October 2009
Simon Rattle
Simon Rattle talks to us about the daunting task of conducting the Berlin Philharmonic's staple diet – the Brahms Symphonies.
The shape of sounds to come
Ten leading composers tell us where they think music is headed
All the world's a stage
Fifteen of the most outlandish and unconventional performing spaces
Composer of the Month
Aaron Copland – the voice of America
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This issue's BBC Music choices
RECORDING OF THE MONTH
Verdi: Requiem Accademia Di Santa Cecilia Chorus & Orchestra/Antonio Pappano 'This Requiem is firmly founded on the altogether excellent singing of Pappano's Italian chorus'
CHAMBER
Beethoven: Complete violin sonatas Isabelle Faust (violin), Alexander Melnikov (piano) 'Stimulating and fascinating Beethoven from Isabelle Faust'
CHORAL & SONG
Handel: Arie per basso Lorenzo Regazzo (bass); Concerto Italiano/Rinaldo Alessandrini 'Bass Lorenzo Regazzo demonstrates a fine lyrical technique'
DVD
Schoenberg: Pelleas und Melisande
Juliane Banse (soprano); Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra/Claudio Abbado
'Abbado's account of Pelleas und Melisande seems unsurpassable'
INSTRUMENTAL
Handel & Haydn Angela Hewitt (piano) 'Angela Hewitt mixes heartfelt response to the music with rigorous scholarship'
JAZZ
Steve Kuhn Trio: Mostly Coltrane Steve Kuhn (piano), Joe Lovano (sax), David Finck (bass), Joey Baron (drums) 'Arrangements which show how beautiful Coltrane's tunes were'
ORCHESTRAL
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 4 Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra/Mark Wigglesworth 'Wigglesworth goes deeper than his rivals in Shostakovich Four'
OPERA
Bartok: Bluebeard's Castle Elena Zhidkova, Willard White; London SO/Valery Gergiev 'This is the LSO's most successful disc under Gergiev's leadership'
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This month's BBC Music choices
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'