August 2009

EOS e-news
Issue # 12
August 2009
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Greetings and welcome! Each month we will present new releases and reviews.
‘Music man to music man’
“Bill Duff (pictured front page of Melbourne Observer 5th Aug) has been
promoting records since 1964 when he started with Festival. Prior to that
as a 14-year-old he sold 78s at ‘Bob Clemens’ in Little Collins Street.
The first big hit single Bill sampled to disc jockeys was Jimmy Rogers’
Someplace Green. Whilst at Festival the catalogue included legends like
Johnny O’Keefe, Col Joye, Normie Rowe, Sherbet and Skyhooks. No
wonder Bill has endless yarns to spin. After 19 years with Festival, and
the State Manager for the company, Bill moved on to Warner Brothers
where he was again a State Manager for 13 years followed by another 10
years with Sonart, who distributed Naxos in Australia.
Forum
These days Bill has been lured out of semi-retirement by EOS Music,
who distribute the Regis, Forum and Alto Take 2 labels. The CDs in Bill
Duff’s sample bag these days are the basis of the music I play on 3AW.
Almost every song you have ever heard, sung, whistled or tapped your
foot to, are in the catalogue.
The day I wrote this Bill and I had coffee at The Mbar in Toorak Village
whilst I looked over the latest releases, which included Edith Piaf, Spike
Jones, Frank Sinatra, Doris Day, Ella Fitzgerald, and 27 Original Rock
’n’ Roll Hits. Now which CD do you reckon I listened to first?”
Keith McGowan of the 3AW Overnighters program
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In 1981, David Starobin founded the Bridge label with his wife Becky.
Bridge issued not only Starobin’s own recordings, but also a great many
historical releases, including the Great Performances from the Library of Congress series. His performances and recordings have pioneered both a new repertoire for the instrument and a re-evaluation of the
guitar’s 19th century repertoire, especially as performed on period guitars.
BCD9289
$28.00 rrp
Chopin: 21 Mazurkas
Vassily Primakov, piano
“…this is a finely crafted programme and clearly it is repertoire with which
he feels the deepest empathy…this is a disc to which I shall return often.”
International Record Review (June 2009)
“A fascinating and original artist takes on Chopin’s deeply confessional diary.
His Op.17 No.4 in A minor is worth the price of the disc alone, memorably
refined in sound, colour and nuance.” Gramophone (September 2009)
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New Releases from Alto
Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin (Complete Opera)
ALC2007 (2CD)
Tatiana—Tamara Milashkina, Olga, her sister Tamara
$25.00 rrp
Sinyavskaya Larina, landowner, mother / Tatiana-Tugarinova / Filipovna their nanny Larisa
Avdeeva / Chorus master / Boris Meyzherovsky / Lensky, poet, Olga's fìancé- Vladimir Atlantov / Eugene
Onegin, his friend Yuri Mazurok / Major, visiting guest / Anton Dzhaparidze Major, visiting guest Anton
Dzhaparidze Triquet, visitor from France / Lev Kuznetsov Gremin, prince / Yevgeny Nesterenko Zaretsky /
Lensky’s second Vladimir Yaroslavtsev
Choir & Orchestra Bolshoi Theatre / Gennady Cherkasov
Dinu Lipatti plays Chopin - Fourteen Waltzes (complete)
Barcarolle in F sharp, Op.60
Nocturne No.8 in D flat, Op.27, No.2
Mazurka in C sharp minor Op.50, No.3
ALC1056
$15.00 rrp
“Lipatti’s classic performances were recorded by Walter Legge in a dry Swiss Radio studio in the
last year of Lipatti’s short life, and with each LP incarnation they seem to have grown in wisdom and subtlety.
The reputation of these meticulous performances is fully deserved” Penguin Guide (Rosette Award)
Elgar: Variations on original theme (Enigma)* / In the South (Alassio)**
Introduction and Allegro for strings, Op.47+
*London Symphony Orchestra / Eduardo Mata
**Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Yehudi Menuhin
ALC1055
$15.00 rrp
“From the time of the iconic 1932 photo on the steps of Abbey Road with the Composer himself, Menuhin became associated all his long life with performances and recordings of Elgar” James Murray
Enigma: “all our old friends are paraded before us in their finery for this orchestra know them as well as any”
Gramophone
Bohuslav Martinů: Music for Cello & Piano
Sonatas Nos. 1, 2 & 3 for cello and piano
Variations on a Slovak folk song / Variations on a theme of Rossini
Karine Georgian cello / Ian Munro piano
ALC1057
$15.00 rrp
“Bohuslav Martinů wrote music for the cello from the beginning to the end of his creative life…‘One could not,’
wrote Nadia Boulanger ‘become close to Martinů without loving him, so radiant was the purity of his personality.
This personality illumines all his music.”
Vivaldi: Flute Concertos
No.1 in F, RV433 “La Tempesta di Mare” / No.2 in G minor, RV439 “La Notte”
No.3 in D, RV428 “Il Gardellino” / No.4 in G, RV435 / No.5 in F, RV434
No.6 in G, RV437 / Flute Concerto RV440 in A minor
ALC1059
$15.00 rrp
Jennifer Stinton, flute / Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra / Harry Christophers
“Jennifer Stinton plays a modern flute bringing exuberance matched by technical agility...an attractive playfulness in interpretations serves the simple charm of the music very well…this is fresh and lively music-making”
Gramophone
Palestrina: Missa Papae Marcelli / Stabat Mater / Missa l’Homme / Armé à 5 vocum
Antiphon / Alma Redemptoris Mater Motet / Peccantem Me Quotidie
Pro Cantione Antiqua / Bruno Turner / Mark Brown
ALC1061
$15.00 rrp
“The performances are compelling in their intimate simplicity – the recording certainly does not lack atmosphere
& the result is uncommonly fresh: one finds oneself rediscovering the music’s detail with new ears” Gramophone
“The singing itself is superb, the group includes many distinguished singers and the impact of the performances
is enhanced by the sound” Penguin Guide
Golden Operetta of Vienna — Nicolai Gedda / Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Erich Kunz / Emmy Loose and Nicolai Gedda / Hilde Gueden / Fritz Wunderlich /
Friederike Sailer / Rudolf Schock / Wilma Lipp / Julius Patzak / Anneliese Rothenberger / Jussi Björling / Richard Tauber / Rita Streich / Sena Jurinac / Sari Barabas &
Rupert Glawitsch with Orchestra
ALC1049
$15.00 rrp
“A compilation like this is aimed at listeners with a fleeting interest in operetta, wanting to hear a number of
lollipops sung by famous singers of the past rather than the operetta aficionado.” MusicWeb International
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New Releases from Regis
Haydn: Great Piano Sonatas
Sonata in F major, Hob XVI 23 / Sonata in C minor, Hob XVI 20 / Sonata in C major,
Hob XVI 48 / Sonata in Eb major / Andante & Variations in F minor, Hob XVII 6
Ronan O’Hora
RRC1311
$15.00 rrp
Grieg: “uncannily invests this very beautiful recording with all these virtues. their performance sounds totally
spontaneous even on second and third hearings” Gramophone
Tchaikovsky: “Further recordings by this artist are promised and eagerly awaited” Gramophone
Janáček: Works for Piano, Violin & Cello
RRC1312
Sonata for violin & piano / Romance for violin & piano / Dumka for violin & piano /
$15.00 rrp
Presto for cello & piano / In the Mist for piano solo / Fairy Tale for cello & Piano /
In the Mist (alternative supplement) / Zdenka Variations piano solo / Three Moravian Dances piano solo
Radoslav Kvapil, piano / Petr Messieurer, violin / Evzen Rattay, cello
“Radoslav Kvapil, acknowledged expert on Czech piano music, is also accompanied here by two members of the
famous Talich Quartet in the complete works for both cello & piano and violin & piano.”
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau – Famous Lieder
RRC1313
Schubert: Schwanengesang / Die schöne Müllerin / Nacht und Träume / In der Fremde
$15.00
Schumann: Waldesgespräch / Mondnacht / Schöne Fremde / Schöne Fremde / Wehmut / Im Walde
Frühlingsnacht / Brahms: Feldeinsamkeit / Auf dem See / Abenddämerung / Alte liebe / Verzagen / Regenlied
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau with accompanists: Günther Weissenborn, Gerald Moore & Jörg Demus
“the greatest male (German) Lieder singer of our time …. characteristic beauty of vocal tone and an extraordinarily vivid power of characterization and vocal colouring” Penguin Guide Fritz Wunderlich sings - Operetta & Opera Arias & Duets
RRC1314
$15.00 rrp
Mozart: Die Zauberflöte - Dies bildnis ist bezaubernd schön / Wie stark is nicht dein Zaubertön
Zaide - Ja, nun lass das Schicksal wüten | Haydn: Die Jahreszeiten - Gefesselt steht der breite See | Flotow: Martha - Ach so fromm | Lortzing: Undine - Vater, Mutter Schwestern, Brüder / Der Waffenschmied - Man wird ja
einmal nur geboren / War einst ein junger Spriinginsfeld | J.Strauss II: Nur fur Natur - Der Zigeunerbaron - Als
flotter Geist | Zeller: Der Obersteiger - Sei nicht bös | Millöcker: Nur das eine bitt’ich | Lehar: Der Zarewitsch Hab’ nur dich allein Künneke: Zauberin Lola - Du warst von Angeginn | Monika/Dostal: Ein Walzer zu zweien
Messiaen: The Organ Works
RRC6001
$65.00 (6CD)
Jennifer Bate, organ (St. Pierre de Beauvais Cathedral) (Nativité)
La Nativité: “One of his most extended, moving and beautiful works... The recording of the Beauvais organ is
demonstration quality.” Saint Sacrement: “What a sound! ...a quite spectacular recording (which) carries the
Composer’s imprimatur...Bate makes an impressive case for these compelling and hypnotic pieces” Penguin
Guide (Rosette Award)
Méditations: “deeply committed performances... organ sound is fantastic... colourful playing makes first impressions that will turn listeners into pilgrims... wonderfully majestic” Gramophone
Offenbach: La Belle Hélène (complete) / Chabrier: L’Etoile (highlights)
Paris Philharmonic Chorus & Orchestra / René Leibowitz
Opéra Comique / Roger Désormière
RRC2062
$25.00 (2CD)
“One of the greatest complete opera recordings of the 20th century.” Opera: Andrew Porter
“this is the version close to the hearts of all operetta lovers since 1952, now on CD. L'Etoile is a gem amongst
several now being rediscovered” James Murray
Lusty Songs and Country Dances of 17th century England
The City Waites / Lucie Skeaping, director
RRC1275
$15.00 rrp
“City Waites give us a taste of the broadside ballad culture which pervaded the Restoration years... Much of this
music is still recognizable as part of a rich aural tradition, whilst other numbers have been dredged up straight
from the 17th-century gutter.” Gramophone
“Delicious entertainment. Bawdy, brave, nautical, noxious...the zest is palpable, accents and colours infectious,
instrumentation and vocal antics fusing with elan” MusicWeb International
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New Releases from Regis, Forum, Alto & Griffin
Dvorák: Symphonies No. 8 in G major Op.88 & No. 9 in E minor, Op.95
(“From the New World”) / Serenade for Strings in E major, Op. 22
Carnival Overture Op. 92 / Scherzo Capriccioso
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Yehudi Menuhin / Paavo Järvi
Frank Sinatra: Two Classic Albums
RRC2006
$25.00 (2CD)
FRC6135
$15.00 rrp
Come Fly with Me — Around The World / Isle Of Capri / Moonlight In Vermont / Autumn In
New York / On The Road To Mandalay / Let’s Get Away From It All / April In Paris / London
By Night / Brazil / Blue Hawaii / It’s Nice To Go Trav’ling (Billy May Orchestra)
Only the Lonely — Angel Eyes / What’s New / Willow Weep For Me / Blues In The Night / Guess I’ll Hang
My Tears Out To Dry / Spring Is Here / One For My Baby (& One More For The Road)
(Arr. Nelson Riddle with his Orchestra)
Alfred Deller: Madrigals of the 16th & 17th Century, Volume 5
MCD196
English, French and Italian
6CD+ROM
$65.00 rrp
Madrigals of Thomas Morley / Madrigals of John Wilbye
The English Madrigal School, Volumes 1 & 2 / The Silver Swan
Madrigal Masterpieces, Volumes 1 & 2 / Monteverdi: Madrigali Amorosi / Lamento d'Arianna
Alfred Deller – The Deller Consort
Includes never-issued tracks and a free CDROM with all original details, LP covers etc…
Re-releases: Another major hit from the series “The Tudors”
Music from the reign of Henry VIII
Forbury and Holbein Consorts with Trinity Baroque
GCCD4003
$20.00 rrp
Music from Tudor times. The King engaged in, and took credit for composition himself, often
“rounding off” works by professional Court musicians. These included Cornysh and van Wilder.
Many of these 27 dances and courting songs are from the “Henry V111’s manuscript” collection.
“It’s a celebration of the musically cosmopolitan court of England’s Henry VIII...very well sung” Classics Today
Tudor Age Music — Forbury and Holbein Consorts with Trinity Baroque
More music from the Tudor Age, this time concentrated more on established composers of the day in lighter mood, such as Dowland, Gibbons (his famous ‘Silver Swan’),
Morley, Deering, Weelkes. Again, dances and courting songs feature.
GCCD4002
$25.00 rrp
“a sampling of secular music from Tudor England, the kind of things ordinary people might have heard, played,
or sung...will keep me coming back.” Classics Today
In Honour of Our Lady
GCCD4026
Victoria: Magnificat primi toni / Gregorian Chant: Vexilla Regis; Surrexit Domi$25.00 rrp
nus; Veni Creator / de Lassus: Stabat Mater / Liszt: Salve Regina / Bruckner: Tota
pulchra es, (solo: Ian Honeyman); Virga Jesse / Mendelssohn: Ave Maria (solo: Neil Lunt)
Andrew Wright, organ / Westminster Cathedral Choir / Stephen Cleobury, director
A remarkable recording by one of our most famous choirs, here under the direction of one of England’s best
known choirmasters.
Hymns from Hereford
Hereford Cathedral Choir / Roy Massey, director
GCCD4060
$25.00 rrp
There has been a choir at Hereford Cathedral since the 13th century and there was an organ in situ by the 14th
century. Several influential musicians have held the post of organist: John Bull, SS Wesley, GR Sinclair and
Meredith Davies. The current organist is Geraint Bowen, who has been in post since 2001. His predecessor was
Dr Roy Massey, whose famous choir is heard singing a superbly crafted blend of familiar and rare hymns.
“To sum up: the singing is mostly impressive and enjoyable” MusicWeb International
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New Releases (various)
Tibetan Buddhism
Choe Khyong Setab Pai Torbul Kagyama (The Sealed-For-Secrecy Torma Off)
Kabsumpa (The Three Occasion, Tribute To Buddha By Tsongkhapa)
Jigje Kyi Dagjug Chenmo (The Grand Self-Empowerment Of Yamantaka)
Shartse College of Ganden Monastery, Ven Lobsang Tenzin (chant master)
Recorded on location in South India
BCD9015
$25.00 rrp
Kecak from Bali
BCD9019
$25.00 rrp
Includes the first recording of a complete “Ramayana Monkey Chant”
Kecak Ganda Sari, I Gusti Putu Putra (director)
CD Review: Highest Rating Billboard: Music Award Winner
Folksongs of Russia
My curly-headed lad, In the dark wood, The Road, Hour after Hour, The Bell,
Down the Volga, Tanya sweet Tanya, Evening Bells, Susitka and others
SOMMCD202
$25.00 rrp
The Ensemble of Soloists Moskovskaya Kapella / Gennady Dmytriak
“Those of us whose acquaintance with the Russian repertory begins and ends with the ‘Song of the
Volga Boatmen’ are in for a rare treat.. both chorus and soloists are outstanding” Choir & Organ Magazine
Gefilte Fish — Sol Sejn — Jewish (Klezmer) Music
Andrea Giani, vocal / Joe Rappaport, violin / Angeliki Koufou, accordion
Roman J. Chowdhury, guitar Tobias Schwartz, contrabass
W109019
$25.00 rrp
Celebrations, good food and music have always gone hand in hand. Just as Gefilte Fish has various ingredients,
so does Jewish music: Liturgical song, Klezmer melodies, ancient folk songs, theatre hits which have entered the
folk song canon, songs from the resistance, from the ghetto, Zionist and Israeli songs. Always telling about life,
joy and sorrow, tears and laughs… they are songs that somehow seem familiar to us.
Fauré: Songs — Mélodies
Yann Beuron, tenor / Billy Eidi, piano
1C1162
$29.00 rrp
For its first incursions into the universe of Gabriel Fauré’s songs, Timpani’s La Mélodie Française collection, at
present boasting fifteen titles essential for every aficionado of the genre, has chosen Yann Beuron, ‘the most
stylised of our tenors’ (Diapason, July 2009). He is partnered by pianist Billy Eidi, quite recently crowned by
the Académie du Disque Lyrique (‘Gerald Moore Award’, Orphée d’Or for best accompanist), who wanted to
devote this disc to Fauré’s ‘Third Collection’.
Pierné: Cydalise et le chèvre-pied
Luxemburg PO / Metz Cathedral Choir / David Shallon, conductor
1C1174
$29.00 rrp
“A rich score permeated by echoes of Ravel’s Daphnis, this first complete recording should win the
work many new admirers.” BBC Music Magazine
“Altogether a recommendable disc, which I shall certainly play a third time and beyond” Gramophone
“Make no mistake: this recording must be counted one of the major events of the year. Don’t miss it.”
ClassicsToday.com
Debussy (1862-1918): La Mer — Images
Orchestra Philharmonic du Luxembourg / Emmanuel Krivine
1C1165
$29.00 rrp
This is hardly the first time that a disc has been devoted to them (let us recall that La Mer was
recorded 80 years ago by Koussevitzky). But when the most highly-ranked conductor in France (along with
Boulez) is as the head of the ‘Frenchest’ of non-French orchestras, that result is in an on-depth interpretation,
brimming with vigour and showing off the particularly ‘fruity’ woodwinds to advantage.
“Emmanuel Krivine is one of today’s greatest conductors and is never, under any circumstances, to be missed.
The LPO are at home in these scores and their conductor finds moments of genuine rapture.” Gramophone
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New Releases from Bridge & SOMM
Café Music — Piazzolla: Four Seasons of Buenos Aires (arr. Bragato/Bachmann) / Le Grand Tango
(arr. M. Kutnowski) / Paul Schoenfield: Café Music Joaquin Turina: Trio No. 2 in B minor, Op. 76
Maria Bachmann / Alexis Pia Gerlach / Jon Klibonoff
BCD9296 $28.00 rrp
“This is not a crossover album: it puts together some of the works that live on the bridge between classical music and popular
music. The pieces here are accessible, sometimes even kitschy, but always enjoyable. The over-arching theme of the disc is the
integration of popular and classical music, viewed from different angles by four composers. The disc, like a hall of magic mirrors, shows three worlds, and, unless you really cannot stand one of them, it will give you real pleasure. Start playing it when
you are unhappy - and I am sure that when you are through, you won’t remember your sorrows.” MusicWeb International
Howard Ferguson: Piano Concerto / Gerald Finzi: ‘Eclogue’ Op. 10
Frederick Austin: Piano Concertino / Alan Rawsthorne: Piano Concerto No. 1
SOMMCD241
$26.00 rrp
Mark Bebbington, piano / City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Howard Williams
“No one matches this coupling. Bebbington brings his deep satin to music that variously recalls his good friend
Gerald Finzi and a figure I had not looked to hear as an influence: Miaskovsky. A stimulating collection - not
short on fascination. I am looking forward to Somm’s impending release which will include the Ireland concerto
and Bax’s Concertino.” MusicWeb International
Frank Bridge: Piano Quintet* / Three Noveletten / Rhapsody Trio /
Lament for 2 Violins & Viola Cherry Ripe / Sir Roger de Coverley
Bridge String Quartet / *Michael Dussek, piano
SOMMCD087
$26.00 rrp
SOMM’s highly successful series on British music continues with a disc which contains one of Frank Bridge’s
most beautiful works, the Piano Quintet in D minor. The Quintet is thematically a particularly heartfelt and impassioned work, possibly reflecting Bridge’s own separation from his close confidante and future wife, Ethel
Sinclair, who returned to her native Australia after graduation from the RCM in 1903.
Mark Bebbington — The Piano Music of John Ireland Volume 2
SOMMCD088
The following are amongst many excellent reviews which greeted Volume 1: “...his approach to the brood$26.00 rrp
ing and combative Piano Sonata is to give the harmony time enough to breathe, in order to go more intensely into its emotional life. The mystical aspects of the three Channel Island pieces collected as Decorations have seldom
been more sensitively brought out...I would choose Bebbington…” BBC Music Magazine (5 stars, October 2008)
“For first-timers...Bebbington’s programme provides a pretty much ideal introduction, containing two of Ireland’s most popular and durable achievements, namely Decorations and London Pieces - both given with such winning aplomb, scrupulous care
and heartwarming sense of new discovery that I found myself falling in love with them all over again (the vernally fresh Chelsea Reach positively beams with joy). Roll on Vol. 2!” Gramophone (October 2008)
Bach: A Musical Offering BWV 1079 / Harpsichord Concerto in D minor BWV 1059 SOMMCD077
$26.00 rrp
Trio Sonata in D minor BWV 527
Lisete da Silva, Baroque flute/recorder / Hannah McLaughlan, Baroque oboe /
Madeleine Easton & Marianna Szucs, Baroque violins / Emma Alter, Baroque viola /
Nick Stringfellow, Baroque cello / Kate Aldridge, double bass / Nicholas Jackson, director
Only the first nine bars (the opening tutti) exist of Bach’s Harpsichord Concerto No.8. As these are identical with the opening
of the first Sinfonia from Cantata No.35 it has been possible for Gustav Leonhardt to reconstruct this concerto using the two
instrumental Sinfonias for the outer movements, and writing a brilliant harpsichord part above Bach’s own orchestral parts.
Schumann: Abegg Variations / Grieg: Four Piano Pieces
Brahms: Piano Sonata No. 1 in C major / Berg: Piano Sonata (all Opus 1)
Alasdair Beatson, piano
SOMMCD086
$26.00 rrp
“Perhaps the most telling illustration of Beatson’s powers of interpretation is that he gives the Grieg pieces real charm and
poetry…But the triumph of the disc is the Brahms, an interpretation that sounds absolutely fresh from first principles…this is a
deeply impressive debut disc.” International Piano (July/August 2009)
“…he plays with a determined air of significance and, in the Brahms, with much energy and enthusiasm.” Gramophone
(September 2009)
J.S. Bach: Six Suites for Solo Cello BWV 1007 – 1012
Three Sonatas for Viola da Gamba & Harpsichord BWV 1027 – 1029
Karine Georgian, cello / Gary Cooper, harpsichord
“something of a genius” The Times
“music-making rarely comes as impressive as this” The Sunday Times
3 CDs for the price of 2
SOMMCD090 (3CD)
$40.00 rrp
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New Releases (various)
Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail
Ernst Haflinger / Gottlob Frick / Herbert Handt / Rolf Tasna
Teresa Stich Randall / Rosl Schwaiger
Coro Sinfonica RAI di Milano / Orchestra Sinfonica RAI di Milano / Peter Maag
43085-2 (2CD)
$40.00 rrp
This radio recording of Die Entführung aus dem Serail was made in Bolzano in 1958 with the orchestra and chorus of the Milan RAI under the artistic direction of Peter Maag. Enjoy this opera, which
has been carefully remastered with 24 bit / 96 kHz.
Alberto Posadas: Liturgia fractal
Quatuor Diotima
Yun-Peng Zhao, violin 1 / Naaman Sluchin, violin 2
Franck Chevalier, viola / Pierre Morlet, cello
KAI1293
$30.00 rrp
Includes booklet with texts by Alberto Posadas, Stefano Russomanno and an interview with Quatuor Diotima by
José Maria Seguido
Wolfgang Rihm: "CONCERTO" Dithyrambe
Sotto voce Notturno • Sotto voce 2 Capriccio
Arditti String Quartet / Nicolas Hodges, piano
Jonathan Nott, conductor / John Axelrod, conductor / Luzerner Sinfonieorchester
KAI1295
$30.00 rrp
Includes booklet with texts by Nicolas Hodges and Wolfgang Schaufler
Mahler: Symphony No. 9
Bamberger Symphoniker / Jonathan Nott
SACD7162
$30.00 rrp
Of Tudor’s Mahler No.1, the critics agree:
“…this is still one of the best recorded accounts we’ve had...Nott, you feel, has got under Mahler’s
skin;” Gramophone (Editor’s Choice)
“The finale is vividly recorded and well sculpted, launched by a terrific cymbal crash for Mahler’s ‘cry
of a deeply wounded heart’.” BBC Music Magazine ****
Tor Aulin (1866-1914): Violin Concerto No. 1, 1891 /
Violin Concerto No. 2 (1893) / Gotlandish Dances / Swedish Dances
CDS1050-2
$30.00 rrp
Tobias Ringborg, violin / Gävle Symphony Orchestra / Niklas Willén
“The music of Swedish composer Tor Aulin (1866-1914) is slowly being resurrected from the purgatory
of long-forgotten Romantic composers, thanks to the stalwart advocacy of violinist Tobias Ringborg and conductor Niklas Willén, as well as the financial support from the composer's own grandchildren that made this disc
possible...Definitely worth hearing.” ClassicsToday.com
Paul Dukas (1865-1935)
Symphony in C major / Goetz de Berlichingen, overture / Le Roi Lear, overture
Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen / Fabrice Bollon
CDS1074-2
$30.00 rrp
“Indeed, if you compare them to the few surviving works that we know, you would never guess the identity of
the composer... the Symphony in C really is a masterpiece, if a little-known one, full of memorable tunes and far
more judiciously scored than the two early overtures. Conductor Fabrice Bollon does a particularly fine job keeping the music pressing forward in the agitated outer movements, letting the brass section strut its stuff in those
fanfare motives that foreshadow the world of The Sorcerer's Apprentice.” ClassicsToday.com
Zygmunt Noskowski (1846-1909): Symphony No. 1 in A major (1875)*
Morskie Oko (1875)** / Pan Zolzikiewicz overture (1888)***
National Polish Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Slawek Wroblewski*, Gabriel Chmura** and Zygmunt Rychert***
CDS1083-2
$30.00 rrp
The symphony is traditional in style blending the big romantic tradition from Schumann, Brahms with a tinge of
Polish folk music. The second movement is an experience beyond most. A truly romantic slow movement that
will bring tears to all romantic eyes....
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New Reviews from Around the World
Auric, Georges: Phèdre / Le Peintre et son modèle
Complete ballets
1C1090
$29.00 rrp
Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg
Arturo Tamayo, conductor
“Very fine performances indeed and lovely, decadent cover art work – all diaphanous, shimmering and decidedly
coital.” MusicWeb International
Ropartz, Joseph-Guy: Rhapsodie pour violoncelle / Pêcheur d’Islande / Œdipe à Colone
Henri Demarquette, cello
Orchestre de Bretagne / Kirill Karabits, conductor
1C1095
$29.00 rrp
“Timpani have done Ropartz proud and there is still plenty more to come. The present disc had slipped into the
background when the arrival of volume 2 of the symphonies and volume 1 of the string quartets reminded me that
it needed to be tackled. Ropartz is showcased here as a writer of music of character both dreamy and decisive.”
MusicWeb International
Gaubert, Philippe: Symphonie / Les Chants de la Mer / Concert en fa
Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg
Marc Soustrot, conductor
1C1135
$29.00 rrp
“Indispensable listening for adherents of the melodic-romantic nationalism, a real discovery!
Recording of the year.” MusicWeb International (December 2008)
Hugues Dufourt (b.1943): Le Cyprès blanc (“The White Cypress”)* / Surgir
*Gérard Caussé, viola / *Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg
Pierre-André Valade, conductor
1C1112
$29.00 rrp
“Le Cyprès blanc is one of the most beautiful and gripping recent works that I have heard. This is a truly
magnificent release, of the kind we have all come to expect from Timpani.” MusicWeb International
Chopin: Concert1 for Piano and Orchestra No 1 and No 2, Op. 21
Vassily Primakov, piano
Odense Symphony Orchestra / Paul Mann
BCD9278
$28.00 rrp
“These are performances of extraordinary power and beauty. Bridge has given us one of the great Chopin
recordings of recent times, and even more than on his Beethoven recital, Primakov shows himself to be a pianist
well worth watching.” MusicWeb International
Spanish Love Songs
Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, mezzo / Joseph Kaiser, tenor
Michael Barrett, Steven Blier pfs / New York Festival of Song
BCD9228
$28.00 rrp
“Lieberson’s continually finding that extra gear of emotion that makes a song a three-dimensional staging rather
than a platform recital. Her partner is the fresh, versatile tenor of Joseph Kaiser… Tight, well works accompaniments…complete a little gem of an issue.” Gramophone
Rodion Shchedrin (b.1932): The Sealed Angel
The Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge
The Choir of King’s College London
Geoffrey Webber / David Trendell
DCD34067
$28.00 rrp
“Sung with clarity and sensitivity by the two choirs, this beautiful, impressive piece easily bears comparison with
works that Shchedrin admires like Rachmaninov's Vespers. The instrumental part for 'shepherd’s pipe', usually
played by flute, is here taken by oboe, played affectingly by Clare Wills.” BBC Music Magazine (July 2009)