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Ralph Moore
Wagner’s Lohengrin – a survey of the major recordings
by Ralph Moore
Diana Damrau (soprano): Mozart arias (Erato)
(Déjà Review) A bridge too far, too soon [RMo]
Strauss: Don Juan, Ein Heldenleben (OUR Recordings)
An impressive brace of Strauss tone poems of interesting provenance [RMo]
Mahler: Symphony No 10 (Berlin Classics)
Another fine account of Mahler‘s Tenth which will appeal to those who want a more direct, driven and cohesive concept [RMo]
Mahler: Symphony 10 (Warner Classics)
Another top echelon recording of the third version of Cooke’s reconstruction of Mahler’s Tenth Symphony [RMo]
Mahler: Symphony No 10 (Telarc)
An urgent, highly competent reading, but coarse and lacking heart [RMo]
Bruckner: Symphony 5 for organ (Profil)
A voyage of discovery into contrasting worlds of sound [RMo]
Mahler: Symphony 10 (RCA/BBC Music)
Some byways in recordings of Mahler’s Tenth [RMo]
Obituary – Robert Massard (baritone)
by Ralph Moore
Mahler: Symphony 10 (Deutsche Grammophon)
A justly admired – indeed, near-perfect – account of Deryck Cooke’s third version of his completion of Mahler’s Tenth Symphony [RMo]
Brahms & Felix Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos (Pristine Audio)
Brilliant, driven performances which hardly show their age in Pristine’s remastering [RMo]
Schubert & Hummel: Piano Quintets (Somm)
A ‘Trout’ to challenge classic versions, exhibiting a welcome sense of forward drive, paired with a Hummel novelty [RMo]
Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (Pristine Audio)
A classic recording, with a great conductor and stellar singers, gets the Pristine treatment [RMo]
Mozart: Requiem & Say: Mozart & Mevlana (Warner Classics)
An intriguing piece of cross-cultural programming combining an energised performance of Mozart’s Requiem with an exotic new work [RMo]
Chausson: Le roi Arthus (Erato)
Heavily derivative of its Wagnerian models, Chausson’s sole opera intermittently impresses but is overlong and somehow remains unmemorable [RMo]
Mendelssohn: Overtures (Deutsche Grammophon)
A generously filled recording which has deservedly become a classic [RMo]
Milhaud: Le Boeuf sur le toit, La Création du Monde (Chandos)
A highly desirable compilation of the some of the best music of its type and era, undemanding but wholly entertaining [RMo]
Charpentier: Choral music (Château de Versailles)
A carefully devised programme enabling us to understand how Italian polychoral works so heavily influenced Charpentier’s expansive, insistent idiom [RMo]
Mahler: Symphonies 7 & 9 (Chandos)
A re-issue of highly individual, grand and emphatic, even quirky, renderings of two great Mahler symphonies in excellent sound [RMo]
Berlioz: Le carnaval romain, Symphonie fantastique (Pentatone)
Finally, a Symphonie fantastique to rival the vintage versions in superb, vivid, beautifully balanced digital sound [RMo]
Brahms: Double Concerto & Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante (Nimbus)
A delightful disc, offering an intriguing twist on the Mozart and a grand, virtuosic account of the Brahms, in superb sound [RMo]
Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier (Pristine Audio)
Once again, Pristine breathes new life into an imperishable classic of the gramophone [RMo]
Vidimus Gloriam Eius (Hymnus)
A joyous traditional Christmas service, beautifully sung [RMo]
Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice (Harmonia Mundi)
The beauty of Fink’s singing and the sonorities of the period band are the main attractions here; other elements are more ordinary [RMo]
