Recent 10/10 Reviews


Album Work Title Composer Performer Label Rating
Works by Brahms, Gershwin, Ravel, Schubert, R. Strauss, Sibelius, Falla, Fauré, Grieg, Reger, Respighi, Schumann, Stravinsky, others BRAHMS; JOHANNES
GERSHWIN; GEORGE
RAVEL; MAURICE
SCHUBERT; FRANZ
SIBELIUS; JEAN
STRAUSS; RICHARD 		Pine, Rachel Barton (violin)
Hagle, Matthew (piano)
 		Cedille 10 / 10
SCHUBERT, FRANZ: Im Abendrot D.799; Der Wanderer D.493; Nachtviolen D.752; Im Walde D.834; Normanns Gesang D.846; Der Geistertanz D.116; Schatzgräbers Begehr D.761; An den Mond D.259; Erlkönig D.328; Am See D.746; Alinde D.904; Widerschein D.949; Die Forelle D.550; Der Fluss D.693; Abendröte D.690; Klage D.415; Der Strom D.565; Fischerweise D.881; Auf der Bruck D.853
 		SCHUBERT; FRANZ Goerne, Matthias (baritone)
Haefliger, Andreas (piano)
 		Harmonia Mundi 10 / 10
VILLA-LOBOS, HEITOR: Symphonies Nos. 3 "War" & 4 "Victory"
 		VILLA-LOBOS; HEITOR Karabtchevsky, Isaac (São Paulo Symphony Orchestra)
 		Naxos 10 / 10
BACH, J.S.: Concerto for two violins BWV 1043; Violin Concertos in A minor BWV 1041 & E major BWV 1042; Concerto for three violins BWV 1064R
 		BACH; J.S. Müllejans, Petra (violin)
von der Goltz, Gottfried (violin)
von der Goltz: Gottfried (Freiburg Baroque Orchestra)
 		Harmonia Mundi 10 / 10
HAYDN, JOSEPH: Piano Concertos Nos. 3, 4, & 11
 		HAYDN; JOSEPH Hamelin, Marc-André (piano)
Labadie, Bernard (Les Violons du Roy)
 		Hyperion 10 / 10
FELDMAN, MORTON: Early Piano Pieces 1950-1964; Piano (1977)
 		FELDMAN; MORTON Liebner, Sabine (piano)
 		Wergo 10 / 10
BACH, J.S.: Partita No. 2 in D minor BWV 1004; Partita No. 3 in E major BWV 1006
YSAYE, EUGENE: Sonata No. 2 Op. 27
SAARIAHO, KAIJA: Nocturne
MAZZOLI, MISSY: Dissolve, O My Heart
 		BACH; J.S.
MAZZOLI; MISSY
SAARIAHO; KAIJA
YSAYE; EUGENE 		Koh, Jennifer (violin)
 		Cedille 10 / 10
BACH, J.S.: Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 BWV 1049; “Mein Herze schwimmt in Blut” BWV 199
 		BACH; J.S. Lieberson, Lorraine Hunt (mezzo-soprano)
Kahane, Jeffrey (Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra)
 		Yarlung 10 / 10
DUPHLY, JACQUES: Pièces de Clavecin
 		DUPHLY; JACQUES Rousset, Christophe (harpsichord)
 		Aparte 10 / 10
BRITTEN, BENJAMIN: The Rape of Lucretia
 		BRITTEN; BENJAMIN Ian Bostridge (tenor), Susan Gritton (soprano); Angelika Kirschlager (mezzo-soprano); Christopher Purves, Peter Coleman-Wright (bass-baritone); others
Knussen, Oliver (Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble)
 		Virgin Classics 10 / 10
ZAREBSKI, JULIUSZ: Piano Quintet Op. 36
ŹÈLENSKI, WLADYSLAW: Piano Quartet Op. 51
 		ZAREBSKI; JULIUSZ
ŹÈLENSKI; WLADYSLAW 		Plowright, Jonathan (piano)
Szymanowski Quartet 		Hyperion 10 / 10
VIVALDI, ANTONIO: Concerto in G minor Op. 10 No. 2 "La Notte" RV 439
HANDEL, G.F.: Concerto No. 3 in G minor for oboe, strings, & basso continuo HWV 287
MARAIS, MARIN: Suite from Alcyone
RAMEAU, JEAN-PHILIPPE: Suite from Castor et Pollux
: Sonatas 1, 8, & 10 from Fidicinium Sacro-Profanum
 		BIBER; HEINRICH
HANDEL; G.F.
MARAIS; MARIN
RAMEAU; JEAN-PHILIPPE
VIVALDI; ANTONIO 		Harnoncourt, Nikolaus (Concentus Musicus Wien)
 		Teldec 10 / 10
WAGNER, RICHARD: Arias from Die Walküre, Siegfried, Rienzi, Tannhäuser, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Lohengrin; Wesendonck Lieder
 		WAGNER; RICHARD Kaufmann, Jonas (tenor)
Runnicles; Donald: Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin 		Decca 10 / 10
PENDERECKI, KRZYSZTOF: Fonogrammi for Flute and Chamber Orchestra; The Awakening of Jacob; Anaklasis; De natura sonoris I; Partita for Harpsichord, Electric Guitar, Bass Guitar, Harp, Double bass, & Orchestra; Horn Concerto "Winterreise"
 		PENDERECKI; KRZYSZTOF Urzula Janik (flute); Jennifer Montone (horn); Elzbieta Stefanska (harpsichord); Michal Pindakiewicz (electric guitar); Konrad Kubicki (bass guitar); Barbara Witkowska (harp); Jerzy Cembrzynski (double bass)
Wit; Antoni: Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra 		Naxos 10 / 10
SALONEN, ESA-PEKKA: Violin Concerto "Out of Nowhere"; Nyx
 		SALONEN; ESA-PEKKA Josefowicz, Leila (violin)
Salonen, Esa-Pekka ()
 		Deutsche Grammophon 10 / 10
WHITBOURN, JAMES: Son of God Mass (2001); Winter's Wait (2010); Give us the wings of faith (2002); A brief story of Peter Abelard (2006/2011); A Prayer from South Africa (2009); Living Voices (2001); Requiem canticorum (2010); All shall be Amen and Alleluia (2009)
 		WHITBOURN; JAMES Powell, Jeremy (soprano saxophone)
Cowan, Ken (organ)
Jordan, James (Westminster Williamson Voices)
 		Naxos 10 / 10
BACH, J.S.: 6 Sonatas for Violin & Harpsichord BWV 1014-1019
 		BACH; J.S. Banchini, Chiara (violin)
Botticher, Jorg-Andreas (harpsichord)
 		Zig-Zag Territoires 10 / 10
MASSENET, JULES: Cendrillon
 		MASSENET; JULES Gutierrez, Eglise (soprano)
DiDonato, Joyce (mezzo-soprano)
Coote, Alice (mezzo-soprano)
Billy, Bertrand de (Orchestra of the Royal Opera House)
 		Virgin Classics 10 / 10
Giuseppe Maria Orlandini - Berenice, Queen of Palestine: Da torbida procella; Col versar, barbaro, il sangue Giovanni Porta - Ifigenia: Madre diletta, abbracciami George Frideric Handel- Alcina: Ma quando tornerai; Alessandro: Brilla nell' alma un non inteso ancor;Giulio Cesare in Egitto: Piangero la sorte mia Reinhard Keiser - Galsuinde: Lasciami piangere Johann Adolf Hasse - Antonio e Cleopatra: Morte col fiero aspetto Pietro Antonio Cesti - Orontea: Intorno all'idol mio Reinhard Keiser - Die edelmüthige Octavia: Geloso sospetto Claudio Monteverdi - L'Incoronazione di Poppea: Disprezzata Regina Geminiano Giacomelli - Irene, Princess of Trebisond: Sposa son disprezzata Franz Joseph Haydn - Armida: Odio, furor, dispetto DiDonato, Joyce (mezzo-soprano)
Curtis, Alan (Il Complesso Barocco)
 		Virgin Classics 10 / 10
HINDEMITH, PAUL: String Quartets Nos. 5-7
 		HINDEMITH; PAUL Amar Quartet Naxos 10 / 10
HANDEL, G.F.: Alessandro
 		HANDEL; G.F. Cencic, Max Emanuel (countertenor)
Gauvin, Karina (soprano)
Lezhneva, Julia (soprano)
Petrou, George (Armonia Atenea)
 		Decca 10 / 10
Songs, Comic Tales, and Tails Hummel, Martin (baritone)
Lutzenberger, Sabine (soprano)
Lewon, Marc (lute)
Ensemble Dulce Melos 		Naxos 10 / 10
HERBERT, VICTOR: Eileen
 		HERBERT; VICTOR Andrew Ashwin, Joe Corbett (baritone); Dean Power, Eamon Mulhall (tenor); Aine Mulvey, Rachel Kelly (mezzo-soprano); Karl Harpur (actor); Lynda Lee, Mary O'Sullivan (soprano); Philip O'Reilly (bass-baritone)
Brophy; David: Orchestra of Ireland 		New World Records 10 / 10
MOUTON, JEAN: Missa Dictes moy toutes voz pensées; Motets: Quis dabit oculis?; Ave Maria...benedicta tu; Salva nos, Domine; Ave Maria...virgo serena; Nesciens mater
COMPÈRE, LOYSET: Chanson: Dictes moy toutes voz pensées
 		COMPÈRE; LOYSET
MOUTON; JEAN 		Phillips, Peter (The Tallis Scholars)
 		Gimell 10 / 10
STRAUSS, RICHARD: Der Rosenkavalier
 		STRAUSS; RICHARD Fleming, Renée (soprano)
Damrau, Diana (soprano)
Koch, Sophie (mezzo-soprano)
Thielemann, Christian (Munich Philharmonic)
 		Decca 10 / 10
COWELL, HENRY: Synchrony; Piano Concerto
HARRISON, LOU: Concerto for Organ with Percussion Orchestra
VARÈSE, EDGARD: Amériques
 		COWELL; HENRY
HARRISON; LOU
VARÈSE; EDGARD 		Denk, Jeremy (piano)
Jacobs, Paul (organ)
Thomas, Michael Tilson (San Francisco Symphony Orchestra)
 		San Francisco Symphony 10 / 10
Carols and Songs by (and/or arranged by) Ralph Vaughan Williams, Otto Goldschmidt, John Joubert, Philip Ledger, Felix Meldelssohn, Paul Manz, Peter Wishart, Herbert Howells, David Willcocks, Peter Warlock, John Rutter, John Tavener, others Dyke, Peter (organ)
Bowen, Geraint (Hereford Cathedral Choir)
 		Regent 10 / 10
Arias by George Frideric Handel, Antonio Vivaldi, & Leonardo Vinci; Orchestral works by Handel HANDEL; G.F.
VINCI; LEONARDO
VIVALDI; ANTONIO 		Gauvin, Karina (soprano)
Weimann, Alexander (Arion Baroque Orchestra)
 		Atma 10 / 10
Opera Arias by Gluck, Haydn, Mozart, & Graun GLUCK; CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD
GRAUN; CARL HEINRICH
HAYDN; JOSEPH
MOZART; WOLFGANG AMADEUS 		Lemieux, Marie-Nicole (contralto)
Labadie, Bernard (Les Violons du Roy)
 		Naïve 10 / 10
MOZART, WOLFGANG AMADEUS: La finta giardiniera
 		MOZART; WOLFGANG AMADEUS Sophie Karthäuser, Alex Penda, Sunhae Im (soprano); Jeremy Ovenden (tenor); Marie-Claude Chappuis (mezzo-soprano); others
Jacobs, René (Freiburg Baroque Orchestra)
 		Harmonia Mundi 10 / 10
Works by William Cornysh, Orlando Gibbons, Thomas Tallis, Orlande de Lassus, Cristóbal de Morales, Tomás Luis de Victoria, John McCabe, John Taverner, Francisco Guerrero, William Byrd, Jean Lhéritier, & Thomas Crecquillon BYRD; WILLIAM
CORNYSH; WILLIAM
CRECQUILLON; THOMAS
GIBBONS; ORLANDO
GUERRERO; FRANCISCO
LHÉRITIER; JEAN
McCABE; JOHN
MORALES; CRISTÓBAL DE
TALLIS; THOMAS 		Stile Antico Harmonia Mundi 10 / 10
WAGNER, RICHARD: Der Ring des Nibelungen; Siegfried Idyll; Kinderkatechismus; Rienzi Overture; Der Fliegende Holländer Overture; Tannhäuser Overture & Venusberg Music
 		WAGNER; RICHARD Birgit Nilsson, Regine Crespin, Kirsten Flagstad (soprano), Wolfgang Windgassen, James King, Gerhard Stolze, Set Svanholm (tenor); Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano); Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone); Hans Hotter, Gottlob Frick, Gustav Neidlinger (bass); many others

 		Decca 10 / 10
HOLST, IMOGEN: Mass in A minor; A Hymne to Christ; Three Psalms; Welcome Joy and Welcome Sorrow; Hallo my fancy, whither wilt thou go?
BRITTEN, BENJAMIN: Rejoice in the Lamb: A Festival Cantata (orch. Imogen Holst)
 		BRITTEN; BENJAMIN
HOLST; IMOGEN 		Ross; Graham: Choir of Clare College Harmonia Mundi 10 / 10
PENDERECKI, KRZYSZTOF: Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima; Polymorphia
GREENWOOD, JONNY: Popcorn Superhet Receiver; 48 Responses to Polymorphia
 		GREENWOOD; JONNY
PENDERECKI; KRZYSZTOF 		Mos; Marek,Penderecki; Krzysztof: Aukso Chamber Orchestra Nonesuch 10 / 10
Transcriptions by Hyman, Wild, Malzew, Weissenberg, Walter, O'Riley, Hough, Previn, Hamelin, Saperton, Anderson, & Prutsman GERSHWIN; GEORGE
HOUGH; STEPHEN
WILD; EARL 		Lin, Jenny (piano)
 		Steinway & Sons 10 / 10
DALLAPICCOLA, LUIGI: Tartiniana; Due Pezzi; Variazioni per Orchestra; Piccola Musica Notturna; Frammenti Sinfonici dal Baletto Marsia
 		DALLAPICCOLA; LUIGI Ehnes, James (violin)
Noseda, Gianandrea (BBC Philharmonic)
 		Chandos 10 / 10
NIELSEN, CARL: Symphonies Nos. 2 "The Four Temperaments" & 3 "Sinfonia Espansiva"
 		NIELSEN; CARL Erin Morley (soprano); Joshua Hopkins (baritone)
Gilbert; Alan: New York Philharmonic 		Dacapo 10 / 10
MAHLER, GUSTAV: Symphony No. 1
 		MAHLER; GUSTAV Fischer, Iván (Budapest Festival Orchestra)
 		Channel Classics 10 / 10
CILEA, FRANCESCO: Adriana Lecouvreur
 		CILEA; FRANCESCO Gheorghiu, Angela (soprano)
Kaufmann, Jonas (tenor)
Borodina, Olga (mezzo-soprano)
Elder, Mark (Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
 		Decca 10 / 10
RAUTAVAARA, EINOJUHANI: Marjatta the Lowly Maiden; The Carpenter's Son; Suite de Lorca; Lorulei; Waltz of the Innocents; Wenn sich die Welt auftut; Love Never Dies; Children's Mass (Lapsimessu)
 		RAUTAVAARA; EINOJUHANI Hyökki, Pasi (Tapiola Choir)
 		Ondine 10 / 10
LASSO, ORLANDO DI: Prophetiae Sibyllarum; Magnificat Quant'in mille anni il ciel; Iustorum animae; Deficiat in dolore vita mea; Tristis est anima mea; Missa Amor ecco colei
 		LASSO; ORLANDO DI Rice; Stephen: The Brabant Ensemble Hyperion 10 / 10
VIVALDI, ANTONIO: La Cetra Op. 9
 		Podger, Rachel (violin)
Holland Baroque Society 		Channel Classics 10 / 10
BERLIOZ, HECTOR: Herminie; Les Nuits d'été
RAVEL, MAURICE: Shéhérazade
 		BERLIOZ; HECTOR
RAVEL; MAURICE 		Gens, Véronique (soprano)
Axelrod; John: Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire 		Ondine 10 / 10
CARTELLIERI, ANTONIO: Symphonies Nos. 1-4
 		CARTELLIERI; ANTONIO Schmalfuss; Gernot: Evergreen Symphony Orchestra CPO 10 / 10
HOLMBOE, VAGN: Chamber Symphonies Nos. 1-3
 		HOLMBOE; VAGN Storgards; John: Lapland Chamber Orchestra Dacapo 10 / 10
32 Songs & Duets by Various Slovenian Composers from the 19th and 20th Centuries Fink, Bernarda (mezzo-soprano)
Fink, Marcos (bass-baritone)
Spiri, Anthony (piano)
 		Harmonia Mundi 10 / 10
ALDRIDGE, ROBERT: Elmer Gantry
 		ALDRIDGE; ROBERT Buck, Heather (soprano)
Kelley, Frank (tenor)
Phares, Keith (baritone)
Risley, Patricia (mezzo-soprano)
Boggs, William (Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra)
 		Naxos 10 / 10
MOZART, WOLFGANG AMADEUS: Apollo et Hyacinthus K.38
 		MOZART; WOLFGANG AMADEUS Zazzo, Lawrence (countertenor)
Ainslie, Christopher (countertenor)
Ek, Klara (soprano)
Bevan, Sophie (soprano)
Kennedy, Andrew (tenor)
Page, Ian (Orchestra of Classical Opera)
 		Linn 10 / 10
HINDEMITH, PAUL: String Quartets Nos. 2 & 3
 		HINDEMITH; PAUL Amar Quartet Naxos 10 / 10
GRIEG, EDVARD: String Quartet in G minor (arr. Tognetti); Two Elegiac Melodies; Erotikk (arr. Tognetti); Holberg Suite
 		GRIEG; EDVARD Tognetti, Richard (Australian Chamber Orchestra)
 		BIS 10 / 10


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