MEDTNER: Drei Gedichte von Nietzsche, Op.19. Zwei Gedichte von Nietzsche, Op.19a. Sonate-Vocalise mit einem Motto “Geweihter Platz” von Goethe, Sieben Gedichte Op.46. Acht Lieder, Op.61 / Ekaterina Levental, mezzo; Frank Peters, pno / Brilliant Classics 96072 For the past four years, Uzbekistan-born mezzo-soprano Ekaterina Levental and her accompanist, pianist Frank Peters, have been on a ..read more

MAYER: Violin Sonatas in D, F (Op. 17) & Eb / Emeline Pierre Larsen, vln; Sabine Weyer, pno / CPO 555 602-2 MAYER: Violin Sonatas Nos. 18, 19 & in Eb / Aleksandra Maslovaric, vln; Anne-Lise Longuemare, pno / Feminae Records (no number) Here we have another example of how women composers, even way back ..read more

BOLLING: Suite for Cello & Jazz Piano Trio. SAILOR: Night Path. LE BOEUF: Air Chrysalis. Running Up That Hill. FONG: Rondo Squilibrator / Sahara von Hattenberger, cel; Joanne Kang, pno; Adrian Verdady, bs; Jim Doxas, dm / Odd Sound ODS-36 Sahara von Hattenberger, according to the publicity for this 2-CD set, is a cellist who ..read more

WINTERBERG: Cello Sonata.1 Suite for Viola & Piano.2 Suite for Trumpet & Piano.3 Violin Sonata.4 String Quartet No. 15 / 1Adele Bitter, cel; 2Hartmut Rohde, vla; 3Andre Schoch, tp; 4Clemens Linder, vln; Holger Grosschopp, pno; 5Adamello Qrt: Linder, Nikolaus Kneser, vln; Susanne Linder, vla; Bitter, cel / EDA 51 Before I start this review, a ..read more

STILL: Rising Tide. Songs of Separation. Arkansas. All That I Am. Here’s One. Sinner, Please Don’t Let This Harvest Pass. From the Hearts of Women.* Mississippi. Citadel. Weeping Angel (Grief). A Piano Collection. My Brother American. Up There. Bayou Home. Song for the Valiant. Song for the Lonely. The Breath of a Rose. Plain-Chant for ..read more

KEVIN SUN’S QUARTETS / Dance Notation. Far East Western (Prelude).Far East Western. Shadows Over the Sea. Melpomene. And the Oscar Goes To. Storied History. Title Theme: The Legend of Zelda [Ocarina of Time] (Koji Kondo) / Kevin Sun, t-sax; Dana Saul, pno; Walter Stinson, bs; Matt Honor, dm / Heideggerdashian. Homage to Kondo. On the ..read more

KAPUSTIN: Variations for Piano & Big Band.1 Toccata for Piano & Big Band.1 Concerto No. 2 for Piano & Orchestra.2 Nocturne for Piano & Orchestra.2 Concert Rhapsody for Piano & Orchestra.2 Concerto No. 6 for Piano & Big Band1 / Frank Dupree, pno; Jakob Krupp, bs; Meinhard “Obi” Jenne, dm; 1SWR Big Band; 2SWR Sinfonieorchester ..read more

ALLARD: Variations sur un theme de Paganini. VILLA-LOBOS: Bachianas Brasilieras No. 6 for Flute & Bassoon.* J.S. BACH: Partita in D min. SILVESTROV: Hymn. PAGANINI: Caprice No. 5. POVOLOTSKY: Humoresque for Solo Bassoon. MOZART: Sonata in Bb for Bassoon & Cello# / Emanuel Blumin-Sint, bsn; *Matvey Demin, fl; #Alexey Stadler, cel / Es-Dur 2094, also ..read more

VERDI: Don Carlo / Richard Margison, ten (Don Carlo); Galina Gorchakova, sop (Elisabetta di Valois); Ildebrando d’Arcangelo, bs (Monk); Dmitri Hvorostovsky, bar (Rodrigo, Marquis di Posa); Olga Borodina, mezzo (Princess Eboli); Elizabeth Norberg-Schulz, sop (Tebaldo); Roberto Scandiuzzi, bs (King Philip II); Robin Leggate, ten (Conte di Lerma); Robert Lloyd, bs (Grande Inquisitore); Roderick Williams, bar ..read more

STRAVINSKY: Dumbarton Oaks Concerto. 3 Japanese Lyrics.* 2 Poems of Balmont.* Septet. 3 Little Songs (Recollections of My Childhood).* Octet. Concertino for 12 Instruments.# Ragtime for 11 Instruments / *Alexandra Heath, sop; Royal Academy of Music & Juilliard School Ens.; Barbara Hannigan, #Charlotte Corderoy, cond / Linn Records CKD 722 This truly remarkable CD is ..read more