Modern Brewery Age back issues from November 2008:
"How Can You Be Bored?" Cyprien Katsaris on Transcriptions
Nov 01, 2008; ... Pianist Cyprien Katsaris's recorded repertoire covers a vast terrain, from the French clavecinists to Boulez, from the masterpieces of the canon to the "minorpieces" of composers like Bortkiewicz, from Latin America as well as from Europe. Yet even by his own eclectic and iconoclastic standards, ...
PIANO RARITIES: VOLUME I: TRANSCRIPTIONS
Nov 01, 2008; ... PIANO RARITIES: VOLUME I: TRANSCRIPTIONS * Cyprien Katsaris (pn) * PIANO 21 30 (66:41) Transcriptions by Penson: SCHUMANN Mondnacht. SCHUBERT An Silvia. WAGNER Wesendonck-Lieder: Der Engel. R. STRAUSS Zueignung. MAHLER Symphony No. 5: Adagietto (rev. Katsaris). MOMPOU Damunt de tu només ...
China's Rhymoi Music: "The Slow Bird Flies Early"
Nov 01, 2008; ... In 2003, Chinese producer Ye Yunchuan released an album titled "Bamboo Meeting" on what was his then newly founded Rhymoi Music label. Since that time, there have been about 20 more titles, including the four reviewed at the end of this feature. Ye's background as a producer has been ...
Letters
Nov 01, 2008; ... This time praise mixed with some dismay. Emphasis on the former, happily. First, I wish to thank Henry Fogel for his comments on the great Mario del Monaco. Here, I refer primarily to his critique in 31:6 under the always thought-provoking rubric the Classical Hall of Fame: "he was ...
Symphony No. 6. Fantasy in E, "La mer." Introduction and Dance of Salome
Nov 01, 2008; ... GLAZUNOV Symphony No. 6. Fantasy in E, "La mer." Introduction and Dance of Salome * José Serebrier, cond; Royal Scottish Natl O * WARNER 69627(66:47) So how is the recording? I've already tipped my hand here: this is a worthy installment in what has turned out to be, for me, a ...
OUR Recordings: a Michala Petri/Lars Hannibal Creation
Nov 01, 2008; ... Major classical labels may be in decline, but the CD business is booming for individual artists (and orchestras) operating their own labels. These aren't just minor players funding small-scale vanity products, but major performers taking chances that would not be possible in the current ...
Grand Pianola Music.1 Shaker Loops.2 The Chairman Dances.3 Short Ride in a Fast Machine3
Nov 01, 2008; ... ADAMS Grand Pianola Music.1 Shaker Loops.2 The Chairman Dances.3 Short Ride in a Fast Machine3 * Ransom Wilson, cond;1 Solisti New York;1 Christopher Warren-Green, cond;2 London CO;2 Simon Rattle, cond;3 City of Birmingham SO3 * EMI 06627 (74:28) This disc introduces a new series of CDs ...
Cantatas: No. 211;1 No. 212;2 No. 203(3)/Cantatas for Marian Feasts: No. 1;1 No. 125;2 No. 161(3)/Solo Cantatas for Alto and Tenor: No. 170;1 No. 169;2 No. 54;3 No. 55;4 No. 200(5)/Solo Cantatas for Bass: No. 82; No. 56;1 No. 158;1 No. 203/Wedding Cantatas: No. 195;1 No. 196;2 No. 197;3 No. 202(4)/Ascension Cantatas: No. 11;1 No. 43;2 No. 128;3 No. 37(4)
Nov 01, 2008; ... BACH Cantatas: No. 211;1 No. 212;2 No. 203(3) * Ton Koopman, cond; Anne Grimm (sop);1 Els Bongers (sop);2 Paul Agnew (ten);1 Klaus Mertens (bs);1-3 Amsterdam Baroque O & Ch1,2 (period instruments) * CHALLENGE 72280 (65:32) BACH Cantatas for Marian Feasts: No. 1;1 No. 125;2 No. 161(3) ...
The Want List 2008
Nov 01, 2008; ... Christopher Abbot Over the past 12 months, most of my reviewing time has been more or less equally divided between the symphonies of Beethoven and Mahler, a situation that pleases me no end. This has been a period of almost embarrassing largesse in terms of the symphonies of Ludwig van: ...
Violin Concertos: No. 1;1 No. 2.1/In tempus praesens2
Nov 01, 2008; ... BACH Violin Concertos: No. 1;1 No. 2.1 GUBAIDULINA In tempus praesens2 * Anne-Sophie Mutter (vn), cond;1 Trondheim Soloists;1 Valery Gergiev, cond;2 London SO2 * DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 477 7450 (63:57) Anne-Sophie Mutter recorded Bach's two surviving violin concertos in 1982 with Salvatore ...
Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland. Prelude and Fugue in d, BWV 539. In dulci jubilo. Fantasia and Fugue in a, BWV 904. Erbarm' dich mein, o Herre Gott. Fantasia super "Komm heiliger Geist."/Chorale Improvisations
Nov 01, 2008; ... BACH Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland. Prelude and Fugue in d, BWV 539. In dulci jubilo. Fantasia and Fugue in a, BWV 904. Erbarm' dich mein, o Herre Gott. Fantasia super "Komm heiliger Geist." RUITER-FEENSTRA Chorale Improvisations * Pamela Ruiter-Feenstra (org) * REZOUND 5016 ...
Telarc's Latest Series: "Everybody's Classics"
Nov 01, 2008; ... Telarc has been building its catalog for more than 30 years now, but only intermittently does it dig into the archives for material to reissue at anything lower than full price. Even so, some of the label's oldest recordings have been repackaged once or twice, or simply had a lower price tag ...
Notes on Light.1 Orion. Mirage1,2
Nov 01, 2008; ... SAARIAHO Notes on Light.1 Orion. Mirage1,2 * Christopher Eschenbach, cond; Anssi Karttunen (vc);1 Karita Mattila (sop);2 O de Paris * ONDINE 1130 (63:22) Kaija Saariaho writes exciting music. At one time associated with the spectral school of composition, in which spectra, the harmonic ...
Kinderszenen; Children's Corner; Pictures at an Exhibition
Nov 01, 2008; ... SCHUMANN Kinderszenen. DEBUSSY Children's Corner. MUSSORGSKY Pictures at an Exhibition * Sergei Kvitko (pn) * BLUE GRIFFIN 169 (72:44) Sergei Kvitko has been quite vocal over the reality that these are not the performances of a practicing concert pianist. Some liberties are taken, he ...
Violin Concerto/Violin Concerto
Nov 01, 2008; ... CLEMENT Violin Concerto. BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto * Rachel Barton Pine (vn); José Serebrier, cond; Royal PO * ÇEDILLE 106 (2 CDs: 85:10) The reputation of Franz Clement (1780-1842) has come down to posterity on the two legs of his having been the dedicatee and first performer of ...
Talking with Blue Griffin's Sergei Kvitko
Nov 01, 2008; ... Sergei Kvitko began his musical career as a pianist, and is currently immersed in the world of audio production, as the founder, and chief cook and bottle washer of Blue Griffin Recording. So it would seem natural that he would get around to producing himself as a pianist at some point. He ...
NIRVANA OF THE PHOENIX/DREAM OF AN OPERA/Three Kingdoms/Glimpses of Tibet
Nov 01, 2008; ... NIRVANA OF THE PHOENIX * Zhang Yi, cond; Central Ballet Group SO * RHYMOI 1011 (71:16) Excerpts from WU ZU QIANG, DU MING XIN, DAI HONG CHEN, SHI WAN CHUN, WANG YAN QIAO The Red Army Detachment of Women. SHI FU Princess WenCheng. GE GUANG RUI, CHENG KAI, SHI FU Sons and Daughters of the ...
Notes on Light: A Conversation with Kaija Saariaho
Nov 01, 2008; ... Kaija Saariaho, a Finnish composer living in France since 1982, is a musician who finds inspiration in color, light, and nature's endlessly fascinating phenomena. Human complexity, its strengths and frailties, is another stimulus to her wide-ranging imagination. Her music reflects her intense ...
Rachel Barton Pine-Breathing Life into Research
Nov 01, 2008; ... Five years ago, Violinist Rachel Barton Pine drew lines connecting Brahms's Violin Concerto with Joseph Joachim's "Hungarian" Concerto (Çedille 068, 26:6). Now she's found a similarly illuminating pairing for Beethoven's Concerto in the Violin Concerto in D by Franz Clement, to whom Beethoven ...
Surpassing The Seasons: José Serebrier on his Latest Glazunov Release
Nov 01, 2008; ... The first three installments of José Serebrier's continuing Glazunov series for Warner Classics-featuring the Royal Scottish National Orchestra-have met with enormous success. Critics have been enthusiastic: as Barry Brenesal put it in last year's Want List, "Glazunov's music has finally found a ...
Overture in c. Symphony No. 2
Nov 01, 2008; ... ALEXANDERSSON Overture in c. Symphony No. 2 * Paul Mägi, cond; Uppsala CO * STERLING 1076 (48:48) As a proportion of its output, Sterling probably releases more music by composers I've never heard of than any other label. And here they go again. So forgive me if I assume you would ...
Suites: No. 1; No. 2. Egyptian Nights: Suite/Suite No. 3. "Marguerite Gautier." Dream on the Volga: Overture. Raphael: Introduction. Nal and Damajanti: Introduction. Intermezzo in g. To the Memory of Suvorov/Symphonies: No. 1; No. 2. Variations on a Theme by Tchaikovsky
Nov 01, 2008; ... ARENSKY Suites: No. 1; No. 2. Egyptian Nights: Suite * Evgeni Svetlanov, cond; Russian St Academic SO * SVETLANOV FOUNDATION 2 (73:49) ARENSKY Suite No. 3. "Marguerite Gautier." Dream on the Volga: Overture. Raphael: Introduction. Nal and Damajanti: Introduction. Intermezzo in g. To the ...
Overture to a Masque. Concerto grosso No. 1. Pastoral Fantasia. Preludes for Orchestra. Tragic Interlude. Autumn Legend. Scottish Dances
Nov 01, 2008; ... ALWYN Overture to a Masque. Concerto grosso No. 1. Pastoral Fantasia. Preludes for Orchestra. Tragic Interlude. Autumn Legend. Scottish Dances * David Lloyd-Jones, cond; Royal Liverpool Ph O * NAXOS 8.570704 (68:24) We are finally reaching a point where admirers of Alwyn's orchestral ...
Corroboree. An Outback Overture
Nov 01, 2008; ... ANTILL Corroboree. An Outback Overture * James Judd, cond; New Zealand SO * NAXOS 8.570241 (49:06) The Australian composer John Antill (1904-86) is one of those musical figures famous for a single composition-in this case, his orchestral ballet Corroboree, arguably the first substantial ...
Pro organo. 11 pièces dans le style religieux. 12 études pour les pieds seulement: Nos. 7-12/(trans. Alkan) Messiah: Larghetto
Nov 01, 2008; ... ALKAN Pro organo. 11 pièces dans le style religieux. 12 études pour les pieds seulement: Nos. 7-12. HANDEL (trans. Alkan) Messiah: Larghetto * Kevin Bowyer (org) * TOCCATA 31 (73:40) One is tempted to note that Kevin Bowyer has single-handedly brought Alkan's organ works to vibrant life ...
Harvard Sketches. Melody on 2 Notes. Mother's Whistler. The Penny-Whistle Song. The Phantom Regiment. Plink, Plank, Plunk! Promenade. Sandpaper Ballet. Sarabande. Serenata. Old MacDonald Had a Farm. Sleigh Ride. Suite of Carols. The Typewriter. A Trumpeter's Lullaby. The Syncopated Clock
Nov 01, 2008; ... ANDERSON Harvard Sketches. Melody on 2 Notes. Mother's Whistler. The Penny-Whistle Song. The Phantom Regiment. Plink, Plank, Plunk! Promenade. Sandpaper Ballet. Sarabande. Serenata. Old MacDonald Had a Farm. Sleigh Ride. Suite of Carols. The Typewriter. A Trumpeter's Lullaby. The Syncopated ...
Symphonies: No. 4; No. 5, "The Gorilla"
Nov 01, 2008; ... ARNELL Symphonies: No. 4; No. 5, "The Gorilla" * Warren Cohen, cond; MusicaNova O * CON BRIO 27452 (64:50) There exists a vast and incalculably rich, yet still largely untapped, vein of music by 20th-century English composers; and until fairly recently, it has been the Brits themselves ...
Brandenburg Concertos, BWV 1046-1051
Nov 01, 2008; ... BACH Brandenburg Concertos, BWV 1046-1051 * Marek Stryncl, cond; Musica Florea (period instruments) * SUPRAPHON 3942 (2 CDs: 89:55) Musica Florea was founded in 1992 by its cellist conductor, Marek Stryncl. The goal of the conductor and ensemble is to present Baroque music in the manner ...
Cantatas: No. 28;1-4 No. 68;1,4 No. 85;2-4 No. 175;2-4 No. 183(1-4)
Nov 01, 2008; ... BACH Cantatas: No. 28;1-4 No. 68;1,4 No. 85;2-4 No.175;2-4 No. 183(1-4) * Masaaki Suzuki, cond; Carolyn Sampson (sop);1 Robin Blaze (ct);2 Gerd Türk(ten);3 Peter Kooy (bs);4 Concerto Palatino; Bach Collegium Japan (period instruments) * BIS 1641 (Hybrid multichannel SACD: 72:42 *) We now ...
Cantatas: No. 18;1,3,4 No. 23;1-3 No. 1(1,3,4)
Nov 01, 2008; ... BACH Cantatas: No. 18;1,3,4 No. 23;1-3 No. 1(1,3,4) * Sigiswald Kuijken, cond; Siri Thornhill (sop);1 Petra Noskaiová (alt);2 Marcus Ullmann (ten);3 Jan Van der Crabben (bar);4 La Petite Bande (period instruments) * ACCENT 25306 (55:57 *) The cantatas in Volume 6 of Kuijken's series were ...
Der Streit zwischen Phoebus und Pan
Nov 01, 2008; ... BACH Der Streit zwischen Phoebus und Pan * Hansjörg Albrecht, cond; Simone Nold (Momus); Annette Markert (Mercurius); Markus Schäfer (Timolus); Werner Güra (Midas); Konrad Jarnot Phoebus); Stephan Genz (Pan); Munich Bach Ch; Munich Bach Collegium * OEHMS 814 (62:22 *) Enter "German ...
Solo Violin Sonatas: No. 1 in g; No. 2 in a; No. 3 in C. Solo Violin Partitas: No. 1 in b; No. 2 in d; No. 3 in E
Nov 01, 2008; ... BACH Solo Violin Sonatas: No. 1 in g; No. 2 in a; No. 3 in C. Solo Violin Partitas: No. 1 in b; No. 2 in d; No. 3 in E * Ilya Kaler (vn) * NAXOS 8.570277 (2 CDs: 147:84) Ilya Kaler has contributed to Naxos's catalog some exemplary recordings of solo works for violin, including the ...
Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin, BWV 1001-1006
Nov 01, 2008; ... BACH Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin, BWV 1001-1006 * Christian Tetzlaff (vn) * VIRGIN 22034 (2 CDs: 128:37) Christian Tetzlaff recorded Bach's sonatas and partitas in March and November 1993. When it appeared on Virgin in 1994 as 45089, I hailed Tetzlaff as "an anointed reader of ...
(arr. Thrasher) Cello Suites: Nos. 1-6, BWV 1007-1012
Nov 01, 2008; ... BACH (arr. Thrasher) Cello Suites: Nos. 1-6, BWV 1007-1012 * Gwendolyn Burgett Thrasher (mmb) * BLUE GRIFFIN 151 (2 CDs: 122:04) When I was at school I always enjoyed overhearing percussion-players practicing Bach on the marimba or xylophone. Now, thanks to Gwendolyn Burgett Thrasher, I ...
Pieces for Orchestra. Pavane, Idyll, and Bacchanal. The Golden River. Concerto fantasia1
Nov 01, 2008; ... BAINTON Pieces for Orchestra. Pavane, Idyll, and Bacchanal. The Golden River. Concerto fantasia1 * Paul Daniel, cond; Margaret Fingerhut (pn);1 BBC PO * CHANDOS 10460 (68:35) The liner notes to this release point out that the music of Edgar Bainton (1880-1956) lost its considerable ...
Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1
Nov 01, 2008; ... BACH Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1 * Jill Crossland (pn) * SIGNUM 113 (2 CDs: 128:56) When the first CD started and I heard a light, tinkly tone in the opening Prelude, I was prepared to dislike this performance, but by the time that Prelude finished and we were on to the first Fugue, I ...
Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, Fugues: BWV 846; 855; 850; 869; 863; 891; 862. Prelude and Fugue in G, BWV 541: Fugue. Fantasia and Fugue, BWV 542: Fugue. Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue, BWV 903: Fugue/Fugues, op. 87/1,3-6,12,15,17,22,24
Nov 01, 2008; ... BACH Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, Fugues: BWV 846; 855; 850; 869; 863; 891; 862. Prelude and Fugue in G, BWV 541: Fugue. Fantasia and Fugue, BWV 542: Fugue. Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue, BWV 903: Fugue. SHOSTAKOVICH Fugues, op. 87/1,3-6,12,15,17,22,24 * Onyx Br * CHANDOS 10462 ...
Adagio for Strings.1 Knoxville: Summer of 1915.2 Violin Concerto.3 The School for Scandal Overture.4 Essay for Orchestra No. 1.5 Medea's Dance of Vegeance6/Candide: Overture.1 Facsimile.2 On the Town: 3 Dance Episodes.1 West Side Story: Symphonic Dances.3 Prelude, Fugue and Riffs.4 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue: Seena.5 Mass: A Simple Song5/Fanfare for the Common Man.1 Appalachian Spring.2 El sálon México.3 Old American Songs4/Sets for Small Orchestra: No. 1; No. 3. Tone Roads: No. 1; No. 3. At Sea. Mists. On the Antipodes.2 The Rainbow. The Pond. The Bells of Yale.2 The Gong on the Hook and Ladder. All the Way Around and Back. Over the Pavements. Aeschylus and Sophocles/Violin Concerto/Serenade for Violin and Orchestra, "after Plato's Symposium"/The Plow that Broke the Plains: Suite.1 Autumn.2 The River: Suite.1/Symphony No. 2
Nov 01, 2008; ... BARBER Adagio for Strings.1 Knoxville: Summer of 1915.2 Violin Concerto.3 The School for Scandal Overture.4 Essay for Orchestra No. 1.5 Medea's Dance of Vegeance6 * Michael Tilson Thomas, cond;1,2 Leonard Slatkin, cond;3-6 Barbara Hendricks (sop);2 Elmar Oliveira (vn);3 London SO;1,2 Saint Louis ...
Piano Sonata. Excursions. Nocturne, "Homage to John Field."; 3 Impressions. From the New Hampshire Woods: Pine-Trees. 6 Preludes
Nov 01, 2008; ... BARBER Piano Sonata. Excursions. Nocturne, "Homage to John Field." M. BAUER 3 Impressions. From the New Hampshire Woods: Pine-Trees. 6 Preludes * Stephen Beus (pn) * ENDEAVOR 1017 (57:22) This is a recent release of more than passing interest. Although there is no shortage of recordings ...
Piano Concertos:1 No. 1; No. 2; No. 3; No. 4; No. 5, "Emperor." Violin Concerto/Piano Concertos:1 No. 1; No. 2; No. 3; No. 4; No. 5, "Emperor." Concerto in C, op. 56/Piano Concertos: No. 1; No. 3; No. 4/Piano Concertos: No. 1; No. 5/Piano Concertos: No. 1; No. 5, "Emperor"
Nov 01, 2008; ... BEETHOVEN Piano Concertos:1 No. 1; No. 2; No. 3; No. 4; No. 5, "Emperor." Violin Concerto (arr. Beethoven)2 * Friedrich Gulda (pn);1 Shoko Sugitani (pn);2 Horst Stein, cond;1 Gerard Oskamp, cond;2 Vienna PO;1 Berlin SO2 * BRILLIANT 93653 (3 CDs: 225:47) BEETHOVEN Piano Concertos:1 No. 1; ...
Sorry, Wrong Number.1 Practice in the Art of Elocution2
Nov 01, 2008; ... BEESON Sorry, Wrong Number.1 Practice in the Art of Elocution2 * Richard Marshall, cond; Patricia Dell (Mrs. Guglielmo Stevenson); Richard Holmes (Sergeant Duffy); others; Wendy Hill (sop/spkr);2 Gerald Steichen (pn/spkr);2 Center for Contemporary Op O1 * ALBANY TROY 1009 (70:18 *) Live: New ...
Piano Concertos: Nos. 1-5
Nov 01, 2008; ... BEETHOVEN Piano Concertos: Nos. 1-5 * Melvyn Tan (fp); Roger Norrington, cond; London Classical Players (period instruments) * VIRGIN 22014 (2 CDs: 157:27) There have been surprisingly few recordings of Beethoven's piano concertos on period instruments. And when I received this recording ...
Cello Sonata in A. RACHMANINOFF Cello Sonata in g
Nov 01, 2008; ... BEETHOVEN Cello Sonata in A. RACHMANINOFF Cello Sonata in g * Natalia Khoma (vc); Volodymyr Vynnytsky (pn) * BLUE GRIFFIN 115 (61:29) Conjuring ancient myth, the label that calls itself Blue Griffin-a legendary creature with the body of a lion and the head and wings of an eagle-echoed a ...
Violin Sonatas: No. 2; No. 1 in g; in F. Ballad. Legend
Nov 01, 2008; ... BAX Violin Sonatas: No. 2; No. 1 in g; in F. Ballad. Legend * Laurence Jackson (vn); Ashley Wass (pn) * NAXOS 8.570094 (73:30) Arnold Bax was somewhat of a ladies' man, and one of the few composers to address this obsession so specifically in his music. In the case of his violin pieces, ...
String Quartets: Nos. 11-16. Grosse Fugue
Nov 01, 2008; ... BEETHOVEN String Quartets: Nos. 11-16. Grosse Fugue * Colorado Str Ort * PARNASSUS 96042 (3 CDs: 273:00) Although I'm very fond of the Emerson String Quartet's traversal of the complete Beethoven quartets, I admit that there are some performances of the middle and late quartets that ...
Symphonies: Nos. 1-9
Nov 01, 2008; ... BEETHOVEN Symphonies: Nos. 1-9 * Gustav Kuhn, cond; Susanne Geb (sop); Hermine Haselböck (mez); Richard Decker (ten); Konrad Jarnot (bar); Bolzano-Trento Haydn O & Ch (Gustav Kuhn, dir) * COL LEGNO 60006 (5 CDs: 383:03) Live: Bolzano 11/2005-5/2006 If new sets of Beethoven symphonies ...
Piano Concerto No. 3. Violin Concerto (arr. Beethoven)
Nov 01, 2008; ... BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 3. Violin Concerto (arr. Beethoven) * Olli Mustonen (pn), cond; Tapiola Sinfonietta * ONDINE 1123 (Hybrid multichannel SACD: 74:34) Mustonen continues his Beethoven Concerto cycle with two remarkably fresh performances-fresh, unfortunately, in the sense of ...
Piano Concertos: No. 1; No. 3
Nov 01, 2008; ... BEETHOVEN Piano Concertos: No. 1; No. 3 * Ronald Brautigam (pn); Andrew Parrott, cond; Norrköping SO * BIS 1692 (Hybrid multichannel SACD: 67:16) Brautigam is in the midst of a superb, perhaps historic traversal of the Beethoven piano sonatas on period keyboards, which I have praised ...
Symphony No. 9, "Choral"
Nov 01, 2008; ... BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9, "Choral" * Wilhelm Furtwängler, cond; Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (sop); Elisabeth Höngen (alt); Hans Hopf (ten); Otto Edelmann (bs); Bayreuth Festival O & Ch * ARCHIPEL 401, mono (CD: 74:54) Live: Bayreuth 7/29/1951 No sooner did I review a Japanese Furtwängler ...
Cello Sonatas: Nos. 1-5. Variations on a Theme by Handel. Variations on "Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen." Variations on Mozart's "Bei Männern"
Nov 01, 2008; ... BEETHOVEN Cello Sonatas: Nos. 1-5. Variations on a Theme by Handel. Variations on "Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen." Variations on Mozart's "Bei Männern" * Antonio Meneses (vc); Menahem Pressler (pn) * AVIE 2103 (2 CDs: 153:52) Sometimes, the arrival of certain discs in my home for review is ...
Benvenuto Cellini
Nov 01, 2008; ... BERLIOZ Benvenuto Cellini * Colin Davis, cond; Gregory Kunde (Cellini); Laura Claycomb (Teresa); John Relyea (Pope Clément VII); Darren Jeffrey (Balducci); Peter Coleman Wright (Fieramosca); Isabelle Cals (Ascanio); London SO & Ch * LSO LIVE 623 (2 Hybrid multichannel SACDs: 148:16 *) Live: ...
Symphony No. 3, "Eroica."/Death and Transfiguration
Nov 01, 2008; ... BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 3, "Eroica." R. STRAUSS Death and Transfiguration * Yannick Nézet-Séguin, cond; Rotterdam PO * ROTTERDAM PO LIVE 2008 (76:52) Live: Rotterdam 11/8-11/2007 Now aged 32, and an exciting talent, Canadian conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin has made it. He has found true ...
Symphonies: No. 1; No. 2; No. 3
Nov 01, 2008; ... BRÆIN Symphonies: No. 1; No. 2; No. 3 * Peter Szilvay, cond; Norwegian RO * SIMAX 1227 (79:11) During the postwar years and on into the 1950s, Edvard Fliflet Bræin (1924-1976), together with his exact contemporary Egil Hovland, represented the bright, youthful future of Norwegian music ....
Gran duo concertante.1,2 Andante sostenuto for Strings. Duetto.1,3 Gran Concerto in f#1
Nov 01, 2008; ... BOTTESINI Gran duo concertante.1,2 Andante sostenuto for Strings. Duetto.1,3 Gran Concerto in f#1 * Thomas Martin (db);1 Andrew Litton, cond; José-Luís Garcia (vn);2 Emma Johnson (cl);3 English CO * NAXOS 8.570397 (53:44) This recording, a reissue of a 1986 disc, was warmly reviewed at ...
Symphony in C. L'arlesienne: Suites No. 1 & No. 2/Children's Corner Suite
Nov 01, 2008; ... BIZET Symphony in C. L'arlesienne: Suites No. 1 & No. 2. DEBUSSY (arr. Caplet) Children's Corner Suite * Leopold Stokowski, cond; "His" SO * CALA 548, mono (78:15) In answer to a question that hasn't been asked, the piece of standard repertoire that I have heard performed in person ...
Violin Concerto/Violin Concerto
Nov 01, 2008; ... BLOCH Violin Concerto. LEES Violin Concerto * Elmar Oliveira (vn); John McLaughlin Williams, cond; Natl SO of Ukraine * ARTEK 42 (65:36) Dr. Barbara Barry's notes to Bloch's Violin Concerto make a great deal of its Hebraic roots; but Bloch's early study with Eugène Ysaye, which she does ...
Violin Concerto. Baal Shem. Suite hebraïque
Nov 01, 2008; ... BLOCH Violin Concerto. Baal Shem. Suite hebraïque * Zina Schiff (vn); José Serebrier, cond; Royal Scottish Natl O * NAXOS 8.557757 (66:01) Ernest Bloch's Violin Concerto draws together idiomatic violin-writing (Bloch had studied the instrument with Eugène Ysaye), thematic material that ...
Piano Quartets: No.1; No. 2. Piano Trio in B[musical flat], "Soir et matin"
Nov 01, 2008; ... BONIS Piano Quartets: No.1; No. 2. Piano Trio in B[musical flat], "Soir et matin" * Mozart Pn Qrt * MDG 643 1424 (56:38) The name Mel Bonis won't ring a bell with many people. Mel, short for Mélanie, was evidently chosen to obscure the actual sex of the composer. This flamboyant Parisian ...
Cello Concerto.1 Symphony No. 3, "Celestial."2 Mariners Fanfare for Edgar Martinez.2 Veery Thrush with Cedars.2 Quileute Overture3
Nov 01, 2008; ... BERRY Cello Concerto.1 Symphony No. 3, "Celestial."2 Mariners Fanfare for Edgar Martinez.2 Veery Thrush with Cedars.2 Quileute Overture3 * Theodore Kuchar, cond;1,2 Joel Eric Suben, cond;3 Jiri Hanousek (vc);1 Gabriel Faur (vc);3 Janácek PO;1,2 Moravian PO3 * CENTAUR 2898 (77:00) Charles ...
Viola Sonatas: Nos. 1; No. 2. Fantasia for Four Violas.1 Phantasy in F, op. 54. Romances: in D[musical flat]; in A. Allegro de concert. Melodies: for the G String; for the C String. Rhapsody in g. (arr. Bowen; ed. Power) Piano Sonata No. 14, "Moonlight": mvt. 1
Nov 01, 2008; ... BOWEN Viola Sonatas: Nos. 1; No. 2. Fantasia for Four Violas.1 Phantasy in F, op. 54. Romances: in D[musical flat]; in A. Allegro de concert. Melodies: for the G String; for the C String. Rhapsody in g. BEETHOVEN (arr. Bowen; ed. Power) Piano Sonata No. 14, "Moonlight": mvt. 1 * Lawrence Power ...
Piano Trios: No. 4 in B[musical flat], "Gassenhauer"; No. 7 in B[musical flat], "Archduke"
Nov 01, 2008; ... BEETHOVEN Piano Trios: No. 4 in B[musical flat], "Gassenhauer"; No. 7 in B[musical flat], "Archduke" * Tr Santoliquido * PRISTINE 58, mono (54:17) Available at www.pristineclassical.com This is one of those treasures that appeared, in the late 1950s, on such LP labels as Musical ...
Requiem
Nov 01, 2008; ... BERLIOZ Requiem * Colin Davis, cond; Ronald Dowd (ten); Wandsworth School Boys' Ch; London SO O & Ch * PENTATONE 5186 191 (2 Hybrid multichannel SACDs: 91:19) Issued in 1970, Sir Colin's first recorded performance of the Requiem has been a lighthouse in a stormy sea of novel ...
Symphonie fantastique. Verklärte Nacht
Nov 01, 2008; ... BERLIOZ Symphonie fantastique. SCHOENBERG Verklärte Nacht * Dmitri Mitropoulos, cond; New York PO * URANIA 342, mono (CD: 75:25) In many ways, Dmitri Mitropoulos (1896-1960) is one of the most underrated of the great conductors. Greatly admired by Schoenberg, Stravinsky, Erich Kleiber, ...
Romeo and Juliet
Nov 01, 2008; ... BLACHER Romeo and Juliet * Jeffrey Silberschlag, cond: David Robinson (Romeo); N'Kenge Simpson (Juliet); Kathleen Wilson (Peter, Chanson III); Irvine Peterson (Tybalt, Chanson II); Leneida Crawford (Lady Capulet, Nurse, Chanson I); Larry Vote (Capulet, Benvolio); Michael Tolaydoi (spkr); ...
Complete Works &
Nov 01, 2008; ... BRAHMS Complete Works & * Various Artists * BRILLIANT 93554 (60 CDs: c. 60:00:00) & CD-ROM containing liner notes, texts, and full track listing From Brilliant Classics comes another of their sauropod-sized collections. This one, purporting to include the entire oeuvre of ...