CD of the Week - June 2008


 

30 June – 4 July
Horowitz in Hamburg – The Last Concert
DG 00289 477 7558

This album captures the magic of Horowitz’s art and communicates a palpable sense of occasion, his last public recital in Hamburg on 21 June 1987. He plays works by Schubert, Schumann, Chopin, Liszt and Mozart – the composers he held dearest in his later years.


  23 – 27 June
Elena Kats-Chernin – Slow Food
Tall Poppies Records TP196

Food and music are true companions. It’s not often that they get together in the music industry! This CD represents a unique collaboration between composer and pianist Elena Kats-Chernin, and celebrated chef, Kylie Kwong. The gentle style of the music suggested the title Slow Food and this music is for listening to over dinner. Recorded in Sydney’s City Recital Hall Angel Place, this CD presents Elena Kats-Chernin as performer of her own music.

   16 – 20 June 2008 
Royal Ballet Gala
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Ernest Ansermet
Decca 442 9986

The Royal Ballet Gala double CD features the Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden conducted by Ernest Ansermet. Recorded in Kingsway Hall by the legendary Kenneth Wilkinson, this title includes selections from The Nutcracker Suite, Swan Lake and The Sleeping Beauty among others. 


  2 – 6 June 2008
Witches’ Brew
Sir Alexander Gibson New Symphony Orchestra of London
Decca 442 9985

Sir Alexander Gibson’s state-of-the-art recordings appear in their entirety on CD for the first time, coupled with suitably supernatural music by Gounod. The recorded sound, some fifty years old, still retains its punch and dynamism.
 
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