March 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…
Disc of the Month
Bruch: Music for Clarinet and Viola
Jean-Luc Votano (clarinet), Arnaud Thorette (viola), Johan Farjot (piano), Orchestre Philharmonique de Liège Wallonie Bruxelles/Pascal Rophé
Cypres CYP 7611
‘The orchestra plays with colour, warmth and discipline, rising to Bruch’s climaxes with vintage grace’
Opera and Vocal Editor’s Choice
Handel: Arias; Oboe Concerto
Johannette Zomer (soprano), Bart Schneemann (oboe), Musica Amphion/Pieter-Jan Belder
Channel Classics
CCS SA 29209
‘Schneemann imitates, flatters, cajoles and argues in a tone that is as sexy as a sax’
Orchestral Editor’s Choice
Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet
London Symphony Orchestra/Valery Gergiev
LSO Live
LSO 0682
‘A marvelously dance-infused performance’
Instrumental and Chamber Editor’s Choice
Fauré: Piano Quintets Nos 1 & 2
Schubert Ensemble
Chandos
CHAN 10576
‘The musical lines breathe and soar’
DVD Editor’s Choice
Bruckner: Symphony No.7
Cleveland Orchestra/Welser-Möst
Arthaus Musik
101481
‘Goes straight to the unpretentious heart of Bruckner’s idiom’
Book Editor’s Choice
Journeying Boy: The Diaries of the Young Benjamin Britten 1928-1938
Selected and edited by John Evans
Faber & Faber
ISBN 978 0 057123 883 5
‘There’s a fair bit of unadulterated human passion in Britten’s diary-keeping’
Reissues
Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor
Joan Sutherland (soprano), Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Bonynge
Decca
478 1513
‘Sutherland’s purity and fearless technical skill are breathtaking’
