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John CAGE
(1912-1992) Two5; Variations I; Music
for Two 
Mike Svoboda (trombone); Steffen Schleiermacher
(piano) rec. 2007
MUSIKPRODUKTION DABRINGHAUS UND GRIMM MDG61315102 [72:45][DC] 
A
disc with which to extend your depth of experience ... see Full
Review
John
CAGE (1912-1992)
Three, Twenty-Eight, Twenty-Six with Twenty-Eight,
Twenty-Eight with Twenty-Nine
Susanna Borsch – recorders; Prague Winds; Christina Fong (violins, violas);
Karen Krummel (cellos); Michael Crawford (basses); Glenn Freeman (percussion,
bowed piano). rec. 2007
OGREOGRESS B001582D06 
[122:07] [DC]
Horror-minimalism:
not for the faint-hearted ... see Full
Review
Andre
CAMPRA (1660–1744) Requiem
Michael HAYDN (1737–1806) Requiem Laudantes Consort/Guy
Janssens rec. 2006 CYPRES
CYP1651 [76.53] [RH]
New
light shed on Haydn’s Requiem ... see Full
Review
André CAPLET (1878 – 1925)
Epiphanie see DUTILLEUX
Samuel CAPRICORNUS (1628-1665)
Dixit Dominus; Justorum Animae; Magnificat see TŮMA
Fryderyk
CHOPIN
(1810-1849)
Piano Sonata 3, Mazurkas, Barcarolle, Grande Valse brillante, Waltzes,
Ballade Ingrid Fliter (piano)
rec. 2007 EMI CLASSICS
5148992 [75:32] [JW] 
A
considerable yet wayward talent ... see Full
Review
Fryderyk
CHOPIN (1810-1849) 24
Préludes, Ballades,
Fantaisie-Impromptu Benno Moiseiwitsch
(piano)
rec. 1938-52 NAXOS HISTORICAL
8.111118 [71:40] [RM] 
Subtlety
and complete integrity ... see Full
Review
Fréderic
CHOPIN (1810-1849) Piano
Concertos 1 & 2
Variations on Mozart's “Lá ci darem la mano”,Andante Spianato and Grande
Polonaise,Fantasy on Polish National Airs, Krakowiak, Piano
Sonatas 2 & 3
Polonaise-fantaisie Alexis Weissenberg
(piano)
Société des Concerts du Conservatoire O/Stanislaw Skrowaczewski
rec. 1967-77 EMI CLASSICS 5009062 [3
CDs: 70:32 + 52:34 + 66:59] [TP]
Some
will probably enjoy Weissenberg's bracing bucket of ice immensely
... see Full Review
Samuel
COLERIDGE-TAYLOR
(1875-1912) Légende
(Concertstück) Op. 14 (1897)
[7:12] Romance in G Op. 39 (1899) [9:35]
Violin Concerto in G minor Op. 80 (1912) [32:53]
Julius HARRISON
(1885-1963) Bredon Hill - a rhapsody
for violin and orchestra (1941) [11:54]
Lorraine McAslan (violin) London Philharmonic
Orchestra/Nicholas Braithwaite rec. Watford
Town Hall, 10-12 January 1994, (Légende,
Concerto, Bredon); 20 January 1994 (Romance).
DDD
LYRITA SRCD.317 [61.37]
[EM]
Excellent
performances well worth hearing. Good old
Lyrita! ... see Full
Review
Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713) Concerti
Grossi Op. 6/1-6 Philharmonia
Baroque O/Nicholas McGegan
rec. 1989 Harmonia
Mundi Classical Express HCX395 7014 [60:02]
Concerti
Grossi Op. 6/7-12 Philharmonia
Baroque O/Nicholas McGegan rec. 1989 Harmonia
Mundi Classical Express HCX395 7015 [57:13] [BW]
Inexpensive
sources of considerable musical pleasure ... see Full
Review
John
CORIGLIANO
(b. 1938) The
Red Violin Caprices (2002) [9:33] Sonata for
Violin and Piano (1963) [23:08] Virgil
THOMSON (1896-1989) Three Portraits
(arr. Samuel Dushkin) (1944) [6:12] Five Ladies
(1983) [8:29] Eight Portraits (1928-1940)
[17:23]
Philippe Quint (violin) William Wolfram (piano)
rec. Glenn Gould Studio, CBC, Toronto, Canada,
10-11 June 2007; St. John Chrysostom Church,
Newmarket, Canada, 27 January 2008. DDD
NAXOS 8.559364 [64.46]
[PG]
For
any lover of Corigliano or the solo violin
this disc is a real find ... see Full
Review
Robert
CRAWFORD (b. 1925) Piano
Quintet etc. Nicholas
Ashton (piano); Edinburgh Quartet rec. 2007
DELPHIAN DCD34055 [64:44][NH]
Rewards
repeated listening … has both substance and longevity ... see Full
Review
George
CRUMB (b.
1929) Makrokosmos I and II Ellen
Ugelvik (piano) rec. 2007 SIMAX
CLASSICS PSC1263 
[65:20]
[MS]
A
key work in Crumb's output … a spell-binding experience ... see Full
Review
Michael
G CUNNINGHAM (b.1937) Sonic flight
Ondrey Libr (violin); Slovak Radio Symphony
Orchestra/Kirk Trevor & Moravian Philharmonic
Orchestra/Vit Micka rec. June 2003-7
MMC
RECORDINGS MMC2169 [69:06][BBr]
Little
of real interest ... see Full
Review
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH Joe CUTLER (b.1968)
Bartlebooth etc.
BBC Concert Orchestra/Charles Hazlewood rec. 1996-2008
NMC D134 [75:56][TH]
Superbly
crafted and brilliantly performed throughout ... see Full
Review
Claude
DEBUSSY (1862-1918) Six
Epigraphs Antiques, Fêtes Galantes - book II (arranged
for soprano and flute quartet) Albert
ROUSSEL (1869-1937) Trio for
flute, viola and cello, Two Poems by Ronsard for soprano
and flute, Elpénor for flute and string quartet Quatuor
Dejean rec. 1999 QUANTUM
DQM 7008/SM55 [55:30] [CR]
Beautiful
playing – full of expression and character
... see Full
Review
Claude Debussy
(1862-1918) An Introduction to Claude
Debussy Children’s Corner, Prélude à l’après-midi
d’un faune, Petite suite, La plus que lente, L’Isle
joyeuse, Clair de lune, La Mer
Ulster O/Yan Pascal Tortelier
CHANDOS CHAN2024 [77:52] [BW] 
An
excellent introductory recording ... see Full
Review
Nickitas
DEMOS (b.1962) Aegean Counterpoint
- Chamber Music
Various artists
MSR CLASSICS MS1193 [65:39][GPu]
Attractive
music in a line of descent from Stravinsky but incorporating other elements
… see Full Review
Louis-Antoine DORNEL (1680-1765)
Six Suittes en Trio
Musica Barocca rec. 2001
NAXOS 8.570826 [69:06][JV]
Enjoyable
despite some questions in regard to scoring and interpretation ... see
Full Review
Jonathan
DOVE (b. 1958) Siren Song
Siren Ensemble/Henk
Guittart rec. 2007 CHANDOS
CHAN10472 [77.37][GH]
Often
exciting, stirring and very beautiful ... see Full
Review
Mercurial
love
Songs and Lute works by John
DOWLAND (1563-1626)& Henry
PURCELL (1659-1695)
Jama Jandrokovic (soprano); Jory Vinikour (harpsichord); Charles
Weaver (lute); Carlene Stober (viola da gamba) rec.2007
MSR CLASSICS MS1222 [47:50] [MG]
Pleasing
variety and committed but not wholly successful performances … see Full
Review
Henri DUTILLEUX
(b. 1916)
Tout un monde lointain, Trois Strophes André
CAPLET (1878 – 1925) Epiphanie
Marc Coppey (cello) Liège-Wallonie-Bruxelles PO/Pascal Rophé rec. 2007
AEON AECD0861 [61:15 + 44:58] [HC]
A
fine release … magnificent performances ... see Full
Review
Antonin
DVOŘÁK
(1841-1904) Symphony
No.6 in D, Op.60/B112 [49:05] Vodnik
(The Water Goblin), Op.107/B195 [11:02]
Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra/Yakov Kreizberg
rec. Yakult Hall, Amsterdam, June, 2005 (Goblin);
December, 2006 (Symphony). DDD/DSD.
Pentatone
SACD PTC5186 302 [69:18]
[BW]
Existing
recommendations are not seriously challenged
... see Full
Review
Antonín DVOŘÁK (1841–1904)
Symphonies Nos. 7-9; American
Suite
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Libor Pešek rec. 1987
VIRGIN CLASSICS 5220392 [75:12 + 67:12][BBr]
Superb,
alive, alert, fiery, passionate ... see Full
Review
Philipp Heinrich
ERLEBACH (1657-1714) Die Liebe
Gottes ist ausgegossen - Cantatas
Les Amis de Philippe/Ludger Rémy rec. 2007
CPO 7773462 [56:21 + 46:51][JV]
An
important and exciting addition to the catalogue - not to be missed
... see Full Review
Johann
Friedrich FASCH (1688-1758)
Orchestral Music:- Ouverture
grosso in D (FWV K,D8) [24:49] Concerto in B flat (FWV L,B3) [18:25]
Concerto in D (FWV L,D15) [12:36] Andante in D (FWV L,D15bis) [03:43]
Tempesta di Mare (Philadelphia
Baroque Orchestra)/Gwyn Roberts, Richard Stone rec. live, 27 January
2007, St Mark's Church, Philadelphia, USA. DDD
CHANDOS CHACONNE CHAN 0751 [59:36]
[JV]
Creativity
and originality … first recordings of three
works by Fasch ... see Full
Review
Jacqueline
FONTYN (b.
1930) Orchestral Works – Volume 1 AULOS
66092 [70:35] Orchestral
Works – Volume 2 AULOS
66157 [64:13] Piano
Works AULOS 66150 [78:09]
see review for details [HC]
Imaginative
contemporary music appealing to mind and heart. ... see Full
Review
César
FRANCK (1822-1890)
String
Quartet in D major, (1889-90) [49:10] Piano
Quintet in F minor, (1879)* [37:03]
Vilnius String Quartet (Audrone Vainiunaite
(violin I); Arturas Šilale (violin II); Girdutis
Jakaitis (viola); Augustinas Vasiliauskas
(cello)); Mûza Rubackyté (piano)*
rec. 2008. DDD
BRILLIANT CLASSICS 93716 [49:10 + 37:03]
[MC]
The
players put aside their individual talents
and perform as an integrated team. ... see
Full Review
Vladimir
GENIN (b.1958) In
C Est 4/4: four chamber compositions for four interpreters Interlude
with two plastic pantomimes [15:12] Letzte Augenblicke [30:58]
o Duo o.. [15:08] Double Espresso Plus [4:00] Tatiana
Kuindzhi (soprano) (Letzte Augenblicke); Tatiana Yurieva
(violin), Arseniy Kotliarevsky (cello) (Interlude, o
Duo o..., Double Espresso Plus); Vladimir Genin (piano)
rec. Moscow, 2007, Studio OOO "MihajloV" RUSSIAN
COMPACT DISC RCD 30111 [65:20] [DC]
Deserves
to be heard. ... see Full Review
Ippolito GHEZZI
(fl.c.1650-c.1709) L’Adamo, Oratorio etc
Cappella Musicale
di San Giacomo Maggiore di Bologna/Roberto Cascio
TACTUS TC653201 
[63:09][BW]
Not
unknown masterpieces but good performances of worthwhile discoveries
... see Full Review
Philip
GLASS (b. 1937) Film
Scores Volume III
Michael Riesman (keyboards,
piano, conductor) rec. 1995 ORANGE
MOUNTAIN MUSIC OMM0048 [29:37][PG]
An
ideal disc for the casual Glass fan ... see Full
Review
Christoph
Willibald GLUCK
(1714–1787)
Ezio
Franco Fagioli, Ruth Sandhof, Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele O/Michael
Hofstetter rec. 2007OEHMS CLASSICS OC918 [62.19 + 78.50] [RH]
Christoph
Willibald GLUCK (1714–1787) Alceste
Kirsten
Flagstad (soprano); The Geraint Jones Singers and Orchestra/Geraint
Jones rec. 1956 HÄNSSLER
PROFIL PH08035 [3 CDs: 60:30 + 75:06 + 37:37][GF]
Dated
both sonically and stylistically but Flagstad a regal and touching Alceste
... see Full Review
Leopold
GODOWSKY (1870–1938)
Johann Strauss II - Piano Transcriptions and other Waltzes
Marc-André Hamelin (piano)
rec. 2007 HYPERION CDA67626
[69:09] [MC]
Total
assurance … undeniably impressive ... see Full
Review
BARGAIN OF THE MONTH Edvard
Hagerup GRIEG (1843–1907) The
Complete Orchestral Music
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra/Ole Kristian Ruud rec. 2002-2005
BIS BISCD1740/42 [8 CDs: 70:09 + 74:36 + 77:38 + 53:29 + 60:01 +
70:50 + 59:15 + 71:05 (8:25:15)][DC]
Best
ever orchestral Grieg in a bargain box ... see Full
Review
Edvard
GRIEG (1843–1907)
Songs Sex digte af Henrik Ibsen, Sechs Lieder,
Haugtussa, Hjertets melodier
Katarina Karnéus (mezzo); Julius Drake (piano) rec. 2007
HYPERION CDA67670 [67:54] [GF]
An
enviable ability to sustain the intensity throughout a song ...
see Full Review
Edvard
GRIEG (1843-1907) The Last Spring
see PROKOFIEV
Sofia GUBAIDULINA (b.1931) Violin Concerto In
tempus praesens see BACH
Tippett,
Hamilton and Wordsworth piano
music played by Margaret Kitchin
George Frideric HANDEL
(1685–1759)
Semele Elisabeth
Scholl, Julla Schmidt, Ralf Popken, Junge Kantorei Frankfurt Baroque
O/Joachim Carlos Martini rec. live 2007
NAXOS 8.570431-33 [3 CDs: 60.14 + 51.39 + 60.29] [RH]
Not
an ideal recording ... see Full
Review
George
Frederic HANDEL (1685-1759) Il
trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno
Tempo Academia Montis Regalis / Alessandro de Marchi rec. 2007
HYPERION CDA67681/2 [68:07 + 69:19][GPu]
A
fine recording of a remarkable and fascinating masterpiece from Handel’s
years in Italy … see Full Review
Georg
Frideric HANDEL (1685-1759) Dixit Dominus see
BACH
Barbara
HARBACH Veneration
for Orchestra; Frontier Fancies;
Arcadian Reverie; Rhapsody
Jardine; One of Ours – A Cather Symphony
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra/Kirk Trevor rec.
2006
MSR CLASSICS MS1252 [56:05][BBr]
Fritz Bennicke HART
(1874-1949) The Bush; Idyll
Ronald Woodcock (violin);
Adelaide Symphony Orchestra/Graham Abbott rec. 1994
ANTHOLOGY OF AUSTRALIAN MUSIC CSM38 [57:43][MC]
Serves
the reputation of Fritz Hart splendidly ... see Full
Review
Joseph HAYDN (1732-1809)
Die
Schöpfung
Christiane Oelze (soprano); Scot Weir (tenor); Peter Lika (bass) RIAS
Kammerchor; CO Europe/Sir Roger Norrington rec.1990
HÄNSSLER PROFIL PH07074 [68:27 + 28:52]
[JS]
A
good performance constantly bringing home the humanity of Haydn’s
conception ... see Full
Review
Joseph
HAYDN (1732-1809)
Symphony 88, Sinfonia Concertante Wolfgang
Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791) Serenade “Eine Kleine Nachtmusik”,
Symphony 36 Danish RSO/Fritz
Busch rec. 1948-51 GUILD
GHCD2339 [77:19] [JS]
Instinctive
and unselfconscious understanding in the Mozart items ... see Full
Review
Joseph
HAYDN (1732-1809) Violin
Concertos Augustin
Hadelich (violin)
Cologne CO/Helmut Müller-Brühl
rec. 2007 NAXOS 8.570483 [60:20]
[TP]
These
concertos are hard to resist ... see Full
Review
Michael
HAYDN (1737–1806) Requiem see CAMPRA
Alun
HODDINOTT (1929-2008) Nocturnes and Cadenzas for flute; Sonata
for flute and piano see KARG-ELERT
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH E.T.A. HOFFMANN
(1776-1822) Quintet for Harp and String Quartet; Sonatas for
Fortepiano in A & F minor; Grand Trio
Nasumi Nagasawa (single action pedal harp); Beni Araki (fortepiano);
Hoffmeister Quartet; Trio Margaux rec. 2006-7
PROFIL
EDITION GÜNTER HÄNSSLER PH07063 [69:00][MSJ]
Persuasive
advocates for Hoffmann’s forgotten musical genius ... see Full
Review
Gustav
HOLST (1874-1934) The Planets
Suite; St. Paul’s Suite; Brook Green Suite
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Vernon Handley rec. 1993-4
ALTO ALC1013 [69:26][EM]
A disc well worth getting hold of including
a deeply exciting Planets ... see Full
Review
William
HURLSTONE
(1876-1906) CD
1 [46:50] Piano Concerto in D (1902) [25:17]
Fantasie-Variations on a Swedish Air (1904)
[21:30] Eric Parkin (piano) London Philharmonic
Orchestra/Nicholas Braithwaite CD 2
[53:47] Piano Trio in G (1905) [27:18] Piano
Quartet in E minor Op. 43 (1904) [26:25]
Tunnell Piano Quartet: (John Tunnell (violin);
Kenneth Essex (viola); Charles Tunnell (cello);
Susan Tunnell (piano)) rec. August 1976, Kingsway
Hall, London (CD1); August 1978, Smith Square,
London (CD2). ADD First issued on LP as SRCS100
Piano Concerto; Fantasie-Variations on a Swedish
Air; SRCS117 Piano Trio; Piano Quartet.
LYRITA SRCD2286 [46:50 + 53:47]
[EM]
Splendid
... see Full
Review
John
IRELAND (1879-1962) Piano Works - Volume
3 John Lenehan
(piano) rec. 2007 NAXOS
8.570461 [73:12][JF]
Much
here that impresses ... see Full
Review
Leoš
JANÁČEK (1854-1928)
String Quartets No. 1
& 2; Allegro for Violin and Piano; Sonata for Violin and Piano
Dante Quartet; Ferenc Rados
(piano) rec. 2006
MERIDIAN CDE84560 [66:50][LW]
Non-Czech
musicians with a real understanding of the idiom ... see Full
Review
Mauricio
KAGEL (b.
1931)
Acustica
TAM Theater, Krefeld; Mauricio Kagel (tape playback) rec. 2007
ZIG-ZAG TERRITOIRES ZZT080403 [74:51] [DC]
Give
it time to work on your inner film set ... see Full
Review
Johann
Wenzel KALLIWODA (1801-1866) Duet in C major see
SPOHR
Sigfrid
KARG-ELERT (1877-1933) Sonata
in B flat for flute and piano; Studies for flute; Sonata in F sharp
Alun HODDINOTT (1929-2008) Nocturnes
and Cadenzas for flute; Sonata for flute and piano
Julian Cawdrey (flute); Martin Jones (piano) rec. 2006
QUANTUM QM7042 [64:48][JW]
Vital,
engaging and fully reflective of a big, hard working composer ... see
Full Review
Sigfrid
KARG-ELERT
(1877-1933)
Twenty-Five Caprices for saxophone solo, Sonata (atonal) for alto saxophone
solo Christian Peters rec.
2007/8 MUSIKPRODUKTION
DABRINGHAUS UND GRIMM MDG6031506-2 [73:52] [JW]
More
for saxophone aficionados than the general listener ... see Full
Review
Ernst
KRENEK (1835-1892) String
Quartets Nos. 3 & 5
Petersen Quartett rec. 2005-6
CAPRICCIO 67197 [63:50][JFL]
Needs
repeat listening to unlock a severe beauty and wealth of ideas ... see
Full Review
Claude
LEDOUX
(b. 1960) d'orients
Sanaalijal (2006)a [13:03] Bell(e)…S (2004)b [12:00]
Les Ruptures d’Icare L. (1993)c [19:03] Torrent (1995)d
[23:46] Berten D’Hollander
(flute)a; Nao Momitani (piano)b; Jean-Paul Dessy
(cello)d; Quatuor à Cordes de l’Ensemble Musiques
Nouvellesc; Ensemble Musiques Nouvellesabd/Jean
Thorelab; Patrick Davind rec. Auditorium Abel
Dubois, Mons, Belgium, 5-6 January 2007 (Sanaalijal); (live) Théâtre
Marni, Brussels, 16 March 2004 (Bell(e)…S); Studio 1, Flagey, Brussels,
June 2003 (Les Ruptures d’Icare L.) and RTBF, Conservatoire Royal, Brussels,
31 May 1995 (Torrent)
CYPRES CYP 4627 [68:06]
[HC]
Sincere
and committed music-making … generously rewarding ... see Full
Review
Benjamin
LEES (b. 1924) Violin Concerto see BLOCH
Alan
Jay LERNER (1918-1986)
and Frederick
LOEWE (1901-1988) My Fair Lady Julie
Andrews, Rex Harrison, Stanley Holloway, rec. 1956 NAXOS
MUSICALS 8.120876 [72:07] [PG]
As
good as it gets ... see Full Review
Anatol LIADOV (1855–1914)
Piano
Music
Stephen Coombs (piano) rec.
1997
HYPERION HELIOS CDH55309 [70:35][BBr]
Very
enjoyable and it’s hard to see why it’s never heard ... see Full
Review
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