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Doreen
CARWITHENFilm
Music BBC Concert O/Gavin Sutherland rec. 2010 DUTTON EPOCH
[RB] Some
really fine cinema music here high on sumptuous 1950s confidence.
RECORDING
OF THE MONTHRoss
EDWARDSViolin concerto Jean
SIBELIUS Violin concerto Adele Anthony (violin) Adelaide
SO/Arvo Volmer rec. 2009 CANARY CLASSICS [NB] A
very rewarding disc.
Toivo
KUULASongs and Orchestral Music Susan Gritton
(soprano) BBC Concert O/Martin Brabbins rec. 2011 DUTTON EPOCH INTERNATIONAL
[RB]
A
most impressive disc. Glorious.
René
MAILLARDSurviving after Hiroshima, Concerto
Grosso, Concerto da Camera 2
Sarah Jouffroy (mezzo) Royal PO/Dionysios Dervis-Bournias rec. 2009
NAXOS [Byz] Music
with a neo-Classical feel to it, recalling Stravinsky in spirit if not
in style.
Ottorino
RESPIGHIPoema autunnaleJosef
SUK Fantasy Ernest CHAUSSON Poème
Ralph VAUGHAN WILLIAMS The Lark Ascending Julia
Fischer (violin) Monte-Carlo PO/Yakov Kreizberg rec. 2010 DECCA [OL]
The
entire disc radiates purity.
Franz
SCHUBERTDie Winterreise Laurens Bogtman
(baritone), Felix de Nobel (piano) rec. 1954 FORGOTTEN RECORDS [CH]
This
revival only shows that some records have been forgotten because they
weren’t especially good.
Richard
STRAUSSDon Quixote,
Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Don Juan Paul
Tortelier (cello) Berlin PO/Rudolf Kempe, Fritz Lehmann rec. 1954/8
REGIS [MC] I
would be perfectly happy if these accounts were the only ones in my
collection.
Tomás
Luis de VICTORIAMissa Vidi speciosam
Ch of Westminster Cathedral/James O'Donnell, David Hill rec. 1984
HYPERION HELIOS [MS] A
welcome reissue of simple, committed singing of beautiful and compelling
music by Victoria.
Classic
Film Scores for Bette Davis- Music by Steiner,
Korngold, Newman and Waxman National PO/Charles Gerhardt rec.
1973 SONY/RCA RED SEAL [IL] Nicely
unrestrained readings of these powerfully emotional, melodramatic scores.
Rarities
of Piano Music Schloss vor Husum - Vol. 22 rec. 2010
DANACORD [JF] Not
a few of these pieces are miniature masterpieces.
The
Future of record labels in the Classical Music Field Klaus
Heyman has read this article. Whilst he found Rob's version entertaining
he found the others wide of the mark. We now append the link to a a
recent interview he gave to NewMusicBox. All comments welcome.
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