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■ NEW RELEASE HIGHLIGHTS
This month's top releases include competing versions of
Bach's violin concertos played by two of the world's leading
period-instrument violinists. On Channel, Rachel
Podger is joined by her ensemble Brecon
Baroque (p.6) and on Onyx, Viktoria Mullova
is backed by Accademia Bizantina and
harpsichordist Ottavio Dantone
(p.18). Keeping the focus on concertos, another star violinist, James Ehnes, is featured on a
recording of works by Britten and Shostakovich for Onyx (p.17) and
Hyperion's star pianist Steven Osborne
is the soloist in works by Stravinsky (p.11). Our classical priorities are
rounded out with recordings of Wagner opera excerpts with Iván Fischer on Channel (p.5) and Valery Gergiev conducting
Szymanowski's first two symphonies on LSO Live (p.15). Non-classical
recordings of note include a specially-priced set of recordings by jazz
trumpeter Ibrahim Maalouf (p.25) and
single-disc releases of Analogue Productions' surround-sound SACD
remasterings of six classic albums by The Doors
(p.26).
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■ REVIEWS OF RECENT RELEASES
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Bach: Violin Concertos
Petra Müllejans, Freiburger Barockorchester
harmonia
mundi • HMC 902145
"These first-rate period performances are stylish, polished,
thoughtfully prepared and sympathetically recorded."
- THE STRAD
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Haydn:
Piano Concertos
Marc-André Hamelin, Les Violons du Roy, Bernard Labadie
Hyperion
• CDA 67925
"Hamelin weaves an enchanting spell, approaching an almost
Mozartian pathos."
- GRAMOPHONE
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Om Suite Ohm
Harry Manx
Dog
My Cat • DMCR 00874
"Somewhere in here - between the entrancing licks and the
existential lyrics
- Om Suite Ohm holds the
secrets to life's deepest mysteries."
- BLUESRAG
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