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Luigi
CHERUBINI (1760–1842) Chant
sur la mort de Joseph Haydn, Symphony 
Marilyn
Schmiege (soprano); Martyn Hill (tenor); Paolo Barbacini (tenor)
Cappella Coloniensis/Gabriele Ferro
rec. 1981 PHOENIX EDITION 175 [50:56] 
[MC]
I
was impressed with this version of the Symphony ... see Full
Review
Luigi
CHERUBINI (1760-1842) Requiem Stuttgart
Staats Ch & O/Gabriel Ferro
rec. live 1997 BAUER STUDIOS
ACD6027 [50:49] 
[ST]
A
good addition to the limited Cherubini discography ... see Full
Review
Frédéric
CHOPIN (1810-1849) Piano
Concertos 1 & 2 Alexis
Weissenberg (piano) Paris Conservatoire O/Stanislaw Skrowaczewski
rec. 1967 CLASSICS
FOR PLEASURE 5218472 [76:28] 
[SV]
As
if the man had no poetry in his soul ... see Full
Review
Pierre
COCHEREAU (1924-1984)
tr. from 1974 recording, Jeremy FILSELL
(b.1964) Scherzo symphonique see Romantic
and Virtuoso Works for Organ,
Vol.3
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH Guirne CREITH
(1907-1996) Violin Concerto Thomas PITFIELD
(1903-1999) Concerto Lirico Richard ARNELL
(b.1917) Violin Concerto
Lorraine McAslan (violin); Royal Scottish National Orchestra/Martin
Yates rec. 2008 DUTTON
EPOCH CDLX7221 [63:42][RB]
McAslan
triumphs again in these unknown violin concertos ... see Full
Review
George
CRUMB (b. 1929) American Songbooks
II & IV
Barbara Ann Martin (soprano); Orchestra 2001/James Freeman rec. 2005-6
BRIDGE 9275A/B [36.58
+ 45.29][WH]
Crumb
completists will want this ... see Full
Review
Jean
Baptiste Charles DANCLA (1817-1907) Petite École
de la mélodie see Petite École
Raymond
DEANE
(b. 1953) Ripieno, Violin Concerto,Samara
Christine Pryn (violin)
RTÉ Ntl SO/Gerhard Markson rec. 2005/9
RTÉ CD274 [65:00]
[HC]
The
best possible introduction to Deane’s music ... see Full
Review
Claude
DEBUSSY
(1862 – 1918) Jeux
– počme dansé [19:22]
Préludes – arranged for orchestra by Colin
MATTHEWS (b. 1946) Colin MATTHEWS
Postlude: Monsieur Croche [3:46]
Halle Orchestra/Sir Mark Elder
rec. 2007/8 DDD
HALLE CD HLL 7518 [73:35]
[BBr]
Racy
little things, full of fun ... see
Full Review
Frederick
DELIUS (1862-1934)
Violin Sonata No. 3 see
ELGAR
Stephen
DODGSON (b.1924) String
Quartets 3 & 4,
Guitar Quintet Tippett Qt, Craig
Ogden (guitar) rec. 2007 DUTTON
EPOCH CDLX7214 [74:58] [JW]
A
modern British string quartet classic ... see Full
Review
Felix DRAESEKE (1835-1913) Piano
Concerto in E flat see JADASSOHN
Antonín
DVOŘÁK (1841-1904) Piano Trio see
SCHUBERT
Antonín
DVOŘÁK (1841-1904) Sonatina in G Major etc.
see Richard
STRAUSS
Edward
ELGAR (1857-1934) Symphony No.1;
Falstaff
London Symphony Orchestra/Edward Elgar rec. 1930-2
NAXOS HISTORICAL 8.111256 [79:35][DC]
Become
a time-traveller, hear some classic recordings at their best ever ...
see Full Review
Sir
Edward ELGAR
(1857-1934) Violin
Sonata in E minor [23:44] Frederick DELIUS
(1862-1934) Violin Sonata No. 3 [15:38] John
IRELAND (1879-1962) Violin Sonata No. 2 [24:31]
Buckhard Hofmann (violin); Alan Newcombe (piano) rec. Friedrich-Ebert-Halle,
Hamburg-Harburg, Germany, April 2003 (Elgar), September 2003 (Delius),
December 2004 (Ireland). DDD
DECCA ELOQUENCE 476 6884 [63:53]
[EM]
I
must confess myself rather disappointed ... see
Full Review
George ENESCU
(1881-1955)
String Octet (orch. Lawrence Foster) Violin Sonata 3
Monte Carlo PO/Lawrence Foster Valeriy Sokolov (violin); Svetlana
Kosenlo (piano) rec. 2008
VIRGIN CLASSICS 5193122 [65:01]
[JW]
Good
performances and the air of novelty ... see Full
Review
Georges
ENESCU (1881–1955) Violin Sonata 3 see
Europa
Morton
FELDMAN (1926-1987) For Christian
Wolff California
EAR Unit: Dorothy Stone (flute); Vicki Ray (piano, celesta) rec. 2005
BRIDGE 9279 A/C [3
CDs: 177:13][KM]
A
long work from Feldman’s late period, a must for Feldman fans ...
see Full Review
Josef
Bohuslav FOERSTER (1859-1951) Symphonies
3 & 4 Osnabrück
SO/Hermann
Bäumer
rec. 2008 MUSIKPRODUKTION DABRINGHAUS
UND GRIMM MDG6321492-2 [78:57] [RB]
Long-breathed
satisfying symphonies carrying the bohemian sunlight ... see Full
Review
BARGAIN
OF THE MONTH Girolamo FRESCOBALDI
(1583-1643)
Keyboard Music from Manuscript Sources
Martha Folts (harpsichord) rec. 2007
NAXOS 8.570717 [73:03]
[GPu]
Deserves
the highest praise … see Full
Review
Sylvestro
GANASSI (1492-1557) Io
amai sempre Venise 1540 Pierre
Boragno (recorder); Marianne Muller (viola da gamba); Massimo
Moscardo (lute); Francois Saint-Yves (organ) rec. 2008 ZIG-ZAG
TERRITOIRES ZZT081002 [66.09] [GH]
Some
cool Venetian home with the lapping waves below the window ...
see Full Review
Zsolt
GÁRDONYI (b.1946) Grand Chśur (1979) see
Romantic
and Virtuoso Works for Organ,
Vol.3
George
GERSHWIN
(1898-1937) Porgy and Bess
- opera in 3 acts (1934-5) Libretto: DuBose Heyward; Lyrics: DuBose
Heyward and Ira Gershwin. Based on the play ‘Porgy’ by DuBose and
Katherine K Heyward Willard White – Porgy; Cynthia Haymon
– Bess; Harolyn Blackwell - Clara; Damon Evans – Sporting Life; Bruce
Hubbard – Jake; Cynthia Clarey – Serena; Marietta Simpson – Maria;
Gregg Baker – Crown Glyndebourne
Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Simon Rattle rec. 8-19 February
1988, Abbey Road, London/ DVD rec. 1992, Shepperton Studios, EMI
CLASSICS 
50999 2 34430 2 [3 CDs: 57.59 + 72.26 + 59.09; DVD: 184:00]
[TH]
A
modern classic … some DVD provisos … see Full
Review
Mauro
GIULIANI (1784-1849) Duo
Concertant, Six Variations, Gran Duetto Concertante for
violin and guitar Kim
Sjřgren (violin); Lars Hannibal (guitar) rec. 1988 OUR
RECORDINGS 8.226904 [51:17] [ZT]
Average
music played well above average ... see Full
Review
Philip GLASS (b.1937)
Waiting for the Barbarians (2005)
Richard Salter, Eugene Perry, Openchor des Theaters Erfurt, Erfurt PO/Dennis
Russell Davies rec. 2005
ORANGE MOUNTAIN MUSIC OMM0039 [72:10 + 61:32]
[BBr]
I’ve
heard it all before ... see Full
Review
Alexander
GLAZUNOV
(1865-1936)
Symphonies Nos 1-8, The Kremlin, symphonic picture, op.30
USSR Symphony Orchestra/Evgeny Svetlanov rec. venue not specified, 1989-1990
THE ANTHOLOGY OF RUSSIAN
SYMPHONY MUSIC SVET 21-26/18 [6 CDs: 69:45 + 47:58 + 51:54 + 72:53
+ 68:10 + 45:30]
[RM]
Invariably
idiomatic, stylish and accomplished ... see Full
Review
Alexander
GLAZUNOV (1865-1936) The
Seasons etc. Mikhail GLINKA (1804-1857) Ruslan
and Ludmilla Overture etc. Anatoly
LIADOV (1855-1914) Baba-Yaga etc.
L’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande/Ernest Ansermet rec.
1954-1966
DECCA ELOQUENCE 4800038 [79:31 + 76:52][JS]
Full
of good and perhaps unexpected things ... see Full
Review
Mikhail GLINKA (1804-1857) Ruslan
and Ludmilla Overture etc. see GLAZUNOV
Pelle
GUDMUNDSEN-HOLMGREEN
(b. 1932) Plateaux
pour piano et orchestre (2005) [37:59] For Piano (1992) [21:53]
Juho Pohjonen (piano)
Danish National Symphony Orchestra/Ed Spanjaard rec.2007/8 . DDD
DACAPO SACD 6.220533 [59:52]
Pelle GUDMUNDSEN-HOLMGREEN (b. 1932)
Concerto Grosso for string quartet and symphonic ensemble (1990/2006)
[29:45] Moving Still - H.C. Andersen 200 - for baritone and string
quartet (2004) [27:02] Last Ground for string quartet and ocean
(2006) [10:05] Paul Hillier
(baritone) Kronos Quartet (Hank Dutt (viola); David Harrington (violin);
John Sherba (violin); Jeffrey Zeigler (cello)) Danish National Symphony
Orchestra/Thomas Dausgaard rec. 2007
DACAPO SACD 6.220548 [66:57]
Crystalline
extremes and gruff laconic attack ... see
Full Review
Friedrich
GULDA (1930-2000) Prelude und Fuge see
BACH
Franz
Joseph HAYDN (1732–1809) Concertos
for two Lire Organizzate
Cologne Chamber Orchestra/Helmut Müller–Brühl rec. 2007
NAXOS 8.570481 [73:31][BBr]
A
disk well worth having ... see Full
Review
Franz
Joseph HAYDN (1732-1809)
Missa Cellensis
Lydia Teuscher (soprano); Marianne Beate Kielland (alto); Markus Schäfer
(tenor); Harry van der Kamp (bass) Anima Eterna/Jos van Immerseel rec.
live, 2008 CARUS 83.247
[67:51]
[JS]
Presentation
and recording are up to the same high standards as the performance
... see Full Review
Joseph
HAYDN
(1732-1809)
Piano Sonata 44 Sergei PROKOFIEV
(1891-1953) Piano Sonatas 2 & 8, Légende, Visions fugitives
Sviatoslav Richter (piano)
rec. live, 1961 BBC LEGENDS
BBCL4245-2 [75:37]
[JW]
Exerts
a strong pull on the collector’s wallet ... see Full
Review
Josef
HAYDN (1732-1809) The
Complete Concertos Cologne
CO/Helmut Müller-Brühl
rec. 2000-07 NAXOS 8.506019 [6
CDs: 7:12:48] [ST]
Invest
with confidence ... see Full
Review
Joseph
HAYDN (1732-1809) String
Quartets - Vol. 2 Amsterdam
String Qt
rec. 2008 CHANNEL CLASSICS CCSSA28209 
[68:30] [DC]
Beautiful,
refined, poised and perfect – but would Haydn have liked it? ...
see Full Review
Franz
Josef HAYDN (1732–1809) Stabat
Mater, Libera Me, Symphony 44,
Violin & harpsichord concerto Chorale
Philippe Caillard, Les Solistes de Paris/Henri-Claude Fantapie
rec. 1964/78 DIVINE ART DDA21212 [74.05
+ 46.11] 
[RH]
Too
many problems ... see Full
Review
Joseph
HAYDN (1732–1809) Songs Elly
Ameling (soprano); Jörg Demus (fortepiano)
rec. 1980 BRILLIANT CLASSICS
93768 [3
CDs: 54:47 + 42:24 + 45:33] [GF]
One
can’t expect these songs to be better performed ... see Full
Review
Paul
HINDEMITH (1890–1963) Das
Marienleben
Elisabeth Meyer–Topsře (soprano), Per Salo (piano) rec.
2008 DANACORD
DACOCD670 [71:05][BBr]
Uncontrollable
wobble has taken the place of subtle vibrato ... see Full
Review
Josef
HOLBROOKE
(1878-1958) The
Piano Music - Volume 1
Panagiotis Trochopoulos (piano) rec. 2008. DDD
CAMEO CLASSICS CC9035CD[73:21]
[RB]
You
should take to this music if you appreciate the piano music of York
Bowen, Medtner and Rachmaninov ... see
full review
Alan
HOVHANESS (1911-2000)
Visions
of the East Ode to the Temple of Sound (1965) [11:57] Symphony
No.10 'Vahaken' (1959) [18:55] Floating World (Ukiyo)
(1964) [12:37] Meditation on Zeami (1963) [14:31]
Frost Symphony Orchestra, University of Miami/Chung Park rec. Gusman
Hall, University of Florida, Coral Gables, Florida. November 2006. DDD
world premiere recordings: Ode, Vahaken, Zeami
first complete recording: Floating World
CENTAUR CRC 2954 [58:00]
[RB]
Grown
from cult status to approach the mainstream ... see Full
Review
Christopher HOWELL
(b. 1953) Cypresses
- 20 Pieces for Piano
Christopher Howell (piano) rec. 5-6 June 2008, Studio L’Eremo, Lessona,
Italy. DDD
The Sheva label can be contracted by email: destefaniermanno@libero.it
SHEVA COLLECTION SH
011 [59:65]
[MC][RB]
I
congratulate the versatile Christopher Howell for composing and performing
these accessible and appealing piano miniatures. [MC]
Emotional even sentimental melodic writing - accessible yet with fibre
[RB]... see Full Review
Vincent
D’INDY (1851-1931)
Sonata in E major Op. 63 (1906) [41:33] Počme des Montagnes (1881)
[23:21] 
Diane
Andersen (piano) rec. Sound Recording Center, Ghent (no date). DDD Text
by Fernand LeClerq
CLASSIC TALENT DOM 2911 128 [64:51]
Rare
D’Indy piano music in near-perfect performances ... see Full
Review
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH John IRELAND (1879-1962) Piano
Concerto Frank BRIDGE (1879-1941) Phantasm William
WALTON (1902-1983) Sinfonia
Concertante Kathryn Stott
(piano) Royal PO/Vernon Handley
rec. 1989 DUTTON CDLX7223 [70:01] [RB]
An
old friend returns wearing new clothes ... see Full
Review
John
IRELAND (1879-1962) Clarinet
Trio,
Fantasy Sonata,The Holy Boy,
Sextet Robert Plane (clarinet);
Sophie Rahman (piano); Alice Neary (cello); David Pyatt (French horn) Maggini
Qt
rec. 2008 NAXOS 8.570550 [66:25] [JF]
A
must for all Ireland enthusiasts ... see Full
Review
John
IRELAND (1879-1962) Violin Sonata No. 2 see
ELGAR
Salomon
JADASSOHN (1831-1902) Piano Concertos
Nos. 1 & 2 Felix DRAESEKE (1835-1913)
Piano Concerto in E flat
Markus Becker (piano); Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin/Michael Sanderling
rec. 2008 HYPERION
CDA67636 [69:59][JW]
Another
valuable reclamation ... see Full Review
Leoš
JANÁČEK (1854–1928) Orchestral
Suites from the Operas - Vol. 1
New
Zealand Symphony Orchestra/Peter Breiner rec. 2007
NAXOS 8.570555 [70:20][DC]
New
Janáček Suites – definitely worth considering ... see Full
Review
Leoš JANÁČEK (1854–1928) Violin
Sonata see Europa
Leoš JANÁČEK (1854–1928) Violin
Sonata see LUTOSŁAWSKI
Marinus
de JONG (1891 – 1984) Flemish Rhapsody see
Flemish Rhapsodies
Joseph
JONGEN (1873-1953) String
Quartets 1-3, Deux Sérénades Quatuor
Gong rec. 2002/7 PAVANE
ADW7483 & 7524 [69:24
+ 61:15] [HC]
Committed
readings of these beautiful but long neglected works ... see Full
Review
JOSQUIN
des Prés (c.1440-1521) Missa
Malheur me bat, Missa Fortuna desperata The
Tallis Scholars/Peter
Phillips
rec. 2009 GIMELL CDGIM042 [75:27] [MS]
Josquin
at his most communicative ... see Full
Review
Reinhard
KEISER (1674-1739) Fredegunda
Munich Neue Hofkapelle/Christoph Hammer rec. 2007
NAXOS 8.660231-32 [77:35 + 64:34][GF]
Lively
and engaged, accomplished singing – especially from Pavlíkova ... see
Full Review
Nicolaus
ŕ KEMPIS (c.1600-1676)
Symphonić Celine
Scheen (soprano); Dirk Snellings (tenor); Stephan Van Dyck (bass) Ensemble
Clematis/Stéphanie de Failly rec. 2003
MUSICA FICTA MF8001 [66:02]
[MS]
A
new vitality - enjoyable, tuneful and uplifting ... see Full
Review
Paul
von KLENAU (1883-1946) String
Quartets Nos 1-3 Sjaelland
String Quartet rec. 2008 DACAPO
8.226075 [70:11][RB]
Quartets
lyrical and dissonant ... see Full Review
Fritz KREISLER (1875-1962)
Violin Music
Oscar Shumsky (violin) Milton Kaye (piano) (CDs 1-2); William Wolfram
(piano) (CDs 3-4) rec. 1980s
NIMBUS NI2529/32 [4 CDs: 77:00 + 71:46 + 50:30 + 50:18]
[JW]
Memorable
performances ... see Full Review
Fritz
KREISLER (1875-1962) Recitativo
and Scherzo-Caprice Op.6 see Essentials
Rodolphe
KREUTZER
(1766
– 1831)
Violin Concerto No. 9 in E minor (1802) [22:27] Violin Concerto No.
13 in D (1803) [24:49] Variations on the aria from La Molinera: ‘Nel
cor piu non mi sento’ [7:56] Song of the peasant of the Canigou,
Montagnas Regaladas [8:41]
Saskia Lethiec (violin) Ensemble Instrumental du Conservatoire de Versailles
Orquestra do Norte, Porto/Jose Ferreira Lobo rec. details not given.
DDD TALENT DOM 2911
126 [60:04]
Very
interesting and enjoyable … some fine fiddling ... see Full
Review
Rodolphe
KREUTZER (1766–1831) 40 Études
ou Caprices pour violon
Elizabeth Wallfisch (violin) rec. 2003
CPO
999901-2 [56:25 + 47:11][BBr]
An
interesting and stimulating recording which cannot be ignored ... see
Full Review
Arno
LANDMANN (1887-1966) Variations on a Theme of Handel, Op.29
see
Romantic and Virtuoso Works
for Organ, Vol.3
David
LANG (b.1957) Pierced
etc.
Boston Modern Orchestra Project/Gil Rose rec.
2008
NAXOS 8.559615 [51:03][BBr]
Will
have you on the edge of your seat ... see Full
Review
Rued
LANGGAARD (1893-1952) The Sixteen
Symphonies, Drapa, Sphinx, Hvidbjerg-Drapa, Danmarks
Radio, Res Absurda!?
Danish National Symphony Orchestra/Thomas Dausgaard rec. 1998–2008
DACAPO 6.200001
[7 SACDs: 60:30 + 65:43 + 57:31 + 56:54 + 53:35 + 63:41 + 61:43][RB]
Provocatively
challenging … the romantic spirit unquenched ... see Full
Review
Rued LANGGAARD
(1893-1952) Drapa
(On the Death of Edvard Grieg),
Sphinx - tone painting for orchestra, Hvidbjerg-Drapa for
choir, organ and orchestra, Danmarks Radio (Radio Denmark)
fanfares for orchestra, Res absůrda!? for choir and orchestra,
Symphony No. 15 Sostormen (Storm at Sea), Symphony No.
16 Syndflod af Sol (Sun Deluge)
Danish National Choir; Danish National Vocal Ensemble Danish National
Symphony Orchestra/Thomas Dausgaard rec. 2007-8
DACAPO 6.220519 [61.43]
Fascinating
music in which the romantic spirit speaks anew ... see Full
Review
Lars-Erik
LARSSON (1908-1986) Senhöstblad, String
Quartets 1-3 Stenhammar
Qt
rec. 2008 DAPHNE 1035 [72:11] [RB]
A
lyrical parabola from warm-hearted to cool but always singing ...
see Full Review
Jón
LEIFS (1899-1968) Edda Part
1: The Creation of the World Schola
Cantorum/Hörđur Áskelsson Iceland SO/Hermann Bäumer rec.
2006 BIS BIS-SACD-1350 [75:39] [RB]
The
rocks and earth sing ... see Full
Review
Franciszek
LESSEL (1780-1838)
Three Grand Duetts for two German Flutes Op. 1 (1802): Duetto 1 [18:16];
Duetto 2 [13:53]; Duetto 3 [16:20]
Elżbieta Gajawska, Hanna Turonek (flutes)rec. 21-23 December 2007,
Studio Laski, Poland
ACTE PRÉALABLE APO178 [48:32]
[JS]
Sheer
inventiveness and charm ... see Full Review
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH Charles LEVENS
(1689 - 1764) Te
Deum [41:24] Deus noster refugium [25:54]
Sophie Landy, Sophie Pattey (soprano), Vincent Ličvre-Picard (haute-contre);
Sébastien Obrecht (tenor); Sébastien Brohier, Marduk Serrano (baritone);
Marcos Loureiro de Sŕ (bass) Members of l'Ensemble baroque Orfeo and
the Groupe Vocal Arpčge, Les Passions/Michel Laplénierec. 8-11 November
2007, Chapelle de la Miséricorde, Bordeaux, France. DDD
ÉDITIONS HORTUS 060 [67:29]
[JV]
Levens
had a great sense of drama and text expression ... see Full
Review
Anatoly LIADOV (1855-1914) Baba-Yaga
etc. see GLAZUNOV
Franz
LISZT (1811-1886),
tr. Jean GUILLOU (b.1930) Symphonic
Poem: Orpheus see Romantic
and Virtuoso Works for Organ,
Vol.3
Pietro
LOCATELLI (1695-1764) Concerto da chiesa in C, Op.4
No.11 see The
Rise of the North Italian Violin Concerto
Witold
LUTOSŁAWSKI
(1913-1994) Complete Works - Volume
1 - The Chamber Music
Lutosławki Quartet Wroc ław; Marcin Markowitz (violin); Elzbieta
Zawadzka (piano); Artur Rozmyslowicz (viola); Krzysztof Jakowicz (violin);
Jakub Jakowicz (violin); Jan Krysztof Broja (piano) rec. 11 November,
1 December 2007, Lutosławski Concert Studio of Polish Radio, Warsaw.
DDD CDACCORD ACD 144-2
[73.14]
[GH]
These
performance are terrific and very committed ... see Full
Review
Witold
LUTOSŁAWSKI (1913-1994) Recitativo
e arioso, Subito,
Partita Karol
SZYMANOWSKI (1882-1937) Myths Leoš JANÁČEK (1854–1928) Violin
Sonata Ariadne Daskalakis (violin)
Miri Yampolsky (piano)
rec. 2003 NAXOS 8.570987 [57:36] [DC]
High
quality product and a fine recital ... see Full
Review
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