant dels ocells) (1992) 
          [4:58]
BARGAIN 
          OF THE MONTH The 
          Maiden & the Nightingale – Songs of Spain Enrique 
          GRANADOS (1867–1916) 1. Goyescas (1916): La 
          maja y el ruiseñor [6:11]; Xavier MONTSALVATGE 
          (1912–2002) Cinco canciones negras (1946): 
          (2. I. Cuba dentro de un piano [4:06]; 3. II. Punto de habanera [1:55]; 
          4. III. Chévere [1:55]; 5. IV. Canción de cuna para dormer a un negrito 
          [2:20]; 6. V. Canto negro [1:18]) Enrique 
          GRANADOS Colección de canciones amatorias (Góngora 
          y Argote)(orch. Ferrer): (7. Llorad corazón [2:29]; 8. Iban 
          al pinar [1:51]) Joaquín RODRIGO (1901–1999) 
          Cuatro madrigales amatorios (Traditional): (9. I. E con 
          qué la lavaré? [2:26]; 10. II. Vos me matasteis [2:32]; 11. III. De dónde venís, amore? [1:02]; 12. IV. De los álamos 
          vengo, madre [1:55]) Tríptic de Mossén Cinto: (13. 
          I. L’harpa ssagrada [4:10]; 14. II. Lo violí de Sant Francesc [3:02]; 
          15. III. Sant Francesc I la cigala [3:50]) Federico 
          MOMPOU (1893–1987) El combat del somni (orch. 
          Ros-Marba): (16. I. Damunt de tu, només les flors [4:41]; 
          17. II. Aquesta nit un mateix vent [2:53]; 18. III. Jo et pressentia 
          com la mar [2:03]) Oscar ESPLÁ 
          (1886–1976) Cinco canciones playeras españolas: 
          (19. I. Rutas [1:25]; 20. II. Pregón [3:01]; 21. III. Las 12 [1:30]; 22. IV. El pescador sin dinero [3:20]; 23. V. 
          Copilla [1:32]) Eduardo TOLDRÁ (1895–1962) 
          24. Cançó de grumet [2:02]; 25. Cançó incerta 
          [2:43]; 26. Maig [4:01]; 27. Anacreóntica 
          [2:17]; Xavier MONTSALVATGE 28. 
          Madrical sobre un tema popular (El cant dels ocells) (1992) 
          [4:58]  Victoria 
          de los Angeles (soprano), New Philharmonia Orchestra (1), Orchestre 
          de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire (2–12, 19–23)/Rafael Frühbeck 
          de Burgos; Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux (13–18), Patronato Orquesta 
          Ciudad de Barcelona (24–27)/Antoni Ros-Marbá; Orquestra Ciutat de Barcelona/Garcia 
          Navarro (28); rec. Kingsway Hall, London, 18 April 1969 (1); Salle Wagram, 
          Paris, 5–8, 10, 27, 28 February 1962 (2–12 and 19–23); 10–14 March 1969 
          (13–18), Palacio de la Música, Barcelona, 13, 14, 16, 17 January 1969 
          (24–27); Barcelona (soundtrack from the Closing Ceremony of the 1992 
          Barcelona Olympic Games)(28)
 Victoria 
          de los Angeles (soprano), New Philharmonia Orchestra (1), Orchestre 
          de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire (2–12, 19–23)/Rafael Frühbeck 
          de Burgos; Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux (13–18), Patronato Orquesta 
          Ciudad de Barcelona (24–27)/Antoni Ros-Marbá; Orquestra Ciutat de Barcelona/Garcia 
          Navarro (28); rec. Kingsway Hall, London, 18 April 1969 (1); Salle Wagram, 
          Paris, 5–8, 10, 27, 28 February 1962 (2–12 and 19–23); 10–14 March 1969 
          (13–18), Palacio de la Música, Barcelona, 13, 14, 16, 17 January 1969 
          (24–27); Barcelona (soundtrack from the Closing Ceremony of the 1992 
          Barcelona Olympic Games)(28)  EMI CLASSICS GREAT RECORDINGS OF THE CENTURY 7243 5 62904 2 6 [78:13][GF]
 
          EMI CLASSICS GREAT RECORDINGS OF THE CENTURY 7243 5 62904 2 6 [78:13][GF]
        Riches 
          aplenty on this well-filled disc which shouldn’t be missing from any 
          respectable collection of vocal music. ... see Full 
          Review 
        
 The
                      Ultimate Movie Music Collection  see
                      review for details
 The
                      Ultimate Movie Music Collection  see
                      review for details  Cincinnati
                      Pops Orchestra/Erich Kunzel rec. various dates
 Cincinnati
                      Pops Orchestra/Erich Kunzel rec. various dates  TELARC
                      4CD-80700 [56.03 + 57.55 + 58.48 + 61.23] [RM-O]
 TELARC
                      4CD-80700 [56.03 + 57.55 + 58.48 + 61.23] [RM-O]
        A
              worthwhile collection even if you’re not a movie buff … see Full
              Review 
        The 
          Mystery of Christmas  Arr. 
          R. ANDERSON  The Huron Carol (1641) [2:40] Robert 
          EVANS  Ring-a the News* (1989) [3:09] Trad. 
          Arr. Noel EDISON  O Come All Ye Faithful* 
          [4:04] Harold DARKE  In the 
          Bleak Midwinter* [5:37] Healey WILLAN 
           The Three Kings [2:59] Trad. 
          Dutch  King Jesus hath a Garden [2:29] Franz 
          GRUBER  Silent Night [3:10] Trad. 
          English arr. David WILLCOCKS Tomorrow Shall be my Dancing 
          Day [2:07] Arthur HONEGGER  
          Laudate Dominum* [2:22] Francis POULENC 
           Quatre Motets pour le temps de Noël [11:45] Trad. 
          French arr. David WILLCOCKS Ding-Dong Merrily on High* 
          [2:09] Elizabeth POSTON  Jesus Christ the Apple Tree 
          (1967) [3:46] John RUTTER  
          What Sweeter Music* [5:00] Trad. German 
           The Linden Tree Carol [1:43] Benjamin 
          BRITTEN  A Hymn to the Virgin [3:17] Trad. 
          Polish arr. Sir Malcolm SARGENT  Star in the South 
          [3:20] MENDELSSOHN arr. Noel EDISON Hark 
          the Herald Angels Sing* [3:14] John TAVENER 
           God is with Us – A Christmas Proclamation* (1987) 
          [5:03]  The Elora 
          Festival Singers/*Michael Bloss (organ)/Noel Edison rec. The Church 
          of St. Mary Magdalene, Toronto, June 1997. DDD
 The Elora 
          Festival Singers/*Michael Bloss (organ)/Noel Edison rec. The Church 
          of St. Mary Magdalene, Toronto, June 1997. DDD   NAXOS 8.554179 [66:52][TP]
 
        NAXOS 8.554179 [66:52][TP]
        
I 
          can see myself returning to this disc gladly each December, and think 
          you will too.  Treat yourself to a copy this Christmas. ... see Full 
          Review
         RECORDING 
          OF THE MONTH Anna Netrebko 
          – Russian Album  Peter TCHAIKOVSKY 
          (1840 – 1893) Iolanta (1892): Arioso No. 1 [2:58]; 
          Sergei RACHMANINOV (1873 – 1943) 
          Song Op. 21 No. 7 “It is beautiful here” (1902) [2:24]; Song Op. 4 No. 
          4 “Oh, do not sing to me” (1893) [5:04]; Nikolai 
          RIMSKY-KORSAKOV (1844 – 1908) The Tale of Tsar Saltan (1900): Aria from 
          act 4 [3:27]; The Snow Maiden (1882): Scene and Aria from Prologue 
          [4:28]¹; Finale from act 4 [5:31]²; The Tsar’s Bride (1899): 
          Scene and Aria from Act 4 [5:29];  
          Peter TCHAIKOVSKY Romance Op. 
          38 No. 6 Pimpinella – Florentine Song [2:45]; Mikhail 
          GLINKA (1804 – 1857) A Life for the Tsar (1836): Cavatina 
          and Rondo from Act 1 [6:41]; Sergei PROKOFIEV 
          (1891 – 1953) War and Peace (1944): Excerpt from Scene 
          4 [8:11]³; Sergei RACHMANINOV 
          Francesca da Rimini (1906): Excerpt from Tableau 2 [3:16]; 
           Peter TCHAIKOVSKY 
          Eugene Onegin (1879): Letter Scene from Act 1 [13:03];
RECORDING 
          OF THE MONTH Anna Netrebko 
          – Russian Album  Peter TCHAIKOVSKY 
          (1840 – 1893) Iolanta (1892): Arioso No. 1 [2:58]; 
          Sergei RACHMANINOV (1873 – 1943) 
          Song Op. 21 No. 7 “It is beautiful here” (1902) [2:24]; Song Op. 4 No. 
          4 “Oh, do not sing to me” (1893) [5:04]; Nikolai 
          RIMSKY-KORSAKOV (1844 – 1908) The Tale of Tsar Saltan (1900): Aria from 
          act 4 [3:27]; The Snow Maiden (1882): Scene and Aria from Prologue 
          [4:28]¹; Finale from act 4 [5:31]²; The Tsar’s Bride (1899): 
          Scene and Aria from Act 4 [5:29];  
          Peter TCHAIKOVSKY Romance Op. 
          38 No. 6 Pimpinella – Florentine Song [2:45]; Mikhail 
          GLINKA (1804 – 1857) A Life for the Tsar (1836): Cavatina 
          and Rondo from Act 1 [6:41]; Sergei PROKOFIEV 
          (1891 – 1953) War and Peace (1944): Excerpt from Scene 
          4 [8:11]³; Sergei RACHMANINOV 
          Francesca da Rimini (1906): Excerpt from Tableau 2 [3:16]; 
           Peter TCHAIKOVSKY 
          Eugene Onegin (1879): Letter Scene from Act 1 [13:03];  Anna Netrebko (soprano), Zlata Bulycheva (mezzo)¹³, Dmitry Voropaev 
          (tenor)²³, Alexander Morozov (bass-baritone)²³, Ilya Bannik (bass)¹ 
          Chorus and Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre/Valery Gergiev rec.  Mariinsky 
          Theatre, St. Petersburg, December 2005, January, May, June 2006
 
          Anna Netrebko (soprano), Zlata Bulycheva (mezzo)¹³, Dmitry Voropaev 
          (tenor)²³, Alexander Morozov (bass-baritone)²³, Ilya Bannik (bass)¹ 
          Chorus and Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre/Valery Gergiev rec.  Mariinsky 
          Theatre, St. Petersburg, December 2005, January, May, June 2006  DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 00289 477 6384 [63:19][GF]
 
          DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 00289 477 6384 [63:19][GF] 
        Readers 
          who trust my judgement need read no further. 
          My advice is: Place your orders! ... see Full 
          Review 
         
          The Night 
          before Christmas Leopold 
          MOZART 
          (1719-87) Arr. Philip 
          LANE (b. 1950) Classic 
          Sleighride [3:11] Samuel 
          COLERIDGE-TAYLOR (1875-1912) Arr. Sydney 
          BAYNES (1879-1938) Christmas 
          Overture [5:53] Jules 
          MASSENET (1842-1912) The Last 
          Sleep of the Virgin (from La Vierge) 
          [4:49] Philip LANE 
          (b. 1950) Overture on French Carols 
          [5:05] The Night before Christmas [6:10] 
          Otto NICOLAI 
          (1810-49) Christmas Overture (based 
          on the chorale Von Himmel Hoch [11:26] 
          John CARMICHAEL 
          (b. 1930) Orchestrated by Philip 
          LANE Sleighride to Thredbo 
          [1:57] Franz LISZT 
          (1811-86) Arr. By Anthony 
          Collins (1893-1963) The Christmas 
          Tree Suite [10:35] Doreen 
          CARWITHEN (1922-2003) Reconstructed 
          by Philip LANE 
          On the Twelfth Day [20:24]  Stephen Fry (narrator) BBC Concert Orchestra 
          and BBC Singers/Barry Wordsworth rec. The 
          Colosseum, Town Hall, Watford, 11-12 September 
          2006. DDD
 
          Stephen Fry (narrator) BBC Concert Orchestra 
          and BBC Singers/Barry Wordsworth rec. The 
          Colosseum, Town Hall, Watford, 11-12 September 
          2006. DDD  NAXOS 8.570331 [69:30]
 
          NAXOS 8.570331 [69:30] 
        An 
          appealingly different Christmas disc marked 
          out by the contributions of Philip Lane. ... 
          see Full Review 
          
          At
                North Terrace Josef
                BOISMORTIER (1691-1765) Concerto
                for five flutes [7:28]1 Antonin
                REJCHA (1770-1836) Three Romances for Two Flutes [6:42]2 Georg
                Philipp TELEMANN (1681-1767)  Sonata in E major for
                two flutes [7:40]2 Petr
                EBEN (b. 1929) Sonata for flute and marimbaphone3 Jan
                KLUSAK (b. 1934)  1-4-3-2-5-6-7-10-9-8-11 - Invenzionetta for
                flute [5:30] Wolfgang Amadeus
                MOZART (1756-1791)  Andante in C Major [5:34]4 Christoph
                Willibald GLUCK (1714-1787)  Dance of the blessed spirits [3:28]4 Maurice
                RAVEL (1875-1937) Pièce en forme d'Habanera [2:49]4 Nicolo
                PAGANINI (1782-1840) Moto perpetuo[3:41]4
 At
                North Terrace Josef
                BOISMORTIER (1691-1765) Concerto
                for five flutes [7:28]1 Antonin
                REJCHA (1770-1836) Three Romances for Two Flutes [6:42]2 Georg
                Philipp TELEMANN (1681-1767)  Sonata in E major for
                two flutes [7:40]2 Petr
                EBEN (b. 1929) Sonata for flute and marimbaphone3 Jan
                KLUSAK (b. 1934)  1-4-3-2-5-6-7-10-9-8-11 - Invenzionetta for
                flute [5:30] Wolfgang Amadeus
                MOZART (1756-1791)  Andante in C Major [5:34]4 Christoph
                Willibald GLUCK (1714-1787)  Dance of the blessed spirits [3:28]4 Maurice
                RAVEL (1875-1937) Pièce en forme d'Habanera [2:49]4 Nicolo
                PAGANINI (1782-1840) Moto perpetuo[3:41]4  Zdenĕk
                Bruderhans (flute)
A. Aungles; E. Kariks; C. Webb; M. Elphinstone1; Christine Draeger2;
Amanda Grigg3; Eva Bruderhansova4 ; Analogue recordings
of live concerts, made by Radio 5UV, except Eben's Sonata which was recorded
digitally (Sony PCM, Beta video). Dates not given. ADD/DDD
 Zdenĕk
                Bruderhans (flute)
A. Aungles; E. Kariks; C. Webb; M. Elphinstone1; Christine Draeger2;
Amanda Grigg3; Eva Bruderhansova4 ; Analogue recordings
of live concerts, made by Radio 5UV, except Eben's Sonata which was recorded
digitally (Sony PCM, Beta video). Dates not given. ADD/DDD  ARBITRIUM
RECORDS 1116 [55:55] [SA]
 ARBITRIUM
RECORDS 1116 [55:55] [SA]
        A 
          joyous disc. Arbitrium are to be congratulated for giving us the chance 
          to hear what the flute can achieve and for allowing us to hear 
          some less well known repertoire ... see Full 
          Review 
          
           Oboe Solo  Johann 
          Sebastian BACH (1685-1750) Partita in G 
          minor BWV 1013 [12:39] Gilles SILVESTRINI 
          (b.1961) Six études pour hautbois [15:26] Carl 
          Philipp Emanuel BACH (1714-1788) Sonata for solo oboe Wq132 
          [11:29] Astor PIAZZOLLA (1921-1992) 
          Tango-études pour hautbois seul [23:36]
 
          Oboe Solo  Johann 
          Sebastian BACH (1685-1750) Partita in G 
          minor BWV 1013 [12:39] Gilles SILVESTRINI 
          (b.1961) Six études pour hautbois [15:26] Carl 
          Philipp Emanuel BACH (1714-1788) Sonata for solo oboe Wq132 
          [11:29] Astor PIAZZOLLA (1921-1992) 
          Tango-études pour hautbois seul [23:36]  Yeon-Hee Kwak (oboe) rec. Oranienburg Schoβ Nordkirchen 20-22 January 
          200? DDD
 
          Yeon-Hee Kwak (oboe) rec. Oranienburg Schoβ Nordkirchen 20-22 January 
          200? DDD  MUSIKPRODUKTION 
          DABRINGHAUS UND GRIMM MDG 603 1423-2 [63:29][PCW]
 MUSIKPRODUKTION 
          DABRINGHAUS UND GRIMM MDG 603 1423-2 [63:29][PCW]  
          
          Lovers of the oboe will surely enjoy this imaginative and beautifully 
          played recital, and it should also win new friends for the instrument 
          … see Full Review
        Organ 
          Spectacular 
          Louis James LEFÉBURE-WÉLY 
          (1817-1869) Sortie in E flat [3:54] Ralph 
          VAUGHAN WILLIAMS (1872-1958) Rhosymedre [4:01] Théodore 
          DUBOIS (1837-1924) Toccata (1886) [6:38] Michael 
          PRAETORIUS (1571-1621) Ballet des Matelotz (arr. 
          Noel Rawsthorne) [1:57] Sir 
          George THALBEN-BALL (1896-1987) Elegy (1944) [5:28] 
          Alexandre 
          GUILMANT (1837-1911) Interlude Op.19 [1:52] John 
          IRELAND (1879-1962) Capriccio (1911) [5:06] Giacomo 
          MEYERBEER (1791-1864) Coronation March (1849) (arr: Bryan 
          Hesford) [4:04] Herbert 
          HOWELLS (1892-1983) Master Tallis’s Testament (1940) 
          [6:44] Sir 
          Edward BAIRSTOW (1874-1946) Organ Sonata in E flat 
          – Scherzo (1937) [3:46] Guy BOVET 
          (b. 1942) Hamburg (Prelude No.3) from Trois Preludes Hambourgeois  
          [5:09] Percy WHITLOCK 
          (1903-1946) Folk Tune [3:58] Eugène 
          GIGOUT (1844-1925) Scherzo (1892) [4:28] Herbert 
          MURRILL (1909-1952) Carillon (1949) [2:23] Henry 
          PURCELL (1659-1695) Rondeau from ‘Abdelazar’ (arr. 
          Christopher Gower) [1:29] William 
          MATHIAS (1934-1992) Processional (1965) [3:31] Jeremiah 
          CLARKE (1673-1707) Trumpet Voluntary (arr: Desmond Radcliffe) [2:30] Sir 
          Edward ELGAR (1857-1934) Nimrod (arr: W. H. Harris) [3:53] 
          Charles-Marie 
          WIDOR (1844-1937) Toccata (1880) [5:35]  Huw Williams (organ) rec. St. Paul’s Cathedral, London, 8–10 February 
          2005. DDD
 
          Huw Williams (organ) rec. St. Paul’s Cathedral, London, 8–10 February 
          2005. DDD  GUILD GMCD 
          7304 [77:44] [CB]
 GUILD GMCD 
          7304 [77:44] [CB]
        Poorly 
          conceived programme ... Williams comes into his own in the English repertoire 
          ... excellent command of the organ ... see Full 
          Review 
          
         Betrachte,
                  meine Seel – Thomas
                  Quasthoff Johann
                  Sebastian BACH (1685–1750) Weihnachtsoratorium,
                  BWV 248 1. Aria: Grosser Herr, o starker König [4:45]; 2. Duetto:
                  Herr, dein Mitleid, dein Erbarmen [7:34]; Johannes-Passion,
                  BWV 245 3. Arioso: Betrachte, meine Seel [2:31]; 4. Aria and
                  Choral: Mein teurer Heiland, lass dich fragen – Jesu, der du
                  warest
tot [4:08]; Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244 5. Aria: Mache dich, mein Herze,
rein [6:19]; George Frideric HANDEL (1685–1759) Messiah HMV
56
6. Accompagnato: Behold, I tell you a mystery – Aria: The trumpet shall sound
[9:17]; Joseph HAYDN (1732–1809) Die
Jahreszeiten 7. Recitativo: Vom Widder strahlet jetzt – Aria: Schon eilet
froh der Ackersmann [4:25];
8. Aria and Recitativo: Erblicke hier, betörter Mensch – Die bleibt allein und
leitet uns [4:42]; Die Schöpfung  9. Recitativo: Und Gott sprach – Aria:
Rollend in schäumenden Wellen [4:50]; Felix
MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY (1809–1847) Elias, Op. 70 10. Aria: Herr
Gott Abrahams [3:28]; 11. Aria: Es ist genug! [5:15]; Paulus, Op. 36 12. Aria:
Gott, sei mir gnädig [5:38]; trad. 13.
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot (arr. Meyer)
 Betrachte,
                  meine Seel – Thomas
                  Quasthoff Johann
                  Sebastian BACH (1685–1750) Weihnachtsoratorium,
                  BWV 248 1. Aria: Grosser Herr, o starker König [4:45]; 2. Duetto:
                  Herr, dein Mitleid, dein Erbarmen [7:34]; Johannes-Passion,
                  BWV 245 3. Arioso: Betrachte, meine Seel [2:31]; 4. Aria and
                  Choral: Mein teurer Heiland, lass dich fragen – Jesu, der du
                  warest
tot [4:08]; Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244 5. Aria: Mache dich, mein Herze,
rein [6:19]; George Frideric HANDEL (1685–1759) Messiah HMV
56
6. Accompagnato: Behold, I tell you a mystery – Aria: The trumpet shall sound
[9:17]; Joseph HAYDN (1732–1809) Die
Jahreszeiten 7. Recitativo: Vom Widder strahlet jetzt – Aria: Schon eilet
froh der Ackersmann [4:25];
8. Aria and Recitativo: Erblicke hier, betörter Mensch – Die bleibt allein und
leitet uns [4:42]; Die Schöpfung  9. Recitativo: Und Gott sprach – Aria:
Rollend in schäumenden Wellen [4:50]; Felix
MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY (1809–1847) Elias, Op. 70 10. Aria: Herr
Gott Abrahams [3:28]; 11. Aria: Es ist genug! [5:15]; Paulus, Op. 36 12. Aria:
Gott, sei mir gnädig [5:38]; trad. 13.
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot (arr. Meyer)  Thomas
Quasthoff (bass-baritone), Sibylla Rubens (soprano) (2), Markus Schmutzler (trumpet)
(1, 6), Andreas Lorenz,
Bernhard Mühlbach (oboe d’amore) (2), Jürg Kettmann, Ulrich Scobel (viola d’amore),
Stefan Maass (lute) (3); Staatsopernchor Dresden, Staatskapelle Dresden/Sebastian
Weigle
rec. Palais im Grossen Garten, Dresden, June 2006
 Thomas
Quasthoff (bass-baritone), Sibylla Rubens (soprano) (2), Markus Schmutzler (trumpet)
(1, 6), Andreas Lorenz,
Bernhard Mühlbach (oboe d’amore) (2), Jürg Kettmann, Ulrich Scobel (viola d’amore),
Stefan Maass (lute) (3); Staatsopernchor Dresden, Staatskapelle Dresden/Sebastian
Weigle
rec. Palais im Grossen Garten, Dresden, June 2006  DEUTSCHE
GRAMMOPHON 477 6230 [66:10]
[GF]
 DEUTSCHE
GRAMMOPHON 477 6230 [66:10]
[GF]
        Quasthoff’s
              lieder-like approach to these well-known sacred arias makes this
              an uncommonly expressive disc. ... see Full
              Review 
         
          Instruments from the 
          Raymond Russell Collection Volume I  anon 
          Gailliarda la Reyne d'Écosse [01:09] Queen of Scots Galliard 
          [01:23] Tarquinio MERULA (1594/95-1665) 
          Capriccio cromatico [03:23] William 
          BYRD (1542/43-1623) Pavana The Earle of Salisbury [01:28] 
          Galiarda [01:20] Jan Pieterszoon SWEELINCK 
          (1562-1621) Ballo del granduca [05:22] Domenico SCARLATTI (1685-1757) 
          Sonata in f minor (K 481) 
          [05:41] Sonata in G (K 
          471) [03:13] Maurice GREENE (1695-1755) 
          Suite in F [05:43] Johann Sebastian 
          BACH (1685-1750) Prelude and fugue in E flat (BWV 876) 
          [05:31] (from 'Wohltemperirtes Clavier', II) John 
          STANLEY (1712-1786) Voluntary in G, Op. 7,9 [04:21] 
          George Frideric HANDEL (1685-1759) 
          Fugue in a minor [03:53] (from 'Six Fugues or Voluntarys, Op. 
          3') Antoine FORQUERAY (1672-1745) 
          3e Suite in D: La Régente; La Du Vaucel; La Morangis ou La Plissay 
          [17:03] Armand-Louis COUPERIN (1727-1789) 
          L'Affligée [05:59] George Frideric 
          HANDEL Overture Rodelinda [04:21] Muzio 
          CLEMENTI (1752-1832) Sonatina in D, Op. 36,6 [05:59] 
           John Kitchen (clavichord, 
          fortepiano, harpsichord, organ, spinet, virginal) rec. December 2000, 
          St Cecilia's Hall, Edinburgh, UK. DDD
 John Kitchen (clavichord, 
          fortepiano, harpsichord, organ, spinet, virginal) rec. December 2000, 
          St Cecilia's Hall, Edinburgh, UK. DDD  DELPHIAN DCD 34001 [75:53]   Instruments from the Raymond 
          Russell Collection, Volume II George 
          Frideric HANDEL (1685-1759) Suite in d minor (HWV 437) 
          [08:28] Henry PURCELL (1659-1695) 
          March [00:52] Minuet [00:45] A new Ground [02:10] 
          A new Scotch Tune [01:04] A new Irish Tune [01:19] (from 
          'Musick's Handmaid', 1689) anon 
          Fy gar rub her o'er with Straw [02:15] The Flowers of the 
          Forrest [01:59] Maggy Lauder [01:56] (from Robert Bremner's 
          'The Harpsichord or Spinnet Miscellany', 1765) Michelangelo 
          ROSSI (1601/02-1656) Toccata VII [04:50] Thomas 
          TOMKINS (1572-1656) A sad Pavan for these distracted times 
          [05:37] John BLOW (1649-1708) 
          Voluntary in C [05:02] Johann Christoph 
          Friedrich BACH (1732-1795) Marche [02:49] Menuet 
          [02:25] Adagio [01:49] Andante [01:38] Marche [02:00] 
          (from: 'Musikalische Nebenstunden', 1787-88) Franz 
          Xaver MOZART (1791-1844) Polonaise mélancolique No 1 in 
          c minor [03:47] Polonaise mélancolique No 2 in a minor [04:01] 
          Armand-Louis COUPERIN (1727-1789) 
          Les Tendres Sentimens [03:25] L'Affligée [06:23] L'Enjouée 
          [04:19] Christoph GRAUPNER (1683-1760) 
          Partita in E 'November': praeludium; menuet; gavotte; chaconne 
          [08:24]
 
          DELPHIAN DCD 34001 [75:53]   Instruments from the Raymond 
          Russell Collection, Volume II George 
          Frideric HANDEL (1685-1759) Suite in d minor (HWV 437) 
          [08:28] Henry PURCELL (1659-1695) 
          March [00:52] Minuet [00:45] A new Ground [02:10] 
          A new Scotch Tune [01:04] A new Irish Tune [01:19] (from 
          'Musick's Handmaid', 1689) anon 
          Fy gar rub her o'er with Straw [02:15] The Flowers of the 
          Forrest [01:59] Maggy Lauder [01:56] (from Robert Bremner's 
          'The Harpsichord or Spinnet Miscellany', 1765) Michelangelo 
          ROSSI (1601/02-1656) Toccata VII [04:50] Thomas 
          TOMKINS (1572-1656) A sad Pavan for these distracted times 
          [05:37] John BLOW (1649-1708) 
          Voluntary in C [05:02] Johann Christoph 
          Friedrich BACH (1732-1795) Marche [02:49] Menuet 
          [02:25] Adagio [01:49] Andante [01:38] Marche [02:00] 
          (from: 'Musikalische Nebenstunden', 1787-88) Franz 
          Xaver MOZART (1791-1844) Polonaise mélancolique No 1 in 
          c minor [03:47] Polonaise mélancolique No 2 in a minor [04:01] 
          Armand-Louis COUPERIN (1727-1789) 
          Les Tendres Sentimens [03:25] L'Affligée [06:23] L'Enjouée 
          [04:19] Christoph GRAUPNER (1683-1760) 
          Partita in E 'November': praeludium; menuet; gavotte; chaconne 
          [08:24]  John Kitchen 
          (clavichord, harpsichord, organ, spinet, square piano, virginal) rec. 
          April 2005, St Cecilia's Hall, Edinburgh, UK. DDD
 John Kitchen 
          (clavichord, harpsichord, organ, spinet, square piano, virginal) rec. 
          April 2005, St Cecilia's Hall, Edinburgh, UK. DDD  DELPHIAN DCD 34039 [77:22][JV]
 
          DELPHIAN DCD 34039 [77:22][JV] 
        These 
          two discs bring some instruments from the famous Russell Collection 
          in Edinburgh to life with repertoire which explores their characteristics 
          ... see Full Review
        Salon 
          Orchestra Favourites IV – German Hit Songs of 
          the 1930s  Werner 
          Richard HEYMANN (1896-1961), Gerhard 
          WINKLER (1906-1977), Peter KREUDER (1905-1981) 
           Annette Postel (vocals) 
          Salonorchester Schwanen/Georg Huber rec. 15-17 April 2005 Clara Wieck 
          Auditorium, Sandhausen Germany
 Annette Postel (vocals) 
          Salonorchester Schwanen/Georg Huber rec. 15-17 April 2005 Clara Wieck 
          Auditorium, Sandhausen Germany  NAXOS 8.557768 [65:43] [DB]
 
          NAXOS 8.557768 [65:43] [DB]
        Pleasant 
          performances of overlooked German chestnuts. 
          … see Full 
          Review 
         RECORDING
              OF THE MONTH The
              Best of Andreas Scholl see
              review for details
 RECORDING
              OF THE MONTH The
              Best of Andreas Scholl see
              review for details  Andreas
              Scholl (counter-tenor) Barbara Bonney (soprano) Edin Karamazov
              (lute, archlute) Stacey Shames, Hyun-Sun Na, Siobhán Armstrong
              (harp) Harvey Brough (psaltery) Elizabeth Kenny (theorbo) Baroque
              String Quartet, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Orchestra of the Age
              of Enlightenment/Sir Roger Norrington, Australian Brandenburg Orchestra/Paul
              Dyer, Accademia Bizantina/Ottavio Dantone, Les Talents Lyriques/Christophe
              Rousset
rec. various locations 1998–2004
 Andreas
              Scholl (counter-tenor) Barbara Bonney (soprano) Edin Karamazov
              (lute, archlute) Stacey Shames, Hyun-Sun Na, Siobhán Armstrong
              (harp) Harvey Brough (psaltery) Elizabeth Kenny (theorbo) Baroque
              String Quartet, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Orchestra of the Age
              of Enlightenment/Sir Roger Norrington, Australian Brandenburg Orchestra/Paul
              Dyer, Accademia Bizantina/Ottavio Dantone, Les Talents Lyriques/Christophe
              Rousset
rec. various locations 1998–2004  DECCA
475 7667 [77:26]
[GF]
 DECCA
475 7667 [77:26]
[GF]
        I
              was completely enthralled from beginning to end. A marvellous disc!
              ... see Full Review 
         
          The Art of 
          Yulian Sitkovetsky Volumes I -IV 
           full 
          details in the review
 
          full 
          details in the review  ARTEK AR 0026/30-2 [72:18] [JW]
 
          ARTEK AR 0026/30-2 [72:18] [JW]
        Sitkovetsky 
          admirers will snap these up … Sitkovetsky 
          was a wonderful, comet-like talent ... see 
          Full Review 
          
         
          Star Wars 
          John 
          WILLIAMS (b. 1932) Star Wars: 
          1. Main title theme [5.26] 2. Pincess Lela’s 
          theme [4.36] 3. The battle [7.18] 4. Cantina 
          band [2.18] 5. The little people [5.53] 6. 
          The throne room [6.40] John 
          WILLIAMS Close encounters of the 
          third kind (main theme) [7.04] Larry 
          ROSENTHAL (b. 1926) Meteor 
          (main theme) [3.40] Jerry 
          GOLDSMITH (b. 1929) Alien 
          (main theme) [4.45] Richard 
          STRAUSS (1864-1949) arr R. 
          HAYMAN 2001 A space odyssey 
          (main theme) [3.13] Glen 
          A LARSON (b. 1937) and Stu 
          PHILLIPS (b. 1926) Battlestar 
          Galactica (main theme) [6.29]  Richard Hayman and his Orchestra rec. February-June 
          1989. DDD
 
          Richard Hayman and his Orchestra rec. February-June 
          1989. DDD  NAXOS 8.555020 [57.23] [RMO]
 
          NAXOS 8.555020 [57.23] [RMO]
        Should 
          have been left on the shelf. … see Full 
          Review 
         Tenebrae 
          John TAVENER (b. 
          1944)  
          Song for Athene (1993) [6:11] John 
          IRELAND (1879-1962)  Ex ore innocentium 
          [4:05] John TAVENER 
           The Lamb* (1982) [3:51] Sergei 
          RACHMANINOV (1873-1943) Hymn to 
          the Cherubim [4:39] Count 
          Alexander SHEREMETIEV (1859-1931)  
          Now ye heavenly powers [3:42] Benjamin 
          BRITTEN (1913-1976)  Hymn to St. 
          Cecilia* (1942) [10:59] Pavel 
          LUKASZEWSKI (b.1968)  Ave Maria 
          [3:57]Antonio 
          LOTTI (1667-1740)  8-part Crucifixus 
          [3:39] Gregorio 
          ALLEGRI (1582-1652)  Miserere [11:59] 
          Zoltán KODÁLY (1882-1967) 
           Esti Dal** [3:08] Traditional 
          (arr. 
          Nigel SHORT) 
           The Dying Soldier [4:34] Gustav 
          HOLST (1874-1934)  Psalm 148, Lord 
          who hast made us for Thine own [4:53] William 
          Henry HARRIS (1883-1973)  Faire 
          is the Heaven [5:23]
 
          Tenebrae 
          John TAVENER (b. 
          1944)  
          Song for Athene (1993) [6:11] John 
          IRELAND (1879-1962)  Ex ore innocentium 
          [4:05] John TAVENER 
           The Lamb* (1982) [3:51] Sergei 
          RACHMANINOV (1873-1943) Hymn to 
          the Cherubim [4:39] Count 
          Alexander SHEREMETIEV (1859-1931)  
          Now ye heavenly powers [3:42] Benjamin 
          BRITTEN (1913-1976)  Hymn to St. 
          Cecilia* (1942) [10:59] Pavel 
          LUKASZEWSKI (b.1968)  Ave Maria 
          [3:57]Antonio 
          LOTTI (1667-1740)  8-part Crucifixus 
          [3:39] Gregorio 
          ALLEGRI (1582-1652)  Miserere [11:59] 
          Zoltán KODÁLY (1882-1967) 
           Esti Dal** [3:08] Traditional 
          (arr. 
          Nigel SHORT) 
           The Dying Soldier [4:34] Gustav 
          HOLST (1874-1934)  Psalm 148, Lord 
          who hast made us for Thine own [4:53] William 
          Henry HARRIS (1883-1973)  Faire 
          is the Heaven [5:23]  Tenebrae/Nigel Short Jeremy Filsell (organ) 
          rec. St. Jude’s on the Hill, Hampstead, London, 
          5, 7 January 2006; *St. Michael’s, Highgate, 
          London, 17 May 2004; **All Hallows, Gospel 
          Oak, London, 8 July 2005 DDD
 
          Tenebrae/Nigel Short Jeremy Filsell (organ) 
          rec. St. Jude’s on the Hill, Hampstead, London, 
          5, 7 January 2006; *St. Michael’s, Highgate, 
          London, 17 May 2004; **All Hallows, Gospel 
          Oak, London, 8 July 2005 DDD  SIGNUM CLASSICS SIGCD085 [71:03] [JQ]
 
          SIGNUM CLASSICS SIGCD085 [71:03] [JQ]
        Another 
          winner from Tenebrae! ... see Full 
          Review 
         
          Victor Tretiakov 
          (violin) Compendium (see 
          review for details)  Mikhael Erokhin (piano) Victor Tretiakov (violin) 
          rec 1965-90
 
          Mikhael Erokhin (piano) Victor Tretiakov (violin) 
          rec 1965-90  BRILLIANT CLASSICS 93005 [10 CDs: 72:14 
          + 73:24 + 71:33 + 72:01 + 67:24 + 62:13 + 
          72:14 + 75:18 + 69:43 + 73:34] [JW]
 
          BRILLIANT CLASSICS 93005 [10 CDs: 72:14 
          + 73:24 + 71:33 + 72:01 + 67:24 + 62:13 + 
          72:14 + 75:18 + 69:43 + 73:34] [JW]
        Tretiakov 
          discs are not that plentiful and it’s an opportune 
          time to salute this powerful figure on his 
          sixtieth birthday. ... see Full 
          Review  
        
  Twenty
                Great Violinists
 Twenty
                Great Violinists  Adolf
                Busch, Mischa Elman, Zino Francescatti,
                Fritz Kreisler, Ida Haendel, Jascha Heifetz, Bronislaw Huberman,
                Leonid Kogan, Georg Kulenkampff, Yehudi Menuhin, Nathan Milstein,
                Erica Morini, Ricardo Odnoposof, David Oistrakh, Ruggiero Ricci,
                Albert Spalding, Isaac Stern, Josef Szigeti, Efrem Zimbalist
                - see review for perfomance details
 Adolf
                Busch, Mischa Elman, Zino Francescatti,
                Fritz Kreisler, Ida Haendel, Jascha Heifetz, Bronislaw Huberman,
                Leonid Kogan, Georg Kulenkampff, Yehudi Menuhin, Nathan Milstein,
                Erica Morini, Ricardo Odnoposof, David Oistrakh, Ruggiero Ricci,
                Albert Spalding, Isaac Stern, Josef Szigeti, Efrem Zimbalist
                - see review for perfomance details  LIVING
        ERA CLASSICS AJC8562 [75:30] [RM-O]
 LIVING
        ERA CLASSICS AJC8562 [75:30] [RM-O]
        A
              highly recommended album … even if it is still in its original
              mono! ... see Full Review 
         
        
        BOOK 
          REVIEWS 
         
          The 
          Penguin Guide to Compact Discs & DVDs 
          Yearbook 2006/7 Best Buys in Classical Music 
          Compiled 
          by Ivan March, Edward Greenfield and Robert 
          Layton Penguin Books; Paperback; 700 pages; 
          ISBN 0-141-02723 1 UK £20; Can $32; U.S.A. 
          $21 [IL]
        Reviews 
          of new CDs issued since the main Guide was 
          published. For the ‘not-too-serious’ listener 
          requiring guidance on best recordings this 
          Yearbook is an invaluable ‘stand-alone’ reference 
          ... see Full 
          Review 
         
          Wolfgang Amadeus 
          Mozart: a Biography 
          [Originally published as 
          WAM: La Vita e il Tempo de Wolfgang Amadeus 
          Mozart, Gius. Laterza & Figli, 2003] 
          by Piero Melograni. Translated into English 
          by Lydia G. Cochrane [PSh] 
        The 
          best biography of Mozart — and one of the 
          best biographies of anyone — I’ve ever read 
          ... see Full 
          Review 
         Wrong 
          Sex, Wrong Instrument by Maggie 
          Cotton Foreword: Christopher Morley Pages: 364 paperback ISBN: 1-904444-71-7; 
          978-1-904444-71-8 Apex Publishing Limited, PO Box 7068, Clacton-on-Sea 
          CO15  5WN £9.99 [ABu]
        A 
          more appropriate title could not be imagined for this splendid, heartening 
          and truly stunning book about orchestral life seen and heard from the 
          inside. ... see Full Review
          
        LIONEL 
          TERTIS - The First Great Virtuoso of the Viola by 
          John White. First published 2006, 40 b/w illustrations, 424 pages. Size: 
          23 x 15 cm, Binding: Hardback, ISBN-10: 184383278X; ISBN-13: 9781843832782 
          BOYDELL PRESS Price: 47.95 USD / 25.00 GBP [ABu]
        This 
          is an excellent book and deserves the attention of all who have a lively 
          interest in the annals of British music. ... see Full 
          Review 
          
           
          The Music of Franz Schmidt Volume 
          1: The Orchestral Music by Harold Truscott [PCW]
        Essential 
          reading for those in the English-speaking 
          world interested in a composer not yet fully 
          recognised by it … see Full 
          Review
        Roz 
          SOUTHEY (b.1952) 
          Music-Making in North-East England during 
          the Eighteenth Century Published 
          2006 Ashgate Publishing ISBN-13: 978-0-7546-5097-3 
          259 pages £55.00 [RH]
        Adds 
          enormously to our picture of music-making; 
          more importantly it examines what was happening 
          in ordinary places away from the glare of 
          celebrity ... see Full 
          Review
         
        
        
          
         
            
        
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        [Part 
        1 New]  [Part 
        2 A-B] [Part 3 C-L]
        [Part 
        4 M-R]  [Part 
        5 S-Z]
        [Part 
        6 Misc A-L][Part 
        7 Misc M-Z] 
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        recordings]