Modern Brewery Age back issues from November 2007:
Letters
Nov 01, 2007; ... Two letters in the current issue have struck such a resounding chord of agreement within me that I have been stirred into writing in elaboration of both themes. Like Christopher Bodersen, I cringe every time I read that misuse of "comprise" which seems so prevalent among the contributors ...
Steven Osborne, seeking music where "there's something deep being said"
Nov 01, 2007; ... Steven Osborne laughs when I ask him, as a gentle introductory question, if he's from a musical family. "My dad played organ in church and my parents played piano duets. As soon as I could reach it I was fiddling about with the piano; I felt really at home. My parents were very encouraging, even ...
Piano Sonatas: Nos. 1-4. Piano Concerto. Fantasia on a Theme of Handel
Nov 01, 2007; ... TIPPETT Piano Sonatas: Nos. 1-4. Piano Concerto. Fantasia on a Theme of Handel * Steven Osborne (pn); Martyn Brabbins, cond; BBC Scottish SO * HYPERION 67461 (2 CDs: 140:30) This is the first time that all of Michael Tippett's music for the piano has been recorded by one pianist and ...
Lyrita Recorded Edition: Complete Catalogue Available at Last on CD
Nov 01, 2007; ... Throughout its distinguished existence, Lyrita Recorded Edition has defined excellence in the classical recording industry for music lovers and audiophiles alike. Now, in an arrangement with Wyastone Estate Ltd. (the owner of Nimbus records), a small group of Lyritas originally released on CD in ...
Simone Dinnerstein, on Approaching the Goldberg Variations
Nov 01, 2007; ... Pianist Simone Dinnerstein got her career rolling a bit late by current standards. She came onto the scene not as a young competition winner nor as a child prodigy, but as a seasoned, adult musician whose artistic maturation developed before she was subjected to close critical scrutiny. In the ...
Goldberg Variations
Nov 01, 2007; ... BACH Goldberg Variations * Simone Dinnerstein (pn) * TELARC 80692 (78:20) Many fine piano recordings of the Goldberg Variations vie for our attention: Gould (two), Schiff (likewise), Perahia, Hewitt, and on and on. Simone Dinnerstein is not nearly as well known as those pianists, but her ...
Alina Ibragimova, on Karl Amadeus Hartmann's Works for Violin
Nov 01, 2007; ... At 21, Alina Ibragimova has chosen for her recording debut repertoire that most artists don't encounter until later in their careers; and combining Karl Amadeus Hartmann's increasingly familiar Concerto funèbre with his infrequently played solo suites and sonatas (two each) makes her first-time ...
Concerto funèbre. Solo Violin Suites: No. 1; No. 2. Solo Violin Sonatas: No. 1; No. 2
Nov 01, 2007; ... K. A. HARTMANN Concerto funèbre. Solo Violin Suites: No. 1; No. 2. Solo Violin Sonatas: No. 1; No. 2 * Alina Ibragimova (vn); Britten Sinf * HYPERION 67547 (80:28) Alina Ibragimova, just 21 years old, has chosen a program of complex and highly expressive works for her debut on Hyperion ....
Pristine Audio: A Major Advance in Restoration?
Nov 01, 2007; ... I have been having a rather remarkable experience with 15 old Music & Arts CDs restored with new technology by Pristine Audio, and available either as MP3 downloads for just under $10.00 each or as CD-Rs sent to you for about $13.00 per disc. Booklets and tray cards can be downloaded free ...
The Want List 2007
Nov 01, 2007; ... Christopher Abbot It was agonizingly (but gratifyingly) difficult to choose just five discs this year. First, the ones that got away: the three new DVDs in the San Francisco Symphony's "Keeping Score" series are sensational, and I regret having to omit them. (Hey-how about a separate ...
Giselle
Nov 01, 2007; ... ADAM Giselle * Richard Bonynge, cond; Natl O of the Monte-Carlo Op * DECCA ELOQUENCE 442 9028 (2 CDs:122:48) If it is actually true that "too many cooks spoil the broth," Giselle has proved to be an exception to the rule. In the 1830s, Heinrich Heine wrote a story about the Wilis, the ...
Film music excerpts from: I Was Monty's Double. Centennial. Swashbuckler. A Bridge Too Far. The Maggie. Reach for the Sky. Strange Invaders. The Man Between. Tom Jones. The Charge of the Light Brigade. Brandy for the Parson. Torn Curtain. Touch and Go. Sleuth. Carlton-Browne of the F.O. Murder, She Wrote
Nov 01, 2007; ... ADDISON Film music excerpts from: I Was Monty's Double. Centennial. Swashbuckler. A Bridge Too Far. The Maggie. Reach for the Sky. Strange Invaders. The Man Between. Tom Jones. The Charge of the Light Brigade. Brandy for the Parson. Torn Curtain. Touch and Go. Sleuth. Carlton-Browne of the F.O ....
Iberia
Nov 01, 2007; ... ALBÉNIZ Iberia (complete) & * Rosa Torres-Pardo (pn) * GLOSSA 98005 (2 CDs: 125:29) Live: Camprodón 8/13/2004 & Iberia: Evocación; El puerto; Almería; El Albaicin-recorded on the composer's piano These unusually slow performances were recorded in August 2004 at Camprodón, ...
Synnøve Solbakken. En Bygdesaga. Elegy at Emil Sjøgren's Funeral
Nov 01, 2007; ... ALFVÉN Synnøve Solbakken. En Bygdesaga. Elegy at Emil Sjøgren's Funeral * Niklas Willén, cond; Norrköping SO * NAXOS 8.557828 (73:12) Niklas Willén's Alfvén survey for Naxos continues apace with the sixth release in a series that has already covered the composer's five symphonies plus ...
To Cage 1. To Cage 2/Amores. Second Construction. Third Construction. Imaginary Landscape March No.2. Living Room Music/Tinajas
Nov 01, 2007; ... AMORES To Cage 1. To Cage 2. CAGE Amores.1 Second Construction. Third Construction. Imaginary Landscape March No.2. Living Room Music. J. SALVADOR Tinajas * Amores Grup de Percussió; Carles Santos (prepared pn)1 * EGT 846 (53:56) I was playing this disc for the fourth or fifth time. An ...
Symphonies: No. 1; No. 2; No.3; No.4. Ricercare. Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Kuhnau. Variations on a Theme of Couperin. Symphonic Study
Nov 01, 2007; ... H. ANDRIESSEN Symphonies: No. 1;1 No. 2;2 No.3;3 No.4.4 Ricercare.5 Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Kuhnau.6 Variations on a Theme of Couperin.7 Symphonic Study8 * Albert van Raalte, cond;1 Willem van Otterloo, cond;2,7 Jean Fournet, cond;3,4,8 Edo de Waart, cond;5 Jaap van Zweden, cond;6 ...
Nocturnen. Ittrospezione III (Concept II). Anachronie I. Contra Tempus. Anachronie II
Nov 01, 2007; ... L. ANDRIESSEN Nocturnen.1 Ittrospezione III (Concept II).2 Anachronie I. Contra Tempus. Anachronie II3 * Howard Williams, cond; Claron McFadden (sop);1 Gerard Bouwhuis (pn);2 Sepp Grotenhuis (pn);2 Han de Vries,(ob);3 Netherlands Ballet O * DONEMUS 54 (64:01) The 20th century was a great ...
Piano Concerto. Symphony No. 2
Nov 01, 2007; ... ARNELL Piano Concerto.1 Symphony No. 2 * Martin Yates, cond; David Owen Norri's (pn); Royal Scottish Natl O * DUTTON 7184 (66:29) This second volume in what I hope will be Dutton's ongoing rediscovery of England's outstanding middle-generation modernist Richard Arnell (b. 1917) packs a ...
Cello Concerto in c/String Sextet No. 2 in G
Nov 01, 2007; ... ATTERBERG Cello Concerto in c. BRAHMS (arr. Atterberg) String Sextet No. 2 in G * Kristjian Järvi, cond; Truls Mørk (vc); Norrlands Op SO * BIS 1504 (69:00) From 1912 until 1968, when he retired at 81, Gothenburg-born Kurt Atterberg (1887-1974) worked at the Swedish Patent and ...
Flute Sonatas: in G, Wq 123/H 550; in B[musical flat], Wq 125/H 552; in G, Wq 134/H 548; in a, Wq 128/H 555; in D, Wq 131/H 561; in e, Wq 124/H 551; in D, Wq 126/H 553; in G, Wq 127/H 554; in D, Wq 129/H 556; in B[musical flat], Wq 130/H 560; in G, Wq 133/H 564
Nov 01, 2007; ... C. P. E. BACH Flute Sonatas: in G, Wq 123/H 550; in B[musical flat], Wq 125/H 552; in G, Wq 134/H 548; in a, Wq 128/H 555; in D, Wq 131/H 561; in e, Wq 124/H 551; in D, Wq 126/H 553; in G. Wq 127/H 554; in D, Wq 129/H 556; in B[musical flat], Wq 130/H 560; in G, Wq 133/H 564 * Barthold Kuijken ...
Cantatas: No. 85; No. 183; No. 199; No. 175
Nov 01, 2007; ... BACH Cantatas: No. 85;1-4 No. 183;1-4 No. 199;1 No. 175(2-4) * Christoph Coin (vc), cond; Barbara Schlick (sop);1 Andreas Scholl (ct);2 Christoph Prégardien (ten);3 Gotthold Schwarz (bs);4 Leipzig Concerto Vocale; Limoges Baroque Ens (period instruments) * NAÏVE 8911 (65:38 *) Naïve 8911 ...
Cantatas: No. 128; No. 176; No. 87; No. 74
Nov 01, 2007; ... BACH Cantatas: No. 128; No. 176; No. 87; No. 74 * Masaaki Suzuki, cond; Bach Collegium Japan * BIS 1571 (Hybrid Super Audio CD: 70:47 *) Disc No. 35 in the BIS series is a group of lesser-known cantatas, even if only Wer mich liebet (BWV 74) had to wait until the 1970s to be added to the ...
Cantatas: No. 150; No. 67; No. 42; No. 158; No. 104; No. 85; No. 112
Nov 01, 2007; ... BACH Cantatas: No. 150;1,3,5,7 No. 67;3 No. 42;1,3,5,7 No. 158;7 No. 104;6,7 No. 85;2,4,6,7 No. 112(2,4,6,7) * John Eliot Gardiner, cond; Gillian Keith (sop);1 Katharine Fuge (sop);2 Daniel Taylor (ct);3 William Towers (ct);4 Charles Daniels (ten);5 Norbert Meyn (ten);6 Stephen Varcoe (bs);7 ...
Cantatas: No. 179; No. 35; No. 164; No. 17
Nov 01, 2007; ... BACH Cantatas: No. 179; No. 35; No. 164; No. 17 * Sigiswald Kuijken, cond; Gerlinde Sämann (sop); Petra Noskaiová (alt); Jan Kobow (ten); Dominik Wörner (bar); La Petite Bande (period instruments) * ACCENT 25305 (Hybrid multichannel SACD: 73:55) Sigiswald Kuijken's survey of Bach's ...
Goldberg Variations. Jesu, joy of man's desiring. Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in d. Italian Concerto/Little Preludes: Nos. 1-6
Nov 01, 2007; ... BACH Goldberg Variations. Jesu, joy of man's desiring. Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in d. Italian Concerto. Preludes: BWV 924-926; BWV 928; BWV 939-943; for Lute in c, BWV 999; Preludes and Fughettas: in G, BWV 902/902a; in d, BWV 899; In e, BWV 900; in a, BWV 895. Preambula: in f, BWV 927; in ...
Goldberg Variations
Nov 01, 2007; ... BACH (arr. Sitkovetsky) Goldberg Variations * Julian Rachlin (vn); Nobuko Imai (va); Mischa Maisky (vc) * DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 000824802 (80:08) For the sake of truth in advertising, readers should be advised that this writer is not only a fan but a moderately frequent perpetrator of ...
Motets: BWV 225-230
Nov 01, 2007; ... BACH Motets: BWV 225-230; Anhung 159 * Milliard Ens * ECM 000884702 (76:50 *) You can probably make a better circumstantial case for one-to-a-part singing in Bach's motets than in the cantatas. The motets, unlike the service music, were not a contractual obligation. They were, in fact, ...
Complete Organ Works
Nov 01, 2007; ... BACH Complete Organ Works * Hans Fagius (org) * BIS SACD 1527/28 (5 two-channel SACDs: 1200:08) That's right, 20 hours of music on five discs. BIS has gathered its Bach recordings made with Hans Fagius beginning in the 1980s, converted them into two-channel DSD format, and reissued them ...
Complete Organ Works
Nov 01, 2007; ... BACH Complete Organ Works * Walter Kraft (org) * MUSICAL CONCEPTS 191 (12 CDs: 916:45) Recorded between 1961 and 1967, this set, with its budget prices, brought Bach's organ music to a wide audience in the LP era. Now the entire set has been repackaged and reissued on 12 discs full of ...
Partita No. 4 in D. French Suite No.1 in d/Notations. Incises
Nov 01, 2007; ... BACH Partita No. 4 in D. French Suite No.1 in d. BOULEZ Notations. Incises * David Fray (pn) * VIRGIN 85787 (67:54) David Fray's name was not familiar to me, but right away his program intrigued me. Bach and Boulez have much in common, not least expressivity within tightly controlled and ...
St. John Passion
Nov 01, 2007; ... BACH (arr. Schumann) St. John Passion * Hermann Max, cond; Veronika Winter (sop); Elisabeth Scholl (sop); Gerhild Romberger (alt); Jan Kobow (ten); Ekkehard Abele (bs); Clemens Heidrich (bs); Rhenish Kantorei; Das Kleine Konzert * cpo 777 091 (2 hybrid multichannel SACDs: 103:24) Hermann ...
Gamba Sonatas: in G, BWV 1027; in D, BWV 1028; in g, BWV 1029/Sonata in D, H 559
Nov 01, 2007; ... BACH Gamba Sonatas: in G, BWV 1027; in D, BWV 1028; in g, BWV 1029. C. P. E. BACH Sonata in D, H 559 * Daniel Müller-Schott (vc); Angela Hewitt (pn) * ORFEO 693071 (54:42) I had great hopes for this CD. Canadian pianist Angela Hewitt is a celebrated musician; in fact, she was chosen last ...
Solo Violin Sonatas: No. 1 in g; No. 2 in a. Solo Violin Partita No. 1 in b/Solo Violin Sonata No. 3 in C. Solo Violin Partitas: No. 2 in d; No. 3 in E
Nov 01, 2007; ... BACH Solo Violin Sonatas: No. 1 in g; No. 2 in a. Solo Violin Partita No. 1 in b * Jacqueline Ross (vn) (period instruments) * GAUDEAMUS 358 (69:14) BACH Solo Violin Sonata No. 3 in C. Solo Violin Partitas: No. 2 in d; No. 3 in E * Jacqueline Ross (vn) (period instruments) * GAUDEAMUS ...
Sonatas: in G, BWV 525; in c, BWV 1017; in E, BWV 1035; in b, BWV 1030. Partita in c, BWV 1013. Prelude, Fugue, and Allegro in E[musical flat], BWV 998
Nov 01, 2007; ... BACH Sonatas: in G, BWV 525; in c, BWV 1017; in E, BWV 1035; in b, BWV 1030. Partita in c, BWV 1013. Prelude, Fugue, and Allegro in E[musical flat], BWV 998 * Dorothea Oberlinger (rec); Christian Rieger (hpd) * MARC AUREL EDITION 20035 (75:19) This is the second time I have the pleasure ...
Trio Sonatas, BWV 525-530
Nov 01, 2007; ... BACH Trio Sonatas, BWV 525-530 * Trio Lézard * COVIELLO 50501 (Hybrid multichannel SACD: 64:29) These are, of course, the trio sonatas almost universally heard performed on the organ. Every complete set of Bach's organ works that I am aware of contains these pieces, though historically ...
Cello Suites: Nos. 1-6. Cello Suite No. 1/The Song of the Birds
Nov 01, 2007; ... BACH Cello Suites: Nos. 1-6. Cello Suite No. 1, Prelude: from Anna Magdalena Ms; from Peter Kellner Ms.; from J. C. Westphal collection. TRAD The Song of the Birds (arr. Beamish) * Steven Isserlis (vc) * HYPERION 67541 (2 CDs: 137:08) Steven Isserlis is known for his dedication to ...
French Suites: BWV 812-819
Nov 01, 2007; ... BACH French Suites: BWV 812-819 * Pieter-Jan Belder (hpd) * BRILLIANT 93322 (2 CDs: 131:04) When I get two recordings of the same artist in one Fanfare shipment, I always feel that this is a bit unjust to the artist: after all, if I happen not to be completely smitten with one recording, ...
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I
Nov 01, 2007; ... BACH The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I * Luc Beauséjour (hpd) * NAXOS 8.557625 (2 CDs: 111:21) There's much to admire in Luc Beauséjour's new, inexpensive recording of Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier. The harpsichord sound is pleasing, the lively performances unaffected, with little to no ...
Piano Concertos: No. 1; No. 2. 2 Portraits1
Nov 01, 2007; ... BARTÓK Piano Concertos: No. 1; No. 2. 2 Portraits1 * Claudio Abbado; cond; Maurizio Pollini (pn); Shlomo Mintz (vn);1 Chicago SO; London SO1 * DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 000874702 (63:33) Here is yet another reissue of the classic recordings of Bartók's first two piano concertos, this time with ...
Piano Concertos: No. 2; No. 5
Nov 01, 2007; ... BEETHOVEN Piano Concertos: No. 2; No. 5, "Emperor" * John O'Conor (pn); Andreas Delfs, cond; London SO * TELARC 80675 (69:18) This is not an easy release to deal with, mainly because neither of the performances warrants extreme praise or condemnation. In short both display ...
Egmont: Overture/Symphony No. 1 in c
Nov 01, 2007; ... BEETHOVEN Egmont: Overture. BRAHMS Symphony No. 1 in c * Christian Thielemann, cond; Munich P * DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 477 6404 (60:44) Live: Gasteig 6/2005 Christian Thielemann (b. 1959), now pushing 50, is no youngster. He began his career at the age of 19 as assistant to Herbert von ...
Leonore. Fidelio1
Nov 01, 2007; ... BEETHOVEN Leonore. Fidelio1 * Leonore: Herbert Blomstedt, cond; Christoph von Dohnányi, cond;1 Edda Moser (Leonore); Richard Cassily (Florestan); Karl Riddersbusch (Rocco); Theo Adam (Don Pizarro); Herman Christian Polster (Don Fernando); Staatskapelle Dresden. Fidelio: Gabriele Schnaut ...
String Quartets: No. 7 in F, op. 59/1, "Razumovsky"; No. 8 in e, op. 59/2, "Razumovsky"; No. 9 in C, op. 59/3, "Razumovsky"; No. 10 in E[musical flat], op. 74, "Harp"; No. 11 in f, op. 95, "Serioso"
Nov 01, 2007; ... BEETHOVEN String Quartets: No. 7 in F, op. 59/1, "Razumovsky"; No. 8 in e, op. 59/2, "Razumovsky"; No. 9 in C, op. 59/3, "Razumovsky"; No. 10 in E[musical flat], op. 74, "Harp"; No. 11 in f, op. 95, "Serioso" * Orion Str Qrt * KOCH 7681 ( 3 CDs: 162:14) The Orion has had a distinguished ...
Piano Sonatas: No. 15 in D, "Pastoral"; No. 8 in c, "Pathétique"; No. 3 in C
Nov 01, 2007; ... BEETHOVEN Piano Sonatas: No. 15 in D, "Pastoral'; No. 8 in c, "Pathétique"; No. 3 in C * Angela Hewitt (pn) * HYPERION 67605 (74:18) In this, the second installment in her Beethoven sonata survey, Angela Hewitt goes from strength to strength. Still early in the game, it already shows ...
Piano Sonatas: No. 16 in G; No. 17 in d, "The Tempest"; No. 18 in E[musical flat]
Nov 01, 2007; ... BEETHOVEN Piano Sonatas: No. 16 in G; No. 17 in d, "The Tempest"; No. 18 in E[musical flat] * Ronald Brautigam (fp) * BIS 1572 ((Hybrid multichannel SACD: 67:49) First of all, these are fine performances of these sonatas; thoughtful, virtuosic, and colorful. The SACD sound is terrific ....
Piano Sonatas: No. 21 in C, "Waldstein"; No. 26 in E[musical flat], "Les Adieux"; No. 31 in A[musical flat]; No. 14 in c#
Nov 01, 2007; ... BEETHOVEN Piano Sonatas: No. 21 in C, "Waldstein"; No. 26 in E[musical flat], "Les Adieux"; No. 31 in A[musical flat]; No. 14 in c#, "Moonlight" * Nelson Freire (pn) * DECCA 475 8155 (69:25) This newly minted recording-an exception these days among the big-name so-called "majors" in the ...
Piano Sonatas: No. 22 in F; No. 24 in f#; No. 29 in B[musical flat], "Hammerklavier"
Nov 01, 2007; ... BEETHOVEN Piano Sonatas: No. 22 in F; No. 24 in f#; No. 29 in B[musical flat], "Hammerklavier" * Gerhard Oppitz (pn) * HÄNSSLER 98207 (67:55) In this, the seventh volume of his Beethoven sonata survey, Gerhard Oppitz reaches the ultimate test of any pianist's mettle, the "Hammerklavier." ...
Symphonies: Nos. 1-9. Leonore Overtures: Nos. 1-3. Egmont: Overture
Nov 01, 2007; ... BEETHOVEN Symphonies: Nos. 1-9. Leonore Overtures: Nos. 1-3. Egmont: Overture * Arturo Toscanini, cond; NBC SO; Jarmila Novotná (sop); Kerstin Thorborg (mez); Jan Peerce (ten); Nicola Moscona (bs); Westminster Ch * MUSIC & ARTS 1203, mono (5 CDs: 370:12) This set returns to domestic ...
Symphony No. 3, "Eroica" (Arr. Ries). Piano Quartet, op. 16
Nov 01, 2007; ... BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 3, "Eroica" (Arr. Ries). Piano Quartet, op. 16 * Mozart Piano Qrt * MDG 643 1454 (70:08) It was common practice in Beethoven's day to arrange large-scale works, such as symphonies or concertos, for smaller forces. This enabled amateur musicians to experience great ...
Symphony No. 9 &
Nov 01, 2007; ... BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9 & * Thomas Beecham, cond; Sylvia Fisher (sop); Nan Merriman (mez); Richard Lewis (ten); Kim Borg (bs); Royal PO; Edinburgh Festival Ch * BBC LEGENDS 4209, mono (71:35) Live: Edinburgh 8/19/1956 & British National Anthem (an. Elgar) Much has been ...
Variations on "Là ci darem la mano." Trio in C/Trios: in B[musical flat]; in C; in F. Variations on a Theme of Haydn
Nov 01, 2007; ... BEETHOVEN Variations on "Là ci darem la mano." Trio in C. TRIEBENSEE Trios: in B[musical flat]; in C; in F. Variations on a Theme of Haydn * Marilyn Zupnik (ob); Kathryn Greenbank (ob); Elizabeth Starr Masoudnia (Eh) * RESONANCE 3102 (67:08) Every great artist, I'm sure, leaves a ...
I puritani
Nov 01, 2007; ... BELLINI I puritani * Riccardo Muti, cond; Mirella Freni (Elvira); Luciano Pavarotti (Arturo); Sesto Bruscantini (Riccardo); Bonaldo Giaiotti (Giorgio); Giovanni Antonini (Walton); Mirella Fiorentini (Enrichetta); Mino Venturini (Bruno); RAI SO & Ch * OPERA D'ORO 7043 (2 CDs: 153:58 *) Live: ...
Concerto for Orchestra, "Seascapes." Gregorian Variations/Concerto for 2 Pianos and Orchestra1
Nov 01, 2007; ... M. BERKELEY Concerto for Orchestra, "Seascapes." Gregorian Variations. L. BERKELEY Concerto for 2 Pianos and Orchestra1 * Richard Hickox, cond; Kathryn Stott (pn);1 Howard Shelley (pn);1 BBC Natl O of Wales * CHANDOS 10408 (70:08) Professional musicians, wary of the rigors of a demanding ...
String Quartet. Lyric Suite/Serenade for String Quartet, "Italian Serenade"
Nov 01, 2007; ... BERG String Quartet. Lyric Suite. WOLF Serenade for String Quartet, "Italian Serenade" * New Zealand Str Qrt * NAXOS 8.557374 (57:28) Alban Berg's two pivotal and only works for quartet are presented here, along with Wolf's somewhat jarring (in terms of what comes before it) "Italian ...
Punch and Judy
Nov 01, 2007; ... BIRTWISTLE Punch and Judy * David Atherton, cond; Stephen Roberts (Punch); Jan DeGaetani (Judy/Fortune-Teller); Phyllis Bryn-Julson (Pretty Polly/Witch); Philip Langridge (Lawyer); David Wilson-Johnson (Choregos/Jack Ketch); John Tomlinson (Doctor); London Sinfonieta * NMC 138 (2 CDs: 99:24 ...
Piano Quintet No. 1.1 String Quartet No. 5
Nov 01, 2007; ... BLOCH Piano Quintet No. 1.1 String Quartet No. 5 * Pro Arte Qrt; Howard Karp (pn)1 * LAUREL 853 (67:01) With Laurel Records's historically strong emphasis on 20th-century music and special focus on Bloch's chamber music, it's entirely appropriate that they should re-release on CD two ...
Cello Sonata No. 2 in F/Cello Sonata No. 2 in e[musical flat]/Cello Sonata in a
Nov 01, 2007; ... BRAHMS Cello Sonata No. 2 in F. FUCKS Cello Sonata No. 2 in e[musical flat]. ZEMLINSKY Cello Sonata in a * Johannes Moser (vc); Paul Rivinius (pn) * HÄNSSLER 93.206 (74:22) At least twice upon a time, I've lamented the seemingly never ending parade of new recordings of Brahms's two cello ...
Clarinet Sonatas: No. 1 in f; No. 2 in E[musical flat]/Flute Sonata, "Undine"
Nov 01, 2007; ... BRAHMS (trans. Pahud?) Clarinet Sonatas: No. 1 in f; No. 2 in E[musical flat]. REINECKE Flute Sonata, "Undine" * Emmanuel Pahud (fl); Yefim Bronfman (pn) * EMI 73708 (63:18) In 29:4, I expressed strong disapproval of similar flute transcriptions of Brahms's clarinet sonatas by Jeffrey ...
Violin Sonatas: No. 1 in G; No. 2 in A; No. 3 in d. F.A.E. Sonata: Scherzo
Nov 01, 2007; ... BRAHMS Violin Sonata*: No. 1 in 6; No. 2 in A; No. 3 in d. F.A.E. Sonata: Scherzo * Nikolaj Znaider (vn); Yefim Bronfman (pn) * RCA 706106 (71:05) Having heard and been favorably impressed by Nikolaj Znaider's 200S RCA recording of the Beethoven and Mendelssohn concertos, I anxiously ...
Violin Sonatas: No. 1 in G; No. 2 in A; No. 3 in d. F.A.E. Sonata: Scherzo. Clarinet Sonatas (arr. Brahms): No. 1 in f; No. 2 in E[musical flat]
Nov 01, 2007; ... BRAHMS Violin Sonatas: No. 1 In G; No. 2 in A; No. 3 in d. F.A.E. Sonata: Scherzo. Clarinet Sonatas (arr. Brahms): No. 1 in f; No. 2 In B * Ulf Wallin (vn); Roland Pöntinen (pn) * ARTE NOVA 592250 (2 CDs: 124:35) "Timing," as they say, "is everything." And 'tis a pity too; for had this ...
Violin Sonatas: No. 1 in G; No. 2 in A; No. 3 in d. 21 Hungarian Dances (arr. Joachim). Romance in B[musical flat]
Nov 01, 2007; ... BRAHMS Violin Sonatas: No. 1 in 6; No. 2 in A; No. 3 in d. 21 Hungarian Dances (arr. Joachim). Romance in B[musical flat]. * Aaron Rosand (vn); Hugh Sung (pn) * MUSICAL CONCEPTS 121 (2 CDs: 127:07) Aaron Rosand's recordings of Brahms's sonatas for violin and piano, recorded in 1991, ...
Symphony No. 1 in c/Symphony No. 1 in C
Nov 01, 2007; ... BRAHMS Symphony No. 1 in c. BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 1 in C * Günter Wand, cond; Munich PO * PROFIL 6044 (71:43) This is tagged as Volume 5 in Profil's Günter Wand edition. Though neither the Brahms nor the Beethoven is explicitly stated to be a "live" performance, I suspect that both of ...
Symphonies: No. 1 in c; No. 4 in e
Nov 01, 2007; ... BRAHMS Symphonies: No. 1 in c; No. 4 in e * Marcus Bosch, cond; Aachen SO * COVIELLO 30704 (Hybrid multichannel SACD: 78:23) Live: Aachen 12/13-14/2006 My sole previous encounter with Marcus Bosch and the Aachen Symphony Orchestra was an Oehms CD with the Walachowski sisters playing ...
Symphony No. 2/Symphony No. 8, "Unfinished"
Nov 01, 2007; ... BRAHMS Symphony No. 2. SCHUBERT Symphony No. 8, "Unfinished" * Herbert von Karajan, cond; Philharmonia O * EMI 88664 (63:31) Both of these performances were recorded in 1955 and originally issued in the U.S. on mono LPs. (This is, I believe, their first release in stereo.) They received ...
Violin Concerto No. 1
Nov 01, 2007; ... BRUCH Violin Concerto No. 1 * Alexandre da Costa (vn); Jean-Philippe Tremblay, cond; Francophonie Canadienne O * XXI 1552 (25:21) Live: Quebec 8/2/2005 It's always tempting to treat recordings with skimpy timings in correspondingly skimpy reviews-and, for the record, 25:21 is about the ...