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doch alles andere als still Music by
Wolfram SCHURIG (b.1967), Wolfgang
SUPPAN (b. 1966), Karlheinz ESSL (b.1960), Christof
DIENZ (b.1968) and Bernhard
GANDER (b.1969) 
Ensemble Intégrales rec. 2007
COL LEGNO WWE1CD20280 [63:11][CR] 
Constantly
impressive and technically assured ... see Full
Review
Amour
Fou Music by Peter
LUDWIG
Tango a Trois rec. 2008
FARAO F100208 [53:59][CR]
Enjoyment
and real flair ... see Full Review
Anatolian
orchestral works by Murat Malay and Tugrul Karataş Murat
MALAY and
Tuğrul KARATAŞ Istanbul 2010
Trilogy: Part 2 Anatolian Symphonic Suite (İç
Anadolu / Central Anatolia; Karadeniz / Black Sea; Ege / Aegea Akdeniz
/ Mediterrane; Doğu ve Güneydoğu Anadolu / East and Southeast
Anatolia; Marmara / Marmara) Anatolian Guitar Concerto Guitar solo -
sampled sounds Bosphorus Symphony Orchestra/Tuğrul Karataş
rec. 2008, Istanbul. MEM PRODUCTIONS no number [50:27]
Murat MALAY and Vahdang
MAKALATIA Istanbul 2010 Trilogy: Part 3 Istanbul
Symphony (Europe; Asia; Golden Horn; Dede Efendi; Beyoğlu;
Bosphorus; Uskudar) Bediuzzaman New Age (Old Said; Seclusion
Days; New Said) Izi Eliah (electric guitar); Hasan Cihat Örter
(fretless guitar) Bosphorus Symphony Orchestra/Tuğrul Karataş
rec. 2008, Istanbul. MEM PRODUCTIONS no number [47.08]
Murat MALAY and Tuğrul
KARATAŞ Yunus Emre Symphony [25.43] Türker
Dinletir ("Ney" eastern flute) Golden Horn Symphony Orchestra/Tuğrul
Karataş rec. Istanbul, 2008 MEM PRODUCTIONS no number [25.43]
[RB]
Glitzy
and commercially effective high-gloss tableau music ... see Full
Review
And if the Song be Worth a Smile William
BOLCOM (b.1938) Four Cabaret Songs (1977-85) [12:40] Gordon
GETTY (b.1933) Poor Peter (2008) [9:43] Jake
HEGGIE (b.1961) Four Songs (1994-96) [12:17] David
GARNER (b.1954) Annettes-Lieder (1986) [14:15] John
CORIGLIANO (b.1938) Two Cabaret Songs (1997 & 2001) [9:22]
Luna Pearl WOOLF (b.1973) Odas de
Todo el Mundo [10:14] Lisa
Delan (soprano) Susanne Mentzer (mezzo) (Heggie); Matt Heimovitz (cello)
(Heggie, Garner, Woolf); Kristin Pankonin (piano) rec. Skywalker Sound,
San Rafael, California - dates not given.
PENTATONE CLASSICS 
PTC
5186 099 [68:45]
[DC]
A
one-stop collection of top-notch American art songs. ... see Full
Review
ASA
- Piano music by composers of African descent
William Chapman Nyaho (piano)
rec. 2007 MSR CLASSICS
MS1242 [57:45]
[BBr]
A
real find … see Full Review
Asturias -
The Spirit of Spain Guitar
Trek
rec. 2004 ABC CLASSICS 476
3389 [60:15] [JW]
Makes
for diverting listening ... see Full
Review
The Bad Tempered Consort
- Portuguese polyphony from the 17th century
Primeiro Tom
A Imagem da Melancolia
rec. 2008
CHALLENGE CLASSICS CC72321 [61:16][DC]
Improbably
beautiful ... see Full Review
Bantry House Music -
West Cork Chamber Music Festival Gabriel
FAURĖ (1845-1924)
Piano Quartet No. 1 in C minor (1879) * Antonín
DVOŘÁK (1841-1904) Piano Quintet in A
major (1887) + Marc-André
Hamelin (piano); The Leopold String Trio *; RTÉ Vanbrugh Quartet
+ rec. Bantry House, West Cork, Ireland, Festival; 28 June-5 July 1998.
DDD Plus documentary: Music in the Air - behind the scenes at
the West Cork Chamber Music Festival
WARNER MUSIC/NVC ARTS DVD
50-51442-8810-2-8 [118:00]
[IL]
An
altogether delightful musical experience ... see Full
Review
BARGAIN
OF THE MONTH
The Very Best of Broadway
Excerpts from musicals
by Gershwin, Kern, Bernstein, Berlin, Porter, Rodgers, Loewe, Weill
& Youmans John
McGlinn (conductor) rec. 1987-93
EMI CLASSICS 6952402 [75:43 + 79:25] 
[GF]
There
isn’t a weak number or weak reading … see Full
Review
British
Clarinet Music Charles
Harford LLOYD (1849-1919) Suite
in the Old Style Charles Villiers STANFORD (1852-1924) Three
Intermezzi, Sonata William Yeates HURLSTONE (1874-1906) Four
Characteristic Pieces Cecil Armstrong
GIBBS (1889-1960) Three Pieces Gerald
FINZI (1901-1956) Six Bagatelles Alessandro
Travaglini (clarinet) Christopher Howell (piano) rec. 2009 SHEVA
SH021 [72:25] [JF]
Convincing
and impressive ... see Full
Review
A Celebration of the Spanish Guitar:
Music by Joaquin RODRIGO
(1901-1999), Georges BIZET (1838-1875),
Salvador BACARISSE (1898-1963),
Federico Moreno TORROBA (1891-1982)
and Gioacchino ROSSINI (1792-1868)
Rolando Saad (guitar);
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Fuat Mansurov rec. 2007
RPO SP015 [74:19][ST] 
A
disappointment ... see Full Review
Shura Cherkassky
– The Complete HMV Stereo Recordings
Shura Cherkassky (piano) rec. 1956-8
FIRST HAND RECORDS FHR04 [68:01 + 50:53][JW] 
A
most impressive issue with quality transfers to match ... see Full
Review
Shura Cherkassky Felix
MENDELSSOHN (1809-1847) Andante and Rondo
Capriccioso Op.14 (1824) [6:17] Franz SCHUBERT
(1797-1828) Piano Sonata in A major D959 (1828) [35:21] Robert
SCHUMANN (1810-1856) Carnaval (1834) [25:10] Der Kontrabandiste
arr. Carl Tausig [2:12] Pyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY
(1840-1893) Cradle Song in A flat minor Op.16 No.1
arr Sergei RACHMANINOFF (1873-1943)
[4:13] Shura Cherkassky
(piano) rec. November 1970, Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
BBC LEGENDS BBCL 4254-2 [76:50]
[JW]
The
old conjuror in gorgeous form ... see Full
Review
Corpus
Christi en Toledo, 1751 Music by Jaime CASELLAS (1690-1764)
and Juan Bautista CABANILLES (1644-1712)
Sphera AntiQua, Memoria de los Sentidos/Carlos Martínez Gil rec.
2008
COLUMNA MÚSICA 1CM0208 [50:00][JV]
Particularly
recommendable for those with a special interest in Spanish music ...
see Full Review
Cziffra
in Tokyo Music by Frédéric
CHOPIN (1810-1856) and Franz
LISZT (1811-1886)
Georges Cziffra (piano) rec. 1964
MEDICI MASTERS MM033-2 [79:51][CC]
Jaw-dropping
technical prowess ... see Full Review
La
Dame aux Camélias Ballet:
music by Chopin Agnès
Letestu, Stéphane Bullion, Paris Opera Ballet & O/Michael
Schmidstdorff rec. 2008
OPUS ARTE OA1008D
[191.00]
[MM-B]
Luminous … beautifully
original yet purely classical choreography ... see Full
Review
Renate Eggebrecht:
Violin Solo 4 Music by Ernest
BLOCH (1880-1959), Igor STRAVINSKY
(1882-1971), Grażyna BACEWICZ (1909-1969),
Aram KHACHATURIAN (1903-1978)
and Alfred SCHNITTKE (1934-1998)
Renate Eggebrecht
(violin) rec. 2007
TROUBADISC TROSACD01433
[60:07][JW]
Highly
individualistic and, rather too often, terse ... see Full
Review
England,
My England
Choir of King’s College Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury,
Philip Ledger, Sir David Willcocks rec. 1965 -2009
EMI CLASSICS 2289440 [77:07 + 74.46][JF]
Great
value and a fine introduction to English Choral music ... see Full
Review
Expressia
Tangos and Fantasies
Cadence Ensemble
rec. 2007 SIGNUM SIGCD140
[57:54]
[CR]
Tango
style is alive and well ... see Full
Review
Fantasy
Music by Ludwig van BEETHOVEN
(1770-1827), Robert
SCHUMANN (1810-1856) and Frederic
CHOPIN (1810-1849)
Kevin Kenner (piano) rec. 2008
DUX 0633 [55:57][KS]
Ample
technique, a fine sense of restrained virtuosity ... see Full
Review
Fauré and
his circle Camille
SAINT-SAËNS (1835-1921) Romance, Airs de ballet
d’Ascanio Gabriel FAURÉ (1845-1924) Fantaisie Charles
KOECHLIN (1867-1950) Deux Nocturnes Florent
SCHMITT (1870-1958) Scherzo-Pastorale Maurice
RAVEL (1875-1937) Piece en forme de habanera Georges
ENESCO (1881-1955) Cantabile and Presto Alfredo
CASELLA (1883-1947) Sicilienne et burlesque Lili
BOULANGER (1893-1918) Nocturne Maurice
DURUFLÉ (1902-1986) Prélude, récitative
et variations Kathryn
Thomas (flute), Richard Bayliss (horn), Lawrence Power (viola),
Richard
Shaw (piano) DEUX-ELLES DXL1125 [65:30] [BBr]
A
sheer delight ... see Full Review
The
Floral Dance and
other Peter Dawson favourites - Songs of the late 19th and
early 20th centuries
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra/David Lloyd-Jones rec. 1999
MELBA MR301109 [70.27][RW]
Ideal
for bringing memories of yesteryear flooding back ... see Full
Review
Flower
Duet - The World’s Most Beautiful
Duets Various
artists rec. 1958-93
DECCA ELOQUENCE 4802594 [74:35][GF]
Those
who feel tempted by the contents need not hesitate … see Full
Review
Folk
Songs
Andrea
Stadel (soprano); Rita Klose (piano) rec. 2008
ANTES BM-CD 31.9248 [59:49]
[GF]
Promising
singer and lovely un-hackneyed songs … see Full
Review
French
Music for Horn and Piano by Louis François DAUPRAT (1786-1868),
Charles GOUNOD (1818-1893), Paul
DUKAS (1865-1935), Camille SAINT-SAËNS
(1835-1913), Joseph CANTELOUBE (1879-1957),
Jean FRANÇAIX (1912-1997), Francis
POULENC (1899-1963) and Eugène
BOZZA (1905-1991)
Barry Tuckwell (horn); Daniel Blumenthal (piano)
ETCETERA ETCO1135 
(CD version ETC1135) [71:38][SP]
Some
of the best offerings for horn and piano come from French composers
... see Full Review
Wilhelm
Furtwängler - The Early Recordings Vol.
3
Carl Maria von WEBER (1786-1826)
Der Freischütz, Invitation to the Dance Felix
MENDELSSOHN (1809-1847) A Midsummer Night’s Dream,
The Hebrides Hector BERLIOZ (1803-1869)
Rakoczy March Berlin PO/Wilhelm
Furtwängler, Erich Kleiber rec. 1929-35
NAXOS 8.111004 [65:26]
[JW]
Well
selected but ultimately patchy ... see Full
Review
The Daniel Hope Collection
Daniel
Hope (violin) with various accompanists
WARNER CLASSICS 2564690730 [75:45 + 77:05][JW]
A
sampler with rather more meat on the bones than others ... see Full
Review
Kiri
Sings Berlin, Gershwin, Kern
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano); Various accompaniments
rec. 1986-96
EMI CLASSICS 2357302 [71:25][SV]
The
present disc demonstrates that an opera singer can successfully cross
over into music-theatre ... see Full Review
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