THE T A R S Mass, in C minor, K 427 (Grosse Messe) Barbara Hendricks, Janet Perry, sopranos; Peter Schreier, tenor; Benjamin Luxon, bass; David Bell, organ; Wiener Singverein; Herbert von Karajan, conductor; Berliner Mozart magic Philharmoniker. Mass, in C major, K 317 (Kronungsmesse) (Coronation) Edith Mathis, soprano; Norma Procter, contralto...[et al.]; Rafael Kubelik, Bernhard Klee, conductors; Symphonie-Orchester des on CD Bayerischen Rundfunks. Vocal: Opera Così fan tutte. Complete Montserrat Caballé, Ileana Cotrubas, so- DALENA LE ROUX pranos; Janet Baker, mezzo-soprano; Nicolai Librarian, Central Reference Vocal: Vespers Vesparae solennes de confessore, K 339 Gedda, tenor; Wladimiro Ganzarolli, baritone; Kiri te Kanawa, soprano; Elizabeth Bainbridge, Richard van Allan, bass; Sir Colin Davis, con- or a composer whose life was as contralto; Ryland Davies, tenor; Gwynne ductor; Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal pathetically brief as Mozart’s, it is Howell, bass; Sir Colin Davis, conductor; Opera House, Covent Garden. astonishing what a colossal legacy F London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus. Idomeneo, K 366. Complete of musical art he has produced in a fever Anthony Rolfe Johnson, tenor; Anne of unremitting work. So much music was Sofie von Otter, contralto; Sylvia McNair, crowded into his young life that, dead at just Vocal: Masses/requiem Requiem mass, K 626 soprano...[et al.]; Monteverdi Choir; John less than thirty-six, he has bequeathed an Barbara Bonney, soprano; Anne Sofie von Eliot Gardiner, conductor; English Baroque eternal legacy, the full wealth of which the Otter, contralto; Hans Peter Blochwitz, tenor; soloists. world has yet to assess. Willard White, bass; Monteverdi Choir; John Le nozze di Figaro (The marriage of Figaro). In any sense we can know him only Eliot Gardiner, conductor; English Baroque Complete through his music. Soloists. Kiri te Kanawa, Lucia Popp, Frederica von In the music collection of the Central Missa K 257 (Credo); Litaniae K 243 Stade, sopranos; Thomas Allen, baritone; Reference Department we have tried our Angela Maria Blasi, soprano; Elisabeth von Samuel Ramey, Kurt Moll, bass...[et al.]; utmost to attain this goal. It is by no means Magnus, alto; Deon van der Walt, tenor; London Opera Chorus; Sir Georg Solti, con- a complete collection but we have tried to Alastair Miles, bass; Arnold Schoenberg ductor; London Philharmonic Orchestra. include a representative selection of his crea- Chor; Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor; tive output. This is what we have to offer Concentus Musicus Wien. the discerning listener. Cape Libr., Mar/Apr 2006 42 Die Zauberflöte; Der Schauspieldirektor Instrumental: Flute music Instrumental: Wind Evelyn Lear, Lisa Otto, Roberta Peters, Les quatre quatuors avec flute sopranos; Franz Crass, Fritz Wunderlich, instruments Luc Urbain, flute; Aurelio Perez, violin; Joel Concerto, clarinet, in A major, K 622 tenors; Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone; Soultanian, viola; Dorel Fodoreanu, violon- Thea King, bass clarinet; Jeffrey Tate, conduc- Hans Hotter, speaker; Rias-Kammerchor; Karl cello. tor; English Chamber Orchestra; Gabrieli Böhm, conductor; Berliner Philharmoniker. String Quartet. Instrumental: Symphonies Instrumental: String/violin Horn concertos, nos. 1-4 Symphonies, nos. 39 & 38 (Prague) Barry Tuckwell, horn and director; English Sinfonia concertante, violin, viola, in E flat Christopher Hogwood, continuo; Jaap Chamber Orchestra. major, K 364 Schröder, conductor; Academy of Ancient Oboe concerto, in C major, K. 314 Itzhak Perlman, violin; Pinchas Zukerman, Music. Douglas Boyd, oboe; Paavo Berglund, con- viola and violin; Zubin Mehta, conductor; Symphonien No. 41 KV 551 (Jupiter); No. ductor; Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. 40 KV 550 Two string quartets, in B-flat major, KV 458 Leonard Bernstein, conductor; Wiener “Hunt”; in D minor, KV 421 Instrumental: Piano concertos Philharmoniker. Piano concertos, no. 23, in A major, K 488; Smetana Quartet (Jirí Novák, Lubomír no. 24, in C minor, K 491 Kostecký, violins; Milan Škampa, viola; Antonín Instrumental: Miscellaneous Wilhelm Kempff, piano; Ferdinand Leitner, Kohout, violoncello). conductor; Bamberger Symphoniker. The string quartets dedicated to Haydn, instruments Concerto in C, K 299, for flute, harp, and Piano concertos, nos. 20 & 21 K 428/421b, 458 orchestra Malcolm Bilson, piano; John Eliot Gardiner, Chilingirian Quartet (Levon Chilingirian, Irena Grafenauer, flute; Sir Neville Marriner, conductor; English Baroque Soloists. Mark Butler, violins; Nicholas Logie, viola; conductor; Academy of St. Martin-in-the- Piano concerto no. 27; Concerto for 2 Philip de Groote, violoncello). Fields. pianos The string quartets dedicated to Haydn, Concerto no. 5, K 219; Sonata, K 378; Emil Gilels, Elena Gilels, pianos; Karl Böhm, K 387, 421 Quintet, K 516 conductor; Wiener Philharmoniker. Chilingirian Quartet (Levon Chilingirian, Jascha Heifetz, violin, with chamber orches- Piano concertos, nos. 22 & 24 Mark Butler, violins; Nicholas Logie, viola; tra; Brooks Smith, piano; Israel Baker, violins; Murray Perahia, piano and director; English Philip de Groote, violoncello). William Primrose, Virginia Majewski, violas; Chamber Orchestra. Instrumental: Serenades Gregor Piatigorsky, violoncello. Piano concerti, no. 19, K 459; no. 23, K 488 Sonaten fur Klavier und Violine, KV 376 & Murray Perahia, piano and conductor; English Eine kleine Nachtmusik KV 377 Chamber Orchestra. Raymond Leppard, conductor; Scottish Itzhak Perlman, violin; Daniel Barenboim, Piano concertos, no. 25, K 503 & no. 26, Chamber Orchestra. piano. K 537 Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano and conductor; Philharmonia Orchestra. 2 0 0 6 Kaapse Bibl., Mar/Apr 2006 43.