CD Review - 23/08/2008

CHOPIN: Étude Op. 10/4 Sviatoslav Richter (piano) Medici Arts 3085208 (DVD) See full coupling details below MOZART: Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major, K. 219 (c/w Violin Concertos Nos. 1-4; Sinfonia Concertante K. 364) Giuliano Carmignola (violin), Danusha Waœkiewicz (viola – in K. 364), Orchestra Mozart, Claudio Abbado (conductor) Archiv Produktion 477 7371 (2CDs) BEAMISH: Words for My Daughter from disc Emily Beynon, flute and friends (HILARY TANN: From the Song of Amergin; AMY BEACH: Theme and Variations; THEA MUSGRAVE: Impromptu; LOUISE FARRENC: Trio Op. 45) Emily Beynon (flute), Henk Rubingh (violin), Marijn Mijnders (violin), Roland Krämer (viola), Daniël Esser (cello), Sepp Grotenhuis (piano), Alexei Ogrintschouk (oboe), Petra van der Heide (harp) Channel Classics CCSSA 26408 (Hybrid SACD) STRAVINSKY: Three Movements from Petrushka; PROKOFIEF: Piano Sonata No. 3 in A minor, Op. 28 from DVD Alexis Weissenberg (c/w SCRIABIN: Nocturne for the left hand Op. 9/2; RACHMANINOV: Prelude Op. 23/6; CHOPIN: Piano Sonata No. 3 Op. 58, third movement; Nocturne Op. Posth. in C minor; Étude Op. 25 No. 7; BACH: Chromatic Fantasy BWV 903; Partita No. 6 in E minor BWV 830 – corrente; Jesus, joy of man’s desiring; BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major Op. 83) Alexis Weissenberg (piano) Medici Arts 3078048 (DVD) CHOPIN: Études Op. 10 Nos. 10-12; Étude Op. 10 No. 12 (earlier recording) from DVD Sviatoslav Richter (c/w MOZART: Piano Sonata No. 4 K. 282; Piano Sonata No. 16 K. 545; Piano Sonata No. 8 K. 310; CHOPIN: Études Op. 10 Nos. 1-6; Études Op. 25 Nos. 5, 6, 8 and 11; Étude Op. 10 No. 4; RACHMANINOV: Étude-Tableau Op. 39/3) Sviatoslav Richter (piano) Medici Arts 3085208 (DVD) SHOSTAKOVICH: Preludes Nos. 1-3 Op. 87 from DVD Tatiana Nikolayeva – Shostakovich (c/w Preludes Nos. 4 – 24) Tatiana Nikolayeva (piano) Medici Arts 3085248 (DVD) HINDEMITH: Kammermusik No. 3 Op. 36/2 from disc Hindemith: Kammermusiken 1-7 (c/w Kammermusiken Nos. 1-2, 4-7) Concerto Amsterdam Warner 2564 69581-0 (2CDs, Budget) LULLY: Roland (Chaconne) from disc Les Grandes Eaux Musicales de Versailles [compilation from previously released recordings] (c/w RAMEAU: Naïs – overture; Zaïs – overture; Acante et Céphise, ou La Sympathie – Overture; LULLY: Persée; DESMAREST: Vénus et Adonis; GLUCK: Bauci e Filemone – Tempesta con Fulmini; PORPORA: Polifemo – “Alto giove”) Marie-Hélène Essade – alto; Evgeny Alexiev – Bass; Anders J. Dahlin – counter-tenor; Delphine Gillot – alto; Choeur de l’Opéra de Lausanne, Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset (conductor) Ambroisie AM167 (CD) HENZE: Sinfonia No. 8 (first movement) from disc Modern Times Hans Werner Henze (c/w Adagio, Fuge und Mänadentanz; Nachtstücke und Arien) Claudia Barainsky (soprano), Gürzenich-Orchester Köln, Markus Stenz (conductor) Phoenix Edition 113 (CD) COPLAND: Piano Concerto (c/w The Tender Land (suite); Old American Songs, Volumes 1 and 2) Benjamin Pasternack (piano), St. Charles Singers, Elgin Symphony Orchestra, Robert Hanson (conductor) Naxos 8.55927 (CD, Budget) BRAHMS: Horn Trio Op. 40 from disc Brahms Horn Trio (c/w Violin sonata No. 1 Op. 78; 7 Fantasien Op. 116) Isabelle Faust (violin), Teunis van der Zwart (natural horn), Alexander Melnikov (piano) Harmonia Mundi HMC901981 (CD)