Featured Reviews
	COMPOSER	ALBUM/WORK TITLE	PERFORMER	LABEL	POSTING DATE
	HAVERGAL BRIAN	Symphony No. 1 "Gothic"	Honor Sheppard (soprano); Shirley Minty (alto); Ronald Dowd (tenor); Roger Stalman (bass) BBC Symphony Orchestra; Various Choirs Adrian Boult	Testament	2/9/2010
	ROBERT SCHUMANN	Abegg Variations Op. 1; Etudes symphoniques Op. 13; Romances Op. 28; Impromptus Op. 5; Piano Sonata No. 3 in F minor Op. 14; Carnaval Op. 9	Jean-Philippe Collard (piano)	EMI	2/9/2010
	UUNO KLAMI	Northern Lights; Cheremissian Fantasy; Kalevala Suite	Samuli Peltonen (cello) Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra John Storgards	Ondine	2/9/2010
	WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART JOSEF HAYDN LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN FRANZ SCHUBERT J.S. BACH	THE FAREWELL CONCERTS Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat K. 279; Piano Sonata No. 18 In F K. 533/494 Variations in F minor Hob. XVII:6 Piano Sonata No. 13 in E-flat Op. 27 No. 1; Bagatelle in A Op. 33 No. 4 Piano Sonata in B-flat D. 960; Impromptu in G-flat D. 899 No. 3 Nun komm’ der Heiden Heiland (arr. Busoni)	Alfred Brendel (piano) Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Charles Mackerras	Decca	2/9/2010
	Works by Rorem, Antheil, Hoiby, Fine, Sowerby, Liebermann, Lees, Harris, Lehman, Menotti, Diemer, Lewenthal, Riegger, Persichetti, & Bastien	TOUCH: THE TOCCATA PROJECT VOL. 1--AMERICAN COMPOSERS	Philip Amalong (piano)	Albany	2/9/2010
	FRANZ LISZT	EARL WILD--THE 1985 SESSIONS Sonata in B minor; Ballade No. 2 in B minor; Bach/Liszt Fantasia & Fugue in G minor; Funérailles; others	Earl Wild (piano)	Ivory Classics	2/8/2010
	SERGEI RACHMANINOV	13 Song Transcriptions (arr. Wild)	Earl Wild (piano)	Ivory Classics	2/8/2010
	SERGEI RACHMANINOV	The Four Piano Concertos; Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini	Earl Wild (piano) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Jascha Horenstein	Chandos	2/8/2010
	ALESSANDRO MARCELLO WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN MILY BALAKIREV FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN EARL WILD	Adagio (arr. Wild) Sonata in F K. 332 32 Variations in C minor Sonata No. 1 in B minor op. 5 Four Impromptus Mexican Hat Dance	Earl Wild (piano)	Ivory Classics	2/7/2010
	GEORGE GERSHWIN	Rhapsody in Blue; Concerto in F; An American in Paris; Variation on "I Got Rhythm"; Cuban Overture	Earl Wild (piano) Boston Pops Orchestra Arthur Fiedler	RCA	2/7/2010
	J.S. BACH ALEXANDER SCRIABIN CÉSAR FRANCK ROBERT SCHUMANN	EARL WILD--LIVING HISTORY Partita No. 1 in B-flat major BWV 825 Piano Sonata No. 4 in F-sharp Op. 30 Prélude, Chorale, & Fugue Fantasiestücke Op. 12	Earl Wild (piano)	Ivory Classics	2/7/2010
	REYNALDO HAHN	Le Rossignol Éperdu	Earl Wild (piano)	Ivory Classics	2/7/2010
	SAMUEL BARBER IGOR STRAVINSKY EARL WILD PAUL HINDEMITH	20TH & 21ST CENTURY SONATAS Sonata Op. 26 Sonata for Piano Sonata (2000) Sonata No. 3	Earl Wild (piano)	Ivory Classics	2/7/2010
	ASTOR PIAZZOLLA JOAN VALENT JORGE GRUNDMAN	NO SEASONS Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas Quatre Estacions A Mallorca Four Sad Seasons Over Madrid	Ara Malikian (violin); Susana Cordón (soprano); Daniel del Pino (piano) Non Profit Music Chamber Orchestra Ara Malikian	Non Profit Music	2/6/2010
	BOHUSLAV MARTINU	Piano Concertos Nos. 3 & 5; Concertino for Piano & Orchestra	Giorgio Koukl (piano) Bohuslav Martinu Philharmonic Orchestra, Zlin Arthur Fagen	Naxos	2/6/2010
	JOHN SHEPPARD	Media vita; Gaude, gaude, gaude Maria; The Lord's Prayer; I give you a new commandment; Christ rising again; Haste thee, O God; Te Deum	Stile Antico	Harmonia Mundi	2/6/2010
	JOSEPH HAYDN	Symphonies Nos. 92 "Oxford", 94 "Surprise", & 97	Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra Jaap van Zweden	Exton	2/6/2010
	SERGEI PROKOFIEV	Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3; Piano Sonata No. 2	Freddy Kempf (piano) Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra Andrew Litton	BIS	2/6/2010
	GIACOMO PUCCINI	Turandot	Maria Guleghina, Alexia Voulgaridou (soprano); Marco Berti (tenor); Alexander Tsymbalyuk (bass); others Coro de la Generalitat Valenciana Orquestra de la Communitat Valenciana Zubin Mehta	Unitel Classica	2/4/2010
	ROY HARRIS	Symphonies Nos. 5 & 6 "Gettysburg"; Acceleration	Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Marin Alsop	Naxos	2/4/2010
	JAMES TENNEY	Spectrum Pieces	The Barton Workshop	New World Records	2/3/2010
	JOHN BULL W.A. MOZART FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN SERGEI PROKOFIEV FRANZ LISZT	God Save the Queen Piano Sonata in C major K. 330 Scherzo No. 3 in C-sharp minor Op. 39; Fantasie in F minor Op. 49 Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor Op. 57 (“Appassionata”) Piano Sonata No. 6 in A minor Op. 82 Hungarian Rhapsody No. 12 in C-sharp minor	Van Cliburn (piano)	Testament	2/2/2010
	FRANZ JOSEF HAYDN LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN	VLADIMIR HOROWITZ AT CARNEGIE HALL--THE PRIVATE COLLECTION, Vol. 3 Piano Sonata No. 62 for Piano in E-flat major (Hob. XVI:52) Piano Sonata No. 23 in C major Op. 53 (“Waldstein”); Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor Op. 27 No. 2 (“Moonlight”)	Vladimir Horowitz (piano)	RCA	2/1/2010
	GIACOMO PUCCINI VERDI & DONIZETTI	Tosca Arias	Antonietta Stella (soprano); Gianni Poggi (tenor); Giuseppe Taddei (baritone); others Orchestra of the Teatro San Carlo di Napoli Tullio Serafin	Preiser	2/1/2010
	CHARLES IVES AARON COPLAND	Concord Sonata Piano Sonata	Easley Blackwood (piano)	Cedille	1/31/2010
	CHARLES IVES SAMUEL BARBER	Concord Sonata Piano Sonata	Marc-André Hamelin (piano)	Hyperion	1/31/2010
	CHARLES-VALENTIN ALKAN	Concerto for solo piano Op. 39 Nos. 8-10; Troisième recueil de chants Op. 65	Marc-André Hamelin (piano)	Hyperion	1/31/2010
	J.S. BACH	Italian Concerto BWV 971; Four Duets BWV 802-5; Capriccio on the Departure of his Beloved Brother BWV 992; Capriccio in E major BWV 993; French Overture in B minor BWV 831	Angela Hewitt (piano)	Hyperion	1/31/2010
	MANUEL DE FALLA ISAAC ALBÉNIZ PADRE ANTONIO SOLER ENRIQUE GRANADOS	Piezas Españolas Suite Española No. 1 4 Sonatas Spanish Dances Nos. 1, 2, 5, & 6	Jorge Federico Osorio (piano)	Cedille	1/31/2010
	J.S. BACH LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN JOHANNES BRAHMS	ESCAPING Capriccio on the Departure of his Most Beloved Brother BWV 992 Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat major Op. 110 Variations & Fugue on a Theme by Handel Op. 24	Davide Cabassi (piano)	Endeavour Classics	1/29/2010
	VINCENZO BELLINI	Adelson & Salvini	Bradley Williams (tenor); Alicia Nafè (soprano); Fabio Previati (baritone); Lucia Rizzi, Eleonora Jankovic (mezzo-soprano) Roberto Coviello, Aurio Tomicich (bass) Orchestra & Chorus of E.A.R. Teatro Bellini Andrea Licata	Nuova Era	1/29/2010
	LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN FRANZ SCHUBERT ROBERT SCHUMANN FRANZ LISZT JOHANNES BRAHMS	Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major Op. 58; Piano Sonatas Op. 10 No. 1; Op. 13; Op. 79; Op. 31 No. 2; Op. 81a; Op. 111 Impromptu No. 2 in A-flat D. 935 No. 2 Fantasiestücke Op. 12 No. 3 Valses caprices No. 6 (after Schubert) Intermezzo in C Op. 119 No. 3	Wilhelm Backhaus (piano) New York Philharmonic Guido Cantelli	Profil	1/28/2010
	LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN	Symphony No. 4; Piano Concerto No. 4	Wilhelm Backhaus (piano) RIAS Symphony Orchestra Karl Böhm	Audite	1/28/2010
	GERHARD SCHJELDERUP	Brand (Symphonic Drama); Symphony No. 2 "To Norway"	Trondheim Symphony Orchestra Eivind Aadland	CPO	1/27/2010
	ROBERT SCHUMANN	Davidsbundlertänze Op. 6; Papillons Op. 2; Piano Sonata No. 3 in F minor Op. 14 (Concerto Without Orchestra)	Mariana Izman (piano)	Brilliant Classics	1/27/2010
	Arias from La rondine, La bohème, Gianni Schicchi, Mireille, Manon, Faust, Thaïs, La traviata	INVA MULA--IL BEL SOGNO	Inva Mula (soprano) Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra Ivo Lipanovic	Virgin Classics	1/26/2010
	W.A. MOZART	COMPLETE CLAVIER WORKS, VOL. 10 Adagio K. 540; Menuett K. 355; 12 Variations on La Belle François K. 353; Sonata No. 1 in C K. 279; 4 Contradances for Count Johann Rudolf Czernin K. 269b; Sonata II in G K. 11; Clavierstück in D K. 15bb; 2 Variations (Fragment) K. 460	Siegbert Rampe (keyboards)	MDG	1/26/2010
	FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN	CHOPIN CHEZ PLEYEL Preludes Op. 28 Nos. 4, 9, 11, 13, & 15; Prélude in C-sharp minor Op. 45; Études Op. 25 Nos. 1, 2, & 12; Nocturnes Op. 9 No. 2, Op. 48 Nos. 1 & 2, Op. 27 No. 2; Mazurkas Op. 41 Nos. 2 & 3, KKIIb No. 5; Andante Spianato Op. 22; Ballade No. 3 in A-flat Op. 47; Impromptu in G-flat Op. 51; Waltz in A-flat Op. 42	Alain Planès (piano)	Harmonia Mundi	1/25/2010
	LUIGI BOCCHERINI	Milanese Sonatas for Cello & Bass	Luigi Puxeddu (cello) I Virtuoso della Rotonda	Brilliant Classics	1/25/2010
	NIELS GADE	Complete Symphonies: Violin Concerto; "The Crusaders" (Cantata)	Anton Kontra (violin); Roland Pöntinen (piano) Stockholm Sinfonietta Malmö Symphony Orchestra Neeme Järvi Paavo Järvi	BIS	1/25/2010
	RICHARD WAGNER	Die Walküre	Deborah Polaski (soprano); Yvonne Naef, Jeanne Piland (mezzo-soprano); Stuart Skelton (tenor); Falk Struckmann (bass-baritone); Mikhail Petrenko (bass); others Hamburg Philharmonic Simone Young	Oehms Classics	1/25/2010
	Various works by Schubert, Debussy, Satie, & Berio	GREAT SHORT MASTERPIECES FOR PIANO	Michal Tal (piano)	Romeo	1/25/2010
	ANTONIO VIVALDI	Violin concertos Op. 4 "La Stravaganza"	Rachel Podger (violin) Arte Dei Suonatori	Channel Classics	1/24/2010
	J.S. BACH	Concerto for two violins in D minor BWV 1043; Violin concerto in A minor BWV 1041; Violin concerto in E major BWV 1042; Concerto for oboe & violin in C minor BWV 1060	Julia Fischer (violin); Alexander Sitkovetsky (violin); Andrey Rubtsov (oboe) Academy of St. Martin in the Fields	Decca	1/24/2010
	KAROL SZYMANOWSKI BOHUSLAV MARTINU BÉLA BARTÓK	PORTRAITS Violin Concerto No. 1 Violin Concerto No. 2 Two Portraits	Jennifer Koh (violin) Grant Park Orchestra Carlos Kalmar	Cedille	1/24/2010
	SAMUEL BARBER ERICH WOLFGANG KORNGOLD WILLIAM WALTON	Violin Concerto Violin Concerto Violin Concerto	James Ehnes (violin) Vancouver Symphony Orchestra Bramwell Tovey	CBC	1/24/2010
	Various works & arrangements for violin solo by Beach, Grainger, Dvorák, Huss, Liebling, Venth, Powell, others	AMERICAN VIRTUOSA--Tribute to Maud Powell	Rachel Barton Pine (violin); Matthew Hagle (piano)	Cedille	1/24/2010
	ANTONIN DVORÁK	Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8	Philharmonia Orchestra Charles Mackerras	Signum	1/23/2010
	BENJAMIN BRITTEN	UNKNOWN BRITTEN Les Illuminations Op. 18 (plus 3 additional songs); Rondo concertante (1930); In memoriam Dennis Brain (1958); Untitled Fragment (1930); Variations (1965); Movements for a Clarinet Concerto (1942)	Sandrine Piau (soprano); Michael Collins (clarinet); Rolf Hind (piano) Northern Sinfonia Thomas Zehetmair	NMC	1/23/2010
	ESA-PEKKA SALONEN ELLIOTT CARTER AUGUSTA READ THOMAS JOHN ZORN	RHAPSODIC MUSINGS--21st Century Works for Solo Violin Lachen Verlernt (2002) Four Lauds Pulsar (2003) Goetia (2002)	Jennifer Koh (violin)	Cedille	1/23/2010
	SERGEI RACHMANINOV	Symphony No. 2; Vocalise	Detroit Symphony Orchestra Leonard Slatkin	Naxos	1/23/2010
	GUSTAV MAHLER	Symphony No. 7	Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Mariss Jansons	BR Klassik	1/22/2010
	RODOLPHE KREUTZER	Violin Concertos Nos. 15, 18, & 19	Laurent Albrecht Breuninger (violin) SWR Radio Symphony Orchestra Kaiserslautern Alun Francis	CPO	1/22/2010
	PAUL HINDEMITH	Das Marienleben (The Life of Mary), rev. 1948	Soile Isokoski (soprano); Marita Viitasalo (piano)	Ondine	1/21/2010
	RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS	Piano Concerto; The Wasps (Suite); English Folk Song Suite; The Running Set	Ashley Wass (piano) Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra James Judd	Naxos	1/21/2010
	SERGEI PROKOFIEV	Romeo and Juliet (complete ballet)	London Symphony Orchestra Valery Gergiev	LSO	1/20/2010
	FRANZ SCHUBERT	Moments Musicaux D. 780; Allegretto in C minor D. 915; Impromptus D. 899	David Fray (piano)	Virgin Classics	1/18/2010
	JOSEPH HAYDN	String Quartets Op. 20 No. 4; Op. 64 No. 6; Op. 77 No. 1	The Amsterdam String Quartet	Channel Classics	1/18/2010
	SERGEI RACHMANINOV	Piano Concerto No. 3; Rhapsody on the Theme of Paganini	Denis Matsuev (piano) Mariinsky Orchestra Valery Gergiev	Mariinsky	1/18/2010
	MARK ADAMO	Late Victorians; Regina coeli; Lysistrata Overture; Alcott Music	Emily Pulley (soprano); Andrew Sullivan (speaker); Dotian Levalier (harp) Eclipse Chamber Orchestra Sylvia Alimena	Naxos	1/16/2010
	FRANZ LISZT LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN PANAYIOTIS DEMOPOULOS	NUAGES Nuages Gris; La lugubre gondola I; Unstern; Vallée D’Obermann Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major Op. 109 Tetraktys for Solo Piano	Panayiotis Demopoulos (piano)	Divine Art	1/15/2010
	Complete piano music by Debussy, Massenet, Satie, & Severac; Works by Albéniz, Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Falla, Grieg, D'Indy, Liszt, Mussorgsky, Poulenc, Prokofiev, Rachmaninov, Saint-Saëns, Schubert, Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky, others	ALDO CICCOLINI: ENREGISTREMENTS EMI 1950-1991	Aldo Ciccolini (piano) Various orchestras & conductors	EMI	1/14/2010
	LEONARD BERNSTEIN ERNEST BLOCH SAMUEL BARBER	Serenade Baal Shem Violin Concerto	Vadim Gluzman (violin) São Paulo Symphony Orchestra John Neschling	BIS	1/13/2010
	FRANZ LISZT	Années de Pèlerinage I: Premier Année “Suisse”; Piano Sonata in B minor	Michael Korstick (piano)	CPO	1/12/2010
	JOSEPH HAYDN	Complete Masses; Stabat Mater	Various soloists REBEL Baroque Orchestra J. Owen Burdick Jane Glover	Naxos	1/12/2010
	JOSEPH HAYDN	Complete Symphonies	Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra Dennis Russell Davies	Sony Classical	1/12/2010
	FRANZ LISZT FERRUCCIO BUSONI	PIANO MUSIC, VOL. 6 Fantasy & Fugue in “Ad nos, ad salutarem undam” (arr. for piano solo by Busoni) Sonata in F minor Op. 20 K. 204; Prélude et etude en arpèges K. 297	Wolf Harden (piano)	Naxos	1/11/2010
	JOHANNES BRAHMS	Symphonies Nos. 1-4	Berlin Philharmonic Simon Rattle	EMI	1/11/2010
	MANUEL DE FALLA SERGE PROKOVIEV	The Three-Cornered Hat Chout (The Buffoon)-Suite	Ofelia Sala (soprano) SWR Symphony Orchestra Baden-Baden and Freiburg Fabrice Bollon Kirill Karabits	Hänssler Classic	1/11/2010
	W.A. MOZART	Piano Concerto No. 11 in F K. 413; Piano Concerto No. 17 in G K. 453; Piano Concerto No. 19 in F K. 459	Zoltan Kocsis (piano) Budapest Festival Orchestra Zoltan Kocsis	Philips	1/11/2010