January 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…
In this month’s magazine:
Disc of the Month
Tchaikovsky; Rachmaninov: Piano Trios
Lang Lang (piano), Vadim Repin (violin), Mischa Maisky (cello)
Deutsche Grammophon 477 8099
‘The surprise is in the miracle of what happens musically in this collaboration’
Opera and Vocal Editor’s Choice
Bach: Cantatas Nos 78 & 150; Purcell: Chacony; Erlebach: Ouverture
Soloists, The Bach Players
Hyphen Music Press 002
‘It’s the sheer quality of music-making and the sense of connection between performers and composers that makes this a very special recording’
Orchestral Editor’s Choice
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No.4 (original version)/Medtner: Piano Concerto No.2
Yevgeny Sudbin (piano), North Carolina Symphony/Grant Llewellyn
BIS BIS-SACD-172
‘A rhythmically taut reading with notably crisp, punchy contributions from percussion and brass’
Instrumental and Chamber Editor’s Choice
Chopin: Complete Waltzes
Ingrid Fliter (piano)
EMI Classics 698 3512
‘Vivid, immediate, spontaneous, full of grace and wit’
DVD Editor’s Choice
Tchaikovsky: Tchaikovsky’s Women; Fate
Directed by Christopher Nupen
Allegro A 10CN D
‘Another outstanding release from one of the most gifted music documentarian of our age’
Book Editor’s Choice
Harmony & Discord: The Real Life of Johann Sebastian Bach
Julian Shuckburgh
ISBN 978 1 905 84785 3
‘Shuckburgh’s knowledge of Bach’s choral music is profound’
In this month’s magazine:
15. Disc of the Month
Tchaikovsky; Rachmaninov: Piano Trios
Lang Lang (piano), Vadim Repin (violin), Mischa Maisky (cello)
Deutsche Grammophon 477 8099
‘The surprise is in the miracle of what happens musically in this collaboration’
16. Opera and Vocal Editor’s Choice
Bach: Cantatas Nos 78 & 150; Purcell: Chacony; Erlebach: Ouverture
Soloists, The Bach Players
Hyphen Music Press 002
‘It’s the sheer quality of music-making and the sense of connection between performers and composers that makes this a very special recording’
17. Orchestral Editor’s Choice
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No.4 (original version);
Medtner: Piano Concerto No.2
Yevgeny Sudbin (piano), North Carolina Symphony/Grant Llewellyn
BIS BIS-SACD-172
‘A rhythmically taut reading with notably crisp, punchy contributions from percussion and brass’
18. Instrumental and Chamber Editor’s Choice
Chopin: Complete Waltzes
Ingrid Fliter (piano)
EMI Classics 698 3512
‘Vivid, immediate, spontaneous, full of grace and wit’
19. DVD Editor’s Choice
Tchaikovsky: Tchaikovsky’s Women; Fate
Directed by Christopher Nupen
Allegro A 10CN D
‘Another outstanding release from one of the most gifted music documentarian of our age’
20. Book Editor’s Choice
Harmony & Discord: The Real Life of Johann Sebastian Bach
Julian Shuckburgh
ISBN 978 1 905 84785 3
‘Shuckburgh’s knowledge of Bach’s choral music is profound’
