Suggestion(s) for "the Gramophone collection"
Hello all,
I wondered if there were any good (new) recordingsof Vieuxtemps 2nd, 4th and 5th around. Maybe one of these concerto's could be featured in a "the Gramophone collection" round?
By the way, are there any other suggestions for "the Gramophone collection"?
Rolf
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I couldn't agree more - it's such a useful and enjoyable, learned and erudite part of Gramophone, and yet it's not possible to search by 'Collection' article. I compiled my own 'Collection' reference list by composer/work a few years back, starting from issues in the early 70s, but I conked out somewhere around 2003. I should finish it because when I'm listening to a piece I often wonder what the Collection overview wrote about the work. It's one of the best sources of advice on recordings of a work, because of the comparisons and contrasts of all the available versions. Hope they can introduce it into the search engine.
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RE: Vieuxtemps - Fuga Libera are about to release this in April.
http://www.outhere-music.com/store-FUG_575
Haven't heard it yet though.
Matt
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Please, can you to share your Collection reference list?
Thanks in advance.
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Hi all,
I've got a mostly complete list which I'm happy to share here. Hope it's helpful.
All the best,
James
P.S.The initials by each entry are of course the writers' initials.
Jun-90
Nielsen / DJF
Jul-90
Beecham / LJenkins
Aug-90
Sep-90
Oct-90
Beethoven: Syms / SJohnson
Nov-90
Copland / PD
Dec-90
Martinu / PLambert
Jan-91
Jorge Bolet / BM, PWadland
Feb-91
Mar-91
Rossini: Stabat mater / RO
Apr-91
Prokofiev / CPalmer
May-91
Puccini: Madama Butterfly / AB
Jun-91
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (orchestrations) / LForeman
Jul-91
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (orch Ravel) / IMarch
Aug-91
Bruckner: Syms / RO
Sep-91
Oct-91
Malcolm Arnold / CPalmer
Nov-91
Dvorák: Chbr wks / SJohnson
Dec-91
Jan-92
Feb-92
Mar-92
Apr-92
Scriabin / MStewart
May-92
Jun-92
Jul-92
Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia / RO
Aug-92
Sep-92
Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring / MStewart
Oct-92
Cadenzas / LForeman
Nov-92
Strauss: Don Quixote / DNice
Dec-92
Messiaen: Org wks / JMilsom
Jan-93
Debussy: La mer / JSwain
Feb-93
Russian pf tradition / BM
Mar-93
Handel: Operas / SSadie
Apr-93
Korngold / MStewart
May-93
American syms / AA
Jun-93
Grieg / RStoraas
Jul-93
Lili Boulanger / CPalmer
Aug-93
Janet Baker / AB
Sep-93
Elgar: Sym No 2 / AA
Oct-93
Monteverdi / IFenlon
Nov-93
Tchaikovsky: Sym No 6 / JSwain
Dec-93
29th-century violinists / RC
Jan-94
Sibelius: Sym No 5 / SJohnson
Feb-94
Warlock / BSmith
Mar-94
Mahler: Sym No 6 / DSG
Apr-94
Schubert: Winterreise / RWigmore
May-94
Giulini / RO
Jun-94
Glyndebourne / AB
Jul-94
Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances / MStewart
Aug-94
Dvorák: Sym No 7 / AA
Sep-94
Reger / RC
Oct-94
Walton / EG
Nov-94
Stravinsky: Sym of Psalms / RLayton
Dec-94
Wolf: Goethe settings / HFinch
Jan-95
Shostakovich: Sym No 8 / DSG
Feb-95
Saint-Saëns: Organ Sym (No 3) / MRochester
Mar-95
Purcell: Dido and Aeneas / JFA
Apr-95
Schumann: Liederkreis, Op 39 / RWigmore
May-95
Britten: War Requiem / JBS
Jun-95
Weill: Stage works / POC
Jul-95
Brahms: Vn Sons / SJohnson
Aug-95
Orff / TBall
Sep-95
Hindemith / GSR
Oct-95
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde / AB
Nov-95
Purcell / EVanTassell
Dec-95
Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin / RC
Jan-96
Debussy: Images / JSwain
Feb-96
Vaughan Williams: London Sym (No 2) / AA
Mar-96
Mozart: Mass in C minor, K427 / RWigmore
Apr-96
Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit / BM
May-96
Soviet syms / DJF
Jun-96
Strauss: Vier letzte Lieder / JBS
Jul-96
Mozart: Idomeneo / LSalter
Aug-96
Schubert: Stg Qt in G, D887 / HFinch
Sep-96
Bruckner: Sym No 8 / SJohnson
Oct-96
Bach: Goldberg Vars / NAnderson
Nov-96
Puccini: La bohème / MEO
Dec-96
Furtwängler / RC
Jan-97
Beethoven: Fidelio / AB
Feb-97
20th-century Vc Concs / GSR
Mar-97
Schumann: Fantasie, Op 17 / MStewart
Apr-97
Callas / JBS
May-97
Mozart: Requiem / JFA
Jun-97
Sibelius: Sym No 3 / AA
Jul-97
Haydn: Die Jahreszeiten / RWigmore
Aug-97
Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde / AB
Sep-97
Gluck: Orfeo / MLoppert
Oct-97
Stravinsky: Petrushka / JSwain
Nov-97
Brahms: Pf Conc No 1 / SP
Awards-97
Dec-97
Bach: Christmas Oratorio / NAnderson
Jan-98
Smetana: Má vlast / RC
Feb-98
Elgar: Vn Conc / AA
Mar-98
Verdi: Requiem / AB
Apr-98
Janácek: Str Qts / SJohnson
May-98
Berlioz: Les nuits d'été / LSalter
Jun-98
Gershwin: Stage works / RGreenberg
Jul-98
Tippett / MEO
Aug-98
Hildegard of Bingen / DJF
Sep-98
Salzburg Festival / ATubeuf
Oct-98
Schubert: Schwanengesang / RWigmore
Awards-98
Dvorák: Slavonic Dances / RC
Nov-98
Mozart: Pf Conc in C minor, K491 / SP
Dec-98
Schumann: Liederkreis, Op 24 / HFinch
Jan-99
Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg / AB
Feb-99
Poulenc: Song-cycles / POC
Mar-99
Franck: Sym in D minor / JSwain
Apr-99
Elgar: Enigma Vars / AA
May-99
J Strauss II / AML
Jun-99
Chopin / SP
Jul-99
Messiaen: Turangalîla Symphony / DSG
Aug-99
Verdi: La traviata / AB
Sep-99
Dvorák: Sym No 9 / RC
Oct-99
Prokofiev: Sym No 5 / DSG
Nov-99
Strauss: Metamorphosen / RWhitehouse
Awards-99
American Syms / DJF
Dec-99
Handel: Oratorios I / RWigmore
Jan-00
Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress / MEO
Feb-00
Latin American Music / GSR
Mar-00
Weill / POC
Apr-00
Handel: Oratorios II / RWigmore
May-00
Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier / AB
Jun-00
Vaughan Williams: Sym No 5 / AA
Jul-00
Franck: Pf Qnt / BM
Aug-00
Mahler: Sym No 7 / DSG
Sep-00
Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht / RWhitehouse
Oct-00
Dvorák: Sym No 6 / AA
Nov-00
Copland / PD
Awards-00
Massenet: Operas / RFairman
Dec-00
Prokofiev: Cinderella / DSG
Jan-01
Debussy: Preludes / BM
Feb-01
Sibelius: Sym No 6 / AA
Mar-01
Bartók: Stg Qts / RC
Apr-01
Barber: Concs / PD
May-01
Szymanowski / MEO
Jun-01
Rubbra / AA
Jul-01
Mendelssohn: Elijah / AB
Aug-01
Finzi: Cl Conc / EG
Sep-01
Henze / GSR
Oct-01
Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit / RNichols
Nov-01
Reynaldo Hahn / POC
Awards-01
Elgar: Vc Conc / AA
Dec-01
Strauss: Die Frau ohne Schatten / MEO
Jan-02
Bellini: Norma / JBS
Feb-02
Shostakovich: Preludes & Fugues / DJF
Mar-02
Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer / AB
Apr-02
Walton: Syms / EG
May-02
Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande / RNichols
Jun-02
Debussy: Children's Corner / BM
Jul-02
Vaughan Williams: Pastoral Sym (No 3) / AA
Aug-02
Barber: Knoxville / AFC
Sep-02
Shostakovich: Sym No 4 / RWhitehouse
Oct-02
Mozart: Die Entführung / RWigmore
Awards-02
Verdi: Falstaff / AB
Nov-02
British Light Music / AML
Dec-02
Humperdinck / Hänsel und Gretel / AB
Jan-03
Prokofiev: Vn Concs / DJaffé
Feb-03
Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius / AFC
Mar-03
Brahms: Paganini Vars / BM
Apr-03
Verdi: La forza del destino / AB
May-03
Glass: Stage & Screen wks / IMoody
Jun-03
Britten: Operas / RFairman
Jul-03
Verdi: Luisa Miller / JBS
Aug-03
Debussy: Estampes / RNichols
Sep-03
Holst / DJaffé
Oct-03
Ned Rorem / AFC
Nov-03
Berg: Wozzeck / MQ
Awards-03
Bizet: Carmen / POC
Dec-03
Handel: Messiah / AB
Jan-04
Bax / AA
Feb-04
Berlioz: Les nuits d'été / JW
Mar-04
Frescobaldi: Kbd music / FF
Apr-04
Bach: St Matthew Passion / JFA
May-04
Verdi: Simon Boccanegra / AB
Jun-04
Ravel: Shéhérazade / POC
Jul-04
Ives: Syms / KS
Aug-04
Janácek: Sinfonietta / AA
Sep-04
Webern / AW
Oct-04
Duparc: Songs / RNichols
Awards-04
Chopin: Nocturnes / AAshby
Nov-04
Dvorák / JSmaczny
Dec-04
Nordic Opera / DJF
Jan-05
Debussy: Etudes / BM
Feb-05
Strauss: Salome / AB
Mar-05
Smetana: Stg Qts / DD
Apr-05
Wagner: Parsifal / AW
May-05
Handel: Giulio Cesare / DV
Jun-05
Mozart: Sym No 38 / LK
Jul-05
Vaughan Williams: Sym No 6 / AA
Aug-05
Tippett / AW
Sep-05
Liszt: Mephisto Waltz No 1 / BM
Awards-05
Ravel: Left-Hand Pf Conc / RNichols
Oct-05
Lehár: Die lustige Witwe / POC
Nov-05
Grieg: Peer Gynt / MA
Dec-05
Jan-06
Mozart: Die Zauberflöte / AB
Feb-06
Balakirev: Islamey / JN
Mar-06
Haydn: Missa in tempore belli / NA
Apr-06
Piazzolla / AFC
May-06
Purcell: The Fairy Queen / DV
Jun-06
Haydn: Die Schöpfung / RWigmore
Jul-06
Shostakovich: Sym No 8 / SJohnson
Aug-06
Verdi: Un ballo in maschera / AB
Sep-06
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde / MA
Oct-06
Rachmaninov: Sym No 1 / AA
Awards-06
Schumann: Dichterliebe / RWig
Nov-06
Mozart: Coronation Mass / DAT
Dec-06
Sibelius: Sym No 7 / PQ
Jan-07
Verdi: Don Carlo / JBS
Feb-07
Cage: Sonatas & Interludes / PD
Mar-07
Rameau: Pieces de clavecin / LK
Apr-07
Bruckner: Sym No 4 / RO
May-07
Monteverdi: Orfeo / RL
Jun-07
Gershwin: Pf Conc / JN
Jul-07
Berlioz: Sym fantastique / MA
Aug-07
Rodrigo: Conc de Aranjuez / WY
Sep-07
Haydn: Sym No 92, 'Surprise' / RWig
Oct-07
Vivaldi: Stabat mater / DV
Awards-07
Wagner: Ring cycles / MA
Nov-07
Elgar: Falstaff / AA
Dec-07
Schumann: Pf Qnt / DAT
Jan-08
Shostakovich: Sym No 15 / PC
Feb-08
Brahms: Pf Son No 3 / JD
Mar-08
Leoncavallo: Pagliacci / MA
Apr-08
Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem / PQ
May-08
Strauss: Salome / Aross
Jun-08
Prokofiev: Sym No 6 / DSG
Jul-08
Puccini: Turandot / JBS
Aug-08
Ravel: Cpte Pf Wks / BM
Sep-08
RVW - Tallis Fantasia / GL
Oct 08
Wolf - Mörike Lieder / RW
Aw 08
Messiaen - Turangalila-Symphonie / PC
Nov 08
Stravinsky - Rake's Progress / DPS
Dec 08
Mahler - Symphony / KS
Jan 09
Mascagni - Cavalelria rusticana / MA
Feb 09
Massanet - Manon / P'OC
March 09
Britten - Les illuminations / AFC
Apr 09
Tchaikovsky - Symp No 2 / AA
May 09
Weber - Der Freischütz / RL
June 09
Haydn - Esterhazy symps / DT
July 09
Handel - Solomon / RW
Aug 09
Mussorgsky - Boris Godunov / DPS
Sept 09
Ravel - Piano Conc in G / JN
Oct 09
Schoenberg - Pierrot lunaire / PC
Aw 09
Rachmaninov - The Bells / GN
Nov-09
Fauré - Nocturne / BM
Dec 09
Mendelssohn - Scottish Sym / RW
Jan 10
Poulenc - Organ Conc / GL
Feb 10
Tallis - Spem in alium / FF
Mar 10
Schoenberg - Gurrelieder / PQ
Apr 10
Bartók - Concerto for Orch / DT
May 10
Berg - Violin Conc / |AW
Jun 10
Monteverdi - Vespers / LK
Jul_10
Wagner Lohengrin / MA
Aug_10
Copland - Symph No 3 / PD
Sep_10
Rinsky-Korsakov Sheherezade / GN
Oct_10
Mozart La clemenza di Tito / RW
Aw_10
Ravel Bolero / PC
Nov_10
Donizetti L'elisir d'amore / RF
Dec_10
Mahler Symph No 10 / DG
Jan_11
Schubert B flat sonata / BM
Feb_11
Dvorak Cello Concerto / RC
Mar_11
Prokofiev Peter and the Wolf / JN
Apr_11
Vaughan Williams Sinfonia Antartica / GN
May_11
Richard Strauss Der Rosenkavalier / DPS
Jun_11
Bach Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin / DD
Jul_11
Sibelius Symph No 2 / DG
Aug_11
Vivaldi The Four Seasons / WY
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Thanks to James for giving us a list.
The major problem I see is being able to correlate with such surveys issues that come out subsequently. I recently looked at two Stravinsky ballets, the Rite of Spring and Petrushka which were surveyed in 1992 and 1997, which is getting a long way back!
A significant number of recordings in the discographies are no longer available, reissued with different numbers or are in massive boxed sets. I feel that more reviews should include selected comparisons with a significant number of accepted recommended recordings.
I find Presto Classical's website useful in quickly finding out what recordings of a work are accepted as recommendable.
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Thanks for the list.
I wonder... if pdf files were available would be a happy woman.
Please.
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Happy New Year!!
The Gramophone Collection is one of the most authoritative around so it is disappointing that one cannot search for archive articles specifically in the Gramophone Archive. Another problem is that the chosen recordings (often in small boxes underneath album covers) do not scan into the Archive so often the chosen recording is not revealed!! i do not want to add to the excessive GBs of rants on the other thread - but just wanted to point this out politely.
Therefore i may be wrong on some of these claims - if I am please point me in the direction of the archive links!
Mahler (especially in his anniversary year) seems to have been under-represented. I am not aware of a Mahler 9 retrospecitve.
I have also not found a Cosi Fan Tutte collection nor a Don Giovanni.