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August Reviews
We rate and review the very best new releases of CDs, DVDs and books so you know exactly what’s hot and what’s not…
We’ve also introduced extra facts, playlists and CD recommendations to enhance your listening enjoyment!
In this month’s Magazine:
Disc of the Month
Dvorak: Symphony No.7; Suite in A
Budapest Festival Orchestra/Ivan Fischer
Channel Classics
CCSSA 30010
‘Fischer’s players revel in the luxury of the composer’s glorious textures’
Opera and Vocal Editor’s Choice
Stabat Mater - Music by Grandi, Legrenzi, Bassani, Frescobaldi, Sances, et al.
Philippe Jaroussky (ct), Ensemble Artaserse
Virgin Classics 693 9072
‘Jaw-dropping technique, thoughtful musicianship and uncannily pure tone’
Orchestral Editor’s Choice
Fleischmann Orchestral Works
RTE Philharmonic Choir, RTE National Symphony Orchestra/Robert Houlihan
RTE Lyric FM CD127
‘These performances have a spirit and energy that match the music itself’
Instrumental and Chamber Editor’s Choice
Bach The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I
Maurizio Pollini (piano)
Deutsche Grammophon 477 8078
‘This is some of the loveliest and best-recorded Bach playing for some time’
DVD Editor’s Choice
Beethoven’s Fifth - A Rediscovery
Anima Eterna Brugge/Jos van Immerseel
EPR-Classic EPRC005
‘This Fifth fairly crackles with energy and excitement’
Book Editor’s Choice
Why Mahler? How One Man and Ten Symphonies Changed the World
Norman Lebrecht
ISBN 978 0 57126 078 2
Faber & Faber
‘Lebrecht writes in the manner of one friend seizing another’s arm to share his passion’
Reissues
Otto Klemperer – conductor
Beethoven: Missa Solemnis
Medici Arts MM015-2
Beethoven: Ninth Symphony
Medici Arts MM031-2
Beethoven: Third Symphony
Medici Arts MM037-2
‘Klemperer’s reputation was as the leading interpreter of monumental works by Mahler and Beethoven’
