Brahms New
Violin Sonatas – No. 1 in G, Op. 78; No. 2 in A, Op. 100; No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108.
Jack Liebeck (violin); Katya Apekisheva (piano).
Sony Classical 88697 62384-2 (full price, 1 hour 10 minutes). Website www.sonymasterworks.co.uk  Producer Jeremy Hayes. Engineer Peter Newble. Dates December 27th-29th, 2007.

The Virtuoso Clarinet New
Gershwin Three Preludes (arr. James Cohn). Giampieri Il carnavale di Venezia. Lovreglio Fantasia da concerto su motivi de ‘La traviata’ di G. Verdi, Op. 45 
(ed. Giampieri). Messager Solo de concours. Milhaud Scaramouche, Op. 165b (arr. composer). Milton Carmen Fantasy, Op. 22. Rachmaninov Vocalise, Op. 34 No. 14 (arr. David Campbell). Weber Grand Duo concertant in E flat, J204.
Michael Collins (clarinet); Piers Lane (piano).
Chandos CHAN10615 (full price, 1 hour 14 minutes). Website www.chandos.net  Producer Rachel Smith. Engineers Jonathan Cooper, Paul Quilter. Dates February 1st-3rd, 2010. 

Martin Fröst New CD/SACD
plays encores
Ahbez Nature Boy. J. S. Bach Sonata for Solo Violin No. 1 in G minor, BWV1001 – Presto^d. Brahms Wie Melodien zieht es mir, Op. 105 No. 1^g. Chaplin Smile (‘à la manière de Brad M.’; arr. Pöntinen)^g. Chopin Nocturne in E flat, Op. 9 No. 2 (arr. Pöntinen/M. Fröst)^g. G. Fröst Brudvals för Karin och Martin^bcdf. M. Fröst Improvisation (based on a theme by Malcolm Arnold). Gounod Ave Maria^d. Henryson Off Pist^e.  Hillborg The Peacock Moment (Påfågelsögonblick)^g. Kreisler Liebesleid (arr. Pöntinen/M. Fröst)^g. Messager Solo de concours^g. Monti Csárdás (arr. Pöntinen/M. Fröst)^g. Rachmaninov Vocalise, Op. 34 No. 14 (arr. Leonard Rose)^g. Rimsky-Korsakov The Tale of Tsar Saltan – Flight of the bumble-bee (arr. Pöntinen/M. Fröst/Ernman)^ag. Schumann Dein Angesicht, Op. 127 No. 2^g. Scriabin Prelude in B, Op. 16 No. 1 (arr. Pöntinen/M. Fröst)^g. Traditional Let’s Be Happy (Klezmer, arr. G. Fröst)^cdf.
Martin Fröst (clarinet); ^aMalena Ernman (mezzo); ^bHermann Stefánsson, ^bSölve Kingstedt (clarinets); ^cÅsa Hallerbäck Thedéen, ^cChristian Svarfvar (violins); ^cGöran Fröst (viola); ^dTorleif Thedéen (cello); Svante Henryson (^ecello/^fdouble bass); ^gRoland Pöntinen (piano).
BIS SACD1823 (full price; 1 hour 4 minutes). Website www.bis.se  Producer/Engineer Hans Kipfer. Date December 2009.

Schumann New
Violin Sonatas^a – No. 1 in A minor, Op. 105; No. 2 in D minor, Op. 121. Gesänge der Frühe, Op. 133. Bach/Schumann Chaconne in D minor, BWV1004 No. 5^a.
^aDaniel Sepec (violin); Andreas Staier (piano).
Harmonia Mundi HMC902048 (full price, 1 hour 18 minutes). Website www.harmoniamundi.com  Producer Martin Sauer. Engineers Tobias Lehmann, Julian Schwenkner. Date May 2009.

In the Mists New
Janácek In the Mists.
Liszt Années de Pèlerinage, deuxième année, ‘Italie’, S161 – Nos. 4-6, Tre Sonetti di Petrarca.
Rachmaninov Moments musicaux, Op. 16 – No. 3 in B minor; No. 4 in E minor. Preludes – D, Op. 23 No. 4; G, Op. 32 No. 5. Schubert Piano Sonata No. 14 in A minor, D784.
Ivana Gavric (piano).
Champs Hill Records CHRCD009 (full price, 1 hour 14 minutes). Website www.champshillrecords.co.uk. Producers/Engineers Roland Heap, Will Brown. Dates July and December 2009.

R. Jones New
Sets of Lessons for the Harpsichord – First Set in D minor; Second Set in E; Third Set in B flat; Fourth Set in A minor; Fifth Set in B minor; Sixth Set (mixed keys).
Mitzi Meyerson (harpsichord).
Glossa GCD921805 (full price, two discs, 1 hour 52 minutes). Website www.glossamusic.com  Producer/Engineer Maria Suschke. Date March 2010.

Puer natus est New CD/SACD
Anonymous Puer natus est. Byrd Gradualia I, 1605 – Rorate caeli desuper; Tollite portas; Ave Maria; Ecce virgo concipiet. Sheppard Verbum caro. Tallis Missa ‘Puer natus est’. Videte miraculum. Taverner Audivi vocem de caelo. White Magnificat.
Stile Antico.
Harmonia Mundi USA HMU807517 (full price, 1 hour 18 minutes). Latin texts and English/French/ German translations. Website www.harmoniamundi. com  Producer Robina G. Young. Engineer Brad Michel. DateJanuary 2010

Piotr Beczala Slavic Opera Arias. New
Arensky Rafael, Op. 37 – My heart is aquiver with passion. Borodin Prince Igor – Daylight is fading … Oh, where art thou, where?. Dvo∑ák Rusalka, B203 (Op. 114) – The hunt is over … Divine vision. Moniuszko Halka – Poor Halka! … As sure as the wind sighs in the fir trees. The Haunted Manor – All is at peace. The Raftsman – The raft flows along the Vistula. Nowowiejski The Baltic Legend – Do you love me?. Rachmaninov Aleko – Look: how beneath the vault of heaven. Rimsky-Korsakov May Night – How still and cool … Sleep, my pretty one. Sadko, Op. 5 – Song of the Indian Guest, ‘Innumerable are the diamonds’ (two versions). Smetana The Bartered Bride, B131/T93 – We shall see … How can he believe that I would sell my Ma∑enka?. Tchaikovsky Eugene Onegin, Op. 24 – I am so happy … I love you, Olga^a; Whither, ah! whither hast thou gone?. The Queen of Spades, Op. 68 – What is our life? A game!. Iolanta, Op. 69 – No! The charms of spirited beauty. Zelenski Janek – When you marry your Stach.
Piotr Beczaπa (tenor); ^aKatarzyna Bak (mezzo); Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra/Lukasz Borowicz.
Orfeo C814 101A (full price; 1 hour 20 minutes). Website www.orfeo-international.com  Producers/Engineers Gabriela Blicharz, Leah Dudzik. Dates August, November and December 2009.

Outstanding in the September 2010 edition

 

 

 

The Romantic Piano New
Concerto – 51
Rosenhain Piano Concerto in D minor, Op. 73.
Taubert Piano Concertos – No. 1 in E, Op. 18; No. 2 in A, Op. 189.
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra/Howard Shelley (piano).
Hyperion CDA67765 (full price, 1 hour 12 minutes). Website www.hyperion-records.co.uk  Producer/ Engineer Ben Connellan. Dates April 21st-24th, 2009.

 

 

Britten New CD/SACD
String Quartets – No. 2 in C, Op. 36; D. Three Divertimentos. Miniature Suite.
Emperor Quartet (Martin Burgess, Clare Hayes, violins; Fiona Bonds, viola; William Schofield, cello).
BIS SACD1540 (full price, 1 hour 12 minutes). Website www.bis.se  Producer Robert Suff. Engineer Jeffrey Ginn. Date March 2007.

 

Miaskovsky New
String Quartets – No. 1 in A minor, Op. 33 No. 1; No. 13 in A minor, Op. 86.
Renoir Quartet (Hélène Collerette, Florent Brannens, violins; Teodor Coman, viola; Marion Gailland, cello).
Ar Ré-Sé AR2010-1 (full price, 53 minutes). Website www.arre-se.com. Producer/Engineer Jean-Marc Laisné. Dates June 15th-17th, 2009.

 

Beethoven New CD/SACD
Complete Works for Solo Piano, Volume 8.
Piano Sonatas – No. 28 in A, Op. 101; No. 30 in E, Op. 109; No. 31 in A flat, Op. 110; No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111.
Ronald Brautigam (fortepiano).
BIS SACD1613 (full price, 1 hour 17 minutes). Website www.bis.se  Producer/Engineer Ingo Petry. Date August 2008.

 

Hamelin Études. New
12 Études in all the minor keys^a. Little Nocturne^b. Con intimissimo sentimento^c – Ländler I; Album Leaf; Music Box; After Pergolesi; Berceuse (in tempore belli). Theme and Variations (Cathy’s Variations)^d.
Marc-André Hamelin (piano).
Hyperion CDA67789 (full price, 1 hour 16 minutes). ^eTracks 9 and 10 of 12 Études from CDA67050. Website www.hyperion-records.co.uk  Producer Andrew Keener. Engineers Simon Eadon, ^eSimon Rhodes. Dates ^eJanuary 25th and 26th, 1998, ^cAugust 30th, 2008, ^bMay 15th and ^adNovember 8th-10th, 2009.

Hayes The Passions. New
Evelyn Tubb, Ulrike Hofbauer (sopranos); Sumihito Uesugi (countertenor); David Munderloh (tenor); Lisandro Abadie (bass); Chor der Schola Cantorum Basiliensis; La Cetra Barockorchester Basel/Anthony Rooley.
Glossa GCD922501 (full price, 1 hour 15 minutes). English texts and French/German/Spanish translations included. Website www.glossamusic.com  Producer Andreas Neubronner. Engineer Christian Starke. Date October 2008.

Lucia Popp New
Schoenberg Vier Lieder, Op. 2.
Schubert Der Jüngling an der Quelle, D300. Seligkeit, D433. Der Schmetterling, D633. Die Gebüsche, D646. Die Liebende schreibt, D673. Der Knabe, D692. 
Der Fluss, D693. Die Rose, D745. 
Der Einsame, D800. Fülle der Liebe, D854. An mein Herz, D860. An Silvia, D891.
R. Strauss Acht Lieder aus 
‘Letzte Blätter’, Op. 10 – No. 6, Die Verschwiegenen; No. 7, Die Zeitlose; No. 8, Allerseelen. Hat gesagt, Op. 36 No. 3. Sechs Lieder, Op. 37 – No. 3, Meinem Kinde; No. 4, Mein Auge. 
Lieder der Ophelia, Op. 67 Nos. 1-3.
Lucia Popp (soprano); Irwin Gage (piano).
Orfeo d’Or C789 101B (medium price, 1 hour 15 minutes). German texts included. Website www.orfeo-international.com  Remastering Engineer Christoph Stickel. Date Live performances at the Cuvilliés-Theater, Munich on July 25th, 1984.

 

Outstanding in the July/August 2010 edition

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Casella New

Symphony No. 2 in C minor, Op. 12^a. Scarlattiana, Op. 44^b.

^bMartin Roscoe (piano); BBC Philharmonic/
Gianandrea Noseda.

Chandos CHAN10605 (full price, 1 hour 17 minutes). Website www.chandos.netProducers Brian Pidgeon, Mike George. Engineers Stephen Rinker, Owain Williams, Vanessa Nuttall. Dates ^bNovember 12th, 2009, ^aJanuary 12th and 13th, 2010.

Gershwin by Grofé New
Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue (original 1924 ‘jazz-band’ version, orch. Ferde Grofé). Variations on ‘I Got Rhythm’ (composer’s original orch). Song arrangements (all orch. Grofé) – Fascinating Rhythm (from ‘Lady Be Good’); I’ll Build a Stairway to Paradise (‘George White’s Scandals’, 1922); The Man I Love (revised arr., 1938, ‘Strike Up the Band’ and ‘Rosalie’); Somebody Loves Me (‘George White’s Scandals’, 1924); Summertime (‘Porgy and Bess’); Sweet and Low-Down; That Certain Feeling (both from ‘Tip-Toes’); The Yankee Doodle Blues (‘Spice of 1922’, digital version and one acoustic version, recorded on a 1909 Edison Fireside Phonograph on wax cylinder with acoustic horn).
Al Gallodoro (clarinets/saxophone); Lincoln Mayorga (piano); Harmonie Ensemble/New York/Steven Richman.
Harmonia Mundi HMU907492 (full price, 54 minutes). Website www.harmoniamundi.com.Producer/Engineer Adam Abeshouse, Producer Steven Richman. Engineer Andy Ryder. Dates April 2004, April 2006, May 2007.

Stravinsky New CD/SACD

Petrushka (1911 version). Pulcinella – Suite^a. Symphonies of Wind Instruments (1947 version).

^aNetherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic; Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra/Jaap van Zweden.

Exton OVCL-00378 (full price, 1 hour 7 minutes). Website www.octavia.co.jp.Producer/Engineer Tomoyoshi Ezaki. Dates June 24th-28th and ^aAugust 26th-29th, 2008.

 

Transformation New

Brahms Variations on a Theme by Paganini A minor, Op. 35.

Ravel La valse (transcr. composer).

D. Scarlatti Sonatas – E, Kk380; F minor/C major, Kk466.

Stravinsky Three Movements from ‘Petrushka’.

Yuja Wang (piano).

DG 477 8795 (full price, 58 minutes). Website www. deutschegrammophon.comProducer/Engineer Helmut Berk. Engineer Jürgen Bulgrin. Date January 2010.

Music for the Prix de Rome New

Debussy Le Gladiateur^a. Invocation^b. La Damoiselle élue^c. Printemps^d. Le Printemps^e. Salut Printemps^f. L’Enfant prodigue^g.

^acdefgGuylaine Girard (soprano); ^cSophie Marilley (mezzo); ^abgBernard Richter(tenor); ^agAlain Buet (bass); ^bcdefMarie-Josèphe Jude, ^bcdefJean-François Heisser(pianos); ^bcdefFlemish Radio Choir; ^agBrussels Philharmonic/Hervé Niquet.

Glossa GCD922206 (full price, two discs, 1 hour 42 minutes). French texts and English translations included. Website www.glossamusic.com Producer/Engineer Manuel Mohino. Producer Hervé Niquet.Dates June 25th and 26th and July 1st-3rd, 2009.

Stravinsky     New CD/SACD
Monumentum pro Gesualdo di Venosa ad CD annum. Massa. Choral Variations on Bach’s ‘Vom Himmel hoch’. Symphony of Psalmsab.
^aCollegium Vocale Gent; ^bJan Michiels, ^bInge Spinetti (pianos); Royal Flemish Philharmonic/Philippe Herreweghe.
PentaTone Classics PTC5186 349 (full price, 50 minutes). Latin texts and English translations included. Website www.pentatonemusic.com  Producer Job Maarse. Engineers Jean-Marie Geijsen, Roger de Schot. Dates Live performances at deSingel, Antwerp, Belgium on January 30th and 31st, 2009

Harmoniae Sacrae     New
Benedictus a Sancto Josepho Obstupescite. Bernhard Sie haben meinen Herrn hinweggenommen. Biber Fidicinium sacro-profanum – Sonata IV. Meder Ach Herr, strasse mich nicht in deinem Zorn. Gott hilf mir. Tunder An Wasserflüssen Babylon. Weckmann Wie liegt die Stadt so wüste.
Hana Blaíková (soprano); Peter Kooij (bass); L’Armonia Sonora (François Fernandez, Sayuri Yamagata, violins; Kaori Uemura, Ricardo Rodriguez Miranda, violas da gamba; Peter Rikkers, violone; Leo van Doeselaar, organ)/
Mieneke van der Velden (viola da gamba).
Ramée RAM0905 (full price, 1 hour 3 minutes). German texts and English/French translations included.Website www.ramee.org. Producer/Engineer Rainer Arndt. Date May 2008.

Outstanding in the June 2010 edition

Beethoven New
Piano Concertos – No. 1 in C, Op. 15; No. 2 in B flat, Op. 19.
Ensemble Cristofori/Arthur Schoonderwoerd (fortepiano).
Alpha 155 (full price, 59 minutes). Website www.outhere-music.com  Producer Hein Laabs. Engineer Harry de Winde. Date May 2008.

Corelli Mr Corelli in London. New

Violin Sonatas, Op. 5 – No. 4 in F (arr. Johann Christoph Pez); No. 5 in G minor – Giga (arr. Cateni/Robert Valentine); No. 7 in D minor – complete (arr. Pietro Castrucci after Francesco Geminiani); Sarabanda (arrangement previously attrib. Geminiani); No. 8 in E minor (arr. attrib. Castrucci after Geminiani); No. 10 in F (arr. attrib. Willam Babell after Geminiani, with Gavotta arr. Michel Blavet); No. 12 in D minor, ‘La Follia’ (arr. Geminiani).

Maurice Steger (recorders); The English Concert/Laurence Cummings (harpsichord).

Harmonia Mundi USA HMU907523 (full price, 1 hour 11 minutes). Website www.harmoniamundi.com  Producer Christian Sager. Engineer Brad Michel. Date July 2009.

Beethoven Volume 1. New

Violin Sonatas – No. 1 in D, Op. 12 No. 1; No. 4 in A minor, Op. 23; No. 7 in C minor, Op. 30 No. 2; No. 8 in G, Op. 30 No. 3.

Alina Ibragimova (violin); Cédric Tiberghien (piano).

Wigmore Hall Live WHLive0036 (medium price, 1 hour 22 minutes). Website www.wigmore-hall.org.uk. Producer Andrew Keener. Engineers Simon Eadon, Dave Rowell. Date Live performances at the Wigmore Hall, London on October 27th, 2009.

Mendelssohn New

String Quartets – No. 4 in E minor, Op. 44 No. 2^a; No. 6 in F minor, Op. 80. Capriccio in E minor, Op. 81 No. 3.

Zemlinsky Quartet (Frantisek Soucek, Petr Strízek, violins; Petr Holman, viola; Vladimír Fortin, cello).

Praga Digitals PRD/DSD250 267 (full price, 57 minutes). Website www.pragadigitals.com. Producer Jirí Gemrot. Engineers Jan Lzicar, Karel Soukeník. Dates ^aSeptember 2nd and December 15th, 2009.

Telemann New

Sonatas à 5 – E minor, TWV44:5;
F, TWV44:11; F minor, TWV44:32;
G minor, TWV44:33; B flat, TWV44:34. Sonata Discortato à 4 in A, TWV43:A7. Concerto à 4 in A minor, TWV43:a3. Quartet in G, TWV43:G12.

Rebel (Matthias Maute, transverse flute/treble recorder; Karen Marie Marmer, violin; Risa Browder, Stephen Creswell, violas; John Moran, cello; Dongsok Shin, harpsichord)/Jörg-Michael Schwarz (violin).
Dorian Sono Luminus DSL90912 (full price, 1 hour 10 minutes). Website www.dorian.com. Producer Ann-Marie Barker-Schwartz. Engineer Michael P. Hesse. Dates October 6th-12th, 2008.

J. S. Bach New
Organ Masterworks, Volume 1.
Schmücke dich, O liebe Seele, BWV654. Partite diverse sopra ‘Sei gegrüsset, Jesu gütig’, BWV768. Preludes and Fugues – A, BWV536/536a; A minor, BWV543; E minor, BWV548. Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier, BWV731. Ach, was ist doch unser Leben, BWV743 (spurious). Sonata for Violin and Harpsichord No. 3 in E, BWV1016 – Adagio (transcr. Koito). Sonata for Viola da gamba No. 1 in G, BWV1027 – Trio (transcr. Bach)/BWV1027a (transcr. Koito).
Kei Koito (organ).
Claves 50-2908 (full price, 1 hour 15 minutes). Played on the organ of the Martinikerk, Groningen. Website www.claves.ch. Producer/Engineer Jean-Claude Gaberel. Engineer Jacques Dessane. Dates June 21st-23rd, 2009.

Beethoven New
Piano Sonatas – No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13, ‘Pathétique’; No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2, ‘Moonlight’; No. 21 in C, Op. 53, ‘Waldstein’; No. 25 in G, Op. 79.
Steven Osborne (piano).
Hyperion CDA67662 (full price, 1 hour 1 minutes). Website www.hyperion-records.co.uk  Producer Andrew Keener. Engineer Simon Eadon. Dates September 13th-15th, 2008.

Sances Dulcis Amor Iesu. New
Ave maris stella^abd. Domine ne memineris iniquitatum nostrarum^ab. Dulcis amor Iesu^e. Iste confessor domini colentes^ab. Iubilent in caelis^ce. Laudemus viros gloriosos. Magnificemus in cantico^abd. O Iesu mi dulcissime^ab. Salve Regina^abde. Salvum me fac^cd. Stabat mater^e. Vulnerasti cor meum^ad.
Kapsberger Toccata prima.
L. Rossi Ritornello.
M. Rossi Toccata settima.
^aMarie de Roy, ^bCéline Vieslet (sopranos); ^cReinoud Van Mechelen (tenor); ^dOlivier Berten (baritone); Scherzi Musicali/Nicolas Achten (^ebaritone/theorbo/harpsichord/triple harp).
Ricercar RIC292 (full price, 1 hour 13 minutes). Latin texts and English/French/German translations included. Website www.outhere-music.com. Producer/Engineer Manuel Mohino. Dates June
9th-12th, 2009.

Outstanding in the May 2010 edition

Dvorák     New

Violin Concerto in A minor, B108a. Legends, B122.
^aRichard Tognetti (violin); Nordic Chamber Orchestra/Christian Lindberg.
BIS CD1708 (full price, 1 hour 10 minutes). Website www.bis.se  Producer Jens Braun. Engineer Hans Kipfer. Date January 2009.

Mahler     New
Symphony No. 2 in C minor, ‘Resurrection’.
Yvonne Kenny (soprano); Jard van Nes (mezzo); London Philharmonic Chorus and Orchestra/Klaus Tennstedt.
LPO 0044 (medium price, two discs, 1 hour 34 minutes). Website www.lpo.org.uk. Remastering Engineers Tony Faulkner, Andrew Lang. Date Live performance at the Royal Festival Hall, London on February 20th, 1989.

Mahler     New
Symphony No. 9 in D.
Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR/ Roger Norrington.
Hänssler Classic CD93.244 (full price, 1 hour 
12 minutes). Website www.haenssler-classic.de. Producer Dietmar Wolf. Engineer Friedemann Trumpp. Date Live performance at the Liederhalle, Stuttgart on September 5th, 2009.

D. Matthews     New
Symphonies – No. 2, Op. 17; No. 6, Op. 100.
BBC National Orchestra of Wales/ Jac van Steen.
Dutton Epoch CDLX7234 (medium price, 1 hour 14 minutes). Website www.duttonvocalion.co.uk. Producer Michael Ponder. Engineers Dexter Newman, Dillon Gallagher. Dates February 12th-14th, 2009.

J. S. Bach    New CD/SACD
Goldberg Variations, D988. Aria Variata, BWV989. Sarabanda con Partita, BWV990.
Matthew Halls (harpsichord).
Linn Records CKD356 (full price, two discs, 2 hours 10 minutes). Website www.linnrecords.com  Producer/Engineer François Eckert. Dates June 4th-6th, 2007 9th-13th, 2009

Liszt     New
Piano Sonata in B minor, S178a. Années de pelerinage – Venezia e Napoli, S162. Mephisto Waltz No. 1, S514. Harmonies du soir, S139 No. 11.
Chopin Waltz in A flat, Op. 42 (arr. Liszt).
Boris Berezovsky (piano).
Mirare MIR099 (full price, 1 hour). Website www. mirare.fr. Producer Anna Barry. Engineers ^aJonathan Stokes, Philippe Engel. Dates Live performances at the Royal Festival Hall, London on ^aMarch 15th and Grange de Meslay Festival, Tours on June 26th, 2009

J. S. Bach     New CD/SACD
St Matthew Passion, BWV244.
Christoph Genz (tenor) Evangelist; Jan Van der Crabben (bass) Christus; Marcus Niedermeyr (bass) Judas; Gerlinde Sämann, Marie Kuijken (sopranos); Petra Noskaiová, Patrizia Hardt (contraltos); Bernhard Hunziker (tenor);
La Petite Bande/Sigiswald Kuijken (violin).
Challenge Classics CC72357 (full price, three discs, 2 hours 38 minutes). German texts and English/French translations included. Website www.challenge.nl. Producer/Engineer Bert van der Wolf. Engineer Fir Suidema. Dates April 5th-9th, 2009.

Patricia Petibon Rosso.    New
Handel Rinaldo, HWV7 – Lascia ch’io pianga. Giulio Cesare, HWV17 – Piangerò la sorte mia. Ariodante, HWV33 – Volate, amori; Neghittosi, or voi che fate?. Alcina, HWV34 – Tornami a vagheggiar; Ah! mio cor, schernito sei!. Marcello Arianna – Come mai puoi vedermi piangere?. Porpora Lucio Papirio – Morte amara. Sartorio Giulio Cesare in Egitto – Quando voglio. L’Orfeo – Orfeo, tu dormi. A. Scarlatti Griselda – Se il mio dolor t’offende. Il Sedecia, re di Gerusalemme – Caldo sangue. Stradella San Giovanni Battista – Queste lagrime e sospiri. Vivaldi L’Olimpiade, RV725 – Siam navi all’onde algenti.
Patricia Petibon (soprano); Venice Baroque Orchestra/Andrea Marcon.
DG 477 8763 (full price, 1 hour 12 minutes). Italian texts and English/French/German texts included. Website www.deutschegrammophon.com  Producer Arend Prohmann. Engineers Ulrich Vette, Jürgen Bulgrin. Date September 2009.

Outstanding in the April 2010 edition

Achúcarro DVD

Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat, Op. 83^a. Three Intermezzos, Op. 117.

Albéniz Iberia, Op. 47 – No. 2, El puerto in D flat.

Chopin 24 Preludes, Op. 28 – No. 15 in D flat; No. 16 in B flat minor. 

Scriabin Two Pieces for the Left Hand, Op. 9.

Joaquín Achúcarro (piano); ^aLondon Symphony Orchestra/Colin Davis. 

Opus Arte OA1022D (2 hours 11 minutes).
Bonus feature, ‘Joaquín Achúcarro: 50 years on’,
a documentary including interviews with Plácido Domingo, Simon Rattle and Zubin Mehta (41 minutes). WebsiteFilm Director Robin Lough. Film/DVD Producer Angela Alvarez Rilla. Music Producer James Whitbourn. Dates May 26th-28th, 2009. www.opusarte.com. NTSC. 16:9 Anamorphic. LPCM Stereo. DTS Digital Surround. Region 0.

Stravinsky New

La baiser de la fée. Scènes de ballet.

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Ilan Volkov.

Hyperion CDA67697 (full price, 58 minutes). Website www.hyperion-records.co.uk  Producer Andrew Keener. Engineer Simon Eadon. Dates November 15th and 16th, 2008.

Chopin New

Nocturnes Nos. 1-20.

Nelson Freire (piano).

Decca 478 2182 (two discs for the price of one,
1 hour 42 minutes). Website www.deccaclassics.com  Producer Dominic Fyfe. Engineer Philip Siney. Dates December 14th-21st, 2009.

Handel Duets. New
Agrippina, HWV6 – No, no, ch’io non apprezzo. Radamisto, HWV12a – Se teco vive il cor. Ottone, re di Germania, HWV15 – Notte cara!. Giulio Cesare, HWV17 – Caro! Bella!. Tamerlano, HWV18 – Vivo in te. Rodelinda, HWV19 – Io t’abbraccio. Sosarme, re di Media, HWV30 – Per la porte del tormento. Ariodante, HWV33 – Bramo haver mille vite. Belshazzar, HWV61 – Great victor, at your feet I bow. Solomon, HWV67 – Welcome as the dawn of day. Theodora, HWV68 – Streams of pleasure ever flowing; Thither let our hearts aspire; To thee, thou glorious son of worth.
Rosemary Joshua (soprano); Sarah Connolly (mezzo); The English Concert/Harry Bicket (harpsichord/organ).
Chandos Chaconne CHAN0767 (full price, 1 hour 3 minutes). English/Italian texts and English translations included. Website  Producer Rachel Smith. Engineers Jonathan Cooper, Paul Quilter. Dates July 20th-23rd, 2009. www.chandos.net

Zelenka New
Il Diamante, ZWV177.Roberta Mameli (soprano) Giunone; Marie Fajtová (soprano) Amore; Gabriela Eibenová (soprano) Venere; Hana BlaΩíková (soprano) Terra; Kai Wessel (countertenor) Imeneo; Ensemble Inégal; Prague Baroque Soloists/
Adam Viktora.
Nibiru 0152232 (full price, two discs, 1 hour 37 minutes). Italian libretto and English/German/Czech/French translations included. Website www.nibiru-publishers.com. Producer Petr Reznícek. Engineer Ales Dvorák. Dates September 9th-13th, 2009.

Outstanding in the March 2010 edition

Haydn    New
‘London’ Symphonies, Hob. I/93-104.
Symphonies – No. 93 in D; No. 94 in G, ‘Surprise’; No. 95 in C minor; No. 96 in D, ‘Miracle’; No. 97 in C; No. 98 in B flat; No. 99 in E flat; No. 100 in G, ‘Military’; No. 101 in D, ‘Clock’; No. 102 in B flat; No. 103 in E flat, ‘Drum-Roll’; No. 104 in D, ‘London’.
SWR Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart/ Roger Norrington.
Hänssler Classic CD93.252 (medium price, four discs, 4 hours 57 minutes). Website www.haenssler-classic.de. Producers Andreas Priemer, Dietmar Wolf. Engineers Burkhard Pitzer-Landeck, Friedemann Trumpp. Dates Live performances at the Liederhalle, Stuttgart on September 7th-12th, 2009.

Mozart Volume 2.     New CD/SACD
Symphonies – No. 29 in A, K201/K186a; No. 31 in D, K297/K300a, ‘Paris’; No. 32 in G, K318; No. 35 in D, K385, ‘Haffner’; No. 36 in C, K425, ‘Linz’.
Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Charles Mackerras.
Linn Records CKD350 (full price, two discs, 1 hour 57 minutes). Website www.linnrecords.com  Producer James Mallinson. Engineer Philip Hobbs. Dates July 11th-17th, 2009.

Vilde Frang    New
Prokofiev Violin Concerto No. 1 in D, Op. 19.
Sibelius Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47. Humoresques, Op. 87 – No. 1 in D minor; No. 2 in D; No. 5 in E flat.
Vilde Frang (violin); WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln/Thomas Søndergård.
EMI Classics 6 84413-2 (full price, 1 hour 4 minutes). Website www.emiclassics.com  Producer Stephan Hahn. Engineers Reiner Kühl, Enrique Foedtke. Dates March 11th-13th, 2009.

Telemann     New CD/SACD
Ouverture in E minor, TWV55:e3. Concertos – F, TWV52:F4; B flat, TWV53:B2; D, TWV53:D6; G, TWV54:G1.
Alexis Kossenko (flute); Jane Gower (bassoon); Alfredo Bernardini (oboe); Holland Baroque Society/Alexis Kossenko (recorder/transverse flute).
Channel Classics CCSSA28409 (full price, 1 hour 17 minutes). Website www.channelclassics.com. Producer/Engineer C. Jared Sacks. Engineer Hein Dekker. Dates February 11th-15th, 2009.

Ceremony and Devotion    New
Byrd Domine, praestolamur. Haec dies. Infelix ego. Laudibus in sanctis.
Sheppard Media vita in morte sumus. Sacris solemniiis iuncta sint gaudia.
Tallis Iam Christus astra ascenderat. Jesu Salvator saeculi, Verbum Patris. Miserere nostri.
Anonymous Veni, Creator Spiritus.
The Sixteen/Harry Christophers.
Coro COR16077 (full price, 1 hour 16 minutes). Latin texts and English translations included. Website www.thesixteen.com  Producer Mark Brown. Engineer Mike Hatch. Date October 2009.

Taverner Sacred Choral Music.    New
Missa Corona spinea. Dum transisset Sabbatum I and II. Leroy Kyrie. O splendor glorie.
Choir of St Mary’s Cathedral, Edinburgh/ Duncan Ferguson.
Delphian DCD34023 (full price, 58 minutes). Latin texts and English translations included. Website www.delphianrecords.co.uk  Producer/Engineer Paul Baxter. Engineer Adam Binks. Dates September 14th-17th, 2009.

Outstanding in the February 2010 edition

Byrd Infelix ego.    New
Afflicti pro peccatis nostris. Beati mundo corde. Cantate Domino. Cunctis diebus. Deo gratias. Domine, non sum dignus. Domine, salva nos. Gaudeamus omnes … Sanctorum omnium. Haec dies. Infelix ego. Iustorum animae. Laudate Dominum, omnes gentes. Timete Dominum – Venite ad me. Venite, exsultemus Domino. Visita quaesumus, Domine.
The Cardinall’s Musick/Andrew Carwood.
Hyperion CDA67779 (full price, 1 hour 1 minute). Latin texts and English translations included. Website www.hyperion-records.co.uk Producer Jonathan Freeman-Attwood. Engineers Martin Haskell, Iestyn Rees. Dates April 27th-29th, 2009.

Mahler     New
Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen. 
Lieder aus ‘Des knaben Wunderhorn’ – No. 4, Wer hat dies Liedlein erdacht?; No. 5, Das irdische Leben; No. 7, Rheinlegendchen; No. 9, Wo die schönen Trompeten blasen; No. 12, Urlicht. Lieder und Gesänge – No. 1, Frühlingsmorgen; No. 5, Phantasie aus Don Juan; No. 7, Ich ging mit Lust; No. 10, Zu Strassburg auf der Schanz; No. 11, Ablösung im Sommer; No. 13, Nicht wiedersehen. Rückert-Lieder.
Christian Gerhaher (baritone); Gerold Huber (piano).
RCA Red Seal 88697 56773-2 (full price, 1 hour 16 minutes). German texts and English translations included. Website www.sonymasterworks.com  Producer Wilhelm Meister. Engineers Christian Böhm, Andreas Fischer. Dates January 3rd and 4th, April 13th and 14th, 2009.

Rorem    New CD/SACD
On an Echoing Road.
Alleluia^d. Are you the new person drawn toward me?^a. Catullus: On the burial of his brother^d. Comment on War^ab. Do I love you more than a day?^c. Do not love too long^c. Early in the morning^e. For Susan^d. Full of life now^a. Hymn for Eveninga^cde. I strolled across an open field^e. I will always love you^b. Jeanie with the light brown hair^e. Little Elegy^a. Look down, fair moon^b. Now sleeps the crimson petal^a. On an echoing road^ac. On a singing girl^d. Orchids^b. Rain in Spring^c. The Rainbowb^de. Requiescat^ace. The Serpent^d. Sometimes with one I love^c. Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening^b. That shadow, my likeness^c. Their lonely betters^a. To a young girl^a. What if some little painc.
The Prince Consort (^aAnna Leese, soprano; ^bJennifer Johnston, mezzo; ^cTim Mead, countertenor; ^dAndrew Staples, tenor; ^eJacques Imbrailo, baritone; Alisdair Hogarth, piano).
Linn CKD342 (full price, 57 minutes). English texts included. Website www.linnrecords.com  Producer John Fraser. Engineer Philip Hobbs. Dates February 10th-13th, 2009.

Outstanding in the January 2010 edition

Brahms    New CD/SACD
Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68. Variations on a Theme of Haydn, Op. 56b, ‘St Antoni Chorale’. Hungarian Dance No. 14 in D minor, WoO1 (orch. Fischer).
Budapest Festival Orchestra/Iván Fischer.
Channel Classics CCSSA28309 (full price, 1 hour 7 minutes). Website www.channelclassics.com  Producer Hein Dekker. Engineers Hein Dekker, C. Jared Sacks. Date January 2009.

Mendelssohn Volume 5.
Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 56, ‘Scottish’. String Symphony No. 11 in F.
Heidelberger Sinfoniker/Thomas Fey.
Hänssler Classic CD98.552 (full price, 1 hour 13 minutes). Website www.haenssler-classic.de  Producer/Engineer Eckhard Steiger. Dates March 
30th-31st and April 2nd and 3rd, 2009.

J. S. Bach
Magnificat in D, BWV243. Mass in G minor, BWV235. Fuga sopra il Magnificat, BWV733a. Prelude and Fugue in G, BWV541^a.
Maria Keohane, Anna Zander (sopranos); Carlos Mena (countertenor); Hans-Jörg Mammel (tenor); Stephan MacLeod (bass); ^aFrancis Jacob (organ); Ricercar Consort/
Philippe Pierlot.
Mirare MIR102 (full price, 1 hour 5 minutes). Includes DVD film ‘Magnificat’ by Pierre-Hubert Martin (43 minutes, NTSC). Greek/Latin texts and English/French/German translations included. Website www.mirare.fr. Producers Aline Blondiau, Gregory Beaufays, Jean-Noêl Boissé. Engineer Grégoire Pontocaillo. Date April 2009.

Schubert Heliopolis
Meeres Stille, D216. Wandrers Nachtlied, D224. Der König in Thule, D367. Fragment aus dem Aeschylus, D450 (second version). Abschied, D475. Der Hirt, D490. Philoktet, D540. 
Blondel zu Marien, D626. Atys, D585. 
Die Gebüsche, D646. Strophe aus ‘Die Götter Griechenlands’, D677. Frühlingsglaube, D686. Der entsühnte Orest, D699. An die Leier, D737. Heliopolis I, D753. Heliopolis II, D754. Pilgerweise, D789. Das Heimweh, D851. Der Kreuzzug, D932.
Matthias Goerne (baritone); Ingo Metzmacher (piano).
Harmonia Mundi HMC902035 (full price, 1 hour 12 minutes). Includes ‘The making of the recording’: a DVD film by Benjamin Krieg and Sonya Schönberger (17 minutes). German texts and English/French translations included. Website www.harmoniamundi. com  Producer Tobias Lehmann. Engineer Martin Litauer. Dates October and November 2008, February 2009.
   

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