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Silvia
Marcovici Vol. 1 Violin concertos by Beethoven,
Bartok, Bruch, Lalo, Brahms, Saint-Saëns & Tchaikovsky 
rec.
1979-96 DOREMI
DHR7942-44 [73:54 + 74:15] +DVD [~100:00] 
[JW]
Splendid
instrumental and tonal qualities and a strong, direct and impressive
musicality ... see Full Review
Millennium
Canons Looking Forward, Looking Back Kevin
PUTS (b.1972) Millennium Canons Jonathan
NEWMAN (b.1972) My Hands Are A City Kristin
KUSTER (b.1973) Lost Gulch Lookout John
MACKEY (b.1973) Kingfishers Catch Fire Gustav
HOLST (1874
-
1934) Hammersmith Adam GORB (b.1958) Awayday University
of Georgia Wind Ensemble/John P. Lynch
rec. 2008 NAXOS
8.572231 [61:25] [CR]
Interesting
successful works played with youthful energy and professionalism … a
quality product ... see Full
Review
Pierre
Monteux in Boston A
Treasury of Concert Performances 1951-58 Boston
SO/Pierre Monteux rec. 1951-58 WEST
HILL RADIO ARCHIVES WHRA6022 [8 CDs: 554:13] [JW]
Authoritative,
finely played, well recorded and transferred ... see Full
Review
Moving
Clarinet Josef
PALENICEK (1914-1991) Partita Piccolo [8:58];
Bohuslav MARTINU (1890-1959)
Sonatina per clarinetto e pianoforte (1956) [10:55]; Miloslav
ISTVAN (1928-1990) Sonata for Clarinet and Piano [15:01];
Karel HUSA (b.1921) Three Studies
for Solo Clarinet (2008) [8:48]; Viktor KALABIS
(1923-2006) Suita per clarinetto e pianoforte (1999) [8:24]
Irvin Venyš (clarinet); Martin Kasík (piano) rec. September-November
2009, Martinu Hall, Academy of Music, Prague. DDD
ARCODIVA UP 0106-2 131 [52:33]
[CR]
Playing
of intelligence and maturity, presenting this music in the best possible
way ... see Full Review
Musica
Fennica
Robert KAJANUS (1856 - 1933) Suite ancienne,
Berceuse Lauri SAIKKOLA (1906 - 1995)
Tripartita, Musica per archi Armas LAUNIS
(1884 - 1959) Suite nordique
St. Michel Strings/Erkki Palola rec. 2007
ALBA ABCD274 [56:19]
[HC]
A
lovely disc with several Finnish rarities in excellent performances
and recording … see Full
Review
A
Musical Journey – Rome
Comprising images of the piazzas, fountains and remains of Empire. Music
by Franz LISZT
(1811-1886)
Joseph Banowetz (piano), Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra/Oliver Dohnányi
NAXOS
2.110239
[58:37]
[JF]
As
a picture postcard it is superb: for anyone who has spent time in the
city it is an essential souvenir. ... see Full
Review
A
Musical Journey - Northern Italy and Sicily Comprising
images of Mantua, Lago di Orta, Cremona, Milan, Etna and Taormina
Music by Mozart (Symphonies 25 & 41) NAXOS
2.110251 [58:32] [JF]
A
great production ... see Full
Review
Neujahrskonzert:
New Year’s Concert 2010 Vienna
PO/Georges Prêtre
rec. 2010 DECCA
0743376 [146:20] [BW]
A
record of a vintage concert ... see Full
Review
Ombre
De Mon Amant -
French Baroque arias by Charpentier, Rameau and Lambert Anne
Sofie von Otter (mezzo) Les Arts Florissants/William Christie
rec. 2008 ARCHIV
PRODUKTION
477 8610 [65:04] [J-PJ]
A
rather mixed bag of musical offerings but the highlight is von
Otter ... see Full Review
Phoenix
in Flight
Carl Maria von WEBER (1786 -
1826) Clarinet concertino, Clarinet concerto 2 Giovanni
BOTTESINI (1821 - 1889) Duetto Claude
DEBUSSY (1862 - 1918) Première Rhapsodie
Richard
Stoltzman (clarinet); Richard Fredrickson (double-bass) Slovak RSO/Kirk
Trevor rec. 2002-5
NAVONA RECORDS NV5801 [59:52]
[OL]
Great
clarinet playing - for the sake of clarinet playing ... see Full
Review
Yun-yi
Qin (piano) Includes Wolfgang
Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791) Variations on a Minuet Franz
SCHUBERT (1797-1828) Piano Sonata 16 Joseph
HAYDN (1732-1809) Keyboard Sonata Claudio
PRIETO (b.1934) Jaén 2008 rec.
2008 NAXOS
8.572341 [76:02] [JW]
A
youthful marker of talent ... see Full
Review
Rathamataz Brett
Baker (trombone) Black Dyke Band/Dr Nicholas J. Childs rec. 2009 DOYEN
DOYCD261 [71:46] [GD]
On
form thoughout, not that there is much to challenge Black Dyke
in this repertoire. ... see Full
Review
Romantic
Piano Pieces Israela
Margalit (piano)
rec. 1991 DECCA
476
3486 [69:06] [BR]
Lives
up to its billing, at least … see Full
Review
The
Sakari Oramo Collection Jean
SIBELIUS, Edvard GRIEG,
Sergey RACHMANINOV, Béla BARTÓK,
Dmitri SHOSTAKOVICH, John
FOULDS, Gustav MAHLER
Nikolai
Lugansky, piano , Leila Josefowicz, violin , Peter Donohoe, piano City
of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/ Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra (Bartók)/Sakari
Oramo rec. 2000 - 2006
WARNER CLASSICS AND JAZZ 2564 68694-5 [74:54 + 74:18]
A
selection of greatest hits which falls short of the mark … see Full
Review
Schmelzer & Co -
Music at the Habsburg Court Caecilia-Concert
rec. 2009 CHALLENGE
CLASSICS CC72339 [75:53] [JV]
Fascinating
repertoire from the 17th century - the wind are impressive, but the
strings are dynamically a bit flat ... see Full
Review
Send
In The Clowns London
Brass rec. 1989 TELDEC
2564 68617-4 [57:57] [MC]
London
Brass demonstrate their excellent talents on this entertaining
release ... see Full
Review
BARGAIN
OF THE MONTH The Service
of Venus and Mars: Music
for the Knights of the Garter Gothic
Voices/Christopher Page (with Andrew Lawrence-King, medieval
harp) rec. 1986 HYPERION
HELIOS CDH55290 [49:46] [BW]
The
Christophorus is entertaining, the Hyperion an essential purchase ...
see Full Review
Seized
by Sweet Desire
- Singing Nuns and Ladies
[Notre Dame Repertoire] anon
PEROTINUS (fl c1200) LEONINUS
(fl 1150s-c1201)
Musica Ficta (Malene Nordtorp, Ann-Christine Wesser Ingels, Amy Vestbř,
Susannah Carlsson (soprano), Rie Koch, Elisabeth Řrsnes, Linnéa Lomholt,
Helen Rossil (contralto))/Bo Holten rec. 1-3 March 2005, St Paul's Church,
Copenhagen, Denmark. DDD
NAXOS
8.572265 [49:39]
[JV]
A
female look at 'male' repertoire ... see Full
Review
Sixty
Glorious Years: A
Concert of 19th Century British Music
Katy Morrell (soprano); Phillida Bannister (contralto); Campbell Russell
(tenor); Fiona Murphy (cello); Wilfred Goddard (clarinet); Ian Wass
(organ); John Talbot, (piano) The Midlands Chorale/Robert Williams Rec1997
BRITISH MUSIC SOCIETY
BMS422CD [75.14]
[JF][NB]
For
entertainment and enjoyment rather than academic study. ... [JF]
A disc to remind one of the blazing genius of Elgar and the unique path
he trod through 1890s British musical culture … see Full
Review
Cyril
Smith and Phyllis Sellick Piano
Duos César FRANCK
(1822-1890) Prélude, choral et fugue (1884) arranged
by John Odom for three hands [18:55] Felix
MENDELSSOHN (1809-1847) Allegro Brillant, in A major for
piano Op.92 (1842) arranged by John Odom for three hands [8:47] Franz
SCHUBERT (1797-1828)
Fantasie, D.940 (1828) [17:37] Sonata in B flat D.617 (1823) [17:23]
Gabriel FAURÉ
(1845-1924) Dolly Suite Op.56 (1894-97) arranged by
John Odom for three hands [16:39]
Cyril Smith and Phyllis Sellick (piano duet) rec. 1974
NIMBUS NI 5178 [79:21]
[JW]
Commanding
musicality across this eighty minute recital ... see Full
Review
Trobadors – Trouvčres – Minnesänger: Songs
and Dances of the Middle Ages Ensemble
für frühe Musik Augsburg rec. 1984 CHRISTOPHORUS
ENTRÉE CHE 0148-2 [50:34]
The
Christophorus is entertaining, the Hyperion an essential purchase
... see Full Review
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH La
Voce di Orfeo - Gli amori di Francesco Rasi 1574-1621
Furio Zanasi (baritone); Giulio Casati (narrator) La Chimera/Eduardo
Egüez rec. 2009 DDD
NAIVE E 8925 [62:36]
[JV]
A
magnificent recording and an impressive demonstration of recitar cantando
... see Full Review
Xibus Boston
String
Qt & guests NAVONA
RECORDS
NV 5808 [52:58] [BBr]
I
can find no redeeming features whatsoever ... see Full
Review
BOOK REVIEWS
The
Great Lablache
- Nineteenth Century Operatic Superstar:
His Life and His Times
by Clarissa Lablache Cheer [MMB]
A
very commendable attempt to bring us the story of an operatic star …
who but for this book would have been almost completely forgotten. A
valuable reading experience. ... see Full
Review
The
Cello Suites by
Eric Siblin.
Allen & Unwin, 2009 319 pages, paperback
ISBN 978-1-74237-159-7 [DJB]
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