Modern Brewery Age back issues from January 2009:
Letters
Jan 01, 2009; ... I got a little behind on my reading and only just got to the July/August Fanfare at the end of July. I was shocked, shocked-so shocked that it approached being appalled by the attacks on Jerry Dubins, and worse still, Lynn René Bayley. I found R. A. Kaplan's screed at Jerry funny, but don't ...
Cameron Carpenter Champions Organs Real and Virtual
Jan 01, 2009; ... This past summer, I heard organist Cameron Carpenter in recital at the biannual national convention of the American Guild of Organists in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He shared a recital with John Weaver, retired professor of organ at the Curtis Institute and the Juilliard School, and a legend for ...
The Prizewinning H2 (Sax) Quartet Eyes the Future
Jan 01, 2009; ... To computer geeks, H2 is a database management system. To most other people, it's a gas-guzzling Hummer SUV. In the music world, H2 is coming to be recognized as something else: a saxophone quartet in residence at Michigan State University. No, the proximity to Detroit doesn't mean the group ...
Mike Dutton Illuminates the Byways of British Music
Jan 01, 2009; ... When people talk about the British independent labels, they generally have Hyperion and Chandos in mind. But there's one label which has fast been coming up the inside, and which over the past decade or so has become a potent voice in the rediscovery of British music: Dutton, which bears the ...
Luisa Guembes-Buchanan Revisits Late Beethoven
Jan 01, 2009; ... When last I spoke with pianist Luisa Guembes-Buchanan for an interview-review that appeared in 29:4, she communicated her intense interest in Beethoven's late works, mainly, though not exclusively, those for solo keyboard. We discussed her three-CD release for the Del Aguila label, which ...
Karen Walwyn Reflects on 9/11
Jan 01, 2009; ... A busy career as pianist, professor at Howard University, and recording artist would suffice for many musicians, but Karen Walwyn, feeling the stirrings of creativity, decided to write music of her own. Unexpected events sent her off in unanticipated directions, as she explains. K.W.: I ...
Daniel Asia: Music as an Encounter with the Sacred
Jan 01, 2009; ... The music of Daniel Asia represents an especially potent solution to the challenge to a generation of American composers to find a distinct language amidst an unprecedented panoply of choices. "It is something I have actively, musically and intellectually sought-to broaden my musical palette to ...
Soul to Soul: A Conversation with Gary William Friedman
Jan 01, 2009; ... Gary William Friedman is a jazz musician and classically trained composer who has written extensively for theater, television, and synagogue. Although a wide variety of his work has been recorded, Colloquy, in producer Tim Peierls's words, "fills . . . a gap in the discography-call it ...
Phoenix Edition Arises-and Capriccio Flies Again
Jan 01, 2009; ... You've encountered Johannes Kernmayer in these pages before, in 29:2, when I interviewed him about Capriccio, the Vienna-based label he ran at the time. Last year, though, Capriccio disappeared from the scene-and now Kernmayer pops up again with Capriccio back under his belt and another label, ...
The Elaris Duo: From Kansas to Oz-and Back
Jan 01, 2009; ... As a young girl in Russia, violinist Larisa Elisha grew to love The Wizard of Oz in translations of Frank Baum's book; coincidentally, I've always been fascinated by the story and couldn't help thinking about it when I first heard the Elaris Duo's recording of "virtuoso" duos for violin and ...
Standards of Criticism Revisited
Jan 01, 2009; ... Nearly a quarter of century has elapsed since I wrote an extended article in Fanfare 8:5 dealing with the "record review" as a genre and the standards that should be applied to the writing of such reviews. In the 23 years that have elapsed since its publication, the classical-recording scene has ...
A Flowering Tree
Jan 01, 2009; ... ADAMS A Flowering Tree * John Adams, cond; Jessica Rivera (Kumudha); Russell Thomas (The Prince); Eric Owens (Storyteller); Caracas Schola Cantorum; London SO * NONESUCH 327100 (2 CDs: 112:34 *) He has given us doubt-ridden politicians, murderous terrorists, soul-searching earthquake ...
Sonata de concert; Cello Sonata in g
Jan 01, 2009; ... ALKAN Sonata de concert. CHOPIN Cello Sonata in g * Alban Gerhardt (vc); Steven Osborne (pn) * HYPERION 67624 (62:54) I first heard Alkan's Cello Sonata in a live performance at the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music circa 1992, and immediately fell in love with it, despite the ...
Capriccio-Merriment. Pallieter. Romanza.1 Summer Idyll. James Ensor Suite
Jan 01, 2009; ... ALPAERTS Capriccio-Merriment. Pallieter. Romanza.1 Summer Idyll. James Ensor Suite * Michel Tabachnik, cond; Guido de Neve (vn);1 Flemish RO * ET'CETERA 4025 (63:52) This release documents the work of Flemish composer Flor Alpaerts (1876-1954). He was born into a life of privation, but ...
String Quartets: Nos. 1-3
Jan 01, 2009; ... ARRIAGA String Quartets: Nos. 1-3 * Prima Vista Qrt * DUX 577 (76:37) Given such prodigious talent and its remarkably early ripening, it has been said that Juan Crisóstomo Jacobo Antonio de Arriaga y Balzola (1806-1826), had he lived beyond the age of 19, would have rivaled Purcell, ...
Resonances. The Odyssey. A Throw of the Dice
Jan 01, 2009; ... ASENJO Resonances. The Odyssey. A Throw of the Dice * Kirk Trevor, cond; Capella Istropolitana * ALBANY 1019 (65:17) Back in Fanfare 31:1, I was less than complimentary about the music of Florencio Asenjo, especially his idea of musical "maximalism." The basis of his compositional ...
Keyboard Concertos: in D, op. 13/2; in B[musical flat], op. 13/4; Keyboard Concertos: in A, YC91; in E[musical flat], YC90
Jan 01, 2009; ... J. C. BACH Keyboard Concertos: in D, op. 13/2; in B[musical flat], op. 13/4. J. C. F. BACH Keyboard Concertos: in A, YC91; in E[musical flat], YC90. * Susan Alexander-Max (fp), cond; The Music Collection (period instruments) * NAXOS 8.570474 (71:38) J. S. Bach's youngest son, Johann ...
Brandenburg Concertos
Jan 01, 2009; ... BACH Brandenburg Concertos * Ross Pople, cond; London Festival O * ARTE NOVA 340310 (2 CDs: 99:14) Nothing lifts the spirits quite like a well-played set of Brandenburg Concertos. So I'm feeling pretty good right now, having just auditioned these essentials, smartly played by Ross Pople ...
Cantatas: Nos. 10, 172, 68, 1, 4, 134, 137, 21, 173a, 173, 26, 29, 119, 106, 31, 66, 140, 61, 36, 110, 40, 71, 79, 80, 192, 50, 198. Magnificat in D
Jan 01, 2009; ... BACH Cantatas: Nos. 10, 172, 68, 1, 4, 134, 137, 21, 173a, 173, 26, 29, 119, 106, 31, 66, 140, 61, 36, 110, 40, 71, 79, 80, 192, 50, 198. Magnificat in D * Hans-Joachim Rotzsch, cond; Various soloists; Thomanerchor Leipzig; Neues Bachisches Collegium Musicum; Gewandhaus O Leipzig * BERLIN 184212 ...
Cantatas: No. 86;1,3,5,7 No. 87;3,5,7 No. 97;1,3,5,7 No. 44;2,4,6,8 No. 150;2,4,6,8 No. 183.2,4,6,8; Fürchte dich nicht
Jan 01, 2009; ... BACH Cantatas: No. 86;1,3,5,7 No. 87;3,5,7 No. 97;1,3,5,7 No. 44;2,4,6,8 No. 150;2,4,6,8 No. 183.2,4,6,8 J. CHRISTOPH BACH Fürchte dich nicht * John Eliot Gardiner, cond; Katharine Fuge (sop);1 Joanne Lunn (sop);2 Robin Tyson (ct);4 Daniel Taylor (ct);4 Steve Davislim (ten);5 Paul Agnew (ten);6 ...
Goldberg Variations/Goldberg Variations/Erz/Goldberg Variations
Jan 01, 2009; ... BACH Goldberg Variations * Beth Levin (pn) * CENTAUR 2927 (62:28) Live: New York 4/28/2007 BACH Goldberg Variations TIENSUU Erz * Denis Patkovic (acc) * HÄNSSLER 98.527 (74:47) BACH (arr. Sitkovetsky) Goldberg Variations * Swiss Chamber Soloists (period instruments) * NEOS 30801 ...
Goldberg Variations/Chaconne
Jan 01, 2009; ... BACH Goldberg Variations. BACH-BUSONI Chaconne * DongHyek Lim (pn) * EMI 15978 (65:35) DongHyek Lim is an Argerich protégé-and on his flamboyant first album, featuring Chopin, Schubert, and Ravel, he made a strong impression as a virtuoso with strong fingers and a wide, and often ...
Masses: in F;1 in A;2 in g;3 in G4
Jan 01, 2009; ... BACH Masses: in F;1 in A;2 in g;3 in G4 * Helmuth Rilling, cond; Elisabeth Speiser (sop);1,2,4 Ingeborg Russ (alt);1,2,4 Hildegard Rüttgers (alt);3 John van Kesteren (ten);1,2,4 Kurt Equiluz (ten);3 Gerhard Faustlich (bar);4 Jakob Stämpfli (bs);1,2,4 Erich Wenk (bs);3 Gächinger Kantorei; ...
Masses: in F, BWV 233;1,6,10 in A, BWV 234;1,6,7,10 in g, BWV 235;6,7,10 in G, BWV 236.3,6,7,10 Magnificat in D.2,5,6,9,10 Gloria in excelsis Deo, BWV 191.4,8 Sanctus, BWV 232
Jan 01, 2009; ... BACH Masses: in F, BWV 233;1,6,10 in A, BWV 234;1,6,7,10 in g, BWV 235;6,7,10 in G, BWV 236.3,6,7,10 Magnificat in D.2,5,6,9,10 Gloria in excelsis Deo, BWV 191.4,8 Sanctus, BWV 232 * Ton Koopman cond; Johannette Zomer (sop);1 Lisa Larsson (sop);2 Deborah York (sop);3 Caroline Stam (sop);4 ...
Motets, BWV 225-230
Jan 01, 2009; ... BACH Motets, BWV 225-230 * Peter Dijkstra, cond; Netherlands CCh * CHANNEL 27108 (Hybrid multichannel SACD: 67:04 *) To this day we still don't know all of the information about the original settings of the Bach motets or whether they are all by Bach (BWV 230). It is very unlikely that ...
Sonatas: in D, BWV 1028; in G, BWV 1039; in d, BWV 1036; in g, BWV 1029; in G, BWV 1038
Jan 01, 2009; ... BACH (arr. Rainer, Schmeiser) Sonatas: in D, BWV 1028; in G, BWV 1039; in d, BWV 1036; in g, BWV 1029; in G, BWV 1038 * Jan Ostrý (fl); Hansgeorg Schmeiser (fl); Ingomar Rainer (hpd); Othmar Müller (vc) * NIMBUS 5817 (60:53) A while ago I reviewed very positively a CD of Ryba quartets ...
Wo Gott der Herr nicht bei uns hält. Die Kunst der Fuge
Jan 01, 2009; ... BACH Wo Gott der Herr nicht bei uns hält. Die Kunst der Fuge * Gerhard Weinberger (org) * cpo 777 403 (2 CDs: 97:58) Bach's Art of Fugue is a colossal musical edifice, and also a colossal enigma. It exists in two versions-the first from the early 1740s (extant in an autograph score) ....
Fantasias: in c, Fk 15; in e, Fk 21; in d, Fk 19; in c, Fk nv2; in a, Fk 23; in d, Fk 18. Fugues: in C, Fk 31/1; in c, Fk 31/2; in D, Fk 31/3; in d, Fk 31/4; in E[musical flat], Fk 31/5; in e, Fk 31/6; in B[musical flat], Fk 31/7; in f, Fk 31/8
Jan 01, 2009; ... W. F. BACH Fantasias: in c, Fk 15; in e, Fk 21; in d, Fk 19; in c, Fk nv2; in a, Fk 23; in d, Fk 18. Fugues: in C, Fk 31/1; in c, Fk 31/2; in D, Fk 31/3; in d, Fk 31/4; in E[musical flat], Fk 31/5; in e, Fk 31/6; in B[musical flat], Fk 31/7; in f, Fk 31/8 * Julia Brown (hpd) * NAXOS 8.570530 ...
Sun.1 Viola Concerto.1 Symphony No. 5.1 Konzertstück for Orchestra No. 2(2)
Jan 01, 2009; ... BARKAUSKAS Sun.1 Viola Concerto.1 Symphony No. 5.1 Konzertstück for Orchestra No. 2(2) * Robertas Servenikas, cond;1 Juozas Domarkas, cond;2 Yuri Bashmet (va); Lithuanian Natl SO * AVIE 2163 (75:55) Literally an 11th-hour entry, this CD arrived in the mail just days before our copy ...
Piano Concerto No. 1.1 Piano Sonatas: No. 7; No. 28/Piano Sonata No. 3. Intermezzos, op. 117/Piano Sonata in b
Jan 01, 2009; ... BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 1.1 Piano Sonatas: No. 7; No. 28. BRAHMS Piano Sonata No. 3. Intermezzos, op. 117. LISZT Piano Sonata in b * Géza Anda (pn), cond;1 Cologne RSO1 * AUDITE 23408 (2 CDs: 147:19) Live: 11/28/1969(1) The only item in this collection designated as "live" is the ...
Piano Concerto No. 4/Piano Concerto No. 2
Jan 01, 2009; ... BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 4 * Noel Mewton-Wood (pn); Walter Goehr, cond; Utrecht PO * PRISTINE 116, mono (32:43) Available at www.pristineclassical.com TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 2 * Noel Mewton-Wood (pn); Walter Goehr, cond; Winterthur SO * PRISTINE 121, mono (CD: 33:10) ...
Violin Concerto.1/Violin Concerto2
Jan 01, 2009; ... BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto.1 BRAHMS Violin Concerto2 * Jascha Heifetz (vn); Dimitri Mitropoulos, cond;1 Arturo Toscanini, cond;2 New York P;1 New York P-SO2 * IDI 6528, mono (75:05) Live: 2/9/1956;1 2/24/1935(2) Heifetz's performance of the Beethoven Concerto with Mitropoulos from ...
Fidelio: Overture.1/Symphony No. 9, "Great."2/Wozzeck: 3 scenes3
Jan 01, 2009; ... BEETHOVEN Fidelio: Overture.1 SCHUBERT Symphony No. 9, "Great."2 BERG Wozzeck: 3 scenes3 * Erich Kleiber, cond; Annelies Kupper (sop);3 Boys' Ch;3 Cologne RSO * MEDICI ARTS 27, mono (76:01) Broadcast: Cologne 11/23/1953;1 1/7/1956(2,3) Over the decades, the once-high reputation of Erich ...
String Quartet No. 10, "Harp."/String Quartet No. 5
Jan 01, 2009; ... BEETHOVEN String Quartet No. 10, "Harp." SHOSTAKOVICH String Quartet No. 5 * Atrium Str Qrt * ZIG-ZAG 80702 (59:58) An odd coupling, this, one that notes author Hélène Cao justifies as "self-evident." Both composers, according to Cao, were dominant in their time in the realm of the ...
Cello Sonatas: No. 1-5. Variations on a Theme from Handel's "Judas Maccabaeus." Variations on Mozart's "Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen." Variations on Mozart's "Bei Männern"
Jan 01, 2009; ... BEETHOVEN Cello Sonatas: No. 1-5. Variations on a Theme from Handel's "Judas Maccabaeus." Variations on Mozart's "Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen." Variations on Mozart's "Bei Männern" * Antonio Meneses (vc); Menahem Pressler (pn) * AVIE 2103 (2 CDs: 153:52) Beethoven's cello sonatas have been ...
Piano Sonatas: No. 5; No. 6; No. 7; No. 8, "Pathétique"
Jan 01, 2009; ... BEETHOVEN Piano Sonatas: No. 5; No. 6; No. 7; No. 8, "Pathétique" * Michael Korstick (pn) * OEHMS 617 (Hybrid multichannel SACD: 79:42) In my review of Korstick's first volume of the Beethoven sonatas, I complained of a general lack of grace in his playing. There are some important ...
Piano Sonatas: No. 15, "Pastorale"; No. 23, "Appassionata."/Sonata in B[musical flat], D 960
Jan 01, 2009; ... BEETHOVEN Piano Sonatas: No. 15, "Pastorale"; No. 23, "Appassionata." SCHUBERT Sonata in B[musical flat], D 960 * Andreas Haefliger (pn) * AVIE 2148 (2 CDs: 90:39) Andreas Haefliger, whose previous recordings include works by Mozart, Schubert, Brahms, Bartók, and Thomas Adès, here ...
Piano Sonatas: No. 27 in e; No. 28 in A; No. 29 in B[musical flat], "Hammerklavier"/Piano Sonatas: No. 30 in E; No. 31 in A[musical flat]; No. 32 in c
Jan 01, 2009; ... BEETHOVEN Piano Sonatas: No. 27 in e; No. 28 in A; No. 29 in B[musical flat], "Hammerklavier" * Andrés Schiff (pn) * ECM 11906 (76:17) Live: 5/21/2006 BEETHOVEN Piano Sonatas: No. 30 in E; No. 31 in A[musical flat]; No. 32 in c * András Schiff (pn) * ECM 11908 (64:28) Live: ...
Piano Sonatas: No. 27; No. 28; No. 29, "Hammerklavier"; No. 30; No. 31; No. 32
Jan 01, 2009; ... BEETHOVEN Piano Sonatas: No. 27; No. 28; No. 29, "Hammerklavier"; No. 30; No. 31; No. 32 * Peter Serkin (pn) * MUSICAL CONCEPTS 122 (2 CDs: 159:47) Let me make it absolutely clear that Peter Serkin has always been, in my opinion, a fine pianist, and one I have admired. A number of his ...
Piano Sonatas: No. 28; No. 29, "Hammerklavier"; No. 30; No. 31; No. 32. 33 Variations on a Waltz by Diabelli. Bagatelles: op. 119; op. 126. Klavierstücke: in B[musical flat], WoO 60; in F#, Artaria 195. Fragment in a, Paris Ms 59 (trans. Kindermann). Cello Sonatas: op. 102/1,2/Piano Sonatas: No. 29, "Hammerklavier"; No. 30
Jan 01, 2009; ... BEETHOVEN Piano Sonatas: No. 28; No. 29, "Hammerklavier"; No. 30; No. 31; No. 32. 33 Variations on a Waltz by Diabelli. Bagatelles: op. 119; op. 126. Klavierstücke: in B[musical flat], WoO 60; in F#, Artaria 195. Fragment in a, Paris Ms 59 (trans. Kindermann). Cello Sonatas: op. 102/1,2. See ...
Symphonies: No. 2; No. 7
Jan 01, 2009; ... BEETHOVEN Symphonies: No. 2; No. 7 * Osmo Vänskä, cond; Minnesota O * BIS 1816 (Hybrid multichannel SACD: 75:49) Here concludes one of the finest available Beethoven symphony cycles. As Osmo Vänskä's Minnesota series has progressed, the phrasing has gradually lost some of the intricate ...
Symphony No. 3, "Eroica"
Jan 01, 2009; ... BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 3, "Eroica" * Daniel Grossmann, cond; Ens 28 (period instruments) * NEOS 30802 (44:16) This performance purports to be unique: a re-creation, on period instruments, of the symphony's premiere in 1804, recorded in the Vienna locale of the premiere, with an orchestra ...
Symphonies: No. 4;1 No. 7(2)
Jan 01, 2009; ... BEETHOVEN Symphonies: No. 4;1 No. 7(2) * Douglas Boyd, cond; Manchester Camarata * AVIE 2169 (73:41) Live: Manchester 2/3/2007;1 11/3/2007(2) The performance of the Fourth Symphony opens with an expansive, lugubrious Adagio, which effectively establishes a somber, melancholy mood, ...
Symphony No. 9.1 Leonore Overture No. 3(2)/Symphony No. 9.1 Leonore Overture No. 3(2)/Symphony No. 9:1 Leonore Overture No. 3: Rehearsal;2 Peformance.3 Egmont: Overture.1 Coriolan Overture.1,5/Concerto grosso, op. 6/10(4,6)/Rosamunde: Excerpts4,7
Jan 01, 2009; ... BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9.1 Leonore Overture No. 3(2) * Fritz Busch, cond; Kerstin Lindberg-Torland (sop); Elsa Jena (alt); Eric Sjóberg (ten); Holger Byrding (bs); Danish RSO & Ch * GUILD 2343, mono (77:15) Broadcast: 9/7/1950;1 10/24/1949(2) BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9.1 Leonore ...
Symphony No. 9, "Choral"
Jan 01, 2009; ... BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9, "Choral" * Arturo Toscanini, cond; Rosa Tentoni (sop); Rose Bampton (mez); Charles Kullmann (ten); Ezio Pinza (bs); Schola Cantorum Ch; New York P-SO * PRISTINE 117, mono (66:44) Broadcast: New York 3/8/1936, available at www.pristineclassical.com Toscanini's ...
Symphony No. 9, "Choral"
Jan 01, 2009; ... BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9, "Choral" * Arturo Toscanini, cond; Eileen Farrell (sop); Nan Merriman (mez); Jan Peerce (ten); Norman Scott (bs); Robert Shaw Ch; NBC SO * PRISTINE 120, analog (65:06) available at www.pristineclassical.com The question of what Toscanini really sounded like in ...
Clarinet Trios: op. 11;1 op. 38 (after Septet, op. 20).1/Clarinet Trio, op. 28.2 Sonate sentimentale, op. 169. Clarinet Sonata, op. 29
Jan 01, 2009; ... BEETHOVEN Clarinet Trios: op. 11;1 op. 38 (after Septet, op. 20).1 RIES Clarinet Trio, op. 28.2 Sonate sentimentale, op. 169. Clarinet Sonata, op. 29 * Vlad Weverbergh (cl); Benjamin Glorieux (vc);1 Jadranka Gasparovic (vc);2 Vasily Ilisavsky (pn) * BRILLIANT 93684 (2 CDs: 121:03) Know ...
Piano Trios: No. 3; No. 5, "Ghost"; No. 7, "Archduke"/Piano Trio No. 1
Jan 01, 2009; ... BEETHOVEN Piano Trios: No. 3; No. 5, "Ghost"; No. 7, "Archduke." SCHUBERT Piano Trio No. 1 * Suk Tr * SUPRAPHON 3959 (2 CDs: 120:32) In the decade following its founding in 1951, the Suk Piano Trio underwent a number of personnel changes. It wasn't until 1960 that the ensemble finally ...
Messe "Catanesi": in D; in g
Jan 01, 2009; ... BELLINI Messe "Catanesi": in D; in g * Maurizio Ciampi, cond; Cinzia Forte (sop); Paoletta Maroccu (sop); Stefano Ferrari (ten); Lorenzo Regazzo (bs); Accademia | Filarmonici O & Ch * NUOVA ERA 224175 (73:43 *) Bellini composed a great deal of sacred music, much of it before he left ...
La straniera
Jan 01, 2009; ... BELLINI La straniera * David Parry, cond; Patrizia Ciofi (Alaide); Enkelejda Shkosa (Isoletta); Dario Schmunck (Arturo); Mark Stone (Valdeburgo); Graeme Broadbent (Prior); Roland Wood (Montolino); Aled Hall (Osburgo); Geoffrey Mitchell Ch; London PO * OPERA RARA 38 (2 CDs: 141:19 *) La ...
String Trios: No. 1 in D; No. 2 in c; No. 3 in F
Jan 01, 2009; ... BERENS String Trios: No. 1 in D; No. 2 in c; No. 3 in F * Tr ZillacusPerssonRaitinen * INTIM 107 (82:30) You may remember the story about an elderly Franz Berwald receiving in 1867 the professorship of composition at the Stockholm Conservatory, thanks to a vote by the board of the Royal ...
Violin Concertos: No. 2; No. 3; No. 5
Jan 01, 2009; ... BÉRIOT Violin Concertos: No. 2; No. 3; No. 5 * Philippe Quint (vn); Kirk Trevor, cond; Slovak RSO * NAXOS 8.570360 (70:56) In another review of Bériot's piano trios on a Talent CD, I called the music corny, clichéd, salon trash. Here, presumably, Bériot is in his element. Violin ...
Piano Trios: op. 58; op. 64; op. 4. Nocturne
Jan 01, 2009; ... BÉRIOT Piano Trios: op. 58; op. 64; op. 4. Nocturne * Hirotoshi Kasai (pn); Kuniko Nagata (vn); Mark Drobinsky (vc) * TALENT 127 (62:44) Let me begin by taking Talent to task for poor presentation. Having been burned once before by assuming a Talent release was a new recording when in ...
Fidicinum sacro-profanum
Jan 01, 2009; ... BIBER Fidicinum sacro-profanum * David Plantier (vn), dir; Les Plaisirs du Parnasse (period instruments) * ZIG-ZAG 800701 (71:47) Biber's Fidicinum sacro-profanum, David Plantier stresses in his notes, attempts a synthesis of sacred and profane, combining dances and contrapuntal rigor, ...
Rosary Sonatas
Jan 01, 2009; ... BIBER Rosary Sonatas * Riccardo Minasi (vn); Bizzarrie Armoniche (period instruments) * ARTS 47735 (2 Hybrid multichannel SACDs: 125:00) It's clear from the first flutter of the wing of the angel of the Annunciation that Riccardo Minasi and Bizzarrie Armoniche will be offering one of the ...
The Fields of Sorrow.1 Nenia: The Death of Orpheus.2 Verses for Ensembles3
Jan 01, 2009; ... BIRTWISTLE The Fields of Sorrow.1 Nenia: The Death of Orpheus.2 Verses for Ensembles3 * David Atherton, cond;1,3 Alan Hacker, dir;2 Jane Manning (sop);1,2 London Sinfonietta1,3 & Ch;1 The Matrix2 * LYRITA 306 (56:08) Three young British composers formed the crux of the Manchester New ...
The Olympians
Jan 01, 2009; ... BLISS The Olympians * Bryan Fairfax, cond; Ann Pashley (Madeleine); William McAlpine (Hector de Florac); Raimund Herincx (Mars); Bernard Dickerson (Curé); Forbes Robinson (Joseph Lavatte); Rae Woodland (Diana); Thomas Hemsley (Jupiter); Edmund Bohan (Bacchus); Ambrosian Singers; Polyphonia O * ...
Vers sataniques.1 Carnet de damné.2 Mythologies3
Jan 01, 2009; ... BLUMENFELD Vers sataniques.1 Carnet de damné.2 Mythologies3 * Joel Eric Suben, cond;1 Harold Blumenfeld, cond;2 Paul Phillips, cond;3 Donnie Ray Albert (bar);1,3 Christine Schaderberg (sop);1,2 Polish Natl RO;1 St. Louis Ens of Eight;2 Dallas Voices of Change3 * ALBANY TROY 1034 (60: ...
Nerone
Jan 01, 2009; ... BOITO Nerone * Franco Capuana, cond; Mirto Picchi (Nerone); Mario Petri (Simon Mago); Giangiacomo Guelfi (Fanuel); Anna de Cavalieri (Asteria); Adriana Lazzarini (Rubria); Ferruccio Mazzoli (Tigellino); Piero de Palma (Gobras/First Viandante); Anna di Stasio (Perside); Plinio Clabassi (Dositeo); ...
Suite, op. 59. Andante et allegro. Air vaudois. Septuor fantaisie. Scènes de la forêt. Suite dans le style ancient. Pièce, op. 189. Une flûte soupier. Scherzo final
Jan 01, 2009; ... BONIS Suite, op. 59. Andante et allegro. Air vaudois. Septuor fantaisie. Scènes de la forêt. Suite dans le style ancient. Pièce, op. 189. Une flûte soupier. Scherzo final * Tatjana Ruhland (fl); Florian Wiek (pn); Stuttgart RSO members * HÄNSSLER 93.204 (71:30) She led a life fit for the ...
Violin Concerto.1/Violin Concerto No. 3(2)
Jan 01, 2009; ... BRAHMS Violin Concerto.1 MOZART Violin Concerto No. 3(2) * Leonid Kogan (vn); Pierre Monteux, cond;1 Boston SO;1 Dimitri Mitropoulos, cond;2 New York P2 * DOREMI 7900, mono (63:48) Broadcast: Boston 1/11/1958;1 Live: New York, 2/2/1958(2) Supposedly Leonid Kogan considered Brahms's and ...
Serenades: No. 1; No. 2. Academic Festival Overture. Piano Concerto No. 2.1 4 Gesang: Wein' an dem Felsen.2 Wohin ich geh'.2 Komm herbei.2/Jäger, ruhe von der Jagd1,2
Jan 01, 2009; ... BRAHMS Serenades: No. 1; No. 2. Academic Festival Overture. Piano Concerto No. 2.1 4 Gesang: Wein' an dem Felsen.2 Wohin ich geh'.2 Komm herbei.2 SCHUBERT (arr. Brahms) Jäger, ruhe von der Jagd1,2 * Arturo Toscanini, cond; Robert Casadesus (pn);1 Women's Ch of Schola Cantorum;2 New York PO * ...
Piano Sonata No. 3 in f. Piano Pieces, op. 119/Romance in b
Jan 01, 2009; ... BRAHMS Piano Sonata No. 3 in f. Piano Pieces, op. 119. C. SCHUMANN Romance in b * Sheila Arnold (pn) * CAVI-MUSIC 8553048 (60:42) The accompanying booklet note says little about Sheila Arnold, and Google was not much help either. Until the arrival of this CD, I'd never heard of her, and ...
Violin Sonatas: No. 1 in G; No. 2 in A; No. 3 in d. Viola Sonatas: No. 1 in f; No. 2 in E[musical flat]/Violin Sonatas: No. 1 in G; No. 2 in A; No. 3 in d. Scherzo in c, "F-A-E Sonata"
Jan 01, 2009; ... BRAHMS Violin Sonatas: No. 1 in G; No. 2 in A; No. 3 in d. Viola Sonatas: No. 1 in f; No. 2 in E[musical flat] * Oscar Shumsky (vn, va); Leonid Hambro (pn) * NIMBUS 2513 (2 CDs: 103:54) BRAHMS Violin Sonatas: No. 1 in G; No. 2 in A; No. 3 in d. Scherzo in c, "F-A-E Sonata" * Antje ...
Piano Trio in E. 4 piezas españolas
Jan 01, 2009; ... BRETÓN Piano Trio in E. 4 piezas españolas * LOM Pn Tr * NAXOS 8.570713 (53:26) As you would expect from a composer of popular zarzuelas (La verbena de paloma being the best known), this is tuneful music with a generally sunny outlook. The Trio (1887) is an extended work in four ...