Issue 60CF - Critics Forum 2013
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Issue 60CF - Critics Forum 2013
1/8/14 EOS Weekly Xpress News Outstanding 2013 reviews from our independent labels' where classical music matters Dear Friend & Music Lover, The Critics Forum for 2013 by label (alphabetical http imbedded in the logo) Carl Nielsen: Complete Symphonies 1-6 London Symphony Orchestra, Ole Schmidt ALC2505 3CD Tchaikovsky: Complete EIGHT Symphonies Symphonies (1,2,3,4,5,6,‘7’ & ‘Manfred’) Large Symphony Orchestra of Ministry of Culture, Russia (2-6 & Manfred), Gennadi Rozhdestvensky also: Large Symphony Orchestra, Moscow Radio / Vladimir Fedoseyev & Gennadi Cherkasov / Moscow State Symphony, Pavel Kogan / Moscow Radio Orchestra, Konstantin Ivanov / Russian State Cinematographic Orchestra, Sergei Skripka us4.campaign-archive2.com/?u=67cd47d0f52f9b3bba6233413&id=b2082406f9&e=69acce3b4c 1/16 1/8/14 EOS Weekly Xpress News ALC6003 6CD Shostakovich: The Great Symphonies: 4 ,5, 7, 8, 10 & 15 Symphony No. 4 in C minor, Op. 43, West German Radio Symphony Orchestra (WDR), Rudolf Barshai Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47, London Symphony Orchestra, Maxim Shostakovich / The Gadfly (excerpts), London Symphony Orchestra, Maxim Shostakovich / Symphony No. 7 in C major, Op. 60 'Leningrad', USSR State Symphony Orchestra, Konstantin Ivanov / Symphony No. 8 in C minor, Op. 65, Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra, Yevgeny Mravinsky / Symphony No. 10 in E minor, Op. 93, London Symphony Orchestra, Maxim Shostakovich / Symphony No. 15 in A major, Op. 141, The Moscow Philharmony, Kyril Kondrashin / Violin Concerto No. 2 in C sharp minor, Op. 129, David Oistrakh (violin), The Moscow Philharmony, Kyril Kondrashin ALC6004 6CD Grieg: Complete Symphonic Works Volume 3 In Autumn, Op. 11 / Lyric Suite, Op. 54 Lyric Pieces Op. 54: No. 6 - Bell-Ringing / Old Norwegian Romance with Variations / Sigurd Jorsalfar - three orchestral pieces, Op.56, WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, Eivind Aadland aud92669 us4.campaign-archive2.com/?u=67cd47d0f52f9b3bba6233413&id=b2082406f9&e=69acce3b4c 2/16 1/8/14 EOS Weekly Xpress News Schumann: Complete Symphonic Works Vol. I Symphony No. 1 in B flat major, Op. 38 'Spring' Overture, Scherzo, and Finale, Op. 52 Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 120 1841 original version WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, Heinz Holliger aud97677 Choirs of Angels: Music from the Eton Choirbook, Vol. 2 Browne, J: O Maria salvatoris mater2 Cornysh the elder: Ave Maria Mater Dei / Davy, R: Salve Jesu mater vera a 5 / Lambe: O Maria plena gracia a 6 / Wylkynson: Salve Regina The Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, Stephen Darlington AV2184 Inon Barnatan plays Schubert Piano Sonata No. 19 in C minor, D958 Piano Sonata No. 20 in A major, D959 Impromptu in G flat major, D899 No. 3 AV2283 us4.campaign-archive2.com/?u=67cd47d0f52f9b3bba6233413&id=b2082406f9&e=69acce3b4c 3/16 1/8/14 EOS Weekly Xpress News Shostakovich & Beethoven: String Quartets Beethoven: String Quartet No. 8 in E minor, Op. 59 No. 2 'Rasumovsky No. 2' Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 3 in F major, Op. 73 Valentin Berlinsky Quartet AV2273 American Mavericks Cowell, H: Synchrony / Piano Concerto, HC 440, Jeremy Denk (piano) Harrison, L: Concerto for Organ with Percussion Orchestra, Paul Jacobs (organ) Varèse: Amériques San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas SFS0056 John Musto:Piano Concerto No. 1 Odense Symphony Orchestra, Scott Yoo Piano Concerto No. 2 Greeley Philharmonic Orchestra, Glen Cortese Five Concert Rags: Regrets Five Concert Rags: No Stride John Musto (piano) BCD9399 us4.campaign-archive2.com/?u=67cd47d0f52f9b3bba6233413&id=b2082406f9&e=69acce3b4c 4/16 1/8/14 EOS Weekly Xpress News Benjamin Britten: Peace and Conflict Tony Britten & John Hurt James Gilchrist, Iain Burnside, Raphael Wallfisch, Ronan Collett, Benyounes String Quartet “Tony Britten's film amounts to far more than the sum of its parts, managing to avoid the potential pitfalls of such a mix throughout scrupulous research and faithfulness to its material. Truly revelatory.” CAP08 From a city window: Songs by Hubert Parry Ailish Tynan (soprano), Susan Bickley (mezzo), William Dazeley (baritone) & Iain Burnside (piano) DCD34117 Britten: Suites for cello solo, Nos. 1-3 Philip Higham (cello) DCD34125 us4.campaign-archive2.com/?u=67cd47d0f52f9b3bba6233413&id=b2082406f9&e=69acce3b4c 5/16 1/8/14 EOS Weekly Xpress News A Festival of Britten Rejoice in the Lamb, Op. 30 / Festival Te Deum in E, Op. 32 / Jubilate Deo in C major (1961) / Hymn to St. Peter, Op. 56a / Jubilate Deo in E flat major (1934) / Te Deum in C A Hymn to the Virgin / The Ballad of Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard (Text: The Oxford Book of Ballads) / 3 Two-Part Songs / A Ceremony of Carols, Op. 28 / Hymn to St Cecilia, Op. 27 / Fancie / Antiphon, Op. 56b / A Hymn of Saint Columba James Sherlock (organ, piano) & Vicky Lester (harp), National Youth Choirs of Great Britain DCD34133 (2CD) Ronald Stevenson: Piano Music L’Art nouveau du chant appliqué au piano, Volumes 1 and 2. Canonic caprice on ‘The Bat’. Three Contrapuntal Studies on Chopin Waltzes. Three Elizabethan Pieces after John Bull. Etudette d’après Korsakov et Chopin. Le Festin d’Alkan. Fugue on a Fragment of Chopin. Little Jazz Variations on Purcell’s ‘New Scotch Tune’. Melody on a Ground of Glazunov. Two Music Portraits. Norse Elegy for Ella Nygaard. Pensées sur des Préludes de Chopin. Prelude and Chorale (an Easter Offering). Ricordanza di San Romerio. Three Scottish Ballads – No. 1, ‘Lord Randal’. J. S. Bach Komm, süsser Tod, BWV478. Mozart Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K466 – Romanza. Fantasy in F minor, K608. Purcell Three Grounds. Hornpipe. The Queen’s Dolour (A farewell). Toccata. Ysaÿe Six Sonatas for Solo Violin, Op. 27 – No. 1 in G minor; No. 2 in A minor (all transcr. Stevenson). dda21372, three discs, 3 hours 37 minutes. BACH, J.S.: Transcriptions for 2 Harpsichords (Der Ewigkeit saphirnes Haus) Le Petit Concert Baroque Chani Lesaulnier, Nadja Lesaulnier, harpsichord duo. FB1205172 us4.campaign-archive2.com/?u=67cd47d0f52f9b3bba6233413&id=b2082406f9&e=69acce3b4c 6/16 1/8/14 EOS Weekly Xpress News Pärt: Te Deum Pilgrims' Song / Orient and Occident Nunc dimittis / Fratres for string orchestra and percussion Te Deum Gordan Nikolić (violin) Netherlands Chamber Choir & Orchestra, Risto Joost GLO5252 Lost Generation Schulhoff: Double Concerto for Flute, Piano and String Orchestra with Two Horns / Sonata for Flute and Piano / 3 Pieces For String Orchestra, Op. 6 Tausky:Coventry - A Meditation for String Quartet Ullmann, V: Chamber Symphony, Op. 46a Ulrike Anton, Russell Ryan English Chamber Orchestra, David Parry GRAM98964 Volkmar Andreae: Piano Concerto, Violin Concerto and other works Piano Concerto in D / Konzertstück in B minor, for Piano and Orchestra, Fali Pavri (piano) Violin Concerto in F minor, Op. 40 Rhapsodie for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 32 Christian Altenburger (violin) Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Marc Andreae GMCD7394 us4.campaign-archive2.com/?u=67cd47d0f52f9b3bba6233413&id=b2082406f9&e=69acce3b4c 7/16 1/8/14 EOS Weekly Xpress News Baroque Oboe Concertos Albinoni: Concertos for Solo Oboe Handel: Oboe Concertos and Sonatas Georg Philip Telemann: Oboe Concertos Vol. 1 Concerto in E flat / Oboe Concertos Vol. 2 / Concerto in D minor London Harpsichord Ensemble Sarah Francis, Oboe HTGCD400 4CD Viktor Ullmann: Piano Sonatas 4, 5, 6 & 7 Piano Sonata No. 4, Op. 38 Piano Sonata No. 5, Op. 45 Piano Sonata No. 6, Op. 49 Piano Sonata No. 7 Maria Garzon (piano) HTGCD246 Aperghis: Contretemps, Parlando, Seesaw, Teeter-totter Contretemps, Donatienne Michel-Dansac (soprano), Emilio Pomarico / Parlando, Uli Fussenegger (double bass), Sylvain Cambreling / Seesaw, Sylvain Cambreling / Teeter-totter, Emilio Pomarico Klangforum Wien KAI1322 us4.campaign-archive2.com/?u=67cd47d0f52f9b3bba6233413&id=b2082406f9&e=69acce3b4c 8/16 1/8/14 EOS Weekly Xpress News Robert de Visée: Confidences Galantes Suite for Theorbo in E minor Suite for Theorbo in B minor Suite in G minor Suite for Theorbo in D major Fred Jacobs (French theorbo) METCD1089 Herbert, V: Eileen-A Romantic Comic Opera Andrew Ashwin (Shaun Dhu), Dean Power (Dinny Doyle), Lynda Lee (Lady Maude Estabrooke), Eamonn Mulhall (Barry O'Day), Philip O’Reilly (Colonel Lester), Mary O’Sullivan (Eileen Mulvaney), Joe Corbett (Sir Reginald Stribling), Karl Harpur (Humpy Grogan/Lanty Hackett), Rachel Kelly (Rosie Flynn/Marie) Orchestra of Ireland, David Brophy NW80733 Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Volume 2 Piano Sonata No. 4 in E flat major, Op. 7 Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2 ‘Moonlight' Piano Sonata No. 24 in F sharp major, Op. 78 Fantasia in G minor, Op. 77 Jonathan Biss (piano) ONYX4094 us4.campaign-archive2.com/?u=67cd47d0f52f9b3bba6233413&id=b2082406f9&e=69acce3b4c 9/16 1/8/14 EOS Weekly Xpress News Franck & Strauss: Violin Sonatas Franck, C:Violin Sonata in A major / Mélancolie for piano and violin in E minor / Prélude, Fugue et Variation Op. 18 arrangement by Augustin Dumay and Louis Lortie Strauss, R:Stimmungsbilder for Piano Op. 9 : No. 1 Auf stillen Waldespfad transcr. Heifetz Violin Sonata in E flat major, Op. 18 Augustin Dumay (violin) & Louis Lortie (piano) ONYX4096 Der Himmlische Leben-Liszt and Mahler Liszt:Der Fischerknabe, S.292 No. 1 / Der Hirt, S.292a/2 / Der Alpenjäger / O quand je dors (Hugo), S282 / Die Lorelei Mahler: Urlicht (orig. in Des Knaben Wunderhorn) / Rheinlegendchen (Des Knaben Wunderhorn) / Um schlimme Kinder artig zu machen (Lieder und Gesänge aus der Jugendzeit) / Verlorne Müh' (Des Knaben Wunderhorn) / Ich ging mit Lust (Lieder und Gesänge aus der Jugendzeit) / Ablösung im Sommer (Lieder und Gesänge aus der Jugendzeit) / Wo die schönen Trompeten blasen (Des Knaben Wunderhorn) / Nicht wiedersehen (Lieder und Gesänge aus der Jugendzeit) / Das himmlische Leben Subscribe Share Past Issues Anne Schwanewilms (soprano) & Charles Spencer (piano) Translate ONYX4103 Shostakovich & Rachmaninov: Cello Sonatas Rachmaninov:Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 19 Vocalise, Op. 34 No. 14 arr. L. Rose Shostakovich:Viola Sonata, Op. 147 arr. D. Shafran Leonard Elschenbroich (cello) & Alexei Grynyuk (piano) ONYX4116 us4.campaign-archive2.com/?u=67cd47d0f52f9b3bba6233413&id=b2082406f9&e=69acce3b4c 10/16 1/8/14 EOS Weekly Xpress News Pascal & Ami Rogé play Debussy & Ravel Debussy:La Mer arrangement for two pianos / Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune arrangement for two pianos / Fête galante arrangement for two pianos Ravel: Rapsodie Espagnole (for 2 pianos) / Ma Mère l'Oye arrangement for two pianos Saint-Saëns:Scherzo for 2 Pianos, Op. 87 Pascal Rogé & Ami Rogé (pianos) ONYX4117 British Opera Overtures Balfe:The Siege of Rochelle: Overture / Le Puits D’Amour: Overture / Barnett, John: The Mountain Sylph: Overture Benedict: The Lily of Killarney: Overture / Loder: The Night Dancers: Overture / MacFarren, G: She Stoops to Conquer: Overture / Thomas, Arthur Goring: The Golden Web: Overture / Wallace, W V: Lurline: Overture / The Amber Witch: Overture / Love’s Triumph prelude Victorian Opera Orchestra, Richard Bonynge SOMM0123 Elgar: The Longed-for Light-Elgar's Music in Wartime Polonia / Carillon, Op. 75 for speaker & orchestra, Simon Callow (speaker) / Sospiri, Op. 70 / Une Voix dans le Désert for speaker, soprano & orchestra, Simon Callow (speaker) & Susan Gritton (soprano) / Carissima / Le Drapeau Belge for speaker & orchestra, Simon Callow (speaker) / Rosemary / The Sanguine Fan, Op. 81 / Sursum corda BBC Concert Orchestra, John Wilson SOMM0247 us4.campaign-archive2.com/?u=67cd47d0f52f9b3bba6233413&id=b2082406f9&e=69acce3b4c 11/16 1/8/14 EOS Weekly Xpress News Ghirlanda Sacra Venezia, 1625 Complete Edition Ensemble Primi Toni, Nicola Lamon “There is something to be said for the straightforward wartsand-all honesty of the natural sound, and this is a useful reference tool for early-17th-century Venetian church music beyond Monteverdi.” TC620080, three discs Matthew Taylor: Viola Concerto & Symphony Viola Concerto, Humoreskes, Op. 41 Sarah-Jane Bradley (viola) Symphony No. 2, Op. 10 BBC Symphony Orchestra, Garry Walker TOCC0175 Glanville-Hicks: Sappho Deborah Polaski (Sappho), Martin Homrich (Phaon), Scott MacAllister (Pittakos), Roman Trekel (Diomedes), Wolfgang Koch (Minos) & John Tomlinson (Kreon) Orquestra Gulbenkian and Coro Gulbenkian, Jennifer Condon TOCC1545 2CD us4.campaign-archive2.com/?u=67cd47d0f52f9b3bba6233413&id=b2082406f9&e=69acce3b4c 12/16 1/8/14 EOS Weekly Xpress News Alkan: Complete Recueils de Chants, Volume One Premier recueil de chants, Op. 38 Deuxième recueil de chants, Op. 38 Troisième recueil de chants, Op. 65 Une fusée - Introduction et Impromptu, Op. 55 Stephanie McCallum (piano) TOCC0157 Heino Eller: Complete Piano Music Volume 3 Ten Lyric Pieces Study in A flat major Study in G flat major (1919) Study in G flat major (1917) Preludes Piano Sonata No. 4 Sten Lassmann (piano) TOCC0161 Adolf Busch: Chamber Music for Clarinet and Strings Hausmusik: Duet No. 1, Op. 26a / Serenade in A major, Op. 53b / Bagatelles (7), Op. 53a / Suite in F major, Op. 62a / Variations on an Original Theme in F, Op. 53c / Romanze, Op. 53d / Humoreske in A major, BoO 15 Bettina Beigelbeck (clarinet), Busch Kollegium Karlsruhe TOCC0085 us4.campaign-archive2.com/?u=67cd47d0f52f9b3bba6233413&id=b2082406f9&e=69acce3b4c 13/16 1/8/14 EOS Weekly Xpress News Center: Piano Music Piano Sonata / Six Bagatelles, Op. 3 / Andante, Sarabande & Air / Pantomime / Larghetto / Sonatine / Hommage / Three Etudes / Impromptu / Three Movements for Piano Christopher Guild (piano) TOCC0179 Julius Burger: Two Songs for Baritone and Orchestra: Stille der Nacht, Legende / Cello Concerto Scherzo for Strings / Variations on a Theme by Karl Philipp Emanuel Bach Michael Kraus (baritone) & Maya Beiser (cello) Radio Symphony Orchestra, Berlin, Simone Young "...listening to Bürger, there are truly passages where you’d swear this was something by Mahler—perhaps a heretofore lost sixth song from Kindertotenlieder—but as the music progresses, it becomes more operatic in style. The voice soars in mounting ecstasy as the orchestral accompaniment resolves into evermore tonal harmony. The climax is like the coming together of Wagner, Richard Strauss, and Korngold in radiant rhapsodic rapture. If you’re into orchestral songs of indescribable romantic richness and effusion, you cannot be without this CD." TOCC0001 Mahler: Symphony No. 8 in E flat major 'Symphony of a Thousand' Janina Baechle, Lioba Braun, Michaela Kaune, Marisol Montalvo, Manuela Uhl, Albert Dohmen, Michael Nagy & Stefan Vinke Chor der Bamberger Symphoniker, Tschechischer Philharmonischer Chor, Windsbacher Knabenchor & Bamberger Symphoniker, Jonathan Nott SACD7192 us4.campaign-archive2.com/?u=67cd47d0f52f9b3bba6233413&id=b2082406f9&e=69acce3b4c 14/16 1/8/14 EOS Weekly Xpress News Mahler: Symphony No. 6 in A minor 'Tragic' Bamberger Symphoniker, Jonathan Nott “It's not only as compelling as this team's Seventh and Ninth Symphonies, it also counts among the most bracing, revelatory Sixths on disc...The all-embracing theatricality is equal to Leonard Bernstein's first New York recording...the torrents around the fallout from the hammerblows of fate in the colossal finale.” SACD7191 “...as a collective entity, it can stand with the best of those to have emerged in the CD era.” Richard Whitehouse I was glad: Sacred Music by Stanford & Parry Parry:Jerusalem orch. Elgar / Blest Pair of Sirens / Te Deum (Coronation) / I was glad version for 1911 Coronation Stanford: Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis in A, Op. 12 / Evening Service (Magnificat & Nunc dimittis) in G major, Op. 81 Carolyn Sampson & David Wilson-Johnson Magnificat and Nunc dimittis in B flat / Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis in C, Op. 115 The King’s Consort & Choir of The King’s Consort, Robert King VIVAT101 Couperin, F: Trois Leçons de Ténèbres / Motet pour le jour de Pâques / Magnificat / Marais, M: Tombeau pour Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe, Susanne Heinrich (viol) / Chaconne in A major, Susanne Heinrich (viol) Sainte Colombe the younger: Prelude in E minor, Susanne Heinrich (viol), Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Marianne Beate Kielland (mezzo), Lynda Sayce (theorbo), Robert King (chamber organ) / King's Consort, Robert King VIVAT102 us4.campaign-archive2.com/?u=67cd47d0f52f9b3bba6233413&id=b2082406f9&e=69acce3b4c 15/16 1/8/14 EOS Weekly Xpress News Beethoven: Quartets Opus 18, Volume 1 String Quartet No. 3 in D major, Op. 18 No. 3 String Quartet No. 4 in C minor, Op. 18 No. 4 String Quartet No. 5 in A major, Op. 18 No. 5 Allegri String Quartet VIVAT103 Monteverdi: Heaven and Earth Toccata (L'Orfeo) L'Orfeo: 'Dal mio Parnasso amato' / Zefiro torna / Ohimè, dov'è il mio ben (Book 7) / Chiome d'oro (Book 7) / Addio Roma! (from L'incoronazione di Poppea) / A Dio, Florida bella (Book 6) / Interrotte speranze / Lamento d'Arianna 'Lasciatemi morire' / Possente Spirto (from l'Orfeo) / O come sei gentile / Lamento della Ninfa (Book 8) / Cruda Amarilli (Book 5) / Hor che'l ciel e la terra (Book 8) The King’s Consort VIVAT104 Under the flag are the links to our retail & on-line partners forward to a friend Copyright © 2014 EOS Music, All rights reserved. unsubscribe from this list | update subscription preferences us4.campaign-archive2.com/?u=67cd47d0f52f9b3bba6233413&id=b2082406f9&e=69acce3b4c 16/16