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Camille
SAINT-SAËNS (1835-1921) Cello Concerto 1 see BRUCH
Franz
SCHUBERT (1797-1828) Rosamunde see DVOŘÁK
Clara
SCHUMANN (1819-1896) Drei
Romanzen Heinz HOLLIGER (b. 1939) Romancendres,
Gesänge der Frühe 
Christoph
Richter (cello), Dénes
Várjon (piano) SWR Vokalenensemble Stuttgart; SWR Stuttgart RSO/Heinz
Holliger
rec. 2007/8 ECM NEW SERIES
2055 (476 3225) [59:59] 
[DC]
Worth
it for the deeply disturbing Gesänge der Frühe ... see Full
Review
Robert
SCHUMANN (1810-1856) Cello
Concerto Pyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893) Rococo
Variations Friedrich GULDA (1930-2000) Concerto
for cello and wind band Nicolas
Altstaedt (cello) Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz/Alexander
Joel
rec. 2008 CLAVES 50-2901 [70:57] [RB]
An
often subtle launch for this fine cellist ... see Full
Review
The
Berlin Recital Robert
SCHUMANN (1810-1856) Violin Sonata 2, Kinderszenen Bela
BARTÓK (1881-1945) Sonata for Solo Violin, Violin
Sonata 1 Gidon Kremer
(violin) Martha Argerich (piano) rec. 2006 EMI
CLASSICS 6933992 [58:01
+ 58:47] 
[JW]
Some
truly formidable playing here ... see Full
Review
Stanisław
SKROWACZEWSKI (b.
1923) Music
at Night, Il piffero dela Notte, Symphony Deutsche
Radio Philharmonie, Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern/Stanisław
Skrowaczewski rec. 2003/8 OEHMS
CLASSICS OC712 [76:53] 
[RB]
Phantasmal,
mercurial, elegiac and a warning ... see Full
Review
Carlos
SEIXAS (1704 - 1742) & Antonio
SOLER (1729
- 1783) Harpsichord
Sonatas Richard
Lester (harpsichord) rec. 2004, Wistaria Lodge, Cirencester,
Gloucestershire, UK. DDD NIMBUS
NI 5836 [78:51] [JV]
Well
worth exploring, but this does not do them justice ... see Full
Review
Roberto
SIERRA (b.
1953) Missa
Latina Heidi
Grant Murphy (soprano) Nathaniel Webster (baritone) Milwaukee
Symphony Ch & O/Andreas Delfs rec. 2008 NAXOS
8.559624 [68:12] 
[BR]
Thoroughly
enjoyable new work in dedicated performance … see Full
Review
Bedrich
SMETANA (1824-1884) Piano
Works - Volume 4 Polkas,
Stammbuchblätter,
Charakterstücke, Skizzen,
Melodien Schatz Jitka Čechová (piano)
rec. 2008 SUPRAPHON SU3844-2 [67.13] [NB]
For
Smetana completists or admirers of Čechová’s
art ... see Full Review
Antonio
SOLER (1729
- 1783) Harpsichord
Sonatas see SEIXAS
Louis
SPOHR (1784-1859) Double
String Quartets Forde
Ensemble
rec. 2008 NAXOS DIGITAL 8.570963 
[51:22] [BR]
Wonderfully
charming if not Spohr’s very best … see Full
Review
Zygmunt
STOJOWSKI (1870-1946)
Sonata for violin and piano No. 2 in E major Op. 37 Romance for
violin and orchestra Op. 20 Concerto for violin and orchestra in G major
Op. 22 Agnieszka Marucha
(violin); Jean-Jacques Schmid (piano) Orkiestra PSM II st. im. J. Elsnera/
Piotr Wajrak rec. DDD. World Premiere Recording
ACTE PREALABLE AP0221 [64'28"] 
[RB]
Gold
in full flood ... see Full Review
Johann
STRAUSS II (1825-1899) Die
Fledermaus Werner
Hollweg, Edita Gruberova, Barbara Bonney, Royal Concertgebouw
O/Nikolaus Harnoncourt
rec. 1987 WARNER TELDEC 2564
69125-6 [56:39
+ 49:20] [GF]
Not
a first recommendation but there are several good things here … see Full
review
Johann
STRAUSS II (1825-1899) Das
Spitzentuch Der Königin Nadja
Stefanoff, Jessica Glatte, Staatsoperette O Dresden/Ernst Theis
rec. live, 2008 CPO
777 406-2 [43:49 + 51:16] [IL]
For
Strauss enthusiasts, an album not to be missed. Scintillating ...
see Full Review
Johann
STRAUSS II (1825-1899) Der
Zigeunerbaron Herbert
Lippert, Pamela Coburn, Arnold Schönberg Ch, Wiener SO/Nikolaus
Harnoncourt rec. live, 1994 WARNER
TELDEC 2564 691250 [74:54
+ 75:19] [GF]
On
most accounts a competitive Zigeunerbaron … see Full
Review
Igor
STRAVINSKY (1882-1971) The
Rake’s Progress Jayne
West, Jon Garrison, Gregg Smith Singers, St. Luke’s O/Robert
Craft rec. 1993 NAXOS
8.660272-73 [74:37 + 53:32] [DC]
A
subtle alchemy and a powerful performance ... see Full
Review
John
TAVENER
(b.1944) Canciones
Españolas (1972) [16:23] Requiem for Father Malachy (1973)
[35:27] James Bowman (counter-tenor); Kevin Smith (piano) (Canciones)
The King's Singers;
The Nash Ensemble/John Tavener rec. Church of St John The Evangelist,
Islington, London, 16-17 September 1975. ADD. originally released: RCA
LP LRL1 5104. LYRITA
SRCD.311 [51:58]
[DC]
Of
its time, but still has much to offer today. ... see Full
Review
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH Pyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893) Symphony
5 Royal Liverpool
PO/Vasily Petrenko rec. live, 2008 RLPO
LIVE no catalogue number [43:00]
[DJB]
If
there are better recordings of this work, I haven’t heard
them … see Full Review
Peter
Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893) Orchestral
Suites 1-4, Romeo and Juliet, Francesca da Rimini, Capriccio
Italien Stuttgart
RSO, ASMF/Sir Neville Marriner
rec. 1987-92 PHOENIX EDITION
412 [3
CDs: 189:50] [ST]
Quite
lovely ... see Full
Review
Pyotr
Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893) Rococo Variations see SCHUMANN
Toivo
TULEV (b. 1958) O Oriens see BRYARS
Richard
WAGNER (1813-1883)
Die
Walkure (1870) Erin Caves (Siegmund); Hidekazu Tsumaya (Hunding);
Renatus Meszar (Wotan); Kirsten Blanck (Sieglinde); Catherine Foster
(Brünnhilde); Staatskapelle
Weimar/Carl St. Clair Directed by Michael Shulz. rec. 2008 ARTHAUS
MUSIK 
101
355 [2 DVDs: 237:00] [TD]
Sharp
and clever ... see Full Review
Leó WEINER (1885-1960) Violin
Sonatas Hagai Shaham
(violin), Arnon Erez (piano) rec. 2008 HYPERION
CDA67735 [77:29] [RB]
More
Dohnanyi than Kodály. Nineteenth century gypsy style ...
see Full Review
Henryk
WIENIAWSKI (1835-1880) Violin Concerto 2 see BRUCH
Alfred
ZIMMERLIN (b.
1955) String
Quartets 1 & 2, Euridice singt Carmina
Qt, Æquatour, Aria Qt
rec. 2006/7 ECM NEW SERIES
2045 (476 3261) [58:54] [DC]
An
incremental broadening of one’s horizons ... see Full
Review
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