Chandos
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The three vocal items here are novelties...They are sung with ravishing sweetness of tone by Clara Mouriz, who sounds born to sing them...Mena's accounts of the Danzas, Ritmos and Sinfonia stand... —
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Altissima: Works For High Baroque Trumpet
Josh Cohen (baroque trumpet), Ensemble Sprezzatura, Daniel Abraham
This varied programme of Baroque trumpet virtuosity begins with a fanfare attributed to Gottfried Reiche, a Leipzig trumpeter who played for Bach on many occasions...It is, however, the Telemann... —
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Joseph Haydn: Complete Piano Trios, Vol.1; Johannes Fischer: One Bar Wonder
Trio Gaspard (chamber ensemble)
The Trio Gaspard’s project to record the complete Haydn trios for Chandos gets off to a good start with five great works from the mid-1780s and mid-1790s...The Gaspard players like to keep the... —
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The finale [of the Pounds] projects a mood of hard-won defiance, and the symphony as a whole is certainly worth experiencing – especially in a performance as scrupulously prepared and committed... —
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Martin Owen plays Strauss, Schumann & Weber
Martin Owen (horn), Chris Parkes (horn), Alec Frank-Gemmill (horn), Sarah Willis (horn), BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, John Wilson
The principal horn of the BBC Symphony Orchestra audibly relishes every moment in the spotlight on this collection of Romantic horn concertos, taking the considerable technical challenges of... —
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Mozart: Piano Concertos, Volume 6
Piano Concerto Nos. 22 & 23
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano), Manchester Camerata, Gábor Takács-Nagy
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Lutosławski: Vocal and Orchestral Works
Lucy Crowe (soprano), Toby Spence (tenor), Christopher Purves (baritone), Louis Lortie (piano), Paul Watkins (cello), Tasmin Little (violin), Michael Collins (clarinet)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner
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Mendelssohn - Complete Symphonies
Cynthia Haymon (soprano), Alison Hagley (soprano), Peter Straka (tenor), Leslie Pearson (organ)
Philharmonia Orchestra, Philharmonia Chorus, Walter Weller
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In Search of Youkali: Songs of Kurt Weill
Katie Bray (mezzo), William Vann (piano), Murray Grainger (accordion), Marianne Schofield (double bass)
Bray's singing matches well with both texts and notes from the barbed vulnerability of the first song from The Threepenny Opera onwards and indeed entering throughout into the spirit of the... —
