tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29810994326668454042012-01-26T10:44:02.333ZClassical CD ReviewsNew classical music releases reviewed in detail by Gavin DixonGavin Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964697822945501178noreply@blogger.comBlogger3081100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2981099432666845404.post-52706910008664980972012-01-26T10:44:00.000Z2012-01-26T10:44:02.339ZLiszt for Cello and Piano, Francesco Dillon and Emanuele TorquatiLiszt: Complete works for cello and piano
Francesco Dillon celloEmanuele Torquati pianoBrilliant Classics 94150Buy from:
Liszt's original works for cello and piano are few, but all are well worth hearing. The five pieces date from 1874 to 1883, towards the end of the composer's life, when he had long given up his soloist career and had turned instead to more spiritual pursuits in his Gavin Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964697822945501178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2981099432666845404.post-52740230039799304242012-01-20T17:17:00.000Z2012-01-20T17:17:11.489ZMiklós Perényi plays Britten, Bach and LigetiBritten: Third SuiteBach: Suite No.6Ligeti: Sonata for solo celloMiklós Perényi celloECM 476 4166
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This new solo disc from Miklós Perényi comes hard on the heels of a very similar offering on the Wigmore Live label. In both cases, Perényi bases his programme on works by Britten and Bach, composers with whom he clearly has a deep affinity. They also invoke the spirits of two the Gavin Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964697822945501178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2981099432666845404.post-72462178427754786462012-01-13T16:31:00.000Z2012-01-13T16:31:47.438ZSuperbrass: Under the Spell of SpainMusic for brass and percussion inspired by the vibrant country and people of Spain.
Musicians: Mike Allen, Philip Cobb, Toby Coles, Mike Lovatt, Jim Lynch, Paul Mayes, Brian Thomson, Adam Wright, Chris Parkes, Matthew Gee, Mike Hext, Phil White, Andy Wood, Roger Argente, Kevin Morgan, Andy Barclay, Paul Clarvis, Michael Doran, Matt Perry, Frank Riccott, Mike SmithSBCD1 Buy from:
London's Gavin Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964697822945501178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2981099432666845404.post-25230442336789132082012-01-12T10:15:00.000Z2012-01-12T10:15:34.774ZBruckner 6 Ivor Bolton Mozarteumorchester SalzburgAnton BRUCKNER (1824-1896)Symphony No.6 in A majorMozarteumorchester SalzburgIvor Bolton conductor recorded live at the Large Hall of the Salzburg Festspielhuas 23 and 25 October 2010 Stereo DDDOehms OC404 [54:36]
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Ivor Bolton's approach doesn't suit every Bruckner symphony, but he has some valuable and rare insights to offer on the Sixth. Previous instalments in this cycle haveGavin Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964697822945501178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2981099432666845404.post-81800375281800145462012-01-09T10:37:00.000Z2012-01-09T10:37:00.113ZJosquin Missa De beata virgine Tallis ScholarsJosquin des Pres (c.1440-1521)
Missa De beata virgine [38:03]Credo quarti toni (Cambrai Credo) [9:23]Plainchant: Ave maris stella [0:36]Missa Ave maris stella [27:56]The Tallis ScholarsPeter Phillips directorGimell CDGIM 044 [75:58]
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The Tallis Scholars' ongoing, if sporadic, series of Josquin Masses has been a treat for fans of both the ensemble and the composer. Like Tallis, Gavin Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964697822945501178noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2981099432666845404.post-56807930239948530272012-01-06T10:37:00.000Z2012-01-06T10:37:09.418ZDer Fliegende Holländer JanowskiRichard WAGNER (1813-1883)
Der Fliegende Holländer Matti Salminen - Daland
Ricarda Merbeth - Senta
Robert Dean Smith - Erik
Silvia Hablowetz - Mary
Steve Davislim - Steuermann
Albert Dohmen – Der Holländer
Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin
Rundfunkchor Berlin
Marek Janowski (conductor) Recorded live at the Berlin Philharmonie 13 November 2010 DDD/DSD Stereo/SurroundPentatone PTC 5186 400 [78:Gavin Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964697822945501178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2981099432666845404.post-22764544504434452192012-01-04T09:20:00.000Z2012-01-04T09:20:00.689ZKhovanshchina, Sofia National Opera, Atanas MargaritovModest MUSSORGSKY (1839-1881) Khovanshchina (Rimsky-Korsakov edition)Dimiter Petkov (Prince Ivan Khovansky), Todor Kostov (Prince Andrey Khovansky), Nicola Ghiuselev (Dosifey), Alexandra Milcheva (Marfa), Maria Dimchevska (Emma), Madya Dobriyanova (Susanna), Lyoubomis Bodourov (Prince Vasily Golitsin)Bulgarian National Choir ‘Svetoslav Orbetenov” & Sofia National Opera OrchestraAtanas Margaritov Gavin Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964697822945501178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2981099432666845404.post-49857466076293694602012-01-02T17:14:00.000Z2012-01-02T17:14:05.427ZDubois Lalo Frédéric PelassyThéodore Dubois: Violin Concerto
Edouard Lalo: Symphonie EspagnoleFrédéric Pelassy violinSlovak State Philharmonic KosiceZbyněk Müller conductorBNL 112964Buy from:
Dubois' Concerto and Lalo's Symphony make an excellent pairing. Despite the greater fame the latter has achieved, the two works are of almost equal stature and are aesthetically very similar. Both are richly melodic, yet neither Gavin Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964697822945501178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2981099432666845404.post-4935820982244422232011-12-17T17:59:00.000Z2011-12-17T17:59:28.203ZRöntgen Piano Concertos Kirschnereit PorcelijnRöntgen Piano Concertos Kirschnereit Porcelijn
Julius Röntgen: Piano Concertos nos.2 (Op.18) and 4Matthias Kirschnereit pianoNDR Radiophilharmonie HannoverDavid Porcelijn conductorCPO 777 398-2Buy from:
These two concertos both have much to commend them, but they also have one very big problem – a complete lack of originality. Julius Röntgen was obviously very keen on Beethoven, Schumann,Gavin Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964697822945501178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2981099432666845404.post-86880541598392965472011-12-05T17:11:00.000Z2011-12-05T17:11:51.907ZJohannes Passion Cantus Cölln Konrad JunghänelBach: Johannes Passion (1749 version)
Cantus CöllnKonrad Junghänel conductorAccent ACC 24251(2CDs) Buy from:
Bach wasn't in the habit of making major changes to his completed liturgical works, even when he was dusting them down for a repeat performance. The St John Passion is therefore unusual in having been through four separate versions. Tracing the progress from one to another is no Gavin Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964697822945501178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2981099432666845404.post-74995103655843994672011-11-26T11:32:00.000Z2011-11-26T11:32:10.971ZDie Walküre Weigle Frankfurt OperaWagner: Die Walküre
Siegmund: Frank van Aken, Hunding: Ain Anger, Wotan: Terje Stensvold, Sieglinde: Eva-Maria Westbroek, Brünnhilde: Susan Bullock, Fricka: Martina Dike, Gerhilde: Anja Fidelia Ulrich, Ortlinde: Mona Somm, Waltraute: Eve-Maud Hubeaux, Schwertleite: Bernadett Fodor, Helmwige: Christiane Kohl, Siegrune: Lisa Wedekind, Grimgerde: Tanja Ariane Baumgartner, Rossweiße: Monika BohinecGavin Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964697822945501178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2981099432666845404.post-91225494184302457182011-11-17T09:45:00.000Z2011-11-17T09:45:00.249ZBach Passions KoopmanJohann Sebastian BACH (1685-1750)
Matthew Passion, John Passion, B Minor MassGuy de Mey tenorPeter Kooy bassChristoph Prégardien tenor Gerd Türk tenor Barbara Schlick sopranoKai Wessel altoKlaus Mertens bassDe Nederlandse Bachvereniging (Passions)Amsterdam Baroque Choir (Mass)Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra Ton Koopman directorrecorded Nederlands Hervormde Kerk, Oudkarspel, June 1992 (Matthew), Gavin Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964697822945501178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2981099432666845404.post-87927998463640967042011-11-14T09:35:00.000Z2011-11-14T09:35:00.706ZSchumann String Quartets Doric QuartetRobert SCHUMANN (1810-1856)
String Quartets Op.41Quartet No.1 [24:29]Quartet No.2 [20:56]Quartet No.3 [28:31]Doric String Quartetrecorded Potton Hall 9-11 February 2011 stereo DDDChandos CHAN 10692 [74:15]Buy from:
After a very impressive disc of Walton, the Doric Quartet have now moved into the core repertoire, with an equally assured reading of Schumann's Op.41 set. Everything comes Gavin Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964697822945501178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2981099432666845404.post-15828436717017763612011-11-11T09:33:00.000Z2011-11-11T09:33:07.769ZBach Well Tempered Steinway Findlay CockrellThe Well Tempered Clavier (Book 1 Preludes)Two Part Inventions (selections)Four DuetsRicercar a Tre (The Musical Offering No.1)Findlay Cockrell – pianoFindlay Recordings FC-02Buy from:
Findlay Cockrell offers familiar favourites but with a twist on this fascinating Bach recording. He is one of many Bach interpreters to mix the modern with the historically informed, but his configuration of Gavin Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964697822945501178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2981099432666845404.post-31960440121151355502011-11-07T19:06:00.000Z2011-11-07T19:06:46.658ZSchnittke Violin Sonatas Huebl WaitAlfred Schnittke: Violin Sonatas Nos.1,2,3 and 0
Carolyn Huebl violinMark Wait pianoNaxos 8.570978
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Like so much of the 20th century repertoire, the Schnittke Violin Sonatas are ideal for the Naxos approach. There are already a good number of recordings of these works (although the 1955 Sonata is a rarity), but the quality of what is on the market is variable, and until now noneGavin Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964697822945501178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2981099432666845404.post-42621005932795382462011-11-04T09:57:00.000Z2011-11-04T09:57:34.587ZLate Beethoven – Luisa Guembes-BuchananPiano Sonatas Opp.101, 106,109, 110, 111
Cello Sonatas Op.102 (with Philipp Weihrauch)Bagatelles Opp.119, 126Klavierstuck WoO 60Diabelli Variations Op. 120Luisa Guembes-Buchanan - pianoDel Aguila DA 55306 (6CDs)
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The title of this Beethoven box set "Con Alcune Licenze" (with some licences) seems surprisingly cautionary. Licences are taken by pianist Luisa Guembes-Buchanan, but Gavin Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964697822945501178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2981099432666845404.post-80064591964179333992011-10-31T10:15:00.000Z2011-10-31T10:15:00.378ZParsifal: van Zweden, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic OrchestraRichard WAGNER (1813-1883)
Parsifal – Klaus Florian Vogt, Gurnemanz - Robert Holl, Kundry – Katharina Dalayman, Amfortas – Falk Struckmann, Klingsor – Krister St. Hill, First Gailknight - Brenden Gunnell, Second Grailknight - Thilo Dahlmann, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir, State Male Choir 'Latvija'Jaap van Zweden conductorRecorded live at the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, 11 Gavin Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964697822945501178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2981099432666845404.post-54588465364967083842011-10-27T11:14:00.000+01:002011-10-27T11:14:13.951+01:00Berlioz Requiem McCreeshHector BERLIOZ (1803-1869)
Grande Messe des Morts (1837) [88:42]
Robert Murray (tenor)
Gabrieli Players & Consort
Chetham’s School of Music Symphonic Brass Ensemble
Wrocław Philharmonic Choir & Orchestra/Paul McCreesh
rec. Mary Magdalene Church, Wrocław, 13-15 September 2010
Latin text and English and Polish translations included
SIGNUM CLASSICS SIGCD280 [48:25 + 40:17]
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The Gavin Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964697822945501178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2981099432666845404.post-60981475018496804142011-10-24T11:05:00.000+01:002011-10-24T11:05:20.710+01:00Toshio Hosokawa LandscapesToshio Hosokawa: Landscape V, Ceremonial Dance, Saukua für Otto Tomek, Cloud and Light
Munich Chamber Orchestra, Alexander Liebrich (conductor), Mayumi Miyata (shō)ECM 476 3938
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Programming a whole disc of music by Toshio Hosokawa must be a tricky job, as the similarities between his works seriously outweigh the differences. The result here is a typical ECM ambient/world/Gavin Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964697822945501178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2981099432666845404.post-89828750630643540092011-10-20T14:38:00.000+01:002011-10-20T14:38:25.075+01:00Rossini William Tell PappanoGiaochino ROSSINI (1792-1868)
Guillaume Tell (sung in French)Gerald Finley (Guillaume Tell) John Osborn (Arnaud) Malin Byström (Mathilde) Marie-Nicole Lemieux (Hedwige) Matthew Rose (Walter Furst) Frédéric Caton (Melchtal) Elena Xanthoudakis (Jemmy)Carlo Cigni (Gesler)Carlo Bosi (Rodolphe)Celso Albelo (Ruodi)Dawid Kimberg (Leuthold)Davide Malvestio (Un Chasseur)Orchestra e coro dell’Gavin Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964697822945501178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2981099432666845404.post-49880253916168791062011-10-13T19:58:00.000+01:002011-10-13T19:58:59.909+01:00Tchaikovsky 6 Pletnev Russian National OrchestraTchaikovsky: Symphony No.6, Capriccio Italien Op.45Russian National Orchestra, Mikhail Pletnev conductorPentaTone PTC 5186 386
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Tchaikovsky fans will no doubt already have shelves bulging with superlative 6th Symphony recordings, but they should do their best to make space for Pletnev's latest, which is as good as any. It is in fact the third time he and his Russian forces have Gavin Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964697822945501178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2981099432666845404.post-88347653383441504512011-10-10T21:12:00.000+01:002011-10-10T21:12:15.905+01:00Suzuki Bach Cantatas 49 "Ich habe meine Zuversicht"Ich habe meine Zuversich BWV188
Ich steh mit einem Fuss im Grabe BWV156 Sehet, wir gehn hinauf gen Jerusalem BWV159 Gott, wie dein Name, so ist auch dein Ruhm BWV171 Rachel Nichols soprano, Robin Blaze alto, Gerd Turk tenor, Peter Kooij Bach Collegium JapanMasaaki Suzuki conductorBIS-SACD-1891
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Masaaki Suzuki writes that "The history of transmission of [Cantata BWV188] can Gavin Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964697822945501178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2981099432666845404.post-83156827816268486042011-10-05T08:51:00.000+01:002011-10-05T08:51:00.760+01:00Bruckner Symphony No.0 BlunierAnton BRUCNKER (1824-1896)
Symphony No.0 in D minor [50:11] March in D minor WAB 96 [4:51] Three Pieces WAB 97 [8:05] Beethoven Orchester Bonn Stefan Blunier conductor Recorded live in Bonn 25-27 May 2010 Stereo/Surround DDD/DSD Dabringhaus und Grimm MDG 937 1673-6 [63:07]
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Bruckner's Symphony no.0 is a better work than its designation suggests. The composer was in a typicallyGavin Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964697822945501178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2981099432666845404.post-79588084750609808972011-10-04T12:26:00.000+01:002011-10-04T12:26:16.773+01:00András Schiff plays SchumannPapillons Op.2
Piano Sonata in F sharp minor Op.11Kinderszenen Op.11Fantasy in C major Op.17 (both versions)Waldszenen Op.82Geistervariationen ECM 4763909 (2 CDs)Buy from:
András Schiff is not one to follow the crowd, so even in this much-recorded repertoire you know you can expect something different. These Schumann interpretations are head and shoulders above any other recent releases Gavin Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964697822945501178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2981099432666845404.post-32082167381898347492011-10-03T08:38:00.001+01:002011-10-03T08:38:00.422+01:00Siegfried Simone Young Hamburg StaatsoperRichard WAGNER (1813-1881)SIEGFRIED Christian Franz, Peter Galliard, Falk Struckmann, Wolfgang Koch, Diogenes Randes, Deborah Humble, Catherine Foster, Ha Young Lee, Simone Young, Philharmoniker HamburgRecorded live at Hamburg Staatsoper 18-22 October 2009 Stereo DDD OEHMS Classics OC 927 [54:41+58:48+59:15+67:22]
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Dieter Oehms clearly knows that he is onto a good thing with Gavin Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964697822945501178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2981099432666845404.post-75312873977381683882011-09-30T08:37:00.000+01:002011-09-30T08:37:12.059+01:00Mahler 8 NaganoMahler Symphony No. 8 in E flat major
Sylvia Greenberg, soprano; Lynne Dawson, soprano; Sally Matthews, soprano; Sophie Koch, alto; Elena Manistina, alto; Robert Gambill, tenor; Detlef Roth, baritone; Jan-Hendrik Rootering, bass.
Rundfunkchor Berlin (Simon Halsey, director); MDR Rundfunkchor Leipzig (Howard Arman, director); Windsbacher Knabenchor (Karl-Friedrich Beringer, director), Sigurd Gavin Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964697822945501178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2981099432666845404.post-4452172682090708732011-09-26T19:24:00.000+01:002011-09-26T19:24:18.899+01:00Bach Flute Sonatas Elizabeth WalkerBach Flute Sonatas BWV 1030, 1033, 1034, 1035. Partita BWV1013.Elizabeth Walker fluteMichael Overbury harpsichord Christopher Poffley celloQuartz Music QTZ 2086Buy from:
Bach's Flute Sonatas are a relative rarity on disc, but listening to this fine recording it is difficult to tell why. Elizabeth Walker and her colleagues present four sonatas, which is almost all of the composer's surviving Gavin Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964697822945501178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2981099432666845404.post-34937274278156676922011-09-22T10:00:00.000+01:002011-09-22T10:00:03.964+01:00Schumann Violin Concertos WallinRobert SCHUMANN (1810-1856)
Complete Works for Violin and Orchestra Concerto in A minor for Violin and Orchestra (version by the composer of the Cello Concerto Op.129) [22:31]Fantasy in C major Op.131 [16:20]Concerto in D minor for Violin and Orchestra WoO.1 [32:22]Ulf Wallin violin Robert-Schumann-PhilharmonieFrank Beerman conductorRecorded at the Lukaskirche Dresden June 2009 Stereo/Surround Gavin Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964697822945501178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2981099432666845404.post-85951154217142700532011-09-20T21:29:00.000+01:002011-09-20T21:29:26.602+01:00Duo Gazzana: Takemitsu, Hindemith, Janacek, SilvestrovTakemitsu: Distance de feeHindemith: Violin SonataJanacek: Violin SonataSilvestrov: Five PiecesNatascia Gazzana violinRaffaella Gazzana pianoECM 476 4428
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ECM have excelled themselves yet again with this beautiful recital disc from Natascia and Raffaella Gazzana. If the programme list looks a bit random, the sheer conviction of the players in making it all add up means that there Gavin Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964697822945501178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2981099432666845404.post-41993206419217550482011-09-19T10:36:00.000+01:002011-09-19T10:36:00.472+01:00Leonid Desyatnikov: The Leaden EchoLeonid DESYATNIKOV (b.1955)Return for oboe, clarinet, two violins, viola, cello and tape [10:06]Du côté de chez Swan for two pianos [12:34]Variations on the Obtaining of a Dwelling for cello and piano [8:34]Wie der Alte Leiermann...for violin and piano [14:40]The Leaden Echo for voice(s) and instruments to the words of Gerard Manley Hopkins [13:49
Main Theme from motion picture Moscow Nights Gavin Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964697822945501178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2981099432666845404.post-5619152745859648332011-09-15T20:31:00.001+01:002011-09-15T20:50:01.802+01:00Anders Hillborg: Eleven GatesAnders Hillborg: King Tide, Exquisite Corpse, Dreaming River, Eleven Gates
Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra Sakari Oramo, Alan Gilbert, Esa-Pekka Salonen conductors BIS-SACD-1406 Buy from:
Anders Hillborg fits quite snugly into the standard mould for contemporary Scandinavian music. He's Swedish, but like many of his Finnish contemporaries, he is into wide orchestral vistas, Gavin Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964697822945501178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2981099432666845404.post-15212560115782917392011-09-14T12:41:00.000+01:002011-09-14T12:41:29.898+01:00Dufay: Isorhythmic Motets, Huelgas-Ensmeble, Paul Van NevelO gemma lux: the isorhythmic motets of Guillaume Dufay
Huelgas-Ensmeble Paul Van Nevel Harmonia Mundi HMG 501700
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Here is yet another gem from the Harmonia Mundi back catalogue. Dufay's isorhythmic motets (presented complete here) are a high point, perhaps the high point, of late Gothic polyphony. The technique behind them is a bit complicated. It is based on short rhythmic Gavin Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964697822945501178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2981099432666845404.post-25843419310366616102011-09-10T11:01:00.000+01:002011-09-10T11:01:28.265+01:00Brahms: Piano Trios, Eskar TrioBrahms Piano Trios 1-4Eskar TrioCPO 777 642-2 (2CDs)Buy/download from:
Everything about this recording of the Brahms piano trios sounds modern and up to the minute. The high sound quality distinguishes it from the more venerable offerings of yesteryear with which it shares catalogue space, but so too does the interpretation. These readings are certainly passionate, but they are also Gavin Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964697822945501178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2981099432666845404.post-46696618708391931602011-09-08T19:44:00.000+01:002011-09-08T19:44:59.269+01:00Richard Cross A Walk on the Wild Side "Ten lush trombone quartets"Richard Cross – trombone (multitracked)Turned on Music TMC-001
Richard Cross offers "ten lush trombone quartets" on this CD A Walk on the Wild Side. As the description suggests, they're all pretty jazzy, mostly laid-back standards that will be familiar to jazzers, but that come out sounding sprightly and fresh in Rich's arrangements.All of the arrangements here are Gavin Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964697822945501178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2981099432666845404.post-70927576629208318332011-09-07T09:02:00.000+01:002011-09-07T09:02:00.813+01:00Enescu Piano Quartets Schubert EnsembleGeorge ENESCU (1881-1955)Piano Quartet No.1 Op.16 [39:08]Piano Quartet No.2 Op.30 [27:37]Schubert Ensemble: Simon Blendis (violin), Douglas Paterson (viola), Jane Salmon (cello), William Howard (piano)Recorded at Potton Hall, Suffolk, 6-7 December 2010 and 12-13 February 2011 Stereo DDDChandos CHAN 10672 [67:00]
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Two committed and passionate works get committed and passionate Gavin Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964697822945501178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2981099432666845404.post-31174121258470693722011-09-05T20:02:00.000+01:002011-09-05T20:02:06.702+01:00Bruckner 7 JanowskiAnton BRUCKER (1824-1896)
Symphony No.7 in E Major (Nowak version)Orchestre de la Suisse RomandeMarek Janowski conductorRecorded at Victoria Hall, Geneva, Switzerland October 2010 DDD/DSD Stero/SurroundPentatone PTC 5186 370 [66:04]
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I've been reading all sorts of good things about this new Bruckner 7 from Marek Janowski and the Suisse Romande, but I'm having a lot of trouble Gavin Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964697822945501178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2981099432666845404.post-36800302219716487852011-09-01T10:25:00.000+01:002011-09-01T10:25:00.678+01:00Prince Consort: Other Love Songs, Brahms and HoughJohannes BRAHMS (1833-97)
Liebeslieder Walzer Op.52 [22:54]Stephen HOUGH (b.1951)Other Love Songs [21:22]Johannes BRAHMS (1833-97)Neue Liebeslieder Op.65 [18:39]The Prince Consort: Tim Mead (countertenor), Jaques Imbrailo (baritone), Jennifer Johnston (mezzo), Andrew Staples (tenor), Anna Leese (soprano), Alisdair Hogarth (piano)Philip Fowke piano (Brahms), Stephen Hough piano (Hough)Recorded Gavin Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964697822945501178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2981099432666845404.post-25717328241656139392011-08-29T10:15:00.002+01:002011-08-29T10:15:00.593+01:00Hans-Jürgen Kaiser plays RegerMax REGER (1873-1916)
Organ Works Volume 11Twelve Pieces Op.80 Nos. 1-6 and 9-12 [38:52]Thirteen Chorale Preludes Op.79b [19:42]Hans-Jürgen Kaiser organRecorded on the Rieger-Sauer Organ of Fulda Cathedral July 2010 Stereo DDDNaxos 8.572466 [59:36]
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The Naxos Reger organ music cycle must be approaching completion if it has reached volume 11, not that it has been a cycle in any Gavin Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964697822945501178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2981099432666845404.post-41374213565545642052011-08-24T09:45:00.000+01:002011-08-24T09:45:00.418+01:00Schubert Ninth Iván FischerFranz SCHUBERT (1797-1828)
Symphony No.9 in C Major (Great) D 944 [54:38]Five German Dances and Seven Trios with Coda D 89 [14:35]Budapest Festival OrchestraIván Fischer conductorRecorded The Palace of Arts, Budapest, June 2010 DDD/DSD Stereo/SurroundChannel Classics CCS SA 31111 [69:47]
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This is an excellent recording of the Great C Major, but it takes a bit of getting used toGavin Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964697822945501178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2981099432666845404.post-91890756530622656362011-08-22T09:23:00.000+01:002011-08-22T09:23:00.232+01:00Christmas Oratorio HerrewegheJohann Sebastian BACH (1685-1750)Christmas Oratorio BWV 248Barbara Schlick sopranoMichael Chance altoHoward Crook tenorPeter Kooy bassChorus and Orchestra of Collegium Vocale GhentPhilippe Herreweghe conductorRecorded Mindersbroederskerk, Ghent January 1989 stereo DDDVirgin 50999 0 96334 2 1 [78:09+71:33]Buy from:
As you might expect, Herreweghe's account of the Christmas Oratorio is as Gavin Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964697822945501178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2981099432666845404.post-3883695992960998732011-08-19T10:10:00.001+01:002011-08-19T10:30:23.393+01:00Fagerlund: Clarinet Concerto, Partita, IsolaSebastian Fagerlund: Clarinet Concerto, Partita, Isola
Christoffer Sundqvist clarinetGothenberg Symphony Orchestra Dima Slobodeniouk conductorBIS-SACD-1707Buy from:
I really enjoyed Sebastian Fagerlund's previous disc on BIS, so much so that a long extract from my review of it appears in the liner of this one. I'm not quite as excited about this second offering, although the music is inGavin Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964697822945501178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2981099432666845404.post-12057048051934546022011-08-16T21:35:00.000+01:002011-08-16T21:35:26.990+01:00Johann Ludwig Bach: Trauermusik, Rheinische Kantorei, Hermann MaxTrauermusik, Motets, Missa Sopra "Allein Gott in der Hoh sei Her", Cantatas
Rheinische KantoreiDas Kleine KonzertHermann Max conductor Capriccio C5080 (3CDs)Buy from:
Johann Ludwig Bach, the so-called "Meiningen Bach" was a second cousin to J.S., who rated his older relative's works and performed many of them at the Thomaskirche. C.P.E. would later lament that his Thuringian ancestors Gavin Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964697822945501178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2981099432666845404.post-90363324832126165172011-08-14T13:33:00.001+01:002011-08-15T10:09:51.697+01:00Berlioz: L'Enfance du Christ, HerrewegheHector Berlioz 1803-1869
L'Enfance du Christ trilogie sacrée op. 25
Véronique Gens, Soprano
Paul Agnew, Ténor
Olivier Lallouette, Basse
Laurent Naouri, Baryton
La Chapelle Royale
Collegium Vocale Gent
Orchestre des Champs-Elysées
Philippe Herreweghe, Direction hmGold HMG501632.33 (2 CDs)Buy from:
Why is it that Berlioz works so well on period instruments? A wide range of periodGavin Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964697822945501178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2981099432666845404.post-3820354203721280332011-08-11T19:21:00.000+01:002011-08-11T19:21:24.849+01:00Liszt Deuxième année Christine Stevenson
Années de pèlerinage: Deuxième année: ItalieChristine Stevenson pianoRFZ Classics RFZ69301Buy from:
Considering this year is the 200th anniversary of Liszt's birth, there have been surprisingly few recordings of his music appearing. Of course, most of his piano works have long and venerable history on disc, but interpretation is such a key element with Liszt that any interesting new Gavin Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964697822945501178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2981099432666845404.post-10431583269365801822011-08-09T12:52:00.001+01:002011-08-09T12:53:38.817+01:00Judith Bingham Organ MusicJacob’s Ladder – Parable for organ and strings, St Bride, assisted by angels, Missa Brevis: Prelude and Voluntary, Annunciation for organ, Hope, Into the wilderness, The Gift, Vol de nuit (arranged from The Secret Garden), Gothick, Incarnation with shepherds dancing for organ, Ancient Sunlight (Prelude, Aria and Toccata for organ)
Tom Winpenny organ Dmitri Ensemble, Graham Ross conductorRecordedGavin Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964697822945501178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2981099432666845404.post-76991293138756158532011-08-05T16:18:00.000+01:002011-08-05T16:18:40.675+01:00Weber Overtures: Tapiola Sinfionietta, KantorowCarl Maria von Weber
Der Freischütz, Der Beherrscher der Geister, Turandot - Prinzessin von China, Abu Hassan, Oberon, Euryanthe, Peter Schmoll und seine Nachbarn, Preciosa, Silvana, Jubel-Ouvertüre
Tapiola Sinfonietta
Jean-Jacques Kantorow conductorBIS-SACD-1760 [67:35]
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Carl Maria von Weber's orchestral overtures make for a mixed but enjoyable programme. They don't all have Gavin Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964697822945501178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2981099432666845404.post-353124674791003442011-08-04T14:30:00.000+01:002011-08-04T14:30:31.580+01:00Bach Magnificat: Veldhoven, Netherlands Bach SocietyJohann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Unser Mund sei voll Lachens BWV 110Magnificat in D major BWV 243Dorothee Mields sopranoJohannette Zomer soprano (Magnificat only)William Towers countertenorCharles Daniels tenorStephan MacLeod bassThe Netherlands Bach SocietyJos van Veldhoven conductorRecorded at the Concert Hall, Tilburg, The Netherlands, December 2009 DDD/DSD Stereo/SurroundChannel Classics CCSGavin Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964697822945501178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2981099432666845404.post-64103128192419079422011-07-29T14:49:00.000+01:002011-07-29T14:49:30.218+01:00Lucia Di Lammermoor: Gergiev, Dessay, Beczala, Mariinsky OperaNatalie Dessay (Lucia), Piotr Beczala (Edgardo), Vladislav Sulimsky (Enrico), Dmitry Voropaev (Arturo), Ilya Bannik (Raimondo), Zhanna Dombrovskaya (Alisa) & Sergei Skorokhodov (Normanno), Mariinsky Orchestra & Chorus, Valery Gergiev (conductor)
Recorded Mariinsky Concert Hall, St Petersburg, 12-16 September 2010Mariinsky MAR0512 (2SACDs)Buy from:
The Mariinsky Label has been gradually Gavin Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964697822945501178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2981099432666845404.post-40897714896041250122011-07-28T19:07:00.000+01:002011-07-28T19:07:02.543+01:00Goldberg Variations Nicholas AngelichJohann Sebastian BACH (1685-1750)Goldberg Variations BWV 988Nicholas Angelich pianoRecorded at Curtis Auditorium, CIT Cork School of Music, Cork, Ireland, 23-26 February 2011 Stereo DDDVirgin Classics 50999 0706642 9 [79:58]
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Whenever I have heard him in the past, Nicholas Angelich has seemed like a very heavy-handed pianist. Everything about his playing is strident and confident,Gavin Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964697822945501178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2981099432666845404.post-22127317533015376402011-07-25T16:17:00.000+01:002011-07-25T16:17:58.663+01:00Anneke Scott, Kathryn Cok: Sonatas for Horn and Fortepiano by Beethoven and KrufftNikolaus von Krufft: Sonata in E Major
Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata in F MajorJoseph Haydn: Largo (after the "Rider" Quartet)Maximillin Joseph Leidesdorf/Camilla Bellonci: Sonata in E flat
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Anneke Scott and Kathryn Cok demonstrate here that performance on period instruments need not be a dry or academic exercise. In fact, the four works they play here would have little to commend Gavin Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964697822945501178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2981099432666845404.post-48091918299225328152011-07-21T23:45:00.000+01:002011-07-21T23:45:22.642+01:00Vivaldi Sacred Music Vittorio NegriAntonio VIVALDI (1678-1741)
Sacred Music RV 586, 587, 588, 589, 591, 592, 593, 594, 595, 596, 597, 598, 601, 602, 604, 605, 606, 607, 608, 609, 610, 611, 613, 615, 616, 617, 618, 635, 636, 639, 642Soloists: Sally Burgess, Susan Daniel, Felicity Lott, Margaret Marshall, Anne Collins, Ann Murray, Birgit Finnilä, Linda Finnie, Jochen Kowalski, Nico van der Meel, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Robert Holl, Gavin Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964697822945501178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2981099432666845404.post-38182165560103451292011-07-20T09:36:00.000+01:002011-07-20T09:36:01.397+01:00Strauss: Don Quixote, Prague Symphony OrchestraRichard Strauss: Don Quixote Op.35, Death and Transfiguration Op.24
Prague Symphony Orchestra (Symfonicky orchestr hl. m. Prahy FOK)Jiri Kout (conductor), Jiri Hurnik (violin), Pavel Perina (viola), Milos Jahoda (cello)Recorded live at Smetana Hall, Prague 16 and 17 September 2009FOK 0004-2 031
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Richard Strauss with a Czech accent? Well yes, up to a point. Some aspects of this Gavin Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964697822945501178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2981099432666845404.post-36184560116367259712011-07-18T09:56:00.000+01:002011-07-18T09:56:01.002+01:00Reger Sonatinas Op.89 Wolfram LorenzenMax REGER (1873-1916)Sonatina Op.89 No.1 [13:49]Five Humoresques Op.20 [11:37]Sonatina Op.89 No.3 [12:31]Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Joh. Seb. Bach Op.81Wolfram Lorenzen pianoRecorded Saarbrücken SR 1992 Stereo DDDTroubadisc TRO-CD 01438 [68:22]
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Reger's piano music is a mix of small and large. This disc gives a taste of both, with two Sonatinas and five Humoresques occupying Gavin Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964697822945501178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2981099432666845404.post-15244211386095446982011-07-14T19:53:00.003+01:002011-07-15T13:04:15.762+01:00Rusalka: Bavarian State Opera, Tomas HanusDvorak: Rusalka
Rusalka - Kristine OpolaisPrince – Klaus Florian VogtForeign Princess – Nadia KrastevaWater Goblin – Gunther GroisbockJezibaba – Janina BaechleForester – Ulrich RessKitchen Boy – Tara ErraughtHunter – John Chest1st Wood Nymph – Evgenia Sotnikova2nd Wood Nymph – Angela Brower3rd Wood Nymph – Okka von der DamerauChoir and Orchestra of Bavarian State OperaTomas Hanus – Gavin Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964697822945501178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2981099432666845404.post-51864819444564543652011-07-12T11:28:00.000+01:002011-07-12T11:28:05.041+01:00Theodore Wiprud: Fire in Heaven and EarthHosannas of the Second Heaven
String Quartet No.1 "Refining Fire"A Georgia SongSaxophone QuartetPerformers: Bohuslav Martinu Philharmonic Orchestra, Kirk Trevor, Ciompi Quartet, Darryl Taylor, Tim Ries, Maria Corley, Five Letter FourAlbany TROY1267
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This fascinatingly diverse sampler shows the many faces of composer Theodore Wiprud. We have an opulent orchestral prelude, an Gavin Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964697822945501178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2981099432666845404.post-40212535315963487692011-07-09T19:30:00.000+01:002011-07-09T19:30:18.890+01:00Jan Pĕruška: Vranický, Benda, Rejcha Viola ConcertosViola of the Czech EmigrationViola concertos by Antonín Vranický, Jiří Antonín Benda and Josef RejchaJan Pĕruška – violaMembers of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra Andreas Sebastian Weiser – conductorArtesmon AS 737-2
Czech viola concertos are something of a rarity on CD. The three presented here are all by Czech composers working abroad in the 18th century. Antonín Vranický and Jiří AntonínGavin Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964697822945501178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2981099432666845404.post-2095272268787240612011-07-05T13:01:00.000+01:002011-07-05T13:01:24.546+01:00Yakov Kreizberg conducts ScheherazadeRimsky-Korsakov: ScheherazadeBorodin: Polovtsian DancesMussorgsky (ed. Rimsky-Korsakov): A Night on Bare MountainOrchestre Philharmonique de Monte-CarloChoeur de l'Opera de Monte-CarloYakov Kreizberg conductor OPMC Classics 003Buy from:
There is something slightly macabre about the gradual release of final recordings after the death of a major artist. Yakov Kreizberg, in his relatively short Gavin Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964697822945501178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2981099432666845404.post-85455679232983696282011-07-02T11:41:00.000+01:002011-07-02T11:41:57.666+01:00Victoria: Missa Trahe me post te, Westminster Cathedral ChoirTomás Luis de VICTORIA (1548-1611)
Trahe me post te [3:35]Missa Trahe me post te [24:07]Alma redemptoris mater [6:58]Ave regina caelorum [4:51]Regina caeli laetare [4:09]Salve regina [12:03]Magnificat primi toni [11:07]The Choir of Westminster CathedralIain Simcock organJames O'Donnell conductorRecorded at Westminster Cathedral 14-18 March 1994 Stereo DDDHelios CDH55378 [67:30]
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Gavin Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964697822945501178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2981099432666845404.post-67925867422758744982011-06-30T18:05:00.001+01:002011-07-02T11:25:38.927+01:00Die Schöne Müllerin: Eric Tappy, Ruben LifschitzSchubert: Die schöne Müllerin
Eric Tappy tenorRuben Lifschitz pianoRecorded Hilversum 1974 ADDClaves 50-1105
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How times change. This recording of Die schöne Müllerin by tenor Eric Tappy and pianist Ruben Lifschitz was only made in 1974, but it feels like it is from a different age. Tappy was born in 1931, putting him roughly in the same generation as the first British Gavin Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964697822945501178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2981099432666845404.post-51645944308514122222011-06-29T10:17:00.001+01:002011-06-29T10:17:00.065+01:00Sigiswald Kuijken, Bach Cantatas for the Complete Liturgical Year Vol.13Johann Sebastian BACH (1685-1750)
Cantatas for the Complete Liturgical Year Vol.13Easter Oratorio "Kommt, eilet und laufet ihr flüchtigen Füße" BWV 249 [43:23]"Bleib bei uns, denn es will Abend werden" BWV 6 [17:13]Yeree Suh sopranoPetra Noskaiová altoChristoph Genz tenorJan Van der Crabben bassLa Petite BandeSigiswald Kuijken conductor Recorded 23-27 April 2009 at Academiezall Sint-Truiden, Gavin Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964697822945501178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2981099432666845404.post-69406034327527239102011-06-27T09:22:00.000+01:002011-06-27T09:22:00.289+01:00Morton Feldman, Barbara Monk Feldman: Strings, Keyboard, Percussion, Voices, HornMorton FELDMAN (1926-1987)
2 Pieces [for Danny Stern] [1:44]Extensions 5 [4:21]2 Instruments [13:26]Wind [for Naomi Newman] [1:31]Follow Thy Faire Sun [1:54]Dance Suite [for Merle Marsicano] [21:22]For Stockhausen, Cage, Stravinsky, and Mary Sprinson [0:33]Barbara MONK FELDMAN (b.1953)Duo [12:49]The Gentlest Chord [3:02]Clear Edge [4:59]Pour un Nuage Viole [24:33]Performers: Karen Krummel (cello)Gavin Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964697822945501178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2981099432666845404.post-67817400048286870252011-06-24T09:37:00.000+01:002011-06-24T09:37:00.060+01:00Dvořák Piano Trios, Max Brod TrioAntonin DVOŘÁK (1841-1904)
Dumky Trio, Op.90 (1891) [29:36] Trio Op.65 [40:53]Max Brod TrioKerstin Straßburg pianoPetr Matĕják violinMaximilian von Pfeil celloRecorded Ackerhaus der Abtei Marienmünster 8-10 September 2010 stereo DDDAudiomax 703 1682-2 [70:36]
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The Max Brod Trio bring a welcome sense of clarity and focus to these well-known Dvořák chamber works. The structure ofGavin Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964697822945501178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2981099432666845404.post-29660298478637267602011-06-23T15:15:00.000+01:002011-06-23T15:15:50.311+01:00Heinz Holliger plays Bach Concertos and Sinfonias "Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis"Johann Sebastian Bach
Sinfonia from Cantata "Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis" BWV 21
Concerto in c-minor for oboe, violin, strings and basso continuo BWV 1060
Adagio from the Sinfonia of the Easter Oratorio "Kommt, eilet und laufet" BWV 249
Concerto in A-major for oboe d’amore, strings and basso continuo BWV 1055
Alessandro Marcello / J.S. Bach
Concerto in d-minor for oboe, strings and basso Gavin Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964697822945501178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2981099432666845404.post-54587501672214136132011-06-22T17:29:00.000+01:002011-06-22T17:29:00.141+01:00Schubert Rosamunde Incidental MusicFranz SCHUBERT (1798-1828)Overture "Die Zauberharfe" D644 [9:57]Incidental Music to "Rosamunde" D797 [48:18]Serena Malfi altoSchweizer KammerchorMusikkollegium WinterthurDouglas Boyd conductorRecorded at Statdhaus Winterthur 5-8 October 2010 DDD/DSD Stereo/SurroundMDG 901 1633-6 [58:15]Buy from:
Douglas Boyd and his Winterthur forces are proving to be a reliable signing for the MDG label. ThisGavin Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964697822945501178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2981099432666845404.post-44185690521088066612011-06-19T22:20:00.000+01:002011-06-19T22:20:06.575+01:00Berio and Friends: Stories, Theatre of Voices Paul HillierLuciano Berio: A Ronne
John Cage: StoryJackson Mac Low: Young Turtle Asymmetries Roger Marsh: Not a Soul but OurselvesSheldon Frank: As I was SayingCathy Berberian: StripsodyTheatre of VoicesPaul Hillier conductorHarmonia Mundi HMU 807527 (SACD)
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The standout work on this disc is Berio's A Ronne, an experimental yet consummate vocal ensemble piece, taking in a wide range of Gavin Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964697822945501178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2981099432666845404.post-53719532974419165102011-06-17T17:19:00.000+01:002011-06-17T17:19:38.764+01:00Röntgen Violin Concertos Liza FerschtmanJulius Röntgen
Violin Concerto in A minorBallad for Violin and Orchestra Violin Concerto in F sharp minor Liza Ferschtman violinDeutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-PfalzDavid Porcelijn conductor CPO 777 437-2 Buy/download from:
Even though Julius Röntgen has been relatively well served by recent recordings, new releases like this one often seem like surprising discoveries. Usually, Gavin Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964697822945501178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2981099432666845404.post-32372899580445598932011-06-13T14:06:00.000+01:002011-06-13T14:06:00.625+01:00Boris Godunov from Barcelona, Sebastian Weigle, Willy DeckerModest Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov (1869 version)
Gran Theatre del Liceu, Barcelona 2004Cast includes: Matti Salminen, Brian Asawa, Stefania Toczyska, Albert Shagidullin, Philip Langridge, Eric Halvarson, Anatoli KotchergaOrquestra Simfonica i cor del Gran Teatre del Liceu Sebastian Weigle conductorStage Director: Willy DeckerArthaus Music 107 237 (1 DVD)
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Boris Godunov responds Gavin Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964697822945501178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2981099432666845404.post-18907316684307097962011-06-11T13:04:00.001+01:002011-06-11T13:05:27.392+01:00Matthew Passion: Netherlands Bach Society, Jos van VeldhovenJohann Sebastian BACH (1685-1750)St. Matthew Passion BWV 244Evangelist - Gerd Türk soprano- Amaryllis Dieltiens, Siri Karoline Thornhill countertenor -Tim Mead, Matthew White tenor - Julian Podger, Charles Daniels bass (Christus) – Peter HarveyKampen Boys Choir The Netherlands Bach Society
Jos van Veldhoven - conductor Recorded live at Museum Catharijneconvent April 2010 DDD/DSD Stereo/Gavin Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964697822945501178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2981099432666845404.post-7282363808074197162011-06-04T11:34:00.000+01:002011-06-04T11:34:43.015+01:00Lake Trio: Mozart, Uhl, BruchMozart: Trio in E flat K.498
Alfred Uhl: Kleines KonzertMax Bruch: Eight Pieces Op.83Lake Trio – John Marco Clarinet, Igor Fedotov viola, Gary Hammond pianoPartita Records CD-2009-A
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Mozart's "Kagelstatt" Trio has made many outings on CD, but it is not often coupled with other works for the same combination of instruments. The imaginative coupling here compliments the jaunty Gavin Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964697822945501178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2981099432666845404.post-25398945067617561482011-06-02T11:01:00.001+01:002011-06-03T09:29:33.348+01:00Tchaikovsky: Forgotten Pages Evgeny SvetlanovPyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893)FORGOTTEN PAGESOverture in C Minor (listed as The Storm Op.76) [13:00]Fatum [16:32]Hamlet [17:20]The Dances of the Hay Maidens (from The Voyevoda) [6:08]Dances of Oprichniks and Women (from The Oprachnik) [5:49]The State Academic Symphony Orchestra Evgeny Svetlanov conductorrecorded live at the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatoire 5 May 1990 Stereo ADDGavin Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964697822945501178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2981099432666845404.post-44088606740917695172011-05-31T20:56:00.000+01:002011-05-31T20:56:32.511+01:00Parsifal Sinopoli Bayreuth 1998 DVDWagner: Parsifal
Falk Struckmann – AmfortasMatthias Hölle – TiturelHans Sotin – GurnemanzPoul Elming – ParsifalEkkehard Wlaschina – KlingsorLinda Watson – KundryChoir and Orchestra of the Bayreuth FestivalGiuseppe Sinopoli - conductorC Major 705908 [2 DVDs]Buy from:
This Parsifal production is only 13 years old and yet it is already a piece of history, and an important one at that. The Gavin Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964697822945501178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2981099432666845404.post-79110522300249075792011-05-30T18:11:00.000+01:002011-05-30T18:11:05.206+01:00Meredith Monk: Songs of AscensionMeredith Monk and Vocal EnsembleTodd Reynolds Quartetw/The M6, Montclair State University SingersECM 476 4307Buy from:
"Songs of Ascension" brings together many of the musical strands that have run though Meredith Monk's career. Voices are at the centre of everything, and the vocal writing is fresh and interesting throughout. Instruments are also involved, albeit in a more peripheral Gavin Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964697822945501178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2981099432666845404.post-28271396321901235392011-05-23T17:08:00.000+01:002011-05-23T17:08:32.051+01:00James Tibbles: North German Baroque Organ MusicWorks by Bruhns, Böhm, Bach, Buxtehude, and Lübeck
James Tibbles organRecorded on the Jürgen Ahrend at Monash University, MelbournePaladino Music pmr0015Buy from:
James Tibbles is the best kind of scholar/performer. His playing is based on rigorous research into the organology and performance practice associated with his repertoire, but he is not one to bore you with the details, and he is Gavin Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964697822945501178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2981099432666845404.post-20749828274740925532011-05-22T12:36:00.001+01:002011-05-22T12:36:00.106+01:00Lutoslawski Orchestral WorksWitold LUTOSŁAWSKI (1913-1994)ORCHESTRAL WORKSSymphonic Variations [8:52]Symphony No.1 [24:43]Funeral Music [13:30]Symphony No.2 [31:22]Concerto for Orchestra [28:27]Jeux Vénitiens [12:58]Livre pour Orchestre [21:12]Mi-parti [14:35]Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra Witold Lutosławski conductorrecorded 24-28 May and 21-25 July 1976 and 13-16 December 1977, Studio of Polish Radio and TV, Gavin Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964697822945501178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2981099432666845404.post-86313999828842181022011-05-21T12:20:00.002+01:002011-05-23T10:15:26.893+01:00Gál Schumann Third SymphoniesHans Gál: Symphony No.3 in A Op.62
Robert Schumann: Symphony No.3 "Rhenish" Op.97Orchestra of the SwanKenneth Woods conductorAVIE Records AV 2230Buy from:
Each successive release of Hans Gál's orchestral music fits another piece into the jigsaw, and yet his musical persona remains as difficult as ever to define. This Third and final symphony [correction, there is a Fourth, see postscript] wasGavin Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964697822945501178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2981099432666845404.post-61811078064738853822011-05-20T20:26:00.000+01:002011-05-20T20:26:44.847+01:00Bruckner 2 Marcus Bosch Aachen Symphony OrchestraAnton BRUCKNER (1824-1896)Symphony No.2 (1872 version)Aachen Symphony Orchestra Marcus Bosch conductorRecorded live at St. Nikolaus Kirche, Aachen 22 and 24 May 2010 Stereo/Surround DDD/DSDCoveillo COV 31015 [66:21]
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Bruckner's Second Symphony is not usually counted among his finest works, but listening to a performance of this quality it is difficult to tell why that should be.Gavin Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964697822945501178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2981099432666845404.post-36271028985101315882011-05-13T09:51:00.000+01:002011-05-13T19:11:26.129+01:00Joseph Moog: Liszt Recital1 Hexameron- Grandes variations de bravoure sur la Marche des Puritains de
Bellini 18’042 Polonaise No 1 in C minor 9’363 Trauerwalzer-Variationen after Franz Schubert (D 365 No 2) 6’354 Ballade No 2 in B minor 12’465 Adelaïde after Beethoven 9’216 Valse-Impromptu 4’38Prelude and Fugue after J.S. Bach (BWV 545)7 Prelude 1’478 Fugue 3’25
Joseph Moog pianoClaves 50-1108 [66:45]Download from:
Gavin Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964697822945501178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2981099432666845404.post-26901046887297541812011-05-11T14:36:00.000+01:002011-05-11T14:36:00.225+01:00Bacewicz Quintets Krystian ZimermanGrażyna BACEWICZ (1909-1969)Piano Quintet No.1 [26:03]Piano Sonata No.2 [18:47]Piano Quintet No.2 [20:03]Krystian Zimerman pianoKaja Danczowska violinAgata Szymczewska violinRyszard Groblewski violaRafal Kwiatkowski celloDeutsche Grammaphon 477 8332 [65:09]
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We owe Krystian Zimerman a debt of gratitude for putting the weight of his celebrity behind the work of the Gavin Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964697822945501178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2981099432666845404.post-89547157238913463512011-05-08T14:25:00.000+01:002011-05-08T14:25:46.885+01:00Beethoven Tilson Thomas Emanuel AxLudwig van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)Symphony No.5 in C minor Op.67 [33:57]Piano Concerto No.4 in G major Op.58 [34:20]Emanuel Ax pianoSan Francisco Symphony Orchestra Michael Tilson Thomas conductorRecorded live at Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, 9-12 December 2009 Stereo/Surround DDD/DSDSFS Media 821936-0037-2 [68:17]
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First impressions of this new disc from the San Francisco Gavin Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964697822945501178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2981099432666845404.post-20209397742667529732011-05-05T19:34:00.000+01:002011-05-05T19:34:31.268+01:00Mahler 3 Jansons ConcertgebouwMahler: Symphony No.3Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Bernada Fink – mezzoNetherlands Radio ChoirBoys of the Breda Sacrament ChoirRijmond Boys' ChoirMariss Jansons – conductor RCO Live RCO 10004 (2 SACDs)
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Mariss Jansons is the ideal conductor for orchestra own labels. Their tight schedules and (presumably) tight budgets mean that they need to produce something special, usually Gavin Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964697822945501178noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2981099432666845404.post-59999574881609423672011-05-03T17:22:00.000+01:002011-05-03T17:22:24.715+01:00Hasse: Requiem, Miserere, Dresdner BarockorchesterJohann Adolf Hasse
Requiem in C majorMiserere in C minorDresdner KammerchorDresdner BarockorchesterHans-Christoph Rademann - conductorCarus 83.349 [70:15]Buy from:
Not many composers in the history of Western music have written more than on Requiem setting, and Johann Adolf Hasse may well be unique in having writing two, both in major keys. The C major Requiem was written for the funeral of Gavin Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964697822945501178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2981099432666845404.post-15281210736542020222011-05-02T09:12:00.000+01:002011-05-02T09:12:00.739+01:00Walton: String Quartets, Doric QuartetWilliam WALTON (1902-1983)
STRING QUARTETSString Quartet (1919-1922) Premiere recording of the original version [35:17]String Quartet in A minor (1944-1947) [26:47]Doric String QuartetRecorded at Potton Hall, Suffolk, 14-16 July 2010 stereo DDDChandos CHAN10661 [62:17]
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Given the relative paucity of string quartet repertoire from the UK, it is surprising that Walton's two Gavin Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964697822945501178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2981099432666845404.post-27174915908364659382011-04-29T15:08:00.000+01:002011-04-29T15:08:36.623+01:00Neils Gade: Piano TriosNiels Wilhelm GADE (1817-1890)Complete Piano TriosTrio Op.42 [20:08]First Movement of a Piano Trio [12:37]Novelettes Op.29 [17:23]Discarded Finale to the Novelettes [4:47]Scherzo for Piano Quartet [8:46]Trio ParnassusThomas Selditz violaRecorded Ehemaliges Ackerhaus der Abtei Marienmünster November 13-15 2009 and September 27 2010 Stereo DDDMusikproduction Dabringhaus und Grimm MDG 303 1665-2 [64Gavin Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964697822945501178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2981099432666845404.post-35299321289514324282011-04-26T18:44:00.000+01:002011-04-26T18:44:11.510+01:00Jamie Walton, Daniel Grimwood: Chopin, Saint-Saëns Cello SonatasSaint-Saëns: Cello Sonata No.2 in F Major Op.123Chopin: Cello Sonata in G minor Op.65Chopin: Introduction and Polonaise brilliante in C major Op.3Jamie Walton cello Daniel Grimwood piano Singnum SIGCD252
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Chopin and Saint-Saëns don't seem like a natural pairing, but the stylistic similarities between the two sonatas presented here is startling. Both are the work of composers Gavin Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964697822945501178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2981099432666845404.post-3940246411989116382011-04-25T09:38:00.002+01:002011-04-25T09:38:00.093+01:00Sibelius Piano Pieces AshkenazyJean SIBELIUS (1865-1957)
Piano Pieces
Valse Triste Op. 44 No.1 [5:26]Impromptu in B Minor Op. 5 No.5 [3:18]10 Pieces Op. 58 [32:31]5 Pieces Op. 85 [9:34]5 Romantic Pieces Op. 101 [13:05]5 Esquisses Op. 114 [9:08]Valse Triste Op. 44 No.1 [5:06]
Vladimir Ashkenazy pianoRecorded 9-11 December 2007 Järvenpää talo and Ainola (last track) Stereo DDD/DSDEXTON EXCL-00017 [77:08]
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HeGavin Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964697822945501178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2981099432666845404.post-40703650189581738022011-04-23T09:59:00.000+01:002011-04-23T09:59:00.223+01:00Wagner Rheingold Weigle Frankfurt OperaRichard WAGNER (1813-1883)Das Rhinegold
Wotan Terje StensvoldDonner Dietrich VolleFroh Richard CoxLoge Kurt StreitAlberich Jochen SchmeckenbecherMime Hans-Jürgen LazarFasolt Alfred ReiterFafner Magnus BaldvinssonFricka Martina DikeFreia Barbara Zechmeister Erda Meredith ArwadyWoglinde Britta StallmeisterWellgunde Jenny CarlstedtFlosshilde Katharina Magiera
Frankfurter Opern- und MuseumsorchesterGavin Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964697822945501178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2981099432666845404.post-76674626599821037012011-04-21T18:53:00.000+01:002011-04-21T18:53:30.844+01:00Tchaikovsky Kissine Piano Trios Kremer Victor Kissine: ZerkaloTchaikovsky: Piano Trio Op.50Gidon Kremer violin Giedrė Dirvanauskaitė cello Khatia Buniatishvili piano ECM 476 4171
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Why does Russia have such a problem with chamber music? The rationale behind the programme on this disc is that the two works represent the beginning and the end of the piano trio as a genre for Russian composition, and that the history Gavin Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964697822945501178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2981099432666845404.post-88859368991496565302011-04-18T13:16:00.000+01:002011-04-18T13:16:32.279+01:00Villa Lobos: Choral Works CreedHeitor Villa-Lobos: Choral WorksSWR Vokalensemble SuttgartMarcus Creed conductorHänssler Classic CD93.268
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Villa-Lobos spent a large proportion of his career in Brazil involved in music education and in particular instructing teachers in choral conducting. On the evidence of this disc of unaccompanied choral works, he certainly knew how choirs work. The music here is Gavin Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964697822945501178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2981099432666845404.post-3072115797659671872011-04-15T17:09:00.000+01:002011-04-15T17:09:11.744+01:00Palestrina: Missa Aeterna Christi muneraGiovanni Pierluigi da PALESTRINA (1525/6-1594)
Hymn: Aeterna Christi munera [2:50]Missa Aeterna Christi munera [21:30]Sicut cervus desiderat [7:10]Super flumina Babylonis [4:50]Vidi turbam magnam [7:55]
from Canticum Canticorum SalomonisQuae est ista quae progreditur [3:35]Duo ubera tua [4:34]Nigra sum sed formosa [4:21]Surge, amica mea, speciosa mea [3:05]
Magnificat primi toni a 8 [6:10]
The Gavin Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964697822945501178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2981099432666845404.post-41017933649646057832011-04-14T12:15:00.000+01:002011-04-14T12:15:22.801+01:00Lassus: Laudent Deum, Andrew NethsingaOrlande de LASSUS (1530/32-1594)Laudent Deum: Sacred MusicChoir of St. John's College, CambridgeHis Majestys Sagbutts and CornettsAndrew Nethsinga conductorRecorded in the Chapel of St. John's College Cambridge 20-22 July 2010 Stereo DDDChandos CHAN0778 [71:00]
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This disc is a real treat for fans of Renaissance polyphony. Lassus could probably be placed somewhere in the Gavin Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964697822945501178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2981099432666845404.post-78022509099659370712011-04-12T14:54:00.000+01:002011-04-12T14:54:33.910+01:00Quatuor Diotima: Berg, Webern, SchoenbergSchoenberg: String Quartet no.2
Webern: 6 Bagatelles Op.9 (with aditional movement – Langsam – for string quartet and voice)Berg: Lyric Suite (version with singer in last movement)Quatuor DiotimaSandrine Piau sopranoMarie-Nicole Lemieux altoNaïve V 5240
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Programmes that seek to draw stylistic connections between the members of the Second Viennese School always seem to end up doingGavin Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964697822945501178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2981099432666845404.post-77501374243504626752011-04-10T10:34:00.000+01:002011-04-10T10:34:00.861+01:00Reger Viola Suites BianchiMax REGER (1873-1916)
Violin Sonata No.7 in A minor [22:57]Viola Suite No.1 in G minor [12:27]Viola Suite No.2 in D major [10:31]Viola Suite No.3 in E minor [10:01]Luigi Alberto Bianchi violin and violaRecorded May 1992 (Sonata) and June 1977 (Suites) DDDDynamic DW8008 [56:02]
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Luigi Alberto Bianchi makes a strong case for Reger's Viola Suites. While they are clearly very Gavin Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964697822945501178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2981099432666845404.post-47897156100578662802011-04-08T17:32:00.000+01:002011-04-08T17:32:38.582+01:00Zehetmair/Killius: Manto and MadrigalsThomas Zehetmair violin
Ruth Killius viola, voice
Rainer Kilius: Ó min flaskan friða
Giacinto Scelsi;Manto (1957)
Heinz Holliger:Drei Skizzen (2006)
Béla Bartók:Duo (1902)
Nikos Skalkottas:Duo (1938)
Peter Maxwell Davies:Midhouse Air (1996)Bohuslav Martinů:Three Madrigals
Johannes Nied: Zugabe (2004)
Recorded May 2009
ECM New Series 4763827
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Thomas Zehetmair and Ruth Killius Gavin Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964697822945501178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2981099432666845404.post-19790606495972143432011-04-05T19:00:00.000+01:002011-04-05T19:00:22.285+01:00Mozart Requiem Jordi SavallWolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Masonic Funeral Music K477Requiem K626Montserrat Figueras Claudia SchubertGerd TürkStephan SchreckenbergerLa Capella reial de CatalunyaLe Concert des NationsJordi Savall directorAlia Vox AVSA 9880Buy from:
The repertoire choices here seem curiously conservative, considering the course of Jordi Savall's career in recent years. The answer to that conundrum lies in theGavin Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964697822945501178noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2981099432666845404.post-26034845652895473532011-04-01T17:23:00.000+01:002011-04-01T17:23:29.740+01:00Jörg Widmann: Messe, ElegieMesse for large orchestra (2005)
Fünf Bruchstücke for clarinet and piano (1997)Elegie for clarinet and orcheastra (2006)Jörg Widmann clarinetHeinz Holliger pianoDeutsche Radio PhilharmonieChristoph Poppen conductorECM 476 3309Buy from:
Jörg Widmann is a man of many musical talents, not least of which, at least on the strength of this album, is orchestration. He has a sensibility to the Gavin Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964697822945501178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2981099432666845404.post-19232907331284036602011-03-28T15:23:00.000+01:002011-03-28T15:23:10.394+01:00Beethoven, Mozart, Webern: Hagen QuartetBeethoven: Sting Quartet Op.59 No.2Mozart: String Quartete in Eb Major K.428Webern: Fünf Sätze Op. 5 and Bagatellen Op.9Hagen QuartetMyros Classics MYR006
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The Hagen Quartet is 30 – so happy birthday to them. String quartets seems to hold together better than most ensembles, but even so, 30 years is good going. They still have three of their original members as well, siblings Lukas, Gavin Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964697822945501178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2981099432666845404.post-30731487923531606292011-03-26T11:55:00.000Z2011-03-26T11:55:00.135ZRoslavets Cello Sonatas KostovNikolay Roslavets: Works for Cello and Piano
Cello Sonata No.1MeditationCello Sonata No.2Dances of the White MaidensViola Sonata (transcribed for cello and piano)
Lachezar Kostov - celloViktor Valkov – pianoNaxos 8.570996
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Like so many Soviet era composers, there is a temptation to categorise Nikolay Roslavets asmerely a product or even a victim of his circumstances. But he hasGavin Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964697822945501178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2981099432666845404.post-83121291231306962482011-03-25T09:36:00.000Z2011-03-25T09:36:00.684ZJosquin Missa Pange Lingua BöhmeJosquin des Préz (1450/55-1521)
O virgo virginum Filiae Jerusalem [7:01]Sit nomen Domini [2:56]Hymnus Pange Lingua [2:50]Missa Pange Lingua [29:19]Hymnus Pange Lingua [1:15]Ave nobilissima creatura Tibi, Domina gloriosa [9:48]Ave virgo sanctissima [3:02]Verbum supernum prodiens [2:43]Tu solus qui facis mirabilia [3:03]Kammerchor Josquin des Préz Ludwig Böhme conductorRecorded at the Gavin Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964697822945501178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2981099432666845404.post-35061833198117717662011-03-23T09:32:00.000Z2011-03-23T09:32:01.346ZMahler 4 Honeck Pittsburgh SymphonyMahler: Symphony No.4 in G major
Sunhae Im soprano Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Manfred Honeck conductor Recorded live at Heinz Hall, Pittsburgh, 29-31 January 2010 Stereo/Surround DDD/DSD Exton EXCL-00048 [57:40]
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I've been listening a lot recently to Philip Herreweghe's Mahler 4 performed on period instruments. His is a lean account, with little vibrato and no more tempo Gavin Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964697822945501178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2981099432666845404.post-65769022358145753032011-03-21T16:17:00.001Z2011-03-21T16:18:11.812ZDes Knaben Wunderhorn HerrewegheMahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn
Sarah Connolly mezzo-sopranoDeitrich Henschel baritonOrchestra des Champs-Elysées Philippe Herreweghe conductorHarmonia Mundi HMX 2901920
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Herreweghe has already proved himself a fine Mahlerian with the his recent Fourth Symphony recording, so interest in this Wunderhorn cycle is likely to be very keen indeed. It doesn't disappoint, although it is Gavin Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14964697822945501178noreply@blogger.com0