Nimbus
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Feltsman plays these endlessly fascinating and hauntingly memorable scores with astonishing virtuosity and tonal sensitivity…It is impossible to imagine a more profoundly sympathetic advocate... —
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The booklet tells us that Perlemuter recalls playing several of the works included to the composer himself, adding wistfully 'he was very complimentary, but I don't know how much that means,... —
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Haydn: Horn Concerto No. 1 in D major, Hob.VIId:3, etc.
Anthony Halstead (natural horn)
The Hanover Band, Roy Goodman
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Dr Sinclair’s bulldog Dan really barks for once; I have rarely heard this little bit of musical depiction so well handled. Basil Nevison and Lady Mary Lygon could be more moodily atmospheric,... —
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Hindemith, Janacek, Vackar: Music for Brass, Piano and Percussion
John Wallace (trumpet/conductor), Radoslav Kvapil (piano), Evelyn Glennie (xylophone)
The Wallace Collection, Members of the Philharmonia Orchestra, Simon Wright
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Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos. 4 & 5
Oscar Shumsky (violin)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Yan Pascal Tortelier
There's no doubting Shumsky's artistry —
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Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
John Lill (piano)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Tadaaki Otaka
Once again I can celebrate Nimbus's balance and good sound quality, Otaka's eloquence (try the start of the Second Concerto's Adagio sostenuto) and John Lill's honest-to-goodness freedom from... —
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Hindemith composed this, his last chamber work, between 1957 and 1958 for members of the Berlin Philharmonic, and double-bassist Rainer Zepperitz, who plays here, took part in the premiere première,... —
