大象传媒

Yevgeny Sudbin plays Medtner & Rachmaninov

MEDTNER: Stimmungsbild Op. 1 (Prologue); Fairy Tale Op. 51/3; Sonata reminiscenza in A minor Op. 38 No. 1; Skazka (Fairy Tale) Op. 20 No 1 in B flat minor; Skazka (Fairy Tale) Op. 26 No. 1; Canzona matinata in G major Op. 39 No. 4; Sonata tragica in C minor Op. 39 No. 5

RACHMANINOV: Prelude Op. 23 No. 4 in D major; Prelude Op. 23 No. 5 in G minor; Prelude Op. 32 No. 5 in G major; Prelude Op. 32 No. 6 in F minor; Prelude Op. 32 No. 12 in G sharp minor; Prelude Op. 32 No. 13 in D flat major

Yevgeny Sudbin (piano)

BIS BIS1848 (Hybrid SACD)

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Marais 1689: Pieces a une et a deux violes

MARAIS, M: Suite en sol majeur (a deux violes); Prelude en re mineur (a une viole); Suite en re mineur (a deux violes); Sujet Diversitez; Rondeau en sol mineur (a une viole); Tombeau de Mr Meliton (Premier Livre pour 2 violes)

Paolo Pandolfo (viola da gamba), Amelie Chemin (viola da gamba), Thomas Boysen (theorbo, Baroque guitar), Markus Hunninger (harpsichord)

GLOSSA GCD920415 (CD)

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Haydn: Concertos

HAYDN: Violin Concerto No. 4 in G major, Hob.VIIa:4; Horn Concerto No. 1 in D major, Hob.VIId:3; Keyboard Concerto No. 4 in G major, Hob.XVIII:4; Symphony No. 83 in G minor 'The Hen'; Fantasy in C major Hob XVII/4; Keyboard Concerto No. 11 in D major, HobXVIII:11; Keyboard Concerto No. 6 in F major with violin and strings, Hob. XVIII:6 'Double'

Riccardo Minasi (violin/conductor), Il Pomo d'Oro, Johannes Hinterholzer (horn), Maxim Emelyanychev (harpsichord/conductor)

ERATO 2564605204 (2CD budget)

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Helene Grimaud: Water (Deluxe Digipack)

ALBENIZ: Almeria (from Iberia, book 2)

BERIO: Six Encores: Wasserklavier

DEBUSSY: Preludes - Book 1: No. 10, La cathedrale engloutie

FAURE: Barcarolle No. 5 in F sharp minor Op. 66

JANACEK: In the Mists: Andante

LISZT: Les jeux d'eaux a la Villa d'Este (Annees de pelerinage III, S. 163 No. 4)

RAVEL: Jeux d'eau

SAWHNEY: Water - 7 Transitions

TAKEMITSU: Rain Tree Sketch II

Helene Grimaud (piano), Nitin Sawhney (keyboards, guitar, programming)

DG 4793426 (CD)

Simon Heighes surveys recordings of works by Machaut and makes a personal recommendation

The Mirror of Narcissus

MACHAUT: Dame, de qui toute ma joie vient; Foy porter, honneur garder; Dame, je sui cils / Fins cuers dous / Fins cuers dous; Tuit mi penser; Dame, mon cuer en vous remaint; Dame, a qui; Biaut茅 qui toutes autres pere; Je vivroie liement; Rose, lis, printemps, verdure; Dame, a vous sans retollir; Amours me fait desirer; Douce dame jolie; Inviolata genitrix / Felix virgo / Contratenor / Ad te suspiramus

Emma Kirkby (soprano), Rogers Covey-Crump (tenor), Colin Mason (baritone), Emily van Evera (soprano), Margaret Philpot (alto), Gothic Voices, Christopher Page (conductor)

HYPERION CDA66087 (Download Only)

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ALSO RECOMMENDED:

Machaut: Mass
MACHAUT: Messe de Nostre Dame; Le lay de la fonteinne 'Je ne cesse de prier', L11; Ma fin est mon commencement, R14
The Hilliard Ensemble
HYPERION CDA66358 (CD)

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Harriet Smith reviews recent sets of Beethoven chamber music, including violin sonatas with Tasmin Little and Martin Roscoe, and the complete cello music with Xavier Phillips and Fran莽ois-Fr茅d茅ric Guy

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BEETHOVEN: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1-10 (Complete)

Tasmin Little (violin), Martin Roscoe (piano)

CHANDOS CHAN10888(3) (3CD mid-price)

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BEETHOVEN: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1-10 (Complete)

Isabelle van Keulen (violin), Hannes Minnaar (piano)

CHALLENGE CLASSICS CC72650 (4Hybrid SACD budget)

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Beethoven: Violin Sonatas, Vol. 4

BEETHOVEN: Violin Sonata No. 6 in A major Op. 30 No. 1; Rondo for Piano and Violin in G major, WoO 41; German Dances (6), WoO 42; Violin Sonata No. 7 in C minor Op. 30 No. 2

Thomas Albertus Irnberger (violin), Michael Korstick (piano)

GRAMOLA GRAM99053 (Hybrid SACD)

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Beethoven: Complete Works for Cello & Piano

BEETHOVEN: Variations (12) on "See the conquering hero comes" for Cello and Piano, WoO 45; Variations (7) on "Bei Mannern, welche Liebe fuhlen", for Cello and Piano, WoO 46; Variations (12) on "Ein Madchen oder Weibchen" for Cello and Piano Op. 66; Cello Sonatas Nos. 1-5 (complete)

Xavier Phillips (cello), Francois-Frederic Guy (piano)

EVIDENCE CLASSICS EVCD015 (2CD mid-price)

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Beethoven: Complete Works for Piano Trio Vol. II

BEETHOVEN: Piano Trio No. 2 in G major Op. 1 No. 2; Piano Trio No. 5 in D major Op. 70 No. 1 'The Ghost'

Swiss Piano Trio

AUDITE AUDITE97693 (CD)

The Deer鈥檚 Cry: The Sixteen sing Part, Byrd & Tallis

BYRD: Diliges Dominum; Christe qui Lux; Miserere mihi, Domini; Tribue, Domine; Emendemus in melius; O Lux beata Trinitas; Ad Dominum cum tribularer; Laetentur coeli

PART: The Deer's Cry; Nunc dimittis; The Woman With The Alabaster Box

TALLIS: When Jesus went into Simon the Pharisee's house

The Sixteen, Harry Christophers (conductor)

CORO COR16140 (CD mid-price)

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Upheld by Stillness

BRAY, C: Agnus Dei

BYRD: Quomodo cantabimus; Mass for five voices; Ave verum Corpus

L'ESTRANGE: Show me, deare Christ

MONTE, P: Super flumina Babylonis

PANUFNIK, R: Kyrie after Byrd

PARK: Upheld by stillness

POTT: Laudate Dominum

WILLIAMS, RODERICK: Ave Verum Corpus Re-imagined

ORA, Suzi Digby (artistic director and conductor)

HARMONIA MUNDI HMW906102 (CD)

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The Evening Hour

BAIRSTOW: Save us, O Lord; Blessed City, heavenly Salem

BENNETT, R R: A Song at Evening

BERKELEY, L: The Lord is my Shepherd Op. 91 No. 1

BLITHEMAN: In Pace

BYRD: Miserere mihi, Domini

GARDINER, H B: Evening Hymn (Te lucis ante terminum)

GIBBONS, O: Behold, thou hast made my days

HARRIS, W: Bring us, O Lord God

HOLST: The Evening-watch, H159

JACKSON, GABRIEL: Creator of the Stars of Night

MOORE, P: Evening Prayers

RADCLIFFE: God be in my head

SHEPPARD, J: In manus tuas

TALLIS: Miserere nostri, motet for 7 voices, P. 207

TAVENER: The Lord's Prayer

TAVERNER: In nomine a 4

WHITE, ROBERT: Christe qui lux es et dies IV

The Choir of Jesus College Cambridge, Mark Williams

SIGNUM SIGCD446 (CD)

Schumann: Works for piano and orchestra

SCHUMANN: Piano Concerto in A minor Op. 54; Introduction & Allegro appassionato in G major Op. 92; Introduction and Allegro Op. 134; Kinderszenen Op. 15: Traumerei

Jan Lisiecki (piano), Orchestra dell鈥橝ccademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano (conductor)

DG 4795327 (CD)