Reviewed this month

 

Alphabetical listing of the works reviewed in the current issue.

Reviewer initials and page number follow the work.

 

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. Here in the Reviews Index the work is printed in red.

 

Composer
Work       Reviewer's initials      IRR page number 

* denotes Blu-ray or DVD review

Arensky

Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 32 RST 41

J. S. Bach

Christmas Oratorio, BWV248 NS 61

English Suites, BWV806-11

    No. 1 in A, BWV806 RM-W 53

    No. 3 in G minor, BWV808 RM-W 53

    No. 5 in E minor, BWV810 RM-W 53

Klagt, Kinder, klagt es alle Welt, BWV244a, ‘Köthener     Trauermusik’ (ed. Jourdain) PL 61

Orchestral Suite in D, BWV1068 – Air AM 28

Partita for Solo Violin No. 2 in D minor, BWV1004

      Chaconne (arr Mendelssohn/
  Milone) AM 28

Partita for Solo Violin No. 3 in E, BWV1006 – Gavotte en rondeau   (arr. Schumann/Milone) AM 28

Violin Concertos

    No. 1 in A minor, BWV1041 AM 28

    No. 2 in E, BWV1042 AM 28

Das wohltemperierte Clavier, BWV846-93 MJ 53

Becker

Organ Works MA 54

Beethoven

Complete Works for Cello and Piano NS 41

String Quartets Nos. 7-11 MJ 42

Berg

Lyric Suite RW 43

Boxberg

Sardanapalus CP 70

Brahms

Scherzo in C minor, WoO2 NS 43

Violin Sonatas

    No. 1 in G, Op. 78 NS 43

    No. 2 in A, Op. 100 NS 43

    No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108 NS 43

Brossard

Sonate en trio in D, SdB221 MR 62

Symphonies pour le Graduel

    SdB228 in G minor MR 62

    SdB229 in D MR 62

Brouwer

Concierto elegiaco (Guitar Concerto No. 3) MLDR 28

Carissimi

Historia di Jephte MR 62

Castelnuovo-Tedesco

Shakespeare Sonnets, Op. 125 IM 63

Cavalli

Elena* RP 71

Cervera-Brut

Works for Double Bass and Piano MA 43

Charpentier

Le Reniement de Saint Pierre, H424 MR 62

Sacrificium Abrahae, H402 MR 62

Chopin

Études, Op. 10 NAS 55

Études, Op. 25 NAS 55

Nocturne in C sharp minor, Op. posth.* DG 44

Clérambault

Miserere a 3 SH 63

Couperin

L’Art de toucher le clavecin
excerpts AP 56

Pièces de clavecin, Quatrième livre, Ordres 24-27 AP 56

F. Couperin

(3) Leçons de Ténèbres SH 63

Crosse

Variations for Oboe and Cello, ‘Little Epiphany’ PB-P 52

Debussy

Mélodies SRP 63

String Quartet in G minor
Andantino* DG 44

Dickinson

(4) Duos for Oboe and Cello PB-P 52

Dodgson

Quartet for Oboe and String Trio PB-P 52

Dvo∑ák

Piano Quintet No. 2 in A, B155* DG 44

Elgar

The Banner of Saint George, Op. 33 JW 64

Scenes from the Saga of King Olaf, Op. 30 JW 64

Geminiani

Concerto grosso in D minor, ‘La Follia’ (after Corelli) CP 29

The Inchanted Forest CP 29

Glazunov

Élégie in G minor, Op. 44 RST 51

Grieg

Lyric Pieces – excerpts MPT 56

Guastavino

Presencias, Las, No. 7, ‘Rosita Iglesia’ (transcr. Cohler) RST 44

Tonada y Cueca (transcr. Cohler) RST 44

Gubaidulina

So sei es WH 45

Handel

Armida abbandonata, HWV105 CP 29

Haydn

Piano Concertos

    Hob. XVIII/4 in G PB-P 30

    Hob. XVIII/11 in D PB-P 30

Piano Sonatas Nos. 33, 38, 54, 60 and 62 PB-P 30

Henderickx

Disappearing in Light RST 46

The Four Elements RST 46

Raga III RST 46

Hindemith

Alto Horn Sonata NS 46

Cello Sonata NS 46

Trombone Sonata NS 46

Trumpet Sonata NS 46

Violin Sonata in E NS 46

Horovitz

Chamber Works MLDR 47

Howells

Oboe Sonata PB-P 52

Jacob

(7) Bagatelles for Solo Oboe PB-P 52

Keiser

Pomona JTH 72

Kodály

Adagio RST 51

Koppel

Marimba Concertos Nos. 1-4 MA 31

P. S. to a Concerto MA 31

Koshkin

Bergen Concerto MLDR 28

Kreisler

Aucassin and Nicolette RST 51

Romance RST 51

Langlais

Messe solennelle NS 65

Liszt

Années de pèlerinage, deuxième année, ‘Italie’, S161

       excerpts PR 57

Piano Sonata in B minor, S178 PR 57

Romance oubliée, S132 RST 51

Mahler

Gesänge aus ‘Des Knaben Wunderhorn’

       Das irdische Leben MJ 31

       Lob des hohen Verstandes MJ 31

       Vorlorne Muh’! MJ 31

Symphonies

    No. 4 in G MJ 31

    No. 9 in D WH 32

Mazzoli

Isabelle Eberhardt Dreams of Pianos PR 60

Mendelssohn

Meeresstille und glückliche Fahrt, Op. 27 MJ 33

String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 13 RW 43

Symphony No. 2 in B flat, Op. 52, ‘Lobgesang’ MJ 33

Messiaen

O sacrum convivium NS 65

Milford

Chamber Works WH 48

Monteverdi

Vespro della Beata Vergine (1610) AO’C 65

Mozart

Adagio in B minor, K540 PR 58

Ch’io mi scordi di te?, K505 GR 33

Divertimento in F, K247, ‘Lodronische Nachtmusik’ MJ 35

Fantasia in C minor, K475 PR 58

Fantasia in D minor, K397 PR 58

La finta giardiniera, K196

    Geme la Tortorella JTH 72

Idomeneo, K366

    Andrò ramingo, e solo JTH 72

    Se mai pomposo apparse … Se il padre perdei JTH 72

Keyboard Works MPT 58

Lucio Silla, K135

    Vanne. T’affretta … Ah, se il crudel periglio JTH 72

Piano Concertos

    No. 14 in E flat, K449 GR 33

    No. 21 in C, K467 GR 33

Piano Sonatas

    No. 14 in C minor, K457 PR 58

    No. 18 in D, K576 PR 58

Serenade in D, K204/K213a MJ 35

Sinfonia concertante in E flat, K364/K320d MJ 34

Violin Concertos Nos. 1-5 MJ 34

Mussorgsky

Une Larme (arr. Krein) RST 41

Pictures from an Exhibition CA 59

Myslive∂ek

Artaserse

    Deh, respirar lasciatemi JTH 72

    Il pianto non trattengo …  Va tra le selve ircane JTH 72

Il Gran Tamerlano

    Odimi, qual tu sia … Nacqui   in seno alla sventura JTH 72

    Sento nel alma mia JTH 72

Medonte, re di Epiro

    Dov’è, ah dov’è, son io? … Adorata mia speranza JTH 72

Pärt

I Am the True Vine PQ 66

Magnificat PQ 66

(7) Magnificat-Antiphonen PQ 66

Nunc dimittis PQ 66

Tribute to Caesar PQ 66

Triodion PQ 66

Which Was the Son of … PQ 66

The Woman with the Alabaster Box PQ 66

Pott

Einzige Tage WH 48

Violin Sonata, ‘The Towers of Man’ WH 48

Poulenc

Dialogues des Carmélites, FP159* MP 73

(4) Motets pour un temps de pénitence, FP97 NS 65

(4) Petites Prières de Saint François d’Assise, FP142 NS 65

Prokofiev

Flute Sonata in D, Op. 94 (transcr. Cohler) RST 44

Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64 – Syute IJ 35

Rachmaninov

All-Night Vigil, Op. 37 RM-W 67

Trio élégiaque in G minor RST 41

Rameau

Daphnis et Églé* SH 74

Stage Works – excerpts CP 36

Saint-Saëns

Organ Works RM-W 59

Piano Quartet in B flat, Op. 41 MLDR 49

Piano Quartet in E MLDR 49

Schubert

Die Forelle, D550* DG 44

Lieder LB 67

AP 69

(6) Moments musicaux, D780 PR 60

Piano Quintet in A, D667, ‘Trout’* DG 44

Piano Sonata No. 20 in A, D959 PR 60

Schwanengesang, D957 LB 67

Winterreise, D911 JTH 68

    excerpts DG 44

Schumann

Études symphoniques, Op. 13 (inc. Appendix) NAS 55

Fantasie in C, Op. 17 CA 59

Gedichte der Königin Maria Stuart, Op. 135 AP 69

(3) Romanzen, Op. 94

    (transcr. Cohler) RST 44

Violin Sonata No. 1 in A minor, Op. 105

RST 44

Scriabin

Complete Mazurkas SRP 60

Shostakovich

Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor, Op. 67 RST 41

Sitt

(6) Albumblätter, Op. 39 RST 51

R. Strauss

Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30 CA 37

Arabella, Op. 79* MP 75

Aus Italien, Op. 16 CA 37

Don Juan MJ 37

Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40 MJ 37

Lieder AP 69

Stravinsky

Capriccio PJR 38

Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments PJR 38

Movements PJR 38

Petrushka (1946 version) PJR 38

The Rite of Spring

    (original 1913 and   1967 versions) NS 38

Suk

Complete Works for String Quartet RW 49

Suslin

1756 WH 45

Capriccio über die Abreise WH 45

Grenzübertritt WH 45

Mobilis WH 45

Sonata capricciosa WH 45

Vaughan Williams

Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis JW 39

Pastoral Symphony JW 39

(5) Variants of ‘Dives and Lazarus’ JW 39

The Wasps – Overtures JW 39

Veracini

Adriano in Siria JTH 76

Vierne

Messe solennelle, Op. 16 NS 65

(2) Pièces RST 51

Vieuxtemps

Cello Concertos

    No. 1 in A minor, Op. 46 PJR 39

    No. 2 in B minor, Op. 50 PJR 39

Élégie, Op. 30 RST 51

Villa-Lobos

Guitar Concerto, A501 MLDR 28

Wagner

Götterdämmerung* RP 76

Tristan und Isolde RP 78

Walton

Cello Concerto RM-W 40

Improvisations on an Impromptu of Benjamin Britten RM-W 40

Symphony No. 2 RM-W 40

Wieniawski

Rêverie in F sharp minor RST 51

Wolf

Goethe-Lieder – excerpts AP 69

Wright

String Quartets Nos. 1-4 WH 50

Ysaÿe

Méditation in B minor, Op. 16 PJR 39

Sérénade in A, Op. 22 PJR 39

Zemlinsky

Complete String Quartets RW 50

Collections

English Music for Oboe PB-P 52

Menahem Pressler
A 90th Birthday Celebration* PB-P 52

Romance oubliée RST 51

Book Reviews

Bernstein Meets Broadway: Collaborative Art   in Time of War

          by Carol J. Oja NS 80

Conducting for a New Era

          by Edwin Roxburgh RM-W 79

El Sistema – Orchestrating Venezuela’s Youth

          by Geoffrey Baker RM-W 81

Mozart – a life

          by Paul Johnson RM-W 79

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