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Otmar
MÁCHA Elegy
for violin and piano see
Bacova
Sir
Alexander MACKENZIE (1847-1935) Violin
Concerto; Pibroch Suite 
Malcolm Stewart (violin); Royal Scottish National Orchestra/Vernon
Handley, David Davies rec. 1997
HYPERION HELIOS CDH55343 [55:09][EM] 
Wonderfully
lyrical performances … see Full
Review
Walter
MACFARREN (1826-1905) Concertstück see BENEDICT
Gustav
MAHLER (1860-1911) Symphony
8 & movements from Symphonies 6 & 9 Vienna
PO/Dimitri Mitropoulos rec. 1959/60 IMMORTAL
PERFORMANCES IPCD1005-2 [66:22 + 59:51] [JW]
This
Mahler 8 sounds first class ... see Full
Review
Gustav MAHLER (1860-1911)
Symphony 8, Adagio from Symphony 10
San Francisco SCh & O/Michael Tilson Thomas rec. live, 2006/8
SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY 821936-0021-2 [51:32 + 60:30] 
[JQ]
A
fine conclusion to Michael Tilson Thomas’s Mahler cycle ... see
Full Review
William
MATHIAS (1934-1992) Celtic Dances see
Hoddinott
Johann
Simon MAYR (1763-1845) Fedra
Staatsorchester
Braunschweig/Gerd Schaller rec. 2008
OEHMS CLASSICS OC920 [64:28 + 50:46][IB]
The
curious will certainly be rewarded ... see Full
Review
Nikolai
MEDTNER (1880-1951) Two Pieces
Op. 58 Sergei RACHMANINOV (1873-1943) Suite
No. 2; Russian Rhapsody; Symphonic Dances Dmitri
Alexeev, Nikolai Demidenko (piano) rec. 1993 HYPERION
HELIOS CDH55337 [78:11][OL]
Formidable
playing … fast and furious ... see Full
Review
Felix
MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY (1809-1847) Symphony
No.2 Bergen
Philharmonic Orchestra/Andrew Litton rec. 2008
BIS-SACD-1704
[63:05][DM]
Has
its moments but is disappointingly uneven ... see Full
Review
Felix
MENDELSSOHN
(1809-1847)
Antigone
Kammerchor Stuttgart & Klassische Philharmonie Stuttgart/Frieder
Bernius rec. 2004 CARUS
83.224 [61:08]
[MC]
Splendidly
performed and recorded - rare Mendelssohn ... see Full
Review
Felix
MENDELSSOHN (1809 - 1847) String
Quartets 1 & 2 Gabrieli
String Qt rec. 1989
CHANDOS CHAN10534X [59:32] 
[GF]
Attractive
readings, especially at around a fiver … see Full
Review
Felix
MENDELSSOHN (1809-47) Violin Concerto see BEETHOVEN
Olivier
MESSIAEN (1908 - 1992) Les
Oiseaux Louise
Bessette (piano) rec. 2008
ANALEKTA AN29960 [64:24]
[GF]
Fascinating
music, idiomatically played
Stanisław
MONIUSZKO (1819-1872) Masses
The Warsaw Philharmonic
Choir/Henryk Wojnarowski rec. 2008
DUX 0657 [76.42][RH]
Charming
performances of music with insufficient interest ... see Full
Review
Lodewijk MORTELMANS
(1868-1952) Homerische symfonie
etc.
Royal Flemish Philharmonic/Martyn Brabbins rec. 2008
HYPERION CDA67766 [66:41][RB]
Craggy
and exciting; florid and exultant ... see Full
Review
Leopold
MOZART (1719-1787) Complete Horn
Concertos
Herman Jeurissen (horn); Concerto Rotterdam/Heinz Friesen rec. 1982
MUSIKPRODUKTION DABRINGHAUS
UND GRIMM MDG3210095-2 [48:51][CC]
Pure
delight and very definitely not just horn player territory ... see Full
Review
Wolfgang
Amadeus MOZART
(1756-1791) Così
fan tutte Sena
Jurinac (soprano) Alice Howland (soprano) Richard Lewis (tenor) Glyndebourne
Festival Ch, Royal PO/Fritz Busch rec. live, 1951
IMMORTAL PERFORMANCES IPCD 1004-2 [78:58 + 70.56]
[JW]
Still
obviously a specialist acquisition ... see Full
Review
Wolfgang Amadeus
MOZART (1756 - 1791) Danielle
de Niese-The Mozart Album
Danielle de Niese (soprano) Age of Enlightenment O/Sir Charles Mackerras
rec. 2008/9 DECCA 478
1511 [65:48] 
[GF]
In
spite of some reservations there is a lot to admire here
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH Carl August NIELSEN (1865-1931) Music
for Wind and Piano New
London Chamber Ensemble rec. 2005/8 MERIDIAN
CDE84580 [64:58] [JL]
One
of the best Nielsen discs ever made … see Full
Review
Jacques
OFFENBACH (1819-1880) Bluebeard
Hanns Nocker (baritone)
Anny Schlemm (mezzo) Berlin Komische Oper Ch & O/Karl-Fritz Voigtmann
rec. 1973 ARTHAUS MUSIK
101293 
[139:00]
[RW]
Appealing
and convincingly played ... see Full
Review
Robin
ORR (1909-2006) Centenary Tribute
Various artists rec. 1948-89
GUILD GHCD2350 [72:28][RB]
A
passionate foundation linked to confidences and sorrow ... see Full
Review
Arvo
PÄRT (b.1935) Summa, Fratres see TAVENER
Georgs PELĒCIS
(b.
1947) Revelation
Gidon Kremer; Kremerata Baltica rec. 2005
MEGADISC MDC7797 [67:03]
[DJB]
A
triumph of melody and rhythm over modernism - life-affirming
Krzysztof
PENDERECKI
(b. 1933)
Unaccompanied choral works
Polish Chamber Ch/Jan Lukaszewski rec. 2008
DUX 0694 [57.41]
[RH]
Despite
some very fine singing, rather fragmented and etiolated ... see Full
Review
Václav
PICHL (1741-1805) Violin Concerto see BENDA
Ildebrando PIZZETTI (1880-1968)
Preludio – Fedra; Canti della stagione alta; Cabiria – Film
Music: Sinfonia del fuoco
Robert-Schumann-Philharmonie/Oleg Caetani rec. 1997
NAXOS 8.570874 [49:13][NB] 
Indulgently
romantic piano concerto performed with bravura assurance ... see Full
Review
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH Francis POULENC (1899-1963) Gloria Maurice
RAVEL (1875-1937) Daphnis et Chloé Jessica
Rivera (soprano) Chicago SCh & O/Bernard Haitink rec. 2007 CSO
RESOUND CSOR901 906 [77:09] [BR]
Marvellous
playing, glowing sound, inspired coupling
Alexander
PRIOR
(b.1995) Velesslavitsa
- Concerto for Piano, Two Violins and Cello and orchestra (2008)
[46:35] Zhang Xiao Ming
(piano); Simone Porter (violin); Michael Province (violin); Nathan Chan
(cello); Northern Sinfonia/Alexander Prior rec. live, The Sage, Gateshead,
29 April 2009. DDD
TOCCATA TOCC0109 [46:35]
[RB]
Smoking
fervour and volatile tension ... see Full
Review
Sergei
PROKOFIEV (1891-1953) Symphony
2, Symphony-Concerto French
Ntl O/Mstislav Rostropovich, Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), London SO/Seiji
Ozawa rec. 1986/7 WARNER
CLASSICS 2564 691742 [74:47]
[WK]
A
mostly superb rendition of the Symphony-Concerto … see Full
Review
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH Maurice RAVEL (1875-1937) Songs Gerald
Finley (baritone) Julius Drake (piano)
rec. 2008 HYPERION CDA67728 [73:28] 
[TB]
Supreme
collaborative insights … wonderful music too
Alan Rawsthorne (1905-1971) Piano Concerto
No. 1 see
FERGUSON
Anton
REICHA
(1770 - 1836)
Woodwind Quintets - Volume 8
Westwood Wind Quintet rec. 2005
CRYSTAL RECORDS CD268 [73:55]
[NB]
Disappointing
performances and music ... see Full Review
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH William RUSSELL (1777-1813) Complete
Organ Voluntaries John
Kitchen (organ) rec. 2008 DELPHIAN
DCD34062 [3 CDs: 65:27 + 68:01 + 53:14] [JV]
An
exemplary production: repertoire, performance, instrument and booklet
... see Full Review
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