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March 2016 Newsletter
S
ome of the most eloquent music has been inspired by the liturgical season that starts with Lent and leads to Easter. Harmonia
Mundi has a particularly relevant set of releases this month, including Bach’s St John Passion conducted by René Jacobs and a
disc of music for Easter spanning five centuries from Clare College Choir. On the Glossa label, a new disc from La Compagnia
del Madrigale centred on Monteverdi’s Il pianto della Madonna is hotly anticipated, while Bach’s reworking of Pergolesi’s Stabat
Mater to the text of Psalm 51 has proved a hit with MMM staff. All these and many more are on special promotion until the end of
April. Also on offer is a selection of titles on the Hallé label, and a range of early music recordings from Warner Classics featuring
artists such as Alison Balsom, Philippe Jaroussky and Christina Pluhar. Click here to go to our offer sheets - and don’t miss our
reviews, which cover some splendid new releases, including ideal listening for Lent in Magnificat’s Scattered Ashes.
New Releases
Isserlis plays Elgar and Walton
Elgar’s ubiquitous but well-loved Cello Concerto was first recorded by Steven Isserlis in the late 1980s.
Recorded anew, it is contrasted here with Walton’s heartwarming Cello Concerto and other works by
Gustav Holst (Invocation) and his daughter Imogen (The fall of the leaf). Paavo Järvi presides over the
Philharmonia Orchestra in this feast of 20th-century English music.
Release date: 26 February
Hyperion CDA68077
£12.99 / £11.69
Dunedin Consort Bach Double
The Dunedin Consort adds to its extremely distinguished Bach discography this month. John Butt has
chosen his leader Cecilia Bernardini as soloist for the two Violin Concertos, and another violinist from the
ensemble, Huw Daniel, as her partner in the famous Concerto for Two Violins. Cecilia’s father, Alfredo,
brings his wealth of experience to bear on the Concerto for Oboe, Violin and Strings. Recorded in Linn’s
typically excellent sound at Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh, this is one not to miss!
Release date: 18 March
Linn CKD519
£13.99 / £12.59
Donizetti Le Duc d’Albe
This rare opera receives the special treatment from Opera Rara. After the recent success of the same
composer’s Les Martyrs, Sir Mark Elder conducts a cast that once again features Michael Spyres as the
leading man, as well as the American soprano Angela Meade in her debut recording for the label. Expect
terrific playing from The Hallé and full-voiced singing from the Opera Rara chorus.
Release date: 26 February
Opera Rara ORC54 (2CD) £31.99 / £28.79
Honegger & Ibert L’Aiglon première
This rather intriguing release from Decca celebrates their revived partnership with the Montreal Symphony.
The music is an operetta jointly written by Honegger and Ibert, first performed in 1937, and presented in
full on CD here for the first time. The orchestra’s new principal conductor Kent Nagano conducts in their
new home, the Maison Symphonique de Montréal.
Release date: 4 March
Decca 4789502 (2CD) £19.99 / £17.99
La Compagnia del Madrigale
After discs of Gesualdo and Marenzio (one of which won Gramophone’s Early Music award in 2014), the
rich sonorities of La Compagnia del Madrigale are now heard on sacred and secular works by Monteverdi.
The centrepiece is a spiritual version of the famous Lamento d’Arianna in a specially-prepared polyphonic
reworking for the group.
Release date: 11 March
Glossa GCD922805
£16.99 / £15.29
Barenboim and Argerich duos
Two of the world’s greatest living pianists feature here in a live concert recording from the Teatro Colón in
Buenos Aires - the city where both of these artists were born. A similar release from Berlin in 2014 was a
piano highlight of that year. This disc, containing Bartok’s Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion and works
by Debussy and Schumann, looks set for similar success.
Release date: 11 March
DG 4795563
£15.99 / £14.39
Handel at Vauxhall, Volume 1
London Early Opera’s Handel series continues with this release of works both fêted and forgotten by
Handel and his contemporaries Thomas Arne and John Hebden. As in the previous instalment, Handel in
Italy Volume 1, Sophie and Benjamin Bevan are part of a stellar cast of singers, conducted by Bridget
Cunningham.
Release date: 11 March
Signum SIGCD428
£15.99/ £14.39
More Elgar from Berlin
Daniel Barenboim and his Staatskapelle Berlin orchestra have proved their Elgarian credentials in two of
the best Elgar releases of recent years - the Cello Concerto with Alisa Weilerstein (2013) and Symphony No.
2 (2014). Keeping the same formula, this recording from the Philharmonie, produced by Andrew Keener,
gives a tempestuous account of Symphony No. 1.
Release date: 11 March
Decca 4789353 £15.99 / £14.39
L’Histoire du Soldat in English
Naxos release a welcome budget-priced recording of Stravinsky’s driving morality tale, in its English
version by Michael Flanders and Kitty Black. JoAnn Falleta conducts.
Release date: 26 February
Naxos 8573537
£ 6.99 / £ 6.29
The story of The Rite of Spring
This new documentary film by Peter Rump explores the Rite through the perspective of Valery Gergiev as
he rehearses, performs and discusses the work. There are also contributions from Pierre Boulez, Alexander
Toradze and others. Rare archive footage includes Stravinsky himself conducting the work and discussing
its premiere.
Release date: 26 February
Arthaus 109210 (DVD)
£17.99 / £16.19
Arthaus 109211 (Blu-ray) £17.99 / £16.19
Reviews
Elgar Cello Concerto Walton Cello Concerto. Holst, G Invocation. Holst, I The fall of the leaf
Isserlis; Philharmonia Orchestra / P Järvi
Hyperion CDA68077 £12.99 / £11.69
Writing about a disc so wonderfully British, I could easily spend this review chatting to you about what a jolly
good chap Steven Isserlis is, and what a stonkingly good job he makes of Elgar’s Cello Concerto (which,
incidentally, he is and does) and then I could quickly re-cap everything you probably already know about the
fascinating history of the work. However, I wouldn’t be able to forgive myself for not using this review space to
talk about the rest of the disc. So here goes:
I can only describe listening to Gustav Holst’s Invocation as one of those rare musical experiences whereby
the music is so engaging and so immersive that I lost all sense of reality, and my imagination completely consumed all sense of
corporeal thought! Apparently composed around the same time as his work into Hindu Sanskrit and the Rig Veda, you can really sense
this connection and the piece sparkles with the ethereal glow of a meteorite shower at a beautiful sunset.
Walton’s Cello Concerto has similar moments, using the same colour palette of sparkling midnight blue and deep blood red. The
piece starts with the dissonant ‘tick-tock’ of a pendulum wall clock, immediately inspiring images of dark, fairy tale-like foreboding.
As it develops, however, Isserlis seamlessly navigates the story through the treacherous first and second movements, and a sprinkle of
celeste and harp every now and again guide his journey like hidden spirits. However, as we finally reach a glimpse of light at the close
of the work, a short echo of the tick tock motif reminds us that the journey is definitely not over. Thrilling.
For those of you who are Imogen Holst fans (raise your hands), The fall of the leaf is deeply introspective and engaging from start to
sudden finish, highlighting once again just how wrongfully we have cast her in the shadow of her father.
Not only do I wholeheartedly advocate the disc, but I urge you to take 73 minutes to sit down, listen to it, and let your imagination paint
the scenes of whatever worlds are inspired. WT
Handel arr. Mendelssohn Israel in Egypt
Soloists; The King’s Consort & Choir / King
Vivat VIVAT111 (2CD) £12.99 / £11.69
[Release date 18/03/2016]
The premise of this disc is appealing but one wonders if it’s too niche to be really worthwhile: a reconstruction
of a concert in Düsseldorf in 1833, in which Mendelssohn conducted his own idiosyncratic edition of Handel’s
Israel in Egypt. Fortunately, this recording is compelling, addictive, and of unquestionably high quality. Robert
King has spent almost two years preparing the music, taking into account the forces available to Mendelssohn
and how his orchestra would play, to recreate what would have been heard at the Düsseldorf ‘premiere’.
Interestingly, this isn’t the first recording to do this. Hermann Max made a live recording in 2001 with his Rheinische Kantorei & Das Kleine
Konzert, released by CPO in 2009 (still available), using similar musicological approaches to cobble together a performing version.
Whilst that recording is a worthwhile comparison, it simply doesn’t match the energy and excitement inherent in King’s account.
So why should we even be bothered about Mendelssohn’s version? For a start, there’s an outrageous overture which is pure early 19thcentury orchestral flair. Mendelssohn rewrote parts of his Trumpet Overture, Op. 101, adding extra instruments to thicken the texture,
and the result, as played by The King’s Consort, is thrilling. His text is a German translation of the original English, giving extra bite to the
Old Testament description of the exodus and numerous plagues. Arias are added, choruses are cut, extra recitatives are composed.
All in all, substantial changes which make this version worth hearing in its own right. The King’s Consort and its Choir are on top form,
and the intelligent choice of soloists seem to just ‘fit’ with this work. Notably good sound from Vivat, too – the balance of the different
instrumental groups is nigh-on perfect. Information about the instruments, full sung texts, plus two essays in the booklet make this a
wonderful all-round release, and at this bargain price, it’s certainly something worth exploring. MS
Monteverdi Vocal works
Kožená; La Cetra / Marcon
DG 4794595
£15.99 / £14.39
La Cetra’s joyous instrumental playing and the sensuous, intertwining voices of Magdalena Kožená and Anna
Prohaska that open this disc merely hint at the surfeit of pleasures to come.
Kožená has much experience in this area of repertoire, having paired up with a lutenist to perform baroque
and renaissance music at the age of sixteen. Her 2010 recording, Letter Amorose, demonstrated her flair for
communicating the essence of Italian baroque texts. This Monteverdi disc builds on that success.
The vocal works, many of them well-known, cover a vast array of mood and emotion – just listen to Zefiro torna,
one of three Scherzi Musicali found here, with the two voices rising and falling like the wind, the closing lines a feast of ornamented
duetting. The other two Scherzi dance and whirl passionately, with the cornetto player’s virtuosic runs almost stealing the show in the
former.
Two of Ottavia’s arias from L’Incoronazione de Poppea reveal Kožená’s power to get to the very heart of a character, commanding
and regal as the spurned wife, then consumed by grief as she bids farewell to her beloved Rome.
Lamento della ninfa benefits from a male chorus who prove truly expressive partners for Kožená in Monteverdi’s portrayal of the
nymph’s stark, tortured sorrow and emotions ranging from the sweetness of a lover’s kisses to the searing agony of betrayal.
Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda is the most substantial work on the disc. One of Monteverdi’s Songs of War from the Eighth
book of madrigals, it involves a substantial role for the narrator and minor roles for the knight Tancredi and his lover Clorinda, whom he
fails to recognise on the battlefield with tragic results. Somewhat unusually, Kožená takes on all three roles – to stunning effect. If you’ve
ever found it difficult to appreciate this work, this gripping, dramatic account with its vivid sound effects is sure to convert you.
Three catchy instrumental items by Uccellini, Merula and Marini provide relief from the vocal dramas, and a closing Pur ti miro, where
Kožená is again joined by Prohaska, is almost too heady to bear. You will not hear Monteverdi’s music better performed. AM
Scattered Ashes
Magnificat / Cave
Linn CKD517 (2CD)
£15.99 / £14.39
This fascinating disc takes as its starting point the influence of the Dominican friar Savonarola on music in the
16th-century.
Savonarola built up a considerable following with his calls for religious, political and social reform. While in prison
in Florence awaiting execution, he wrote meditations on Psalm 50 and Psalm 30 that his followers disseminated
throughout Europe. Shortly after his execution in 1498, the Duke of Ferrara, a supporter, commissioned Josquin
to set Psalm 50. The resulting magnificent work, taking over seventeen minutes to perform, inspired other
composers to write works using one of Josquin’s themes or techniques in their own settings of texts drawn from the two psalms or
Savonarola’s meditations.
This two-disc set presents six such works, opened by Josquin’s Miserere and closed by Byrd’s masterly setting of Infelix ego. In between
come motets by Palestrina; Le Jeune (a setting of Tristia obsedit me remarkable for its aggressive, war-like passages); Lassus (a serene,
imploring Infelix ego with surprising harmonic shifts); Lhéritier; Gombert (a setting of verses from Psalm 30 that unfolds inexorably); and
Clemens non Papa.
In performing the Josquin, Philip Cave has chosen to allocate the more intimate polyphonic verse sections to solo voices, making for a
rich contrast with the full choir’s impassioned homophonic repetitions of Miserere mei, Deus – an effective approach, further enhanced
by the quality of the singers at his disposal.
Byrd’s Infelix ego represents a culmination of the tradition of setting Savonarola’s meditations to music. Composed in the late 1570s,
its ending is extraordinary; as Patrick Macey’s informative booklet essay puts it, ‘[at ‘misericordiam tuam’] the voices pour forth wave
upon wave of imitative entries and ascend to the heights.’
The sixteen-strong choir Magnificat draws out the essence of this music over a generous eighty-four minutes, matching the excellent
scholarship that has led to this disc. AM
CD Review
Building a Library
Live Music in and
around Edinburgh
Shostakovich Symphony No. 9
First choice:
WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln / Barshai
(Part of a complete cycle Nos. 1 - 15)
Brilliant Classics 6324 (11CD)
£36.99 / £33.29
Also recommended:
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic
Orchestra / Wigglesworth
(Coupled with Symphony No. 12)
BIS BISSACD1563
£15.99 / £14.39
Mendelssohn Symphony No. 5 ‘Reformation’
(c/w String Symphonies Nos. 5, 6 & 10)
Heidelberger Sinfoniker / Fey
Hänssler 98547
£15.99 / £14.39
6 March, 7.30pm - Town House, Haddington
Haddington Music Society
Schumann - Frauenliebe und -leben, Op. 42
Beamish - Sonata for Viola and Piano
Brahms - Sonata in F minor, Op. 120 No.1
de Falla – Popular Spanish Songs
Beattie (viola); Wyllie (piano)
13 March, 3.30pm – St Michael and All Saints
Church, Tollcross
A recital of arias, duets, Lieder and songs by Mozart,
Schubert and Quilter
Hobkirk (soprano); Calvert (mezzo); Ward (mezzo);
Chenhall (baritone); Jerem (piano) from The Royal
Conservatoire of Scotland
17 March, 7.30pm - Usher Hall
Haydn - Symphony No. 102
Brahms - Ein deutsches Requiem
Royal; Goerne; SCO Chorus; SCO / Krivine
12 March, 7.30pm - Old Saint Paul’s Church
Copland - In the beginning
Lauridsen - Lux aeterna
Bernstein - Chichester Psalms
Calton Consort / Orr
18 March, 7.30pm - Usher Hall
Szymanowski - Violin Concerto No. 2
MacMillan - Little Mass (Scottish premiere)
Berlioz - Symphonie Fantastique
Benedetti; RSNO Junior Chorus; RSNO /Oundjian
12 March, 7.00pm – St Peter’s Episcopal Church
Scarlatti – Stabat Mater
MacMillan – Cantos Sagrados
Glasgow Chamber Choir / Bawtree
19 March, 7.00pm – Queen’s Hall
Bach - St Matthew Passion
Mulroy; Brook; Dunedin Consort / Butt
BARGAINs
Mozart Keyboard Music Volumes 8 & 9
Kristian Bezuidenhout
HM HMU90753233 (2CD)
£19.99 / £17.99
[Price reverts to £25.99 / £23.39 01/04/2016]
Fortepianist Kristian Bezuidenhout ends his nine-disc survey of Mozart’s keyboard works with this two-disc set
that ranges from his most famous keyboard work, the Sonata in C major K545, to assorted sets of variations
and some little-known fragments. The entire cycle has been a delight to listen to; ‘superb’ said the Guardian
of Volume 2; ‘extraordinary delicacy and refinement of touch and shading’ said BBC Music Magazine of
Volume 7. Bezuidenhout plays a modern copy of a Viennese fortepiano, such as Mozart owned, and extracts
every last ounce of expressiveness and tonal variety from it – amply demonstrated in the 8 Variations in F major that appear on disc
one of this latest set. The instrument is also capable of crisp bite – listen to him attacking the spiky, chromatic Gigue in G major on Track
10. In slow movements the melodies sing and flow, with countless touches of delicate rubato that add to the pleasure; this is especially
rewarding in the Andante of the C major sonata, K545, and in the Adagio of the D major sonata K576 that ends the second disc. All
Bezuidenhout’s Mozart recordings are on special offer until the end of March; don’t miss out on these bargains! AM
Ravel Complete works for solo piano
Bertrand Chamayou
Erato 082564 6026814 (2CD) £12.99 / £11.79
Bertrand Chamayou’s musical upbringing has always had strong links to Ravel. He learned Jeux d’eau
long before entering his teens, would often visit the composer’s birthplace during school holidays, and his
pedagogical ancestry goes back to the man himself. Despite this, it has taken until now to commit any of
Ravel’s works to disc. This wonderful set tells us it was worth the wait.
Chamayou explains in the booklet interview that, more than any other composer, he follows Ravel’s instructions
‘to the letter’. His ability to coax such a range of tones from the piano means no danger of Ravelian overkill
in listening to the discs one after the other. The rapid repeated notes in Alborada del gracioso from Miroirs are clean and dry; the
thunderous opening chords of Valses nobles et sentimentales are resonant and full-toned. This set stands up to those on Hyperion from
Steven Osborne and Angela Hewitt, and at less than half the price. Worth it for introductions to the more obscure works as well as
honest performances of the classics. MS
WHAT THE CRITICS SAY...
English Delight: Viola works Music by Dowland, Britten, Clarke, Bridge & Harvey
Adrien La Marca; Thomas Hoppe
La Dolce Volta LDV22 • £16.99 / £15.29
‘This beautifully played sequence of viola works, all but one with piano, is an English Delight of instant appeal,
but delves deep into tradition. The French La Marca reveals acute feeling for English music at its most essential
and poignant. Dowland, in his own right and as reimagined in Britten’s wonderful Lachrymae, Purcell (Music
for a While, arranged by Tippett), Vaughan Williams folk-song studies, two brief but memorable Frank Bridge
pieces and the tuning experiment of Jonathan Harvey’s unaccompanied Chant are headed by Rebecca
Clarke’s haunting, substantial Sonata.’
- Sunday Times, February 2016
Handel Water Music Suites Nos. 1-3
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin / Kallweit
HM HMC902216 • £16.99 / £15.29
‘Playing that doesn’t just celebrate the outdoorsy elements – the winds and the horns for George I’s trip down
the Thames, but the beauty and delicacy of the writing as well…Tremendous fun, such light playing; brilliant…
it takes real thought and preparation to make these famous pieces come up as fresh as they do here…
properly invigorating, it’s a Thames boat trip I think I’d pay to embark on’
- BBC Radio 3 Record Review, February 2016
Paris Joyeux & Triste
Piano duets by Satie and Stravinsky
Alexei Lubimov; Slava Proprugin
Alpha ALPHA230 • £15.99 / £14.39
‘Three of the works are arrangements – only Stravinsky’s Concerto for Two Pianos (played on a 1920 Pleyel
and a 1906 Gaveau) is as it was conceived, though the two-piano version of the Dumbarton Oaks concerto
is Stravinsky’s own. Lubimov and Poprugin colour this rather remorselessly energised music very artfully, but it
is the two works by Satie that really shine. John Cage’s austere transcription of Socrate is beautifully sculpted,
its final moments ebbing away touchingly, and Cinéma, Darius Milhaud’s prepared piano-duet version of
the music for Entr’acte in the 1924 ballet Relâche, is played on a 1909 Bechstein with tremendous wit and
energy.’
- The Guardian, January 2016
Nights at the Round Table
Anne – The new Elgar/Walton concerto disc from Steven Isserlis is fabulous; the way he starts the Elgar takes
my breath away. I have enjoyed Trevor Pinnock’s harpsichord recital Journey, and the new Dunedin Consort Bach
violin concertos disc is proving compulsive listening!
Hilde - I have been listening to the Sixteen’s new disc The Deer’s Cry, a selection of choral music perfect for
these chilly winter months. I am also addicted to Chamayou’s exquisite recording of Ravel’s complete solo piano
works.
Matthew - Elena Langer’s Landscape With Three People has been a highlight for me this month, a seductive
modern song-cycle for soprano, countertenor, and chamber ensemble.
Will - My, my - it’s been a big month for choral music: The Sixteen’s The Deer’s Cry and ORA’s Upheld by Stillness
blew us away with breathtaking beauty. And so, in my search for a lighter touch, I’ve overindulged in Tenebrae’s
latest release Sun, Moon Sea and Stars; crunchy, playful, contemporary folk, jazz and classical arrangements by
Bob Chilcott. Perfect easy listening.
More New Releases...
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Decca
Bach Keyboard works
Nelson Freire (piano)
Decca 4788449
£15.99 / £14.39
Introit – The music of Gerald Finzi
Aurora Orchestra / Collon
Decca 4789357
£15.99 / £14.39
Verdi Complete Works
Various Artists
Decca 4789574 (75CD)
£150.00 / £135.00
Bartók Complete Works
Various Artists
Decca 4789311 (32CD)
£75.00 / £67.50
Chandos & Sony
Janáček Orchestral works Vol 3 incl. Glagolitic Mass
Soloists; various choirs; Bergen PO / Gardner
Chandos CHSA5165
£15.99 / £14.39
Atterberg Orchestral Works Vol. 4
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra / N Järvi
Chandos CHAN10894 £15.99 / £14.39
Prokofiev Symphony No. 5 & Scythian Suite
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin / Sokhiev
Sony 88875185152
£15.99 / £14.39
John Williams The Complete Album Collection
Various composers - please ask for details
Sony 88843092942 (59CD
£110.00 / £99.00
((all discs are due for release on or before 18/03/16 unless otherwise stated)
Best of the rest
Anderson In lieblicher Bläue. Alleluia. The Stations
of the Sun
Widmann; London Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir
/ Jurowski
LPO LPO0089
£10.99 / £ 9.89
Haydn String Quartets, Op. 50 Nos. 1-6 (complete)
The London Haydn Quartet
Hyperion CDA68122 (2CD)
£15.99 / £14.39
Martinů Complete Piano Trios
Smetana Trio
Supraphon SU41972 £15.99 / £14.39
Russian Dances by Glazunov, Shostakovich,
Stravinsky & Tchaikovsky
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande / Yamada
Pentatone PTC5186557 £16.99 / £15.29
Zelenka Missa Divi Zaveri. Litaniae de Sancto
Xaverio
Collegium 1704; Collegium Vocale 1704 / Luks
Accent ACC24301 £16.99 / £15.29
The Leonard Bernstein Collection Volume 2
Various - please ask for details
DG 4795553 (64CD)
£127.99 / £115.19
DVDs
Belarbi La Reine Morte
Galstyan; Gutierrez; Maksakov; Orchestre
national du Capitole de Toulouse & Ballet du
Capitole / Kessels
Opus Arte OA1201D (DVD)
£26.99 / £24.29
Bizet Carmen
Rice; Hymel; Argiris; Kovaleska; Royal Opera
House Chorus & Orchestra / Carydis
Opus Arte OA1197D (DVD)
£26.99 / £24.29
Opus Arte OABD7188D (Blu-ray) £31.99 / £28.79
Gounod Faust
Castronovo; Abdrazakov; Teatro Regio di Torino
Orchestra & Chorus / Noseda
C Major 735108 (2DVD)
£36.99 / £33.29
gramophone editor’s choice
March 2016
Recording of the month:
Elgar & Walton Cello Concertos Isserlis;
Philharmonia Orchestra / P Järvi
Hyperion CDA68077
£12.99 / £11.69
Copland Orchestral works Vol. 1: Ballets
BBC Philharmonic / Wilson
Chandos CHSA5164
£15.99 / £13.59
New Year’s Day Concert 2016
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Jansons
Sony 88875 174772
£15.99 / £13.59
Bach Mass in B Minor, BWV232
Soloists; Concerto Copenhagen / Mortensen
CPO 7778512 (2CD)
£31.99 / £27.19
Bach Six Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord,
BWV1014-1019
Jelia Schayegh; Jörg Halubek
£25.99 / £22.09
Glossa GCD923507 (2CD)
Abrahamsen let me tell you
Hannigan; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
/ Nelsons
Winter and Winter 9102322 £15.99 / £13.59
Musica e Poesia
Rosa Feola; Iain Burnside
Opus Arte OACD9039D
£15.99 / £13.59
Ravel Complete works for solo piano
Bertrand Chamayou
Erato 082564 6026814 (2CD) £12.99 / £11.79
Tippett String Quartets Nos. 1-5 (complete)
Heath Quartet
Wigmore Hall Live WHLIVE0080/2 (2CD)
£15.99 / £13.59
Dvořák Violin Concerto Suk Fantasy for Violin
& Orchestra Tetzlaff; Helsinki Philharmonic
Orchestra / Storgårds
Ondine ODE12795
£15.99 / £13.59
DVD / Blu-ray Choice:
Nielsen Saul and David
Soloists; Royal Danish Opera / Schønwandt
Dacapo 2110412 (DVD)
£26.99 / £24.49
MMM Top Ten
1. Scarlatti Sonatas Vol. 1
Angela Hewitt
Hyperion CDA67613
£12.99 / £11.69
2. Copland Orchestral Works Vol. 1: Ballets
BBC Philharmonic / Wilson
Chandos CHSA5164
£15.99 / £13.59
3. Haydn String Quartets Op. 76
Doric String Quartet
Chandos CHAN108862
£15.99 / £13.59
4. Bach Cello Suites
David Watkin
Resonus Classics RES10147 (2CD)
£19.99 / £16.99
5. New Year’s Day Concert 2016
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Jansons
Sony 88875 174772
£15.99 / £13.59
6. Bach Magnificat, Christmas Cantata 63
Soloists; Dunedin Consort / Butt
Linn CKD469
£15.99 / £13.59
7. Saint-Saëns Cello Concertos. Carnival of
the Animals Mørk; Lortie; Mercier; Bergen
Philharmonic / N Järvi
Chandos CHSA5162
£15.99 / £13.59
8. Schumann Works for Piano and Orchestra
Lisiecki; Orch. dell’Acc. Nazionale di S. Cecilia
/ Pappano
DG 4795327
£15.99 / £13.59
9. The Deer’s Cry Works by Byrd, Pärt and
Tallis
The Sixteen / Christophers
Coro COR16140
£15.99 / £13.59
10. Chagrin Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2
BBC Symphony Orchestra / Brabbins
Naxos 8571371
£ 6.99 / £ 5.94
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UK Postage & Packing charges: £1.50 for 1 CD/DVD, 50p per additional CD/DVD up to a maximum charge of £3.50.
UK orders over £60 are sent post-free.