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Beautiful,
uplifting, gripping … a master story-teller ... see Full
Review
Oistrakh,
Artist of the People?
A film by Bruno Monsaingeon wWith Igor Oistrakh,
Yehudi Menuhin, Mstislav Rostropovich, Gennady Rozhdestvenski and Gidon
Kremer Produced in 1994
MEDICI
ARTS DVD 3073178 [c.75:00] 
[RMay]
Adds
to our appreciation of Oistrakh’s technique and art ... see Full
Review
Petite École
de la mélodie Jean
Baptiste Charles DANCLA (1817-1907) Petite École
de la mélodie Camille SAINT-SAËNS (1835-1921) Violin
Sonata 1 Jules MASSENET (1842-1912) Méditation Guido
Rimonda (violin) Cristina Canziani (piano) rec. 2007 CHANDOS
CHAN10510 [57:20] [JW]
Played
with apposite sensitivity ... see Full
Review
Pigs Could Fly
New London Children’s Choir/Ronald Corp Alexander
Wells (piano) rec. 2007
NAXOS 8.572113 [66:07]
[BBr]
For
dipping into, as opposed to general listening ... see Full
Review
Pirates of the Baroque
Jean-Marie
LECLAIR (1703-1777) Tambourin Giovanni
Paolo SIMONETTI (Winfried MICHEL)
(b. 1948) Sonata in C minor, LA Burrasca Tomaso
ALBINONI (1671-1751)/Remo GIAZOTTO (1910
- 1998) Adagio Francois COUPERIN (1668-1733)
arr. Howard BEACH Suite: 'Pirates of
the Baroque' Antonio VIVALDI (1678-1741)
Concerto Grosso in D minor, RV 565 Tomaso
VITALI (1663-1745) Chaconne Giuseppe
TARTINI (1692-1770) Senti lo Mare Antonio
VIVALDI (1678-1741) Concerto Grosso in G major, 'La Tempesta
di Mare' RV 433 Red Priest
(Piers Adams (recorders); Julia Bishop (violin); Angela East (cello);
Howard Beach (harpsichord)) rec. 2006,
RPR RP004 [65.02]
[RH]
Exciting
and invigorating ... see Full Review
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH Eva
Podleś (contralto) Songs by
Chopin, Rachmaninov, Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky & Szymanowski Garrick
Ohlsson (piano) rec. live, 2008 WIGMORE
HALL LIVE WHLIVE0027 [78:47] 
[GF]
One
of the finest and most captivating song recitals for a long time
... see Full Review
Priest
on the Run
Red Priest (Piers Adams (recorders); Julia Bishop
(violin); Angela East (bass strings); Julian Rhodes (harpsichord)) rec.
Forde Abbey Somerset, March 1998
RED PRIEST RECORDS RP001 [63.09]
[RH]
The
suspicion of an adolescent desire to shock ... see Full
Review
The
Rise of the North Italian Violin Concerto:
1690-1740. Volume Three: The Golden Age
Antonio
VIVALDI (1678-1741) Concerto for violin, 2 oboes, bassoon,
2 horns, strings and continuo in F, RV 569 [12:25] Pietro
LOCATELLI (1695-1764) Concerto da chiesa in C, Op.4 No.11
[10:16] Concerto for 4 violins, strings and continuo in F, Op.4 No.12
[11:18] Giovanni Battista Sammartini
(1700/1-1775) Concerto à più stromenti, for 2 violins, 2 oboes,
2 horns, 2 trumpets, strings and continuo in E flat, J 73 [13:08] Giuseppe
TARTINI (1692-1770) Concerto for violin, strings and continuo
in B flat, D 117b [18:35] Antonio VIVALDI
(1678-1741) Concerto for violin, 2 oboes, bassoon, 2 horns, timpani,
strings and continuo in D, RV 562a [13:06] Adrian
Chandler (violin, director), La Serenissima rec. 13-16 February 2008
The Wathen Hall, St. Paul’s School, London
AVIE AV 2154 [79:35]
[GPu]
A
CD of fine music well played, worth hearing and having … the last of
an excellent trilogy … see Full
Review
Romantic and Virtuoso Works
for Organ, Vol.3
Bedřich WIEDERMANN
(1883-1951) Impetuoso [6:14] Arno
LANDMANN (1887-1966) Variations on a Theme of Handel, Op.29
(p.1979) [15:36] Edward BAIRSTOW (1874-1946)
Evening Song [7:11] C. Hubert PARRY
(1848-1918) Fantasia and Fugue in G, Op.188 (1882/1913) [10:29]
Franz LISZT
(1811-1886), tr. Jean GUILLOU
(b.1930) Symphonic Poem: Orpheus (1853-4)[12:45] Zsolt
GÁRDONYI (b.1946) Grand Chœur (1979) [6:02] Camille
SAINT-SAËNS (1835-1921) Deuxième Fantaisie, Op.101
[11:19] Pierre COCHEREAU
(1924-1984) tr. from 1974 recording, Jeremy
FILSELL (b.1964) Scherzo symphonique (1974) [6:47]
Jane Parker-Smith (organ)
rec. Church of St Gudula in Rhede, Germany, 15-19 September 2008. DDD.
AVIE AV2165 [77:04]
[BW]
Strongly
recommended alongside the earlier volumes ... see Full
Review
Matti
Salminen - Elämäni lauluja (A Finnish
Songbook) Matti
Salminen (bass); Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra/John Storgårds
rec. 2008 ONDINE ODE11352
[58:27][GF]
Riches
aplenty ... see Full
Review
Silvia
Tro Santafé - Spanish Heroines
Silvia Tro Santafé (mezzo); Orfeón Pamplonés Orquesta Sinfónica de Navarra/Julian
Reynolds rec. 2008
SIGNUM CLASSICS SIGCD152 [55:18][GF]
A
thrilling singer ... see Full
Review
A Spotless Rose
Gabrieli
Consort/Paul McCreesh rec. 2007
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 4777635 [80:58][BW]
A
very worthy successor to Road to Paradise ... see Full
Review
Spotless
Rose -
Hymns to the Virgin Mary Stephen
PAULUS (b. 1949) Splendid Jewel Benjamin
BRITTEN (1913-1976) A Hymn to the Virgin Cecilia
MACDOWELL (b. 1951) Three Latin Motets Herbert
HOWELLS (1892-1983) A Spotless Rose Javier
BUSTO (b. 1949) Two Marian Pieces Healey
WILLAN (1880-1968) Three Liturgical Motets Jean
Belmont FORD (b. 1939) Electa Phoenix
Chorale/Charles Bruffy
rec. 2005 CHANDOS CHSA5056 
[54:20] [JQ]
It’s
a pleasure to listen to this choir ... see Full
Review
BARGAIN
OF THE MONTH
Stokowski/Bach Transcriptions Vol.
2
With works by Boccherini, Byrd, Clarke, Haydn, Mattheson
& Palestrina Bournemouth
SO/José Serebrier rec. 2008
NAXOS 8.572050 [64:59] 
[BBr]
Fabulous
... see Full Review
Toss
the Feathers Arrangements
of traditional Irish music Dermot
Crehan (violin); Paul Honey (piano); Mick Sands (voice); Luke
Daniels (button accordion); Fiona Kelly (flutes); Jean Kelly
(harp) RTE Concert O/Gearoid Grant
rec. 2007 RTE LYRIC FM TESS
RECORDS TR0901 [54:28] [RB]
A
blessing in its wing-beat ... see Full
Review
Two
Violins
Georg Philipp
TELEMANN (1681-1767) Duo Sonata 3 Luigi
BOCCHERINI (1743-1805) Duet
Arthur HONEGGER (1892-1955) Sonatine
Eugène YSAŸE (1858-1931) Duo Sonata
Dmitri Kogan, Marianna Vassilieva (violins) rec. 2007
DELOS DE3390 [48:33]
[JW]
Generous
and imaginative readings ... see Full
Review
BOOK
REVIEWS
The
Leipzig Diary - Alfred Hill [ed.
Donald Maurice] ISBN
978 876829 14 8 A$66
I thoroughly enjoyed this book ... see Full Review
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