A number of latest releases that we discovered to be very satisfying cowl music from the Baroque, particularly for church use. Amongst these had been a solo vocal debut album, Seelentrost, by Isabel Schicktanz, that includes music from the time of Heinrich Schütz. Contemporaneous with which might be Bach’s Leipziger Choräle, which Masaaki Suzuki (pictured) begins on as a part of his cycle protecting Bach’s organ music. Rounding out the notable sacred music releases are Palestrina by the Choir of Clare Faculty, Cambridge, and Vivaldi by the Coro e Orchestra Ghislieri. For string quartet fanatics, two releases stood out: Beethoven’s early quartets by the Calidore Quartet, and the whole quartets of John Zorn by the JACK Quartet.
February Classical Critiques
Łukasz Borowicz, WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln – Grazyna Bacewicz: Full Symphonic Works, Vol. 3
Boston Early Music Competition Chamber Ensemble- Giovanni Battista Pergolesi: the proprietor servant; Livietta and shoulder strap
Michel Bouvard, François Espinasse- Nicolas de Grigny: Messe & Hymnes
Calidore String Quartet- Beethoven: The Early Quartets
David Castro-Balbi, Teo Gheorghiu, Howard Griffiths- Mozart: Violin live performance No. 5 KV 219; Piano Concertos Nos. 3 kV 40 & 14 kV 449
Gloria Cheng- Root Progressions
Seong-Jin Cho- Ravel: The Full Solo Piano Works
Clare Faculty Choir, Cambridge; Graham Ross- Palestrina Revealed
The Counterpoints – Italophilia: Discovering the Italian Model in Handel’s London
Attilio Cremonesi, Händel-Festspieslorchester Halle- Handel: Lotario
Peter Donohoe-Busoni: counterpoint fantasy; Chopin Variations; Sonatina first; Sonatina second
Ensemble Hesperi – A Present on your Backyard: Telemann, Handel, Graun, Oswald
Gaechinger Cantorey, Hans-Christoph Rademann – Imaginative and prescient Bach: The First Cantata Yr, Vol. 6
Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla, Amanda Majeski, Gyula Orendt – Weinberg: The passenger
Howard Griffiths, BBC Nationwide Orchestra of Wales- Cipriani Potter: Full Symphonies Vol. 2
Emanuel Gruber, Arnon Erez-Brahms: Cello Sonatas
Christopher Guild – Ronald Stevenson: Piano Music, Vol. 7 – Folksong with Grainger
Bernard Haitink, Symphony Orchestra of the Bavarian Radio Schostakovich: Symphony No. 15
Raaf Hekkema – Karg -Elert
Jean-François Heisser, New Aquitaine-Aquitaine chamber orchestra- Ravel the alchemist
Alina Ibragimova, Cédric Tiberghien – Schumann: Violin Sonatas
Eliahu Inbal, Southwest Funk Symphony Orchestra, Radio Symphony Orchestra Stuttgart of SWR Robert Schumann: Symphony No. 4 D minor; Jean Sibleius: Symphony No. 1 E minor
JACK Quartet – John Zorn: Full String Quartets
Paavo Järvi, German Chamber Philharmonic Bremen – Haydn: London Symphonies NOS. 94 & 99, 95 & 98
Sebastian Knauer, German Symphony Orchestra Berlin, David Newman – Hollywood
Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Thomas Kaufmann, Camerata Bern- Exile
Olivier Latry – Bach to Notre-Dame
Shannon Lee, Arseniy Gusev – Witraz
Sabine Liebner- John Cage: Winter Music
Jaakko Luoma, Tapiola Sinfonietta, Janne Nisonen-Bassoon Concertos: Crusell, Du Puy, Berwald, Brendler
Marian Consort – A poem Muta: Artwork in Early Cinquecento Venice
Marmen quartet- String Quartets we. 1 & 2; Bartók: String Quartet No. 4
Maxwell Quartet- Joseph Haydn: String Quartets, Op. 77 & Folks Music from Scotland
James McVinnie- Dreamcatcher
Christopher Monks, Harmonic Consort-Francesco Scarlatti: Daniele
Nash albussy – Debussy: Prélude to the Après and Midi d’A FOUNA. Sonatas; String quartet
Stefania Neonato, Christine Busch – Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonatas for piano and violin op. 12 No. 3, op 30 No. 3, op. 96
Enrico Onofri, Isabelle Faust, Munich Chamber Orchestra – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Serenata
Gerhard Oppitz- Robert Schumann: Piano Works, Vol. 2
Orlando Consort – Machaut: A Lover’s Dying
King Pelto, Colorado opera- Gerald Cohen/Deborah Brevoort: Steal Pencil for Me
Members of the Piatti Quartet, Simon Callaghan, Ashok Klouda- The Chamber Music of William Busch
David Ponsford, David Hill- Bach-Centricity: Concertos, Trios & Sonatas
Petr Popelka, Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra – My Nation: Bedrich Smetana Symphonic Works
Giulio Prandi, Choir and Orchestra Ghislieri-Vivaldi: sacred music for choir and orchestra, vol. 1
Roberto Prosseda, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Nir Kabaretti – Struggle, Silence: Uncommon Italian Piano Concertos
Simon Rattle, Symphony Orchestra of the Bavarian Radio – Mahler: Symphony No. 7
Simon Rattle, Magdalena Kožená, Andrew Staples, London Symphony Orchestra – Weill: The Seven Lethal Sins
Isabel Schicketanz – soul rust
Charlotte Spruit, Sergio Bucheli, Jonathan Manson – Le Mercure Galant
Stenhammar Quartet- Kalevi Aho: String Quartets 1 – 3
Antico- The Golden Renaissance: Palestrina
Marek Stilec, Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice – Wranitzky: Orchestral Works, Vol. 8
Masaaki Suzuki Masaki Suzuki Performs Bach Organ Works, Vol. 6… Leipzig Chorals (I) …
Third Coast Percussion- Glass: Aguas da Amazonia
Numerous Artists- Robert Simpson: Chamber Music, Vol. 1
Klaus Florian Vogt, Ensemble Eight – Franz Schubert: The gorgeous miller (arr. Andreas N. Tarkmann)
Mesu “Louis Niis Niisodé: Piano Modal, FLY. 1
William Wei, Evan Wong – Shiuan Chang: Earthing
WASTH THAN WHITE ROVIVINIIUS- NIGHT VON DOGNANMYI: VIOLIN SONE. 21; Serenade, up. 10; Richard Strauss: Violin Sonata, open. 18
Haewon Yang- Haewon Yang Performs The Piano Works of Harry Bulow
Sophie Yates- Harpsichord Music from the Reign of Louis XIV
Adriana Zabala, Jesse Blumberg, Martin Katz, J.J. Penna- A Few Phrases about Chekhov: Songs and Cycles of Dominick Argento
