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August 2008 ClassicsToday.com Review Digest


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COMPOSER ALBUM/WORK TITLE PERFORMER LABEL CATALOG MEDIUM RATING
A Medieval Drama
THE PLAY OF DANIEL (Ludus Danielis)
The Dufay Collective
William Lyons
Harmonia Mundi HMU 907479 CD 10/10
LUÍS DE FREITAS BRANCO
Symphony No. 1; Scherzo fantastique; Suite Alentejana No. 1 RTE National Symphony Orchestra
Álvaro Cassuto
Naxos 8.570765 CD 9/9
GEORGE FREDERIC HANDEL
Water Music; Music for the Royal Fireworks L'Arte dell'Arco
Federico Guglielmo
CPO 777 312-2 CD 10/8
GEORGE FREDERIC HANDEL
Water Music; Music for the Royal Fireworks Le Concert des Nations
Jordi Savall
Alia Vox AVSA 9860 SACD 10/10
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Lucio Silla Simone Nold, Susanne Elmark, Henriette Bonde-Hansen (soprano); Kristina Hammarström (mezzo-soprano); Lothar Odinius, Jacob Naeslund Masden (tenor)
Vocal Group Ars Nova
Danish Radio Sinfonietta
Adam Fischer
Dacapo 8.226069-71 CD 9/8
JULIUS RÖNTGEN
Symphony No. 10 "Waltz-Symphony"; Symphonietta humoristica; 3 Preludes & Fugues; Suite Oud-Nederland ("Old Netherlands") Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz
David Porcelijn
CPO 777 308-2 CD 9/9
JEAN SIBELIUS
Orchestral Music for the Theater Lahti Symphony Orchestra
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Osmo Vänskä
Neeme Järvi
BIS 1912/14 CD 10/10
IGOR STRAVINSKY
The Firebird (1919 Suite); The Rite of Spring Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Mariss Jansons
RCO 08002 SACD 9/9
Works from 10 "best known" Chinese operas
DREAM OF AN OPERA
Various performers, including voice (Zhao Qun), bamboo flute, shakuhachi, guzheng (long zither), Chinese bamboo percussion instruments, erhu/banhu/gaohu, pipa, cello, chimes, guqing (7-string zither), jinghu, guanzi (cylindrical double-reed), bangu (high-pitched drums)
China National Symphony
Members of the China Philharmonic
Huang Li Jie
Rhymoi Music RXRCD 004 CD 9/9

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