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Lydia
Mordkovitch plays Russian Works for Violin/Viola
by Dimitri Borisovich KABALEVSKY (1904-1987),
André Mikhaylovich VOLKONSKY (1933–2008),
Ivan Yevstafyevich KHANDOSHKIN (1747-1804),
Sergei Sergeyevich PROKOFIEV (1891-1953)
and Igor STRAVINSKY (1882-1971) 
Lydia Mordkovitch (violin/viola); Nicholas Walker/Julian Milford (piano)
rec. 1998-2008 CHANDOS
CHAN10526 [76:07][MC] 
An
appealing and fascinating mix ... see Full
Review
Charles Munch in New York
Claude DEBUSSY (1862-1918)
Iberia Maurice RAVEL (1875-1937)
Le Tombeau de Couperin, Daphnis et Chloé Suite 2 Albert
ROUSSEL (1869-1937) Bacchus et Ariane Suite 2
NBC SO, New York PSO/Charles Munch rec. 1949/54
MUSIC & ARTS CD-1208 [68:13] 
[JQ]
Self-recommending
to all collectors who prize great conducting ... see Full
Review
A New Heaven
The
Sixteen/Harry Christophers rec. 2008
UNIVERSAL 1795732 [72:06][JQ]
You’ll
go a long way to find better performances of this repertoire ... see
Full Review
New
Impossibilities Yo-Yo
Ma (cello) The Silk Road Ensemble Chicago SO/Miguel Harth-Bedoya
rec. 2007 SONY
CLASSICAL 88697 103192 [74:05] 
[EM]
A
fascinating disc ... see Full
Review
David
Oistrakh Collection - Vol. 13
Giuseppe
TARTINI (1692-1770) Sonata César
FRANCK (1822-1890) Violin Sonata Robert
SCHUMANN (1810-1856) Fantasia Maurice
RAVEL (1875-1937) Tzigane Johann
Sebastian BACH (1685-1750) Sonata for solo violin
David Oistrakh (violin) Vladimir Yampolsky (piano) rec. 1959/65
DOREMI DHR-7950 [70:19]
[JW]
Typically
robust, masculine and with great lyric cantilena ... see Full
Review
Opium
Mélodies Françaises
Philippe Jaroussky (counter-tenor) Jérôme Ducros (piano)
rec. 2008 VIRGIN CLASSICS
2166212 [66:06]
[JW]
Exciting
and vibrant … a decided asset ... see Full
Review
Organ
Landscape: Lithuania Monastery Church,
Tytuvenai
Martin Rost (organ) rec. 2008
MUSIKPRODUKTION DABRINGHAUS UND GRIMM MDG3191559-2 [79:14][DM]
Especially
rewarding for those interested in the organ-builder’s art ... see Full
Review
Pyrogravures
Jean ABSIL (1893 -
1974) Danses bulgares André SOURIS
(1899 - 1970) Rengaines Joseph JONGEN
(1873 - 1953) Deux pièces Frederik van
ROSSUM (b. 1939) Pyrogravures Michel
LYSIGHT (b. 1958) Sextuor
Soloists of the Belgian Guides rec. 2005
WORLD WIND MUSIC WWM500.135 [67:38]
[HC]
A
fine survey of attractive Belgian works for wind quintet ... see Full
Review
Quartetto
con Forza Mats
Larsson GOTHE (b. 1965) String
Quartet Anders HILLBORG (b.
1954) Kongsgaard variations Per
MÅRTENSSON (b. 1967) String Quartet 1 Mika
PELO (b. 1971) Up, Down, Charm, Strange Stenhammar
Qt
rec. 2008/9 PHONO
SUECIA
PSCD 182 [70:28] [DC]
Find
out what's happening in today's Swedish string quartet
writing ... see Full Review
Robert Riefling (1911-1988)
- Great Norwegian Performers 1945-2000: Volume IV, Music by
Ludwig van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)
Robert Riefling
(piano) rec. 1979-86
SIMAX PSC1833 [65:12 + 75:22][JW]
A
somewhat problematic release ... see Full
Review
Romantic
Music for Piano Four-Hands
Elizabeth Buccheri and Richard Boldrey (piano duet)
rec. 1978-85 CEDILLE
RECORDS CDR7002 [76:26][MC]
So
much to enjoy ... see Full Review
Rubinstein
& Mitropoulos Alexander
BORODIN (1833–1887) In the Steppes of Central Asia Camille SAINT-SAËNS (1835–1921) Piano Concerto No.2 César FRANCK (1822–1890) Symphonic Variations
Alexander SCRIABIN (1872–1915) Počme
de l’Extase
Artur Rubinstein (piano); New York Philharmonic
Orchestra/Dmitri Mitropoulos rec. 1953
GUILD
GHCD2355 [63:44][BBr]
Great
artists working together ... see Full
Review
Sacred Concerti Works
by Schein, Michael, Schütz, Reymann & Scheidermann
Emily Van Evera (soprano) Esther Levin (soprano) Angus Davidson (alto)
Julian Podger (tenor) Ian Honeyman (tenor) Richard Wistreich (bass)
Circa 1500/Nancy Hadden rec. 2007
CRD 3516 [75.34]
[GH]
An
unusual angle on early baroque church music and beautifully performed
... see Full Review
Smile
Charles CHAPLIN (1889-1977)
Smile from Modern Times Arvo PÄRT
(b. 1935) Spiegel im Spiegel Astor PIAZZOLLA
(1921-1992) Introduction et Angel, Milonga en Re Olivier
MESSIAEN (1908-1992) Fantaisie Franz
SCHUBERT (1797-1828) Fantasy Michio
MIYAGI (1894-1956) Haru no umi Rentaro
TAKI (1879-1903) Kojo no tsuki Harold
ARLEN (1905-1986) Somewhere over the Rainbow
Anne Akiko Meyers (violin) Akira Eguchi (piano) rec. 2008
KOCH INTERNATIONAL KICCD7762 [63:44]
[JW]
An
interesting programme ... see Full Review
Stokowski conducts Schubert
and Dvořák Franz
SCHUBERT (1797-1828) Rosamunde - Incidental Music
Antonín DVOŘÁK
(1841-1904) Symphony No. 9
Leopold Stokowski and his Symphony Orchestra rec.
1947-52
CALA CACD0550 [76:07][NB]
Breathtaking
Schubert, baffling Dvořák ... see Full
Review
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH
The Three-Cornered Hat:
Spanish Fantasies Fernando
OBRADORS (1897-1945) Chiquitita la novia Enrique
GRANADOS (1867-1916) Five Tonadillas Manuel
de FALLA (1876-1946) The Three-Cornered Hat - Concert
Suite Luis de MILÁN (c.1500-c.1561)
Two Romances Joaqin RODRIGO (1901-1989)
Liricas castellanas Gerard BROPHY
(b. 1953) Verlaine Songs Shaun RIGNEY
(b. 1960) Chamber Concerto
Southern Cross Soloists, Slava Grigoryan (guitar) rec. 2007
ABC CLASSICS 476 6887 [70:50]
[ST]
Left
me enchanted and excited … really fantastic music ... see Full
Review
Two
Pianists Johannes
BRAHMS (1833-1897) Variations
on a theme by Paganini Witold LUTOSŁAWSKI (1913-1994) Paganini
Variations Anton Stepanovich ARENSKY (1861-1906) Suites
1 & 2 Aaron COPLAND (1900-1990) El
Salón México Magalhães-Schumann
Piano Duo
rec. 2008 TWOPIANISTS RECORDS
103902-2 [66:39] [MC][RB]
Could
scarcely be bettered. I loved this disc from start to finish [MC]
... Great duo playing [RB] ... see Full
Review
The
Virtuoso
-
Music from the novel by Sonia Orchard
Noël Mewton-Wood (piano) rec. 1941-52
ABC CLASSICS 476 3390 [77:18]
[JW]
As
a sampler this works pretty well ... see Full
Review
Welsh Dances Alun
HODDINOTT (1929-2008) Four Welsh Dances Op.15 (1958)
[7:29]* Overture, Jack Straw Op. 35 (1964) [5:02]** Concerto
Grosso No. 2 Op.46 (1966) [12:54]*** Investiture Dances Op.
66 (1969) [7:46]*** Welsh Dances, Set 2 Op.64 (1969) [9:03]***
William MATHIAS (1934-1992) Celtic
Dances Op.60 (1972) [14:02]*** Daniel JONES
(1912-1993) Dance Fantasy (1976) [7:42] ****
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
LYRITA SRCD.334 [64.31]
[JF]
Packed
with interesting works ... see Full
Review
BOOK
REVIEWS
Hitchcock's
Music by
Jack Sullivan Yale University Press, paperback,
354 pages. ISBN 978-0-300-13618-0 £14:99
An
indispensable addition to the Hitchcock literature ... see Full
Review
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