Cantos de Espana: Cordoba, Op. 234/4; Mallorca, Op. 202; Suite espanola, Op. 47; .. --
Julian Bream, .
RCA RCD 14378.
PG90: rosette - for both albeniz and granodos:superb form, slendid recital.
Cantos de Espana: Cordoba, Op. 234/4; Mallorca, Op. 202; Suite espanola, Op. 47; .. --
Julian Bream, .
RCA Navigator 74321 17903-2.
PG95: rosette - reissue added the Rodrigo; not the single finest recital of Spanish guitar music; bargain of bargains.
Iberia; navara; Suite espanola --
Alicia de Larrocha, .
London 417 887-1.
PG90: rosette - masterly command of kb and coulor, light articulation and beautifully judged rubato.
Auber
Le domino noir --
Jo, Vernet, Ford, Power, ..., London Voices, ECO, Bonynge.
London 440 646-2 (2).
PG96: rosette - ECO is outstanding and casting i near perfect; sparkle from first to last.
Overtures [also Suppe, Overtures ***] --
Detroit SO, Paray.
Mercury (M) 434 309-2.
PG94: rosette - dazzling performances; mercury at its best engineering (1959).
Auric
L'Eventaio de Jeanne; Les Maries de la Tour Eiffel (Ballets) --
Philh. O, Simon.
Chandos CHAN 8356.
PG90: rosette - little short of spectaular.
Bach
Bach and Tureck at home --
Rosalyn Tureck (piano), .
TROY 007-010 (4).
PG91: rosette - playing is legendary; a wide dynamic and expressive range with consummate artistry.
Brandenburg concertos 1-6, Orchestra suites 1-4 --
Busch Chamber Players, Busch.
EMI (M) CHS7 64047-2 (3).
PG94: rosette - (in mono, on modern instruments) greater authenticity of spirit than many rigid modern performances.
Cantata #82, Ich habe genug --
Hotter, Philh O, Bernard.
EMI (M) CDH7 63198-2.
PG90: rosette for both - one of greatest cantata performances ever; fine transfer (1950).
Cantatas 82, 159 and 170 --
Baker, Tear, St Anthony Singers, ASMF, Marriner.
London 430 260-2.
PG91: rosette - among the half-dozen or so contata records that ought to be in every collection.
Cello suites 1-6 (unaccompanied) --
Rostropovich, .
EMI CDS5 55363-2 (2).
PG95: rosette - revelatory, in may ways the most powerful recroding of all, positive and personal, full of individual perceptions.
Chorales, various orchestral arrangements --
Stokowski, .
RCA (M) GD 60922.
PG94: rosette - (mono) no technical apologies; collectors item is the Chaconne.
Chromatic fantasia and Fugue in D min BWV 903; 4 duets BWV 802-5; Italian concerto in F BWV 971; Partita in B min MWV 831 --
C. Rousset, .
O-L 433 054-2.
PG94: rosette - authority and flair; strongly recommended.
Complete Organ Music --
Hurford, .
London (B) 444 410-2 (17).
PG96: rosette - (1972-84)Hurford influenced a complete change in approach; splendedly transfered; supreme investment.
Fantasia & imitato in B min BWV 563; Fugue in C BWV 575; 2 fugues on themes of Albinoni BWV 950/1; 8 short preludes BWV 553-60; Tocattas in G minor and major --
Kevin Bowyer, organ, .
Nimbus NI 5377.
PG94: rosette - few more invigorating Bach organ recitals than this.
Fantasia and fugue in G min BWV 542; Passacaglia and fugue in c min BWV 582; Schuebler chorales BWV 645-50; Toccata and fugue in F BWV 540; Toccata, adagio and fugue in C BWV 564 --
Preston, .
DG 435 381-2.
PG94: rosette - magnificent demo of the splendor and power of BA's more ambitious organ statements; one of the very finest B collections of the digital cd era.
Goldberg variations --
Rosalyn Tureck, .
Vai Audio VAIA 1029.
PG94: rosette - very special: no other Bach played on the piano quite as compelling as this.
Organ Works, Vol 12: Pastorale BWV590; Prelude and fugue in G minor BWV 542, A minor BWV543; Toccatas in C, D minor; T & F in F BWV540 --
Maire-Claire Alain, .
Erato (M) 4509 96745-2.
PG95: rosette - magnificent Dutch organs; ideally chosen group;recital of the highest order; superbly recorded.
Organ works, vol 3 --
Hurford, .
London (M) 421 617-2 (3).
PG90: rosette - huge range.
St John's Passion --
Pears, Harper, Hodgsonm tear, Howell, Shirley-Quirk, Wandsworth B Ch, ECP, Britten.
London Double 443 859-2 (2).
PG95: rosette - wonderfully vivid 1971 recording; freshness of interpretation; superb bargain.
The Well-tempered Clavier, Book II --
Andras Schiff, .
London 417 236-2 (2).
PG90: rosette - no one more imaginative or persuasive; pianistic.
The Well-tempered Clavier, Book I --
Andras Schiff, .
London 414 388-2 (2).
PG90: rosette - no one more imaginative or persuasive; pianistic.
(unaccompanied) Violin Sonatas 1-3 BWV1001/3/5; Violin Partitas 1-3 BWV1002/4/6 --
Itzhak Perlman, .
EMI CDS7 49483-2 (2).
PG90: rosette - insight brings out deepest qualities in these 6 searching masterpeices.
Violin Concertos Nr 1 BWV1041 (i), 2 BWV1041 (ii), double Violin Concerto (iii) BWV 1052, Double Concerto for Violin and Oboe BWV 1060 (iv) --
Grumiaux (i-iv), Krebbers (ii), Holliger (iv), Les Solistes Romands (i-iii), New Philh O (iv), Gerecz (i-iii), de Waart (iv).
Philips (M) 420 700-2.
PG90: rosette - outstanding success.
Violin sonatas 1-6; sonatas for violin and continuo BWV1020-24 --
Grumiaux, Jaccottet, Mermoud, .
Philips Duo 454 011-2 (2).
PG96: rosette - marvelously played with great vitality; endless treasure to be discovered.
Violin Sonatas (for violin and harpsichord) Nrs 1-6 BWV1014/9 --
Grumiaus, Jaccottet, Mermound, .
Philips (M) 426 452-2 (2).
PG90: rosette - endless treasure to be discovered here.
Violin concerto, op 14 [Maxwell Davies, VC ***] --
Stern, NYPO, Bernstein.
Sony Stern Edition SMK 64506.
PG96: rosette - 1964 premiere, consistently inspired and superlative quality.
Violin concerto, op 14 --
Shaham, LSO, Previn.
DG 439 886-2.
PG95: rosette - the Barbar has great virtuosity and a reading of strong profile; worthy to rank along side the Stern/Bernstein.
Bartok
14 Bagatelles. op. 6; 2 Elegies, op 8b; 3 Hungarian forlk tunes; 6 Rumanian fork tunes; Sonatina --
Zoltan Kocsis, .
Philips 434 104-2.
PG94: rosette - Bartok playing doesnt come much better than this.
Beethoven
Fidelio --
Ludwig, Vickers, ... Philh Ch and O, Klemperer.
EMI (M) CMS7 69324-2.
PG90: rosette - admirably fresh, incandescent.
Fidelio --
Ludwig, Vickers, Frick, Berry, Crass, Philh. Ch/O Klemperer, .
EMI CDS5 55170-2 (2).
PG95: rosette - reissued at full price, superbly remastered; well worth the cost.
Missa solemnis in D, op 123 --
Margiono, Robbin, Kendall, Miles, Monteverdi Ch, E Bar Soloists, Gardiner.
DG 429 779-2.
PG91: rosette - a breakthrough in period performance of B; inspired reading matches even greatest of traditional.
Piano Concerto 5, Grosse Fugue in B Flat, op 133 --
Kovacevich, Australian CO, .
EMI (M) CD-EMX 2184.
PGB92: rosette - unsurpassed as an interpreter of this most magnificant of concertos; first choice.
Piano Concerto Nr 5; Choral Fantasia, Op. 80 --
Tan, Schuetz Choir, London Classical Players, Norrington.
EMI CDC7 49965-2.
PG90: rosette - original insruments contrast Bishop-Kovacevich but every bit as stimulating.
Piano Concerto Nr 5; Piano Sonata Nr 30 in E, Op. 109 --
Bishop-Kovacevich, LSO, C. Davis.
Philips 422 482-2.
PG90: rosette - one of the most deeply satisfying versions.
Piano sonatas 1-32 --
Kempff, .
DG (B) 447 966-2 (8).
PG96: rosette - the earlier of his two cycles is even more intensely conveyed (1951-6); more personal, individual.
Piano Sonatas 1-32 --
Schnabel, .
EMI (M) CHS7 63765-2 (8).
PG91: rosette - one of the towering classics of the gramaphone; an indispencable reference point..
Piano Sonatas 21, 23, 26 --
Gilels, .
DG 419 162-2.
PG90: rosette - three of G's finest analogue recordings (1972-5); relish and study.
Piano sonatas 30, 31 [also Bach, Brahms, Granados, Mendelssohn and Scarlatti] --
Myra Hess, .
EMI CDH7 63787-2.
PG91: rosette - 1953 celebrated performances; these thoughtful and deeply jusical performances will be essential.
Piano sonatas 8, 21, 23 --
Gilels, .
DG Beethoven Edition 447 914-2.
PG96: rosette - 21 and 23 among finest ever made;.
Serenade in D for flute, violin and viola, Op. 25 --
Israel Flute Trio, .
Pickwick/CDI PWK 1139.
PG90: rosette - superb flautist, wonderfully natural sound and balance.
Sonatas 8, 14. 23. 26 --
Rubenstein, .
RCA (M) 09026 61443-2.
PG94: rosette - sense of live interpretation is especially vivid; fuller sound than on lp.
Sonatas 8, 23, 31 --
Gilels, .
DG (B) 439 426-2.
PG94: rosette - remarkable bargain; 31 is a performance of real stature.
String Qts 1, 9, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16; Violin sonata 3 [Schubert SQ 8 ***] --
Busch Qt; Busch, Serkin;, .
EMI (M) CHS5 65308-2 (4).
PG95: rosette - no group has penetrated deeper into the heart of the scores; excellently remastered.
Symphonies 3, 7, 8; Consecration of the house overture --
BPO, van Kempen.
Philips (M) 438 533-2 (2).
PG94: rosette - (mono) both 3 and 8 are worth a rosette;very impressive.
Symphonies 4, 6 --
Columbia SO, Walter.
Sony Bruno Walter Edition SMK 64462.
PG95: rosette - affectionate and completely integrated performances; beautifully balanced sound.
Symphonies 5, 7 --
VPO, Kleiber.
DG (M) 447 400-2.
PG95: rosette - 5th islegendary and one of the greatest performances ever recorded; 7th controversial.
Symphony 7 --
RPO, Davis.
EMI forte CZS5 69364-2 (2).
PG96: rosette - 1961 great performance, on par with Kleiber 5; unforgettable.
Violin concerto in D, op 61 [Mozart, Violin concerto 5 ***] --
Schneiderhan, BPO, Jochum.
DG (M) 447 403-2.
PG95: rosette - among the greatest recordings of this work; new coupling more generous.
Violin Concerto in D, Op.61; Romances Nrs 1/2 --
Schneidermhan, BPO, Jochum; Oistrakh, RPO, Goosens, .
DG (B) 427 197-2.
PG90: rosette - outstanding - serene beauty of slow movement in VC truly memorable.
Violin concerto in D; Romances 1-2 --
Kremer, ECO, Harnoncourt.
Teldec 9031 74881-2.
PG94: rosette - one of the most commanding recordings, both polished and full of flair, magnetically spontaneous with tone ravishingly pure.
Wellingtons victory, op 91 --
LSO, Dorati.
Mercury (M) 434 360-2.
PG96: rosette - most famous of all Mercury records; spectacle is quite extraordinary.
Berlin
Annie get your gun --
Amb Ch., L. Inf., McGLinn.
EMI CDC7 54206-2.
PGO93: rosette - most delectable of all show records.
Berlioz
8 Songs --
Hampson, Parsons, .
EMI CDC5 55047.
PG94: rosette - unfogettable collection of romantic songs; H in magnificent voice pwerfully accompanied by P; a winning disc very well recorded.
Les Nuits d'ete ... --
Baker, New Philh O ..., Barbirolli ....
EMI (M) CDM7 69544-2.
PG90: rosette - ravishing results.
Les Troyens Parts 1&2 --
Veasey, Vickers, ..., Davis.
Philips 416 432-2 (4).
PG90: rosette - Vickers a ringing Aeneas.
Les Troyens --
Lakes, Pollet, Voigt, Montreal Schubert Ch & SO, Dutoit.
London 443 693-2 (4).
PG95: rosette - controversial - RL retains allegiance to the Davis set - passionate committment of Dutoit's reading.
Overture: Beatrice et Benedict --
Chicago SO, Monteux.
RCA (M) GD 86805.
PG90: rosette - M exerts a unique grip on this highly charged symphony ....
Overtures [Saint Saens: e rouetd'Omphale ***] --
Boston So, Munch.
RCA (M) 9026 61400-2.
PG94: rosette - dazzingly brilliant performances.
Bernstein
Candide, Westside Story --
Hadley, Anderson, ... LS Ch/O; Te kanawa, Carreas, ..., Bernstein.
DG 447 958-2 (3).
PG96: rosette - two rosetted performances coupled together (but missing the witty naration in Candide).
West Side Story --
Te Kanawa, Carreras, etc, Bernstein.
DG 415 253-2 (2).
PG90: rosette - highly successful.
Bliss
Checkmate --
E N Philh O, Lloyd Jones.
Hyperion CDA 66436.
PG91: rosette - horoscope is a sheer delight, excellent playing and first-class sound.
Boieldieu
Harp Concerto in 3 tempi in C --
Marissa Robles, ASMF, Brown.
London (M) 425 723-2.
PG91: rosette - this collection makes one of the most rewarding harp anthologies ever issued.
Borodin
Polovtsian dances --
RPO, Beecham.
EMI CDC7- 47717-2.
PG90: rosette - 1957 - exrtraordinary drama and charisma.
Bouzignac
Te Deum; Motets --
Les Pages de la Chapelle, Les Arts Florissants, Christie.
HM HMC 901471.
PG95: rosette - thrilling discovery helped by vividly immediate sound.
Brahms
German Requiem --
Margiono, Gilfry, Monteverdi Ch, Orch R&R, Gardiner.
Philips 432 140-2.
PG91: rosette - reolutionary account; one could not ask for a more complete rennovation.
Horn trio in E flat, op. 40, String sextet no 2 in G. op 36 --
Bloom, Tree, Serkin, etc, .
Sony SMK 46249.
PG91: rosette - horn trio unforgettable.
Hungarian Dances 1-21 --
Budapest SO, Bogar.
Naxos 8.550110.
PG91: rosette - sheer delight.
Lieder --
Hotter, Philh O, Bernard.
EMI (M) CDH7 63198-2.
PG90: rosette for both - one of greatest cantata performances ever; fine transfer (1950).
Piano Concerto No 1 in D Minor op 15; 2 songs, op 91 --
Kovacevich, LPO/Sawallisch; Murray, Imai, .
EMI CDC7 54578-2.
PG94: rosette - pc is finest to have appeared in years; one of hte outstanding records of the year and deserves the strongest recommendation.
Viola Sonatas 1, 2 [Schumann, Maerchenbilder ***] --
Lars Anders Tomter, Leif Ove Andsnes, .
Virgin VC7 59309-2.
PG94: rosette - best account now on cd; altogether rather special.
Bridge
Elegy; Scherzetto --
Julian Lloyd Weber, John McCabe, .
ASV CDDCA 807.
PG94: rosette - collection offers LW's finest performances on disc.
Britten
Lachrymae; Prelude and Fugue; Simple Symphony; Variations on a theme by Frank Bridge; Elegy for solo viola --
Norwegian CO/Brown; Lars Anders Tomter, .
Virgin VC5 45121-2.
PG95: rosette - SS and Variations match and even surpass Brittens; demonstration bracket recording.
Paul Bunyan --
Lawless, Dressen, Nelson, Ch & O of Plymouth Music Series, Brunelle.
Virgin VCD 790710-2 (2).
PGO93: rosette - clean vivid sound; richly deserves the prizes it has won.
Peter Grimes --
Pears, Watson, ..., Britten.
London 414 577-2.
PG90: rosette - one of the first fine achievements of the stereo era; definitive.
The Holy Sonnets of John Donne, op 35; ... --
Bostridge, Johnson, .
Hyperion CDA 66823.
PG96: rosette - a lyrical beauty that encompasses a wider range of tone and dynamic than Pears; inspired performances.
The Prince of the Pagodas --
L. Sinf, Knussen.
Virgin VCD 791103-2 (2).
PG90: rosette - glorious richness.
Violin Concerto, op 15; Canadian carnival overture; Mont Junc --
Lorraine McAslan, ECO, Bedford.
Collins 1123-2.
PG91: rosette - performance of consummate and commanding artistry;.
Bruch
Violin Concerto 1 in G minor, Op. 26; Scottish Fantasy, op. 46 --
Cho-Laing Lin, CSO, Slatkin.
CBS MK 42315.
PG90: rosette - radiantly beautiful performances.
Violin concerto 2 in D minor, op 44 --
Nai-Yan Hu, Seattle SO, Schwarz.
Delos DE 3156.
PG96: rosette - sympathetic warmth and concert-hall fullness.
Symphony #8 --
VPO, Karajan.
DG 427 611-2.
PG90: rosette - most impressive of all K's versions; awe-inspiring.
Symphony #9 --
Columbia SO, Walter.
CBS (M) MYK 44825.
PG90: rosette - 1959, superb achievment.
Symphony 9 --
NYPO, Walter.
Sony Bruno Walter Edition SMK 64483.
PG96: rosette - one of the highlights of the entire edition.
Brumel
Missa, Et ecce terrae motus, etc --
Huelgas Ens, van Naevel.
Sony SK 46348.
PG91: rosette - 15th cent, revelation.
Busoni
Sarabande and cortege (Dr Faust) --
RPO, Revenaugh.
EMI (M) CDM7 69840-2.
PG90: rosette - exceptional interest; first rate - rec'd with all possible enthusiasm.
Byrd
Mass for 3 voices; Mass for 4 voices; Mass for 5 voices --
King's College, Cambridge Ch, Willcocks.
London 433 675-2.
PG96: rosette - masses for 3-4 voices remain classics of the gramaphone (1961).
My Lady Nevells Booke, 1591 --
Hogwood, .
O-L 430 484-2 (3).
PG94: rosette - the finest keyboard writing in the 16th cent; masterly keyboard technique and artistic sensitivity; recording is exemplary; a landmark in records of early keyboard music.
Canteloube
Chants d'Auvergne, series 1-5; appendix --
Davrath, de la Roche, Kingsley, .
Vanguard (M) 08.8002.72.
PGB92: rosette - pioneer recording;two hours of enchanting music.
Chants d'Avuergne --
Gomez, R Liverpool PO, Handley.
EMI (M) CD-EMX 9500.
PGB92: rosette - memorable characterful recording; spendid bargain.
Briseis --
Rodgers, Padmore, Keenleside, Harries, George, BBC Schottish SO, Ossonce.
Hyperion CDA 66803.
PG95: rosette - passionate performance; full atmospheric sound.
L'Etoile --
Alliot-Lugas, Gautier, Bacquier, ... Lyone Opera Ch/O, Gardiner.
EMI CDS7 47889-8 (2).
PG90: rosette - this fizzing opeeretta is a winner: subtelty and refinement of score, performance sparkles bewitchingly.
Charpentier
Medee --
Feldman, Ragon, ..., Christie.
Harmonia Mundi HMC90 1139/41.
PG90: rosette - period instruments, soloists first rate, excellent recording.
Chausson
Chanson perpetuelle, op 37 --
Janet Baker, Melos Ens, .
London (M) 425 948-2.
PG91: rosette - magical.
Chopin
Ballades 1-4; Etudes in E, C Sharp; Mazurkas in F minor, A minor, D; Nocturne in F, Waltzes in E flat, A flat --
Perahia, .
Sony SK 64399.
PG95: rosette - does not come better than this; masterly recital in a class of its own.
Les Sylphides (also Delibes Coppelia, Offenbach Gaite parisienne) --
BPO, Karajan.
DG (B) 429 163-2.
PG90: rosette - one of K's finest recordings.
Les Sylphides (also Delibes, Offenbach, Gounod, Ravel, Tchaikovsky) --
BPO, Karajan.
DG Double 437 404-2 (2).
PG90: rosette - one of K's finest recordings; no coupled with more ballet music.
Various --
Evgeny Kissin, .
RCA 09026 60445-2.
PG94: rosette - C playing of real quality and well recorded.
Il matrimonio segreto --
Fischer-Dieskau, Auger, Varady, Hamari, Rinaldi, Davies, ECO, barenboim.
DG (M) 437 696-2 (3).
PGO93: rosette - a fizzing performance; outstanding cast; vividly transferred to cd.
Clarke, Rebecca
Piano Trio, Viola Sonata [Beach, Piano quintet ***] --
Roscoe, Watkinson, Waterman, Jackson, .
ASV CDDCA 932.
PG96: rosette - not many chanber works match RC's two masterpeices for power and passion; performances are masterly, with full-bodied well-balanced recording.
Clemens non papa
Mass and motets --
Tallis Scholars, Phillips.
Gimell CDGIM 013.
PG90: rosette - superb performance, uncannily real and superbly balanced.
Copland
Appalachian Spring, Billy the kid, Rodeo, Symph#3, etc --
NTPO, Bernstein.
Sony (M) MK 42265.
PG91: rosette - racy rhythmic exuberance.
Cornysh
9 pieces from the Eton Choir Book --
Tallis Scholars, Philips.
Gimell CDGIM 014.
PG90: rosette - magnificent totally committed accounts of these glorious pieces.
Couperin
L'Art de toucher le calvecin: Preludes, ... --
Skip Sempe (harpsichord), .
HM RD 77219.
PG91: rosette - playing of real insight and flare; an outstanding issue and an ideal starting point for any colector embarking on C..
Crusell
Clarinet concerto No 2 in F min, op 5 --
Johnson, ECO, Groves.
ASV CDDCA 559.
PG90: rosette - made emma johnson a star.
Clarinet concertos No 1-3 --
Johnson, RPO/Hebig, ECO/Groves, .
ASV CDDCA 784.
PG96: rosette - generous recoupling; first choice above all others.
Cy
On the Twentieth Century --
CH & O, Paul Gemignani, .
Sony SK 35330.
PGO93: rosette - score is a winner all the way; difficult to imagine better.
Debussy
2 Arabesques; Berceuse heroique, D'un cahier d'esquisses; Hommage a Haydn; Images Books 1/2; ... --
Zoltan Kocsis, .
Philips 422 404-2.
PG90: rosette - quite outstanding; piano is among most realistic we have heard.
Berceuse heroique; Dances sacre et profane; Imagesl Jeux; Marche ecossaise; La Mer; Nocturnes; Prelude a l'apri-midi d'um faun; Rhapsodie for clarinet and orch --
Concertgebouw O, various.
Philips Duo 438 742-2 (2).
PG94: rosette - this must now rank as the finest D collection on CD and one of the greatest bargains on offer at present.
Etudes, Books 1,2 --
Mitsuko Uchida, .
Philips 422 412-2.
PG94: rosette - her finest recording, but arguably one of the best ever recordings of the instrument.
Images, Iberia --
Chicago SO, Reiner.
RCA (M) GD 60179.
PG90: rosette - both - none more refined, marvelously evocative.
Jeux; La Mer; Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune --
LPO, Boulez.
EMI (M) CD-EMX 9502.
PG90: rosette - excellence and electricity (but not without recording problems).
Nocturnes; Le Martyre de S.Sebastien; 2 Fanfares and S. fragments; Printemps --
Ch O de Paris, Barenboim.
DG (M) 435 069-2.
PGB92: rosette - one of B's very finest records.
Preludes: Books 1/2 (complete) --
Walter Gieseking, .
EMI (M) CDH7 61004-2.
PG90: rosette - testifies to this legends magic.
Sonata for flute, viola and harp; Violin sonata in G minor --
Kyung Wha Chung, Radu Lupu, .
London (M) 421 154-2.
PG90: rosette - glorius accounts, beautifully recorded.
Delius
Choral Works --
Lott, Walker, Rolfe-Johnson, Amb. S., RPO, Fenby.
Unicorn DKPCD 9029.
PG90: rosette - the most ravishingly beautiful of all delius' discs.
Orchestral music --
RPO, Beecham.
EMI CDS7 47509-8 (2).
PG90: rosette - G 1987 award remastering historical material; as rewarding as the finest live performances.
Vol 1 - Dance rhapsody 1, 2; Fantastic Dance; Preludes 1-3; Zum carnival; Song of the High Hills --
RPO, Del Mar, Fenby, Parkin, Ambrosian S., .
Unicorn UKCD 2071.
PG95: rosette - best of the 7 volumes issued so far.
d'India
Il primo Libro de Madrigali --
Chiaroscuro, L. Baroque, Rogers, .
Virgin Veritas VER5 61165-2.
PG95: rosette - outstanding collection in every way.
D'Indy
Symphonie sur un chant ... --
Chicago SO, Monteux.
RCA (M) GD 86805.
PG90: rosette - M exerts a unique grip on this highly charged symphony ....
Dittersdorf
Harp Concerto in D --
Marissa Robles, ASMF, Brown.
London (M) 425 723-2.
PG91: rosette - this collection makes one of the most rewarding harp anthologies ever issued.
Dohnanyi
Rural hungarica; variations on a nursery tune; serenade in C --
Budapest SO, Lehel.
Hungariton White Label HRC 121.
PG90: rosette - an outstanding bargain.
Donizetti
La fille du regiment --
Sutherland, Pavarotti, Malas, Sinclair, Coates, ROHCG Ch. & O, Bonynge.
London 414 520-2 (2).
PGO93: rosette - brilliant, happy opera set.
Dutilleux
Symphonies 1, 2 --
BBC PO, Tortelier.
Chandos CHAN 9194.
PG94: rosette - marvelously resourceful and invertive scores given vivid and persuasive performances; definitiely the CD to have.
Symphony Nr 1; Timbres, espace, mouvement --
O. Nat. de Lyon, Baudo.
HM HMC 905159.
PG90: rosette - orchestral textures luminous and iridescent; superb engineering.
Dvorak
Cello concerto in B minor --
Rostropovich, BPO, karajan.
DG (M) 447 413-2.
PG95: rosette - unmatched for intensity of lyrical feeling and spontaneity; ideal choice.
Piano quartets Nos 1 and 2 --
Domus, .
Hyperion CDA 66287.
PG90: rosette - glorius pieces, inspired playing; altogether outstanding.
Requiem op 89; 6 Biblical songs from op 99 --
Stader, Wagner, Haeflinger, Borg, Czech PO/Ch/Ancerl, Fischer-Dieskau.
DG Double 437 377-2 (2).
PG95: rosette - superb set from 59, inspired performance; F-D at his superb best in the songs.
Slavonic Dances 1-16 --
Cleveland O, Szell.
Sony (M) SBK 48161.
PG94: rosette - exuberant, elegant and marvelously played; charisma unforgettable; orchestral playing of extraordinary distinction.
Slavonic dances no 1-8, op 46; 9-16, op 72 --
Cleveland O, von Dohnanyi.
London 430 171-2.
PG91: rosette - splendid set superbly played and recorded.
Symphonies 1-9; Overtures;... --
LSO, Kertesz.
London (B) 430 046-2 (6).
PGB92: rosette - easy first choice; full-bodied and vivid.
Symphony #5, Othello Overture, Scherzo capriccioso --
Oslo PO, Jansons.
EMI CDC7 49995-2.
PG90: rosette - as persuasive as any and more refined.
Symphony 8; Legends 4,6,7; Scherzo Capriccioso --
Halle O, Barbirolli.
EMI (M) CDM7 64193-2.
PGB92: rosette - immense vitality and forward impetus; electrifying illusion of the concert hall.
Dyson
Concierto leggiero; Concerto da camera; Concerto de chiesa --
Eric Parkin, City of L Sinfonia, Hickox.
Chandos CHAN 9076.
PG94: rosette - wonderfully fresh and committed; highly recommended.
Violin concerto; Children's suite --
Mordkovitch, City of L Sinfonia, Hickox.
Chandos CHAN 9369.
PG95: rosette - light work of formidable technical dificulties; two rarities to treasure.
Elgar
Cello Concerto in E minor, op 85, etc --
Navarra, Halle O, Barbirolli.
EMI (M) CDM7 63955-2.
PG91: rosette - most fascinating and desirable of all the Barbirolli reissues.
Cello concerto in E minor --
Du Pre, LSO, Barbirolli.
EMI CDC7 47329-2.
PG90: rosette - both - rhapsodic.
Cockaigne overture; Enigma variations; Intro and allegro for strings; Serenade for strings --
BBC SO, Andrew Davis.
Teldec 9031 73279-2.
PG94: rosette - electrifying; surely a worthy successor to Barbirolli in this repertoire; outstanding in every way.
Coronation ode, the Kingdom --
Lott, Hodgson, Kings C Ch. ..., New Phil O/Ledger; Price, Minton, Young, shirley-Quirk, LPO Ch/SO, Boult, .
EMI (M) CMS7 6420902 (2).
PG94: rosette - CO is an Elgarian treasure and in demonstration bracket; Kingdom is a glorious performance.
Intro and allegro for strings, serenade for strings in E minor; Elegy op 58, Sospiri, op 70 --
Sinfonia of L, Allegri Qt, NPO/Barbirolli, .
EMI CDC7 47537-2.
PG96: rosette - inspirational coupling; a triumph.
Introduction and allega for strings, ... --
LCO, Warren-Green.
Virgin CUV5 61126-2.
PG90: rosette - radiant account of the lark ascending; great ardor and breadth.
Introduction and allega for strings, ... --
LCO, Warren-Green.
Virgin VCY 790819-2.
PG90: rosette - both - impressive debut, electric and immediate.
Scenes from the Saga of King Olaf, op 30 --
Cahill, Langridge, Rayner-Cook, LPO Ch, LPO, Handley.
EMI CDS7 47659-8.
PG90: rosette - finest elgar work before enigma; demonstration class.
Sea Pictures --
Du Pre, LSO, Barbirolli.
EMI CDC7 47329-2.
PG90: rosette - both - rhapsodic.
Symphony 1 --
Halle O, Judd.
Carlton PCD 2019.
PG95: rosette - authentic; outshines in pacing and phrasing; Halle's most beaut\.
Symphony 1 --
Halle O, Judd.
Pickwick PCD 956.
PGB92: rosette - authentic; outshines in pacing and phrasing; Halle's most beautiful disc in years.
The Black Knight; Part songs; Scenes from the Saga of King Olaf --
RLPO Ch/Groves, Cahill, Langridge, Raynor Cooke, LPO Ch/Handley, .
EMI (M) CMS5 60104-2 (2).
PG94: rosette - BK a strong fresh performance; clear full recording.
Violin Concerto in B min, op 61 --
Kennedy, LPO, Handley.
EMI (M) EMX 2058.
PG91: rosette.
Emmanuel
Sontaine bourguigonne; Sonatine pastoral; Sonatine 3-6 --
Peter Jacobs, .
Continuum CCD 1048.
PG94: rosette - superbly played; not to be missed.
Enescu
Oedipe --
van Dam, Bacquier, Gedda, Quilico, ..., Orfeon Donostierra, Monte Carlo PO, Foster.
EMI CDS7 54011-2 (2).
PGO93: rosette - an almost ideal recording of a rare long-neglected masterpiece; a musical feast.
Falla
El amor brujo; the three cornered hat --
Montreal So, Dutoit.
London 400 008-2.
PG90: rosette - idiomatic, colourful and brilliant.
El amor brujo --
Tourangeau, Montreal SO, Dutoit.
London (M) 430 703-2.
PG91: rosette - recording demonstration class, outstanding.
Nights in the gardens of Spain --
del Pueyo, LAP, , Martinon.
Philips (M) 442 751-2 (2).
PG95: rosette - 55 recording has never been surpassed.
Faure
Complete Piano Music --
Katheryn Stoff, with Martin Roscoe, .
Hyperion CDA 66911/4 (4).
PG95: rosette - a revelation; a masterly set.
Piano quartets Nos 1 and 2 --
Domus, .
Hyperion CDA 66166.
PG90: rosette - requisite lightness of touch and subtlety.
Piano quintets 1, 2 --
Domus, Anthony Marwood, .
Hyperion CDA 66766.
PG95: rosette - poetic readings; arguably the best-ever version of these two pieces.
Violin sonatas 1, 2; andante in B flat op75, Berceuse, op 16, Romance in B flat, op28 --
Amoyal, Roge, .
London 436 866-2.
PG95: rosette - they play them as to the manner born; impeccable recording, a lovely disc.
Ave Dei patris filia; Miss O quam glorifica, ... --
Cardinall;s Muisick, Carwood.
ASV CDGAU 142.
PG95: rosette - inspired performances; crisp, dramatic as well as beautiful blended.
Ferranti
Guitar recital [Ferrer, vignettes ****] --
Simon Wynberg, .
Chandos CHAN 8512.
PG90: rosette - has the most subtle control of light and shade.
Field
Piano concertos 2, 3 --
John O'Connor, SCO, Mackerras.
Telarc CD 80370.
PG94: rosette - beautifully recorded; plays with great distinction and always displays the lightest touch.
Foulds
String Qts 9, 10 --
Endellion Qt, .
Pearl SHECD 9564.
PG90: rosette - passionate performances and excellent recording - a unique valuable issue.
Francaix
L'horloge de flore [ also Satie, Ibert, Strauss ***] --
John de Lance, LSO, Previn.
RCA (M) GD 87989.
PGB92: rosette - music of real memorability and much charm.
Franck
Symphonic variation for piano and orchestra [also Grieg Concerto *** and Schumann Concerto **(*)] --
Curzon, LPO, Boult.
London (B) 433 628-2.
PGB92: rosette - have stood the test of time: no finer version, even after 3 decades.
Symphony in D min, Piece heroique [D'Indy Istar ***] --
Chicago SO, SF SO, Monteux.
RCA Monteux Edition 09026 61697-2.
PG94: rosette - unique grip on this hightly charged romantic symph; splendid playing of CSO; sound far better than GD 86805.
Symphony in D min --
Chicago SO, Monteux.
RCA (M) GD 86805.
PG90: rosette - M exerts a unique grip on this highly charged symphony ....
Violin Sonata in A --
Kyung Wha Chung, Radu Lupu, .
London (M) 421 154-2.
PG90: rosette - glorius accounts, beautifully recorded.
Frankel
Symphonies 2, 3 --
Queensland SO, Albert.
CPO 999 241-2.
PG95: rosette - rediscovery long overdue; 2nd is powerfully concentrated and finely argued.
Galuppi
Motets: Arripe alpestri ad vallem; Confitebor tibi, Domine --
Lesne, Gens, Harvey; Il Seminario Musicale, .
Virgin VC5 45030-2.
PG94: rosette - will worth seeking out.
Gay
The Beggars Opera --
Morison, Cameron, Sinclair, Wallace, Brannigan, Pro Arte Ch/O, Sargent.
Classics For Pleasure Silver Double CDCFPSD 4778.
PG96: rosette - in every way first class, one of the finest things he did on record; compelling remastering.
Gershwin
An American in Paris; Rhapsody in Blue --
NYPO; Columbia SO, Bernstein.
CBS MK 42264.
PG90: rosette - 1959 record sets standards for all subsequent couplings; indispensible.
Violin Concerto in A Minor [Sibelius **, Thaikovsky ***] --
Heifetz, LPO, Barbirolli.
EMI (M) CDH7 64030-2.
PGB92: rosette - 1934 when composer was still alive; never been surpassed.
Gluck
Ihpigenie en Tauride --
Montague, Aler, Allen, Argenta, Massis, Monteverdi Ch, Lyon Op O, Gardiner.
Philips 416 148-2 (2).
PG90: rosette - G's electrifying reading is a revelation.
Goldmark
Violin concerto --
Nai-Yan Hu, Seattle SO, Schwarz.
Delos DE 3156.
PG96: rosette - sympathetic warmth and concert-hall fullness.
Aubade, Ghiribizzi, 6 morceaux, Scherzo, Sonatas in C min, D min, F --
Yaara Tal, Andreas Groethysen, .
Sony SK 53110.
PG94: rosette - as piano duet playing it is absolutely outstanding; so too is the recording.
Grainger
Folksong Arrangements --
Monteverdi Ch, English Country Gardiner O, Gardiner.
Philips 446 657-2.
PG96: rosette - hard to imagine a more exhilarating disc of G's music; virtuosity of singing is breathtaking; supperb sound.
Granados
Cuentos de la juventud, Op. 1; Spanish Dances, Op. 37/4; Tonadillas al estil antiguo; ... --
Julian Bream, .
RCA RCD 14378.
PG90: rosette - for both albeniz and granodos:superb form, slendid recital.
Cuentos de la juventud, Op. 1; Spanish Dances, Op. 37/4; Tonadillas al estil antiguo; ... --
Julian Bream, .
RCA Navigator 74321 17903-2.
PG95: rosette - reissue added the Rodrigo; not the single finest recital of Spanish guitar music; bargain of bargains.
Escenas romanticas; Goyescas (complete); 6 piezas sobre cantos populares espanoles [Albeniz, Sonata; Soler, 8 Sonatas ***] --
Alicia de Larrocha, .
London (M) 433 920-2 (2).
PG94: rosette - indispensable for those with an interest in spanish piano music.
Goyescas [Albeniz, Iberia, etc ***] --
Alicia de Larrocha, .
London Double 448 191-2 (2).
PG96: rosette - special insights and sympathy, top drawer 1977 Decca sound.
Gregorian Chant
Gregorian chant according to the Aquitaine tradition - 2 masses --
Schola Hungarica, Dobszay/Szendrei, .
HM (B) HMA 190 3031.
PG94: rosette - recommended without reservation; remarkable feeling and rich clean textures.
Grieg
Agitato; Album leaves op 28.1/4; Lyric pieces op 43, 54; Paino sonata in E min op 7; Poetic tone pieces op 3.4-6 --
Leif Ove Andsnes, .
Virgin VC7 59300-2.
PG94: rosette - A's virtuosity is always at the service of the composer; real imagination and lightness of touch.
Piano concerto in A minor; Lyric pieces ... --
Ronan o'Hara, RPO/Judd, .
Tring TRPO 24.
PG95: rosette - comparable to Solomon in the 50s, Kovacevich in the 70s, Perahia of the 80s; one of the great bargains as well.
Songs --
Anne Sofie von Otter, Bernt Forsberg, .
DG 437 521-2.
PG94: rosette - altogether a captivating recital beautifully recorded.
Grofe
Grand canyon suite --
NYPO; Columbia SO, Bernstein.
CBS MK 42264.
PG90: rosette - 1959 record sets standards for all subsequent couplings; indispensible.
Concerti grossi op 3.1-6, 6.1-12 --
ASMF, Marriner.
London (M) 444 532-2 (3).
PG95: rosette - permanent memorial to the partnership with Thurston Dart; superb cd transfers.
Harp Concertos --
Marissa Robles, ASMF, Brown.
London (M) 425 723-2.
PG91: rosette - this collection makes one of the most rewarding harp anthologies ever issued.
Joshua --
Kirkby, Bowman, ... New College Oxford, King Consort, King.
Hyperion CDA 66461/2.
PG91: rosette - exceptionally attractive.
Messiah --
Vyvyan, Sinclir, Vickers, Tozzi, RPO Ch/O, Beecham.
RCA (M) GD 61266-20 (3).
PG94: rosette - its sense of exultant glory in the riches of Handel's masterpiece is life enhancing.
Organ Concertos --
Koopman, Amsterdam Bar O, .
Erato 2292 45394-2 (3).
PG91: rosette - take precidence over all the competition; first class sound and balance.
Solomon --
Watkinson, Argenta, Hendricks, Rolfe-Johnson, Monteverdi Ch, E. BAr. Soloists, Gardiner.
Philips 412 612-2 (2).
PG90: rosette - among the very finest of all handel oratorio recordings.
Haydn
Masses 2, 7; Missa brevis; Ave Regine; ... --
Vallin, Monoyios, Toelz Boys Ch, L'Archibudelli, Tafelmusik, Weill.
Sony SK 53368.
PG94: rosette - the authentic style brings appropriate intensity, natural sponteniety; the richly ambient recording could not be bettered.
Piano trios 42-45 --
Beths, Bylsma, Levin, .
Sony SK 53120.
PG94: rosette - outstanding in every way; strongly recommended; modern digital alternative to Beaux Arts.
Piano Trios (complete) --
Beaux Arts Trio, .
Philips (M) 432 061-2 (9).
PG91: rosette - Classic! cd reissue is astonishingly life-like.
String quartets 31, 33, 34, 36 --
Mosaiques Qt, .
Astree E 8784 (2).
PG94: rosette - original instuments with a difference; playing of rare distinction which is immensely revealing and rewarding.
String quartets 50-56 --
Lindsay Qt, .
ASV CDDCA 853.
PG94: rosette - brings illuminating variety and also a sense of drama.
Symphonies 1-104; A; B --
Phil. Hungarica, Dorati.
London (M) 430 100-2 (32).
PG91: rosette - pioneering recordings of the 70s superbly transferred;.
Symphonies 82, 83, 84 --
O of the Age of Enl, Kuijken.
Virgin VC7 90793-2.
PG90: rosette - outstanding set of paris symphonies - full joy of H's inspiration.
Symphonies 85, 86, 87 --
O of the Age of Enl, Kuijken.
Virgin VC7 90844-2.
PG90: rosette - outstanding set of paris symphonies - full joy of H's inspiration.
Symphonies 93, 94, 97, 100 101 --
Concertgegouw O, Davis.
Philips Duo 442 614-2.
PG95: rosette - reissue that can be recommended without any reservation of any kind; a bargain in every sense of the word.
Symphonies 93-104 --
Concertgebouw O, Colin Davis.
Philips (M) 432 286-2 (4).
PGB92: rosette - one of the most disctinguished recordings Davis has given in recent years: brilliant and sensitive, wit and humanity give special claim.
Symphonies 99-104 --
RPO, Beecham.
EMI (M) CMS7 64066-2 (2).
PG94: rosette - have an inner life and vitality that put them in a class of their own.
Symphonies95, 96, 98, 102, 103, 104 --
Concertgegouw O, Davis.
Philips Duo 442 611-2.
PG95: rosette - reissue that can be recommended without any reservation of any kind; a bargain in every sense of the word.
Trumpet Concerto in E flat --
Hardenberger, ASMF, Marriner.
Philips 420 203-2.
PG90: rosette - haydn and hummel - probably the finest single collection of trump. conc. in the present catalog.
La Fille mal gardee (extended excerpts) --
Royal Liverpool PO, Wordsworth.
EMI CDC7 49403-2.
PG90: rosette - scintillating account; very highly recommendable; demonstration class.
Hertel
Concerto --
Hardenberger, ASMF, Marriner.
Philips 420 203-2.
PG90: rosette - haydn and hummel - probably the finest single collection of trump. conc. in the present catalog.
Hildegard of Bingen
Canticles of ecstacy --
Sequentia, Thornton.
HM 05472 77320-2.
PG95: rosette - most beatiful and moving yet; highly recommended.
Hindemith
Sinfonia serena; Symphony (Die Hormonie der Welt) --
BBC PO, Tortelier.
Chandos CHAN 9217.
PG94: rosette - well-prepared and finely shaped performances are given state of the art recording quality; an outstanding issue.
String Qt 3 --
Hollywood Qt, .
Testament SBT 1052.
PG95: rosette - stunning; transfer excellent; performance still sweeps the board.
Violin Concerto; Mathis der Maler; Symphonic metamorphoses on themes of Weber --
Oistrakh, LSO/Hindemith; SRO/Kletzki; LSO/Abbado, .
London (M) 433 081-2.
PG94: rosette - Oistrakh's performance is a revelation; indispensable disc for all Hindemithians.
Holmboe
Symphonies 8, 9 --
Aarhus SO, Hughes.
BIS CD 618.
PG95: rosette - infinitely superior to previous; recording best so far in the cycle.
Symphony 2, Sinfonia in memoriam --
Aaehus SO, Hughes.
BIS CD 695.
PG96: rosette - worthy performance, demonstration quality.
Holst
Military band suites 1, 2 --
Cleveland Symph. Winds, Fennell.
Telarc CD 80038.
PG90: rosette - magnificent; recording truly superb [also Handel.
Honegger
Jeanne d'Arc au bucher --
Keller, ... R. France Ch, Fr. Nat O, Ozawa.
DG 429 412-2.
PG91: rosette - powerful and important.
Symphonies 2, 3 --
BPO, Karajan.
DG (M) 423 242-2.
PG90: rosette - arguably the finest versions of any Honegger works ever put on record.
Symphonies 2, 3; Pacific 231 --
Oslo PO, Jansons.
EMI CDC5 55122-2.
PG94: rosette - Oslo's best to date; challenges but does not displace Karajan's 70s version.
Howells
Collegium regale; Te Deum and Jubilate; Office of Holy Communion ... --
Williams, Moore, Kings College, Camb Ch, Cloebury.
London 430 205-2.
PG94: rosette - unmatchable collection of settings inspired by the greatest of our collegiate choirs.
Hummel
Concerto --
Hardenberger, ASMF, Marriner.
Philips 420 203-2.
PG90: rosette - haydn and hummel - probably the finest single collection of trump. conc. in the present catalog.
Ireland
Sonata in G minor --
Julian Lloyd Weber, John McCabe, .
ASV CDDCA 807.
PG94: rosette - collection offers LW's finest performances on disc.
Janacek
Concertino for piano and 7 instruments; Sinfonietta; Tarus Bulba --
Firkusny, Bav RSO, Kubelik.
DG (B) 439 437-2.
PG94: rosette - quite outstanding bargain triptych; special feeling for the repertoire; superbly remasterd.
Jenufa --
Soderstrom, Ochman, Dvorsky, Randova, Popp, V. State Op Ch, VPO, Mackerras.
London 414 483-2 (2).
PG90: rosette - deeply sympathetic, strongly dramatic, and superbly recorded.
Johnson
Lute and Theatre Music --
Kirkby, Thomas, Rooley, .
Virgin VC7 59321-2.
PG94: rosette - natural recording; can be listened to straight thru with much plesure, admirably simulating a live recital.
Piano concerto --
Kapell, Boston So, Koussevitzky.
RCA (M) GD 60921.
PG95: rosette - difficult to imagine a better played than K's PC; the P PC is dazzingly brilliant.
Violin Concerto in D Minor --
Oistrakh, USSR RSO, Khachaturian.
Chant du Monde LDC 278883.
PG90: rosette - Peerless in its performance [also Sibelius and Kabelevsky (**)].
Kodaly
Missa brevis; Pange lingua; Psalmus Hungaricus; Psalm 114 --
Brighton Festival Ch, LSO/Kertesz, and others, .
London (M) 433 080-2.
PG94: rosette - outstanding performance, idiomatically presented in Hungarian; highly rewarding 70 minute collection.
Korngold
Violin concerto --
Shaham, LSO, Previn.
DG 439 886-2.
PG95: rosette - the Barbar has great virtuosity and a reading of strong profile; worthy to rank along side the Stern/Bernstein.
Lambert
Audabe herioque; The Rio Grande; Summer's last will and testament --
Burgess, Gibbons, ... English N. Phil, Lloyd-Jones.
Hyperion CDA 66565.
PG94: rosette - full vivid and atmospheric.
Horoscope --
E N Philh O, Lloyd Jones.
Hyperion CDA 66436.
PG91: rosette - horoscope is a sheer delight, excellent playing and first-class sound.
Leclair
Scylla et Glaucis --
Brown, Crook, Mellon, Yakar, Monteverdi Ch, E Bar Soloists, Gardiner.
Erato (M) 4509 99762-2 (3).
PG96: rosette - electrifying directing, faultless playing and singing; brightly atmospheric recording.
Scylla et Glaucus --
Brown, Crook, Yakar, Mellon, Monteverdi Ch, E Bar Soloists, Gardiner.
Erato 2292 45277-2.
PGO93: rosette - electrifying conducting; unfaultable singing and playing.
11 Songs --
Hampson, Parsons, .
EMI CDC5 55047.
PG94: rosette - unfogettable collection of romantic songs; H in magnificent voice pwerfully accompanied by P; a winning disc very well recorded.
Annees de pelerinage, 2nd year; Supplement; Venezia e Napoli --
Jando, .
Naxos 8.550549.
PG95: rosette - playing of the highest order; Liszt disc to try first.
Missa chorals; Via crucis --
Brown, ...Audita Nova de Paris Vocal Ens/sourisse; Marie-Claire Alain, .
Erato (M) 2292 45350-2.
PG94: rosette - superbly sung and recorded; very highly recommended.
Piano Concertos 1-2; Totentanz --
Zimerman, Boston SO, Ozawa.
DG 423 571-2.
PG90: rosette - altogether thrilling, outstanding, first choice.
Piano Sonata. etc --
Pletnev, .
Olympia OCD 172.
PG90: rosette - amazing dynamic range and variety of color, eminently satisfactory.
Various piano peices --
Kun Woo Paik, .
Virgo VC7 91485-2.
PGB92: rosette - outstanding Lisztian; a most exciting issue and bargain.
Lloyd
A Symphonic Mass --
Brighton Festival Ch., Bournemouth SO, Lloyd.
Albany TROY 100.
PG94: rosette - the composers masterpiece; performance is magnificent.
Locatelli
6 introduttioni teatrali, op 4; Trio sonatas --
Freiburg Bar O/Hengelbrock; Goltz, Larisch, Johann, .
DHM 0542 77297-2.
PG96: rosette - no better intro to the music of L; first class recording; a most rewarding disc.
Ludford
Masses; Magnificat & Motets --
The Cardinall's Musick, Carwood.
ASV CDGAX 426 (4).
PG95: rosette - splendid discs; music is litle short of extraordinary.
Lumbye
Waltzes --
Odense SO, Guth.
Unicorn DKPCD 9089.
PG90: rosette - Strauss of the north, superbly entertaining 75 minutes.
Lutoslawski
Postlude; Symphonic variations --
RPO, Revenaugh.
EMI (M) CDM7 69840-2.
PG90: rosette - exceptional interest; first rate - rec'd with all possible enthusiasm.
Piano Concertos Nos 1 and 2 --
Amato, LPO, Freeman.
Olympia OCD 353.
PG91: rosette - polish, elegance and fire.
MacMillan
As others see us; 3 dawn rituals; Untold; Veni, Veni; After the tryst --
Scottish CO/MacMillan, Glennie, SCO, SAraste; Crouch, MacMillan, .
RCA Catalyst 09026 61916-2.
PG94: rosette - magnificent representation of one of the most striking and powerful works written by any British composer of the younger generation.
Mahler
Das Lied von der Erde --
Baker, King, Concertgebouw O, Haitink.
Philips (M) 432 279-2.
PGB92: rosette - outstanding version.
Lieder eises fahrenden Gesellen; etc --
Baker, Parsons, .
Hyperion CDA 66100.
PG90: rosette - superb collection of early Mahler songs; rtadiant and deeply understanding.
Symphonies 6-8 --
LPO/Tennnstedt and soloists, .
EMI (M) CMS7 64476-2 (4).
PG94: rosette - as the rosetted 8th is included, no reason to withold it; 6 and 7 are also a very considerable achievement.
Symphony #4 --
Raskin, Cleveland SO, Szell.
CBS (B) MYK 44713.
PG90: rosette - oustanding, comparable with finest full priced.
Symphony #5 --
New Philh O, Barbirolli.
EMI (M) CDM7 6918602.
PG90: rosette - famous 1969 version, one of the greates, most warmly affecting ever on record; classic and a fine bargain.
Symphony #8 --
Connell, Wiens, Lott, Schmidt, Denize, Versalle, Hynninen, Sotin, Tiffin Boys Ch, LPO Ch, LPO, Tennstedt.
EMI CDS7 47625-2.
PG90: rosette - magnificent account, finest in his cycle, more satsifying recording than Solti.
Symphony 8 --
Studer, Blasi, Jo, Lewis, Meier, Nagai, Allen, Sotin, Southen Boy's Ch, Philh CH/O, Sinopoli.
DG 435 433-2.
PG95: rosette - ripely passionate account, redcorded with a richness and body that outshine any digital rival.
Symphony Nr 2 --
Auger, Baker, CBSO Ch, CBSO, Rattle.
EMI CDS7 47962-8 (2).
PG90: rosette - among very finest he has yet made.
Martin
6 Monologues from Everyman; The Tempest [also Egk, The temptation of St Anthony ***] --
Fischer-Dieskau, BPO, Martin.
DG (M) 429 858-2.
PG91: rosette - 6 monologues a masterpeice, one of the great song cycles of the 20th century; classic performance by F-D.
Cello concerto, the four elements --
Decroos, Concg. O, Haitink.
Preludio (M) Prl 2147.
PG91: *** - impressive account, sound quality first rate.
Concerto for 7 wind instruments, percussion and strings; Etudes; Polytique for violin and 2 string orchestras --
Blankestijn; COE/Fischer, .
DG 435 383-2.
PG94: rosette - remarkable record and quite in a class of its own; music of great quality, playing of great artistry and recording to match.
Symphonie concertante; Symphony; Passacaglia --
LPO, Bamert.
Chandos CHAN 9312.
PG95: rosette - sensitive playing and exemplary recording.
Martinu
Piano concertos 2-4 --
Firkusny, Czech PO, Pesek.
RCA 09026 61534.
PG95: rosette - well worth waiting for; PC 4 is unlikely ever to be surpassed.
The Epic of Gilgamesh --
Depoltova, ... Slovak Ph O, Kosler.
Marco Polo 8.223316.
PG91: rosette - his masterpiece; one of the most imaginative choral works of this century.
Massenet
Cherubin --
von Stade, Ramey, Anderson, Upshaw, Bav St. Op. Ch, Munich RSO, Steinberg.
RCA 09026 60593-2 (2).
PGO93: rosette - zestful and electrifying; recoding outstandingly clear and atmospheric.
Le Roi de Lahore --
Sutherland, Lima, Milnes, Ghiaurov, L. Voices, Nat PO, Bonynge.
London (M) 433 851-2 (2).
PGO93: rosette - high melodrama; demonstration splendor and fine perspective of this shameless example of opera hokum coulc not be more persuasively presented.
Mehul
Piano sonatas 1-6 --
Brigitte Haudebourg, .
Discover (B) DICD 920152.
PG94: rosette - fascinating rarity; fine instrument and well worth exploring.
Mendelssohn
Organ Sonatas ... --
Hurford, .
Argo 414 420-2.
PG90: rosette - freshness of approach; superbly recorded.
Overtures --
Bamberg SO, Flor.
RCA RD 87905.
PG90: rosette - most desirable collection of M overtures ever offered.
Piano concertos 1, 2; Capriccio brillant in B min, op 22 --
Howard Shelley, LMP, .
Chandos CHAN 9215.
PG94: rosette - for many collectors this will be first choice; to be placed along side Perahia.
Meredith
The Music Man --
Preston, Cook, ...; Herbert Green, .
EMI (M) ZDM7 64663-2 (2).
PGO93: rosette - one of the finest original cast recordings.
Messager
Fortunio --
Dran, Alliot-Lugaz, Cachemaille, Dudziak, Trement, Rocca, Ch/O of L'Opera de Lyon, Gardiner.
Erato (M) 2292 45983-2 (2).
PGO93: rosette - outstanding singers; ideal rarity; Gardiner in his element.
Messiaen
La Nativite dy Seigneur, Le banquet celeste --
Bate, .
Unicorn DKPCD 9005.
PG90: rosette - demonstration quality; Messiaen: perfect.
Miaskovksy
Cello concerto in C minor [Taneyev, Suite de concert ***] --
Rostropovich, Philh O, Sargent.
EMI (M) CDM5 65410-2.
PG95: rosette - pioneering account that is still in a class of its own.
Milhaud
Symphonies 1, 2; Suite provencale --
Toulouse Capitole O, Plasson.
DG 435 437-2.
PG94: rosette - symphony 2 is richly imaginative, melodically inventive and rewarding; played with total commitment.
Moeran
Symphony in G [Ireland, Piano concerto ***] --
Halle O, Howard, .
Dutton Labs CDAX 8001.
PG94: rosette - wonderful performance of a great British SO which in its spontenaity has never been surpassed.
Mompou
14 Canconz i dansas; Preludes 5 - 7 --
de Larrocha, .
RCA 09026 62554-2.
PG95: rosette - the whole set in modern digital form; present recital supercedes the former.
7 Cancons y dansas; ... [others ***] --
de Larrocha, .
London (M) 433 929-2 (2).
PG94: rosette - poetic miniatures con amore, superbly recorded.
Monteverdi
Book 8: Madrigals of love and war --
Armstrong, ..., Glyndebourne Ch, ECO, Leppard.
Philips (M) 422 503-2.
PG94: rosette - first class atmospheric recording; demonstrates the enormous variety of expression and style.
Il ballo dell'Ingrate; Il combattimento di Tancredi e CLorinda; Tirsi e Clori --
Bott, King, AInsley, Bonner, George, New London Consort, Pickett.
O-L 440 637-2.
PG95: rosette - star of this outstanding new disc is Bott; first rate well-balanced sound.
Madrigals --
Chiaroscuro, L. Baroque, Rogers, .
Virgin Veritas VER5 61165-2.
PG95: rosette - outstanding collection in every way.
Solo vocal music --
Kirkby, Partridge, Thomas, Parley of Instruments, .
Hyperion CDA 66021.
PG90: rosette - few records of M's vocal music as persuasive; superb sound.
Concertone in C K190; Sinfonia concertante in E Flat k364 --
Perlman, Zukerman, Israel PO, Mehta.
DG 415 486-2.
PG90: rosette - performance in a class of its own.
Cosi fan tutte --
Schwarzkopf, Ludwig, Steffek, Kraus, Taddei, Berry, Philh Ch & O, Boehm.
EMI (M) CMS7 69330-1 (3).
PG90: rosette - remains first choice.
Cosi fan tutte --
Schwarzkopf, Otto, Merriman, ... Philh Co & O, Karajan.
EMI (M) CHS 69635-2.
PG90: rosette - Schwarzkopf even more compelling; essential (1954) supplement to Boehm (1962).
Dance Music (Compl M Ed, vol 6) --
Vienna Mozart Ens, Boskovsky.
Philips (M) 422 506-2.
PG91: rosette - the most beautiful mozart playing, excellence of sound.
Die Zauberfloete --
Seefried, Lipp, Loose, Demota, Kunz, Wever, V State Op Ch, VPO, Karajan.
EMI (M) CHS7 69631-2 (2).
PG90: rosette - no more seductive version than the 1950 mono version of Karajan; cast not matched since.
Die Zauberfloete --
Stader, Streich, Haefliger, Fischer-Dieskau, Greindl, Borg ... Berlin RAIS Ch/SO, Fricsay.
DG (M) 435 741-2 (2).
PGO93: rosette - outstandingly fresh and alert; excellent mono transfer.
Double Piano Concerto K365; Double Piano Sonata K448; Fugue for 2 Pianos K426 --
Brendel, Klien, Vienna St Op O, Angerer.
Tuxedo TUXCD 1028.
PGB92: rosette - second to none; interplay a continuous delight; .
Idomeneo --
Rolfe Johnson, von Otter, McNair, ..., Monteverdi Ch, E Bar Soloists, Gardiner.
DG 431 674-2 (3).
PGO93: rosette - relevatory recording; exhilirating vigor and fine singing; electrifying singing of MC; excellent sound.
Le nozzi di Figaro --
Glyndebourne Ch & Festival O, Gui.
Classics for Pleasure CD-CDCP 4724.
PG91: rosette - most effervescent performance on disc, brilliantly produced, a bargain without equal.
Lieder --
Schwarzkopf, Fischer, .
EMI CDC7 47326-2.
PG90: rosette - among the finest of Schubert recitals.
Pianbo concertos 21, 25 --
Bishop-Kovacevich, LCO, Davis.
Philips (B) 426 077-2.
PG90: rosette - among most searching and satisfying available.
Piano concerto 27, double piano concerto in E flat --
Gilels, VPO, Boehm.
DG (M) 419 059-2.
PG90: rosette - playing of the highest order of artistic integrity and insight; first class quality.
Piano Concertos 1-6, 8, 9, 11-27 --
Perahiah, ECO, .
CBS M13K 42055 (13).
PG90: rosette - remarkable achievement; difficult to imagine being surpassed.
Piano concertos 1-6, 8-9, 11-27; Rondos 1, 2 --
Perahia, ECO, .
Sony (M) SX12K 46441 (12).
PG96: rosette - reissue on 12 discs; remarkable achievement; indispensable set in every respect.
Piano concertos 19, 20, 23, 24; Concert rondos 1-2 --
Brendel, ASMF, Marriner.
Philips Duo 442 269-2 (2).
PG94: rosette - Mozartian bargain of all time; the rosette for generosity to say nothing of the distinction of the performances.
Piano concertos 19, 23 --
Perahia, ECO, .
CBS MK 39064.
PG90: rosette - outstanding performance.
Piano concertos 20, 21 --
Bilson, E. Bar Soloists, Gardiner.
DG 419 609-2.
PG90: rosette - period performance striking.
Piano concertos 20,21, 23, 27; Piano sonata 17; Rondo in A minor --
Ashkenazt, Phil O, .
London Double 436 383-2 (2).
PG94: rosette - highly recommended on all counts; equally desireable alternative to the Brendel double.
Piano concertos 21, 26; Variations on `Ah vous diraije, Maman' --
Casadesus, Columbia SO, Cleveland O, Szell, Previn, .
Sony (B) SBK 67178.
PG96: rosette - totally memorable performances.
Piano Concertos 21-27, Double Concerto --
Casadesus, CLeveland O/Szell, ColumpiaSO/Szell, Phd O/Ormandy, .
Sony (M) SM3K 46519.
PG91: rosette - very distinguished set; Casadesus understated but extremely imaginative.
Piano concertos 23, 24 --
Kempf, Bamberg SO, Leitner.
DG (M) 423 885-2.
PG90: rosette - outstanding, uniquely poetic and instpired; strongly recommended at midprice.
Piano concertos 8, 9; Concert rondo 2 in A --
Ashkenazy, LSO, Kertesz.
London (M) 443 576-2.
PG95: rosette - reissued;original lp was rosetted and we carry it forward; inspired readings, well supported by LSO.
Piano quartets 1, 2; Horn Quintet in E flat --
Curzon, AmadeusQt; Brain, Giller Qt, .
London (M) 425 960-2.
PG90: rosette - all versions of the piano quartets rest in the shadow ofthis recording; 1952 mono; wonderful disc - should be in every M'n library.
Piano Sonatas 1-10 --
Walter Klein, .
VoxBox 11 58422 (2).
PG94: rosette - an outstanding Mozartian; consistent freshness and exemplary taste; slightly more robust in its vitality than Uchida.
Piano Sonatas 1-10 --
Walter Klien, .
VoxBox CDX 5026 (2).
PGB92: rosette - outstanding mozartian; consistent freshness and exemplary taste.
Piano Sonatas 11-18; Fantasy in C minor K475 --
Walter Klien, .
VoxBox CDX 5046 (2).
PGB92: rosette - outstanding mozartian; consistent freshness and exemplary taste.
Piano Sonatas 11-18; Fantasy in C minor --
Walter Klein, .
VoxBox 11 59222 (2).
PG94: rosette - an outstanding Mozartian; consistent freshness and exemplary taste; slightly more robust in its vitality than Uchida.
Piano sonatas 8, 11, 15 --
Perahia, .
Sony SK 48233.
PG94: rosette - easily the finest M sonata record for some years.
Sonatas in f, C K497, 521; Pieces for mechanical organ --
Imogen Cooper and Anne Queffelec, .
Ottavio OTR C129242.
PG94: rosette - marvelously fresh; very strongly recommended.
String Quartets Nos 17 & 19 --
Berg Qt, .
Teldec 2292 43037-2.
PG91: rosette - the hunt qt is still possibly the finest on the market.
String Quintets 1-6; Clarinet quintet in A --
Talich Qt with Zahradnik, Rehak, .
Cal (M) CAL 9231/3 (3).
PG96: rosette - glorious perfromances; recording balance exemplary; 3 for the price of 2.
Symph #40, #41 --
VPO, Bernstein.
DG (M) 431 267-2.
PG91: rosette - most distinguished of Bernsteins Mozart.
Symphonies 40, 41 --
VPO, Bernstein.
DG (M) 445 548-2.
PG95: rosette - most distinguished of all B Mozart recordings; top of the list for this coupling.
Mussorgsky
Night on bare mountain --
Berezovsky (piano), .
Teldec 4509 96516-2.
PG96: rosette - amazing account of Islamey; remarkable transcription of NOBM [also Liadov, Medtner, Rachmaninov ***].
Pictures at an exhibition (original piano version) --
Mikhail Pletnev, .
Virgin VC7 59611-2.
PG91: rosette - remarkable effects of color and pedalling; oustanding.
Pictures at an exhibition --
Chicago SO, Reiner.
RCA (M) 09026 61401-2.
PG95: rosette - vintage stereo at its most impressive; evocative approach.
Song Cycles --
Sergei Leiferkus, Semion Skigin, .
Conifer CDCF 229.
PG95: rosette - impressive performances, immense character and power; first class recording.
The Complete Songs --
Christoff, Labinsky, Moore, French R&TV O, Tzipine.
EMI (M) CHS7 63025-2.
PG90: rosette - 1958 mono; first survey, remains the only one.
Various short pieces --
LS Ch. Gal, LSA, Abbado.
RCA 090626 61354-2.
PG94: rosette - one of the most attractive M records and not to be missed.
Nielsen
Chaconne, op 32; Humoresque-bagatelles, op 11; 5 pieces, op 3; 3 pieces, op 59; Suite luciferique, op 25 --
Andsnes, .
Virgin VC5 45129-2.
PG96: rosette - music is quite wonderful; eloquent and noble performances unlikely to be surpassed for some years to come.
Saul and David --
... Danish Nat RSO, Jarvi.
Chandos CHAN 8911/12.
PG91: rosette - marvelous set.
Symphonies 1, 5; Helios overture --
Danish RSO, Jensen, Tuxen, .
Dutton Labs CDLXT 2505.
PG95: rosette - exemplary transfers of the premier recording of the 1st and first lp of the 5th; an indispensable issue that belongs in every Nielsen collection.
Symphonies 4, 6 --
Royal Scottish O, Thomson.
Chandos CHAN 9047.
PG94: rosette - by far most successful of the Nielsen cycle and possibly the finest recording of his career; no one brings us closer to the spirit of the music.
Violin Concerto, Op. 33 --
Cho-Liang Lin, Swedish RSO, Lalonen.
CBS MK 44548.
PG90: rosette - breathtaking assurance, simple eloquence.
Offenbach
Gaite parisienne (complete) [ Rossini/Respighi, Boutique fantasque *** --
Boston Pops, Fiedler.
RCA (M) 09026 61847-2.
PG94: rosette - irresistable; one of his finest records; 1954 and still one of the finest `living stereo' recordings.
Les Contes d'Hoffman --
Sutherland, Domingo, Tourangeau, Backquier, R Suisse Romande and Lusanne ProArte Ch, Bonynge.
London 417 363-2 (2).
PG90: rosette - memorable set, sum greater than the parts.
Orff
Carmina Burana --
Harsanyi, Petrakm Presnell, Rutgers U Ch, Philadelphia O, Ormandy.
Sony (M) SBK 47668.
PGB92: rosette - just the right panache; tremendous vigor, wormth and color; an essential classic.
Paganini
Violin Concerto No. 1 --
Perlman RPO, Foster.
EMI CDC7 47101-2.
PG90: rosette - provided one does not feel strongly about the traditional cuts, no better record of the concerto; superb.
Piston
Cappricio for harp and strings; New England sketches; Serenata; Symphony 4 --
Wunroe; Seattle So; NT CO, Schwarz.
Delos DE 3106.
PG94: rosette - 4th is arguably the finest American symphony; rest well worth seeking out as well; a most desirable cd.
Poulenc
Aubade; Concert champetre; Organ concerto in G minor; Piano concerto in C sharp minor; Double piano concerto in D minor --
Rotterdam PO/Conlon, Cuchable, Koopman, Alain, Collard, .
Erato Duo 4509 95303-2 (2).
PG94: rosette - one of the most attractive of all Poulence issues.
Cinderella; Summer night suite --
Russian Nat O, Pletnev.
DG 445 830-2 (2).
PG95: rosette - on every count this is one of the best recordings, not only of the year but the 90s.
Peter and the wolf --
Gielgud, Ac. of L, Stamp.
Virgin VC 790986-2.
PG90: rosette - worthy successor of Richardson.
Peter and the Wolf --
Richardson, LSO, Sargent.
London (B) 421 626-2.
PG90: rosette - excellent vivid sound; sonorous voice.
Piano concerto 3 --
Kapell, Boston So, Koussevitzky.
RCA (M) GD 60921.
PG95: rosette - difficult to imagine a better played than K's PC; the P PC is dazzingly brilliant.
Piano Sonata nr 6 op82 --
Pogorelich, .
DG 413 363-2.
PG90: rosette - simply dazzling; Pogorelich's most brilliant record so far.
String Qt 2 --
Hollywood Qt, .
Testament SBT 1052.
PG95: rosette - stunning; transfer excellent; performance still sweeps the board.
Symphonies 1, 5; Romeo & Juliet excepts; Chout, final dance --
Boston So, Koussevitzky.
RCA (M) 09026 61157-2.
PG95: rosette - 5 and R&J quite simply breathtaking and have never been equalled;rest are thrilling; outstanding in every way.
The Fiery Angel --
Gorchakova, Leiferkus, ..., Kirov Op Ch/O, Gergiev.
Philips 446 078-2 (2).
PG96: rosette - Kirov forces even finer than Jaervi's impressive version.
Violin concertos 1, 2 [Stravinsky, Violin concerto ***] --
Cho-Liang Lin, LAPO, Salonen.
Sony SK 53969.
PG95: rosette - commanding performances which combine polish with concentration and deep feeling.
War and Peace --
Vishnevskaya, Miller, Ciesinski, Tumagian, ... Gedda, Fr. R Ch & Nat O, Rostropovich.
Erato (M) 2292 45331-2 (4).
PGB92: rosette - first really complete recording; magnificent.
Puccini
L Fanciulla del West --
Tebaldi, Del Monaco, MacNiel, Tozzi, St Cecilia Ac. Rome Ch & O, Capuana.
London (M) 421 595-2 (2).
PG90: rosette - spectacular remastering for CD; Tebaldi most warmhearted and understanding.
La Boheme --
Tebaldi, Prandelli, Gueden, Inghillieri, Corena, Arie, Louis, Santa Cecelia A Rome Ch/O, Erede.
London Double 440 233-2 (2).
PG94: rosette - Tebaldi is rich-voiced and radiant; extraordinarily atmospheric in its sense of stage perspective.
Tosca --
Calas, di Stefano, Gobbi, La Scala Ch/0, De Sabata.
EMI CDS7 47175-8 (2).
PGO93: rosette - never been a finer recorded performance; de Sabatas conducting spaciously lyrical and sharply dramatic.
Turandot --
Sutherland, Pavarotti, Caballe, Ghiaurov, Pears, Alldis Ch, LPO, Mehta.
London 414 274-2 (2).
PGO93: rosette - gloriously rich and dramatic perfromance; clarity and immediacy of sound.
Dido and Aeneas --
Baker, ... St Anthony Singers, ECO, Lewis.
London (M) 425 720-2.
PG91: rosette - truly great performance.
King Arthur --
Gens, McFadden, Padmore, Best, Salomaa, Les Arts Florissants, Christie.
Erato 4509 98535-2 (2).
PG95: rosette - never been more winningly conveyed in a period performance on disc; full bodied sound.
The Indian Queen; King Arthur --
... ECO/Mackerras; ... Philomusica of L./Lewis, .
London (M) 433 166-2 (2).
PGO93: rosette - for King Arthur; pioneering recording; teamwork.
Rachmaninov
Concerto 4 --
Michelangeli, Philh O, BhGracis.
EMI CDC7 49326-2.
PG90: rosette - both - superlative brilliance.
Literguy of St John Chrysostom, op 31 --
Maximova, Sorova, ..., Bulgarian R. Ch, Milkov.
EMI forte CZS5 68664-2 (2).
PG96: rosette - glorious performance conveys great religious fervor; difficult imagining this superbly recorded performance being bettered.
Piano Concertos 2, 3; Preludes in C#, Eflat --
Kanis, Minneapolis SO, LSO, Dorati.
Mercury (M) 432 759-2.
PGB92: rosette - represents Byron Janis's very finest record.
Piano sonata 2, Etudes-tableaus, Moceaus de fantasie, Preludes --
Zoltan Kocsis, .
Philips 446 220-2.
PG96: rosette - one of the finest R recital discs in recent years; excellent recording.
Vespers, op 37 --
St Petersburg Capella, Chernuchenko.
HM Chant du Monde LDC 288 050.
PG94: rosette - surpasses earlier impressive recording and offers singing of an extraordinary rapt intensity.
Ravel
Aldorada ... --
Chicago SO, Reiner.
RCA (M) GD 60179.
PG90: rosette - both - none more refined, marvelously evocative.
Daphis et Cloe (complete) --
NE Cons & Alumni Ch, Boston SO, Munch.
RCA (M) 09026 61846-2.
PG94: rosette - one of the great glories of the 50s.
Daphne et Chloe --
Montreal SO and Ch, Dutoit.
London 400 155-2.
PG90: rosette - sumptuously evocative; luminous recording.
Daphnis et Chloe suites 1, 2; Ma Mere L'Oye suite; La valse; Sherherazade --
Paris Conservatoire, Munch, Nat SO/ Beer, Anseeermet, Danco, .
Dutton Labs CDK 1201.
PG96: rosette - rosette for Munch's Daphnis et Chloe.
Intro and Allegro --
Kyung Wha Chung, Radu Lupu, .
London (M) 421 154-2.
PG90: rosette - glorius accounts, beautifully recorded.
Introduction and allegro for harp, flute, clarinet and string quartet --
Ellis, Melos Ens, .
London (M) 421 154-2.
PG90: rosette - sublime septet marvelously realized (1962).
L'enfant et les sortileges --
Sautereau, ..., French Nat R. Ch/O, Bour.
Testament SBT 1044.
PG95: rosette - superlative transfer of the unsurpassed first recording.
Ma Mere l'Oye; ... --
Montreal SO, Dutoit.
London 410 254-2.
PG90: rosette - ravishingly beautiful; demonstration class.
Orchestral Works --
Montreal So, Roge, Dutoit.
London (M) 421 458-2 (4).
PG90: rosette - unbeatable value; demonstration class.
Piano concerto in G --
Michelangeli, Philh O, BhGracis.
EMI CDC7 49326-2.
PG90: rosette - both - superlative brilliance.
Piano Duets: Bolero, Intro & Allegro; Ma Mere l'Oyle, ... --
Lorte and Mercier, .
Chandos CHAN 8905.
PG91: rosette - quite magical; outstanding sonically.
Piano Duets --
Coombs, Scott, .
Gamut GAMCD 517.
PG94: rosette - quite outstanding in every way; clear and atmospheric recording.
Reger
Variations and fugue on a theme by Mozart [also Hindemith, Symphonic metamorphosis ***] --
Bav RSO, C. Davis.
Philips 422 347-2.
PG91: rosette - best since Boehm,'s pre-war 78s; recommended with enthusiam.
Respighi
3 Botticelli pictures --
Baker; Rosario, Winter, Atkinson,ickox Singers, City of London Sinfonia, Hickox.
Collins 1349-2.
PG94: rosette - crowned by the contributions of Janet Baker; refined playing and recroding.
Ancient airs and dances 1-3; The Birds --
Australian CO, Gee.
Omega 191007.
PG90: rosette - demonstration class.
Ancient airs and dances; the Birds; 3 Botticelli pictures --
Orpheus CO, .
DG 437 533-2.
PG95: rosette - stunningly played; very fine recording.
The FOuntains of Rome; The Pines of Rome [Debussy, La Mer ***] --
Chicago SO, Reiner.
RCA 09026 68079-2.
PG95: rosette - alternative coupling to Mussorgsky; extraordinarily atmospheric perforamnces that have never been surpassed.
The Fountains of Rome; The Pines of Rome --
Chicago SO, Reiner.
RCA (M) 09026 61401-2.
PG95: rosette - vintage stereo at its most impressive; evocative approach.
Rimsky-Korsakov
Scheharazade --
RPO, Beecham.
EMI CDC7- 47717-2.
PG90: rosette - 1957 - exrtraordinary drama and charisma.
3 Piezas esponaolos --
Julian Bream, .
RCA Navigator 74321 17903-2.
PG95: rosette - reissue added the Rodrigo; not the single finest recital of Spanish guitar music; bargain of bargains.
Concierto --
Tourangeau, Montreal SO, Dutoit.
London (M) 430 703-2.
PG91: rosette - recording demonstration class, outstanding.
Music for 2 pianos --
Gregory Allen with Anton Nel, .
Bridge BCD 9017 A/B.
PG94: rosette - first class and comprehensive survey; recording is uncommonly real and has great presence.
Rossini
Arias --
Horne, Amb Op Ch, RPO, Lewis.
London (M) 421 306-2.
PG90: rosette - one of the most cherishable among all Rossini aria records ever issued.
Il viaggio a Reims --
Ricciarelli, Terrani, Cuberli, Gasdia, AraisHza, Gimenez, Nucci, Raimondi, Dara, Prague Phil Ch, COE, Abbado.
DG 415 49801.
PG90: rosette - one of the most sparkling and totally successful live opera recordings available.
La boutique fantasque --
Toronto SO, Davis.
Sony (M) MDK 46508.
PG91: rosette - really outstanding, demonstration disc.
Le Compte Ory --
.., Glyndeborne Festival Ch/O, Gui.
EMI (M) CMS7 64180-2 (2).
PGO93: rosette - Gui has extra sparkle and resilience; one of most infectiously witty of all Rossini recordings.
Le Compte Ory --
Sumi Jo, Aler, Montague, Cachemaille, Quilico, Pierotti, Lyon Op Ch & O, Gardiner.
Philips 422 406-2.
PG90: rosette - admirably fills a serious gap; a jewel of a Rossini issue.
L'Italiana in Algeri --
Baltsa, Raimondi, Dara, Lopardo, V State Op Konz, VPO, Abbado.
DG 427 331-2.
PG90: rosette - brilliant version.
Overtures --
Chicago SO, Reiner.
RCA (M) GD 60387.
PG90: rosette - 1958 preferable to most digital; .
Overtures --
L. Classical Players, Norrington.
EMI CDC7 54091-2.
PG91: rosette - very refreshing new look over familiar repertoire; recording first class.
Stabat Mater --
Field, Jones, Davis, Earle, LSO Ch, City of L Sinfonia, Hickox.
Chandos CHAN 8780.
PG90: rosette - a most winning account; full-bodied and atmospheric sound.
Royer
Pieces de clavecin --
Christopher Rousset, .
O-L 436 127-2.
PG94: rosette - great flair and poetic imagination and impeccably recorded.
Rubra
Symphony 9; The Morning Watch for Ch & O --
Dawson, Jones, Roberts, BBC Nat Ch/O of Wales, Hickox.
Chandos CHAN 9441.
PG96: rosette - magnificent performance of arguably R's greatest work.
Saint-Saens
Cello concerto 1; Piano concerto 2; violin concerto 3 --
Ma, O Nat de France/Maazel; Licad, LPO/Previn; Lin, Philh O/Tilson Thomas, .
Sony SMK 66935.
PG96: rosette - outstanding performances on higly desriable mid-price reissue; VC second to none.
Cello concerto in A min, etc --
Ma, O Nat de France, etc, Maazel, etc.
Sony/CBS (M) MDK 46506.
PG91: rosette - three outstanding performances.
Symphony 3 [Debussy La Mer **(*), Ibert Escales ***] --
Zamkochian, Boston SO, Munch.
RCA (M) 09026 61500-2.
PG94: rosette - as overwhelmingly spectacular as versions 3 decades later;stunning performance full of lyrical ardour and moving forward in a single sweep of great intensity.
Sarasate
Carmen Fantasy --
Perlman RPO, Foster.
EMI CDC7 47101-2.
PG90: rosette - provided one does not feel strongly about the traditional cuts, no better record of the concerto; superb.
Variations --
RPO, Revenaugh.
EMI (M) CDM7 69840-2.
PG90: rosette - exceptional interest; first rate - rec'd with all possible enthusiasm.
Schoenberg
Variations for orchestra; Verklaerte Nacht --
BPO, Karajan.
DG 415 326-2.
PG90: rosette - VN magical and in a class of its own.
Verklaerte Nacht (string sextet version) --
Hollywood Qt, Dinkin, Reher, .
Testament SATB 1031.
PG94: rosette - original formflawless performance with the imprimatur of S himself (1950); quintet in a class of its own and remains a desert island disc.
Schubert
Die schoene Muellerin; additonal poems by Mueller --
Bostridge, Johnson; Fischer Dieskau, .
Hyperion CDJ 33025.
PG96: rosette - B matches even the finest rivals, keenly imaginative accompaniment.
Die Winterreise --
Pears, Britten, .
London (M) 417 473-2.
PG91: rosette - intensity and subtlety, magic.
Fantasia in C D760, Impromptus D899.3/4; Piano Sonata N21 D960 --
Rubinstein, .
RCA RD 86257.
PG90: rosette - sure magnificence, electrifying.
Lieder, Vol 15 --
Margaret Price, Graham Johnson, .
Hyperion CDJ 33015.
PG94: rosette - achieves a new peak; distinctive magic.
Lieder --
Schwarzkopf, Fischer, .
EMI CDC7 47326-2.
PG90: rosette - among the finest of Schubert recitals.
Octet if F --
Hausmusik, .
EMI CDC7 54118-2.
PG91: rosette - outshines.
Octet in F, D803; Minuet and Finale in F for wind octet, d72 --
Vienna Octet, Vienna Wind Soloists, .
London Eclipse 448 715-4.
PG96: rosette - demo quality with lowest possible price.
Piano sonata 21; Allegretto in C minor; 12 laendler --
Kovacevich, .
EMI CDC5 55359-2.
PG95: rosette - even more elequent and penetrating than the great B flat major recording.
Piano sonata 21; Impromptus in G flat, E flat, B flat; Moments musicauz in A flat, F minor --
Kempff, .
DG (B) 439 462-2.
PG95: rosette - consistent compelling intensity; perhaps the finest of all the distinguished reissues on DGs Classikon bargain label so far.
Piano Sonatas 16, 18 --
Radu Lupu, .
London 417 640-2.
PG90: rosette - poetic, among Londons finest recordings.
Puiano sonatas 13, 14; Hungarian melody; 12 waltzes --
Ashkenazy, .
London (M) 443 579-2.
PG95: rosette - magnificent in every respect (rosette to original LP as well).
Schwanengesang; 5 lieder --
Brigitte Fassbaender, Aribert Reimann, .
DG 429 766-2.
PG94: rosette - totally distinctive and compelling account; stronger and more forceful than any rival.
String quartets 12-15 --
Italian Qt, .
Philips Duo 446 163-2 (2).
PG96: rosette - 12, 14 were finest in their day (1965); 12 has an impressive command of feeling; 15 is even finer.
String quintet i C D956 --
Aeolian Qt, Shreker, .
Saga (M) EC 3368-2.
PG94: rosette - stron virile performance; a clear first bargain choice.
String quintet --
Hollywood Qt, Dinkin, Reher, .
Testament SATB 1031.
PG94: rosette - original formflawless performance with the imprimatur of S himself (1950); quintet in a class of its own and remains a desert island disc.
Symphlny 9 [also Beethoven Symphony 4 **] --
Marlboro Festival O, Casals.
Sony (M) 46246.
PGB92: rosette - special live performance full of insight.
Symphonies 3, 5, 6 --
RPO, Beecham.
EMI (M) CDM7 69750-2.
PG90: rosette - indinspensable for all collections and a supreme bargain.
Symphony 8 [Mendelssohn Symphony 4 ***] --
Philh O, Sinopoli.
DG (M) 445 514-2.
PG95: rosette - the most ravishinly refined and beautiful playing; takes its place among the recorded classics.
Schumann
Frauenliebe und leben [also Lieder recital ***] --
Janet Baker, Martin ISell, .
Saga (M) EC 3361.
PG95: rosette - marvelous range of expression; the recording balance i semmeasureably improved by the cd transfer.
Frauenliebe und Leben [also Schubert and Brahms ***] --
Baker, Isepp, .
Saga (M) SCD 9001.
PGB92: rosette - inspirational account has never been surpassed.
Symphonies 1-4 --
Hanover Band, Goodman.
RCA 09026 61931-2 (2).
PG95: rosette - a revelation; few 19th period instrument recordings can match these refreshing accounts.
Sheppard
Motets --
The Sixteen, Christophers.
Hyperion CDA 66259.
PG90: rosette - 11 superb responsories; not many more beautiful records of tudor polyphony than this.
Shostakovich
24 Preludes ad Fugues --
Tatiana Nikolayeva, .
Melodiya (M) 74321 19849-2 (3).
PG95: rosette - this 1987 version is if anything cleaner and better focused than the rosetted Hyperion 1990 version.
24 preludes and fugues. op 87 --
Nikolaieva, .
Hyperion CDA 66441/3.
PG91: rosette - first choice must inevitably be TN - natural authority.
Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk --
Visnevskaya, Gedda, Petkov, Krenn, tear, Amb Op Ch, LPO, Rostropovich.
EMI CDS7 49955-2.
PG90: rosette - R's finest recording ever, first version of S's greatest work for the stage, performance of breathtaking power.
Symphonies 5, 6 --
Philadephia O, Stokowski.
Dutton Labs CDAX 8017.
PG96: rosette - electrifying premiere of 5th; 6th has aspecial ring of authenticity.
Symphony No. 15; From Jewish folk poetry (song cycle) --
Soederstroem, Wenkel, Karyckowski, Concertgeb. O, Haitink.
London 417 581.
PG90: rosette - understands the purity of bare lines; splendidly sung song cycle.
Sibelius
Finlandia, Karelia Suite, Scenes historiques, ..., Tempest --
RPO, Beecham.
EMI mono CDM7 63397-2.
PG90: rosette - the tempest is magical, etc.
Symphnies 4, 7; Kuolema; Valse triste --
BPO, Karajan.
DG (M) 439 527-2.
PG94: rosette - celebrated 65 account of 4; ranks along with Beecham as among most insightful; an indispensible record.
Symphonies 1, 7 --
LSO, Anthony Collins.
Beulah IPD 8.
PG94: rosette - magnificent 1950s recordings were a landmark in S discography.
Symphonies 4, 6; The Bard; Lemminkainens return; The Prelude to the Tempest --
LPO, RPO, Beecham.
EMI (M) CDM7 64027-2.
PG94: rosette - no performance of 4 brings one closer to the music; 6 is suppsed to have been S's favorite recording; indispensible for all Sibelians.
Symphony 1; Finlandia; Karelia suite --
Oslo PO, Jansons.
EMI CDC7 542732.
PG94: rosette - finest to have appeared since Maazel's VPO in the 60s; very exciting performance vivdly recorded.
Violin Concerto --
Cho-Liang Lin, Swedish RSO, Lalonen.
CBS MK 44548.
PG90: rosette - breathtaking assurance, simple eloquence.
Simpson
Symphony No. 9 --
Bournemouth SO, Handley.
Hyperion CDA 66299.
PG90: rosette - music is a most powerful experience and superbly played, recorded.
Stamitz
Concerto --
Hardenberger, ASMF, Marriner.
Philips 420 203-2.
PG90: rosette - haydn and hummel - probably the finest single collection of trump. conc. in the present catalog.
Stanford
Sonata 2 --
Julian Lloyd Weber, John McCabe, .
ASV CDDCA 807.
PG94: rosette - collection offers LW's finest performances on disc.
Sterndale Bennett
Piano concertos 1 and 3 --
Binns, LPO, Braithwaite.
Lyrita SRCD 204.
PG91: rosette - most enjoyable disc.
Stradella
San Giovanni Battista --
Bott, Batty, Lesne, Huttenlocher, Musiciens du Louvre, Minowksi.
Erato 2292 45739-2.
PGO93: rosette - Bott's magnificent performance; excellent sound; not to be missed.
Strauss
Also sprach Zarathustra; Ein Heldenleben --
Chicago So, Reiner.
RCA 09026 61494-2.
PG94: rosette - ASZ ranks alonside the very best ever committed to disc.
Ariadne --
Schwarzkopf, Schock, Streich, Doench, Seefried, Cuenod, Philh O, Karajan.
EMI CMS7 69296-2.
PG90: rosette - radiant, deeply moving Ariadne; orchestra a bit dry, but voices come out superbly.
Death and Transfiguration; Metamorphosen for 23 solo strings --
BPO, Karajan.
DG 410 892-2.
PG90: rosette - electrifying.
Death and Transfiguration; Sinfonia demestica; Salomes dance of the 7 veils --
Cleveland SO/Szell; Philadelphia O/Ormandy, .
Sony (B) SBK 53511.
PG94: rosette - tremendous electricity and orchestral bravura; D&T still unsurpassed.
Der Rosenkavalier --
Schwarzkopf, Ludwig, Stich-Randell, Edelmann, Wechter, Philh Ch & O, Karajan.
EMI CDS7 49354-8.
PG90: rosette - one of the greatest of all opera recordings.
Die Frau ohne Schatten --
Varady, Domingo, Behrens, van Dam, Jo, ..., VPO, Solti.
London 436 243-2 (3).
PGO93: rosette - landmark in S's career; still unsurpassed.
Don Quixote [Lalo, Cello concerto in D minor ***] --
du Pre, New Philh O, boult.
EMI CDC5 55528-2.
PG96: rosette - DQ in tenderness and pognancy is unsurpassed.
Four last songs; lieder --
Norman, Liepzig GO, Masur.
Philips 411 052-2.
PG90: rosette - outshone only by Swartzkopf for word-detail.
Four last songs; orchestral lieder --
Schwarzkopf, Berlin RSO, LSO, Szell.
EMI CDC7 47276-2.
PG90: rosette - raptly beautiful recording.
Horn concertos 1, 2 [Hindemith Horn concerto (***)] --
Brain, Philh O/Sawallisch, .
EMI CDC7 47834-2.
PG96: rosette - incomparable performances and almost certainly will never be surpassed.
Strauss Family
1987 New Year concert in Vienna --
VPO/Karajan, Battle, .
DG 419 616-2.
PG96: rosette - outstanding concert; indispensable collection makes an easy first choice among Strauss compilations.
Polkas --
Boston Pops, Fiedler.
RCA (M) 09026 61688-2.
PG96: rosette - AF never made a better disc than this.
Vol 27 - polkas and polkas-mazurkas --
Austrian RSO, Vienna, Guth.
Marco Polo 8.223228-2.
PG94: rosette - finest in the series; vol 26 could have it as well.
Stravinsky
Apollo; the Firebird; Petrushka (1911); The Rite of Spring --
LSO/Markevitch; LPO/Haitink, .
Philips Duo 438 350-2 (2).
PG94: rosette - extraordinary bargain; highly recommendable.
Petrushka (1911); The Rite of Spring --
Columbia SO, Stravinsky.
CBS MK 42433.
PG90: rosette - never been surpassed.
Symphony of Psalms --
E. Bach Fest Ch, LSO, Bernstein.
CBS MK 44710.
PG90: rosette - ranks among his very finest records; apporaches demonstration std in cd format (also Poulenc Gloria, Bernstein Chichester Psalms).
The Firebird; Le chant du rossignol; Fireworks; Scherzo a la russe --
LSA, Dorati.
Mercury (M) 432 012-2.
PG91: rosette - electrifying 1960 reocrding; one of the most stimulating strvinsky compilations in the catalog.
Strozzi
Sacri musicali affetti; ... [Gianoncelli, Marini, Tarquinio Merula ***] --
Kiehr, Soave, .
HM ED 13048.
PG96: rosette - gloriously sung recital; treasuable collection and a musical revelation.
Suk
Asrael Symphony --
Poyal Liverpool PO, Pesek.
Virgin VC7 91221-2.
PG91: rosette - great sensitivity and imagination.
Sullivan
HMS Pinafore --
Reed, Skitch, Round, Adams, Hindmarsh, Wright, Knoght, D'Oyly Carte Op Ch, New SO of L, Godfrey.
London (M) 414 283-2.
PG90: rosette - hard to imagine a better recorded performance.
HMS Pinafore --
Suart, Allen, Evens, Schade, Palmer, Adams, Ch/O of the Welsh Opera, Mackerras.
Telarc CD 80374.
PG95: rosette - exuberant reading; wining freshness; vividly recorded.
The Mikado --
Adams, Rolfe Johnson, Stuart, van Allan, McLaughlin, Palmer, WNO Ch/O, Mackerras.
Telarc CD 80824.
PGO93: rosette - irresistible freshness at high voltage; totally idiomatic.
Suppe
Overtures --
ASMF, Marriner.
EMI CDC7 54056-2.
PG91: rosette - top of the list; not to be missed.
Szymanowski
Mythes, op 30; Kurpian folk song; ... [also Franck, Violin sonata ***] --
Danczowska, Zimmerman, .
DG (M) 431 469-2.
PG91: rosette - an indispensible issue; recording is vividly realistic.
String Qts 1, 2 --
Carmina Qt, .
Denon CO 79462.
PG94: rosette - ouststanding music making with utmost realism and fidelity.
Mass Puer natus est, ... --
Clerkes of Oxenford, Wustan.
Cal CAL 6623.
PG96: rosette - glorious performances, not to be missed.
Tavener
The Akathist of Thanksgiving --
Bowman, Wilson, Westminster Abbey Ch, BBC SO & Singers, Neary.
Sony SK 64446.
PG94: rosette - stands out for its concentrated intensity; Neary proves an inspiring conductor, drawing incandescent tone for the choirs ....
Tchaikovsky
1812; Capriccio italien --
LSO, Dorati.
Mercury (M) 434 360-2.
PG96: rosette - most famous of all Mercury records; spectacle is quite extraordinary.
Francesca da Rimini; hamlet --
NY Stadium O, Stokowski.
Dell Arte CDDA 9006.
PG90: rosette - one of S' greatest records; indispensable for al T'ns.
Hamlet; Romeo and Juliet (1869 original version) --
Kelly, Hammond-Stroud, LSO, Simon.
Chandos CHAN 9191.
PG94: rosette - admiral recoupling; enjoyable in its own right.
PC 1. etc --
various, .
EMI (M) CHS7 64855-2 (4).
PG96: rosette - THE indispensable T box with great performances from the 40s.
Piano C 1; Violin C in D; Serenade for strings; Variations on a rococo theme --
various, .
DG (B) 413 161-2 (2).
PGB92: rosette - jewel in the crown of DGs walkman series;.
Piano concerto No. 1 --
Horowitz, NBC SO, Toscanini.
RCA mono GD 87992.
PG90: rosette - famous account of 1943 - dwarfs every other record made since.
Piano Concerto No 2 --
Donohoe, Bournemouth SO, Barshai.
EMI CDC7 49124-2.
PG90: rosette - superb recording; never before received such convincing advocacy on record.
Piano concertos 2, 3 --
Donohoe, Bournemouth SO, Barshai.
EMI CDC7 49940-2.
PG94: rosette - rosetted pc 2 now coupled with pc 3.
Sleeping beauty exceprts --
Mikhail Pletnev, .
Virgin VC7 59611-2.
PG91: rosette - remarkable effects of color and pedalling; oustanding.
Symph 3, .. --
BPO, Karajan.
DG (M) 431-605-2.
PG91: rosette - ranks with the finest.
Symphonies 2, 4 --
New Philh O, VPO, Abbado.
DG (B) 429 527-1.
PG90: rosette - one of the supreme bargains of the current catalog.
Symphonies 4-6 --
Leningrad PO, Mravinsky.
DG 419 745-2.
PG90: rosette - cannot be recommended too strongly.
Symphony 2, 4 --
New Philh O, VPO, Abbado.
DG (M) 431 604-2.
PG91: rosette - supreme bargain.
Symphony 5; Onegin; Tatiana's letter scene --
LPO, Eilene Hannan, Sian Edwards.
EMI (M) CD-EMX 2187.
PGB92: rosette - electrifying and warm-hearted reading.
Symphony 6; March slav --
Russian Nat. O, Pletnev.
Virgin VC7 59661-2.
PG94: rosette - among the most vividly dramatic accounts in some years; a fine balanced recording.
Variations on a rococo theme --
Rostropovich, BPO, karajan.
DG (M) 447 413-2.
PG95: rosette - unmatched for intensity of lyrical feeling and spontaneity; ideal choice.
Double concerto for recorder and transverse flute; viola concerto in G; Suite in A minor for flute and strings; Overture ... --
Brueggen; vester; Amsterdam CP/ Rieu; doctor, Concerto Amsterdam/Bfrueggen; SW German CO/Friedrich, .
Teldec (M) 9031 77620-2.
PG94: rosette - the most attractive single Telemann collection in the catalog.
Suites in E flat, F; Paris Qts 1-6 --
Concerto Amsterdam/Brueggen; Amsterdam Qt, .
Teldec 4509 92177-2 (2).
PG94: rosette - one of the jewels of the LP Das Alte Werk catalog; rosetted LP.
Viola concerto in G; ...; Double horn concerto in E flat --
Kysselak; Stivin; Hoelblingova ,...; Tylsar, ..., Edlinger, .
Naxos 8.550156.
PG90: rosette - enterprise, good planning, good music making; great intro to T.
Tippett
The Midsummer marriage --
Remedios, Carlyle, Burrows, henrinx, Harwood, Watts, Ch/O of ROHCG, Davis.
Lyrita SRCD 2217 (2).
PG96: rosette - outstanding 170 version of T's masterpiece; should be along side Britten's Peter Grimes.
Tubin
Symphonies 4, 9 --
Bergen SO, Gothenberg SO, Jaervi.
BIS CD 227.
PG90: rosette - authoritative; excellent sound.
Various
20th century sacred choral music --
Oxford Pro Musica Singers, Smedley.
Proudsound PROUCD 136.
PG94: rosette - moving and beautiful collection of sacred choral music.
An English Celebration --
RPO, Groves.
Pickwick CDRPO 5005.
PG94: rosette - gloriusly full and real recording; one of Groves finest recordings.
Arias 1910-3 --
Frieda Hempel, .
Nimbus (M) NI 7849.
PGO93: rosette - one of the very finest of all the prima voce series.
Arpa espanola --
Nicanor Zabaleta, harp, .
DG (M) 435 847-2.
PG94: rosette - balance is near perfect, and the magic distilled y Z's concentration is unforgetable.
Artist Profile: Andre Cluytens --
Various, Cluytens.
EMI (B) CZS5 68220-2 (2).
PG95: rosette - something special about this compilation; outstanding bargain; one of the most rewarding issues of the year.
Balalaika favorites --
Osipov State Russian Folk Orch, Gnutov.
Mercury (M) 432 000-2.
PG91: rosette - irresistible and the recording superbly real.
Baroque Christmas --
Heinrich Schuetz Ch, Norrington.
London (M) 430 065-2.
PG91: rosette - superlative collection.
Baroque concerti from the Netherlands --
Musica ad Rheinum, Wentz.
8NM Classics 92037.
PG94: rosette - wonderfully spirited and cultivated, full transparent and real.
(Bartok, Britten, Debussy, Kodaly, Ravel, Sibelius, Vaughan Williams) --
Philharmonia O, Karajan.
EMI mono CMS7 63464-2 (4).
PG90: rosette - should not miss.
Carnival! --
Sumi Jo, ECO, Bonynge.
London 440 679-2.
PG95: rosette - singing is even more astonishing than in her recital disc; delectable freshness and vocal sparkle; stylish and beautifully pointed accompaniments; recording could hardly be bettered.
(Debussy, Prokovief and Scriabin) --
Richter (piano), .
DG 423 573-2.
PG90: rosette - confined accoustic, but what playing.
Efrem Kurtz Profile --
Philharmonia O, Kurtz.
EMI (B) CZS7 67729-2.
PG94: rosette - superb set, one of the finest collections of Russian music currently on offer in any price range.
English Choral Music --
New College Oxford Choir, Higginbottom.
Proudsound PROUCD 114 02.
PG90: rosette - difficult to concieve of a more rewarding collection.
English Concertos --
Petri (Recorder), Academy of St. Martins in the Fields, .
Philips 411 056.
PG90: rosette - hilgly rewarding concert, beaurifully played and recorded.
ES Sings Operetta --
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, .
EMI CDC7 47284.
PG90: rosette - oneof the most delctable recordings of operetta arias ever made.
Famous Soprano Arias --
Various sopranos, .
London (B) 433 624-2.
PGO93: rosette - difficult to conceive of a more winning recital of miscellaneous popular arias.
Favorite Violin Concertos --
Grumiaux, .
Philips Duo 442 287-2 (2).
PG94: rosette - another extraordinary bargain and contain some of his finest performances.
Ferenc Fricsay Portrait --
Various, Fricksay.
DG (M) 445 400-2 (10).
PG95: rosette - sheer quality of the sound from the 50s; his conducting will come as something of a revelation; rosette for care lavished and the artistic and technical excellence of the performances.
Fischer-Dieskau Lieder Edition (complete) --
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, .
DG (BB) 447 500-2 (44).
PG95: rosette - justifiably extravigant edition, summing up an astonishing achievement of the greatest male lieder singer of our time.
French chamber music --
Roge, Wind Ens, .
London 425 861-2.
PG91: rosette - unqualified delight, well-balanced recording.
French music for clarinet and piano --
Gervase de Payer (clarinet), Gwenneth Prior (piano), .
Chandos CHAN 8526.
PG90: rosette - a gorgeious record; realistic.
French Music --
Royal PO, Beecham.
EMI CDM7 63379-2.
PG90: rosette - wonderfully vivid and fresh.
French Song Recital --
Gerard Souzay, .
EMI CDM7 63112-2.
PG90: rosette - not to be missed, a desert island disc.
Granci voci: Joan Sutherland --
Sutherland, various, .
London (M) 440 404-2.
PG95: rosette - one oof the most cherishable of all operatic recital discs.
Grandi voci: Janet Baker --
Various, .
London (M) 440 413-2.
PG95: rosette - the performences of French melodies included are very beautiful indeed;great depth of feeling for the poetry.
Italian Concertos --
ASMF, Marriner.
London (M) 436 224-2.
PG94: rosette - much of the first two lps that launched ASMF; admirably remastered.
Lamentations --
Oxford Camerata, Summerly.
Naxos 8.550572.
PG94: rosette - sublime polyphony, beautifully sung; vivid beautiful within an ideal ambience.
Mancini Film Music --
Galway, .
RCA RCD 85315.
PG90: rosette - delightful entertainment.
Melodies --
Souzay, Bonneau, .
London (M) 425 975-2.
PG91: rosette - GS at peak of form, marvelous record worth as many rosettes as stars.
Music for brass --
London Gabrieli Brass Ensemble, .
ASV (B) CDQS 6013.
PG90: rosette - one of the realy outstanding brass anthologies; very real bargain.
Opera Arias --
Beniamino Gigli, .
EMI mono CDH7 61051-2.
PG90: rosette - cream of his recordings.
Opera Arias --
Tebaldi, .
London (B) 430 481-2.
PG91: rosette - Excellent transfers; consistent, creamy; indispensible.
Opera Galla --
Sutherland, .
London (M) 421 305-2.
PG90: rosette - one of the most cherishable of all operatic recitals.
Operatic Arias --
Terfel, Met OO, Levine.
DG 455 866-2.
PG96: rosette - not many recital discs match thi sformidable, keenly enjoyable recital..
Operatic Recital --
Maria Callas, .
EMI mono CDC7 47282-2.
PG90: rosette - finest single Callas recital on CD.
Organ Masterpieces, Vol 1 --
Hurford, .
London (M) 444 567-2.
PG96: rosette - not many records of romantic organ music to match this for color, breadth and brilliance, superbly recorded.
--
Dinu Lipatti (piano), .
EMI (M) CZS7 67163-2 (5).
PG91: rosette - a must for anyone with an interest in the piano.
Piano music from Scotland --
Murray McLachlan, .
Olympia OCD 264.
PG94: rosette - awarded no t just for enterprise but equally for admiration and pleasure.
Piano music from Scotland --
Murray McLachlan (piano), .
Olympia OCD 263.
PG91: rosette - important, fascinating and rewarding recital.
Pletnev, Vol 9 --
Mikhail Pletnev, .
RCA (M) 74321 25181-2.
PG94: rosette - astonishing transcription of the Nutcracker suite; wider range of color than most orchestras.
Romantic favorites on 2 pianos --
Claire and Antoinette Cann, .
Pianissimo PP 10393.
PG94: rosette - difficult to imagine a more scintillating piano duet record.
Russian Opera Arias --
Feodor Chaliapin, .
EMI mono CDH7 61009-2.
PG90: rosette - range of expression is astonishing.
Spanish Guitar Favorites --
Pepe, Celin, Celedonio, Celino Romero, .
Philips 442 781-2.
PG94: rosette - never sound quite like this on record before; vibrant and spontaneous.
The Art of the Prima Donna --
Sutherland, .
London (M) 425 493-2 (2).
PG90: rosette - (1960) remains one of JS's outstanding gramophone achievements.
The Classic 1938 HMV Recordings --
LSO, Walter.
Dutton Labs CDLX 7008.
PG94: rosette - total spontaneity; full and believable.
The complete HMV recordings 1934-6 --
Simon Barere (piano), .
Appian mono CDAPR 7001 (2).
PG91: rosette - most desirable of the Barere sets.
The Complete Josef Hofmann --
Josef Hofmann, .
Vai Audio VAIA/IPA 1020 (2).
PG95: rosette - the Rubinstein 4th PC is phenomenal; one is tempted to say the Chopin G minor ballade has never been surpassed.
The English Viol --
Bott, budd, Chance, Byrd, Fretwork, .
Virgin Veritas VER5 61173-2.
PG95: rosette - one of the really outstanding groups; offer viol playing which is in a class of its own; recording could hardly be bettered.
The Fantastic Leopold Stokowski --
Cincinati Popts O, Kunzel.
Telarc CD 80338.
PG94: rosette - sheer glamour of sound.
The Holly and the Ivy (Christmas Songs) --
Clare College, Cambridge, Choir and Orch, Rutter.
London (M) 425 500-2.
PG90: rosette - outstanding collection.
The Julian Bream Edition --
Julian Bream, .
RCA 09026 61583-2 (30).
PG94: rosette - represents 3 decades of a remarkable career; an astonishing achievment overall - especially vols 1, 2, 26, 27.
The Piano Album --
Stephen Hough (piano), .
Virgin VC 790732.
PG90: rosette - feast for piano lovers, very well recorded.
The Piano Album --
Stephen Hough (piano), .
Virgin VC7 59502-2.
PG94: rosette - feast for piano lovers, very well recorded.
The Sea: Solos and Duets --
Walker and Allen, Vignoles, .
Hyperion CDA 66165.
PG90: rosette - delight from beginning to end.
The spirit of England --
English String Orch, Boughton.
Nimbus (B) NI 5210/3.
PG91: rosette - outstanding bargain.
The Stokowski Sound (orchestral transcriptions) --
Cincinnati Pops, Kunzel.
Telarc CD 80129.
PG90: rosette - for admirers of S, an essential purchase.
The studio recordings --
Horowitz, .
DG 419 217-2.
PG94: rosette - recital is uncommonly well balanced to show H's special range of sympathies.
The unforgettable Isobel Baillie --
Isobel Baillie, .
Dutton Labs CDLX 7013.
PG94: rosette - it is difficult to think of another collection of soprano arias whihc is entirely without vocal blemish and which offers consistently ravishing sound.
The Vagabond --
Bryn Terfel, Malcolm Martineau, .
DG 445 945-2.
PG95: rosette - no other collection of english songs has ever quite matched this in its depth, intensity and sheer beauty.
The world of KF --
Kathleen Ferrier, .
London (B) 430 096-2.
PG94: rosette - admirably displays KF's range.
There is sweet music (English Choral Songs) --
Cambridge Singers, Rutter.
Collegium COLCD 104.
PG90: rosette - highly recommendable anthology.
Trumpet pieces --
Impett, .
Amon Ra CD-SAR 30.
PG90: rosette - fascinating recital - period instruments.
Vintage Beecham --
LPO, Beecham.
Dutton Labs CDLX 7003.
PG94: rosette - from the 30s; remarkable transfers.
Vaughan Williams
A London Symphony; Symphony 8 --
Halle O, barbirolli.
EMI CDM7 94197-2.
PG96: rosette - 1957 inspirational perfromance of LS; coupling with 8 makes it doubly attractive; for many first choice for both.
Greensleeves and Talis fantasias --
Sinfonia of L, Allegri Qt, NPO/Barbirolli, .
EMI CDC7 47537-2.
PG96: rosette - inspirational coupling; a triumph.
Job --
LPO, Handley.
EMI (M) CD-EMX 9506.
PG90: rosette - one of Handley's major achievments; one of RVW's very greatest compositions.
On Wenlock Edge --
Partridge, Craxton, Music Group of London, .
EMI (M) CDM7 69170-2.
PG90: rosette - outstandingly beautiful record.
Symphony No 5 in D; Flos campi --
Royal Liverpool PO, Handley.
EMI (M) CD-EMX 9512.
PG90: rosette - outstanding in every way.
Tallis fantasia; Fantasia on Greensleeves; The Lark Ascending --
LCO, Warren-Green.
Virgin CUV5 61126-2.
PG90: rosette - radiant account of the lark ascending; great ardor and breadth.
Tallis fantasia --
LCO, Warren-Green.
Virgin VCY 790819-2.
PG90: rosette - both - impressive debut, electric and immediate.
Verdi
Il Trovatore --
Price, Domingo, Milnes, Cossotto, Amb Op Ch, New Philh O, Mehta.
RCA RD 86194.
PG90: rosette - one of the most thrilling of all early vedi operas on record.
La Traviata --
Gheorghiu, Lopardo, Nucci, ROHCG Ch/O, Solti.
London 448 119-2 (2).
PG95: rosette - one of the most vivid and involving versions ever;.
Requiem Mass; choruses --
Dunn, Curry, Hadley, Plishka, Atlanta Ch & SO, Shaw.
Telarc CD 80152.
PG90: rosette - the finest of his Atlanta recordings.
Requiem [Rossini, Stabat Mater (***) --
Stader, Dominquez, Carelli, Sardi, St Edwicge's Chaedral Cyh, Berlin RIAS SO, Fricsay.
DG Double 539 684-2 (2).
PG95: rosette - electrifying mono of the 50s; in tngling drama it ahs never been surpassed; cd transfer enhances the choral bite.
Simon Boccanegra --
Cappuccilli, Freni, Ghuiaurov, Van Dam, Carreras, La Scala Ch & O, Abbado.
DG 415 692-2.
PG90: rosette - one ofthe most beautiful Verdi sets ever made.
Victoria
Missa Ave maris stella, ... --
Westminster Cathedral Ch, Hill.
Hyperion CDA 66114.
PG90: rosette - spontaneous ebb and flow of pacing is at the heart of Hill;s understanding of this superb music.
Vivaldi
Cello concertos, Vol 3 --
Wallfisch, Graham; City of L Sinfonia, Kraemer.
Naxos 8.550909.
PG95: rosette - particularly fine collection - vol 4 hardly less stimulating.
La Cetra; Double oboe concerto in D minor; Picolo concerto in C --
ASMF, Brown, Black, Nicklin, Marriner, .
London Double 448 110-2 (2).
PG96: rosette - resiliant and imaginative results; demo class.
La Cetra --
Iona Brown, ASMF, .
London 433 734-2 (2).
PG94: rosette - resilient and imaginative; demonstration excellence of the analog recording is retained.
La Stravaganza, op 4 --
ASMF, marriner.
London Double 444 821-2 (2).
PG96: rosette - perfprmances make the music irresistable; transfers are in demo class.
La Stravaganza, op 4 --
ASMF, Marriner.
London (M) 430 566-2 (2).
PGB92: rosette - make the music irresistable; recording of highest quality.
The Four Seasons; L'Estro armonico; Quadruple violin concerto in B Min; Sinfonia in B minor --
Lamon, Tafelmusik, .
Sony SK 48251.
PG94: rosette - Tafelmusik is for the 90s what Marriner was for the 70s; first class recording.
the Four Seasons; violin concertos --
Accardo and soloists with CO, .
Philips 422 065-2.
PG90: rosette - period instruments with a difference; must rank very high in the Vivaldi discography.
Wagner
6 Songs --
Hampson, Parsons, .
EMI CDC5 55047.
PG94: rosette - unfogettable collection of romantic songs; H in magnificent voice pwerfully accompanied by P; a winning disc very well recorded.
Der Ring des Nibelungen --
Nilsson, Flagstad, Windgassen, Fischer-Dieskau, Hotter, London, Ludwig, Neidlinger, Frick, Svanholm, Stoltze, Boehme, Hoffgen, Sutherland, Crespin, King, Watson, VPO, Solti.
London (M) 414 100-2 (15).
PG90: rosette - one of the great achievements of the gramophone; bargain of bargains.
Lohengrin --
Domingo, Norman, Randova, Nimsgern, Sotin, Fischer-Dieskau, V State Op Concert Ch, VPO, Solti.
London 421 053 (4).
PGO93: rosette - one of the crowning glories of Solti's long recording career.
Parsifal --
Hofmann, Moll, Vejzovic, Van Dam, Nimsgern, Von Halem, German Op Ch, BPO, karajan.
DG 413 347-2.
PG90: rosette - intensely beautiful; among dg's finest; only hoffman a slight disappointment.
Walton
Crown Imperial [also Bennett; Symphonic songs; Holst: Hammersmith; Jacob: William Byrd suite ***] --
Eastman Winds, Fennell.
Mercury (M) 432 009-2.
PGB92: rosette - no lover of english music should miss.
Facade, Siesta, Overtures, Plortsmouth Point, Scapino --
Sitwell, Pears, E Op. Group Ens/Collins; LPO/Boult, .
London (M) 425 661-2.
PGB92: rosette - .
Facade --
E N Philh O, Lloyd Jones.
Hyperion CDA 66436.
PG91: rosette - horoscope is a sheer delight, excellent playing and first-class sound.
Quartet in A minos --
Hollywood Qt, .
Testament SBT 1052.
PG95: rosette - stunning; transfer excellent; performance still sweeps the board.
Symphony 2, Partita for orch, Variations on a theme by Hindemith --
Cleveland SO, Szell.
Sony MPK 46732.
PG91: rosette - fantastic and stupendous performance; special place in W discography.
Troilus and Cressida --
Davies, Howard, Howard, Robson, Opie, Bayley, ... Opera North Ch, English N Philh O, Hickox.
Chandos CHAN 9370/1 (2).
PG95: rosette - rich store of memorable tunes; magnificent recording; magnetic performances.
Violin concerto; Symphony 1; 3 songs from Facade --
Riddle, LSO/ Walton; LSO/Harty; Stevens, Foss, .
Dutton Labs CDAX 8003.
PG94: rosette - first recording of VC 1937 gives a totally different complexion;.
Warlock
The Curlew --
Partridge, Craxton, Music Group of London, .
EMI (M) CDM7 69170-2.
PG90: rosette - outstandingly beautiful record.
Waxman
Film Scores --
Nat PO, Gerhardt.
RCA (M) GD 80708.
PG96: rosette - marvelously elequent playing; recording rich and full.
Weber
Clarinet concertos 1, 2; Clarinet concertino in E flat --
Meyer, RPO, Herbig.
Denon CO 79551.
PG94: rosette - scintillating accounts; with fine recording this record is in a class of its own.
Overtures --
Hanover Band, Goodman.
Nimbus NI 5154.
PG90: rosette - delectable performances; one of most persuasive records of period performance.
Slow movement for string quartet --
Carmina Qt, .
Denon CO 79462.
PG94: rosette - ouststanding music making with utmost realism and fidelity.
Symphonies 1, 2; ... --
Queensland PO, Georgiadis.
Naxos 8.550928.
PG95: rosette - splendidly caught in these sparkling performances.
White
Motets --
Clerkes of Oxenford, Wustan.
Cal CAL 6623.
PG96: rosette - glorious performances, not to be missed.
Zelenka
6 Sonatas for 2 Oboes and Basson with continuo --
Holliger, Bourque, Cawriloff, Thunemann, Buccarella, Jaccettet, .
DG 423 937-2.
PG90: rosette - urgently recommended to any lover of baroque music.
Capriccios 1-6; ... --
Camerata Bern, Van Wijnkoop.
DG 423 703-2.
PG90: rosette - superb orchestral collection.
Julian Brean, .
RCA (M) 09026 61608-2.
PG94: rosette - one of the most impressive guitar recits ever recorded.
Julian Brean, .
RCA (M) 09026 61608-2.
PG94: rosette - one of the most impressive guitar recits ever recorded.