Monthly Archive: August 2009
Carmina Burana (Codex Buranus, Original vesion) – Clemencic Consort – Oehms
Another attempt at the famous medieval collection—but does it work?
KHACHATURIAN: Violin Concerto; Masquerade Suite – Ara Malikian, violin/ Extremadura Symphony Orchestra/ Jesus Amigo, conductor – Non Profit Music
An exemplary performance of a warhorse piece.
“The Knight of the Lute” Mathew Wadsworth – Music from The Varietie of Lute Lessons – Matthew Wadsworth, lute – Channel Classics
The lutenist’s choices from the Varietie were largely instinctive with a view to representing all styles and genres of the original book.
Art Taylor – A.T.’s Delight – Blue Note/Analogue Productions/EMI
1960 ping-pong stereo but great playing neverthless.
GIOVANNI BENEDETTO PLATTI: Sonatas for Harpsichord: No. 6 in E Major, No. 7 in F Major, No. 8 in C minor, No. 9 in G Major (Vol. 2 of complete sonatas) – Filippo Emanuele Ravizza, harpsichord – Concerto/MusicMedia
Vivacious sonatas akin to Scarlatti, Vivalid and Corelli, beautifully played and reproduced.
David Oistrakh in Violin Concertos by BACH, VIVALDI, MOZART, LECLAIR, KODALY & MEYER – Berlin Classics (2)
The stunning sound bestows a spacious breadth to each of the soloists, especially as they appear as the continuo against the assaults of the larger ripieno ensemble.
DVORAK: Symphony No. 6 in D Major, Op. 60; 8 Slavonic Dances, Op. 72 – Czech Philharmonic Orchestra/Vaclav Talich – Opus Kura
The D Major Symphony remains significant for the composer’s conscious attempt to ingratiate the Viennese audience at its premier with his successful assimilation of (Germanic) sonata-form practice.
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 2; Alto Rhapsody; Three Schubert Songs – Nathalie Stutzmann, contralto/ Monteverdi Choir/ Orch. Revolutionnaire et Romantique/John Eliot Gardiner – Soli Deo Gloria
A revelatory performance that restores the music to what Brahms probably intended.
RICHARD STRAUSS conducts RICHARD STRAUSS = Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme Suite: Minuet and Prelude, Act II; Salome: Dance of Seven Veils (2 versions); Don Juan; Der Rosenkavalier: Waltzes and Suite – London Sym. Orch./Tivoli Orch./Richard Strauss – Pristine
Old-World glory and civility, in composer-led inscriptions that endure as testimony of exalted ideals, musical and social.
MOZART: Sonatas for fortepiano and violin – Petra Mullejans, violin/ Kristian Bezuidenhout, fortepiano – Harmonia mundi
A splendid performance of Mozart keyboard and violin sonatas played on period instruments.
Editorial for August 2009
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ARIEL RAMIREZ: Misa Criolla; Navidad en Verano; Navidad Nuestra – Jose Carreras, tenor/Navidad Nuestra – Philips/First Impression Music
The Creole Mass uses a Castilian text and is a combination of Ramirez’ own melodies and traditional folk music of Argentina and various other Hispano-American sources.
Stereotypes Audio
Cembal d’amour
Pure Pleasure / Speakers Corner
Cedille
