I hesitate to do this, as in a sense, it seems the height of ego. But
what the hell? I'm an egotist, although I try to keep my inflated sense
of self-worth under control.
I especially enjoyed these CDs and books during 2009. URLs following each
entry lead to my reviews.
Books
Stephen Banfield. Gerald Finzi: An English Composer. Faber & Faber.
http://www.classical.net/music/books/reviews/0571195989a.php
Stephen Walsh. Stravinsky -- The Second Exile: France and America,
1934-1971. University of California Press.
http://www.classical.net/music/books/reviews/0520256158a.php
CDs
Berio - Folk Songs. Berberian/Berio. RCA 09026-62540
http://www.classical.net/music/recs/reviews/r/rca62540a.php
French Orchestral Music. Music by Bizet, Chabrier, and Saint-Saens.
Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Francaise, Royal Philharmonic
Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra/Beecham EMI 3 79985
http://www.classical.net/music/recs/reviews/e/emi79985a.php
Gardner - Piano Concerto #1. Midsummer Ale. Symphony #1.
Royal Scottish National Orchestra/Lloyd-Jones. Naxos 8.570406.
http://www.classical.net/music/recs/reviews/n/nxs70406a.php
Harbison - Songs America Loves to Sing. Atlanta Chamber Players. MSR
MS1190. http://www.classicalcdreview.com/1190.html
I. Holst - Chamber Music. Court Lane Music. Court Lane CLM37601.
http://www.classicalcdreview.com/37601.html
Ives - Songs, v. 4-6. Various artists. Naxos 8.559272, 8.559273, 8.559274
http://www.classicalcdreview.com/8559272.html
Kernis - Newly Drawn Sky. Symphony in Waves. Too Hot Toccata. Grant Park
Orchestra/Kalmar Cedille 90000 105
http://www.classicalcdreview.com/90000105
Shostakovich - Violin Sonata. Weinberg - Violin Sonatas #3 & #4. Blacher,
Nemtsov. Haenssler Classic CD93.190
http://www.classical.net/music/recs/reviews/h/han93190a.php
Thompson - Alleluia. Mass of the Holy Spirit. The Peaceable Kingdom, et
al. Schola Cantorum of Oxford/Barton Hyperion CDA67679
http://www.classicalcdreview.com/67679.html
Walton - Music to As You Like It & Hamlet. Bott, Gielgud, Academy of St.
Martin in the Fields/Marriner Chandos CHAN10436X
http://www.classical.net/music/recs/reviews/c/cha10436a.php
Walton - Music to Macbeth, Major Barbara, & Richard III. Gielgud, Academy
of St. Martin in the Fields/Marriner. Chandos CHAN10435X
http://www.classical.net/music/recs/reviews/c/cha10435a.php
Weinberg - The Golden Key, op. 55. Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra/Ermler.
Olympia OCD473 http://www.classical.net/music/recs/reviews/o/oly00473a.php
Zaimont - Rags. Zaimont, Kosloff, The American Ragtime Ensemble/Reffkin,
Davis, Solomon, Owens. MSR MSR1238.
http://www.classical.net/music/recs/reviews/m/msr01238b.php
Accentus. Transcriptions. Choral arrangements of Mahler, Debussy, et al.
Accentus/Equilbey
http://www.classical.net/music/recs/reviews/n/nai04947a.php
Lieberson. Ravinia Recital, 2004. Songs and arias by Brahms, Handel,
Debussy, et al. Lieberson, Minter, Serkin. Harmonia Mundi HMU907500
http://www.classicalcdreview.com/907500.html
La traverse miraculeuse - French-Canadian Sea Songs by Hall, Les
Charbonniers de l'Enfer, La Nef/Bergeron. ATMA Classique ACD2 2588
http://www.classicalcdreview.com/2588.html
Happy listening in 2010.
Steve Schwartz
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