April 2011 - Reviews
Martin Cullingford
Friday, May 20, 2011

Editor's Choice
Per amore - Opera arias for soprano Recording of the Month
Juliane Banse (sop) Deutsche Radio Philharmonie / Christoph Poppen
Hänssler Classic CD93.262
Beethoven - No 4, Op 58; No 5, "Emperor", Op 73
Yevgeny Sudbin (pf) Minnesota Orchestra / Osmo Vänskä
BIS BIS-SACD1758
Nielsen - Symphonies – No 4,
"The Inextinguishable"; No 5
London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Colin Davis
LSO Live LSO0694
The Beecham Collection - Live Recordings. First Commercial CD Release
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Thomas Beecham
Somm SOMM-BEECHAM29
Alkan - Complete Piano Duos and Duets
Goldstone and Clemmow (pf/pfs)
Toccata Classics TOCC0070
Ernst - Complete music for violin and piano, Volume 1
Sherban Lupu (vn) Ian Hobson (pf)
Toccata Classics TOCC0118
Echoes of Paris - Parisian works for violin and piano
Augustin Hadelich (vn) Robert Kulek (pf)
Avie AV2216
Oxana Shevchenko - Winner of the 2010 Scottish International Piano Competition
Oxana Shevchenko (pf)
Delphian DCD34061
Chopin - Resonances
Kevin Kenner (pf)
Dux DUX0782
Pergolesi - Stabat mater. Nel chiuso centro. Sinfonia. Questo è il piano.
Anna Netrebko (sop) Marianna Pizzolato (contr) Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia / Antonio Pappano
DG 477 9337 / 477 8857
Janáček - Kát’a Kabanová DVD of the Month
Karita Mattila / Jirí Belohlávek
FRA Musica FRA003
Other selected reviews
Italian Concertos - Albinoni. Cimarosa. Marcello. Tartini. Vivaldi.
Alison Balsom; Scottish Ensemble
EMI Classics 4560942