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PENDERECKI: Piano Concerto ‘Resurrection’; Concerto for Flute and Chamber Orchestra – Barry Douglas, p./ Lukasz Dlugosz, flute/ Warsaw Philharmonic Orch./Antoni Wit – NaxosPublished on May 14, 2013
Piano and flute concertos by the Polish master Krzysztof Penderecki continue his integration of avante-garde and Romantic styles, with dramatic results.
MOZART: Piano Concerto Nos. 17 in G & 27 in B-flat Major – Angela Hewitt, piano/ Orch. da Camera di Mantova/ Hannu Lintu – HyperionPublished on May 13, 2013
A Mozart collaboration of special merit have we here in Hewitt’s rendition of two of Mozart’s supreme exercises in the concerto form.
THOMAS HAIGH: Six Concertos for Harpsichord – Barbara Harbach, harpsichord – MSR ClassicsPublished on May 13, 2013
Not the greatest composer to emerge from the classical era, but he might prove worthy to many listeners.
BACH: The Six Partitas – David Korevaar, p. – MSR Classics (2 CDs)Published on May 12, 2013
Outstanding performances by any measure.
T. PATRICK CARRABRÉ: ”War of Angels” = Inuit Games; Symphony No. 1 “The War of Angels”; Symphony No.3; The Dragon’s Tail – Vocalists/ Winnipeg Sym. Orch./Andrey Boreyko & Bramwell Tovey, conductors – CentrediscsPublished on May 10, 2013
This new music from Canada is interesting but a bit of a mixed bag.
Martyrs for the Faith – American Saxophone Concertos by PAUL CRESTON; DAVID DEBOOR CANFIELD; JOHN CHETHAM; INGOLF DAHL – Kenneth Tse, alto sax/ U. of Iowa Symphony Band/ Richard Mark Heidel – MSR Classics“Saxophone Romance” – Olli-Pekka Tuomisalo, saxophone & his orchestra – Alba (SACD)Published on May 10, 2013
Two interesting sax collections, one actually a SACD with a chamber ensemble and the other a CD with a concert band.
BACH: St. John Passion – soloists/ Polyphony/ Orch. of the Age of Enlightenment/ Stephen Layton – Hyperion (2 CDs)Published on May 08, 2013
This could be my favorite St. John Passion to date—it is certainly the equal to any other out there.
POULENC: Organ Concerto in g; WIDOR: Organ Symphony No. 6 (Allegro); TOMASO VITALI: Chaconne; LILI BOULANGER: Pie Jesu; PAUL HALLEY: Winter’s Dream – William Neil, organ/ Heather LeDoux Green, violin/ Jane-Anne Tucker, sop./ Paul Winter, sax/ Eclipse Ch. Orch./ Sylvia Alimena – MSR ClassicsPublished on May 07, 2013
Quite a gala performance, and quite a blockbuster recording as well.
MIECZYSLAW WEINBERG: Symphony No. 8 – Soloists /Warsaw Philharmonic Orch. & Choir/ Antoni Wit – NaxosPublished on May 05, 2013
World premiere recording of this odd, but interesting masterwork.
BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No. 14 “Moonlight”; SCHUMANN: Kinderszenen; CHOPIN: Piano Sonata No. 3; TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concerto No. 1; MENDELSSOHN: Cello Sonata No. 2 – Pavel Kolesnikov, p./ Johannes Moser, cello/ Calgary Philharmonic Orch./ Roberto Minczuk – Honens (2 CDs)Published on May 05, 2013
In a series of towering performances, the young firebrand Pavel Kolesnikov demonstrates his worthy claim to fame at the Honens International Piano Competition.