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Little Serenade 
Jonathan Richards (guitar), Andrea Edmondson (flute) rec. 2009
CAMPION CAMEO 2079 [66:31] [OL]
A
collection of pieces that deserve to become popular ... see Full
Review
The
Art of Géza Anda
Géza
Anda (piano)
BRILLIANT CLASSICS 93795 [4 CDs: 276:46]
[JW]
Altogether
a worthy tribute to Anda ... see Full
Review
The
A-Z of Classical Music by
Keith Anderson 3rd expanded edition, 2009 2 CDs plus 932-page booklet,
slipcased ISBN: 978-1-84379-250-5 Full tracklisting at end of review
NAXOS
8.558212-13 [2 CDs: 2:33:01]
[RB]
I
cannot imagine a better compact gateway through which to explore and
discover. ... see Full Review
American
Anthem
Nathan Gunn (baritone), Kevin Murphy (piano) rec. 1998, St. Michael's
Church, Highgate, London. Song texts not included
EMI CLASSICS AMERICAN CLASSICS 6 95226 2 [67:49]
[DM]
I’m
surprised EMI have chosen to reissue this so soon ... see Full
Review
I
Love Ballet – Highlights from ballet scores EMI
CLASSICS 9670202 [76.24+77.55] [MM-B]
An
attractive compilation of some very good and some pleasant music … very
good value for money ... see Full
Review
Canzoni
Vol. 1 'O Sole Mio' & Vol. 2 'Torna a Surriento'
rec.
1907-55
PREISER 90766 & 90767 [72:39 & 77:00]
A
warming blast of Italianate sunshine ... see Full
Review
Cello
Quartet – Original Works Tritton
Cello Ens rec. 2009 COLUMNA
MÚSICA CM0225 [64:36] [NB]
An
ultimately disappointing disc ... see Full
Review
Chaliapin,
The Enchanter – memories
of the Great Russian Bass A
Film by Elisabeth Kapnist WARNER 
50
51865 211525 [58:00] [JW]
Offers
insights and a thoughtful approach to its subject matter ... see Full
Review
Chants
d’est –
Songs from Slavic Lands Sergei
RACHMANINOFF (1873-1943)
Nunc dimittis - Vespers Op. 37 (1915) [3:48] Ernö
DOHNANYI (1877-1960) Ruralia Hungarica Op. 32b (1924) [10:35]
TRADITIONAL Song in remembrance of Schubert (Jewish Traditional)
[4:25] Alexander TCHEREPNIN
(1899-1977) Tatar Dance Songs and dances Op. 84 (1953)
[2:45] Franck KRAWCZYK (b.1969)
Jeux d'enfants, after Janácek's Moravian Folksongs (2007) [16:22] Sergei
PROKOFIEV (1891-1953) Alexander Nevsky - The field of the
dead (1938) [4:56] Bohuslav MARTINU
(1890-1959) Variations on a Slovak folksong Theme
(1959) H378 [9:34] Gustav MAHLER
(1860-1911) Rückert-Lieder - Ich bin der Welt abhanden
gekommen (1901-02) TRADITIONAL Dance [2:18]
Sonia Wieder-Atherton (cello) Sinfonia Varsovia/Christophe Mangou rec.
2007, Polskie
NAĎVE V5178 [61:00]
[JW]
Works
pretty well as a thematic concept. ... see Full
Review
Classically
Enfield
*Christopher Deacon (trumpet); ** Dudley Bright (trombone) Enfield Citadel
Band/Jonathan Cary rec. details not supplied
SPS 256 [77:19]
[JS]
Musicianship
and enthusiasm … see Full Review
Boris
Christoff CD
1 Italian Opera CD 2 Russian Opera CD 3 Russian Songs
and Sacred Music
Boris Christoff (bass) with piano acc, orchestras and choir rec. 1949
– 1955
NIMBUS PRIMA VOCE NI 796 1/3 [3 CDs: 70:19 + 71:56 + 72:25]
[GF]
One
of the greatest singing artists ever recorded ... see Full
Review
DeConstruction John
CAGE (1912-1992) The Perilous Night Charlotte
ROSE & Tzenka DIANOVA First
DeConstruction (The Perilous Night) Erik
SATIE (1866-1925) Portrait de Socrate, Le pičge de
Méduse, Gnossienne IV John CAGE Bacchanale Erik
SATIE Vexations Tzenka
Dianova (pno, prepared pno, celesta), Sarah Watkins (pno) ATOLL
ACD 309 [59:04] [DC]
I’ve
enjoyed this enormously, and hope you will too ... see Full
Revie
Electric
Tuba Kjetil
Myklebust (tuba) rec. 2009 C-Y
CONTEMPORARY CY0904 [46:59] [GD]
Approaches
the idea of ‘electric tuba’ from a satisfyingly diverse
array of musical angles ... see Full
Review
Marie
Fajtová -
Pensive Songs Klement
SLAVICKÝ (1910 – 1999) Richard
STRAUSS (1864 – 1949) Antonín DVORÁK
(1841 – 1904) Bohuslav MARTINU (1890
– 1959)
Marie Fajtová (soprano); Robert Pechanek (piano) rec. 2009. DDD
Texts and English translations enclosed
ARCODIVA UP 0124-2131 [51:51]
[GF]
An
attractive calling-card for a promising singer ... see Full
Review
Fanfare British
Music for Symphonic Brass Ensemble Locke
Brass Consort/James Stobart
rec. 1976 CHANDOS
COLLECT
CHAN6573 [38:42] [RB]
Elite
brass playing superbly recorded in 1977 and all at bargain price. ...
see Full Review
Fire
Dance Zdenek
LUKÁŠ, Jan Frank FISCHER,
Béla BARTÓK, Claude
DEBUSSY, Jan
Hanuš TRNECEK, David
WATKINS, Sylvie BODOROVÁ
Katerina Englichová (harp) Wihan Quartet š rec. 9 June 2009, live, Gustav
Mahler Festival, Jihlava
ARCO DIVA UP 0116-2 131 [59:06]
[JW]
An
artfully constructed programme musically realised with skill and authority
... see Full Review
French
Flute Chamber Music Marcel
TOURNIER (1879-1951) Suite Florent
SCHMITT (1870-1958) Suite en rocaille Gabriel
PIERNÉ (1863-1937) Variations libres et finale Jean
FRANÇAIX (1912-1997) Quintette Albert
ROUSSEL (1869-1937) Sérénade Mirage
Qnt rec. 2007 NAXOS
8.570444 [63:53] [JW]
A
truly lovely disc ... see Full Review
Wilhelm
Furtwängler -
Great Conductors. The Early Recordings: Volume 4 Richard
WAGNER (1813-1883) Lohengrin: Prelude (1851)
[9:37] Tristan und Isolde: Prelude to Act I (1865) [10:33] Tristan
und Isolde: Liebestod (Act III) (1865) [6:23] Götterdämmerung:
Siegfried’s Funeral Music (Act III) (1876) [8:24] Johannes
BRAHMS (1833-1897) Hungarian Dances Nos.1 in G minor [3:00]
and 10 in F major [1:57] Richard STRAUSS
(1864-1949) Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks (1894-5) [15:05]
Johann STRAUSS II (1825–1899) Die
Fledermaus – Overture (1874) [8:21]
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra/Wilhelm Furtwängler rec. 1930-36, Hochschule
für Musik, Berlin
NAXOS HISTORICAL 8.111005 [63:19]
[JW]
With
unproblematically fine transfers, this series proceeds in the safest
of hands ... see Full Review
Garden
Scene
(Double Bass Recital) Erich Wolfgang KORNGOLD,
Giovanni BOTTESINI,
Henri CASADESUS,
Reinhold GLIČRE, Mieczyslaw
WEINBERG (Moisei VAINBERG)
Joel Quarrington (double bass) Andrew Burashko (piano) rec. 2008,
ANALEKTA AN 2 9931 [56:53]
[JW]
Quarrington
on top form in this well recorded and intriguingly laid-out recital
... see Full Review
Johannes
Geffert plays Leyding,
Bach, De Gruijtters, Kuhnau and Bruhns Johannes
Geffert (organ) rec. St Pauluskerk, Antwerp, Belgium, no date
given. DDD LCS
HIRES
LCSSACD003 [78:53] [JV]
Portrait
of an interesting organ, but the choice of music is questionable
... see Full Review
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH Szymon
Goldberg Centenary Edition: Vol. 1: Non-Commercial Recordings rec.
1950-70 MUSIC & ARTS
CD-1223 [8 CDs: 572:03] [JW]
For
me it's a Record of the Year ... see Full
Review
The
Golden Age of Hollywood 1 & 2 Royal
O/José Serebrier
rec. 2005/7 ROYAL PHILHARMONIC
ORCHESTRA RPO017CD & RPO022CD [77:26 & 73:38] [RB]
Sharply
imaginative and challenging playing of vintage film music ... see Full
Review
The
Golden Age of Light Music – The
Hall of Fame - Volume 3 rec.
1941-58 GUILD
GLCD 5162 [77:54] [BBr]
Yet
another success for a series which I cannot praise too highly ...
see Full Review
Great
Cathedral Organs of England - Volume II rec.
1974-1985 REGIS
RRC1317 [78:19]
Spectacular - the Organ of Bridgewater Hall Jonathan
Scott (organ) rec. 2009 SCOTT
BROTHERS
SBDRCD004 [78:01] [JS]
Each
disc has distinct virtues, and overall both are very successful … see Full
Review
Gregorian
Chant (1st
and 2nd centuries CE) The
Apostolic Age GREGORIAN CHANT (3rd
to 6th centuries CE) The Age of the Church Fathers
Schola Cantorum Karolus Magnus; Stan Hollaardt rec. 2005 DDD
BRILLIANT CLASSICS 93957 [50:03]
[MS]
An
unpretentious, well sung and recorded selection of early chant
conveying
nicely the essence, as well as illustrating the provenance, of music
at the very start of the Western tradition ... see Full
Review
Inédits
Youra Guller - Piano Archives Vol. II Robert
SCHUMANN (1810-1856) Etudes Symphoniques Ludwig
van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) Piano Concerto 4 Isaac
ALBÉNIZ (1860-1909) Triana Youra
Guller (piano) Suisse Romande O/Ernest Ansermet rec. 1958-62 TAHRA
TAH650 [64:58] [JW]
Drama-laced
performances ... see Full Review
The
Art of Roland Hayes – Six Centuries of Song Roland
Hayes (tenor) Reginald Boardman (piano) rec. 1953-4 PREISER
93462 [59:29 + 73:32] [JW]
Even
with the voice worn, Hayes has powerful communicative insights
to offer ... see Full Review
The
legendary pianist Mindru Katz plays French Master Works
Claude
DEBUSSY (1862-1918) Préludes – Book I Gabriel
FAURE, Maurice RAVEL
Mindru Katz (piano) rec. 1950s/1972/1973
CEMBAL D’AMOUR CD 138 [67:52]
[JW]
Documentary
evidence to demonstrate just how complete an artist Katz was ... see
Full Review
Simon
Keenlyside Recital Simon
Keenlyside (bar.), Malcolm Martineau (pno) rec. 2008 WIGMORE
HALL LIVE WHLIVE0031 [74:08] [GD]
An
elegant document of the sort of world-class recital for which the
Wigmore Hall is justifiably famous ... see Full
Review
Kingdom
of Dragons Greater
Gwent Youth Brass Band/Philip Harper EGON
SFZ149 [69:34] [DC]
Very
high standards, long may this tradition continue ... see Full
Review
Fritz
Kreisler - The Complete Recordings - Vol. 1 George
Falkenstein (piano) rec. 1904/10 NAXOS
8.112053 [74:43] [JW]
Exemplifies
the profoundly important contribution Kreisler made ... see Full
Review
Leikkikalu
Satakieli Leopold
MOZART Toy Symphony Pekka
JALKANEN Satakelo Sinikka
Sokka (soprano/narrator) Keski-Pohjanmann Kamariorkesteri/Lauri
Pulakka
rec. 2008 ALBA
ABCD280 [70:53] [CR]
Listening
to this disc made me happy … see Full
Review
Romantic
Cello Concertos Joaquin
RODRIGO (1901-1999) Concierto como un Divertimento (1981)
[24:00] Frederick DELIUS (1862-1934)
Cello Concerto (1921) [26:38] Edouard LALO
(1823-1892) Cello Concerto (1876) [26:37]
Julian Lloyd Webber (cello) London Philharmonic Orchestra/Jesus Lopez-Cobos
(Rodrigo; Lalo) Philharmonia/Vernon Handley (Delius) rec. 1979-83, London
SONY
88697570022 [77:15]
[RB]
A
master cellist - adept, sensitive and enthusiastic ... see Full
Review
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