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Marriage of England and Burgundy Music
by Walter FRYE (d.1475) and
Antoine BUSNOIS (c.1430-1492)
The Binchois Consort/Andrew
Kirkman rec. 1999-2001
HYPERION CDA67129 [74:48][BW] 
Don’t
overlook this recording any longer ... see Full
Review
Igor
Moiseyev and his World of Dance
Moiseyev Dance Company/Igor Moiseyev
VAI 4462 
[78:00]
[RMay]
Somewhat
dated ... see Full Review
Mozart
in der Bauernmusik
Margit-Anna Suss (folk-harp); Klaus Stolle (double-bass)
rec. 1999 CAMPANELLA
MUSICA C130076 [63:53]
[GPu]
A
pleasant collection which links Mozart with the peasant-music of his
day ... see Full Review
Charles Munch in Boston - The Early
Years
Boston SO/Charles Munch
rec. 1952-55 WEST HILL
RADIO ARCHIVES WHRA6015 [7 CDs: 544:06] 
[JQ]
Hours
of pleasurable and stimulating listening ... see Full
Review
Music
from the Chirk Castle Part-Books
The Brabant Ensemble/Stephen Rice rec. 2008
HYPERION CDA67695 [71:04][BW]
Much
more than a historical curiosity ... see Full
Review
Neapolitan Songs
Giuseppe
Di Stefano (tenor) rec. 1953-7
NAXOS 8.111340 [78:56] 
[IL]
A
wonderful nostalgic wallow and a memorable souvenir of Naples ... see
Full Review
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH
Choral Songs in Honour of Queen Victoria
A.M.
GOODHART (1866-1941) Lady on the silver throne
(Edmund Gosse) [4:31] Arthur SOMERVELL
(1863-1937) With still increasing benefits (Marquis
of Lorne) [2:23] C.H. LLOYD (1849-1919)
A thousand years, by sea and land (Henry Newbolt) [5:01]
Edward ELGAR (1857-1934) To
her beneath whose steadfast star (Frederic W.H. Myers) [5:16] C.V.
STANFORD (1852-1924) Out in the windy West
(Arthur C. Benson [5:07] Sir Frederick BRIDGE
(1844-1924) For all the wonder of thy regal day (Earl
of Crewe) [2:58] Sir John STAINER
(1840-1901) Flora's Queen (J.F.R. Stainer) [5:34]
Charles WOOD (1866-1926) A
Century's Penultimate (Arthur C. James) [5:03] Sir
A.C. MACKENZIE (1847-1935) With wisdom, goodness,
grace (Alfred Austin) [3:42] Sir Hubert
PARRY (1848-1918) Who can dwell with greatness!
(Austin Dobson) [3:05] H. Walford DAVIES
(1869-1941) Hark! The world is full of thy praise (Robert
Bridges) [4:44] Sir George MARTIN
(1844-1916) The seaboards are her mantle's hem (John
Davidson) [3:35] Sir Walter PARRATT
(1841-1924) The Triumph of Victoria (T.H. Warren) [2:20]
Spiritus Chamber Choir/Aidan
Oliver rec. 5-7 August 2002 Challow Park Recital Room, Wantage, Oxfordshire
TOCCATA CLASSICS TOCC
0012 [53:20]
[JF]
A
supremely confident high-water mark ... see Full
Review
Piano Works during and after
Russian Futurism - Volume 1 Nikolaj
OBUCHOV (1892-1954) Invocation (1916) [5:33] Deux Pièces
(1915) [6:42] Conversion (1916) [5:00] Icône (1915) [3:35] Création
de l'Or (1916) [4:50] Ivan WYSCHNEGRADSKY
(1893-1979) Deux Préludes pour Piano (1916) [3:40] Sergey
PROTOPOPOV (1893-1954) II Sonate op.5 (1924) [13:01] Ivan
WYSCHNEGRADSKY Etude sur le Carré Magique Sonore
op.40 (1957) [8:22] Nikolaj OBUCHOV
Aimons-nous les uns les autres (1942) [1:51] La paix pour les réconciliés
- vers la source avec le calice (1948) [2:49] Le Temple est mesuré,
l'Esprit est incarné (1952) [2:59] Adorons Christ - Fragment
du troisième et dernier Testament (1945) [8:09] 
Thomas Günther (piano)rec. 1-4 November 2008, Deutschlandfunk Kammermusiksaal,
Köln.
CYBELE 
SACD
160.404 [66:39] 
[DC]
A
remarkable document. ... see Full
Review
Clara
Sandler - Alma Apasionada - Songs from Spain and Argentina
Clara Sandler (soprano), William Merrill (piano) rec. 2004
NEWPORT CLASSIC NPD85676 [40:51][GF]
Pleasing
songs - only wish the execution had been on the same level ... see Full
Review
Serenissime
Sonate - Music by Giovanni
ARRIGONI (1597-1665), Tarquinio
MERULA (1594-1665), Biagio
MARINI (1597-1665), Francesco
CAVALLI (1602-1676), Marco
FERRO, Martino PESENTI (1600-1648)
and Massimiliano
NERI (1615-1666) Sonatori
de la Gioiosa Marca rec. 2002 DIVOX
CDX-70505 
[71:47][DJB] 
Eureka:
irresistible performances of sublime music from unknown composers … see Full
Review
Shadows
of Silence
Bent SØRENSEN
(b. 1958) Lullabies, The Shadows of Silence Witold
LUTOSŁAWSKI (1913-1994) Piano Concerto
György KURTÁG (b.
1926) Játékok Marc-André
DALBAVIE (b. 1961) Piano Concerto
Leif Ove Andsnes (piano) Bayerischen Rundfunks SO/Franz Welser-Möst
rec. 2007 EMI CLASSICS
2641822 [76:06]
[LW]
Likely
to appeal to those favoring repertoire somewhat off the beaten
path ... see Full Review
Vladimir
Sofronitzky Edition
Vladimir Sofronitzky (piano) rec. 1946-60
BRILLIANT CLASSICS 8975 [9 CDs: 63:46 + 75:48 + 51:34 + 63:36
+ 63:16 + 53:53 + 53:55 + 62:47 + 56:53][JW]
Probing,
quiveringly sensitive, breathtakingly incisive musicianship ... see
Full
Review
Songs
Discovered Thomas
DUNHILL, J Meredith TATTON,
Winifred BURY, David
WRIGHT, James BROWN,
Ivor GURNEY, Ian
VENABLES, Philip WOOD,
Frank HARVEY,
Winifred BURY, Humphrey SEARLE
Judith Buckle (mezzo);
Peter Bailey (piano) rec. 19 November and 3 December, 2008, Music Room
Pizza Express Maidstone
Private Issue [timing details not given]
[CSS]
A
very fine disc indeed. ... see Full
Review
Sonogram
Gamelan
- Son of Lion
INNOVA 718 [52:13 + 60:07][RB]
Not
for gamelan purists unless on adventure holiday ... see Full
Review
Spirit
of Brazil
Aquarelle Guitar Quartet rec. 2007
CHANDOS CHAN10512 [58:44][GPu]
High
class ensemble work in some evocative music … see Full
Review
Stokowski Alan
HOVHANESS (1911-2000) Symphony 1 Darius
MILHAUD (1892-1974) Symphony 1 Aaron
COPLAND (1900-1990) Symphony 2 José SEREBRIER (b.1938) Symphony
1 NBC
SO, Houston SO/Leopold Stokowski rec. 1942-57 GUILD
GHCD2347 [72:51][RB]
In-depth
musical enjoyment ... see Full
Review
The
Study of Love
Includes works by Guillaume
de MACHAUT (c. 1300-1377)
Gothic Voices/Christopher Page rec. 1992
HYPERION HELIOS CDH55295 [58.09]
[PG]
Gorgeous
… fabulous performances ... see Full
Review
Svetlanov Anthology of Russian Symphony Music
Nikolay
Andreevich RIMSKY-KORSAKOV (1844-1908) Complete Orchestral
Works. Complete track-list at end of review
The State Academic Symphony Orchestra/Evgeny Svetlanov rec. c. 1969-1993
SVET 57-009-1/6
[6 CDs: 67:03 + 63:19 + 70:03 + 76:16 + 58:51 + 72:37]
[NB]
A
magnificent legacy ... see Full
Review
Svetlanov Anthology of Russian Symphony Music
Alexander BORODIN
(1833-1887) Modest MUSSORGSKY
(1839-1881) Anatoly LIADOV (1855-1914)
Complete track-list at end of review
USSR Symphony Orchestra/Evgeny Svetlanov
rec. 1963-1983 SVET 10-14-5 [5 CDs: 76:04 + 76:22 + 75:15 + 75:53
+ 62:07]
[NB]
A
magnificent legacy ... see Full
Review
Teatro
Alla Scala - TDK Gold Edition Gaetano
DONIZETTI (1797-1848) Don Pasquale
Orchestra and Chorus of La Scala Milan/Riccardo Muti rec. 1994 TDK
DVWW-OPDPSC [130:00] Giacomo PUCCINI
(1858-1924) Manon Lescaut Orchestra and Chorus of
La Scala Milan/Riccardo Muti rec. 1998 TDK DVWW-OPMLES [134:00]
Francis POULENC (1899-1963) Dialogues
des Carmélites
Orchestra and Chorus of La Scala Milan/Riccardo Muti rec. 2004 TDK
DVWW-OPDDC [149:00] Complete Set:
TDK DVWW-GOLDBOX3
[3 DVDs 413:00][ST]
Good
performances, good surround sound, very attractive price ... see Full
Review
This
Holy Temple Music by James
THOMAS (b. 1963), Gerald FINZI
(1901-1956), Judith BINGHAM (b.
1952), Roxanna PANUFNIK (b. 1968),
Dobri HRISTOV (1875-1941) and John
RUTTER (b. 1945)
St. Edmundsbury Cathedral Choir/James Thomas rec. 2008
REGENT REGCD295 [54:08][WH]
Will
bring much pleasure ... see Full
Review '
Variations
on America Includes Aaron
COPLAND (1900-1990) Preamble (For a Solemn Occasion) Charles
IVES (1874-1954) Variations on ‘America’, Henry
COWELL (1897-1965) Hymn and Fuguing Tune No.14 Samuel
BARBER (1910-1981) Prelude and Fugue, Wondrous Love Stephen
PAULUS (b. 1949) Triptych
Iain Quinn (Organ of Coventry Cathedral) rec. 2008
CHANDOS CHAN10489 [71:16]
[BW]
Apart
from the title piece, a rather unvaried recital ... see Full
Review
Violin
Sonatas by Hans SCHAEUBLE
(1906-1988), Paul HINDEMITH (1895-1963),
Max REGER (1873–1916) and Wilhelm
FURTWÄNGLER (1886-1954)
Bettina Boller (violin); Walter Prossnitz (piano) rec. 2007
GUILD GMCD7326/7 [66:58 + 57:31][MC]
Don’t
hesitate ... see Full
Review
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