August 2002 ClassicsToday.com Review Digest
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COMPOSER |
ALBUM/WORK TITLE |
PERFORMER |
LABEL |
CATALOG |
MEDIUM |
RATING |
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PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
ALEXANDER BORODIN
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String Quartet No. 1
String Quartet No. 2 |
Prague String Quartet
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Supraphon |
3644-2 111 |
CD |
8/7 |
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GEORG PHILIPP TELEMANN
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Overtures "La Chasse" in F major TWV 55:F9; "La Fortune" in F major TWV 55:F8; in F major TWV 55:F18; "La Joie" in F major TWV 55:F5; and F major TWV 55:F15 |
Consortium Classicum
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MDG |
3011109-2 |
CD |
7/9 |
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GEORG PHILIPP TELEMANN
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Suite for Flute Pastourelle & strings in E-flat TWV 55, Es 2; Concerto for Traverso & strings in D TWV 51, D 2; Concerto Polonoise for strings in B-flat TWV 43, B 3; Suite for Recorder & strings in A minor TWV 55, a 2 |
Rebel
Jörg-Michael Schwarz
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Dorian |
90302 |
CD |
9/9 |
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GEIRR TVEITT
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Prillar; Sun God Symphony |
Stavanger Symphony Orchestra
Ole Kristian Ruud
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BIS |
1027 |
CD |
10/10 |
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Various composers & works
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MARCEL TABUTEAU’S LESSONS
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Marcel Tabuteau (oboe)
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Boston |
1017 |
CD |
10/2 |
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Various traditional songs and arrangements
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SOUTH AFRICAN CHORAL--Songs of the Alexandra Youth Choir
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Alexandra Youth Choir
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Naxos |
76025-2 |
CD |
8/6 |
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Italian Renaissance arias & dances by various composers
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CIACCONA
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Anthonello
Yoshimichi Hamada
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Symphonia |
1187 |
CD |
9/9 |
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Arias by Wagner, Verdi, Puccini, Strauss, others
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RICHARD TAUBER: OPERA ARIAS
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Richard Tauber (tenor)
Unidentified orchestras & conductors
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Naxos |
8.110729 |
CD |
9/5 |
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
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Falstaff |
Andrew Shore, Ashley Holland (baritone); Yvonne Kenny, Susan Gritton (soprano); Alice Coote, Rebecca de Pont Davies (mezzo-soprano); Barry Banks (tenor); others
English National Opera Orchestra & Chorus
Paul Daniel
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Chandos |
3079(2) |
CD |
8/8 |
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
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Nabucco |
Dino Dondi (baritone); Anita Cerquetti (soprano); Giovanna Fiorini (mezzo-soprano); Gian Paolo Corradi (tenor); Ugo Trama (bass); others
Hilversum Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
Fulvio Vernizzi
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Living Stage |
LS4035144 |
CD |
8/7 |
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
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Otello |
Ramon Vinay; Giuseppe Valdengo; Herva Nelli; others
NBC Symphony Orchrestra & Chorus
Arturo Toscanini
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Urania |
22.215 |
CD |
8/5 |
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
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Rigoletto |
Maria Callas (soprano); Giuseppe di Stefano (tenor); Piero Campolonghi (baritone); Ignacio Ruffino (bass); others
Coro e Orchestra del Palacio de las Bellas Artes, Mexico City
Umberto Mugnai
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Archipel |
ARPCD0061-2 |
CD |
3/3 |
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MATTHIJS VERMEULEN
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Symphony No. 2 "Prélude à la Nouvelle journée"; Symphony No. 6 "Les Minutes heureuses"; Symphony No. 7 "Dithyrambes pour les temps à venir" |
Residentie Orchestra The Hague
Gennady Rozhdestvensky
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Chandos |
9735 |
CD |
9/10 |
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Works by Guerrero, Tallis, Victoria, Sheppard, de Monte, & Byrd
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THE FLOWERING OF GENIUS
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The Sixteen
Harry Christophers
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Coro |
16001 |
CD |
10/8 |
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ANTONIO VIVALDI
FRANCESCO CORSELLI
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Farnace |
Adriana Fernandez, Cinzia Forte (soprano); Sara Mingardo, Sonia Prina, Gloria Banditelli (contralto); Furio Zanasi, Fulvio Bettini (baritone)
Coro del Teatro de la Zarzuela
Les Concert des Nations
Jordi Savall
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Alia Vox |
9822 A/C |
CD |
9/9 |
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Arias by Wagner, Verdi, Puccini, Strauss, others
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RICHARD TAUBER: OPERA ARIAS
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Richard Tauber (tenor)
Unidentified orchestras & conductors
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Naxos |
8.110729 |
CD |
9/5 |
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RICHARD WAGNER
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Das Rheingold (August 7, 1947); Rheingold excerpts 1948, Frankfurt |
Herbert Janssen, Angel Mattiello, Fred Destal (bass- baritones); Elsa Cavelti (mezzo-soprano); Emanuel List, Jorge Danton (basses); Set Svanholm (tenor); others
Orchestra of Teatro Colon, Buenos Aires
Erich Kleiber
Winfried Zillig (Frankfurt)
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Gebhardt |
JGCD0036-2 |
CD |
5/3 |
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RICHARD WAGNER
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Die Walküre |
Kirsten Flagstad (soprano); Lotte Lehmann (soprano); Lauritz Melchior (tenor); Emanuel List (bass); Friedrich Schorr (baritone); Karin Branzell (mezzo-soprano); others
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Erich Leinsdorf
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Guild |
2215/7 |
CD |
9/3 |
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SIEGFRIED WAGNER
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Bruder Lustig |
Krzysztof Klorek (bass); Volker Thies (tenor); Dagmar Hesse (soprano); Marilyn Bennett (soprano); Stefan Adam (baritone); Arnd Gothe (baritone); Werner Hahn (baritone; Jürgen Dittebrand (tenor); Richard van Gemert (tenor); Schirin Partowi (contralto)
Hagen Philharmonic Orchestra
Georg Fritzsch
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Marco Polo |
8.225245-47 |
CD |
6/6 |
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KARL GOLDMARK
BRUNO WALTER
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Suite No. 1 in D major for Violin & Piano Op. 11
Sonata for Piano & Violin |
Philippe Graffin (violin); Pascal Devoyon (piano)
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Hyperion |
67220 |
CD |
7/9 |
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WILLIAM WALTON
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Belshazzar's Feast
Symphony No. 1 |
Donald McIntyre (baritone)
BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
BBC Choral Society
Christ Church Harmonic Choir
Royal Philharmonic
William Walton
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BBC |
4097-2 |
CD |
5/5 |
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ALAN RAWSTHORNE
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
ARNOLD BAX
FREDRICK DELIUS
WILLIAM WALTON
EDWARD ELGAR
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Street Corner Overture
Symphony No. 8
Oboe Quintet (arr. Barbirolli)
On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
Crown Imperial March
Land of Hope and Glory |
Kathleen Ferrier (alto)
Hallé Orchestra
John Barbirolli
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BBC |
4100-2 |
CD |
4/3 |
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KURT WEILL
PAUL HINDEMITH
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String Quartet (1918); String Quartet Op. 8
Minimax |
Leipzig String Quartet
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MDG |
30710712 |
CD |
9/10 |
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RICHARD WILSON
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Aethelred the Unready |
Robert Osborne (baritone); Elizabeth Weigle (soprano); Drew Minter (countertenor)
Richard Wilson
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Albany |
512 |
CD |
6/8 |
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LUCIANO BERIO
ROBERT CRAWFORD
PETR EBEN
STEVE MARTLAND
IANNIS XENAKIS
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HAMMERED BRASS
Call
Hammered Brass
Quintet
Full Fathom Five
Khal Perr |
Wallace Collection
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Linn |
162 |
CD |
9/10 |
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JAN DISMAS ZELENKA
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Complete Orchestral Works |
Das Neu-Eröffnete Orchestre
Jürgen Sonnentheil
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CPO |
999 897-2 |
CD |
10/10 |
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ALEXANDER ZEMLINSKY
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CHAMBER MUSIC FOR STRINGS
String Quartet No. 1; String Quartet No. 2; Maiblumen blühten überall; String Quartet No. 3; Two Movements for String Quartet; String Quartet No. 4 (Suite) |
Susan Narucki (soprano); Jan Erik van Regteren Altena (viola); Taco Kooistra (cello)
Schoenberg Quartet
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Chandos |
9772(2) |
CD |
9/9 |
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