Review
Policy
We
review
all the good CDs we get, but we don' t get every new release.
Only the very best of the new recordings we receive each month are
reviewed in the printed version of LSM. If a new release is not
mentioned in print, it does not imply it is
inferior.
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| Verdi : Il Trovatore Salvatore Licitra, tenor (Manrico) ; Barbara Frittoli, soprano (Leonora) ; Leo Nucci, baritone (Conte di Luna) ; Violeta Urmana, mezzo (Azucena) Orchestra and Chorus of Teatro alla Scala, Milan Riccardo Muti, conductor Sony S2K 89553 (CD1 : 66 m 40 sec ; CD2 : 61 m) |
| | Mozart : Don Giovanni Halasz/Esterhazy Sinfonia Naxos 8.660080-82 (3 cd-73.39) |
| | John Field : Piano Concertos No. 5 & 6 Benjamin Frith Naxos 8.554221 (57.22) |
| | Tchaikovsky Piano Concertos No. 1 & 2 Benno Moiseiwitsch Naxos 8.110655 (67.52) |
| | Richard Strauss : Ein Heldenleben. Tod und Verklärung Mengelberg/Concertgebouw Orchestra Naxos 8.110161 (65.54) |
| | Brahms : Symphonies No. 2 & 4 Mengelberg/Concertgebouw orchestra Naxos 8.110158 (77.38) |
| | Kilar : Angelus, Exodus, Krzesany, Victoria Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra (Katowice), dir. Antoni Wit Cracow Philharmonic Chorus, dir. Jacek Mentel Hasmik Papian, soprano Naxos 8.554788 (65 min 11 s) |
| | Bartók : OEuvres pour piano vol. 2 Jeno Jando, piano Naxos 8.554718 (56 min 3 s) |
| | Biber : Mystères du Rosaire Odile Edouard, violon baroque ; Alain Gervreau, Angélique Mauillon, harpe ; Freddy Eichelberger, orgue K617 K617119/2 (2 CD : 114 min 14 s) |
| | Rihm : Jagden und Formen Ensemble Modern, dir. Dominique My Deutsche Grammophon collection 20/21 471 558-2 (51 min 02 s) |
| | Korngold : The Sea Hawk, musiques de film Orchestre symphonique de Londres, direction André Previn Deutsche Grammophon 471 347-2 (67 min 57 s) |
| | Moonlight : sonates pour piano de Beethoven Maria João Pires, piano Deutsche Grammophon 453 457-2 (51 min 16 s) |
| | Pavarotti : Live Recital Decca 466 350 2 (68'19) |
| | Vladigerov : Colours of Bulgaria, pièces pour piano Dimiter Terziev, piano Arktos 200153 (46 min 41 s) |
| | Mendelssohn : Trio avec piano en do mineur, op. 66 ; Lalo : Trio avec piano en la mineur, op. 26 Trio Gryphon Analekta FL 2 3127 (59 min 10 s) |
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