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SHEVA165

ROBERT SCHUMANN (1810-1856): Sonata in F minor Op. 14 (1836, rev 1853)
NIKOLAI MEDTNER (1880-1951): Sonata-Ballada in F sharp minor Op. 27 (1914)
Risa Iwai (piano)


SHEVA163

Olivier Messiaen

 

La Nativité du Seigneur

Offrande au Saint-Sacrement

Andrew Canning - organ


SHEVA160

Feb 2017

March 2017 [SS]

Mar 2017 [JWo]

Charles Villiers Stanford
Solo piano Music Vol 3
SHEVA COLLECTION SH160 2CDs


SHEVA158

March 2017

Oct 2016

Sir Frederick Hymen COWEN (1852-1935)
Sweet Evenings Come and Go, Love
Elisabetta Paglia (mezzo soprano)
Christopher Howell (piano)
rec. 24 March 2015, Studio of Griffa and Figli s.r.l. Milan, Italy
SHEVA COLLECTION SH158 [78:37]


SHEVA156

British Flute Music in the Early 19th Century
Matthew CAMIDGE (1764-1844) Sonata in B flat major, op.8
Thomas Attwood WALMISLEY (1814-56) Sonatina No.1 in B flat major , Sonatina No.2 in G major
Edward LODER (1809-1865) Original Theme with variations
Charles Edward HORSLEY (1822-1876) Sonata in A minor, op.11
John Henry MAUNDER (1858-1920) Espagnola
Gilberto Fornito (flute), Christopher Howell (piano)

SHEVA SH156 [76:50]


SHEVA125

February 2016

 

Charles Villiers STANFORD (1852-1924)
Complete Music for Piano Solo - Volume 2
CD 1
Two Novellettes (1874) [10:03]
Suite, op.2 (c.1875) [12:36]
'Fare Well' (1916) [7:51]
Six Song-Tunes (1919/20) [6:23]
A Toy Story (For the Children (1919/20) [8:44]
Ten Dances (Old and New) for Young Players, op.58 (1894) [23:55]
Toccata in C major, op.3 (1875) [4:36]
CD 2
Sonatina in D minor (1922) [9:34]
Sonatina in G major (1922) [10:06]
Twenty Four Preludes in all the keys, op.179 (1920) [52:37]
Christopher Howell (piano)
rec. Studio of Griffa and Figli s.r.l., Milan, Italy, 29 October 2013, 14 January, 6 May and 9 September 2014.
SHEVA SH125 [74.23 + 72:32]


SHEVA115

November 2015

October 2015

August 20185

 

Charles Villiers STANFORD (1852-1924)
The Complete Works for Piano solo
Christopher Howell (piano)
SHEVA SH115 [2 CDs:71:42+74:24]

 

 


SHEVA100

 

Review

 

Charles Villiers STANFORD (1852-1924)
The Complete Works for Violin and Piano
Full contents list at end of review
Alberto Bologni (violin); Christopher Howell (piano)
rec. Studio ‘L’Eremo’, Lessona, Italy, 25-26 January 2013, 24-25 June 2013, 22-23 July 2013
SHEVA SH100 [3 CDs: 65:42 + 79:05 +74:48]

 


SHEVA109

 

 

Schubert Die Schone Mullerin

Georg Lehner, baritone Dino Mastroyiannis, piano


SHEVA106

 

 

Beethoven Diabelli variations

William Grant Naboré piano


SHEVA101

 

 

Bach French Suite No.5
Lydov Preludes, Mazurkas and bagatelles

Victor Paukstelis (piano)


SHEVA100

 

Review

 

Charles Villiers STANFORD (1852-1924)
The Complete Works for Violin and Piano
Full contents list at end of review
Alberto Bologni (violin); Christopher Howell (piano)
rec. Studio ‘L’Eremo’, Lessona, Italy, 25-26 January 2013, 24-25 June 2013, 22-23 July 2013
SHEVA SH100 [3 CDs: 65:42 + 79:05 +74:48]

 


SHEVA091

 

 

Kleiberg Aske for solo violin
Seabourne This is a song for you alone
*Atterberg Suite for Violin, Viola and Strings
Arnold Double concerto for two violins and strings

Agnes Langer (violin)
Irina Borissova (Violin)
Dmitry Khakhalin (Viola)
*Dmitry Khakhalin (conductor)

 


SHEVA076

 

Review

 

My Heart is Like a Singing Bird: Song settings of poetry by Christina Rossetti (1830-1894)
Charles Hubert Hastings PARRY (1848-1918)
My hear is like a singing bird (1918) [1:57]
Three Songs for ‘Kookoorookoo’ (1916) [3:01]
Samuel COLERIDGE-TAYLOR (1875-1912)
Six Sorrow Songs Op.57 (1904) [16:32]
Alexander Campbell MACKENZIE (1847-1935)
Three Songs Op.17 (1878) [9:07]
Frederic Hymen COWEN (1852-1935)
For a Dream’s Sake [2:52]; Bird Raptures [1:52]; (Songs Vol.V) Somewhere [2:22]; A Birthday (Songs Vol.VIII) (1893) [1:33]
Charles Villiers STANFORD (1852-1924)
Three Songs for ‘Kookoorookoo’ (1916) [2:54]
Samuel COLERIDGE-TAYLOR
A Lament (1910) [2:29]
Christopher HOWELL (b.1953)
In the bleak mid-winter (2000) [2:53]
Graham PEEL (1877-1937)
Ferry me across the water (1924) [0.48]
Martin SHAW (1875-1958)
Over the sea (1917) [1:46]; Easter Carol (1917) [1:34]
Cyril SCOTT (1879-1970)
Looking Back (1917) [2:10]; Lullaby (1908) [2:12]; A Birthday (1913) [1:56]
Elisabetta Paglia (mezzo); Elena Lunghi (horn); Christopher Howell (piano)
rec. Studio ‘L’Eremo’ Lessona, Italy 7 and 14 July 2012.
SHEVA CD SH076 [59:41]

 


SHEVA069

Review

Review

Dedicated to Donizetti

Works by Giuseppe Rabboni, Giulio Briccialdi, Pietro Tonassi
George Alexander Osborne, Gaetano Donizetti
Carl Joachim Anderson, John Clinto

Gilberto Fornito - flute
Christopher Howell - piano


SHEVA COLLECTION SH069 [75'59]

 


SHEVA066

 

A tribute to Richard Wagner

Busoni:
Funeral March from The Ring of the Nibelung (after Wagner)
Cramer, L:
Illusions of Lohengrin
Liszt:
Isolde's Liebestod (after Wagner), S447
Maio, L:
Lied des Mephistopheles
Nicoli, A:
Parsifal Phantasie
Tausig:
Concert arrangement of The Ride of the Valkyries
Wagner:
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Overture
trans. von Bülow
Parsifal: Prelude to Act 1
trans. Karl Klindworth


SHEVA COLLECTION SH066 [54'03]

 


SHEVA065

Review

Peter Seabourne

Step - Volume 2
Studies of invention

Giovanni Santini - piano


SHEVA COLLECTION SH065 [54'03]

 


SHEVA063

Review

Mozart Accommodato

Quartetto in Sol maggiore Kv370
Tre Terzetti dai Divertimenti Kv439b
Sonata Kv311

Ensemble A L'Antica


SHEVA COLLECTION SH063 [62'56]

 


SHEVA061

Review

...And We Are Whole Again...
...Ecco, Siami Guariti ...

Hymns and Canti Biblici by Christopher Howell

Caroline Goodwin - soprano

Christopher Howell - organ


SHEVA COLLECTION SH061 [64'20]

 


SHEVA060

Review

Oreste Riva and Friends
Works by Oreste Riva, Ruggero Manna and Lino Pizzamiglio

Emi Aikawa, Soprano, Daniela Sangalli, Violino, Fausto Solci, Violoncello
Eddy De Rossi, Arpa, Eleonora Carapella, Pianoforte

Text in Italian and translations


SHEVA COLLECTION SH060 [64.34]

World Premiere Recordings


SHEVA056

Review

Review

 

An Englishman in Italy

Christopher Howell (piano)


SHEVA COLLECTION SH056 2CDs [70'38] [74'29]


SHEVA052

 

LISZT Spirituale
Deux Legendes
Harmonies poétique et religieuses

Ivan Donchev (piano)


SHEVA COLLECTION SH052 2CDs [50'38] [54'29]

   


SHEVA050

Review

Review

PASSÉ
Romantic Song in Italy

Songs by Vincenzo Ferroni, Alfredo D'Asdia, Giovanni Sgambati, Giuseppe Martucci, Leone Sinigaglia, Idino Donini, Marco Enrico Bossi

Elisabeth Paglia (mezzo)
Christopher Howell (piano)


SHEVA COLLECTION SH050 [71'43]

   


SHEVA044

Review

Paganini
24 Caprices for solo violin

Alberto Bologni


SHEVA COLLECTION SH044 [75'04]


SHEVA040

Review

 

Clarinet Concertos

Mozart Concerto in C major K314 arr. Siegenthaler

Weber Concerto No 1 in F minor op.73

Crusell Concerto No 3 op.11

Stephan Siegenthaler, clarinet
Cappella Istropolitana
Kaspar Zehnder, conductor


SHEVA COLLECTION SH040 [63'12]


SHEVA038

Review

 

Guitar Music by Bach, Villa Lobos, Ponce and Moreno-Torroba

Massimo Stefanizzi - guitar


SHEVA COLLECTION SH031 [64.08]

 

 

 


SHEVA036

 

Review

Arvo Part
L'abbé Agathon

anna Maria Chiuri (mezzo)

Camille Sain-Saens
Oratorio de Noel
Coro Columbati città di pergola
Orchestra da camera delle marche

Roberto Molinelli direttore


SHEVA COLLECTION SH036 [51' 55]

 

   


SHEVA035

Review [RH]

Review [Byz]

 

Arias for Soprano, Trumpet and Organ
Galuppi, Scarlatti, Bach, Purcell, Viviani, Handel

Trio Barocco
Emi Aikawa - soprano
Alberto Bardelloni - trumpet
Ivan Ronda - Organ


SHEVA COLLECTION SH035 [50' 20]

 


SHEVA031

Review [JF]

Charles Villiers STANFORD

SONGS OF OLD IRELAND

Irish Folk Melodies

Gilberto Fornito - Flute
Christopher Howell - Piano


SHEVA COLLECTION SH031 [64.08]

Streaming Sound Sample

 

 


SHEVA030

Review [JS]

Review [Byz]

Samuel WESLEY
ORGAN MUSIC

Christopher Howell - organ


SHEVA COLLECTION SH030 [78'04] 

Streaming Sound Sample

 


SHEVA029

Review [Byz]

 

 

Fiori Rossiniani
Iwan Muller
3 Fantasien
Ernesto Cavallini
Fiori Rossiniani, Una Lachrima
Stefano Gounelli
2 Morceaux de Salon
Domenico Liverani
2 Chants religieux
Rossini arr Yona Ettlinger
Sonata No 3
Rossini
Fantaisie

Alessandro Travaglini (clarinet) Christopher Howell (piano)


SHEVA COLLECTION SH029 [77' 27]

Liner notes

 


SHEVA028

Review [GD]

SCHUMANN
Three sonatas for Violin and Piano

Alberto Bologni Violin
Giuseppe Bruno - piano


SHEVA COLLECTION SH028 [70'12] 

Streaming Sound Sample

 


SHEVA027

Review [Byz]

 

LISZT funerailles
BEETHOVEN
Sonata op110
SCHUMANN
Sonata op22
SCRIABIN
Sonata op53

 

Andrea Vigna-Taglianti - piano


SHEVA COLLECTION SH028 [70'12] 

 

 


SHEVA024

Review [JW]

The Neapolitan Masters
Piano Music by
D. Scarlatti, Pergolesi, Cimarosa, Thalberg
Martucci, Longo, Devastato

Giuseppe Devastato - piano


SHEVA COLLECTION SH024 [77'12] 

Streaming Sound Sample

 


SHEVA023

CHOPIN
Nocturnes Op.9 Nos 1-3
Impromtu No. 1
MENDELSSOHN
Song without words "Duetto" Op38 No. 6
Andante Cantabile/Presto Agitato
RACHMANINOFF3 Preludes Nos 5, 12, 7
CZERNY
Sehnsuchtswalzer Variations

Vadin Chaimovich - piano


SHEVA COLLECTION SH023 [52'24] 

Streaming Sound Sample


SHEVA025

Review [RB]

Christmas Around The World
Christmas organ music from Germany, France, Italy,
Great Britain, Hungary and America

Christopher Howell - organ
SHEVA COLLECTION SH025[67'58] 

 

 


SHEVA021

review [JF]

review [GH]

review [JW]

review [NB]

 

 

British Clarinet Music
Charles Harford LLOYD (1849 - 1919)
Suite in the Old Style (1914) [9:48]
Charles Villiers STANFORD (1852 - 1924)
Three Intermezzi Op.13 (1879) [8:03]
Sonata in F major Op.129 (1911) [18:25]
William Yeates HURLSTONE (1876 - 1906)
Four Characteristic Pieces [14:34]
Cecil Armstrong GIBBS (1889 - 1960)
Three Pieces (1957) [7:56]
Gerald FINZI (1901 - 1956)
Five Bagatelles (1943) [13:49]
Alessandro Travaglini (clarinet); Christopher Howell (piano)
rec. Studio 'L'Eremo', Lessona, Italy, 21 February-25 May 2009
SHEVA COLLECTION SH021 [75:59] 

Streaming Sound Sample

 

 


SHEVA020

 

 

Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849)
17 songs op.74
Stanislaw Moniuszko (1819-1872)
11 songs

Full texts provided
Magdalena Aparta (Mezzo-soprano)
Christopher Howell (piano)
rec. October/November 2008, Studio L’Eremo, Lessona, Italy. DDD

SHEVA COLLECTION SH 020

 

 


SHEVA019

Review [JF]

Review [MC]

Review [JW]

Charles Villiers STANFORD (1852-1924)
Piano Music - Land of Sunset Glories

Nocturne in G minor Op.148/1 (1917) [7:27]
Tempo di Valse Op.163/10 (1918) [1:19]
Basso Ostinato Op.179/14 (1920) [2:52]
Caprice in C minor Op.136/1 (1913) [4:24]
Roundel Op. 132/4 (1912) [3:09]
Ballade in G minor Op. 170 (1919) [8:22]
Waltz in D minor Op. 178/2 (pub.1923) [2:33]
Ballade in F major Op. 148/2 (1917) [7:22]
Scherzo Marziale Op.148.3 (1917) [4:04]
Caprice in D minor Op.136/2 (1913) [9:40]
Toccata in C minor Op. 136/2 (1912) [1:52]
Sarabande Op. 2/2 (1875) [3:16]
Gigue Op. 2/3 (1875) [2:04]
Addio Op. 179/24 (1920) [4:30]
Christopher Howell (piano)
rec. 28-29 July 2008, Studio L’Eremo, Lessona, Italy. DDD
SHEVA 019 [63:36]

 


SHEVA017

Review [NB]

Tchaikovsky/Klindworth
Francesca da Rimini

Beethoven Sonata Op2 no.2

Rachmaninoff 4 Etudes-Tableaux

Denis Plutalov (piano)

 


SHEVA011

Review [RB][MC]

 

Christopher HOWELL (b. 1953)
Cypresses - 20 Pieces for Piano
Christopher Howell (piano)
rec. 5-6 June 2008, Studio L’Eremo, Lessona, Italy. DDD

SHEVA COLLECTION SH 011

 

Streaming Sound Sample


SHEVA010

Review

HAYDN and MOZART

Mozart Sonate C-Dur KV330
Haydn Sonate B-Dur Hob. XVI:41
Haydn Sonate F-Dur Hob. XVI:6
Mozart Sonate C-moll KV457

Vadim Chaimovich, klavier


SHEVA009

Review [GPU]

Review [JW]

Bolero Para un Angel:

Carles Pons i Altés: Bolero para un Ángel
Francisco TÁRREGA (1852-1909)
Rosita [1:50]
Santiago de MURCIA (1682-1735)
Tarantelas y Fandango [4:44]
Mauricio Opazo MUÑOZ (b.1969)
Bolero para un Ángel [3:43]
Roland DYENS (b.1955)
Tango en Skaï [2:45]
Fernando SOR (1778-1839)
Souvenirs d'une soirée a Berlin [11 :52]
Anthony SYDNEY (b.1952)
Sonatina Portuguesa [6 :03]
Manuel López QUIROGA (1899-1988) arr. C. TREPAT
Romance de Valentía (Pasodoble), [4 :04]
Isaac ALBÉNIZ (1860-1909)
Cádiz [4 :40]
Joaquín TURINA (1882-1949)
Fandanguillo [5 :03]
Dos Cançons populars catalanes [4 :32]
Trad. arr. Emilio PUJOL (1886-1980)

El cant dels ocells
Miguel LLOBET (1878-1938)
El testament d’Amelia

Laurent BOUTROS (b.1965)
Les Echelles du Levant [4:25]
David QUALEY (b.1948)
One Time Swing [3:56]
Charles TRENET (1913-2001) arr. Roland DYENS (b.1955)
Revoir Paris

Carles Pons i Altés (guitar)
rec. no details given
[62:06]