Reviews
Webern Orchestral Works – Ulster Orchestra
Webern’s Miniature Universe, Finely Calibrated Naxos 8.554841 The Ulster Orchestra under Takuo Yuasa offers something increasingly rare…
Siegmeister Chamber Works – Early American Modernism Reconsidered
Elie Siegmeister: Chamber and Vocal Works Gasparo GSS 2008 I confess to approaching this disc with more…
Anna Bon: Six Harpsichord Sonatas – Paule van Parys
Anna Bon di Venezia: Six Sonatas for Harpsichord Paule van Parys, harpsichord Pavane ADW 7338 There’s something…
Carey Blyton Early Songs – Korman and Partridge
Carey Blyton: The Early Songs Beryl Korman (soprano), Ian Partridge (tenor), Stephen Roberts (piano), Jennifer Partridge (piano),…
Melchior and Flagstad in Wagner Parsifal – 1938 Met Opera
# A Voice from Valhalla: Melchior and Flagstad in Parsifal The discovery of these aluminum transcription discs…
Tchaikovsky String Quartets by St Lawrence Quartet
Tchaikovsky: String Quartets Nos. 1 and 3 St Lawrence String Quartet EMI Classics CDC5 57144 [69:42] The…
Arthur Bliss: Decca British Music Collection
Arthur Bliss: Decca British Music Collection [2 CDs] Robert Cohen (cello); Alfredo Campoli (violin); Royal Philharmonic Company/Barry…
Dvorak and Tchaikovsky by Muti – Abbey Road Recordings
Muti’s Dvořák and Tchaikovsky: Abbey Road Splendors from the Mid-Seventies There’s something to be said for the…
Bizet Carmen Highlights – Bumbry and Vickers
Georges Bizet Carmen (highlights) Grace Bumbry (mezzo-soprano), Jon Vickers (tenor), Mirella Freni (soprano), Kostas Paskalis (baritone), Eliane…
Mozart Bassoon Concerto – Lawrence Perkins and Camerata
Mozart: Concerto in B♭ major, K. 191 • Weber: Andante e Rondo Ungarese; Concerto in F major,…
Schubert Winterreise – Bass Jules Bastin
A Bass in Winter: Jules Bastin’s Unexpected Journey Here’s an oddity worth contemplating. Jules Bastin—that superb Belgian…
Berlioz Songs – Véronique Gens and Lyon National Opera Orchestra
Hector Berlioz (1803–69) Les nuits d’été, La mort de Cléopâtre, La captive, La belle voyageuse, Zaïde Véronique…
Stokowski 1947 RCA Sessions – Virtuosity Without Vision
Stokowski’s 1947 Testament: Virtuosity in Search of Vision The story of Stokowski’s wandering years after Philadelphia—and there…
Bentzon Symphonies 5 and 7 – Aarhus Orchestra Ole Schmidt
Niels Viggo Bentzon Symphony No. 5, Op. 61 Ellipser (1950) [36:19] Symphony No. 7, Op. 83 Tre…
Vivaldi Cello Concertos – Alexandre Debrus
Vivaldi’s Cello Concertos: Pleasant Confections, Indifferently Served Cello Concertos by Antonio Vivaldi Alexandre Debrus, cello; Elaine Debrus-Boucher,…
Rubbra: Sinfonia Concertante – Hickox and BBC Wales
Rubbra: The Sinfonia Concertante and Choral Works CHANDOS CHAN 9966 BBC National Orchestra of Wales/Richard Hickox Howard…
Purcell Fantasias by London Baroque on Modern Strings
PURCELL: Fantazias London Baroque / Charles Medlam BIS CD-1165 [71:55] The summer of 1680—Purcell just twenty-one, already…
Ravel Piano Works by Gieseking – EMI
Ravel: Complete Works for Solo Piano Walter Gieseking EMI 7243 5 74793 2 5 [2 CDs: 117:42]…
Sibelius Symphonies and Tone Poems by Berglund
SIBELIUS: Complete Symphonies and Miscellaneous Works Paavo Berglund/Helsinki Philharmonic, Bournemouth Symphony EMI 5 74485 2 (8 CDs)…