May 2010
BBC Music Magazine Awards 2010
The moment has arrived. We announce this year's winners, as voted by you! Plus you can watch this year's ceremony video streamed live from Kings Place, London on 13 April at 2.45pm
BBC Young Musician 2010
What have been the competition's most memorable moments? We find out…
Sergey Rachmaninov
Calum MacDonald re-appraises the Russian keyboard genius in Composer of the Month
The Firebird
As Stravinsky's ballet celebrates its 100th birthday, we recommend the best recording
Plus on your free cover CD harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani performs Poulenc's Concert champetre and Bach's Partita No. 4, BWV 828
On Sale Date:
14/04/2010
Issue Number:
9 
On the Cover Disc
Poulenc and Bach
Harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani performs Poulenc's Concert champêtre and Bach's Partita No. 4 in D
This issue's BBC Music choices
RECORDING OF THE MONTH
Dvořák: Symphonic Tone Poems
Czech Philharmonic/Charles Mackerras
'Mackerras revels in the opulence of Dvořák's orchestra'
CHAMBER
Beethoven: Piano Trios in G & B flat
The Gryphon Trio
'One of the most enjoyable accounts of the Archduke Trio I've heard'
CHORAL & SONG
Not Just Dowland
Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Matthew Wordsworth (lute, theorbo)
'Carolyn Sampson presents a seductive Anglo-Italian sequence of songs'
DVD
Verdi: Falstaff
LPO/Vladimir Jurowski
'Consummate singer-actor Christopher Purves is Verdi's Falstaff'
INSTRUMENTAL
Schubert: Four Impromptus
Alexei Lubimov (piano)
'A beautiful recital of Schubert's Impromptus by a master pianist'
JAZZ
Beloved Bird
Django Bates (piano), Peter Bruun (drums), Petter Eldh (bass)
'This disc should win over dissenters and reward fans of Django Bates'
ORCHESTRAL
Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos 4 & 5
Till Fellner (piano); Montréal SO/Kent Nagano
'Till Fellner has achieved something remarkable in this Beethoven album'
OPERA
Shchedrin: The Enchanted Wanderer
Mariinsky Chorus & Orchestra/Valery Gergiev
'Valery Gergiev and his forces feel how deeply Russian this Shchedrin opera is'
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RECORDING OF THE MONTH
Beethoven: String Trios, Op. 9 Nos 1-3
Trio Zimmermann
'The playing is dazzling, combining warmth and clarity'
CHAMBER
The Father, the Son and the Godfather: Trio Sonatas by JS Bach, CPE Bach, Telemann
'Compelling soloists with virtuosity and insight to burn'
CHORAL & SONG
Stimme der Sehnsucht: Songs by Mahler, Strauss, Pfitzner
Christianne Stotijn
'Stotijn takes the imaginative high ground from the start'
DVD
Pergolesi: Adriano in Siria
Marina Comparato, Lucia Cirill, Annamaria dell'Oste etc; Accademia Bizantina/ Ottavio Dantone
'Realised with vibrant, breathtaking musicianship'
INSTRUMENTAL
Mozart: Keyboard Music
Kristian Bezuidenhout
'Bezuidenhout brings out all the drama and intensity'
JAZZ
Michel Portal: Baïlador
Michel Portal, Ambrose Akinmusire, Bojan Z, Lionel Loueke, Scott Colley, Jack DeJohnette
'Portal confirms himself as one of the most impressive bass clarinet and soprano sax players'
ORCHESTRAL
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 15
Royal Concertgebouw/ Bernard Haitink
'The Concertgebouw delivers sensationally taut playing'
OPERA
Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Albert Dohmen, Georg Zeppenfeld etc; Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra & Choir/ Marek Janowski
'This Meistersinger is imbued with incessant vitality and energy'