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November 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
Haydn: String Quartets, Op.55, Nos 1-3
Meta4
Hanssler CLASSIC CD 98.587
‘The players of Meta4 approach Hadyn’s notes so naturally and so candidly that it renders their performance a highly pleasurable listen’
Opera and Vocal Editor’s Choice
Schubert: Die schone Mullerin
James Gilchrist (tenor), Anna Tilbrook (piano)
Orchid Classics ORC 100006
‘Gilchrist and Tilbrook prove themselves with a beautifully realised and individual interpretation’
Orchestral Editor’s Choice
Delius: Hiawatha; Double Concerto; Music for Violin, Viola and Orchestra
Dutton CDLX 7226
‘Delius’s enraptured melodies hark back to the Romantic idealism of Schumann and Mendelssohn’
Instrumental and Chamber Editor’s Choice
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos 26, 27 & 29
Ronald Brautigam (fortepiano)
BIS BIS-SACD-1612
‘Brautigam has more to say about the music than any recent cycle’
Great Artists on Disc
Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Bach: Christmas Oratorio (WCJ 2564 69854-0), Vivaldi: The Four Seasons (WCJ 2564 69054-8), Strauss: The Gypsy Baron (WCJ 2564 69125-0), Mozart: The Magic Flute (WCJ 2564 69127-2), Schumann: Genoveva (WCJ 2564 69126-1)
‘With his disregard for flair for artistic provocation, Harnoncourt stands out from the jet-set conducting crowd’
DVD Editor’s Choice
Sao Paulo Samba
Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra/John Neschling
Medici Arts 2057348
‘John Neschling transformed the Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra into a world-class ensemble’
Book Editor’s Choice
A Passion for Living by Alexander Stobbs
ISBN 987 0 34097 851 1; Hodder & Stoughton
‘When I’m playing Chopin, or singing with the choir, I’m not the guy with cystic fibrosis, and everything seems a lot simpler’
