William
ALWYN
(1905-1985) Elizabethan
Dances (6) (1956-57) [17:34] The Innumerable
Dance - An English Overture (1933) [10:37]
Concerto for Oboe, Harp and Strings (1943-44)
[18:51] Aphrodite in Aulis - An Eclogue
for small orchestra after George Moore (1932)
[05:09] The Magic Island (1952) [10:53]
Festival March (1951) [08:05] 
Eleanor Hudson (harp) Jonathan Small (oboe)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/David
Lloyd-Jones rec. Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool,
19-22 January 2006. DDD. world premiere recordings
(The Innumerable Dance; Aphrodite
in Aulis)
NAXOS 8.570144 [71:09] [JW]
Two
premiere recordings at bargain cost and generally
excellent performances are not to be spurned
lightly. ... see Full
Review
Johann
Sebastian BACH
(1685-1750)
Concerto for violin in A minor BWV1041 (1717-23)
[13:11] Concerto for violin in E major BWV1042
(1717-23) [16:30] Concerto for violin and
oboe in C minor BWV1060 [13:08] ¹ Concerto
for two violins in D minor BWV1043 [14:21]²
Richard Tognetti (violin) Helena Rathbone
(violin)² Diana Doherty (oboe)¹
Australian Chamber Orchestra rec. Eugene Goossens
Hall, ABC’s Ultimo Centre, October 2005
ABC CLASSICS 476 5691 [57:58] [JW]
Strongly
ambivalent feelings about these performances.
If they had tried less hard to impress, the
performances would have engaged me more. ...
see Full
Review
Johann
Sebastian BACH
(1685-1750) Concerto
for Flute, Violin, Harpsichord and Strings,
BWV 1044 (1730) [20.38]
Stefano Bet (flute); Francesco Cera (harpsichord)
Brandenburg Concertos for diverse instruments
(1721) Concerto
No. 1 in F, BWV 1046 [16.47] Emiliano
Rodolfi (oboe); Thomas Müller; Raoul Diaz
(horns); Maria de Martini (bassoon). Concerto
No. 2 in F, BWV 1047 [10.19] Gabriele Cassone
(trumpet); Maurice Steger (recorder); Emiliano
Rodolfi (oboe) Concerto No. 3 in G, BWV 1048
[9.26] Concerto No. 4 in G, BWV 1049 [15.03]
Maurice Steger; Stefano Bet (recorders) Concerto
No. 5 in D, BWV 1050 [19.09] Stefano Bet (flute);
Diego Fasolis (harpsichord) Concerto No. 6
in Bb, BWV 1051 [14.28] Dullio Galfetti,
Giovanni de Rosa (violas) Dullio Galfetti
(leader and solo violin) I Barocchisti/Diego
Fasolis (conducting from the harpsichord).
DSD Recording location and date not given.
Co-production with Radio della Svizzera Italiana,
Rete 2. Notes in English, Deutsch, Français,
Italiano. Hybrid SACD
ARTS MUSIK 
47715-8 [51.51] 47716-8 [54.28][PSh]
A
very good, very fast, performance recorded
in passable stereo but problematic surround-sound,
not likely to be anybody’s first choice for
these popular and frequently recorded works.
... see Full
Review
Johann Sebastian
Bach - Legendary Recordings Johann
Sebastian BACH (1685-1750) see
review for details Johannes-Passion BWV
245 [130:27] cond. Günther Ramin Wer
mich liebet, der wird mein Wort halten BWV
59 [12:56] Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen
BWV 51* [20:05] Magnificat in D
major BWV 243 [31:48] Wiederstehe doch
der Sünde BWV 54 [13:26] Ich habe
genug BWV 82 [26:56] Ich will den Kreuzstab
gerne tragen BWV 56 [22:13] Motetten:-
Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied BWV
225 [15:40] Der Geist hilft unsrer Schwachheit
auf BWV 226 [8:43] Jesu, meine Freude
BWV 227 [22:46] Fürchte dich nicht,
ich bin bei dir BWV 228 [9:31] Komm,
Jesu, komm BWV 229 [9:36] Lobet den
Herrn, alle Heiden BWV 230 [7:26] cond.
Kurt Thomas Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott
BWV 80 [28:33] Wachet auf, ruft uns
die Stimme BWV 140 [28:38] Ich armer
Mensch, ich Sündenknecht BWV 55*
[15:41] Gleichwie der Regen und Schnee
von Himmel fällt BWV 18 [16:33] Nun
komm, der Heiden Heiland BWV 62 [23:26]
Jesu, der du meine Seele BWV78* [24:12cond.
Erhard Mauersberger Lobe den Herren, den
mächtigen König der Ehren BWV137
[15:07] Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis
BWV 21* [39:42] Gottes Zeit ist der
allerbeste Zeit (Actus tragicus) BWV 106*
[23:02] Der Himmel lacht, die Erde jubilieret
BWV 31 [22:44] Erfreut Euch, ihr Herzen
BWV 66 cond. Hans-Joachim Rotzch Erschallet
ihr Lieder BWV 172 [22:00] Also hat
Gott die Welt geliebt BWV 68 [16:09] Wie
schön leuchtet der Morgenstern BWV
1* [21:32] cond. Hans-Joachim Rotzch
BERLIN CLASSICS 0183942BC [10 CDs] [JQ]
Despite
some shortcomings this is a most valuable
and interesting set and lovers of Bach’s sacred
music should certainly investigate it. ...
see Full Review
Johann
Sebastian BACH
(1685-1750)
Mass in B minor, BWV232
Emmy Loose (soprano); Hilde Ceska (soprano);
Gertrud Burgsthaler-Schuster (contralto);
Anton Dermota (tenor); Alfred Poell (bass);
Anton Heiller (organ) Vienna Academy Chamber
Choir and Vienna Symphony Orchestra/Hermann
Scherchen rec. Mozartsaal, Vienna, October
1950
TAHRA 618/19 [63:35 + 59:24] [JW]
A
living text; a source of drama and commitment.
... see Full
Review
Johann Sebastian
BACH (1685–1750) Mass in B minor, BWV
232 (circa 1740) [101.28]
Mechtild Bach (soprano) Daniel Taylor (alto) Marcus Ullmann (tenor)
Raimund Nolte (bass) Kammerchor Stuttgart Barockorchester Stuttgart/Frieder
Bernius rec. March 2004, Ev. Kirche, Reutlingen-Goningen
CARUS 83.211 [50.14 + 51.14][RH]
Not
quite on a par with some of the fine period performances of the past,
but it comes pretty close, with some superb playing and singing making
for a highly recommendable modern version. ... see Full
Review
Johann
Sebastian BACH (1685-1750) Sacred
Cantatas for Bass Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen, BWV
56 [18:25]* Ich habe genug BWV 82 [21:42] Der Friede sei mit
dir BWV 158 [10:09]
Hanno Müller-Brachmann (bass-baritone) Collegium Vocale Siegen* Cologne
Chamber Orchestra/Helmut Müller-Brühl rec. Sendesaal Köln, Germany,
30 May-1 June 2004. DDD
NAXOS 8.557616 [50:33][TP]
For
the budget conscious Müller-Brachmann makes
for a commendable choice ... see Full
Review
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH Johann
Sebastian BACH (1685-1750) Cantatas, Vol. 33
Jesu, nun sei gepreiset, BWV 41 (1725) [27:40] Ich hab in Gottes Herz und Sinn, BWV
92 (1725) [30:12] Herr Gott, dich loben
alle wir, BWV 130 (1725) [15:08] Yukari Nonoshita
(soprano), Robin Blaze (counter-tenor), Jan Kobow (tenor), Dominik Wörner
(bass) Bach Collegium Japan/Masaaki Suzuki rec. April 2005, Kobe
Shuin Women’s University Chapel, Japan
BIS-SACD-1541 3892-2
[74:12][TB]
Together
Masaaki Suzuki and Bach Collegium Japan have achieved some remarkable
successes in their Bach odyssey, and this latest collection must rank
among their finest to date. ... see Full
Review
Christopher
BALL (b.
1936) Clarinet Concerto (2006) [24:20] Four
Dances for wind trio [10:35] Flute Concerto (2006) [23:44] Irish
Suite [11:38] Leslie
Craven (clarinet) Adam Walker (flute) Paul Arden-Taylor (oboe) Emerald
Concert Orchestra/Christopher Ball rec. 27-28 July 2006, All Saints
Church, Weston-super-Mare. DDD
QUANTUM QM7040 [70:15] [RB]
Mr
Ball, no plagiarist, traces his singing lineage
back to Butterworth and Finzi. I am sure we
will hear more from him. ... see Full
Review
Sir Arnold
BAX (1883-1953)
Violin
Sonata No.1 in E major (1910-15, rev. 1920
& 1945) [32:08] Original second and third
movements of Sonata No.1 in E major (1910)
[23:30] Violin Sonata No.3 (1927) [20:12]
Laurence Jackson (violin) Ashley Wass (piano)
rec. December 2004, December 2005, Potton
Hall, Suffolk, England. DDD
NAXOS 8.557540 [75:50] Viola Sonata (1922)
[22:37] Concert Piece for viola and piano
(1904) [12:30] Legend for viola and piano
(1929) [9:26] Trio in one movement for piano,
violin and viola, Op.4 (1906) [16:29]
Martin Outram (viola) Laurence Jackson (violin)
Julian Rolton (piano) rec. February 2005,
Potton Hall, Suffolk, England. DDD
NAXOS 8.557784 [61:03] [MC]
These
Naxos releases are to be treasured and not
just by Bax admirers. With performances such
as these one is puzzled why these chamber
scores are not heard far more often. ... see
Full
Review
Ludwig
van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)
Symphony No.3 in E flat major, Op. 55 Eroica
(1803) [50:59] Symphony No.5 in C minor (1805)
[31:28] Symphony No.6 in F major Op. 68 Pastoral
(1808) [40:18] Symphony No.8 in F major
Op.93 (1812) [24:53]
London Philharmonic Orchestra/Victor de Sabata
(No.3) New York Philharmonic Orchestra/Victor
de Sabata (Nos.5 and 8) Orchestra dell’Accademia
di Santa Cecilia di Roma/Victor de Sabata
(No.6) rec. 1946 (No.3); 1947 (No.6); 1950
(No.5); 1951 (No.8). ADD
ANDROMEDA ANDRCD 5071 [76:12 + 71:51][JW]
It’s
only as a stopgap that I recommend this but
the interpretations themselves leave me with
the greatest admiration. ... see Full
Review
Ludwig
van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)
Symphony No. 9 in D minor, op. 125, Choral
(1824) [72:14]
Angela Denoke (soprano) Waltraud Meier (mezzo)
Burkhard Fritz (tenor) René Pape (bass) Chor
der Deutschen Staatsoper Berlin West-Eastern
Divan Orchestra/Daniel Barenboim rec. live
Philharmonie, Berlin, 27 August 2006. DDD
WARNER CLASSICS 2564 63927-2 [72:14][MG]
The
West-Eastern Divan Orchestra’s performance
is a formidable achievement and one which
grows in authority as it progresses. … see
Full
Review
Ludwig
van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)
CD1 Piano Concerto no. 1 in C major
op. 15 (1800) [38:50] Piano Concerto no. 2
in B flat op. 19 (1798) [30:35] CD2
Piano Concerto no. 3 in C minor op. 37 (1803-4)
[39:39] Piano Concerto no. 4 in G major op.
58 (1805-6) [37:49] CD3 Piano Concerto
no. 5 in E flat op. 73 Emperor (1809)
[43:07] Choral Fantasia in C minor
for piano, chorus and orchestra op. 80 (1808)
[21:06]
Daniel Barenboim (piano) John Alldis
Choir (op. 80) New Philharmonia Orchestra/Otto
Klemperer rec. Studio 1, Abbey Road, London,
4, 5, 9-11, 14, 28 October 1967. Stereo. ADD
EMI CLASSICS GREAT RECORDINGS OF THE CENTURY
3615252 [3 CDs: 69:25 + 77:28 + 64:13]
[IB]
The
young pianist’s “beauty” rises to the challenge
and interacts with Klemperer’s truth, creating
a stimulating result ... see Full
Review
Ludwig
van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) Piano
Sonata No. 29 in B flat, Op. 106, Hammerklavier (1818)
[44:50]
Piano Sonata No. 3 in C, Op. 2 No. 3 (1794/5) [26:35]. Markus
Becker (piano)
rec. November 2004. DDD cpo
777 239-2 [71:30] [CC]
Becker
is a pianist to watch. There is so much to admire here, yet this
is clearly an interpretation in progress. ... see Full
Review
BARGAIN
OF THE MONTH Ludwig van
BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) Piano
Concerto No. 4 in G, Op. 58 (1805/6) [33:10] Piano Concerto No.5
in E flat, Op. 73, “Emperor” (1809) [39:16] Emil
Gilels (piano) Philharmonia Orchestra/Leopold Ludwig rec. No.
1 Studio, Abbey Road, London, 26-27, 30 April, 1 May 1957. ADD EMI
CLASSICS GREAT RECORDINGS
OF THE CENTURY 4768282 [72:35] [CC]
Classic
accounts of Beethoven ... These performances demand to be heard.
... see Full Review
Ludwig van BEETHOVEN
(1770-1827) Symphony No. 9 Choral (1824)
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano);
Elisabeth Höngen (alto); Hans Hopf (tenor); Otto Edelmann (bass) Bayreuth
Festival Chorus and Orchestra/Wilhelm Furtwängler rec. Bayreuth, 29
July 1951. ADD NAXOS
HISTORICAL 8.111060 [74:19] [AOz]
I
want to share what this music means and why this recording in particular
is worth listening to. ... see Full
Review
Luciano BERIO
(1925–2003)
Sequenzas I – XIV
Nora Shulman (flute); Erica Goodman (harp);
Tony Arnold (soprano); Boris Berman (piano);
Alain Trudel (trombone); Steven Dann (viola);
Matej Šarc (oboe); Jasper Wood (violin); Joaquin
Valdepeñas (clarinet); Guy Few (trumpet);
Pablo Sáinz Villegas (guitar); Ken Munday
(bassoon); Joseph Petric (accordion); Darrett
Adkins (cello); Wallace Halladay (saxophones)
rec. St John Chrysostom Church, Newmarket,
Ontario, Canada, 1998-2004
NAXOS 8.557661-63 [3 CDs: 63:02 + 60:09
+ 58:48]
The Complete Sequenzas, Alternate Sequenzas
Paula Robison (flute); Susan Jolles (harp);
Isabelle Ganz (soprano); Aki Takahashi (piano);
Stuart Dempster (trombone); Garth Knox (viola);
Jacqueline Leclair (oboe); Irvine Arditti
(violin); Carol Robinson (clarinet); Kelland
Thomas (alto saxophone); William Foreman,
Brian McWhorter (trumpet); Seth Josel (guitar);
Noriko Shimada (bassoon); Stefan Hussong (accordion);
Rohan de Saram (cello); Ulrich Krieger (soprano
saxophone); Alain Billard (bass clarinet);
Michael Cameron, Stefano Scodanibbio (contrabass);
Jane Chapman (harpsichord); Lucia Mense (recorder);
Gary Verkade (organ); all Sequenzas are preceded
by verses of Edoardo Sanguinetti performed
by Enzo Salomane rec. 1995-2006
MODE 161/3 [4 CDs: 66:43 + 78:11 + 76:36
+ 47:02] [DC]
A
comparative survey of the two recent sets
of Berio’s Sequenzas. ... see Full
Review
Hector
BERLIOZ (1803-1869)
Eliahu Inbal Berlioz Edition (11 CDs)
CD1 [56:05] Symphonie Fantastique,
Op: 14 (1830) [56:05] CD2 [40:22] Harold
en Italie, Op: 16 (1834) [40:22] Yuri
Bashmet (viola) CD3 [58:06]; CD4 [69:01] La
Damnation de Faust (1845-6) [127:07] Maria
Ewing (soprano), Dues Gulyas (tenor), Robert
Lloyd (baritone), Manfred Volz (bass) Kölner
Rundfundchor, Südfunkchor Stuttgart,
Chor des NDR Hamburg CD5 [50:32]; CD6 [44:33]
Roméo et Juliette, Op: 17 (1839)
[95:05] Nadine Denize (mezzo), Vinson Cole
(tenor), Robert Lloyd (baritone) Südfunkchor
Stuttgart, RIAS Kammerchor Berlin CD7 [39:28];
CD8 [51:54] L'Enfance du Christ (1854)
[91:22] Margarita Zimmermann (soprano), Eike
Wilm Schulte (baritone), Stanford Dean (bass),
John Aler (tenor), Philip Kang (bass) Kölner
Rundfundchor, Chor des NDR Hamburg CD9 [47:31]
Te Deum, Op: 22 (1849) [47:31] Keith
Lewis (tenor) Matthias Eisenberg (organ) Vokalensemble
Frankfurt, Bachchor und Currende der Christuskirche
Mainz, Kinder und Jugendchor des Hessischen
Rundfunks CD10 [46:36]; CD11 [35:55] Requiem, Op: 5 (1837) [82:31]
Keith Lewis (tenor) Chor des NDR Hamburg,
Konzertvereinigung ORF-Chor Frankfurt Radio
Symphony Orchestra/Eliahu Inbal rec: 24-25
Sept 1987 (Symphonie Fantastique),
24-25 March 1988 (Harold en Italie),
16-18 February 1988 (La Damnation de Faust),
3-6 January 1988 (Roméo et Juliette),
31 May-3 June 1989 (L'Enfance du Christ),
25-26 February 1988 (Te Deum), 1988
(Requiem), Alte Oper Frankfurt. DDD
BRILLIANT CLASSICS 99999 [11 CDs: 56:05
+ 40:22 + 58:06 + 69:01 + 50:32 + 44:33 +
39:28 + 51:54 + 47:31 + 46:36 + 35:55] [RM-O]
This
album is worthy of Hector Berlioz’s stature
as a visionary composer… see Full
Text
Peter
BLAUVELT (b. 1956) Rituals Piano
Sonata No. 9 “In Windy Fields” (2002) [18:12] * Visions
(1988-1989) [13:25]** Four Quiet Piano Pieces (2001) [13:33]
± Rituals (1979-1982) [16:39] δ Piano Sonata No. 3 ε
(1980) [14:53] Peter
Blauvelt (piano) rec. 12 Feb. 2003 St. Petersburg Florida*; 13 April
1991 Sarasota Florida and 12 Aug. 1995 Clearwater Florida**; 10 Nov.
2001 Gainesville Florida ±; 13 April 1991 Sarasota Florida ε;
6 Feb. 1981 Cambridge Massachusetts ε
ZIMBEL RECORDS ZR107
[76:24][DB]
Works
that hold interest and contain surprise. … see Full
Review
Johannes
BRAHMS
(1833-1897) Piano
Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 83 (1881) [46:48] César
FRANCK (1822-1890) Les Djinns (1844) [11:59] Franz
LISZT (1811-1886) Concerto Pathétique in E
minor (1886) [20:49] Joshua
Pierce (piano); Bohuslav Martinů Philharmonic Orchestra/Kirk Trevor.
rec. 28-29 May, 10-11 December 1999, Concert Hall of BMF/Zlin, Czech
Republic. MSR CLASSICS
MS1148 [79.37] [JW]
And
whether you’ll be prepared to take a punt
on fillers given the unsatisfactory Brahms
is a more seriously moot point. ... see Full
Review
Johannes BRAHMS (1833-1897) Four Hand Piano Music Vol. 17
Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15 (arranged for
piano duo – two pianos) (1859 arr 1873) [50:21] Joseph
JOACHIM (1831–1907) arr. Johannes BRAHMS (1833-1897) Demetrius
Overture (arranged for piano duo – two pianos) (c. 1854) [15:55]
Silke-Thora Matthies and Christian Köhn (pianos) rec. Clara Wieck Auditorium,
Sandhausen, Germany, 10-12 December 2001. DDD
NAXOS 8.555849 [66:16][TP]
Recommended to Brahms lovers who know the
original well. ... see Full Review
Brenton
BROADSTOCK
(b.1952)
Festive Overture (1981) [11:25] Timeless (2002) [10:50]
The Mountain (1983) [10:45] Federation Square: Rooms of Wonder
[11:19] Symphony No.4 Born from Good Angel’s Tears (1995)
[14:46] Tasmanian Symphony
Orchestra/Ola Rudner rec. Federation Concert Hall, Hobart, October 2003
and June 2004 and Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra Studio October 2003
ABC CLASSICS 4768041 [59:05] [JW]
First
class performances and values attend this issue – in every way
a splendid platform for Broadstock and his exciting music. ...
see Full Review
Dave
BRUBECK (b. 1920)
Nocturnes: Blue Lake Tahoe
[0:52]; Looking At A Rainbow [2:01]; Nostalgia
de México [1:13]; Strange Meadowlark [2:29];
Recuerdo [4:54]; Softly, William, Softly [2:07];
Study in Fourths [1:14]; Chorale [3:56]; Upstage
Rhumba [1:24]; Bluette [3:15]; Quiet As The
Moon [1:58]; Lost Waltz [1:09]; The Desert
and the Parched Land [1:28]; Five for Ten
Small Fingers [2:29]; Soaring [0:57]; Lullaby
[1:47]; Home Without Iola [2:14]; (I Still
Am In Love With) A Girl Named Oli [1:34];
Joshua Redman [1:57]; Audrey [1:38]; Memories
of a Viennese Park [1:42]; Koto Song [5:31];
Mr. Fats [2:04]; A Misty Morning [2:15]; I
See, Satie [1:45]; Going To Sleep [1:25] John
Salmon (piano) rec. 6, 20, 27 February, 17 April 2005, Organ Hall,
School of Music,
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
NAXOS 8.559301 [55:21][JW]
Warmth
and wit and the kind of miniaturised impressionism
that keeps Brubeck so interesting and rewarding
a figure. ... see Full
Review
Anton
BRUCKNER (1824-1896)
Motets: Os justi (1879)
[4.46]; Christus factus est (1884)
[5.05]; Ave Maria (1861) [3.47]; Afferentur
regi with three trombones (1861) [1.59];
Tantum ergo I [2.35]; Tantum ergo
II [2.13]; Tantum ergo III [2.51];
Tantum ergo IV [2.35]; Tantum ergo
V (with organ) [2.51] (all settings 1846);
Vexilla Regis (1892) [5.34]; Virga
Jesse (1885) [3.21]; Locus iste
(1869) [2.28]; Ave Maria (solo soprano,
alto solo, organ) (1856) [4.26]; Pange
Lingua (1878) [4.38]; Tota pulcra
(1878) [4.38]; Ecce sacerdos magnus
(with three trombones and organ) (1885) [6.54];
Libera me, (three trombones and organ)
(1854) [7.29]
Czech Philharmonic Choir, Brno/ Petr Fiala
rec. Brno, 28-30 January 2006. DDD
MUSIKPRODUKTION DABRINGHAUS AND GRIMM MDG
922 1422-6
[69.33][GH]
Rich,
beautifully balanced and passionate. Particularly pleasing moments of
subito dynamics producing dramatic hushed effects. A disc worth searching
out. ... see Full Review
Geoffrey BURGON
(b. 1941) Choral Music At the
round earth’s imagined corners (1971) [4:40] The Assumption (2001)*
(No. 1 of Christ’s Love) [2:33] Short Mass (1965) [10:50]
Of flowers and emeralds sheen (2004)* [5:01] Magnificat and
Nunc dimittis (1979) [7:30] As the angels stood (1992)* (No.
1 of The First World) [2:04] Apple Blossom (1992)* (No.
2 of The First World) [3:08] The Corpus Christi Carol (2001)*
(No. 2 of Christ’s Love) 4:39] The song of the creatures (1987)*
[12:07] Death be not proud (2005)* [3:52] Come let us pity
not the dead (2005)* [5:07] Te Deum (2002)* [6:19] Nunc
dimittis (1979, re-arranged 1997)* [3:19] *denotes first recording
The Choir of Wells
Cathedral/David Bednall (organ)/Alan Thomas (trumpet)/Matthew Owens
rec. Wells Cathedral, Somerset, 20-23 February 2006. DDD
HYPERION CDA67567 [72:35][JQ]
Hyperion
has done Geoffrey Burgon proud, providing a splendid and comprehensive
introduction to his choral music. ... see Full
Review
Ferruccio
BUSONI (1866-1924) Violin Concerto
in D major, Op. 35a (1897) [24:22] Violin Sonata
No. 2*, Op. 36a (1900) [30:01]
Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin) Orchestra Sinfonica
Nazionale della RAI/John Storgards (Violin Concerto) *Enrico
Pace (piano) rec. “Auditorium Giovanni Agnelli”
del Lingatto, Turin, Italy, 18 April 2003 (Violin Concerto); Bavarian
Radio, Studio 1, Munich, Germany, 10 October 2004 (Violin Sonata)
SONY
CLASSICAL SK 94497 [54:23][BB]
If
you are interested in investigating Busoni’s works beyond the Piano
Concerto, this disc would be a great place to start. ... see Full
Review
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