IRR Outstanding
Selected recordings are highlighted with the accolade IRR OUTSTANDING. The identification of such recordings has been made by individual reviewers. The selected release is illustrated in the review with a reproduction of the sleeve and the IRR OUTSTANDING logo.
Outstanding in the February 2012 edition
Music for a Time of War New CD/SACD
Adams The Wound-Dresserab.
Britten Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 20.
Ives The Unanswered Questionc.
Vaughan Williams Symphony No. 4 in F minor.
aSanford Sylvan (baritone); bJun Iwasaki (violin); cJeffrey Work (trumpet); Oregon Symphony/Carlos Kalmar.
PentaTone Classics PTC5186 393 (full price, 1 hour 18 minutes). English texts included. Website www.pentatonemusic. com Producer Blanton Alspaugh. Engineers John Newton, Jesse Lewis. Dates Live performances in the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland, Oregon on May 7th and 8th, 2011.
Britten New
Violin Concerto, Op. 15a. Double Concerto in B minorab. Lachrymae, Op. 48ab.
aAnthony Marwood (violin); bLawrence Power (viola); BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Ilan Volkov.
Hyperion CDA67801 (full price, 1 hour 4 minutes). Website www.hyperion-records.co.uk Producer Andrew Keener. Engineers Simon Eadon, Dave Rowell. Dates January 12th and 13th, 2011.
Kinsella New
Symphonies – No. 6a; No. 7b. Prelude and Toccata for String Orchestrac. Cúchulainn and Ferdia: Duel at the Fordd.
bNational Chamber Choir of Ireland; RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra/acdProinnsías Ó Duinn, bGavin Maloney.
RTÉ lyric fm CD134 (full price, 1 hour 17 minutes). Website www.rte.ie/lyricfm. Producer Matthew Dilley. Engineer Anton Timoney. Dates Live performance on bFebruary 7th, 2007, studio recordings on aMay 27th and cOctober 22nd, 2009, dApril 26th, 2010
The Romantic Violin New
Concerto – 11
Reger Violin Concerto in A, Op. 101. Two Romances, Op. 50.
Tanja Becker-Bender (violin); Konzerthausorchester Berlin/Lothar Zagrosek.
Hyperion CDA67892 (full price, 1 hour 15 minutes). Website www.hyperion-records.co.uk Producer Ludger Böckenhoff. Engineer Stephan Reh. Dates February 23rd-25th, 2011.
Dances to a Black Pipe New CD/SACD
Brahms Hungarian Dances, WoO1 – No. 1 in G minor; No. 12 in D minor; No. 13 in D; No. 21 in E minor (all arr. Göran Fröst). Copland Clarinet Concerto (original and revised codas)a. G. Fröst Klezmer Dances. Hillborg Peacock Talesb. Högberg Dancing with Silent Purpose. Lutoslawski Dance Preludesc. Piazzolla Obliviond.
Martin Fröst (clarinet); acLucy Reeves (harp); cRichard Gleeson, cBrian Nixon (percussion); abcBenjamin Martin (piano); Australian Chamber Orchestra/Richard Tognetti (dviolin).
BIS SACD1863 (full price, 1 hour 22 minutes). Website www.bis.se Producer Hans Kipfer. Engineer Matthias Spitzbarth. Dates May and June 2011.
Delicias New/Reissue
Spanish delights for piano duo.
Chabrier España. Chaminade La Sévillane, Op. 19. Falla Noches en los jardines de España (arr. A. Bertram). Granados Goyescas – Quejas, ó la maja y el ruiseñor (arr. E. Bartlett/R. Robertson). Lecuona Malagueña (arr. G. H. Nash). Rimsky-Korsakov Capriccio espagnol, Op. 34a. Rodrigo Concierto de Aranjuez – Adagio (arr. composer). Saint-Saëns Jota aragonese, Op. 64. Tárrega Gran Vals (arr. Goldstone).
Goldstone and Clemmow (Anthony Goldstone, Caroline Clemmow, piano duet).
Divine Art dda25101 (medium price, 1 hour 15 minutes). aFrom Gamut Classics GAMCD521. Website www.divine-art.co.uk. Producer/Engineer Anthony Goldstone. Producer aNigel Wilkinson. Engineer aKeith Warren. Dates a1990, 2011
Hannes Minnaar New
Rachmaninov Piano Sonata No. 1 in D minor, Op. 28.
Ravel Miroirs. Sonatine.
Hannes Minnaar (piano).
Et’Cetera KTC1432 (full price, 1 hour 19 minutes). Website www.etcetera-records.com Producer/Engineer Tom Peeters. Producers Paul Janse, Amienke Wytzes. Date June 2011
J.-H. Fiocco Petits Motets. New
Beatus vir. Benedicam Dominum. Jubilate Deo. Libera me Domine. Salve Regina.
Scherzi Musicali/Nicolas Achten (baritone/harpsichord/theorbo/archlute).
Musique en Wallonie MEW1054 (full price, 59 minutes). Latin texts and English/Flemish/French texts included. Website www.musiwall.ulg.ac.be. Producer/Engineer Manuel Mohino. Dates October 2nd-4th, 2009.
Telemann New
Emma und Eginhard, TVWV21:25 – Violin Concerto in A minorb; Das Auge starrt, die Lippen beben; Erscheine bald du Irrlicht meiner Sinne; Steckt Mars den Degen ein. Der geduldige Sokrates, TVWV21:9 – Violin Concerto in Cb; Mir schmeichelt die Hoffnung; Mich tröstet die Hoffnung; Meine Tränen werden Wellena. Germanicus, TVWVdeest – Komm o Schlaf, und lass mein Leid. Der neumodische Liebhaber Damon, TVWV21:8 – Ach seht mich doch, geliebte Augen. Der unglückliche Alcmeon, TVWVdeest – Ach was für Qual und Schmerza.
Nuria Rial (soprano); bJulia Schröder (violin); Kammerorchester Basel.
Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 88697 92256-2 (full price, 1 hour). German texts and English/French/Italian translations included. Website www.sonymasterworks.com Producer/Engineer Andreas Werner. Producer aCharles Suter. Dates October 29th-31st, 2010, alive performances at the Martinskirche, Basel on January 18th, 2011.
Outstanding in the January 2012 edition
Brian
Symphony No. 1 in D minor, ‘The Gothic’.
Susan Gritton (soprano); Christine Rice (mezzo); Peter Auty (tenor); Alastair Miles (bass); David Goode (organ); Bach Choir; BBC National Chorus of Wales; Brighton Festival Chorus; CBSO Youth Chorus; Côr Caerdydd; Eltham College Boys’ Choir; Huddersfield Choral Society; London Symphony Chorus; Southend Boys’ and Girls’ Choirs; BBC National Orchestra of Wales; BBC Concert Orchestra/Martyn Brabbins.
Hyperion CDA67971/2 (medium price, two discs, 1 hour 55 minutes). Latin texts and English translations included. Website www.hyperion-records.co.uk Producer Huw Thomas. Engineer Tim Thorne. Date Live performance at the Royal Albert Hall, London on July 17th, 2011.
Vivaldi Volume 2.
Bassoon Concertos – C, RV470; C, RV472; E flat, RV483; F, RV490; G minor, RV496; A minor, RV499; B flat, RV504.
Sergio Azzolini (bassoon); L’Aura Soave Cremona/Diego Cantalupi (archlute/Baroque guitar/lute/theorbo).
Naïve OP30518 (full price, 1 hour 17 minutes). Website www.naiveclassique.com Producer/ Engineer Fabio Framba. Date April 201.
Pictures
Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition.
Janácek 1.X.1905, ‘From the Street, 1 October 1905’.
Prokofiev Piano Sonata No. 7 in B flat, Op. 83.
Fazil Say (piano).
Naïve V5199 (full price, one CD and one DVD, 1 hour 6 minutes and 1 hour 20 minutes). DVD bonus includes Fazil Say in conversation. Website www.naiveclassique.com NTSC. Region 0. DVD Producer Jean-Pierre Loisil. Audio Producer Laure-Casenave Péré. Video/Audio Engineer Thomas Dapello. Dates 2011. DVD filmed at a live performance at the MC2, Grenoble in February 2011.
Vivaldi
Concerto for Strings and Basso continuo in D minor, RV129, ‘Madrigalesco’. Concerto for Flute, Strings and Basso continuo in D minor, RV431a, ‘Il Gran Mogol’b. Concerto for Violin, Cello,Strings and Basso continuo in B flat, RV547cd. Laudate pueri, RV601ab. Nulla in mundo pax, RV630a.
aElin Manahan Thomas (soprano); Bojan Cicic (dviolin); cJennifer Morsches (cello); Florilegium/Ashley Solomon (bflute).
Channel Classics CCSSA32311 (full price, 59 minutes). Italian/Latin texts and English translations included. Website www.channelclassics.com Producer/Engineer C. Jared Sacks. Producer AshleySolomon. Dates April 4th-6th, 2011.
Patricia Petibon
Melancolia.
Bacri Melodías de la melancolía, Op. 119. Calleja/Barrera Emigrantes – Adiós Granadaa. Falla La vida breve – ¡Vivan los que rien!. Giménez La tempranica – La tarántula é un bicho mú malo (Zapateado). Granados Doce Tonadillas en un estilo antiguo – No. 6, El mirar de la maja; No. 10, La maja dolorosa II, ‘Ay majo de mi vida’ (both orch. Rafael Ferrer). Montsalvatge Cinco Canciones negras – No. 4, Canción de cuna; No. 5, Canto negro. Moreno Torroba La marchenera – Petenera. Nin Veinte Cantos populares españoles – Book 2, No. 8, El vitoa. Serrano La canción del olvido – Marinela, Marinela. Turina Poema en forma de canciones, Op. 19 – No. 3, Cantares. Villa-Lobos Bachianas brasileiras No. 5, A390 – Ária (Cantilena). Traditional Ogundé uareréb.
Patricia Petitbon (soprano); aDaniel Manzanas (guitar); abJoël Grare (percussion); bSusan Manoff (piano); Orquesta Nacional de España/Josep Pons.
DG 477 9447 (57 minutes). Spanish texts and English/French/German translations included. Website www.deutschegrammophon.com Producer Arend Prohmann. Engineers Ulrich Vette, Mark Buecker. Date September 2010.
Pergolesi Adriano in Siria.
Marina Comparato (soprano) Adriano; Lucia Cirillo (mezzo) Emirena; Annamaria dell’Oste (mezzo) Farnaspe; Nicole Heaston (soprano) Sabina; Stefano Ferrari (baritone) Osroa; Francesca Lombardi (soprano) Aquilio Tribuno. Livietta e Tracollo.
Monica Bacelli (soprano) Livietta; Carlo Lepore (bass) Tracollo; Accademia Bizantina/Ottavio Dantone (harpsichord).
Opus Arte OABD7098D/also available as DVD OA1065D (one Blu-ray/two DVDs, 3 hours 8 minutes). Bonus, Ottavio Dantone on Adriano in Siria (12 minutes). Subtitles in English/French/German/Italian/Spanish. Website www.opusarte.com. High Definition. 16:9 Anamorphic. DVD 9. Region 0. LPCM 2.0. DTS-HDMaster Audio Digital Surround. Stage Director Ignacio García. Video Director Tiziano Mancini. DVD Producer Johannes Müller. Dates Live performances at the Teatro G.B. Pergolesi, Jesi on June 8th and 12th, 2010.
Arias for Anna De Amicis
J. C. Bach Zanaida, T241 – Tortorella abbandonata; Mentre volgo intorno il piede. Borghi Il trionfo di Clelia – Tanto avezza alle sventure. Cafaro Antigono – E fra tante tempeste … Se balena. Gluck Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq30 – Qual vita è questa mai … Che fiero momento. Jommelli Armida abbandonata – Miser’Armida … Odio, furor, dispetto. Mozart Lucio Silla, K135 – Vanne, t’affretta … Ah se il crudel; In un istante … Parto, m’affretto; Sposo … mia vita … Frà i pensier; Dalla sponda tenebrosa. Myslive∂ek Romolo ed Ersilia – Sorprender mi vorresti; Basta così vincesti.
Teodora Gheorghiu (soprano); Les Talens Lyriques/Christophe Rousset.
Aparté AP021 (full price, 1 hour 17 minutes). Italian texts and French/English translations included. Website www.aparte.fr. Producer Nicolas Bartholomée. Engineers Koichiro Hattori, Emilie Ruby. Date November 2010.
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