Superbudget £5.99 or less 
Budget £6-7.99 
Medium £8-10.99 
Full price £11+
Download
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH Manuscrit Bauyn
Louis
COUPERIN (c.1626 - 1661) Pièces en la Luigi
ROSSI (1598 - 1653)
Passacaille Johann Jakob FROBERGER
(1616 - 1667) Toccata in D Girolamo
FRESCOBALDI (1583 - 1643) Capriccio in G Johann
Jakob FROBERGER Allemande (faite à Paris) Gigue
(nommée la Rusée Mazarinique) Toccata in F
Louis COUPERIN Pièces
en fa 
Benjamin Alard
(harpsichord) rec.2008, DDD
HORTUS 065 [56:24] 
[JV]
A
superior disc and not to be missed ... see Full
Review
Musica
Mexicana various
orchestras/Enrique Bátiz
rec. 1980s-90s BRILLIANT CLASSICS
8771 [8
CDs: 514:44] 
[RB]
Fierce
pride in Mexico’s musical achievements ... see Full
Review
My
Favorite Things - Virtuoso
encores and transcriptions for solo piano compilation - see review
for details Stephen Hough
(piano) rec. 1987, DDD
NIMBUS NI 2540 [63:07] 
An
abundance of highly sparkling playing ... see Full
Review
Notturno Joseph
KREUTZER (1790-1840) Trio Wenzeslaus
MATIEGKA (1773-1830) Notturno Anton
DIABELLI (1781-1858) Notturno Archduke
RUDOLPH OF AUSTRIA (1788-1831) Serenade Consortium
Classicum
rec. 2008 MUSIKPRODUKTION DABRINGHAUS
UND GRIMM MDG3011563-2 [72:43] [GPu]
Light,
engaging chamber music, played with assurance and charm … see Full
Review
A
Place Between
John TAVENER (b. 1944)
Ikon of Joy/Sorrow Arvo PÄRT
(b. 1935) Hymn to a Great City Alexander
KNAIFEL (b. 1943) O Heavenly King Valentin
SILVESTROV (b. 1937) Ikon, Tchaikovsky Lullaby Arvo
PÄRT Da Pacem Domine Henryk
GÓRECKI (b. 1933) Good Night John
CAGE (1912-1992) In a Landscape
Patricia Rozario (soprano); Callino Quartet; Michael McHale (piano);
Ioana Petcu-Colan (violin); Vourneen Ryan (flute); Stephen Kelly (percussion)
rec. 2009 LOUTH SOUNDS
LCMS901 [64:36]
[RB]
Prayer
and meditation ... see Full Review
Poets
from the East Alexander
SCRIABIN, Ma SHUI-LONG, Dobrinka
TABAKOVA, Leonid DESYATNIKOV
Evelyn
Chang (piano) rec. 2008
AVIE AV 2168 [72:19]
[JW]
An
intriguing programme, not easy to classify ... see Full
Review
Michael
Rabin (violin) Max
BRUCH (1838-1920) Violin
Concerto 1 Pyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893) Souvenir
d‘un lieu cher Pablo de SARASATE (1844-1908) Carmen-Fantasie,
Danzas Españolas 1, 2 & 6 Camille
SAINT-SAËNS (1835-1921) Havanaise Lothar
Broddack (piano) RIAS SO/Thomas Schippers
rec.1962/69 AUDITE 95.607 [69:45] 
[JW]
An
essential purchase for Rabin collectors ... see Full
Review
Royal Opera Gala
Various soloists and conductors
Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden rec. Kingsway
Hall, London, UK, June 1958-68
DECCA ELOQUENCE 480 0952 [79:46 + 79:40]
[GF]
Lots
of riches, not only for those who went to Covent Garden forty years
ago … see Full Review
Scotland
at Night
- Choral settings of Scottish poetry from Robert
Burns to Alexander McCall Smith -compilation - see review for details
Beth Mackay (mezzo);
Thomas Laing-Reilly (organ) Laudibus/Mike Brewer rec. 2009, DDD Original
texts included DELPHIAN
DCD34060 [64:18] 
[JQ]
A
thoroughly enjoyable nocturnal tour of Scotland ... see Full
Review
The
Spirits of England and France Vol.
2: Songs of the trouvères Gothic
Voices/Christopher Page rec. 1994 HYPERION
HELIOS CDH55282 [61:59] [BW]
A
superb effort, as is its predecessor ... see Full
Review
Margaret
Wacyk - Journey
of the Soul Johann
Sebastian BACH (1685-1750) Organ Prelude and Fugue Robert
SCHUMANN (1810-1856) Arabesque Ludwig
van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) Sonata Les Adieux Fryderyk
CHOPIN (1810-1849) Polonaise,
Ballade Margaret Wacyk (piano)
rec. 2008 EMPYREAN RECORDS
CD119 [58:16]
[JW]
An
uncompromising view ... see Full Review
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH Ljuba
Welitsch - Prima Voce
NIMBUS NI 7959/60
[60:40 + 47:34]
[GF]
A
set that no lover of great singing can afford to be without … see
Full Review
Welsh Dances Alun HODDINOTT (1929-2008)
Four Welsh Dances Overture, Jack Straw Concerto Grosso No. 2
Investiture Dances Welsh Dances, Set 2 William
MATHIAS (1934-1992) Celtic Dances Daniel
JONES (1912-1993) Dance Fantasy
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra /Charles Groves Philharmonia Orchestra
/Charles Groves National Youth Orchestra of Wales /Arthur Davison
BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra /Bryden Thomson rec.1972, 1980, 1974-5.
ADD/DDD LYRITA SRCD.334
[64.31]
Hoddinott
the dance celebrant: virile Chaucerian exuberance, liquid poetry ...
see Full Review
You'll
Never Walk Alone David
Hobson (tenor): Teddy Tahu Rhodes (bass-baritone). Sinfonia Australis/Guy
Noble rec.
2008 ABC
CLASSICS 476 3284 [52:30] [JW]
Meet
and greet old and familiar friends ... see Full
Review
BOOK
REVIEWS
Click
for alphabetical listings by composer:
[Part
1 New] [Part
2 A-B] [Part 3 C-L]
[Part 4 M-R] [Part
5 S-Z]
[Part 6 Misc A-L] [Part
7 Misc M-Z]
[last 5 days] [Recommended
recordings]
