Naxos
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I find myself returning more and more to this recording. Need I say more? —
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Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, Wind Concerti
Takako Nishizaki (violin), Jiri Stivin (recorder), Jiri Valek (flute), Stefan Schilli (oboe)
Capella Istropolitana, Stephen Gunzenhauser
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The playing is fleet, lively, expressive - altogether first-rate - and the recorded sound is fine. Most warmly recommended. —
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Medtner - Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 3
Konstantin Scherbakov (piano)
Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Ziva
Naxos completes its Medtner concerto cycle with Scherbakov. To have such Romantic richness – once the province of specialists – offered on a bargain label is cause for celebration in itself;... —
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A lovely choral performance in what might now be called an older style. He describes his interpretations as a return to earlier performance practice, but the effort only sounds labored, as if... —
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Earns a recommendation. —
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J. S. Bach: Favourite Arias And Choruses
Faridah Schafer Subrata (mezzo-soprano), Jozsef Mukk (tenor), Judit Nemeth (alto), Ibolya Verebits (soprano)
Budapest Failoni Chamber Orchestra, Hungarian Radio Chorus, Capella Istropolitana, Slovak Philharmonic Chorus, Hungarian State Symphony Orchestra, Hungarian Festival Choir, Scholars...
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Mendelssohn: Concertos for Two Pianos
Benjamin Frith (piano) & Hugh Tinney (piano)
RTE Sinfonietta, Proinnsias O Duinn
Mendelssohn was 14 when he completed his first two-piano Concerto in E major, and still only 15 when he followed it with a considerably longer (rather too long) and more ambitious second in... —
