Feb. 4, 2013
Here’s what the AMG Classical staff reviewed in the past month:
Blair Sanderson
Marc Albrecht - Richard Strauss: Elektra
Dmitri Alexeev - Scriabin: Complete Piano Sonatas
Arditti Quartet - Roberto Gerhard: Complete String Quartets; Chaconne
Zuill Bailey, Krzysztof Urbanski - Elgar: Cello Concerto
Herbert Blomstedt, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra - Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 5
Edo de Waart, Royal Flemish Philharmonic - Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 1
James Ehnes, Andrew Armstrong - Bartók: Works for Violin and Piano
Christian Gerhaher - Ferne Geliebte: Beethoven, Berg, Haydn, Schönberg
Alban Gerhardt - Britten: Cello Symphony; Cello Sonata; Cello Suites
Philippe Herreweghe, Collegium Vocale - Ludwig van Beethoven: Missa Solemnis
Neeme Järvi - Franz von Suppé: Overtures; Marches
Neeme Järvi, James Ehnes - Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty
Tania Léon - Tania Léon: In Motion
Los Angeles Percussion Quartet - Rupa-khandha
Dario Marianelli - Quartet [Original Soundtrack]
Modern Mandolin Quartet - Americana
Niu Niu - Liszt: Transcriptions
András Schiff - Bach: Das wohltemperierte Clavier
Jeannette Sorrell, Apollo's Fire - Sacrum Mysterium: A Celtic Christmas Vespers [Includes DVD]
Antoni Wit, Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra - Penderecki: Fonogrammi; Horn Concerto; Partita
Ingolf Wunder - 300
James Manheim
Leif Ove Andsnes, Mahler Chamber Orchestra - The Beethoven Journey: Piano Concertos 1 & 3
Emanuel Ax - Variations: Haydn, Beethoven, Schumann
Lisa Batiashvili, Dresden Staatskapelle, Christian Thielemann - Johannes Brahms & Clara Schumann
Kristian Bezuidenhout - Mozart: Keyboard Music, Vol. 4
Ivor Bolton, Mozarteumorchester - Haydn: "London" Symphonies Nos. 102 & 103
Ensemble Marsyas - Jan Dismas Zelenka: Sonatas
Diego Fasolis, Concerto Köln - Vinci: Artaserse
Thomas Fey, Heidelberger Sinfoniker - Haydn: Complete Symphonies, Vol. 18
Christian Gerhaher, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Daniel Harding - Romantische Arien
Kammerchor Stuttgart, Frieder Bernius - Bach: Motets, BWV 225-230
Ole Kiilerich - Frederic Rzewski: The People United Will Never be Defeated!
Mari Kodama - Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Opp. 22, 26, 27/1 "Pastorale", 54 & 90
State Choir Latvija, Máris Sirmais - Gabriel Jackson: A Ship with Unfurled Sails
Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Il Complesso Barocco, Alan Curtis - Handel: Giulio Cesare
Magnificat, Philip Cave - Where late the sweet birds sang
Lavinia Meijer - Philip Glass: Metamorphosis; The Hours
Grzegorz Nowak, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5; Festive Overture
Alexandrina Pendatchanska, Akademie für Alte Musik, Berlin, René Jacobs - George Frideric Handel: Agrippina
Quatuor Ebène - Mendelssohn: Felix & Fanny
Christophe Rousset, Les Talens Lyriques - Antoine Dauvergne: Hercule Mourant
Esa-Pekka Salonen, Radio France Orchestre Philharmonique - Dutilleux: Correspondances
Peter Sheppard Skærved - Tartini: 30 Sonate Piccole, Vol. 1
St. John's College Choir, Cambridge - My Beloved Spake: Anthems by Henry Purcell & Pelham Humfrey
Daniil Trifonov, Mariinsky Orchestra, Valery Gergiev - Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1
Trinity College Choir, Cambridge, Stephen Layton - Herbert Howells: Requiem
Francesco La Vecchia, Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma - Clementi: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2; Overture in D major
Maxim Vengerov, Itamar Golan - Bach & Beethoven
Rolando Villazón - Rolando Villazón Sings Verdi
Jan Willem de Vriend, Netherlands Symphony Orchestra - Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 2 "Lobgesang"
Westminster Cathedral Choir, Martin Baker - Miserere
John Wilson, BBC Concert Orchestra, with Simon Callow, Susan Gritton - The Longed-for Light: Elgar's Music in Wartime
David Zinman, Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra - Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 6
Patsy Morita
Hansjörg Albrecht - Holst: The Planets
Mormon Choral Organizations - O Holy Night
Jory Vinikour - Rameau: Complete Harpsichord Works
Zofo Duet - Mind Meld: Works for One Piano, Four Hands
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