ALPHORN
CONCERTOS Leopold
MOZART (1719-1787) Sinfonia Pastorella for Alphorn
and String Orchestra Ferenc FARKAS (1905-2000)
Concertino Rustico Jean DAETWYLER
(1907-1994) Dialogue avec la nature Concerto for Alphorn
and Orchestra (no dates given) 
Jozsef Molnar, alphorn Capella Istrapolitana Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra/Urs
Schneider Recorded in Moyzes Hall, Bratislava, Slovakia, 3rd
- 10th May 1987.
NAXOS 8.555978 [61.47] [NH]
An
excellent introduction to the unusual and beautiful music of Swiss composer
Jean Daetwyler…….see Full Review
America
the Beautiful. Great voices in patriotic song -
The Star-Spangled Banner; America, the Beautiful; Battle Hymn of the
Republic; Over There; Keep the Home; Fires Burning; For your country
and my country; There’s a long, long trail; Send me away with a smile;
God be with our boys tonight; When you come back; Taps; When the boys
come home; America; My own United States; The Americans come; I spoke
to Jefferson at Guadalcanal; The Army Air Corps; Wings over the Navy;
The house I live in; God bless America
Emma Eames, Louise Homer, Enrico Caruso, Rosa Ponselle, Frances Alda,
Riccardo Stracciari, John McCormack, Ernestine Schumann-Heink,
Geraldine Farrar, Lucy Monroe, Lawrence Tibbett, Richard Crooks, Conrad
Thibault, John Charles Thomas, Emile Renan, Lauritz Melchior, Lotte
Lehmann, Leonard Warren – with various accompanists. Recorded 1905-50
ROMOPHONE 87002-2
[72’00] [RB]
Patriotic
song by some of the stellar artists of the century and not a dull moment.
… see Full Review
Anthems from King’s: English choral favourites
Charles WOOD (1866-1926) Hail,
Gladdening Light! John IRELAND (1879-1962)
Greater love hath no man Sir Charles Hubert
H. PARRY (1848-1918) I was glad William
H. HARRIS (1883-1973) Bring us, Lord God, Faire is the heaven
Edgar BAINTON (1880-1956) And I
saw a new heaven Herbert HOWELLS (1892-1983)
Like as the hart Charles V. STANFORD
(1852-1924) Gloria in excelsis, Beati quorum vita, Postlude in D
Henry BALFOUR GARDINER (1877-1950) Evening
Hymn Henry WALFORD DAVIES 91869-1941)
God be in my head Edward W. NAYLOR
(1867-1934) Vox dicentis: clama Ralph VAUGHAN
WILLIAMS (1872-1958) Let all the world
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury (conductor) Plus
a documentary about the boy choristers of King’s College, ‘The King’s
Choristers’ with French and German subtitles
BBC/Opus Arte OA 0834 D [92 minutes] 
Despite
the musical unevenness, this is thoroughly enjoyable. … see Full
Review
AN
ENGLISH CHORISTER’S SONGBOOK
Salisbury Cathedral Choir directed by Richard Seal. *With David
Hall / Thomas Blunt (organ) recorded in Salisbury Cathedral, 6 – 8 March
1996 METRONOME MET
CD 1016 [74.00] [JQ]
Anyone
wanting this precise programme or a memento of how the Salisbury choir
sounded in 1996 will find the recital generally enjoyable. … see Full
Review
Sir Thomas Beecham -
Ludwig van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)
Symphony
no. 7 in A, op. 92 - George Frideric HANDEL
(1685-1759) (arr. Beecham) Love
in Bath: Ballet Suite - Frederick DELIUS
(1862-1934) A Village Romeo and Juliet: The Walk
to the Paradise Garden - Jean SIBELIUS
(1865-1957) Karelia Suite: Alla Marcia
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Thomas Beecham - Recorded live, 20.10.1957,
Palazzo delle Scuole, Ascona, Switzerland
AURA AUR 142-2 [71’ 54"] [CH]
Some
really great music-making. … see Full Review
The
Beecham Collection:Ludwig
van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) Mass
in D Major Op 123 Missa Solemnis - Isobel Baillie, soprano -
Mary Jarred, contralto - Heddle Nash, tenor - Keith Falkner, baritone
- Leeds Festival Chorus - H Percy Richardson, organ
London Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Thomas Beecham - Recorded live in
Leeds Town Hall 5 October 1937 at the Leeds Triennial Music Festival.
SOMM-BEECHAM 11
[78’10] [JW]
The
earliest surviving performance of Missa Solemnis on record and one of
the most incandescent and moving. … see Full
Review
Arturo
Benedetti Michelangeli (piano): Johann
Sebastian BACH (1685-1750)
- Transcribed Ferruccio BUSONI Chaconne,
Italian Concerto - Domenico SCARLATTI (1685-1757)
Sonata in D major, K.96; Sonata in D major, K.29; Sonata in C minor,
K.11; Sonata in C major, K.159; Sonata in A major, K.322; Sonata in
D minor, K.9; Sonata in B minor, K.27; Baldassare
GALUPPI (1706-1785) Presto in B flat major; Sonata No. 5
in C major Arturo Benedetti
Michelangeli (piano) Recorded 20 May 1973, Teatro Kursal, Lugano (Chaconne),
20-22 January 1943, Italian Radio, Milan (Italian Concerto, Scarlatti
K.96), 12 February 1952, Teatro Petrarca, Arezzo (K.29), 22 May 1969,
Finnish Radio, Helsinki (K.11, K.159, K.322, K.9, K.27, Presto), December
1962, Turin (Sonata No. 5)
AURA AUR 226-2 [70.54] [TB]
Mixed
sound quality makes this an issue for enthusiasts rather than the general
public. … see Full Review
Martha
Argerich presents Evgheny Brakhman - Wolfgang
Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791) Piano
Sonata No.10 in C major, KV.330 - Ludwig van
BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor, Op.31
No.2 Tempest - Franz LISZT (1811-1886)
Piano Sonata in B minor, S178
Evgheny Brakhman (piano) - Recorded at Radio della Svizzera Italiana,
Lugano, December 2001
EMI 7243 5 67935 2 1 [71.55][TH]
Much
to admire, if ultimately falling short of the very best … see Full
Review
Albert
Dohmen (bass-baritone): Richard WAGNER (1813-1883)
-
Parsifal: "Wehvolles Erbe, dem ich verfallen …", "Du
sieht, das ist nicht so …" Der fliegende Holländer: "Die
Frist ist um …" Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: "Was
duftet doch der Flieder …", "Wahn, Wahn, überall Wahn
…", "Nun hört und versteht mich recht …" Die
Walküre*: "Wotans Abschied und Feuerzauber"
Albert Dohmen (bass-baritone) - Orchestra del Teatro Massimo, Palermo
*Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester/Stefan Anton Reck - Rec. 9.2001, *8.2000,
Teatro Massimo, Palermo, *Bolzano
ARTE NOVA CLASSICS 74321 90063 2 [58’ 29"] [CH]
Some
splendid Wagner singing and conducting at a very low price. … see Full
Review
ENGLISH
SERENADE Edward ELGAR (1865
– 1934) Serenade
for Strings Op.20 (1893) Christopher BALL
(born 1936) On a Summer Daya, Celtic Moodsb
Ralph VAUGHAN WILLIAMS (1872 – 1958) Fantasia
on Greensleeves (1934)c William
WALTON (1902 – 1983) Two Pieces from HenryV (1945)
John MARSH Fantasy on David of
the White Rockd Suite: The Quantockse
Emeral Ensemble; Roger Armstrong (fluteac/alto fluteb);
Paul Arden-Taylor (oboea/cor anglaisb); Ruth Faber
(harp)c; Colin Hunt (organ)d; Roger Huckle (violin)e;
Matthew Bale (conductor), Christopher Ball (conductor)ab
Recorded: All Saints Church, Weston-Super-Mare, January 2002
DINMORE RECORDS DRD 014 [62:18] [HC]
Breathing
the same air as some Delius, Vaughan Williams and Moeran these pieces
are in the British pastoral school. … see Full
Review
FANTASY TRUMPET Robert SCHUMANN (1810-1856)
Fantasiestücke,
op. 73 Johannes BRAHMS (1833-1897) Clarinet
Sonatas: no. 1 in f, op. 120/1, no. 2 in E flat, op. 120/2
John Wallace (trumpet), Simon Wright (pianoforte) Rec. 24-26.9.1999
at The Maltings, Snape, Suffolk, UK
GLOBAL MUSIC NETWORK GMNC0117 [53’01"] [CH]
A
daring exploit, though a far more successful one than might have been
imagined. In its middle-upper register the trumpet can produce a tone
of liquid loveliness to match the clarinet’s own. … see Full
Review
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this disc
Filippa
GIORDANO
Casta Diva (Short version) – from the opera "Norma", S’apre
per te il mio cuor – from the opera "Samson & Dalila",
Vissi d’Arte – from the opera "Tosca", Habanera – from the
opera "Carmen", O mio babbino caro – from the opera "Gianni
Schicchi", Ave Maria, Addio del passato – form the opera "La
traviata", Lost boys calling, You are the one (sotto le stelle),
Dissonanze (Mondo trash), Maria ( By the sea), Casta Diva ( Extended
version) 1, 3-8, and
12 recorded and mixed at Fonoprint Studios – Bologna.
WARNER ERATO 3984-29694-2 [44.43] [RM]
Giordano
singing some great tunes in her personal style. … see Full
Review
Great Pianists: Solomon -
Pyotr Ilych TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893) Piano
Concerto in B flat minor, Op. 23 (1875) LISZT:
Etude in F minor, G. 57/2, "La Leggierezza" (recorded 1930)
LISZT: Au bord d’une source,
from Années du Pèlerinage, Première Année,
G. 73/4 (recorded 1930) LISZT: Hungarian
Rhapsody No. 15 in A minor, "Rakoczy March" (recorded 1932)
CHOPIN: Polonaise No. 3 in A major,
op. 40/1 "Military" (recorded 1932) CHOPIN:
Fantasie in F minor, Op. 49 (recorded 1932 CHOPIN:
Etude in F major, Op. 25/3 (recorded 1934) CHOPIN:
Etude in F major, Op. 10/8 (recorded 1934) CHOPIN:
Etude in A flat major, Op. 25/1 (recorded 1932) CHOPIN:
Polonaise in A flat major, Op. 53 "heroic" (recorded 1932)
Solomon, piano - Hallé
Orchestra conducted by Hamilton Harty - Recorded November 1929 and February
1930 in the Central Hall, Westminster, UK.
NAXOS HISTORICAL 8.110680 [74.34] [WH]
Playing
of remarkable accomplishment which typifies the stereotype of the British
way of doing things as seen from the Continent: serious, understated,
refined, purposeful … see Full
Review
Heifetz
Rediscovered Edvard GRIEG
(1843-1907) Violin
Sonata No 3 Johannes BRAHMS (1833-1897)
Violin Sonata No 1 Henri WIENIAWSKI (1835-1880)
Etude Op 10 No 5 Caprice alla saltarella arr Kreisler Piotr
I TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893) Lensky’s Aria from Eugene
Onegin arr Auer Jean-Philippe RAMEAU (1683-1764)
Tambourin arr Achron J S BACH (1685-1750)
Sicilienne from Flute Sonata BWV 1031 arr Auer Jose
PADILLA (1889-1960) Valencia Pablo
de SARASATE (1844-1908) Zapateado
Jascha Heifetz, violin and piano (on Padilla’s Valencia) with
Emanuel Bay, piano (Grieg and Brahms) Isidor Achron, piano (Wieniawski,
Rameau, Bach, Padilla, Sarasate) Samuel Chotzinoff, piano (Tchaikovsky)
Recorded 1922-36 RCA
VICTOR 09026 63907-2 [65’38] [JW]
A
disc of drama, excitement and real historical and musical value. … see
Full Review
LES TRÉSORS CACHÉS DE L’OPÉRA
FRANÇAIS Hidden Treasures of French opera Arias
from: SAINT-SAËNS: Henry VIII/Etienne
Marcel MASSENET: Hérodiade/Le
Cid/Marie Magdeleine MEYERBER: Les
Huguenots HALÉVY: La Juive
GOUNOD: Sapho/Faust BIZET:
Noé FAURÉ: Pénélope
REYER: Sigurd
Anne-Sophie Schmidt (soprano) Orchestre Failoni de l’Opéra Hongrois/Jean-Luc
Tingaud Recorded at the Théâtre Impérial de Compiègne,
2001, DDD MANDALA
MAN 5002 [71.06] [CF]
Approach
this treasure trove with caution. … see Full
Review
Herbert Von KARAJAN
(1908-1989) A film by Gernot Friedel
Berlin and Vienna Philharmonic Orchestras Agnes Baltsa, Mirella Freni,
Anne-Sophie Mutter, Mstislav Rostropovich, John Vickers, et al.
DVD 5 | PAL / Dolby Digital 2.0 DVD Video (Documentary)
ARTHAUSMUSIK 100 252 [89 min] [PT]
Though
it contains several memorable and even revelatory sequences, this anniversary
publication is deeply disappointing. … see Full
Review
Hans Knappertsbusch:
Ludwig
van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)
Symphony
no. 8 in F, op. 93 - Johannes BRAHMS (1833-1897)
Symphony no. 2 in D, op. 73
Munich Philharmonic Orchestra/Hans Knappertsbusch - Recorded live 18.10.1956,
Aule delle Scuole, Ascona, Switzerland
AURA AUR 165-2 [72’14"] [CH]
The
Beethoven is an interesting interpretation; orchestral standards are
more of problem in the Brahms. Good sound for the date. … see Full
Review
Clemens
Krauss Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART
(1756-1791) Symphony
no.41 K551 Johannes BRAHMS (1833-1897)
Symphony no.1 op.68
Bremen State Philharmonic Orchestra/Clemens Krauss Recorded in the Grosser
Saal der Glocke, Bremen, 13 March 1952
TAHRA TAH455 (64’58") [PQ]
A
musical organism breathing and playing as one to exhilarating effect.
… see Full Review
François
le Roux - Othmar SCHOECK
(1886-1957) Notturno
(1932) - Samuel BARBER (1910-1981) Dover
Beach (1931) - Louis DUREY (1888-1979)
Chansons Basques (1919)
François le Roux (bar) Stanislas Quartet - rec. Radio-France
Nancy-Lorraine, Salle Poirel, Nancy, July 1994, DDD
GALLO CD-842 [55.09] [RB]
Baritone
and quartet superb throughout this well put together recital. A connoisseur’s
disc. ... see Full Review
THE LONDON TRUMPET SOUND, Vol.
1 -
Louis
PRIMA (1910-1978), arr. Paul Sarcich Sing,
Sing, Sing (1) - Errol GARNER (1921-1977),
arr. Alan Gout Misty (2) - TRAD,
arr. Andrew Crowley Jarabe Tapatio (Mexican Hat
Dance) - John LENNON (1940-1980)/
Paul McCARTNEY (b. 1942), arr. Roger Harvey Penny Lane
(3) - Jeremiah CLARKE (c.1674-1707),
arr. Simon Wright The Prince of Denmark’s March (4) -
Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791), arr. John Humphries Rondo
alla Turca - Gioacchino ROSSINI (1792-1868),
arr. Paul Archibald La Gazza Ladra: Overture -
Joaquin RODRIGO (1901-1999), arr. Daryl Runswick Adagio
from Concierto de Aranjuez (5) -
John Philip SOUSA (1854-1932), arr. Richard Payne - The
Stars and Stripes Forever - Trumpets:
Tony Adie, Bryan Alen, Paul Archibald (Solo Piccolo Trumpet, 3), Guy
Barker (Solo Trumpet, 2), Paul Benniston, Roy Bilham, Martin Bunce,
Robert Farley (Solo Natural Trumpet, 4), Tony Fisher, Rod Franks, Murray
Greig, Tim Hawes, William Houghton, Mike Lovatt (Solo Trumpet, 1), Henry
Lowther, Anne McAneny, Maurice Murphy (Solo Flugelhorn, 5), Paul Newton,
John Wallace, James Watson, Patrick White, Adam Wright - Bass Trumpets:
Brian Raby, Simon Gunton, Tim Smart, Simon Wills - Rhythm: Roy
Babbington, Mitch Dalton, Harold Fisher, John Horler, Jim Richardson,
Mike Smith - Percussion: Colin Currie, Russell Jordan, Anthony
Kerr, Gary Kettel, Neil Percy, Sam Walton
Conductor: Geoffrey Simon - Rec. 22-23.8.2001, BBC Maida Vale Studio
3, London and 24-25.8.2001, St. Jude-on-the-Hill, London
CALA CACD 0113 [44’ 06"] [CH]
I
expected to be bowled over by this and I’m sorry to report that I wasn’t.
… see Full Review
Music
for My Little Friends MOZART:
Rondo alla turca; COULTER: Lament
for the Wild Geese; IBERT, The Little
White Donkey, SAINT-SAËNS,
The Swan; FAURÉ, Pavane;
FAURÉ, Sicilienne (Pelleas
et Melisande); ROTA, Cinque Pezzi
Facile (Five Easy Pieces); GOUBERT,
Madrigal; RAVEL: Pièce en
forme de habanera; TRADITIONAL.
Danny Boy; GLUCK, Dance of the Blessed
Spirits; DEBUSSY, Mandoline, SAINT-SAËNS,
Romance. Sir James
Galway, flute and conductor The London Mozart Players Phillip Moll,
piano Recorded at Whitfield Studios, London February 16 and 17, and
May 6, 1999 DDD RCA
09026637252 [59:30] [KS]
An
hour of lovely music. Give it as a gift and keep a second copy for the
end of a tiring workday. … see Full Review
There
are more Miscellaneous items on page 7
[Detailed listing (last two
days)]
[Part 1 New] [Part 2 A-B] [Part 3
C-L]
[Part 4 M-R] [Part
5 S-Y] [Part 6 Misc] [Part
7 Misc]
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