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Johann
Sebastian BACH
Cantatas - Vol. 44 Rachel Nicholls (soprano), Robin Blaze (alto),
Gerd Türk (tenor), Peter Kooy (bass) Bach Collegium Japan/Masaaki
Suzuki rec. 2008 BIS
[JV] Admirers
of Bach Collegium Japan's Bach cantata project will not hesitate to
add this disc to their collection, but sceptics won't change their mind.
Ludwig
van BEETHOVEN
Cello Sonatas, Mozart & Handel Variations Ludwig
Hoelscher (cello) Elly Ney (piano) rec. 1957 FORGOTTEN RECORDS
[JW] I
applaud the return of these performances to the catalogue in this way
in unproblematic transfers.
Francesco
CILEA
Adriana Lecouvreur Micaela Carosi (soprano) Marcelo
Álvarez (tenor) Ch & O Teatro Regio Torino/Renato Palumbo
rec. live, 2009 DYNAMIC
[GF] Deserves
to be heard for Alvarez but the Levine is more melodious and fascinating.
Lucien
DUROSOIR
Le Balcon, Idylle, Piano
Trio, Trilogie Ensemble Sequenza 9.3; Diotima Qt, Aquilon
Qnt, Trio Hoboken rec. 2005/10 ALPHA
[Byz] Alpha
continue their almost single-handed, entirely justified attempt to bring
Durosoir’s brilliant music to long overdue public attention.
Alessandro
GRANDI
Vespro della Beata Vergine Deborah York
(soprano) Daniel Taylor (alto) Ed Lyon (tenor) Peter Harvey (bass) Gachinger-Kantorei
Stuttgart, Bach-Collegium Stuttgart/Matthew Halls rec. live, 2010
CARUS
[RH] This
disc charmed me far more than I could have imagined.
Nico
MUHLY Seeing
is Believing, Motion, By All Means, Step Team Thomas Gould
(electric violin) Aurora O/Nicholas Collon rec. 2010 DECCA
[DC] Very
fine, but to what exactly are we connecting?
American
String Project:
Live 2010 - 10 Year Anniversary Album rec. 2009/10 MSR CLASSICS
[JW] A
certain lumbering quality inherent but fine playing, bold and confident.
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH Kaleidoscope
Maria Forsström (contralto) Andreas Edlund (harpsichord) Matti
Hirvonen (piano) rec. 2010/1 MUSICA REDIVIVA
[GF] A
varied and fascinating and superbly executed disc.
Romantic
Wind Serenades
Antonin DVOŘÁK Serenade
Felix MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY Overture Wilhelm
Emilius HARTMANN Serenade Consortium Classicum rec.
1991/2 MDG
[JS] A
programme of thoroughly enjoyable music.
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH That’s
Entertainment -
A Celebration of the MGM Film Musical Kim Criswell, Matthew Ford,
Seth MacFarlane, Curtis Stigers, Maida Vale Singers, The John Wilson
O/John Wilson rec. 2011 EMI CLASSICS
[IL] Fans
of those spectacular MGM musicals shouldn’t hesitate.
NEW
and RECENT ARTICLES
American
Symphonies Discography by
Michael Herman
September
Download Roundup #2 by
Brian Wilson
Forces’
Sweethearts and Heart-Throbs of World War II. The 50 Finest; 1939-45.
2CDs £9 postage paid
Lionel
Hampton - Flying Home 48 tracks 2CDs
£9 postage paid
NOTICES
The
Wiliam Alwyn Festival
October 6-9th. Suffolk
The
Malcolm Arnold Festival 21st – 23 October 2011: All the symphonies
plus more!
Royal & Derngate, Northampton - Box Office 01604 624811
e-mail: box.office@royalandderngate.co.uk
The
Thomas Dunhill Connection
Fri
21st - Sun 23rd October 2011, Bondleigh, Devon, UK
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