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MOMPOU Piano Works Arcadi Volodos pf Sony 88765 43326 2 ‘Volodos’s records and appearances may be few and far between; but whether in his torrential if superfine virtuosity or in a more rarefied poetry, his command is phenomenal.’
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JS BACH Cantatas, Vol 53 Soloists; Bach Collegium Japan / Masaaki Suzuki BIS BIS1991 ‘The flavour of these works is encapsulated in the etched dialogues and textural luminosity of a distilled musical language drifting gently towards a galant sensibility.’
REVIEW ON PAGE 70
MACMILLAN Tenebrae Responsories Choir of Westminster Cathedral / Martin Baker with Peter Stevens org London Brass Hyperion CDA67970 ‘There are excellent recordings of this sequence, but inevitably the sound of the Westminster choristers adds something unique.’
REVIEW ON PAGE 71
WAGNER Opera Extracts Petra Lang sop Budapest Festival Orchestra / Iván Fischer Channel Classics CCSSA32713 ‘Iván Fischer’s work stands as some of the finest new conducting yet put on disc in Wagner’s bicentenary year.’
REVIEW ON PAGE 79
DVD/Blu-ray MAHLER Symphony No 4 Christina Landshamer sop Gewandhaus Orchestra / Riccardo Chailly Accentus ACC20257; ACC10257 ‘The first movement’s complex map of tempo relationships is negotiated with sly cunning.’
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Reissue/Archive WILHELM KEMPFF Piano Recital – 1962 Wilhelm Kemp f pf Hänssler Classic CD93 720 ‘Familiar Kempff territory, Beethoven’s wistful F major Sonata, those “cool”, crunchy harmonies at the start played with a full understanding of their seductive implication.’
REVIEW ON PAGE 83
Reviewed this month: 7 symphonies by Bruckner; 5 symphonies by Beethoven; 1 symphony by Gál
ORCHESTRAL
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Beethoven symphonies from two San Francisco orchestras; Noseda’s Casella series continues; online performances from the Berlin Phil
CHAMBER
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Marwood plays Schumann live at the Wigmore Hall; championing the string quartets of the ‘Norwegian Berg’; French music round-up
INSTRUMENTAL
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Pascal Amoyel plays Alkan; Bach Cello Suites from Jan Vogler and Hopkinson Smith; last instalment of Guy’s Beethoven sonatas
VOCAL
MacMillan from Westminster Cathedral; Stopford from Truro Cathedral; choral experiments from two landmark ‘choirbooks’
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OPERA
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Glyndebourne’s 2012 Figaro on screen; rare Strauss opera revived in Germany; Giuseppe Scarlatti’s Dove è amore comes home
BOOKS
Robert Craft’s second exploration of the professional and private worlds of Igor Stravinsky; Paul Elie’s homage to JS Bach
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REPLAY
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A world of Otto Klemperer courtesy of sets from Testament and EMI; Celibidache live in Vienna; more treats from Japanese NHK
THE SPECIALIST’S GUIDE
David Threasher is your expert guide to rarities and gems of the repertoire scored expressly for two pianos
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THE GRAMOPHONE COLLECTION
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Fabrice Fitch examines available recordings of works from the most famous illuminated manuscript collection of sacred English music
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