New Classical Reviews, March 2016

New Classical Reviews, March 2016

By AllMusic Staff

Apr. 5, 2016

In March, our reviewers found new recordings of favorite music of the great composers, plus masterworks that aren't heard as often as they used to be. Among the latter are Copland's ballets, on the first of a new series from Chandos featuring the John Wilson Orchestra, and Elgar's Symphony No. 1 conducted by Daniel Barenboim. Among the former are Korngold and Brahms violin concertos, by Vilde Frang and Janine Jansen respectively, and Chopin performed both by Yundi and by Ji Liu. The Doric String Quartet playing Haydn's Op. 76 quartets, Neeme Jarvi conducting The Carnival of the Animals, and Bob Chilcott's folk song arrangements are just a few of the other reviews this month.

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Blair Sanderson
Daniel Barenboim, Staatskapelle Berlin - Elgar: Symphony No. 1
Ottavio Dantone, Accademia Bizantina - Haydn: Symphonies 78, 79, 80, 81
Vilde Frang - Britten, Korngold: Violin Concertos
Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Concentus Musicus Wien - Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5
Janine Jansen, Antonio Pappano - Brahms, Bartók 1
Mariss Jansons, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra - Bruckner: Symphony No. 9
Yundi Li - Chopin: Ballades; Berceuse; Mazurkas
Tasmin Little, Martin Roscoe - Beethoven: Complete Sonatas for Piano and Violin
Alexei Lubimov, Slava Poprugin - Stravinsky / Satie: Paris Joyeux & Triste - Piano Duets
Yury Martynov - Beethoven/Liszt: Symphony No. 9
Grigory Sokolov - Schubert, Beethoven
Peter Stangel, Taschenphilharmonie - Mahler 7
Peter Stangel, Taschenphilharmonie - Mozart: Sinfonien Nos. 40 & 41 "Jupiter"
Simone Young - Schmidt: Das Buch mit sieben Siegeln
Jaap van Zweden, Dallas Symphony Orchestra - Mahler 3
Various Artists - Schubert: The Edition 1 - Orchestral, Chamber, Piano
Nadejda Vlaeva - Bortkiewicz: Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 60; Three Mazurkas, Op. 64; Jugoslavische Suite, Op. 58; Fantasiestücke, Op. 61; Lyrica nova, Op. 59
Mack Wilberg, Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Orchestra at Temple Square - George Frideric Handel: Messiah

James Manheim
Apollo's Fire, Jeannette Sorrell - Sephardic Journey: Wanderings of the Spanish Jews
Martha Argerich, Daniel Barenboim - Piano Duos II: Schumann, Debussy, Bartók
Richard Bonynge - Michael William Balfe: Satanella
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Graham Ross- Haec dies: Music for Easter
Dennis Russell Davies - Philip Glass: The Perfect American
Doric String Quartet - Haydn: String Quartets, Op. 76
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Paul Hillier - Galina Grigorjeva: Nature Morte
Ex Cathedra, Jeffrey Skidmore - Alec Roth: A Time to Dance; Hatfield Service; Men & Angels
Frieder Bernius, Kammerchor Stuttgart, Barockorchester Stuttgart - G.F. Handel: Messiah - The Choruses
Véronique Gens - Néère: Duparc, Hahn, Chausson
Hélène Grimaud - Water
Vernon Handley - Cyril Rootham: Symphony No. 2; Ode on the Morning of Christ's Nativity
Vladimir Jurowski, London Philharmonic Orchestra - Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 3; 10 Songs (Arr. Jurowski)
Vladimir Jurowski, London Philharmonic Orchestra - Julian Anderson: In Lieblicher Bläue; Alleluia; The Stations of the Sun
Ji Liu - Pure Chopin
Moira Lo Bianco - Imago
London Haydn Quartet - Haydn: String Quartets, Op. 50
Magnificat - Scattered Ashes: Josquin's Miserere and the Savonarolan Legacy
Riccardo Minasi, Maxim Emelyanychev, Il Pomo d'Oro - Haydn: Concertos
Truls Mørk, Louis Lortie, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Neeme Järvi - Saint-Saëns: Cello Concertos Nos. 1 and 2; The Carnival of the Animals; Africa; Wedding-cake
RIAS Kammerchor, Hans-Christoph Rademann - Alfred Schnittke: Penitential Psalms
Michael Rische - C.P.E. Bach: Piano Concertos Wq. 26, Wq. 44, Wq. 20
Rodolfus Choir, Ralph Allwood - Time and its Passing
Jean Rondeau - Vertigo: Rameau, Royer
Die Singphoniker - Orlando di Lasso: Magnificat
The Sixteen, Harry Christophers- The Deer's Cry
So Percussion - Glenn Kotche: Drumkit Quartets
Yevgeny Sudbin - Yevgeny Sudbin plays Medtner & Rachmaninov
Yevgeny Sudbin - Scarlatti: 18 Sonatas
Tenebrae Consort, Nigel Short - Sun, Moon, Sea and Stars: Songs and Arrangements by Bob Chilcott
Christian Tetzlaff, John Storgårds - Dvorák: Violin Concerto; Romance; Suk: Fantasy
John Wilson, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra - Copland: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1 – Ballets