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Georgy
CATOIRE
(1861-1926)
Elégie, Violin Sonata 1, Piano Quintet 
Boris Tsoukkerman (violin); Ivo Boytchev (piano); Rian de Waal (piano);
Christian Bor (violin); Michele Sidener (viola); Godfried Hoogeveen
(cello) rec. May 2007
ALIUD RECORDS
ACDHN033-2 [60:30]
Great
quintet, not so great coupling ... see Full
Review
Ernest CHAUSSON (1855-1899)
Počme de l’amour et de la mer see VIERNE
Frédéric
CHOPIN
(1810-1849) 200th
Anniversary Edition ‘The Complete Works’
various artists complete tracklist at end of review
EMI CLASSICS 9 67117 2 [16 CDs: ca. 1088:00]
[DC]
A
real bargain and one-stop Chopin collection of consistently high quality.
… see Full Review
Frédéric
CHOPIN
(1810-1849)
24 Preludes, op.28 [45:03]; 2 Ballades: No 1, op.23 in G minor [10:49];
No. 4, op. 52 in F Minor [11:50]
Sheila Arnold (fortepiano) rec. August 2009, location not specified.
AVI
MUSIC 8553183 [67:42]
[ZT]
Interpretations
that reflect erudition, and refined preoccupation with authentic performance
… see Full Review
Guillaume
CONNESSON (b.
1970) Cosmic Trilogy: Aleph (2007 rev. 2009) [8:35] Une
lueur dans l’âge sombre (2005) [19:20] Supernova (1997 rev.
2006) [14:40] The Shining One (2009) [9:05]
Eric Le Sage (piano) Royal Scottish National Orchestra/Stéphane Denčve
rec. Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow, Scotland, 2-3 July 2009
CHANDOS
CHSA 5076 [52:13]
[DM]
A
rewarding and exciting disc ... see Full
Review
Frédéric
CHOPIN (1810-1849) Piano
Concerto 2 see MOZART
Ronald
CORP (b. 1951) Guernsey Postcards, Piano
Concerto 1, Symphony 1 Leon
McCawley (piano) Royal Liverpool PO/Ronald Corp rec. 2009 DUTTON
CDLX7233 [65:57] [GHu]
A
splendid disc – enjoy it! ... see Full
Review
Michael
DAUGHERTY (b.1954) Fire
and Blood, MotorCity Triptych, Raise the Roof Detroit
SO/Neeme
Järvi
rec. 2001/3 NAXOS
8.559372 [69:30] [OL]
Powerful
performances of interesting, beautiful music ... see Full
Review
Claude
DEBUSSY (1862-1918) Complete
works for solo piano - Vol. 5 Jeux, Khamma, La
Boîte à Joujoux Jean-Efflam
Bavouzet (piano) rec. 2009 CHANDOS
CHAN10545 [64.47] [GH]
A
marvellous disc and the climax in so many ways of Bavouzet’s complete
Debussy cycle ... see Full
Review
Claude
DEBUSSY (1862-1918)
Jeux, Prélude ŕ l’aprčs-midi d’un faunesee RAVEL
Frederick
DELIUS
(1862-1934)
On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring, Summer Night on the
River, Hassan (Intermezzo and Serenade), Caprice
and Elegy, Irmelin Prelude Camille SAINT-SAËNS
(1835-1921) Carnival of the Animals Jacques
IBERT (1890-1962) Divertissement
Eleanor Aller (cello) Concert Arts O/Felix Slatkin rec. 1952-4
PRISTINE AUDIO XR PASC190 [66:03]
[JW]
A
mixed bag and Delius that is usefully different … see Full
Review
Frederick
DELIUS (1862 - 1934) Violin Sonata 3 see English
Viola
Riccardo
DRIGO (1846-1930) Le Corsaire see ADAM
Antonín
DVOŘÁK (1841-1904) Symphonies
7 & 8 Philharmonia
O/Sir Charles Mackerras
rec. live, 2008 SIGNUM
CLASSICS
SIGCD183 [73:52] [JQ]
Spirited,
authoritative and highly enjoyable readings that are a match for
the finest in the field ... see Full
Review
Ernst
EICHNER (1740-1777) Flute
Quartets Jan
De Winne (flute) Il Gardellino
rec. October 2006 ACCENT
ACC24183 [57:02] [SV]
Good
but with reservations … see Full
Review
Sir
Edward ELGAR (1857-1934) Bavarian Dances, Chanson
de matin, Chanson de nuit see Boult
John
ELLIS (b.1943) Music for Organ Ronald
Frost (organ) rec. 2000 DIVINE
ARTS DDV24141 [62.19] 
[GH]
Music
of charm and practicality beautifully performed and recorded … see Full
Review
Peter
EÖTVÖS (b. 1944) Jet Stream see GRUBER
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH Gabriel FAURÉ (1845
– 1924) Mélodies
Yann Beuron (tenor); Billy Eidi (piano) rec. 2009
TIMPANI 1C1162 [51:42]
[GF]
Great
interpretations of great songs … see Full
Review
Gabriel
FAURÉ (1845-1924) Requiem, Pavane, Sicilienne, Berceuse see France
- A Musical Journey
Jean
FRANCAIX (1912 - 1997) Clarinet Concerto see Clarinet
Variations
César
FRANCK (1822-1890) String
Quartet,
Piano Quintet Cristina
Ortiz (piano); Fine Arts Qt
rec. 2008 NAXOS
8.572009 [79:19] [BW]
You
could hardly go wrong here, but the older Naxos and the Hyperion
recordings make an excellent combination ... see Full
Review
César
FRANCK (1822-1890) Les Béatitudes New
Philharmonic Ch & O Radio France/Armin Jordan rec. 1985 WARNER
APEX 2564 69045-2 [56:46 + 62:46] [J-PJ]
Of
interest to Franck aficionados on a tight budget ... see Full
Review
César
FRANCK (1822 – 1890) Violin Sonata Felix
MENDELSSOHN (1809 – 1847) Violin Sonata Uri
Pianka (violin); Timothy Hester (piano) rec. 2008 ROMÉO
RECORDS 7272 [60:38] [BBr]
Hard
driven treatment … see Full
Review
Alberto
GINASTERA
(1916–1983) String
Quartets - complete
Cuarteto Latinoamericano (Saúl Bitrán (violin); Arón Bitrán (violin);
Javier Montiel (viola); Alvaro Bitrán (cello)); *Claudia Montiel (soprano)
rec. 1989, 1990, 1997, location not specified
BRILLIANT CLASSICS 9119 [70:08]
[RB]
Stimulating
and invigorating quartets written across a quarter of a century ...
see Full Review
Alberto
GINASTERA
(1916-1983)
Glosses sobre temes de Pau Casals for Orchestra, Variaciones
concertantes, Glosses
sobre temes de Pau Casals
London SO/Gisčle Ben-Dor, Israel CO/Gisčle
Ben-Dor rec. 1994/5
NAXOS 8.572249 [58:46]
[JF]
Surely
one of the great and largely undiscovered geniuses of our generation
... see Full Review
Heinz
Karl GRUBER (b.
1943) Aerial
(1998-9) [25:49] Peter EÖTVÖS (b.
1944) Jet Stream (2002) [21:39] Mark-Anthony
TURNAGE (b. 1960) From the Wreckage (2004-5) [14:59]
Hĺkan
Hardenberger (trumpet)Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra/Peter Eötvös rec.
Göteborg, Konserthuset, April 2004 (Eötvös), February 2005 (Gruber),
December 2005 (Turnage)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON CD 00289 477 6150 [62:53]
[DC]
Hardenberger
is a soloist without equal, cruising through bruising technical passagework
as if it were Handel or Haydn. ... see Full
Review
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH Francisco GUERAU
(1649-1722) Songs José
MARÍN (1618-1699)
Songs
Laberintos Ingeniosos rec. 2007
ZIG-ZAG TERRITOIRES ZZT090301 [58:40]
[GPu]
A
fine collection of passionate music from the Spanish baroque, persuasively
played … see Full Review
Ivor
GURNEY (1890-1937) Songs Susan
Bickley (mezzo) Iain Burnside (piano) rec. 2008 NAXOS
8.572151 [71:36] [JW]
Sometimes
a little cool ... see Full Review
George
Frideric HANDEL
(1685
– 1759) Arias: Love and Madness
Johannette Zomer (soprano) Bart Schneemann (oboe) Musica Amphion rec.
2008, Waalse Kerk, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
CHANNEL CLASSICS CCA SA 29209 [74.50]
[RH]
Successfully mixes familiar and unfamiliar
and performed with style, charm and a nice poignancy. What more could
you want? ... see Full Review
Georg
Frideric HANDEL (1685-1759) Between
Heaven and Earth Sandrine
Piau (soprano) Accademia Bizantina/Stefano Montanari rec. 2008 NAÏVE
OP30484 [67:15] [JW]
A
strongly personalised recital, very well recorded ... see Full
Review
George
Frideric HANDEL (1685
- 1759) Saul Dietrich
Fischer-Dieskau, Anthony Rolfe-Johnson, Julia Varady, Concentus
Musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt rec. 1985 DAS
ALTE WERK
2564 686983 [68:39
+ 67:19] [RH]
For Harnoncourt
and Fischer-Dieskau admirers only ... see Full
Review
Joseph
HAYDN (1732-1809)
The Complete Haydn Masses
Ann Hoyt, Julie Liston, Sharla Nafziger, Nacole Palmer, Nina Faia, (sopranos);
Luthien Brackett, Kirsten Sollek, Hai-Ting Chinn (altos); Stephen Sands,
Matthew Hughes, Daniel Mutlu, Nathan Davis, Daniel Neer, Matthew Hensrud,
(tenors); Richard Lippold, Bert K Johnson, Andrew Nolen, (basses); Trinity
Choir; Dongsok Shin (organ); Rebel Baroque Orchestra/J. Owen Burdick,
Jane Glover* rec. May 2001-September 2008, Trinity Church, New York
NAXOS
8.508009 [8 CDs: 57:21 + 65:16 + 64:46 + 71:51 + 68:27 + 52:28 +
53:08 + 56:04]
[WH]
A
brilliantly performed and presented survey, but not the whole story
… see Full Review
Joseph
HAYDN (1732-1809) Symphony
88, Harmoniemesse Bayerischen
RSO/Mariss Jansons
rec. 2008 BR-KLASSIK
403571900103 
[67:08] [BW]
Haydn
amidst rococo splendour; confidently recommended ... see Full
Review
Joseph
HAYDN (1732-1809) String Quartet Op. 9/4 see Birth
Paul HINDEMITH
(1895–1963)
Chamber miusic for clarinet
Spectrum Concerts, Berlin rec. 2009
NAXOS 8.572213 [73:31]
[BBr]
For
me, essential listening … see Full Review
Gustav
HOLST (1874-1934) The Perfect Fool see Boult
Jeno
HUBAY
(1858-1937) Violin concerto no.1 in A minor, op.21, Concerto
dramatique (1884) [30:30] Scčnes de la Csárda: no.3 Maros vize
folyik csendesen, op.18 (1882-1883) [7:13] Scčnes de la Csárda:
no.4 Hejre Kati, op.32 (1882-1886) [6:19] Violin concerto no.2 in
E major, op.90 (1904) [26:45] Chloë Hanslip
(violin) Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/Andrew Mogrelia rec. 23-24
June 2008; The Concert Hall, Lighthouse, Poole, UK
NAXOS 8.572078 [70:46]
[RMay]
This
is a most enjoyable disc ... see Full
Review
Johann
Nepomuk HUMMEL (1778-1837) Piano
Sonatas, La contemplazione, una fantasia piccola Susan
Alexander-Max (fortepiano)
rec. 2008 CHANDOS
CHAN0765 [67:07] [BR]
Enjoyable
sonatas on a beautiful instrument … see Full
Review
Jacques
IBERT (1890-1962) Divertissement see
DELIUS
Charles
IVES (1874
- 1954) Holidays
Symphony, The General Slocum, Overture, Yale-Princeton
Football Game, Postlude Malmö SO & Ch/James
Sinclair
rec. 2007/8 NAXOS
8.559370 [53:16] [BBr]
This
is a must have … see Full Review
Charles
IVES, arr. SCHUMAN Variations
on ‘America’ see Schuman
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH Václav Gunther
JACOB (1685
- 1734) Dixit
Dominus, Missa Dei Filii Valentin
RATHGEBER (1682-1750) Concertos Capella
Regia Praha/Robert Hugo
rec. 2008/9 SUPRAPHON
SU3971-2 [79:32] [JV]
Music
and interpretation are of a very high standard ... see Full
Review
Leoš
JANÁCEK (1854-1928) String Quartet 2 see
SMETANA
Joseph
JOACHIM (1831-1907)
Violin Concertos
Suyoen Kim (violin) Staatskapelle Weimer/Michael Halász rec.
2008
NAXOS 8.570991 [65:57]
[JW]
The
disc as a whole has strong claims to make ... see Full
Review
Miloslav
KABELAC Symphony No.4 in A Camerata Op.36 see Beethoven
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH Uuno KLAMI
(1900-1961) Northern
Lights, Op. 38 (1946) [18:49] Cheremissian Fantasy for cello
and orchestra, Op. 19 (1931) [13:27] Kalevala Suite, Op. 23 (1943)
[32:56]
Samuli Peltonen (cello) Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra/John Storgĺrds
rec. Finlandia Hall, Helsinki, rec 2009.
ONDINE ODE 1143-2 [65:25]
[RB]
Magnificently
done and needs to be heard by anyone who claims expertise or affection
for Scandinavian music. ... see Full Review
Oliver
KNUSSEN
(b. 1952)
Two Fantasy Operas based on the books by Maurice Sendak:- Where
the Wild Things Are (1979-83) Higglety Pigglety Pop! (1984-85)
Glyndebourne
Festival Opera London Sinfonietta/Oliver Knussen
WARNER MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT 50-51865-4311-2-1
[98:00]
[CF]
In
Max’s words, ‘Let the Wild Rumpus begin’.... see Full
Review
Zoltán
KODALY (1882-1967) Dances of Galánta see BEETHOVEN
György
KURTÁG
(b. 1926)
Birthday elegy for Judit [1:42] Hommage ŕ Schubert [2:19] Franz
SCHUBERT (1797-1828) Piano Sonata in C major, D.840, “Reliquie”
(1825) [24:44] Piano Sonata in A major, D.959 (1828) [39:59]
Jonathan Biss (piano) rec. live, Wigmore Hall, London, 12 May 2009
WIGMORE HALL LIVE WHLIVE 0030 [69:03]
[WH]
Well
played, well recorded, Biss enthusiasts will be happy to have this …
see Full Review
David
LAMPEL (b.1959) String
Quartet, Piano Sonata, String Sextet, Violin Sonata, Prelude
and Chaconne Parissi
Qt, Sébastien Risler, Emmanuel Strosser (piano), Uppsala
Chamber Soloists, Régis Pasquier (violin), Henri Demarquette
(cello)
rec. 2004-6 NAXOS
8.572106 [47:56] [BBr]
I
cannot wholeheartedly recommend this disk … see Full
Review
Rued
LANGGAARD (1893-1952) Choral
songs Ars
Nova Copenhagen/Tamás Vetö rec. 1997 DACAPO
6.220561 [64:31] [JW]
Glorious
singing and direction from first note to last ... see Full
Review
Nanna
LIEBMANN
(1849-1935)
Théme passionné et Variations (1911) [11.26] see Romantic
Piano Works by Danish Women Composers
Franz
LISZT (1811-1886) Piano
Works Vol. 30 Soirées Italiennes, Paganini
Etudes, Impromptu Rossini et Spontini, Rossini
variations Gianluca
Luisi (piano) rec. 2008 NAXOS
8.570984 [64:06] [JS]
Will
raise your spirits even in the present cold winter … see Full
Review
Nikolai
LOPATNIKOFF
(1903-1976) Concerto for Violin, Op. 26 (1941)
[22:13] Joseph Fuchs (violin) 
National Orchestral Association/Leon Barzin Symphony No. 3, Op. 35 (1953-54)
[30:16] National Orchestral Association/John Barnett rec. 12 March 1945;
26 January 1960. ADD
PIERIAN PIR 0023 [52:29] 
[JW]
Fruitful
pickings ... see Full Review
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