March 2010 ClassicsToday.com Review Digest
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COMPOSER |
ALBUM/WORK TITLE |
PERFORMER |
LABEL |
CATALOG |
MEDIUM |
RATING |
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FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN
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ARGERICH PLAYS CHOPIN
Ballade No. 1 in G minor Op. 23; Eight Mazurkas; Two Nocturnes; Etude in C-sharp minor Op. 10 No. 4; Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor Op. 58 |
Martha Argerich (piano)
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Deutsche Grammophon |
001390 02 |
CD |
10/7 |
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GABRIEL FAURÉ
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Piano Quartets Nos. 1 & 2 |
Antoine Tamestit (viola)
Trio Wanderer
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Harmonia Mundi |
HMC 902032 |
CD |
10/10 |
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GABRIEL FAURÉ
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Piano Quartets Nos. 1 & 2; Nocturne No. 4 |
Kathryn Stott (piano)
The Hermitage String Trio
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Chandos |
10582 |
CD |
7/8 |
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Works by Gershwin, Grieg, Dowland, Piazzolla, Rodgers, Jobim, Shankar, Morricone, others
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JOSHUA BELL--AT HOME WITH FRIENDS
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Joshua Bell (violin); Chris Botti (trumpet); Carel Kraayenhof (bandoneon); Kristin Chenoweth (soprano); Edgar Meyer (double bass); Nathan Gunn (baritone); Dave Grusin (piano); Anoushka Shankar (sitar); Marvin Hamlisch (piano); others
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Sony Classical |
52716-2 |
CD |
8/8 |
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GEORGE GERSHWIN
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Porgy and Bess |
Jonathan Lemalu (baritone); Isabelle Kabatu, Bibiana Nwobilo (soprano); Michael Forest (tenor); Gregg Baker (bass); others
Arnold Schoenberg Chor
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Nikolaus Harnoncourt
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RCA |
88697591762 |
CD |
7/8 |
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MORTON GOULD
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American Symphonettes Nos. 2 & 3; Concerto for Orchestra; Interplay; Chorale and Fugue in Jazz |
Findlay Cockrell (piano)
Albany Symphony Orchestra
David Alan Miller
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Albany |
1174 |
CD |
10/10 |
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Works by Gershwin, Grieg, Dowland, Piazzolla, Rodgers, Jobim, Shankar, Morricone, others
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JOSHUA BELL--AT HOME WITH FRIENDS
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Joshua Bell (violin); Chris Botti (trumpet); Carel Kraayenhof (bandoneon); Kristin Chenoweth (soprano); Edgar Meyer (double bass); Nathan Gunn (baritone); Dave Grusin (piano); Anoushka Shankar (sitar); Marvin Hamlisch (piano); others
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Sony Classical |
52716-2 |
CD |
8/8 |
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GUSTAV MAHLER
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Symphony No. 7 |
Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich
David Zinman
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RCA |
88697 50650 2 |
SACD |
7/8 |
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FANNY MENDELSSOHN-HENSEL
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Allegro molto in C minor; Notturno in G minor; Piano Sonata in C minor; Piano Sonata in G minor; Lies in E-flat major; Adagio in E-flat major; Andante con moto in E major; Sonata o Capriccio; Allegro molto agitato in D minor; Schluss |
Heather Schmidt (piano)
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Naxos |
8.570825 |
CD |
9/9 |
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WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
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Mitridate, rè di Ponto |
Henriette Bonde-Hansen, Sine Bundgaard, Maria Fontosh, Lisa Larsson (soprano); Kristina Hammarström (mezzo-soprano); Mathias Zachariassen, Anders Jerker Dahlin (tenor)
Vocal Group Ars Nova
Danish Radio Sinfonietta
Adam Fischer
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Dacapo |
6.220580-82 |
CD |
7/9 |
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WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
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Symphonies Nos. 39 & 40 |
Freiburger Barockorchester
René Jacobs
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Harmonia Mundi |
901959 |
CD |
5/8 |
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Works by Gershwin, Grieg, Dowland, Piazzolla, Rodgers, Jobim, Shankar, Morricone, others
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JOSHUA BELL--AT HOME WITH FRIENDS
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Joshua Bell (violin); Chris Botti (trumpet); Carel Kraayenhof (bandoneon); Kristin Chenoweth (soprano); Edgar Meyer (double bass); Nathan Gunn (baritone); Dave Grusin (piano); Anoushka Shankar (sitar); Marvin Hamlisch (piano); others
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Sony Classical |
52716-2 |
CD |
8/8 |
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SERGEI PROKOFIEV
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String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2; Sonata for Two Violins |
Pavel Haas Quartet
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Supraphon |
3957-2 |
CD |
10/10 |
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FRANZ XAVER RICHTER
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Grandes Symphonies Nos. 7-12 (1744) |
Helsinki Baroque Orchestra
Aapo Häkkinen
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Naxos |
8.570597 |
CD |
9/9 |
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FERDINAND RIES
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Piano Concerto Op. 132 "Farewell to England"; Grand Variations on "Rule Britannia"; Introduction and Variations Brillantes Op. 170 |
Christopher Hinterhuber (piano)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Uwe Grodd
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Naxos |
8.570440 |
CD |
8/8 |
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KNUDAGE RIISAGER
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Ballet Suites from: Slaraffenland; Twelve by Mail (Tolv med Posten); Darduse; Concertino for Trumpet & Strings |
Hakan Hardenberger (trumpet)
Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra
Thomas Dausgaard
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Dacapo |
6.220584 |
SACD |
9/9 |
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GIOACHINO ROSSINI
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La Cenerentola |
Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano); Juan Diego Florez (tenor); David Menendez (baritone); Bruno de Simone, Simon Orfila (bass-baritone); others
Orchestra & Chorus of the Gran Teatre del Liceu
Patrick Summers
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Decca |
0743305 |
DVD |
10/10 |
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FRANZ SCHUBERT
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Die schöne Mullerin |
Jonas Kaufmann (tenor); Helmut Deutsch (piano)
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Decca |
4781528 |
CD |
9/9 |
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FRANZ SCHUBERT
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Symphonies Nos. 8 "Unfinished" & 9 "Great" |
Swedish Chamber Orchestra
Thomas Dausgaard
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BIS |
1656 |
SACD |
6/9 |
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DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
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Symphony No. 11 "The Year 1905" |
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic
Mark Wigglesworth
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BIS |
1583 |
SACD |
9/9 |
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RICHARD STRAUSS
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An Alpine Symphony; Macbeth |
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Marek Janowski
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PentaTone |
5186339 |
SACD |
9/10 |
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PIOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
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Swan Lake (complete) |
Russian National Orchestra
Mikhail Pletnev
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Ondine |
1167-2D |
CD |
9/9 |
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HUGO WOLF
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Mörike Lieder (18) |
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone); Sviatoslav Richter (piano)
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Deutsche Grammophon |
457 898 |
CD |
10/8 |
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ERMANNO WOLF-FERRARI
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L'amore medico (Intermezzo); Susana's Secret (Overture); I quatro rusteghi (Prelude); Il Campiello (Ritornello); Suite Veneziana; Trittico; Divertimento; Arabesques |
Oviedo Filharmonía
Friedrich Haider
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PhilArtis |
0902 |
CD |
7/8 |
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