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Airs
and Graces 
Parnassus Avenue rec. 2005
BIS BISSACD1595 
[65:47][GPu] 
Well-played,
and offers some engaging unfamiliar repertoire
… see Full
Review
Carles
Pons i Altés: Bolero para un
Ángel Francisco
TÁRREGA (1852-1909) Rosita
[1:50] Santiago de
MURCIA (1682-1735) Tarantelas y
Fandango [4:44] Mauricio
Opazo MUÑOZ (b.1969) Bolero
para un Ángel [3:43] Roland
DYENS (b.1955) Tango en Skaï
[2:45] Fernando SOR
(1778-1839) Souvenirs d'une soirée
a Berlin [11 :52] Anthony
SYDNEY (b.1952) Sonatina Portuguesa
[6 :03] Manuel
López QUIROGA (1899-1988)
arr. C. TREPAT
Romance de Valentía (Pasodoble), [4:04]
Isaac ALBÉNIZ
(1860-1909) Cádiz [4 :40]
Joaquín TURINA
(1882-1949) Fandanguillo [5:03] Trad.
arr. Emilio
PUJOL (1886-1980) El cant
dels ocells [2:20] Miguel
LLOBET (1878-1938) El testament
d’Amelia [2:32] Laurent
BOUTROS (b.1965) Les Echelles du
Levant [4:25] David
QUALEY (b.1948) One Time Swing
[3:56] Charles TRENET
(1913-2001) arr.
Roland DYENS (b.1955)
Revoir Paris
Carles Pons i Altés (guitar) rec. no
details given
SHEVA 009 [62:06] 
[JW]
A
pleasing recital with venturesome potential,
adeptly played. ... see Full
Review
Ernest
Ansermet - Royal Ballet
Gala
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent
Garden/Ernest Ansermet rec. 1959
DECCA ELOQUENCE 4429986 [47:55 + 48:57][RM] 
Very
fine with an almost ideal combination of brightness
and warmth ... see Full
Review
Vladimir
Ashkenazy - Master Musician
A film by Christopher Nupen
Vladimir Ashkenazy, Daniel Barenboim, Edo
de Waart, Itzhak Perlman rec. 2008
ALLEGRO FILMS A09CND [160:00][AOz]
What
comes over most is his dedication to his art
... see Full
Review
Inge Borkh
sings Music by Robert
SCHUMANN (1810–1856), Richard
STRAUSS (1864–1949) and Dimitri
SHOSTAKOVICH (1906–1975)
Inge Borkh (soprano); Various accompanists
rec. 1950-65
GALA GL100.805 [76:02 + 70:36][GF]
More
for specialists than average opera-lovers
... see Full
Review
British
Light Classics
Various composers and artists
rec. 1948-78
EMI CLASSICS FOR PLEASURE 2282852 [74:37][JW]
Plenty
to amuse and invigorate ... see Full
Review
Bryn - First
Love: Songs from the
British Isles (arranged by Chris
HAZELL)
Bryn Terfel (baritone) London Voices; London
Symphony Orchestra/Barry Wordsworth rec. 2007-8
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 4777865 [54:36][ST]
This
is a very frustrating disc ... see Full
Review
Maria Callas
sings Bel Canto: Music by Vincenzo
BELLINI (1801-1835), Gaetano
DONIZETTI (1797-1848), Gioacchino
ROSSINI (1792-1868) and Gaspare
SPONTINI (1774-1851)
Maria Callas (soprano); various accompanists
rec. 1949-57
ALTO ALC1028 [74.00][RH]
Interesting
but not essential ... see Full
Review
Per
Clavicembalo Moderno Music by Hanna
KULENTY (b.1961), Zbigniew
BARGIELSKI (b.1937), Marta
PTASZYŃSKA (b.1943), Wojciech
WIDŁAK (b.1971), Marcel
CHYRZYŃSKI (b.1971), Aleksandra
GRYKA (b.1977), Zygmunt
KRAUZE (b.1938) and Włodzimierz
KOTOŃSKI (b.1925)
Gośka Isphording (harpsichord) rec. 2006-7
DUX 0605 [52:35][GPu]
An
exciting and challenging programme of modern
Polish music … see Full
Review
Contemporary
Estonian Church Music Andres UIBO
(b.1956) Antiphons
(2005) [10:43] Veljo
TORMIS (b.1930) At the Crossroads
(1991) [9:27] Tower Bell in my Village
(1978) [14:29] Arvo
PÄRT (b.1935) Kontakion
(1996) [3:32] Ode VI (1996) [10:12]
Prayer after the Canon (1996) [14:15]
Orthodox Singers/Valery Petrov rec. March
2007, Keila Newand – Apostolic Church, Estonia
TROUBADISC TRO-CD 01432 [62:42]
[DC]
Very
nice, if not 100% inspirational. ... see Full
Review
Daystream
Dances Women composers for the oboe
Cynthia Green Libby (oboe), Peter Collins
(piano) rec. 2000 DDD
HESTER PARK CD 7707 [63:18] [BBr]
A
fine player and a most winning advocate for
this music ... see Full
Review
The
Dowland Project - Romaria
The Dowland Project rec. 2006
ECM NEW SERIES 1970 4765780 [77:03][TH]
A
probing, intelligent approach to music of
the distant past ... see Full
Review
Elgar’s
Tenth Muse
Starring James Fox, Faith
Brook, Selma Alispahic and Rupert Frazier;
featuring Natalie Clein, Maxim Vengerov and
the BBC Symphony Orchestra/Andrew Davis
WARNER 5051442857528 
[51:00][JW]
I
quite liked it despite giving the impression
I didn’t ... see Full
Review
The
Feast of Fools
New London Consort/Philip
Pickett rec. 1990
DECCA/L’OISEAU–LYRE 4780028 [74:50][DC]
Still
top recommendation for drunken plainchant
... see Full
Review
Fire
Beneath My Fingers
Music by Antonio VIVALDI
(1678-1741);
Giuseppe TARTINI (1692-1770)
and Giuseppe SAMMARTINI (1695-1750)
Musica Pacifica
rec. 2006
DORIAN DSL90704 [65:50][JV]
First-rate
music in very theatrical and technically brilliant
performances ... see
Full Review
Four
Amercian Quartets by
Ralph EVANS (b.
1953), Philip GLASS (b.
1937), George ANTHEIL (b.
1900–1959) and ]
Bernard HERRMANN (1911–1975)
Fine Arts Quartet rec.
2007
NAXOS 8.559354 [62:27][BBr]
Full-blooded
and very committed ... see Full
Review
Nicolai
Gedda in Opera
NIMBUS PRIMA VOCE NI 7943/44 [75:16
+ 70:13] 
[RH]
A
vivid glimpse of one of the 20th
century’s most versatile tenors ... see Full
Review
The
Golden Age Of Light Music -Bandstand In
The Park
– Volume 2 Transferred
from various 78 rpm discs recorded between
1929 and1955 ADD
GUILD LIGHT MUSIC GLCD 5147 [78:40]
[JW]
Top
notch notes ... see Full
Review
Golden
Age of Light Music - The
Show Goes On
Various artists rec. 1942-57
GUILD LIGHT MUSIC GLCD5149 [79:04][BBr]
Rush
to add this exciting disk to your collection
... see Full
Review
The Golden
Age of Light Music -Stringin’ Along
Re-issues
from 78 rpm discs and early 33 rpm LPs, recorded
between 1949 and 1957 ADD
GUILD LIGHT MUSIC GLCD 5146 [77:36]
[JW]
Plenty
of vibrant vitality ... see
Full Review
Golden
Age of Light Music - Great
Light Orchestras Salute Gershwin and Kern
Various orchestras & artists
rec. 1945-57
GUILD LIGHT MUSIC GLCD5148 [76:33][BBr]
Another
success in this fascinating series ... see
Full Review
Great
Opera Arias
Angela
Gheorghiu, Roberto Alagna & Placido Domingo;
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Covent Garden/Asher Fisch rec. 1996
OPUS ARTE OAR3109D
[89:00][ST]
Everyone
on stage is clearly having great fun; you
will too ... see Full
Review
Hilde Güden
- Arias and Songs
NIMBUS PRIMA VOCE NI 7952-3 [78:48 + 78:58]
[ABo]
Fascinating
interpretations and a beautiful, clear, pure
voice ... see Full
Review
I
Was Glad Music by Karl
JENKINS (b. 1944), John
IRELAND (1879-1962), Gabriel
FAURÉ
(1845-1924), Charles
Villiers STANFORD (1852-1924),
César FRANCK (1822-1890),
Johannes
BRAHMS (1833-1897), Charles
Hubert Hastings PARRY (1848-1918),
Kenneth
LEIGHTON (1929-1988), Jehan
ALAIN (1911-1940), Samuel
Sebastian WESLEY (1810-1876),
Charles
Hubert Hastings PARRY (1848-1918)
and John
RUTTER (b.1945)
OSJ Brass; The Choir
of Eltham College/Tim Johnson, Tim Garrard
rec. 2006
HERALD HAVPCD323 [67:07][KS]
A
mixed bag of hits and misses that makes for
a great souvenir ... see Full
Review
Iceland
– Piano Music by Icelandic
Composers
Susanne Kessel (piano) rec.
2007
OEHMS CLASSICS OC813 [76:41][BBr]
Susanne
Kessel is a fine advocate for this music ...
see Full Review
Ilya Kaler (violin)
Music by Eugène YSAYE (1858–1931),
Paul HINDEMITH (1895–1963),
Sergei PROKOFIEV (1891–1953),
Jean MARTINON (1910–1976)
and Vytautas BARKAUSKAS (b
1931)
Ilya Kaler (violin) rec.
1995
ONGAKU 024103 [66:59][BBr]
A
fine fiddler in attractive and interesting
music ... see Full
Review
Song Recital
Jonathan Lemalu (bass-baritone);
Roger Vignoles (piano) rec. 2002
EMI CLASSICS 2081232 [60:46][JW]
A
welcome re-release of a youthful talent ...
see Full Review
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