Wholenote Review - September 2009
Wholenote Magazine is the source for Concerts and Reviews in Toronto and beyond. The following CDs were reviewed in This Month's Wholenote magazine. Click Here if you would like to visit the Wholenote website | Prokofiev: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3 / Kissin Label: EMI CLASSICS Catalog: 5099926453620 Format: CD Evgeny Kissin: piano; Philharmonia Orchestra / Vladimir Ashkenazy Prokofiev: Piano Concertos 2 & 3 Grammy Winner 2010: Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (With Orchestra) Wholenote Discoveries - September 2009 For his third release on the EMI label super-star pianist Evgeny K... |  Price: $19.98(  18.84*) |
 | Korngold: Violin Concerto / Quint  Label: NAXOS Catalog: 8570791 Format: CD Philippe Quint -Violin, Orquesta Sinfonica de Mineria, Carlos Miguel Prieto - Conductor Korngold: Violin concerto in D Major / Overure to a Drama / Much Ado About Nothing (Concert Suite) Grammy Nominee 2010 - Best Instrumental Soloist Performance Wholenote Discoveries - September 2009 Erich Wolfgang Korngold is now chiefly remembered for his outstanding Hollywood m... | Price: $8.98 ( 8.47*) |
 | Ge Gan-ru: Fall Of Baghdad Label: NAXOS Catalog: 8570603 Format: CD ModernWorks Ensemble Ge Gan-Ru: String Quartets No. 1, "Fu", No. 4, "Angel Suite" and No. 5, "Fall of Baghdad" Wholenote Discoveries - September 2009 Touted as China's "first avant-garde composer", Ge Gan-Ru was born in Shanghai in 1954. His violin studies were interrupted by the Cultural Revolution... | Price: $8.98 ( 8.47*) |
 | Martha Argerich, Gidon Kremer: The Berlin Recital Label: EMI CLASSICS Catalog: 5099969339929 Format: CD Martha Argerich, Gidon Kremer Schumann: Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 2 in D minor; Kinderszenen Bartok: Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 1; Sonata for Solo Violin Fritz Kreisler: Liebesleid; Sch... Wholenote Discoveries - September 2009 The first thing that strikes you about this 2CD set, recorded in concert at the Berlin Philharmonie in December 2006, is the obvious disparity between th... | Price: $21.98 ( 20.73*) |
 | Beyond The Pale - Postcards Label: BOREALIS Catalog: BCD197 Format: CD Beyond The Pale Wholenote Discoveries - September 2009 Toronto klezmer-fusion masters Beyond the Pale’s new album “Postcards” is an eclectic collection of traditional material in new arrangements and or... | Price: $15.98 ( 15.07*) |
 | Benjamin Lees: String Quartets Nos. 1, 5 & 6 Release Date: 07/28/2009 Label: Naxos (Distributor) Catalogue: 8559628 Number of Discs: 1 Format: CD Composer: Benjamin Lees Performer: Tom Stone, Ethan Filner, Jennifer Kloetzel, Cecily Ward Ensemble / Conductor: Cypress String Quartet / | Price: $9.98 ( 9.41*) |
 | Heitor Villa-Lobos: Complete String Quartets / Latinoamericano String Quartet Release Date: 06/30/2009 Label: Dorian Catalogue: DSL90904 Number of Discs: 6 Format: CD Composer: Heitor Villa-Lobos Ensemble / Conductor: Latinoamericano String Quartet / | Price: $54.98 ( 51.85*) |
 | Marc Boucher: Songs From Beaudelaire Label: XX1/DEP Catalog: XXICD21590 Format: CD Marc Boucher; Olivier Godin Wholenote Discoveries - September 2009 “Les Fleurs du Mal” (Flowers of Evil), the seminal collection of poems by the French poet Baudelaire, is over 150 years old and it remains an almost ... |
 | Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1 / Mahler: Symphony Label: MEDICI ARTS Catalog: 2057718 Format: DVD Margarita Höhenrieder; Staatskapelle Dresden; Fabio Luisi Wholenote Discoveries - September 2009 Margarita Höhenrieder is one of those artists who have the personality, intellect and intellectual insight to enhance a sparkling performance. Her pla... | Price: $36.98 ( 34.87*) |
| Grieg: Sonata / Lyrical Pieces / Holberg Suite (ya Label: XX1/DEP Catalog: XXICD21604 Format: CD Derek Yaple-Schobert Wholenote Discoveries - September 2009 Claude Debussy once referred to the piano music of Edvard Grieg as “pink bon bons filled with snow.” Today this seems an unkind description, for gene... |
 | Stravinsky: Firebird, Rite Of Spring (mariinsky) Label: BelAir Classiques Catalog: BAC041 Format: DVD Mariinsky Orchestra and Ballet, conducted by Valery Gergiev Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971): The Firebird / The Rite of Spring Wholenote Discoveries - September 2009 This is an outstanding and important document of an historic event. The celebrated riot that occurred on the 6th of May, 1913 during the first performanc... | Price: $39.98 ( 37.70*) |
 | Lorenzo Palomo: My Secluded Garden Label: NAXOS Catalog: 8572139 Format: CD Maria Bayo; Pepe Romero; Romero Guitar Quartet; Seville Royal Symphony Orchestra; Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos Wholenote Discoveries - September 2009 The two glorious vocal collections by Spanish contemporary composer Lorenzo Palomo feature many influences from traditional Spanish, Sephardic or Arab ro... | Price: $8.98 ( 8.47*) |
 | Short Stories: American Music for Saxophone Quartet Release Date: 07/28/2009 Label: Naxos (USA / Record Label) Catalogue: 8559616 Number of Discs: 1 Format: CD Composer: Charles Ives , Jennifer Higdon , Fred Sturm, Michael Torke , David Bixler (more) Performer: Kurt Claussen, Dee Langley Ensemble / Conductor: Ancia Saxophone Quartet / | Price: $9.98 ( 9.41*) |
 | Andrew Scott: Nostalgia Label: SACKVILLE Catalog: SKCD22073 Format: CD The Andrew Scott Quintet with Jon-Erik Kellso and Dan Block Wholenote Discoveries - September 2009 The bebop era saw the extended use of standard popular songs as the basis for new compositions based on the chord changes of the familiar themes. “Nost... | Price: $19.98 ( 18.84*) |
| Real Divas: Cafe Society Label: KOCH Catalog: KECCD9196 Format: CD Wholenote Discoveries - September 2009 Real Divas started out eight years ago as a showcase every Tuesday night at a Toronto club hosted by musician, band leader, festival organizer, broadcast... | Price: $17.98 ( 16.96*) |
 | Igor Markevitch Label: AUDITE Catalog: AUD95605 Format: CD RIAS Symphony Orchestra; Igor Markevitch Maurice Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé Suite for Orchestra No. 2 Igor Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps Arthur Honegger: Symphony No. 5 in D Major ‘Di Tre Re’ Wholenote Discoveries - September 2009 The late conductor/composer Igor Markevitch has ten different performances of Le Sacre du Printemps to be found on CD, in addition to a DVD with the Japa... | Price: $18.98 ( 17.90*) |
 | The Art Of Fritz Reiner Vol.1 Label: WHRA Catalog: WHRA6024 Format: CD NBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Fritz Reiner Dances. RAVEL (arr. Ravel): – Le Tombeau de Couperin. R. STRAUSS: Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks; all with NBC Symphony Orchestra 19 Jan. 1952. MOZART: Symphony No. 41 in C major, K. 551 “J... Wholenote Discoveries - September 2009 Long before Fritz Reiner became “famous” in the middle to late 1950s he was not unknown to record collectors and music lovers via his all too few rec... | Price: $69.98 ( 65.99*) |
 | Melody Gardot: My One And Only Thrill Label: UJC Catalog: B001256302 Format: CD 1 Baby I'm A Fool 2 If The Stars Were Mine 3 Who Will Comfort Me 4 Your Heart Is As Black As Night 5 Lover Undercover 6 Our Love Is Easy 7 Les Etoiles 8 The Rain 9 ... Wholenote Discoveries - September 2009 Melody Gardot is a powerful new presence on the North American jazz/pop scene. I was enchanted by her live performance at the Toronto jazz festival (see ... | Price: $15.98 ( 15.07*) |
 | Treble & Bass - Stale Kleiberg / Reuss, Thorsen, Sjölin, et al Release Date: 07/28/2009 Label: 2L Catalogue: 59 Number of Discs: 1 Format: CD Composer: Stale Kleiberg Performer: Marianne Thorsen, Goran Sjolin Ensemble / Conductor: Trondheim Symphony Orchestra / Reuss, Daniel | Price: $22.98 ( 21.67*) |
 | French Flute Chamber Music Label: NAXOS Catalog: 8570444 Format: CD Mirage Quintet Wholenote Discoveries - Spetember 2009 I’m not sure how “real” the Mirage Quintet is – a quick Google of the name reveals no references to concerts performed anywhere, and the ensemble... | Price: $8.98 ( 8.47*) |
 | Mozart: Don Giovanni (keenlyside, Mackerras) Label: OPUS ARTE Catalog: OA1009D Format: DVD Mozart - Don Giovanni; Simon Keenlyside; Kyle Ketelsen; Eric Halfvarson; Marina Poplavskaya; Royal Opera; Charles Mackerras Wholenote Discoveries - September 2009 Francesca Zambello’s brilliant production of 2002 has stood the test of time and this eagerly anticipated film was well worth the wait. Such a pleasure... | Price: $56.98 ( 53.73*) |