Recent Reviews

Work Title	Composer	Performer	Label	Rating
RACHMANINOV, SERGEI: Complete Works for Piano Duo	RACHMANINOV; SERGEI	Genova & Dimitrov Piano Duo	CPO	8 / 9
RACHMANINOV, SERGEI: Symphony No. 2	RACHMANINOV; SERGEI	Deustches Symphonie-Orchester, Berlin, Robin Ticciati	Linn	9 / 9
RACHMANINOV, SERGEI: Preludes Op. 23 & 32	RACHMANINOV; SERGEI	Yara Bernette (piano)	Eloquence	Insiders Only
RACHMANINOV, SERGEI: Preludes (complete)	RACHMANINOV; SERGEI	Boris Giltburg (piano)	Naxos	6 / 7
RACHMANINOV, SERGEI: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 and 3	RACHMANINOV; SERGEI	Sudbin, Yevgeny (piano) Oramo; Sakari : BBC Symphony Orchestra	BIS	9 / 9
SPOHR, LOUIS: Symphonies Nos. 7 and 9; Memories of Marienbad	SPOHR; LOUIS	Griffiths; Howard : NDR Radiophilharmonie Hannover	CPO	6 / 9
SPOHR, LOUIS: Symphonies Nos. 2 and 8	SPOHR; LOUIS	Griffiths; Howard : NDR Radiophilharmonie	CPO	Insiders Only
SPOHR, LOUIS: Quartet No. 10 in A major Op. 30; Quartet No. 18 in B minor Op. 61; Variations in D minor Op. 6	SPOHR; LOUIS	Moscow Concertino Quartet	Marco Polo	8 / 7
SPOHR, LOUIS: Complete Violin Concertos	SPOHR; LOUIS	Hoelscher, Ulf (violin) Frohlich; Christian : Berlin Radio Symphony	CPO	Insiders Only
SPOHR, LOUIS: Symphonies Nos. 4 "The Consecration of Tone" and 5	SPOHR; LOUIS	Griffiths; Howard : NDR Radiophilharmonie	CPO	7 / 9
J.S. BACH - Easter Oratorio; Cantata No. 10 (German Magnificat)	BACH; J.S.	Elly Ameling (soprano) Helen Watts (alto) Werner Krenn (tenor) Tom Krause (baritone) Marius Rintzler (bass) Münchinger; Karl : Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra,Vienna Academy Chamber Choir	Musical Heritage Society	8 / 8
Chants, Hymns, Motets, & Anthems by Lassus, Taverner, Scheidt, Vaughan Williams, Byrd, Palestrina, Lhéritier, Bassano, Rachmaninov, S.S. Wesley, Stanford, Patrick Hadley, Michael Haller, & Matthew Martin	BYRD; WILLIAM LASSO; ORLANDO DI LHÉRITIER; JEAN MARTIN; MATTHEW PALESTRINA; GIOVANNI PIERLUIGI DA STANFORD; CHARLES VILLIERS TAVERNER; JOHN VAUGHAN WILLIAMS; RALPH	Matthew Jorysz (organ) Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Graham Ross	Harmonia Mundi	9 / 8
WILLIAM BYRD - Music for Holy Week & Easter: Holy Saturday, Vespers; Plorans plorabit; Adoramus te; Mass Propers for Easter Day; Christus resurgens; other works	BYRD; WILLIAM	Carwood; Andrew : The Cardinall's Musick	ASV	10 / 10
J.S. BACH - Easter Oratorio BWV 249; Cantata BWV 66 "Erfreut euch, ihr Herzen"	BACH; J.S.	Barbara Schlick (soprano) Kai Wessel (alto) James Taylor (tenor) Peter Kooy (bass) Herreweghe; Philippe : Collegium Vocale	Harmonia Mundi	10 / 10
J.S. BACH - Easter Oratorio BWV 249 CARL PHILIPP EMANUEL BACH - Danket dem Herrn; Heilig	BACH; C.P.E. BACH; J.S.	Joanne Lunn (soprano) Elisabeth Jansson (alto) Jan Kobow (tenor) Gotthold Schwarz (bass) Bernius; Frieder : Barockorchester Stuttgart,Kammerchor Stuttgart	Carus	10 / 10
THOMPSON, RANDALL: Symphony No. 2 BARBER, SAMUEL: Symphony No. 1 ADAMS, SAMUEL: Drift and Providence	ADAMS; SAMUEL BARBER; SAMUEL THOMPSON; RANDALL	Ross; James : National Orchestral Institute Philharmonic	Naxos	8 / 8
BRITTEN, BENJAMIN: Piano Concerto; Night Piece BARBER, SAMUEL: Piano Concerto; Nocturne for Piano	BARBER; SAMUEL BRITTEN; BENJAMIN	Roe, Elizabeth Joy (piano) Tabakov; Emil : London Symphony Orchestra	Decca	Insiders Only
Songs by Barber, Poulenc, Fauré, Sauget, Brahms, Schubert, Schumann, Mendelssohn, C.P.E. Bach, others -		Leontyne Price (soprano) Samuel Barber (baritone & piano)	Bridge	10 / 6
SAMUEL BARBER - Vanessa	BARBER; SAMUEL	Eleanor Steber (soprano) Nicolai Gedda (tenor) Rosalind Elias, Ira Malaniuk (mezzo-soprano) Giorgio Tozzi (bass) others Mitropoulos; Dimitri : Vienna Philharmonic,Vienna State Opera Chorus	Orfeo	9 / 6
SAMUEL BARBER - Piano Concerto; Essays Nos. 1-3	BARBER; SAMUEL	Giampaolo Nuti (piano) Kawka; Daniel : Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI	Stradivarius	8 / 8
VARÈSE, EDGARD: Amériques; Arcana; Déserts; Ionisation	VARÈSE; EDGARD	Boulez; Pierre : Chicago Symphony Orchestra	Deutsche Grammophon	Insiders Only
MAHLER, GUSTAV: Das klagende Lied (rev. version) BERG, ALBAN: Lulu-Suite	BERG; ALBAN MAHLER; GUSTAV	Dorothea Röschmann and Anna Prohaska (soprano); Anna Larsson (alto); Johan Botha (tenor) Boulez, Pierre (Vienna Philharmonic)	Deutsche Grammophon	7 / 7
BOULEZ, PIERRE: The Complete Works (in progress)	BOULEZ; PIERRE	Various Soloists Boulez; Pierre : BBC Symphony Orchestra,Ensemble InterContemporain	Deutsche Grammophon	Insiders Only
STRAVINSKY, IGOR: Petrushka WEBERN, ANTON: Six Pieces for Orchestra DEBUSSY, CLAUDE: La Mer	DEBUSSY; CLAUDE STRAVINSKY; IGOR WEBERN; ANTON	Boulez; Pierre : Moscow Conservatory Symphony Orchestra	Melodiya	Insiders Only
Berg, Schoenberg, Webern, Bartók, Wagner, Mahler, Stravinsky, Berio, Messiaen, Varèse, Carter, Handel, Berlioz, Beethoven, Debussy, Ravel, Roussel, Falla, Dukas, Scriabin	BARTÓK; BELA BERG; ALBAN BERIO; LUCIANO BERLIOZ; HECTOR MAHLER; GUSTAV SCHOENBERG; ARNOLD STRAVINSKY; IGOR VARÈSE; EDGARD WAGNER; RICHARD WEBERN; ANTON	Various Soloists Various Orchestras	Sony Classical	Insiders Only
RAVEL, MAURICE: Pavane for a Dead Princess; Daphnis et Chloé Suite No. 2; Mother Goose Suite; Rapsodie espagnole	RAVEL; MAURICE	Svetlanov; Evgeny : USSR State Symphony Orchestra	Melodiya	Insiders Only
RAVEL, MAURICE: Complete Orchestral Works; Songs with Orchestra and Ensemble	RAVEL; MAURICE	Philippe Entremont (Piano); Heather Harper, Jill Gomez and Jessye Norman (sopranos); José van Dam (baritone) Boulez; Pierre : BBC Symphony Orchestra,Cleveland Orchestra,Ensemble InterContemporain,New York Philharmonic	Sony Classical	Insiders Only
RAVEL, MAURICE: Valses nobles et sentimentales (excerpts); Le Tombeau de Couperin (excerpts); Sonatine; Miroirs; Jeux d'eau; other works	RAVEL; MAURICE	Brenda Lucas Ogdon (piano)	Sterling	Insiders Only
MAURICE RAVEL - Boléro; Une Barque sur l'océan; Menuet antique; Alborada del gracioso; Pavane pour une infante défunte; La Valse	RAVEL; MAURICE	Ozawa; Seiji : Boston Symphony Orchestra	Eloquence	Insiders Only
RAVEL, MAURICE: Antar (incidental music based on Rimsky-Korsakov); Shéhérazade	RAVEL; MAURICE	André Dussolier (narrator); Isabelle Druet (mezzo-soprano) Slatkin; Leonard : Orchestre National de Lyon	Naxos	Insiders Only
NIKOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV - Overtures: The Maid of Pskov; The Tsar's Bride; Legend (Skazka); Capriccio espagnol; Neapolitan Song; Sinfonietta on Russian Themes	RIMSKY-KORSAKOV; NIKOLAI	Sinaisky; Vassily : BBC Philharmonic	Chandos	9 / 9
NIKOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV - Capriccio espagnol; Piano Concerto; Tsar Saltan Suite; Sadko; Russian Easter Festival Overture	RIMSKY-KORSAKOV; NIKOLAI	Noriko Ogawa (piano) Bakels; Kees : Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra	BIS	10 / 10
NIKOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV - Scheherazade JAROMIR WEINBERGER - Polka & Fugue from Schwanda the Bagpiper ANTONIN DVORÁK - Scherzo capriccioso	DVORÁK; ANTONIN RIMSKY-KORSAKOV; NIKOLAI WEINBERGER; JAROMIR	Kempe; Rudolf : Berlin Philharmonic,Royal Philharmonic Orchestra	Testament	10 / 8
NIKOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV - Quintet in B-flat minor; String Sextet in A	RIMSKY-KORSAKOV; NIKOLAI	Ivan Klánsky (piano) Kocian Quartet,Prague Wind Quintet	Praga	7 / 9
NICOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV - Scheherazade; Capriccio espagnol	RIMSKY-KORSAKOV; NIKOLAI	Fedoseyev; Vladimir : USSR TV & Radio Large Symphony Orchestra	Moscow Studio Archives	6 / 6
ROSSINI, GIOACHINO: Semiramide	ROSSINI; GIOACHINO	Albina Shagimuratova (soprano); Daniela Barcellona (mezzo soprano); Barry Banks (tenor); Mirco Palazzi, Gianluca Buratto (bass/baritone) Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Mark Elder	Opera Rara	10 / 10
GIOACHINO ROSSINI - L’Italiana in Algeri	ROSSINI; GIOACHINO	Marianna Pizzolato, Ruth Gonzalez (soprano) Lawrence Brownlee (tenor) Lorenzo Regazzo, Bruno De Simone, Giulio Mastrototaro (bass) Elsa Giannoulidou (mezzo-soprano) Zedda; Alberto : Cluj Virtuosi Brunensis,Transylvania State Philharmonic Choir	Naxos	Insiders Only
ROSSINI, GIOACHINO: Overtures to: Maometto II; L'Italiana in Algeri; La Cenerentola; Grand'overtura 'obbligata a contrabasso'; Matilde di Shabran; La cambiale di matrimonio; Tancredi	ROSSINI; GIOACHINO	Benda, Christian (Prague Sinfonia)	Naxos	Insiders Only
ROSSINI, GIOACHINO: Overtures: William Tell; Eduardo e Cristina; L'inganno felice; La scala di seta; Demetrio e Polibio; Il Signor Bruschino; Sinfonia di Bologna; Sigismondo	ROSSINI; GIOACHINO	Benda, Christian (Prague Sinfonia)	Naxos	Insiders Only
ROSSINI, GIOACHINO: Overtures La gazza ladra; Semiramide; Elisabetta, Regina d'Inghilterra (The Barber of Seville); Otello; The Siege of Corinth; Sinfonia in D; Ermione	ROSSINI; GIOACHINO	Benda, Christian (Prague Sinfonia)	Naxos	Insiders Only
CORELLI, ARCANGELO: Trio Sonatas Op. 1 & 3	CORELLI; ARCANGELO	Pavlo Beznosiuk, Caroline Balding (violin); Richard Tunnicliffe (cello); Paula Chateauneuf (archlute); Roger Hamilton (harpsichord, organ) The Avison Ensemble	Linn	Insiders Only
CORELLI, ARCANGELO: Concerti Grossi Op. 6 Nos. 1-5, & 7; Sinfonia Santa Beatrice d’Este	CORELLI; ARCANGELO	Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, Gottfried von der Goltz	Aparte	8 / 9
ARCANGELO CORELLI - Violin Sonatas Op. 5	CORELLI; ARCANGELO	Andrew Manze (violin) Richard Egarr (harpsichord)	Harmonia Mundi	10 / 10
ARCANGELO CORELLI - 12 Violin Sonatas Op. 5	CORELLI; ARCANGELO	Stefano Montanari (violin) Dantone; Ottavio : Accademia Bizantina	Arts Music	10 / 10
ARCANGELO CORELLI - Concerti grossi Op. 6	CORELLI; ARCANGELO	Chiara Banchini (violin) Jesper Christensen (harpsichord) Ensemble 415	Harmonia Mundi	10 / 9
George Frideric Handel: Selected vocal, orchestral and chamber works (arranged by David Yearsley)	HANDEL; G.F.	David Yearsley (organ)	False Azure	10 / 10
HANDEL, G.F.: Arias from Oreste, Serse, Rinaldo, Imeneo, Il pastor fido, Rodelinda, Giulio Cesare, Ariodante, Partenope	HANDEL; G.F.	Franco Fagioli (countertenor) Il Pomo d'Oro, Zefira Valova	Deutsche Grammophon	9 / 10
HAYDN, JOSEPH: Symphony No. 26 "Lamentatione"; Symphony No. 86 MOZART, WOLFGANG AMADEUS: Violin Concerto No. 3	HAYDN; JOSEPH MOZART; WOLFGANG AMADEUS	Aisslinn Nosky (violin) Christophers; Harry : Handel & Haydn Society	Coro	7 / 9
GEORGE FREDERIC HANDEL - Il Trionfo del Tempo e della Verita	HANDEL; G.F.	Claron McFadden (Bellezza) Elisabeth Scholl (Piacere) Nicholas Hariades (Tempo) Peer Abilgaard (Disinganno) Martini; Joachim Carlos : Frankfurt Baroque Orchestra,Junge Kantorei	Naxos	Insiders Only
HANDEL, G.F.: Concerti grossi Op. 6	HANDEL; G.F.	Beznosiuk, Pavlo (The Avison Ensemble)	Linn	Insiders Only

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