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November 2009

 

Simon Keenlyside
Simon Keenlyside, one of the world's finest baritones, tells us why his love for wildlife is as strong as his passion for the operatic stage.

The Berlin Wall
Erik Levi describes how the Wall changed the face of musical Europe forever. Plus, we interview Kurt Masur

The forgotten pianos of Cuba
How hundreds of pianos, once provided by Communist Russia, are being rescued from ruin by an Irish charity

Composer of the Month
Rob Ainsley profiles the man who defined Spanish music

On Sale Date: 
28/09/2009
Issue Number: 
211
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Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde

Soloists Karen Cargill and Johan Botha are joined by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra under Donald Runnicles

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Lava: Arias from 18th-Century Naples
DISC OF THE MONTH

Arias from 18th-Century Napoli Pergolesi, Porpora, Vinci, Hasse Simone Kermes (soprano), Le Musiche Nove/Claudio Osele ‘Kermes shows herself a fearless risk-taker of uncommon artistic range’

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Ward: Consort Music
CHAMBER

Ward Consort music for five and six viols Phantasm; with Emilia Benjamin (tenor viol), Mikko Perkola (bass viol) ‘Tudor viol music seldom sounds better than this’

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Brahms • Schumann
CHORAL & SONG

Brahms • Schumann: Lieder Simon Keenlyside (baritone), Malcolm Martineau (piano) ‘Simon Keenlyside – a great singer at the peak of his powers’

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Touch The Sound A Sound Journey With Evelyn Glennie
DVD

Touch The Sound: A Sound Journey With Evelyn Glennie
A film by Thomas Riedelsheimer
Evelyn Glennie (percussion); with Fred Frith
‘This Evelyn Glennie film amply lives up to its dramatic opening’

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JS Bach: Sonatas & Partitas for Solo Violin
INSTRUMENTAL

JS Bach Sonatas & Partitas for Solo Violin Alina Ibragimova (violin) ‘Alina Ibragimova’s accomplishment in Bach is awesome’

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Empirical
JAZZ

Empirical Out ’n’ In Nathaniel Facey, Julian Siegel (sax), Lewis Wright (vibes), Tom Farmer (bass), Shaney Forbes (drums) ‘Lively arrangements and compositions in an inspired album’

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Brahms: Symphony No. 3
ORCHESTRAL

Brahms Symphony No. 3; Nänie; Gesang der Parzen, etc Monteverdi Choir; Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique/Gardiner ‘John Eliot Gardiner at his best’

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Jonas Kaufmann
OPERA

Jonas Kaufmann Opera arias by Mozart, Schubert, Beethoven & Wagner Kaufmann (tenor); Mahler CO/Abbado ‘Kaufmann is the German tenor we have been waiting for’

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