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Morgan Burroughs
Crumb: Complete Crumb Edition Vol 21 (Bridge Records)
An important document of Crumb’s artistic journey in spectacular sound [MBu]
Prokofiev: Piano Concertos Nos 2 & 3, Piano Sonata No 7 (Orchid Classics)
Superb Prokofiev from Goodyear and Litton [MBu]
George Benjamin: Picture a day like this (Nimbus)
A beautiful, subtle, yet fully effective portrait of grief [MBu]
Chopin: Études (Decca)
A good recording but maybe not quite as impressive as his Liszt [MB]
Puccini: Madama Butterfly (Pristine Audio)
A classic if not definitive recording, in superb sound [MBu]
Échos de la terre (Cyprès)
A very successful album of elemental contemporary music [MBu]
Verdi: Il Trovatore (Divina Records)
One of Callas’ most inspired performances now slightly more listenable [MBu]
Falla: El amor brujo (Forgotten Records)
Irina Arkhipova steals the show in El amor brujo [MBu]
Ponchielli: La Gioconda (Pristine Audio)
A good but not quite superlative recording in enhanced sound [MBu]
Wagner: Parsifal (Sony Classical)
A decent account of the score let down by vocalism which ranges from mediocre to poor [MBu]
Puccini: A te, Puccini (Signum Classics)
These songs deserve more recordings but here the vocal shortcomings are hard to ignore [MBu]
Noè Rodrigo Gisbert (percussion) Paraules (IBS Classical)
A rich variety of musical language bought to life by an admirably virtuosic and intelligent musician [MBu]
Schumann and Grieg: Piano Concertos (Warner Classics)
Fine performances, but do we really need any more? [MBu]
Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana (Prospero)
The original version of Mascagni’s masterpiece unfortunately let down by singing that cannot do justice to the music or drama [MBu]
Anders Paulsson (soprano saxophone): Solitary Poems for Soprano Saxophone (BIS)
Beautiful, approachable contemporary music showcases the craft of a wonderful saxophonist [MB]
Irrberge (Dux)
An interesting concept, though how much this really adds to the performances, I am not sure [MBu]
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