IRR Outstanding

 

Selected recordings are highlighted with the accolade IRR OUTSTANDING. The identification of such recordings has been made by individual reviewers. The selected release is illustrated in the review with a reproduction of the sleeve and the IRR OUTSTANDING logo.

 

 

Outstanding in the November 2012 edition

 

Le Paris des Romantiques New
Berlioz Rêverie et caprice, H88^a.
Liszt Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat, S124^b.
Reber Symphony No. 4 in G, Op. 33.
^aJulien Chauvin (violin); ^bBertrand Chamayou (piano); Le Cercle de l’Harmonie/Jérémie Rhorer.
Ambroisie AM207 (full price, 55 minutes). Website www.naiveclassique.com  Producer/Engineer Nicolas Bartholomée. Engineer Florent Ollivier. Dates Live performances at the Arsenal, Metz on October 16th, 2011.

Mozart New
Piano Concertos – No. 9 in E flat, K271, ‘Jeunehomme’; No. 21 in C, K467.
Cleveland Orchestra/Mitsuko Uchida (piano).
Decca 478 3539 (full price, 1 hour 3 minutes). Website www.deccaclassics.com  Producer Everett Porter. Engineer Ian Dobie. Dates Live performances at Severance Hall, Cleveland on April 5th-7th, 2012.

 

 

Brasileiro New
Villa-Lobos and Friends.
Fernández Trés Estudos em Forma de Sonatina, Op. 62. Guarnieri Dansa Negra. Ponteio No. 24. Toccata. Levy Tango Brasileiro. Mignone Congada. Maroca Quatro. Valse élégante. Netto Minha Terra. Oswald Valse lente. Santoro Paulistana No. 1. Toccata. Villa-Lobos Carnaval das crianças, A157 – Nos. 1-7. A lenda do caboclo, A166. O gatinho de papelão, A180 No. 2. Chôros No. 5, A207, ‘Alma brasileira’. Cirandas, A220 – No. 5, Pobre cega; No. 14, A canoa virou. Saudades das selvas brasilieras, A226No. 2. A maré encheu, A277 No. 2. Valsa da dor, A316. New York Skyline Melody, A407.
Nelson Freire (piano).
Decca 478 3533 (full price, 1 hour 14 minutes). Website www.deccaclassics.com  Producer Dominic Fyfe. Engineer Jonathan Stokes. Dates February 21st-25th, 2012.

 

Knussen New/Reissue
Choral, Op. 8^a. Autumnal, Op. 14^b. Whitman Settings, Op. 25^c. Prayer Bell Sketch, Op. 29^d. Violin Concerto, Op. 30^e. Ophelia’s Last Dance, Op. 32^f. Requiem: Songs for Sue, Op. 33^g. Secret Psalm^h.
^cgClaire Booth (soprano); ^bhAlexandra Wood, ^eLeila Josefowicz (violins); ^bfHuw Watkins, ^cdRyan Wigglesworth (pianos); ^gBirmingham Contemporary Music Group, ^aeBBC Symphony Orchestra/Oliver Knussen.
NMC NMCD178 (full price, 1 hour 18 minutes). Website www.nmcrec.co.uk  ^eFrom DG 477 7352. Producers ^ghAndrew Keener, ^bcdfColin Matthews, ^aeAnn McKay. Engineers ^ghDavid Coyle, ^bcdfSimon Eadon, ^eSimon Hancock, ^aSusan Thomas. Dates ^eLive performance at the Royal Albert Hall, London on August 17th, 2007, studio recordings on ^ghMarch 14th, 2011, ^aMarch 30th and ^bcdfApril 4th-5th, 2012.

 

Elgar New CD/SACD
The Starlight Express, Op. 78 – complete incidental music^a; Suite (arr. Davis)^b.
Carey Three Songs from ‘The Starlight Express’ (orch. Davis)^c.
^abElin Manahan Thomas (soprano); Roderick Williams (baritone); ^aSimon Callow (narrator); Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Andrew Davis.
Chandos CHSA5111 (two discs, two hours 18 minutes). English libretto included. Website www.chandos.net  Producer Brian Pidgeon. Engineers Ralph Couzens, Jonathan Cooper. Date 2012.

 

Berg 
Wozzeck.
Georg Nigl (baritone) Wozzeck; Mardi Byers (soprano) Marie; Roman Muravitsky (tenor) Drum Major; Roman Shulakov (tenor) Andres; Maxim Paster (tenor) Captain; Pyotr Migunov (bass) Doctor; Xenia Vyaznikova (mezzo) Margret; Valery Gilmanov (bass) First Apprentice; Nikolai Kazansky (bass-baritone) Second Apprentice; Leonid Vilensky (tenor) Idiot; Alexandre Nespovity (treble) Marie’s Son; Bolshoi Theatre Chorus and Orchestra/Teodor Currentzis.
BelAir Classiques BAC068 (2 hours 15 minutes). Includes a ‘Making of’ feature and interviews with Mardi Byers, Teodor Currentzis, Georg Nigl and Dmitri Tcherniakov. Subtitles in English/French/German/Spanish. Website www.belairclassiques.com. High Definition. NTSC. 16:9. DVD 9. Region 0. PCM Stereo 5.1. Dolby Digital. Stage Director Dmitri Tcherniakov. DVD Producer Jacques-François Suzzoni. Video Director Andy Sommer. Video Producer François Duplat. Date November 2010.

 

Smetana New
The Bartered Bride, B143.
Dana Buresová (soprano) Marenka; Tomás Juhás (tenor) Jeník; Ales Vorá∂ek (tenor) Vasek; Jozef Benci (bass) Kecal; Svätopluk Sem (baritone) Krusina; Lucie Hilscherová (mezzo) Háta; Gustáv Belácek (bass) Mícha; Stanislava Jirku (mezzo) Ludmilla; Katerína Kn∆ziková (soprano) Esmeralda; Jaroslav Brezina (tenor) Ringmaster; Ondrej Mráz (bass) Indian; Maxim Dusek (treble) First Child; Babette Rust (soprano) Second Child; BBC Singers; BBC Symphony Orchestra/Jirí B∆lohlávek.
Harmonia Mundi HMC902119.20 (medium price, two discs, 2 hours 16 minutes). Czech libretto and English translation included. Website www.harmonia mundi.com  Producers Neil Pemberton, Adele Conlin. Engineer Julian Schwenkner. Date Live performance at the Barbican Hall, London on May 20th, 2011.

 

Vinci Artaserse. New
Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor) Artaserse; Max Emanuel Cencic (countertenor) Mandane; Daniel Behle (tenor) Artabano; Franco Fagioli (countertenor) Arbace; Valer Barna-Sabadus (countertenor) Semira; Yuriy Mynenko (countertenor) Megabise; Coro della Radiotelevisione Svizzera, Lugano; Concerto Köln/Diego Fasolis.
Virgin Classics 6 02869-2 (full price, three discs, 3 hours 17 minutes). Italian libretto and English translation included. Website www.virginclassics.com  Producer/Engineer Ulrich Ruscher. Engineers Wolfgang Rixius, Hans-Martin Renz

 

Dramma New
Handel Rinaldo, HWV7a – Lascia ch’io pianga. Hasse Artaserse  – Fra cento affanni e cento. L’Olimpiade – Consola il genitore. Leo Zenobia in Palmira – Son qual nave in ria procella. de Majo Arianna e Teseo – Per trionfar pugnando. Pergolesi Adriano in Siria – Sul mio cor. Porpora L’Agrippina – Tace l’augello. Germanico in Germania – Empi, se mai disciolgo; Se dopo ria procella. Ifigenia in Aulide – Le limpid’onde. Mitridate – Vedrà turbato il mare. Polifemo – Alto Giove.
Simone Kermes (soprano); La Magnifica Comunità/Isaballe Longo (violin).
Sony Classical 88691 96395-2 (full price, 1 hour 17 minutes). Italian texts and English/French/German translations included. Website www.sonymasterworks.com  Producer/Engineer Stephan Flock. Dates January 12th-16th, 2012.

Outstanding in the October 2012 edition

 

Dvorák New CD/SACD
Symphony No. 8 in G, B163 (Op. 88)^a. Scherzo capriccioso, B131 (Op. 66). The Golden Spinning Wheel, B197 (Op. 109).
Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra/Claus Peter Flor.
BIS SACD1976 (full price, 1 hour 19 minutes). Website www.bis.se  Producers/Engineers Hans Kipfer, Jens Braun. Dates September 2010, ^aJuly 2011.

 

 

Tchaikovsky New CD/SACD
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23^a. Un poco di Chopin, Op. 72 No. 15^b. 
Chopin Barcarolle in F sharp, Op. 60^b. Schubert Lieder^b – Erlkönig, D328; Die Forelle, D550; Frühlingsglaube, D686; Auf dem Wasser zu singen, D774; Die Stadt, D957 No. 11 (all arr. Liszt). Schumann Widmung, Op. 25 No. 1 (arr. Liszt)^b
Daniil Trifonov (piano); ^aMariinsky Orchestra/ Valery Gergiev.
Mariinsky MAR0530 (medium price, 1 hour 9 minutes). Website www.mariinskylabel.com. Producer Vladimir Ryabenko. Engineer Jonathan Stokes. Dates October ^a25th and ^b26th and December 30th, 2011, January 24th and April 12th, 2012.

 

British Works for Cello and Piano Volume 1. New 
Foulds Cello Sonata, Op. 6.
Parry Cello Sonata in A.
Bantock Hamabdil.
Delius Cello Sonata, RTvii/7.
Paul Watkins (cello); Huw Watkins (piano).
Chandos CHAN10741 (medium price, 1 hour 10 minutes). Website www.chandos.net  Producer Rachel Smith. Engineer Ben Connellan. Dates April 5th and 6th and June 5th, 2012.

 

Schubert New
String Quintet in C, D956.
Arcanto Quartett (Antje Weithaas, Daniel Sepec, violins; Tabea Zimmermann, viola; 
Jean-Guihen Queyras, cello) with Olivier Marron (cello).
Harmonia Mundi HMC902106 (full price, 53 minutes). Website www.harmoniamundi.com  Producer René Möller. Engineer Martin Litauer. Date December 2010.

 

 

Debussy New
Préludes, Books 1 and 2^a. Trois Nocturnes (arr. Ravel)^b. Prélude a l’après-midi d’un faune^c.
Alexei Lubimov (^abpiano/^cpiano duet) with Alexei Zuev (^bpiano/^cpiano duet).
ECM New Series 476 4735 (medium price, two discs, 1 hour 52 minutes). Website www.ecmrecords. com  Producer Manfred Eicher. Engineer Peter Laenger. Date April 2011.

 

 

Debussy New
Deux Arabesques. Children’s Corner. Danse. L’isle joyeuse. Masques. La plus que lente. Pour le piano. Suite bergamasque.
Angela Hewitt (piano).
Hyperion CDA67898 (full price, 1 hour 20 minutes). Website www.hyperion-records.com  Producer/Engineer Ludger Böckenhoff. Dates December 12th-15th, 2011.

 

 

Elgar The Apostles, Op. 49. New
Rebecca Evans (soprano); Alice Coote (mezzo); Paul Groves (tenor); Jacques Imbrailo, David Kempster (baritones); Brindley Sherratt (bass); Chorus of Apostles (Sean Boyes, Thomas Kelly, Timothy Langston, Thomas Morss, Adam Player, tenors; Stefan Berkieta, Matthew Kellett, Graham McCusker, Daniel Shelvey, basses); Hallé Choir; Hallé Youth Choir; Hallé Orchestra/Mark Elder.
Hallé CDHLD7534 (full price, two discs, 1 hour 54 minutes). English texts included. Website www.halle.co.uk. Producer/Engineer Steve Portnoi. Engineers Niall Gault, Dermot Gault, Jeremy Oxley. Dates Live performances in the Bridgewater Hall, Manchester on May 5th, 2012 and in rehearsal

 

The Björling Sound: A Recorded Legacy
Stephen Hastings
Boydell and Brewer Ltd/University of Rochester Press (hardback, 438 pages, illustrated, ISBN 978-1-58046-406-2, £30.00/$49.95). Websites www.boydellandbrewer.com/www.urpress.com

 

 

 

 

 

Outstanding in the September 2012 edition

 

Bruckner     New
Symphony No. 8 in C minor (1890 version, ed. Nowak).
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra/ Jaap van Zweden.
Challenge Classics CC72549 (medium price, two discs, 1 hour 19 minutes). Website www.challenge records.com. Producer/Engineer Bert van der Wolf. Engineering NorthStar Recording Services BV. Dates August 25th-29th, 2011.

 

Schubert     New
String Quartets – No. 13 in A minor, D804, ‘Rosamunde’; No. 14 in D minor, D810, ‘Death and the Maiden’; No. 15 in G, D887.
Artemis Quartet (Natalia Prishepenko, Gregor Sigl, violins; Friedemann Weigle, viola; Eckart Runge, cello).
Virgin Classics 6 02512-2 (medium price, two discs, 2 hours 10 minutes). Website www.virginclassics. com  Producer Christoph Franke. Engineer Henri Thaon. Dates May and July 8th, 2009.

 

Inon Barnatan     New
Adès Darknesse Visible.
Debussy Suite bergamasque.
Ravel Gaspard de la nuit. La valse.
Stevenson Peter Grimes Fantasy.
Inon Barnatan (piano).
Avie AV2256 (full price, 1 hour 8 minutes). Website www.avie-records.com  Producer/Engineer Adam Abeshouse. Engineer Andy Ryder. Dates February 
8th-10th, 2010.

 

Brahms     New
25 Variations and Fugue on a Theme by G. F. Handel, Op. 24. 16 Waltzes, Op. 39. Six Piano Pieces, Op. 118.
Leon McCawley (piano).
Somm Céleste SOMMCD0116 (medium price, 1 hour 8 minutes). Website www.somm-recordings.
com  Producer Siva Oke. Engineer Ben Connellan. Dates January 10th and 11th, 2011.

 

F. Couperin     New
Pièces de clavecin, Seconde livre – Septième ordre; Huitième ordre. Pièces de clavecin, Quatrième livre – Vingt-cinqième ordre; Vingt-sixième ordre; Vingt-septième ordre.
Blandine Verlet (harpsichord).
Aparté AP036 (full price, 56 minutes). Website www.apartemusic.com. Producer Nicolas Batholomée. Engineer Hannelore Guittet. Dates November 12th-16th, 2011.

 

 

Stephen Hough’s French Album     New
Alkan La chanson de la folle au bord de la mer, Op. 31 No. 8^b. J. S. Bach Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV565 (arr. Alfred Cortot/Hough)^a. Keyboard Concerto No. 5 in F minor, BWV1056 – Arioso (arr. Cortot). Chabrier Mélancolie. Chaminade Automne, Op. 35 No. 2. Debussy Suite bergamasque – Clair de lune^b. Delibes Sylvia – Pizzicati (arr. Hough)^b. Fauré Nocturne No. 6 in D flat, Op. 63^b. Barcarolle No. 5 in F sharp minor, Op. 66^b. Improvisation in C sharp minor, Op. 84 No. 5^b. Impromptu No. 5 in F sharp minor, Op. 102^b. Liszt Réminiscences de Halévy’s ‘La juive’, S409a. Massenet Crépuscule (arr. Hough)^b. Poulenc Improvisation No. 8 in A minor. Mélancolie. Nocturne No. 4 in C minor, ‘Bal fantôme’. Ravel Miroirs – Alborada del gracioso.
Stephen Hough (piano).
Hyperion CDA67890 (full price, 1 hour 19 minutes). Website www.hyperion-records.co.uk  Producer Andrew Keener. Engineers Simon Eadon, ^aAndrés Villalta. Dates ^aJune 6th, 2009, ^bOctober 19th and 20th, 2010, May 23rd and 24th, 2011.

A Requiem for Josquin     New

Richafort Missa pro defunctis, ‘Requiem’.
Appenzeller Musae Jovis. Gombert Musae Jovis. Josquin Desprez Faulte d’argent. Miserere mei, Deus. Nymphes des bois/Requiem aeternam. Nymphes, nappés/Circumdederunt me. Vinders O mors inevitabilisa.
Cinquecento (Terry Wey, Jakob Huppmann, countertenors; Tore Tom Denys, Thomas Künne, tenors; Tim Scott-Whiteley, baritone; Ulfried Staber, bass, with aColin Scott Mason, baritone).
Hyperion CDA67959 (full price, 1 hour 10 minutes). French/Latin texts and English translations included. Website www.hyperion-records.co.uk  Producer Colin Scott Mason. Engineer Markus Wallner. Dates July 30th-August 1st, 2010.

 

Outstanding in the July/August 2012 edition

 

 

Jewish Cello Music New
Bloch Schelomo. Voice in the Wilderness. From Jewish Life (arr. Christopher Palmer).
Bruch Kol Nidrei: Adagio on Hebrew melodies, Op. 47.
Natalie Clein (cello); BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Ilan Volkov.
Hyperion CDA67910 (full price, 1 hour 1 minute). Website www.hyperion-records.co.uk  Producer Simon Kiln. Engineer Arne Akselberg. Dates September 7th and 8th, 2011.

 

 

Accordion Concertos New CD/SACD
A. Koppel Concerto Piccolo.
Lohse In Liquid … .
Nørgård Recall.
O. Schmidt Symphonic Fantasy and Allegro, Op. 20.
Bjarke Mogensen (accordion); Danish National Chamber Orchestra/Rolf Gupta.
Dacapo 6.220592 (full price, 57 minutes). Website www.dacapo-records.dk  Producer Claus Due. Engineer Peter Juul Kristensen. Dates April 12th-15th, 2011.

 

J. S. Bach New
Sonata for Violin and Continuo in E minor, BWV1023 (transcr. Boulanger/De Pasquale)^a. Sonatas for Viola da gamba and Harpsichord, BWV1027-29^a – No. 1 in G; No. 2 in D; No. 3 in G minor. Toccata in C minor, BWV911.
^aLucille Boulanger (bass viol); Arnaud De Pasquale (harpsichord).
Alpha ALPHA161 (full price, 1 hour 9 minutes). Website www.outhere-music.com/alpha. Producer/Engineer Aline Blondiau. Dates June 6th-9th, 2011.

 

D. Matthews New
Complete String Quartets, Volume 2.
String Quartets – No. 5, Op. 36^a; No. 12, Op. 114^b.
Kreutzer Quartet (Peter Sheppard Skaerved, Mihailo Trandafilovski, violins; Morgan Goff, viola; Neil Heyde, cello).
Toccata Classics TOCC0059 (full price, 1 hour 1 minute). Website www.toccataclassics.com  Producer Peter Sheppard Skaerved. Engineer Jonathan Haskell. Dates ^aJune 25th, 2010, ^bOctober 26th, 2011.

 

Martha Argerich and Friends New
Live from the Lugano Festival 2011.
Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 8 in G, Op. 30 No. 3^a. Haydn Piano Trio in C, Hob. XV/27^b. Liszt Concerto pathétique in E minor, S258^c. Mozart Sonata for Piano Duet in F, K497^d. Rachmaninov Trio élégiaque No. 2 in D minor, Op. 9^e. Ravel La valse^f. Piano Concerto in G^g. Schumann Fantasiestücke, Op. 73^h. Shostakovich Moscow, Cheryomushki, Op. 105 – Suite (arr. Curnall/transcr. Griguoli)ⁱ. Zarebski Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 34^j.
^acdfghjMartha Argerich (piano) with ^aeRenaud Capuçon, ^jLucia Hall, ^bAlissa Margulis, ^jDora Schwarzberg (violins); ^jLida Chen (viola); ^hjGautier Capuçon, ^eYan Levionnois, ^bJulian Steckel (cellos); ⁱCarlo Maria Griguoli, ^eDenis Kozhukhin, ^bPolina Leschenko, ^dCristina Marton, ⁱAlessandro Stella, ^fSergio Tiempo, ⁱGiorgia Tomassi, ^cLilya Zilberstein (pianos); ^gOrchestra della Svizzera Italiana/Jacek Kaspszyk.
EMI Classics 6 44701-2 (budget price, three discs, 3 hours 46 minutes). Website www.emiclassics.com  Producers/Engineers Ulrich Ruscher, except ^dMichael Rast, ^gWolfgang Möller. Date Live performances at the Lugano Festival in June 2011.

 

Liszt New
Années de pèlerinage, S160-63.
Bertrand Chamayou (piano).
Naïve V5260 (full price, three discs, 2 hours 30 minutes). Website www.naiveclassique.com  Producer Jean-Pierre Loisil. Engineers Thomas Dappelo, Vincent Mons. Date March, June and July 2011.

 

 

Weiss Dresden-Moskau. New
Lute Sonatas – No. 50 in B flat; No. 78 in D minor. Courante in D. Prelude in D.
Bernhard Hofstötter (lute).
Querstand VKJK1011 (full price, 1 hour 14 minutes). Website www.querstand.de. Producer/Engineer Martin Linde. Dates January 17th-20th, 2011

 

 

Céline Moinet New
C. P. E. Bach Sonata in A minor, Wq132 (H562). J. S. Bach Partita in A minor, BWV1013 (both arr. Moinet). Berio Sequenza VII. Britten Six Metamorphoses after Ovid, Op. 49. Carter Inner Song.
Céline Moinet (oboe).
Harmonia Mundi HMC902118 (full price, 1 hour 4 minutes). Website www.harmoniamundi.com  Producer Martin Sauer. Engineers Tobias Lehmann, Martin Litauer. Dates April and May 2011.

 

A. and G. Gabrieli New
‘A New Venetian Coronation (1595)’.
Gabrieli Consort and Players/Paul McCreesh.
Signum/Winged Lion SIGCD287 (full price, 1 hour 14 minutes). Latin texts and English translations included. Website www.gabrieli.com. Producer Nicholas Parker. Engineer Neil Hutchinson. Dates February 28th-March 1st, 2012.

 

 

Jackson Beyond the Stars. New
Sacred Choral Works, Volume 2.
Ah, mine heart. Ecce venio cito. 
Fanfare for St Mary’s. The Christ-child. The Glory of the Lord. Hymn to St Margaret of Scotland. In all his works. Jesu, Rex admirabilis. Justorum animae. The Land of Spices. Let us all rejoice in the Lord. Missa Sanctae Margaretae. Vidi aquam.
Choir of St Mary’s Cathedral, Edinburgh/ Duncan Ferguson with Nicholas Wearne (organ).
Delphian DCD34106 (full price, 1 hour 9 minutes). English/Latin texts and English translations included. Website www.delphianrecords.co.uk  Producer/ Engineer Paul Baxter. Dates September 15th-16 and November 22nd-24th, 2011.

 

Outstanding in the June 2012 edition

 

Aho New CD/SACD
Chamber Symphonies – No. 1; No. 2; No. 3^a.
^aJohn-Edward Kelly (alto saxophone); Tapiola Sinfonietta/Stefan Asbury, ^aJean-Jacques Kantorow.
BIS SACD1126 (full price, 57 minutes). Website www.bis.se Producer Hans Kipfer. Engineer Matthias Spitzbarth, ^aAndreas Ruge. Dates ^aOctober 2005, April 2009.

 

Bruckner New
Symphony No. 9 in D minor (performing version of the finale by Nicola Samale, John A. Phillips, Benjamin-Gunnar Cohrs and Giuseppe Mazzuca).
Berliner Philharmoniker/Simon Rattle.
EMI Classics 9 52969-2 (medium price, two discs, 1 hour 22 minutes). Website www.emiclassics.com Producer Christoph Franke. Engineers René Möeller, TomRussbüldt. Dates Live performances at the Philharmonie, Berlin on February 7th-9th, 2012.

 

Prokofiev New
Symphony No. 5 in B flat, Op. 100. The Year 1941, Op. 90.
São Paulo Symphony Orchestra/Marin Alsop.
Naxos 8.573029 (budget price, 1 hour). Website www.naxos.com Producer/Engineer Ulrich Schneider. Dates August 26th-31st, 2011.

 

 

The Romantic Piano Concerto 57 New
Wiklund Piano Concertos – No. 1 in E minor, Op. 10; No. 2 in B minor, Op. 17. Konsertstycke in C, Op. 1.
Martin Sturfält (piano); Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra/Andrew Manze.
Hyperion CDA67828 (full price, 1 hour 15 minutes). Website www.hyperion-records.co.uk Producer Andrew Keener. Engineers Simon Eadon, Dave Rowell. Dates September 21st-25th, 2010.

Fauré Chamber Music, Volume 1. New
Cello Sonatas – No. 1 in D minor, Op. 109; No. 2 in G minor, Op. 117. Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 120^a. Berceuse, Op. 16. Élégie, Op. 24. Romance, Op. 69. Papillon, Op. 77. Sérénade, Op. 98.
Éric Le Sage (cello); François Salque (piano) with ^aPaul Meyer (clarinet).
Alpha ALPHA600 (full price, 1 hour 14 minutes). Website www.outhere-music.com/alpha. Producer/Engineer Jean-Marc Lainé. Date March 2011.

 

Schubert New
String Quartets – No. 13 in A minor, D804, ‘Rosamunde’; No. 14 in D minor, D810, ‘Death and the Maiden’.
Wihan Quartet (Leos Cepicky, Jan Schulmeister, violins; Jirí Zigmund, viola; Ales Kasprík, cello).
Nimbus NI6189 (full price, 1 hour 20 minutes). Website www.wyastone.co.uk. Producer Jaroslav Rybár. Engineers Vacláv Roubal, Karel Soukeník. Date Live performances in the Convent of St Agnes, Prague on June 13th, 2011.

Song cycles New
Barber Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Op. 24.
Berlioz Les nuits d’été, H81.
Britten Les illuminations, Op. 18.
Anne-Catherine Gillet (soprano); Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège/Paul Daniel.
Aeon AECD1113 (full price, 1 hour 6 minutes). English/French texts and English translations included. Website www.outhere-music.com/aeon. Producer Aline Blondiau. Engineer Hugues Deschaux. Date September 11th, 2010.

 

Outstanding in the May 2012 edition
 

Boulez     New
Mémorialea. Dérive 1. Dérive 2.
aFabrice Jünger (flute); Ensemble Orchestral Contemporain/Daniel Kawka.
Naïve MO782183 (full price, 1 hour 3 minutes). Website www.naiveclassique.com  Producer Daniel Kawka. Engineer Antoine Mercier. Date June 2011.

 

 

Liszt     New
Piano Concertos^a – No. 1 in E flat, S124; No. 2 in A, S125. Totentanz – Paraphrase über ‘Dies irae’, S126^a. Orpheus, S98. Héroïde funèbre, S102.
^aDenis Matsuev (piano); Russian National Orchestra/Mikhail Pletnev.
RCA Red Seal 88697 98945-2 (medium price, two discs, 1 hour 29 minutes). Website www.sonymaster
works.com  Producer Philipp Nedel. Engineer Michael Brammann. Date August 2011.
 

Brahms     New
Works for Solo Piano, Volume 1.
Four Ballades, Op. 10 – No. 4 in B. Variations and Fugue on a Theme by G. F. Handel, Op. 24. Two Rhapsodies, Op. 79 – No. 1 in B minor; No. 2 in G minor. Sieben Fantasien, Op. 116 – No. 1, Capriccio in D minor; No. 3, Capriccio in G minor; No. 4, Intermezzo in E; No. 7, Capriccio in D minor. 
Three Intermezzos, Op. 117 – No. 1 
in E flat. Sechs Clavierstücke, Op. 118 – No. 2, Intermezzo in A; No. 5, Romance in F.
Barry Douglas (piano).
Chandos CHAN10716 (1 hour 18 minutes). Website www.chandos.net  Producer/Engineer Ralph Couzens. Dates November 10th and 11th, 2011.

 

Une Douceur violente    New
J. de Gallot Pièces in F minor and C – Allemande, ‘Tombeau de Mr le Prince 
de Condé’; Chaconne, ‘La Comète’; Gavotte, ‘La Quoquette’. Pièces in 
A minor – Prélude; Allemande, ‘Le Bout de l’Art de Mr Gautier’; Courante, 
‘La Cigogne’; Gigue, ‘Le Dogue d’Angleterre’; Sarabande, ‘La Pièce de huit heures’; Canarie, ‘Les Castagnettes’; Gavotte, ‘La Jalousée’; Folies d’Espagne. Les Plaintes de Psyché.
P. Gallot Pièces in G minor – Prélude; Apollon (from Lully’s ‘Le Triomphe de l’Amour’); Chaconne, ‘Gloire d’Atys’ (from Lully’s ‘Atys’); Air, ‘Sommes-
nous pas trop heureux, belle Iris’ 
(from Lully’s ‘Ballet de l’Impatience’).
Mouton Pièces in C – Allemande; Courante; Gavotte; Gavotte, ‘Vous 
savez l’amour extrème’ (from Lully’s ‘Ballet des Muses’); Menuet (from 
‘Le Triomphe de l’Amour’); Menuet (from Lully’s ‘Andromède’). Pièces 
in A minor – Prélude; Allemande, ‘Tombeau de Gogo’; Courante et Double; Sarabande, ‘La Princesse’; Chaconne.
Anthony Bailes (lute).
Ramée RAM1104 (full price, 1 hour 8 minutes). Website www.outhere-music.com. Producer/Engineer Rainer Arndt. Date June 2010.

Schubert Bei dir allein!    New CD/SACD
Gretchen am Spinnrade, D118. Am Tage aller Seelen, D343. Der Sänger am Felsen, D482. Frühlingsglaube, D686. Geheimes, D719. Suleika II, D717. Suleika I, D720. Der Zwerg, D771. Totengräbers Heimweh, D842. Zwei Szenen auf dem Schauspiel Lacrimas, D857. Bei dir allein!, D866 No. 2. Im Frühling, D882. An Silvia, D891. Heimliches Lieben, D922.
Camilla Tilling (soprano); Paul Rivinius 
(piano).
BIS SACD1844 (full price, 1 hour 2 minutes). 
German texts and English translations included. Website www. bis.se  Producer/Engineer Marion Schwebel. Date September 2010.

Hasse     New
Didone abbandonata – Sinfonia; Tu mi disarmi il fianco; Leon ch’errando vada; Chiama mi pur così; Cadrà fra poco in cenere. La Gelosia.
Porpora Artaserse – Or la nube.
Valer Barna-Sabadus (countertenor); Hofkapelle München/Michael Hofstetter.
Oehms Classics OC830 (1 hour 2 minutes). Italian texts and German translations included. Website www.oehmsclassics.de  Producer/Engineer Jakob Händel. Engineer Gerhard Betz. Date June 2011.

Mazzocchi La catena d’Adone.    New
Reinoud Van Mechelen (tenor) Adone; Luciana Mancini (mezzo) Falsirena; Merel Elishevah Kriegsman (soprano) Venere/Ninfa; Catherine Lybaert (soprano) Amore/Ninfa; Marie de Roy (soprano) Idonia/Ninfa; Dávid Szigetvári (tenor) Apollo/Pastore; Olivier Berten (baritone) Oraspe/Pastore; Scherzi Musicali/Nicolas Achten (baritone) Areste/Plutone/Pastore.
Alpha ALPHA184 (full price, two discs, 2 hours 12 minutes). Italian libretto and English/French translations included. Website www.outhere-music.com. Producer Julien Dubois. Engineer Rainer Arndt. Date October 2010.

 

Outstanding in the April 2012 edition

 

Beethoven New
Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, ‘Choral’.
Rebecca von Lipinski (soprano); Anna Grevelius (mezzo); Peter Wedd (tenor); Roderick Williams (baritone) CBSO Chorus; Manchester Camerata/Douglas Boyd.
Avie AV2245 (medium price, 1 hour 5 minutes). German texts and English translations included. Website www.avie-records.com  Producer Andrew Keener. Engineers Simon Eadon, Dave Rowell. Date January 2011.

 

Brahms New CD/SACD
Symphonies – No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68; No. 2 in D, Op. 73; No. 3 in F, Op. 90; No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98. Variations on a Theme of Haydn, Op. 56a. Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80. Tragic Overture, Op. 81.
Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra/Andrew Manze.
CPO 777 720-2 (medium price, three discs, 3 hours 31 minutes). Website www.cpo.de. Producer Lennart Dehn. Engineer Torbjörn Samuelsson. Dates 2009, 2010.
 

Chisholm New
Piano Concertos – No. 1, ‘Piobaireachd’; No. 2, ‘Hindustani’.
Danny Driver (piano); BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Rory Macdonald.
Hyperion CDA67880 (full price, 1 hour 9 minutes). Website www.hyperion-records.co.uk  Producer Andrew Keener. Engineers Simon Eadon, Dave Rowell. Dates June 8th and 8th, 2011.
 

 

Gubaidulina New
String Quartets – No. 1; No. 2; No. 3; No. 4. Reflections on the theme B-A-C-H.
Stamic Quartet (Jindrich Pazdera, Josef Kekula, violins; Jan Paruska, viola; Petr Hejny, cello).
Supraphon SU4078-2 (full price, 1 hour 3 minutes). Website www.supraphon.com. Producer Michal Macourek. Engineer Jan Lzicar. Dates June and August 2011.

 

Petits-Fours: Favourite Encores New
Debussy Beau soir. Dvorák Humoresque, B197 (Op. 101) – No. 7 in G flat^b. Elgar Chanson de nuit, Op. 15 No. 1. Chanson de matin, Op. 15 No. 2^a. La capricieuse, Op. 17. Falla Siete Canciones populares españolas – No. 5, Nana; No. 7, Polo. Godowsky Triakontameron – No. 11, Alt-Wien. Kreisler Caprice viennois, Op. 2^a. Mendelssohn Sech Gesänge, Op. 34 – No. 2, Auf Flügeln des Gesanges. Prokofiev The Love for Three Oranges, Op. 33 – March. Ravel Sonata for Violin and Piano (1923-27) – No. 2, Blues. Valses Nobles et sentimentales – Valse No. 6. Sarasate Spanische Tänze, Op. 23 – No. 1, Playera; No. 2, Zapateado. Schumann Kinderszenen, Op. 15^b – No. 1, Von fremden Ländern und Menschen; No. 2, Curiose Geschichte; No. 7, Träumerei. Album für die Jugend, Op. 68 – No. 30, Sehr langsam. Shostakovich Five Duets for Two Violins and Piano (compiled/arr. Levon Atovmian) – No. 1, Prelude. Suite for Variety Orchestra – No. 7, Waltz II^b (all arr. by members of the Brodsky Quartet).
Brodsky Quartet (Daniel Rowland, Ian Belton, violins; Paul Cassidy, viola; Jacqueline Thomas, cello) with ^aRobert Smissen (viola); ^bPhilip Edward Fisher (piano).
Chandos CHAN10708 (full price, 1 hour 6 minutes). Website www.chandos.net  Producer Jeremy Hayes. Engineer Jonathan Cooper. Dates September 7th and 8th, 2011.

Rafal Blechacz New
Debussy Pour le piano. Estampes. 
L’Isle joyeuse.
Szymanowski Piano Sonata No. 1 in C minor, Op. 8. Prelude and Fugue in C sharp minor.
Rafaπ Blechacz (piano).
DG 477 9548 (full price, 1 hour 2 minutes). Website www.deutschegrammophon.com  Producers Arend Prohmann, Matthias Spindler. Engineer Rainer Maillard. Date January 2011.

Song cycles New CD/SACD
Britten Serenade, Op. 31^a. Nocturne, Op. 60.
Finzi Dies natalis, Op. 8.
Mark Padmore (tenor); ^aStephen Bell (horn); Britten Sinfonia/Jacqueline Shave (violin). 
Harmonia Mundi USA HMU807552 (full price, 1 hour 18 minutes). English texts and French/German translations included. Website www.harmoniamundi.com  Producer Robina G. Young. Engineer Brad Michel. Date February 2011.

 

Cavalli Reissue
Vespro della Beata Vergine (from Musiche sacre, Venice, 1656).
Barbara Borden, Emily van Evera (sopranos); Rodrigo del Pozo (high tenor); Markus Brutscher, Mark Padmore, Gerd Türk (tenors); Harry van der Kamp, Peter Zimpel (basses); Concerto Palatino/Bruce Dickey, Charles Toet.
Glossa GCD922509 (medium price, two discs, two hours). From Harmonia Mundi HMC905219/.20. Latin texts and English/French/German translations included. Website www.glossamusic.com  Producer Pere Casulleras. Date November 1994.
 

Reliquie di Roma: Lamentarium New
Marazzoli Cadute erano al fine^ab. Già celebrato havea la regina^b. 
Mazzocchi Piangete occhi, piangete^ab.
Pasqualini Perchè dolce Bambinoa.
Rossi Oratorio per la Settimana Santa – conclusionab. Passacaglia del Seigneur Louigi. Peccantem me quotidie. Pender non prima vide^a. Spargete sospiri.
^aNadine Balbeisi (soprano); ^bTheodora Baka (mezzo); Atalante (Paulina van Laarhoven, Annalisa Pappano, Nora Roll, violas da gamba; Siobhán Armstrong, arpa doppia; Elizabeth Kenny, Andrew Maginley, chitarrones; Kristian Bezuidenhout, harpsichord)/Erin Headley (viola da gamba/lirone).
Destino Classics NI6152 (full price, 1 hour 7 minutes). Italian/Latin texts and English translations included. Website www.wyastone.co.uk/nrl. Producer/ Engineer John Hadden. Dates November 27th-30th, 2010.

 

 

Outstanding in the March 2012 edition
 

Nørgård New
Helle Nacht^a. Borderlines^a. Spaces in Timeb.
^aPeter Herresthal (violin); Stavangar Symphony Orchestra/Rolf Gupta with bIda Mo (piano).
BIS CD1872 (full price, 1 hour 8 minutes). Website www.bis.se  Producer Martin Nagorni. Engineer Fabian Frank. Date August 2010.

 

 

Ó’Riada New
Overture Olynthiac^a. The Banks of Sulán^a. Nomoi^a – No. 1, ‘Hercules Dux Ferrariae’; No. 4^c. Mise Éire – Orchestral Suite^b. Mná na hÉireann (orch. Noel Kelehan)^bd. Seoladh na nGamhan^a.
^dSeán Ó Sé (voice); ^cCathal Breslin (piano); ^aRTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, 
^bRTÉ Concert Orchestra/Robert Houlihan, ^dProinnsías Ó Duinn.
RTÉ lyric fm CD136 (full price, 1 hour 8 minutes). Website www.rte.ie/lyricfm. Producer Gary Cole. Engineer Anton Timoney. Dates ^dJune 24th, 1999, ^bNovember 10th-12th, 2004, ^aMay 30th-June 2nd, 2011.  

  

 

Ruders Volume 7. New
Symphony No. 4, ‘An Organ Symphony’^a. Trio Transcendentale^b. Songs and Rhapsodies^c.
^cFrode Andersen (accordion); ^aFlemming Dreisig, ^bNicholas Wearne (organs); ^cAthelas Sinfonietta Copenhagen (Karen Skriver Zarganis, flutes/piccolo; Andreas Fosdal, oboe/cor anglais; Anna Klett, clarinets; Thomas Ekman, horn; Signe Haugland, bassoon); ^aOdense Symphony Orchestra/Robert Minczuk.
Bridge BRIDGE9375 (full price, 1 hour 1 minute). Website www.bridge records.com  Producer David Starobin. Engineer Viggo Mangor. Dates June 7th, 8th, 10th and 11th, 2011.

 

 

Medtner New
Stimmungsbilder, Op. 1. Trois Improvisations, Op. 2. Quatre Morceaux, Op. 4. Drei Arabesken, Op. 7. Drei Dithyramben, Op. 10. Drei Novellen, Op. 17. Vier lyrische Fragmente, Op. 23. Trois Morceaux, Op. 31. Drei Hymnen an die Arbeit, Op. 49. Theme and Variations in C sharp minor, Op. 55. Zwei Elegien, Op. 59. Étude in C minor.

Hamish Milne (piano).

Hyperion CDA67851/2 (medium price, two discs, 2 hours 38 minutes). Website www.hyperion-records. co.uk  Producer Jeremy Hayes. Engineer Ben Connellan. Dates September 20th-22nd, 2010, March 10th-12th, 2011.

 

 

 

Josquin Desprez New
Missa ‘Ave maris stella’. Alma redemptoris mater/Ave regina caelorum a 4. Ave Maria a 4. Benedicta es, caelorum regina a 6. Illibata Dei virgo nutrix a 5. Salve regina a 5. Virgo prudentissima a 4. Virgo salutiferi a 5.
Weser-Renaissance Bremen/Manfred Cordes.
CPO777 590-2 (full price, 1 hour 8 minutes). Latin texts and English/German translation included. Website www.cpo.de. Producer Renate Wolter-Seevers. Engineer Burkhard Schmilgun. Dates January 8th-10th, 2010..

 

 

G. Gabrieli

Sacrae Symphoniae – Canzon septimi toni a 8. In Ecclesiis a 14. Monteverdi Gloria in excelsis Deo a 7, SV258. C. Pallavicino Confitebor tibi Domine. Peranda Fasciculus myrrhae. Praetorius Christ ist erstanden, Hallelujah. Schütz Vasto mar nel cui seno, SWV19. Ich danke dem Herrn, SWV34. Es steh Gott auf, SWV356. Jauchzet dem Herrn alle Welt, SWV493.
Amarcord; Cappella Sagittariana Dresden/Norbert Schuster.
Raumklang RKap10110 (full price, 1 hour 8 minutes). German/Latin texts and English/German translations included. Website www.raumklang.de. Producer/Engineer Michael Silberhorn. Dates October 25th-28th, 2010.

 

 

Outstanding in the February 2012 edition

Music for a Time of War New CD/SACD
Adams The Wound-Dresser^ab.
Britten Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 20.
Ives The Unanswered Question^c.
Vaughan Williams Symphony No. 4 in F minor.
^aSanford Sylvan (baritone); ^bJun Iwasaki (violin); ^cJeffrey Work (trumpet); Oregon Symphony/Carlos Kalmar.
PentaTone Classics PTC5186 393 (full price, 1 hour 18 minutes). English texts included. Website www.pentatonemusic. com  Producer Blanton Alspaugh. Engineers John Newton, Jesse Lewis. Dates Live performances in the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland, Oregon on May 7th and 8th, 2011.

 

Britten New
Violin Concerto, Op. 15^a. Double Concerto in B minor^ab. Lachrymae, Op. 48a^b.
^aAnthony Marwood (violin); ^bLawrence Power (viola); BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Ilan Volkov.
Hyperion CDA67801 (full price, 1 hour 4 minutes). Website www.hyperion-records.co.uk  Producer Andrew Keener. Engineers Simon Eadon, Dave Rowell. Dates January 12th and 13th, 2011. 
  
  

 

Kinsella New

Symphonies – No. 6^a; No. 7^b. Prelude and Toccata for String Orchestra^c. Cúchulainn and Ferdia: Duel at the Ford^d. 

^bNational Chamber Choir of Ireland; RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra/^acdProinnsías Ó Duinn, ^bGavin Maloney.
RTÉ lyric fm CD134 (full price, 1 hour 17 minutes). Website www.rte.ie/lyricfm. Producer Matthew Dilley. Engineer Anton Timoney. Dates Live performance on ^bFebruary 7th, 2007, studio recordings on ^aMay 27th and ^cOctober 22nd, 2009, ^dApril 26th, 2010

 

 

The Romantic Violin New
Concerto – 11
Reger Violin Concerto in A, Op. 101. Two Romances, Op. 50.
Tanja Becker-Bender (violin); Konzerthausorchester Berlin/Lothar Zagrosek.
Hyperion CDA67892 (full price, 1 hour 15 minutes). Website www.hyperion-records.co.uk  Producer Ludger Böckenhoff. Engineer Stephan Reh. Dates February 23rd-25th, 2011.

 

 

 

Dances to a Black Pipe New CD/SACD
Brahms Hungarian Dances, WoO1 – No. 1 in G minor; No. 12 in D minor; No. 13 in D; No. 21 in E minor (all arr. Göran Fröst). Copland Clarinet Concerto (original and revised codas)^a. G. Fröst Klezmer Dances. Hillborg Peacock Tales^b. Högberg Dancing with Silent Purpose. Lutoslawski Dance Preludes^c. Piazzolla Oblivion^d.
Martin Fröst (clarinet); ^acLucy Reeves (harp); ^cRichard Gleeson, ^cBrian Nixon (percussion); ^abcBenjamin Martin (piano); Australian Chamber Orchestra/Richard Tognetti (^dviolin).
BIS SACD1863 (full price, 1 hour 22 minutes). Website www.bis.se  Producer Hans Kipfer. Engineer Matthias Spitzbarth. Dates May and June 2011.

 

 

Delicias New/Reissue
Spanish delights for piano duo.
Chabrier España. Chaminade La Sévillane, Op. 19. Falla Noches en los jardines de España (arr. A. Bertram). Granados Goyescas – Quejas, ó la maja y el ruiseñor (arr. E. Bartlett/R. Robertson). Lecuona Malagueña (arr. G. H. Nash). Rimsky-Korsakov Capriccio espagnol, Op. 34^a. Rodrigo Concierto de Aranjuez – Adagio (arr. composer). Saint-Saëns Jota aragonese, Op. 64. Tárrega Gran Vals (arr. Goldstone).
Goldstone and Clemmow (Anthony Goldstone, Caroline Clemmow, piano duet).
Divine Art dda25101 (medium price, 1 hour 15 minutes). ^aFrom Gamut Classics GAMCD521. Website www.divine-art.co.uk. Producer/Engineer Anthony Goldstone. Producer ^aNigel Wilkinson. Engineer ^aKeith Warren. Dates ^a1990, 2011

 

 

Hannes Minnaar New
Rachmaninov Piano Sonata No. 1 in D minor, Op. 28.
Ravel Miroirs. Sonatine.
Hannes Minnaar (piano).
Et’Cetera KTC1432 (full price, 1 hour 19 minutes). Website www.etcetera-records.com Producer/Engineer Tom Peeters. Producers Paul Janse, Amienke Wytzes. Date June 2011

 

 

J.-H. Fiocco Petits Motets. New
Beatus vir. Benedicam Dominum. Jubilate Deo. Libera me Domine. Salve Regina.
Scherzi Musicali/Nicolas Achten (baritone/harpsichord/theorbo/archlute).
Musique en Wallonie MEW1054 (full price, 59 minutes). Latin texts and English/Flemish/French texts included. Website www.musiwall.ulg.ac.be. Producer/Engineer Manuel Mohino. Dates October 2nd-4th, 2009.

 

 

 

Telemann New
Emma und Eginhard, TVWV21:25 – Violin Concerto in A minor^b; Das Auge starrt, die Lippen beben; Erscheine bald du Irrlicht meiner Sinne; Steckt Mars den Degen ein. Der geduldige Sokrates, TVWV21:9 – Violin Concerto in C^b; Mir schmeichelt die Hoffnung; Mich tröstet die Hoffnung; Meine Tränen werden Wellen^a. Germanicus, TVWVdeest – Komm o Schlaf, und lass mein Leid. Der neumodische Liebhaber Damon, TVWV21:8 – Ach seht mich doch, geliebte Augen. Der unglückliche Alcmeon, TVWVdeest – Ach was für Qual und Schmerz^a. 
Nuria Rial (soprano); ^bJulia Schröder (violin); Kammerorchester Basel. 
Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 88697 92256-2 (full price, 1 hour). German texts and English/French/Italian translations included. Website www.sonymasterworks.com  Producer/Engineer Andreas Werner. Producer ^aCharles Suter. Dates October 29th-31st, 2010, ^alive performances at the Martinskirche, Basel on January 18th, 2011.

 

Outstanding in the January 2012 edition
 

Brian
Symphony No. 1 in D minor, ‘The Gothic’.
Susan Gritton (soprano); Christine Rice (mezzo); Peter Auty (tenor); Alastair Miles (bass); David Goode (organ); Bach Choir; BBC National Chorus of Wales; Brighton Festival Chorus; CBSO Youth Chorus; Côr Caerdydd; Eltham College Boys’ Choir; Huddersfield Choral Society; London Symphony Chorus; Southend Boys’ and Girls’ Choirs; BBC National Orchestra of Wales; BBC Concert Orchestra/Martyn Brabbins. 
Hyperion CDA67971/2 (medium price, two discs, 1 hour 55 minutes). Latin texts and English translations included. Website www.hyperion-records.co.uk  Producer Huw Thomas. Engineer Tim Thorne. Date Live performance at the Royal Albert Hall, London on July 17th, 2011.

 

Vivaldi Volume 2.
Bassoon Concertos – C, RV470; C, RV472; E flat, RV483; F, RV490; G minor, RV496; A minor, RV499; B flat, RV504.
Sergio Azzolini (bassoon); L’Aura Soave Cremona/Diego Cantalupi (archlute/Baroque guitar/lute/theorbo).
Naïve OP30518 (full price, 1 hour 17 minutes). Website www.naiveclassique.com  Producer/ Engineer Fabio Framba. Date April 201.

 

 

Pictures
Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition.
Janácek 1.X.1905, ‘From the Street, 1 October 1905’. 
Prokofiev Piano Sonata No. 7 in B flat, Op. 83.
Fazil Say (piano).
Naïve V5199 (full price, one CD and one DVD, 1 hour 6 minutes and 1 hour 20 minutes). DVD bonus includes Fazil Say in conversation. Website www.naiveclassique.com  NTSC. Region 0. DVD Producer Jean-Pierre Loisil. Audio Producer Laure-Casenave Péré. Video/Audio Engineer Thomas Dapello. Dates 2011. DVD filmed at a live performance at the MC2, Grenoble in February 2011.

 

Vivaldi
Concerto for Strings and Basso continuo in D minor, RV129, ‘Madrigalesco’. Concerto for Flute, Strings and Basso continuo in D minor, RV431a, ‘Il Gran Mogol’^b. Concerto for Violin, Cello,Strings and Basso continuo in B flat, RV547^cd. Laudate pueri, RV601^ab. Nulla in mundo pax, RV630^a.
^aElin Manahan Thomas (soprano); Bojan Cicic (^dviolin); ^cJennifer Morsches (cello); Florilegium/Ashley Solomon (^bflute).
Channel Classics CCSSA32311 (full price, 59 minutes). Italian/Latin texts and English translations included. Website www.channelclassics.com  Producer/Engineer C. Jared Sacks. Producer AshleySolomon. Dates April 4th-6th, 2011.

 

Patricia Petibon
Melancolia.
Bacri Melodías de la melancolía, Op. 119. Calleja/Barrera Emigrantes – Adiós Granada^a. Falla La vida breve – ¡Vivan los que rien!. Giménez La tempranica – La tarántula é un bicho mú malo (Zapateado). Granados Doce Tonadillas en un estilo antiguo – No. 6, El mirar de la maja; No. 10, La maja dolorosa II, ‘Ay majo de mi vida’ (both orch. Rafael Ferrer). Montsalvatge Cinco Canciones negras – No. 4, Canción de cuna; No. 5, Canto negro. Moreno Torroba La marchenera – Petenera. Nin Veinte Cantos populares españoles – Book 2, No. 8, El vito^a. Serrano La canción del olvido – Marinela, Marinela. Turina Poema en forma de canciones, Op. 19 – No. 3, Cantares. Villa-Lobos Bachianas brasileiras No. 5, A390 – Ária (Cantilena). Traditional Ogundé uareré^b. 
Patricia Petitbon (soprano); ^aDaniel Manzanas (guitar); ^abJoël Grare (percussion); ^bSusan Manoff (piano); Orquesta Nacional de España/Josep Pons.
DG 477 9447 (57 minutes). Spanish texts and English/French/German translations included. Website www.deutschegrammophon.com  Producer Arend Prohmann. Engineers Ulrich Vette, Mark Buecker. Date September 2010.

 

 

Pergolesi Adriano in Siria. 
Marina Comparato (soprano) Adriano; Lucia Cirillo (mezzo) Emirena; Annamaria dell’Oste (mezzo) Farnaspe; Nicole Heaston (soprano) Sabina; Stefano Ferrari (baritone) Osroa; Francesca Lombardi (soprano) Aquilio Tribuno. Livietta e Tracollo.
Monica Bacelli (soprano) Livietta; Carlo Lepore (bass) Tracollo; Accademia Bizantina/Ottavio Dantone (harpsichord).
Opus Arte OABD7098D/also available as DVD OA1065D (one Blu-ray/two DVDs, 3 hours 8 minutes). Bonus, Ottavio Dantone on Adriano in Siria (12 minutes). Subtitles in English/French/German/Italian/Spanish. Website www.opusarte.com. High Definition. 16:9 Anamorphic. DVD 9. Region 0. LPCM 2.0. DTS-HDMaster Audio Digital Surround. Stage Director Ignacio García. Video Director Tiziano Mancini. DVD Producer Johannes Müller. Dates Live performances at the Teatro G.B. Pergolesi, Jesi on June 8th and 12th, 2010.

 

 

Arias for Anna De Amicis
J. C. Bach Zanaida, T241 – Tortorella abbandonata; Mentre volgo intorno il piede. Borghi Il trionfo di Clelia – Tanto avezza alle sventure. Cafaro Antigono – E fra tante tempeste … Se balena. Gluck Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq30 – Qual vita è questa mai … Che fiero momento. Jommelli Armida abbandonata – Miser’Armida … Odio, furor, dispetto. Mozart Lucio Silla, K135 – Vanne, t’affretta … Ah se il crudel; In un istante … Parto, m’affretto; Sposo … mia vita … Frà i pensier; Dalla sponda tenebrosa. Myslive∂ek Romolo ed Ersilia – Sorprender mi vorresti; Basta così vincesti.
Teodora Gheorghiu (soprano); Les Talens Lyriques/Christophe Rousset.
Aparté AP021 (full price, 1 hour 17 minutes). Italian texts and French/English translations included. Website www.aparte.fr. Producer Nicolas Bartholomée. Engineers Koichiro Hattori, Emilie Ruby. Date November 2010.

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