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EARLY MUSIC | | Click on the cover for a full review... |
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HOMENATGE AL MISTERI D'ELX Anonymous (realization Jordi Savall) Misteri d'Elx
Montserrat Figueras, Marilia Vargas, Mercedes Hernandez, Arianna Savall (soprano); Pascal Bertin (countertenor); Lluis Vilamajo, Lambert Climent, Francesc Garrigosa (tenor); Daniele Carnovich (bass); La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Jordi Savall
Alia Vox-9836(CD) |
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TOMÁS LUIS DE VICTORIA
Motets, antiphons, & mass movements adapted for voice & lute/vihuela (includes Et Iesum, O quam gloriosum, Alma Redemptoris Mater, O magnum mysterium, & movements from Missa Quam pulchri sunt, Missa O magnum mysterium, & Missa Gaudeamus)
Carlos Mena (countertenor); Juan Carlos Rivera (lute, vihuela); Francisco Rubio Gallego (cornet)
Harmonia Mundi - HMI 987042(CD) |
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WILLIAM BYRD
Consort songs (Includes Rejoice unto the Lord, Ah silly Soul, O that most rare breast, All as a sea, Ye sacred Muses, Lullaby: My sweet little baby, others)
Robin Blaze (countertenor); Elizabeth Kenny (lute); Concordia
Hyperion- 67397(CD) |
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KEYBOARD | | Click on the cover for a full review... |
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WORKS FOR CLAVIORGANUM
Keyboard music by Hassler, Strogers, Byrd, Bull, Gibbons, Pachelbel, J.C. Bach, J.S. Bach, & Ritter
Gustav Leonhardt (claviorganum and harpsichord)
Alpha- 042(CD) |
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ROBERT SCHUMANN
Carnaval Op. 9; Papillons Op. 2; Kinderszenen Op. 15; Arabeske Op. 18
Nelson Freire (piano)
Decca- 473 902-2(CD) |
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NICOLAI KAPUSTIN
Variations Op. 41; Eight Concert Etudes Op. 40; Bagatelle Op. 59 No. 9; Suite in the Old Style Op. 28; Piano Sonata No. 6 Op. 62; Sonatina Op. 100; Five Etudes in Different Intervals Op. 68
Marc-André Hamelin (piano)
Hyperion- CDA 67433(CD) |
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CHAMBER MUSIC | | Click on the cover for a full review... |
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LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
String Quartets Op. 18
Auryn Quartet
Tacet- 124(CD) |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Piano Quartet No. 1 Op. 25
ROBERT SCHUMANN
Fantasiestücke Op. 88
Martha Argerich (piano); Gidon Kremer (violin); Yuri Bashmet (viola); Mischa Maisky (cello)
Deutsche Grammophon- 463 700-2(CD) |
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ERVÍN SCHULHOFF
Five Pieces for String Quartet; Concertino for Flute, Viola, & Double Bass; Duo for Violin & Cello; String Sextet
Members of the Prázak and Kocian Quartets; others
Praga- 250 203(SACD) |
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ORCHESTRAL MUSIC | | Click on the cover for a full review... |
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NIGHT MUSIC - WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Eine kleine Nachtmusik; Adagio & Fugue in C minor K. 525; Menuet & Trio in C major K. 485a; Serenata notturna; A Musical Joke
The English Concert; Andrew Manze
Harmonia Mundi- 807280(SACD) |
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ANTON BRUCKNER
Symphony No. 9 (incl. finale)
Vienna Philharmonic; Nikolaus Harnoncourt
RCA- 82876 54332 2(CD) |
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GUSTAV MAHLER
Symphony No. 3; Bach Suite
Petra Lang (mezzo-soprano); Prague Philharmonic Choir; Netherlands Children's Choir; Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly
Decca- B0002336-02(CD) |
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AARON COPLAND
Music for the Theatre; Appalachian Spring Suite (orig. version); Two Ballads for Violin & Piano; Elegies for Violin & Viola; El Salón México (arr. Toscanini)
Diane Walsh (piano); Eugene Drucker (violin); Lawrence Dutton (viola); Harmonie Ensemble, New York; Steven Richman
Bridge- 9145(CD) |
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BÉLA BARTÓK
Concerto for Orchestra; Dance Suite; Hungarian Peasant Songs
Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra; Zoltán Kocsis
Hungaroton- HSACD 32187(SACD) |
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OPERA | | Click on the cover for a full review... |
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CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD GLUCK
Orphée et Eurydice
Richard Croft (tenor); Mireille Delunsch, Marion Harousseau, Claire Delgado-Boge (soprano); Choeur des Musiciens du Louvre; Les Musiciens du Louvre; Marc Minkowski
Archiv- 471582-2(CD) |
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JEAN CRAS
Polyphčme
Armand Arapian (bass-baritone); Sophie Marin-Degor, Valérie Debize (soprano); Yann Beuron (tenor); others; Choeur Régional Vittoria d’Ile-de-France; Orchestre Philharmonique de Luxembourg; Bramwell Tovey
Timpani- 3C3078(CD) |
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EINOJUHANI RAUTAVAARA
The House of the Sun
Anna-Kristina Kaappola, Mia Huhta, Helena Juntunen (soprano); Raija Regneli (mezzo-soprano); Jukka Romu (bass); others; Oulu Symphony Orchestra; Mikko Franck
Ondine- 1032-2CD(CD) |
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SACRED MUSIC | | Click on the cover for a full review... |
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CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
THE SACRED MUSIC, VOL. 2
Messa ŕ 4 voci da Cappella (1650); Exultent caeli; Cantate Domino; Letaniae della Beata Vergine; other works
Carolyn Sampson, Rebecca Outram (soprano); Rogers Covey-Crump (high tenor); Charles Daniels, James Gilchrist (tenor); Peter Harvey (bass); Choir of The King's Consort; The King's Consort; Robert King
Hyperion- 67438(CD) |
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FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN
The Seasons (Die Jahreszeiten)
Marlis Petersen (soprano); Werner Güra (tenor); Dietrich Henschel (baritone); RIAS-Kammerchor; Freiburger Barockorchester; René Jacobs
Harmonia Mundi- 801829.30(CD) |
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KRZYSZTOF PENDERECKI
St. Luke Passion
Izabella Klosinska (soprano); Adam Kruszewski (baritone); Romuald Tesarowicz (bass); Krzysztof Kolberger (Evangelist); Warsaw Philharmonic Choir; Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra; Antoni Wit
Naxos- 8557149(CD) |
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VOCAL RECITALS | | Click on the cover for a full review... |
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SARA MINGARDO
Arias, madrigals, & cantatas by Monteverdi, Vivaldi, Handel, Carissimi, Cavalli, Legrenzi, Merula, & Salvatore
Sara Mingardo (alto); Monica Bacelli (mezzo-soprano, in "Vorrei baciarti"), Concerto Italiano; Rinaldo Alessandrini
Naďve- OP 30395(CD) |
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AUSTRIAN CONTEMPORARIES, VOL. 2
FRANZ SCHUBERT
21 songs set to poems by the composer's Austrian contemporaries
Detlef Roth (baritone); Ulrich Eisenlohr (piano)
Naxos- 8557172(CD) |
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ANTONIN DVORÁK
Lieder Opp. 2, 7, 55 "Gipsy Songs"; 73 "In Folk Tone"; 82; 83 "Love Songs"; Love Songs to Words by Elisky Krásnohorské
Bernarda Fink (mezzo-soprano); Roger Vignoles (piano)
Harmonia Mundi- HMC 901824(CD) |
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KURT WEILL
The Seven Deadly Sins; Quodlibet
Anja Silja (soprano); SWR Radio Orchestra Kaiserslautern; Grzegorz Nowak
Hänssler Classic- 93.109(CD) |
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OUTSTANDING NEW DISCOVERIES | | Click on the cover for a full review... |
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These awards go to recordings of unusual interest in terms
of repertoire, and will appeal to collectors looking to hear important premier
performances of new or unjustly neglected music.
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CHARLES KOECHLIN
Le Docteur Fabricius Op. 202; Vers la Voute étoilée
Suttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra; Heinz Holliger
Hänssler Classic- CD 93.106(CD) |
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EMIL NIKOLAUS VON REZNICEK
Der Sieger (The Victor)
Beate Koepp (alto); WDR Sympphony Orchestra & Choir (Cologne); Michail Jurowski
CPO- 999 898-2(CD) |
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ROBERT KURKA
Julius Caesar; Symphony No. 2; Music for Orchestra; Serenade for Small Orchestra
Grant Park Orchestra; Carlos Kalmar
Cedille- 077(CD) |
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ANDRÉ MATHIEU,
Concerto de Québec; (+ RICHARD ADDINSELL, Warsaw Concerto; & GEORGE GERSHWIN, Concerto in F)
Alain Lefčvre (piano); Orchestre symphonique de Québec; Yoav Talmi
Analekta- AN 2 9814(CD) |
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GEORGE ROCHBERG
Symphony No. 5; Black Sounds; Transcendental Variations
Saarbrücken Radio Symphony Orchestra; Christopher Lyndon-Gee
Naxos- 8559115(CD) |
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GEORGE CRUMB
Unto the Hills: Songs of Sadness, Yearning, and Innocence; Black Angels: 13 Images from the Dark Land for Electric String Quartet
Ann Crumb (voice); Orchestra 2001; Miró String Quartet; James Freeman
Bridge- 9139(CD) |
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DVORÁK YEAR | | Click on the cover for a full review... |
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(100th Anniversary of His Death) | | |
The 100th anniversary year of Dvorák's death in 1904 saw a large number of fine new releases. Here are the best of them (without forgetting Bernarda Fink's superb Dvorák song recital listed in the vocal category, and also our choice for Disc of the Year).
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ANTONÍN DVORÁK
Symphony No. 6; The Golden Spinning Wheel
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Charles Mackerras
Supraphon- SU 3771-2 031(CD) |
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ANTONÍN DVORÁK, Violin Concerto;
(+ PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY, Violin Concerto)
Pavel Šporcl (violin); Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Vladimir Ashkenazy; Jirí Belohlávek
Supraphon- 3709-2 031(CD) |
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ANTONÍN DVORÁK
Piano Concerto; The Golden Spinning Wheel
Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano); Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Teldec- 8573 87630-2(CD) |
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ANTONÍN DVORÁK
Complete Solo Piano Music
Stefan Veselka (piano)
Naxos- 8505205(CD) |
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OUTSTANDING LABEL: BIS | | Click on the cover for a full review... |
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This award goes to a label whose unusually strong and imaginative
programming over the past year would have qualified it for numerous individual awards,
but whose overall excellence was such that it merits special mention here in a category
of its own.
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KALEVI AHO
Symphony No. 11; Symphonic Dances
Kroumata Percussion Ensemble; Lahti Symphony Orchestra; Osmo Vänskä
BIS- 1336(CD) |
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EDVARD GRIEG
Sigurd Jorsalfar (extended suite); Land Sighting; Bergliot; Funeral March for Rikard Nordraak; The Mountain Thrall
Hakan Hagegard (baritone); Gorhild Mauseth (narrator); Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra; Ole Kristian Ruud
BIS- 1391(SACD) |
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EINOJUHANI RAUTAVAARA
Symphony No. 8 "The Journey"; Violin Concerto
Jaakko Kuusisto (violin); Lahti Symphony Orchestra; Osmo Vänskä
BIS- 1315(CD) |
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GEIRR TVEITT
Baldur's Dream; Telemarkin
Slveig Kringelborn (soprano); Ulf Oien (tenor); Magne Fremmerlid (bass); Trine Oien (mezzo-soprano); Arve Moen Bergset (Hardanger fiddle); Stavanger Symphony Orchestra; Ole Kristian Ruud
BIS- 1337/1338(CD) |
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TUBA CARNIVAL
Works by various composers, including "Winter" from The Four Seasons; "Anitra's Dance" from Peer Gynt; Carnival of Venice; Kesh Jig; Csárdas; others
Oystein Baadsvik (tuba); Musica Vitae; Byorn Sagstad
BIS- 1285(CD) |
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SACD (for technical and artistic merit) | | Click on the cover for a full review... |
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RAINBOW BODY
CHRISTOPHER THEOFANIDIS, Rainbow Body; SAMUEL BARBER, Symphony No. 1; AARON COPLAND, Appalachian Spring; JENNIFER HIGDON, Blue Cathedral
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Robert Spano
Telarc- 80596(SACD) |
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PARIS QUARTETS VOL. 2 - GEORG PHILIP TELEMANN
Quartets Nos. 1-3; Concerto in G minor
Florilegium
Channel Classics- CCS SA 20604(SACD) |
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MAURICE DURUFLÉ
Complete Organ Works
Friedhelm Flamme (organ)
CPO- 777 042-2(SACD) |
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DVD | | Click on the cover for a full review... |
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BERLIOZ, Les Troyens, BBC OA
Rameau , Platée, TDK
Adams, The Death of Klinghoffer, Decca
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SPECIAL EDITION | | Click on the cover for a full review... |
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The award this year goes to Sony France, for its imaginative
exploitation of the label's back catalog, a true labor of love and a genuine boon to
collectors everywhere.
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Rudolf Serkin Edtion (Sony France)
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DISC OF THE YEAR | | Click on the cover for a full review... |
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ANTONIN DVORÁK
Lieder Opp. 2, 7, 55 "Gipsy Songs"; 73 "In Folk Tone"; 82; 83 "Love Songs"; Love Songs to Words by Elisky Krásnohorské
Bernarda Fink (mezzo-soprano); Roger Vignoles (piano)
Harmonia Mundi- HMC 901824(CD) |
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