“Lovers of film music in the modern Romantic idiom will thrill to Australian composer O’Boyle’s River
Symphony. The orchestra sounds as though it believes in every note, as wave of melodically inspired invention
rolls over the listener in demonstration-worthy sound. No less arresting is the Concerto for Didgeridoo,
composed with the soloist, William Barton…..” - Classic FM Magazine, August 2008
Gershwin An American in Paris, Rhapsody in Blue; Ravel Piano Concerto in D major for the
Left Hand
“Rogé’s playing of Ravel’s Left-Hand concerto is masterly. He has complete technical regard for the work;
more importantly, he appreciates the range of the music, its darkness, menace, anger, other-worldly escape,
introspection and defiance.” - International Piano May/June 2008
Works: Vingt-Quatre Inventions op. 50
Trois Hymns, op. 58
“Ben van Oosten’s consistently reliable, increasingly valuable Dupré survey continues with the 24-pat, 47-minute
Invention sOp.50, a quietly virtuosic display of contrapuntal prowess that accumulates impressive depth and
impact as it proceeds. The beautiful and stirring Trois Hymnes Op.58 is delivered with becoming feeling, the StÉtienne-
du-Mont organ proving itself agreeably responsive.” - Choir & Organ, July/August 2008 *****
Sonata No. 2 op. 2, Variationen über ein Thema von Robert Schumann op. 9, Ballades op. 10 Johann Baptist Streicher Piano 1851
“…it is difficult to imagine this glorious music sounding more persuasive on an authentic instrument….Far from
making allowances for the 150-year old mechanism, Rittner rejoices in its unique tonal properties, pushing it
right to the edge in the outer movements of the Sonata, yet producing a magically veiled sound in the second of
the Op.10 Ballades”. - International Piano, July/August, 2008
“The best of the historic recordings, overflowing with colour and charm. Made half a century ago and now with
beautifully remastered sound.” - BBC Music Magazine, June 2008 – Building a Library
Offer Price: £10.99 Add to basket Works: Sibelius Symphonies Nos 1 & 3, Rakastava
“Even for SACD, the sense of space is startling putting a great deal of ‘air’ around the instruments without
diminishing the immediacy. Moments like the the First’s opening clarinet solo are beautifully focused.” - BBC Music Magazine, July 2008 - ***** Recording ****Performance
Works: Organ Concertos 1-5 Concerto Lute & Harp in B flat major Op4 6
“It (the organ) does ‘ speak with an Italian accent’, though: it is light, transparent, joyful with almost flimsy
foundation stops. This matches well Ghielmi’s dynamic and lively playing….Ghielmi being the director as well
as soloist, there is a pleasant unity of phrasing….Warmly recommended.” - Goldberg Early Music Magazine, June 2008
Suite No.2 'Silhouettes', Egyptian Nights Suite, Tchaikovsky Variations Op35a, Fantasia on themes by Ryabinin for Piano and Orchestra.
“Svetlanov clearly loves these affable miniatures: a ‘five temperaments’ suite followed by pretty oriental ballet
and the famously elegiac Tchaikovsky Variations.” - BBC Music Magazine, June 2008 - ***** Performance
“How she relishes the violent moodswings of the Op.11 Preludes, music alternately lost in its own delirium or
blaze with pianistic heroics….This is an invaluable issue and a formidable achievement finely recorded.” - Gramophone, April 2008
Offer Price: £10.99 Add to basket Works: Motets BWV225-229
Artists: Elin Manahan Thomas, Christine Maria Rembeck – Soprano, Clare Wilkinson, Kate Hamilton – alto, Julian Podger, Hermann Oswald – Tenor, Thomas Guthrie, Christopher Adams – Bass, Arno Jochem – Violin, James Johnstone – organ, Julian Podger – direction
“What a simply delicious recording……There are only eight singers in the ensemble, but this seems perfect for
this most pure of choral music. What drive and verve both in the original and in this particular interpretation.” - The Organ, May-August, 2008
Works: Piano Sonata, Decorations, London Pieces, Ballade, Sonatina
“Bebbington’s approach fulfils with prescient fluidity the composer’s textural ambitions, yet resists tossing off
the flourishes with undue slickness or abandoning the chaste lyrical imperative that, as with all Ireland’s
music, binds together the considerable pianistic accoutrements…. The continuing wave of enthusiasm for John
Ireland’s music is certainly to be warmly embraced and I look forward with eagerness to Mark Bebbington’s
second instalment.” - International Record Review, June 2008
Offer Price: £7.99 Add to basket Works: ELGAR: Dream of Gerontius op.38 BERLIOZ: Symphonie Fantastique op.14
“Vickers doesn’t disappoint, singing with an intensity and a care for the sound and sense of every word that
are well nigh ideal. As the Angel, Constance Shacklock, gravely beautiful if occasionally too grand, is firstclass,
too…..it’s Vickers who makes this a must-have .” - The Guardian May 2008
APHRODITE DANCES Dresdner Moderne Annette Unger, Violin
Rieko Yoshizumi, Piano Label: Genuin GEN 87107 CD
MOZART Requiem
Ingrid Schmithüsen soprano, Catherine Patriasz alto, Neil Mackie tenor, Matthias Hölle bass, Nederlands Kamerkoor, La Petite Bande
Sigiswald Kuijken Label: Accent ACC 68645 CD
Works: O. Reinhold (1899–1965)
Sonate für Violine und Klavier
J. P. Thilmann (1906–1973)
Sonatine op. 82, Sonatine op. 50, Acht Duos
H. Börner (1927–2006)
Kleines Ballett op. 24, Aphroditische Tänze op. 38
“Otto Reinhold’s Violin sonata is like Hindemith with added charm, and Johannes Paul Thilmann’s two
sonatinas and eight duos breathe an unexpectedly Parisian air. Hans Börner’s engaging Kleines Ballett and
Aphrodite’s Dances round out a highly enjoyable disc.” -
The Strad, May 2008
Offer Price: £10.99 Add to basket Works: Wolfgang Amadé Mozart (1756 - 1791): Requiem in d minor KV 626
“Worth exploring for its fresh musical insights and as a strong alternative to the Requiem’s familiar Süssmeyer
version.” - Classic FM Magazine July 2008
Works: Dmitri Shostakovich
Festival Overture, Op. 96, Johann Sebastian Bach Fugue in G Minor BWV 578, Georg Philipp Telemann Overture in C Major, Felix Mendelssohn “Denn er hat seinen Engeln befohlen“, Witold Lutoslawski Mini Ouverture, Jan Koetsier Quintetto Lirico, Leonard Bernstein Dance Suite, Daniel Behle Albern Werk, Antonio Carlos Jobim The Girl from Ipanema, Burton Lane Old Devil Moon, John Lennon/Paul McCartney Yesterday, Lew Pollack That’s a Plenty
“Brass bands can always claim safety in numbers, but to get five instrumentalists who can match their
intonation with the fine-tuning of a string quartet is rare indeed………More please!” - Classic FM Magazine July 2008
Offer Price: £10.99 Add to basket Works: 1 A new Irish Tune (Lilliburlero) Z 646 1:02, 2 Air en Bourée 1:07, 3 Ayre g-moll 1:26, 4 Hornpipe g-moll 0:55, 5 Jig g-moll 0:34, 6 A ground in Gamut 3:36, 7 Sonate Nr. 3 c-moll 4:56, 8 Toccata A-Dur Z 229 5:28, 9 Sonate Nr. 2 d-moll 5:39, 10-14 Suite für Cembalo Nr. 6 D-Dur Z 667, 15 Sonate Nr. 6 g-moll 7:17, 16 Trumpet Tune 0:42, 17 Sebell 1:03, 18 Toccata a-moll 0:46, 19 Chaconne a-moll 4:01, 20 A new ground e-moll 2:33, 21 Hornpipe e-moll 1:16, 22 A new ground e-moll 2:44, 23 Sonate Nr. 1 F-Dur
“Until recently, I was unaware that England’s greatest native composer, Henry Purcell, had a younger brother
who also wrote music……..the trio Ensemble Meiolanum (with the excellent Wiebke Weidanz on harpsichord)
play together like a well-oiled machine.” - Classic FM Magazine July 2008
BEETHOVEN Symphony 5 & 8 Royal Flemish Philharmonic, Philippe Herreweghe
Label: Pentatone PTC 5186316R CD
SCHUBERT Sakontala
Sigrun Bornträger, Caroline Melzer, Simone Nold, Caroline Melzer, Annerose Hummel, Clemens Flämig, Dónat Havár, Christian Immler, Patrick Pobeschin, Konrad Jarnot, Stephan Loges, Martin Snell, Frieder Bernius Label: Carus CARUS 83218 CD
Works: Beethoven: Symphony No.5 in C minor, Op.67, Symphony No.8 in F, Op.93
“PentaTone provides Herreweghe and his orchestra with excellent sound quality, very realistic and with
spatially divided violin desks….” - Gramophone Magazine July 2008
Offer Price: £20.99 Add to basket Works: Schubert: Sakontala “While Sakontala is hardly a restored masterpiece, Rasmussen’s skilful realisation is certainly worth hearing.”
“This skilful realisation of Schubert’s abandoned opera is worth hearing.” - Gramophone Magazine July 2008
DARD Six Sonatas for Cello & Continuo Kristin von der Goltz cello, Hille Perl viola da gamba, Christine Schornsheim harpsichord Label: Raumklang RK 2701-2 CD
ROSENGART Te Deum Laudamus
Orpheus Vokalensemble, Ars Antiqua Austria, Jürgen Essl (organ) Label: Carus CARUS 83427 CD
“This is responsive and spirited music making, pregnant with expressive detail. Highlights for me include
Goltz’s neat yet extensive ornamentation in the first movements of sonatas nos. 1, 5 and 6;…..Goltz has an
excellent rapport with her partners -
The Strad, April 2008
Offer Price: £10.99 Add to basket Works: Veni Sancte Spiritus, Tristes erant apostoli,
Magnificat V,
Veni Creator Spiritus,
Hostis Herodes,
Rorate coeli,
Iste confessor Domini,
Christe redemptor omnium,
Cantate Domino,
Tenebrae factae sunt,
Lauda Sion,
Qua vocat me,
Ave maris stella,
Te Deum laudamus
“As this disc shows, Rosengart was a proficient and lively, if not particularly profound composer, with an
excellent melodic gift…….The period-instrument orchestra Ars Antiqua Austria is truly superb, led by the
violinist Gunar Letzbor, an authority in his own right on 17th and 19th Century South German and Austrian
music.” - International Record Review May 2008
Artists: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Sir Thomas Beecham
“The latest in Somm’s Beecham Collection includes the premiere of William Alwyn’s Third Symphony at the
Royal Festival Hall, in October 1956. This is a powerful and impressive work in three movements, which
reinforces Alwyn’s belatedly recognised position as one of the finest English symphonists of the 20th century.
The slow movement is of nobly tragic stature.” - The Sunday Telegraph, 27th April 2008
Works: Bach/Busoni
Chaconne from the Partita II in D minor for violin, Orgelchoralvorspiele, Praeludium and Fugue in D minor for organ BWV 532, Bach/Rachmaninov
Suite from the Partita III in E major for solo violin Bach/Kempff Siciliano in G minor from the Sonata in E-flat Major for flute and harpsichord Bach/Hess Jesu bleibet meine Freude, Bach/Busoni Praeludium and Fugue in E-flat Major for organ.
Artists: Bernd Glemser, piano
“There’s a well structured Busoni Chaconne, the gentler Wilhelm Kempff Siciliano, Myra Hess’s ‘Jesu Joy’
and, less often heard, ‘Nun, freut ich…’receives a dazzling Gould-like performance. Admirable touch,
ornamentation and voicing.” - Hi-Fi News, June 2008
Works: Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) Crisantemi
Ottorino Respighi (1879-1936)
Il Tramonto
Richard Wagner (1813-1883)
Albumblatt
Engelbert Humperdinck (1854-1921)
String Quartet C
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
String Quartet E min
“What could be a more seductive five minutes that Puccini’s Crisantemi (Chrysanthemums), a lovely
crystellisation of his idiom…….Verdi’s four-movement E minor quartet is substantial, original and
unforgettable.” - Sunday Times, 4th May 2008
Works: Hochreither Missa ad multos annos; Ramhaugski Missa a 23
Artists: St Florianer Sängerknaben, Ars Antiqua Austria, cond. Letzbor
“The small force of St Florianer Sängerknaben, assisted by a few adult soloists, is very good indeed: consort
passages possess attractive clarity and the fuller choral sections swell with the perfect amount of
resonance…Anyone curious to explore the more obscure byways of Baroque church music will find this
rewarding.” - Gramophone, June 2008
Works: 1 - 2 Toccata und Fuge BWV 565 (Cyprien Katsaris)*
3. Air from the Suite BWV 1068 (Cyprien Katsaris)*
4. Siciliano from the flute sonata BWV 1031 (Mario Feninger)*
5. "Werde Munter, meine Gemute" - "Be Glad, My Soul" - "Réjouis-toi, mon âme" (Melody of Johann Shop harmonized by Bach)*
6. "Jesus bleibet meine Freude" - "Jesus, Joy of Man's Desiring" - Jésus, que ma joie demeure" (Harold Bauer / Wilhelm Kempff)*
7. "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme" - "Awake! The Voice is Calling to Us" - "Eveillez-vous! nou crie la voix" (Melody of Philipp Nicolai harmonized by Bach)*
8. "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme" - "Awake! The Voice is Calling to Us" - "Eveillez-vous! nou crie la voix" (Wilhelm Kempff)
9. Adagio from the Toccata BWV 564 (Dame Myra Hess)
10 - 11 Fantasie (Präludium) und Fuge BWV 542 (Théodore Szanto, Franz Liszt, Cyprien Katsaris)*
12. Prelude from the Little Clavier Book for W. F. Bach (Alexander Ilyich Ziloti)
13. Gavotte en Rondeau from the Partita N° 3 BWV 1006 (Sergei Rachmaninov, Ignaz Friedman, Cyprien Katsaris)*
14. Largo from the Sonata BWV 1005 (Camille Saint-Saëns)
15. Badinerie from the Suite BWV 1067 (Cyprien Katsaris)*
16. Largo from the Concerto BWV 1056 (Cyprien Katsaris)*
17. "Schafe können sicher weiden" - "Sheeps May Safely Graze" - "Que les brebis paissent en paix" (Cyprien Katsaris)*
* World première recording
Artists: Cyprien Katsaris “Katsaris’s jaw-dropping virtuosity comes thrillingly to life in the hair-raising repeated sections of the famous
Badinerie (a real collector’s item this one), but what impresses most is his sensitivity to atmosphere and liquid
phrasing, particularly in ‘Sheep may safely graze’, which closes this recital in the warm, radiant glow of
musical perfection.” - International Piano, May/June 2008
“The Dresden Choir performs many motets a cappella and do it very well with 20 clean, fresh and lively
voices….In the later motets Schütz specifies instruments, here a rich buzz of trombones, dulcians and strings
form Cappella Sagittariana. Their sound is enhanced by the ambience of a Dresden church……” - BBC Music Magazine, May 2008
Works: De Navitate
1] Angelus emittitur
2] Salve flos et decor
3] Verbum caro factum est
4] Congaudeat turba fidelium (instr)
5] Parvulus nobis nascitur
6] Personent hodie
7] Nobis est natus hodie
8] Paranymphus adiens 2st
De Passione
9] Iucundare iugiter 3st
10] Aetas carmen melodiae 2st
11] Aetas carmen melodiae 4st
De Fragilitate et miseriis
12] Kurja, paha syntinen
13] Mars praecurrit in planetis
14] Cum sit omnis caro foenum
De vita scholastica
15] Scholares convenite
16] Zachaeus arboris
17] O Scholares discite
18] Sum in aliena provincia
De Tempore Vernali
19] Ad perennis vitae fontem
20] In vernali tempore
21] Tempus adest floridum
22] Kaikki mailma riemuitkohon
Artists: Zefiro Torna, Antwerp Cathedral Choir, dir. Sebastiaan van Steenburge
“These 24 of the 74 songs from Piae Cantiones form not only a wonderful programme, permitting a variety of
styles ranging from pure medieval to rustic and folksy but are also delightful performances….There are
delicious and always aptly chosen instrumental contributions, including local colour from the Finnish kantele,
and the children sing disarmingly with an ardent, earthly grace, like angelic urchins….” - Choir & Organ, May/June 2008
“No.1 also dates from the 1900s and is the work that so deeply impressed Saint-Saëns at its premiere (which
featured Pierre-Monteux, no less on viola). Cast in the traditional four movements, it is sunny and relaxed with
a classical balance evident from the opening bar…..The Mozart Piano Quartet provide these works with
enthusiastic advocacy and MDG’s sound is a model of clarity and natural balance – just like Bonis’s music. - Gramophone, June 2008
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