Classical Music CD Review - 24 August 1998

Karman Ince: Fall of Constantinople
Alan Feinberg, piano
Albany Symphony Orchestra
David Miller, conductor
Argo: 455 151-2

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Debussy: Préludes Books I, II; Children's Corner
Zoltan Kocsis, piano
Philips 456 568-2

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Gabrieli, Lassus: Venetian Easter Mass

Gabrieli Consort & Players
Paul McCreesh, director
Archiv Produktion 453 427-2

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Mark-Anthony Turnage: Blood on the Floor
John Scofield, guitar
Peter Erskine, drum kit
Martin Robertson, saxophone, bass clarinet
Ensemble Modern
Peter Rundel, conductor
Argo

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Bach: Double & Triple Concertos
Andras Schiff, Peter Serkin, Bruno Canino, pianos
Aurèle Nicolet, flute
Yuuko Shiokawa, violin
Camerata Bern
Thomas Füri, leader
Decca 455 761-2

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Milhaud: Early String Quartets and Vocal Works:
Vol. 2: String Quartets 3 (with soprano), 4 and 5; Machines Agricoles; Catalogue de fleurs
Vol. 3: String Quartets 6, 7 and 8; Quatre Poèmes de Paul Claudel; Les Soirées de Pétrograde; Poème du Journal Intime de Léo Latil
Ulrike Sonntag (soprano) (Vol. 2); Maarten Koningsberger (baritone) (Vol. 3); Rudolf Jansen (piano) (Volume 3); Fanny Mendelssohn Quartet; and Irmela Nolte (flute); Deborah Marshall (clarinet); Michael Weigel (bassoon); Arpat György (contrabass); Linda Horowitz (conductor) (Vol. 2)
Troubadisc TRO-CD 01410 (Vol. 2); TRO-CD 01411 (Vol. 3) (notes and translation in English and German; texts also in French)

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Schubert: Music for Piano 4 Hands
Robert Levin, Malcolm Bilson, fortepiano
Archiv 453 491-2

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Schubert: String Quartet No. 15 in G Major, D. 887; String Quartet No. 12 in C Minor, D. 703
Alban Berg Quartett
EMI Classics 7243 5 56471 2 2

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Bruckner: Symphony No. 5 in B Flat Major
Berliner Philharmoniker
Günter Wand, conductor
RCA/BMG: 09026 68503-2

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Aquitania: Christmas Music from Aquitanian Monasteries (12th century)
Sequentia Ensemble for medieval music
Benjamin Bagby & Barbara Thornton, directors
deutsche harmonia mundi 05472 77383 2 - BMG Classics

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