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RECORDING
OF THE MONTH Garcia ABRIL (b.
1933) Madre
Asturias: A Collection of Asturian Songs 
Joaquin
Pixan (tenor); Rosa Torres-Pardo (piano)
rec. 2007 NAXOS 8.572073 [53:40] 
[IB]
Sheerly
enjoyable … marvellous! ... see Full
Review
Helmer
ALEXANDERSSON (1886-1927) Overture,
Symphony 2 Uppsala
CO/Paul
Mägi
rec. 2006 STERLING CDS 1076-2 [48:48] 
[NB]
For
Swedish symphonic music completists only ... see Full
Review
Pierre-André
ATHANÉ (b. 1950) String Quartet No. 1 see Casadesus
George ANTHEIL (1900-1959)
Capital of the World see American
Ballets
Frederick
AUSTIN (1872-1952) Piano Concertino see FERGUSON
Charles
AVISON (1709-1770) Twelve
Concerti Grossi after Domenico Scarlatti (1744) The
Avison Ensemble/Pavlo Beznosiuk rec. 2007 DIVINE
ART DDA21213 [78:14 + 76:38] [GPu]
Understanding
and affectionate respect ... see Full
Review
Graźyna
BACEWICZ
(1909-1969)
Music for Chamber Orchestra - Volume 1 Divertimento for string orchestra
(1965) [7.48]; Piano Quintet No 1 (transcription for piano
and string orchestra) (1952) [24.27]; Concerto for string orchestra
(1948) [14.23] Bartłomiej
Kominek (piano) Radom Chamber Orchestra/Maciej Żóltowski
rec. Concert Studio S-1 of Poland Radio, Warsaw, December 2008 DUX
0691 [46.45]
[GH]
Cannot
fault the performances … but playing time! ... see Full
Review
BARGAIN
OF THE MONTH Johann Sebastian BACH
(1685-1750)
Two-Part Inventions, Sinfonias & other keyboard works
Andrea Bacchetti (piano) rec. 2008
DYNAMIC CDS629/1-2 [77:11 + 73:21] 
[DC]
A
superb piano collection and one-stop Bach archive ... see Full
Review
Johann
Sebastian BACH (1685-1750) English
Suites 1-6 Andrea
Bacchetti (piano) rec. 2005 DECCA
476 3127 [71:17
+ 71:56] [DC]
Bach
with relish, every session a nourishing experience ... see Full
Review
Johann
Sebastian BACH
(1685 - 1750)
Keyboard Concertos, BWV 1054-8 (1738) Italian Concerto BWV 971 (1735)
[12:33] Vladimir
Feltsman (piano, conductor), The Orchestra of St. Luke's rec.
July 1993, American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, New York
NIMBUS NI 2541/2[58:25
+ 49:50]
[JL]
Terrific
stuff that makes for happy listening ... see Full
Review
Johann Sebastian BACH
(1685-1750) Missa
Concentus Musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt rec.
c.1972 WARNER CLASSICS
2564690571 [54:26][JFL]
Why
do we need a recording of Bach’s Missa? ... see Full
Review
Johann Sebastian BACH
(1685-1750) Purification
Mass
La Tempesta/Jakub Burzynski rec.
2007
ARTS 477498 
[58:17][JV]
Good
intentions gone astray ... see Full
Review
Johann
Sebastian BACH (1685-1750) The
Thrill of the Chase
Florence Mustric (organ) rec.
2007
MSR CLASSICS MS1271 [65:23][JS]
A
very satisfying collection ... see Full
Review
Johann
Sebastian BACH
(1685-1750)
Brandenburg Concertos 5 & 6, Concerto for Flute, Violin, and Harpsichord
I Barocchisti/Diego Fasolis
ARTS 47716-8
[54:28]
[SV]
The
concertos are performed in two completely different styles ...
see Full Review
Johann
Sebastian BACH (1685-1750) Goldberg-Variationen Martin
Schmeding (organ)
rec. 2009 CYBELE 030.802 [74:44] [SR]
Great
sound and marvellous musicianship ... see Full
Review
Christopher
BALL (b.
1936) Violin
Concerto, From the Hebrides, Five Bagatelles,
Celtic Twilight Thomas Gould (violin)
Emerald Concert O/Christopher Ball
rec. 2008 OMNIBUS CLASSICS
CC5003 [74:40] [RB]
Deeply
attractive music - an instant winner ... see Full
Review
Béla
BARTÓK (1881-1945) Violin
Concerto 2,
Violin Sonata 1 Yehudi Menuhin
(violin)
Philharmonia O/Wilhelm Furtwängler Adolph Baller (piano)
rec. 1947/53 NAXOS 8.111336 [68:43] [JW]
The
place to go to appreciate Menuhin’s grip on Bartók’s
grammar ... see Full Review
Albert
BECKER (1834-1899) Psalmen, Liturgische
Gesänge für das Kirchenjahr Berliner
Domkantorei/Tobias Brommann
rec. 2008 MUSIKPRODUKTION DABRINGHAUS
UND GRIMM MDG9461561-6 [65:32] [DC]
Music
with a function in tradition, and in our times ... see Full
Review
BARGAIN
OF THE MONTH Ludwig van BEETHOVEN
(1770-1827) Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61 (1806) [41:52] Symphony
No. 2 in D major, Op. 36 (1802) [34:25]
Arthur Grumiaux (violin) Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam/Eduard van
Beinum rec. Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, June 1957 (Concerto) and May 1954
(Symphony). ADD ELOQUENCE
480 0428 [76:20]
[WH]
Grumiaux,
serene in 1957, and his rather more forthright conductor … see
Full Review
Ludwig
van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) Violin sonata 7 see
MOZART
Ludwig
van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) Septet (arr. for wind instruments)
see CRUSELL
Sir
Lennox BERKELEY
(1903-1989) Songs
James Gilchrist (tenor) Anna Tilbrook (piano) Alison Nicholls
(harp) rec. 4-6 June 2008, Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk. DDD CHANDOS
CHAN 10528 [69:08]
[MC]
An
enjoyable and accessible collection, delightfully performed ... see
Full Review
Charles-Auguste
de BÉRIOT (1802-1870) Duo
concertantes, Duos caractéristiques Christine
Sohn, John Marcus (violins)
rec. 2007 NAXOS
8.570748 [74:48] [BR]
A
violin lover's delight … see Full
Review
Harrison
BIRTWISTLE (b.1934) Orpheus
Elegies, Three Bach Arias Melinda
Maxwell (oboe/cor anglais); Helen Tunstall (harp); Andrew Watts
(counter-tenor); with Claire Seaton (soprano), William Stafford,
Tom Verity (clarinets), Ben Fullbrook (marimba)
rec. 2008 OBOE
CLASSICS CC2020 [53:12] [DC]
Rather
special, in a strange, sensitively enigmatic way ... see Full
Review
Sylvie
BODOROVÁ (b.1954) Megiddo per violino, violoncello
e pianoforte see Fiala
Johannnes
BRAHMS (1833-1897)
Violin Concerto; Double Concerto
Vadim Repin (violin); Truls Mørk (cello) Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra/Riccardo
Chailly rec. 2008
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 4777470 [72:50][RB]
Fervour
that’s the word ... see Full Review
Johannes BRAHMS
(1833-1897)
Hungarian Dances Vols 1 & 2 (arr. Joachim) Joseph
JOACHIM (1831-1907) Variations
Hagai Shaham (violin); Arnon Erez (piano) rec. 2007
HYPERION CDA67663 [66:08]
[EM]
Full-blooded,
fiery, romantic and passionate - superb ... see Full
Review
Johannes
BRAHMS (1833-1897) Violin sonata 3 see MOZART
Johannes
BRAHMS (1833-1897) Piano
Concerto 2 see Hallé Centenary
Concert
Anton
BRUCKNER
(1824-1896)
Symphony 3 Salzburg Mozarteum
O/Ivor Bolton rec. 2007
OEHMS CLASSICS OC722 [57:36] 
[TB]
Strong
sense of momentum but lacks bloom and warmth ... see Full
Review
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