June Reviews

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Disc of the Month

Visiting Grieg
Selected Songs
Johannes Weisser (baritone), Soren Rastogi (piano)
Simax PSC 1310

‘Weisser’s recital carries the freshness of a spring breeze’

Opera and Vocal Editor’s Choice

Bach: St Matthew Passion
Thomanerchoir Leipzig, Tölzer Knabenchor, Gewandhaus Orchester/Riccardo Chailly
Decca 478 2194

‘A radiant performance that makes the hairs on the back of one’s neck stand on end’

Orchestral Editor’s Choice

Tchaikovsky: Piano Concertos Nos 1-3; Concert Fantasia
Stephen Hough (piano), Minnesota Orchestra/Osmo Vänskä
Hyperion CDA 67711/2

‘Hough is a wonderful lyricist – always natural and unaffected’

Instrumental and Chamber Editor’s Choice

Beethoven: String Quartets Nos 6 & 13
Artemis Quartet
Virgin Classics 694 5840

‘The Artemis Quartet leaves no interpretative stone unturned’

DVD Editor’s Choice

Brahms: Piano Concerto No.2
Joaquin Achúcarro (piano), London Symphony Orchestra/Colin Davis
Opus Arte OA 1022 D

‘I can’t remember when I last came across a performance with as many spine-tingling moments’

Book Editor’s Choice

The Lives and Times of the Great Composers
Michael Steen
ISBN 9781 84831 135 0
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‘Steen satisfies his readers in a way few of his rivals do’

Reissues

William Christie – conductor
Harmonia Mundi HML 5901257.59
Warner Classics & Jazz 2564 68686-3
Erato 8573 80233-2
Warner Classics & Jazz 2564 68749-1
Erato 0630 12705-2
Erato 4509 98535-2

‘Christie opened native Parisian minds to a raft of neglected composers’

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