American Concertos Benjamin
LEES (b.1924) Violin Concerto (1958) [24.21]
Robert STARER (b.1924) Concerto
for Viola, Strings and Percussion (1958) [24.26] Meyer
KUPFERMAN (b.1926) Concerto for Cello, Tape and Orchestra
(1974) [26.43] Michael COLGRASS (b.1932)
Concertmasters for Three Violins and Orchestra (1977) [22.09]
Lou HARRISON (b.1917) Concerto for
Violin and Percussion Orchestra (1940, 1959) [15.49] Walter
PISTON (1894-1976) Concertino for Piano and Chamber Orchestra
(1937) [13.39] William BERGSMA (b.1921)
Violin Concerto (1965) [22.25]
Lees: Ruggiero Ricci (violin), American S.O./Kazuyoshi Akiyama (rec.
1976) Starer: Melvin Berger (viola), English Chamber Orchestra/John
Snashall (rec. 1965, first release on Pye LP) Kupferman: Laszlo Varga
(cello), Music for Westchester S.O./Siegfried Landau (rec. 1975) Colgrass:
Robert Rudie (violin), Masako Yanagita (violin), Ronald Oakland (violin),
American S.O./Kazuyoshi Akiyama (rec. 1977) Harrison: Carroll Glenn
(violin), Members of Percussion Ensemble of Eastman School of Music/John
Beck (rec. 1972) Piston: Gary Steigerwalt (piano), Philharmonia Virtuosi
of New York/Richard Kapp (rec. 1976) Bergsma: Edward Statkiewicz (violin),
Polish Radio and Television Orchestra/Zdzislav Szostak (rec. 1969)
VOXBOX CDX 5158 [2CDs: 76.11+74.17] [RB]
A
generous and extremely economical selection of twentieth century American
concertos from the traditional to the extreme outer rim ... see Full
Review
AURORA:
Music of the Northern Lights Edvard
GRIEG
(1843-1907) from "Peer Gynt": Morning Mood [4.15]; Anitra's
Dance [3.43]; Solveig's Song [5.11]; The Death of Åse [3.51];
In the Hall of the Mountain King [2.60 ] Cow-Call - Peasant Dance (Nordic
Melody op. 63 no.2) [5.12] Praeludium from "Holberg Suite"
[2.58] Norwegian Dance op. 35 no.2 [2.30] Concerto for Piano and Orchestra
in A minor: Adagio [6.22] Lilya Zilberstein, piano Homage March from
"Sigurd Jorsalfar" [8.47 ] Last Spring (Elegiac Melody op.
34 no.2) [4.45] Hugo ALFVÉN
(1872-1960) Midsummer Vigil (Swedish Rhapsody no.1) [12.46] Jean
SIBELIUS (1865-1957) from "Karelia Suite": Intermezzo
[4.08]; Alla marcia [4.43]; Valse triste [5.38] from "Four Legends
from the Kalevala": Lemminkäinen's Return [6.22]; The Swan
of Tuonela [7.35] Björn Bohlin, English horn (cor anglais) Finlandia
[9.06] Andante festivo [5.05] Johan HALVORSEN
(1864-1935) Entry March of the Boyars* [4.32] Armas
JÄRNEFELT (1869-1958) Berceuse* [3.05] Christer Thorvaldsson,
violin solo, Claes Gunnarsson, violoncello solo Praeludium* [2.54] Wilhelm
STENHAMMAR (1871-1927) Notturno from Serenade in F major
op. 31 [6.24] Interlude* from the cantata "The Song" [4.26]
Carl NIELSEN (1865-1931) Negro Dance
from "Aladdin Suite" [4.29] Overture to "Maskarade" [4.23]
Dag WIREN (1905-1986) Marcia* from
Serenade Op.11 [4.33] Lars-Erik LARSSON
(1908-1986) Romance* from "Pastoral Suite" Op.19 [4.48] Einojuhani
RAUTAVAARA (b.1928) The Bog* from "Cantus arcticus"
[7.38] Hans Christian LUMBYE (1810-1874)
Copenhagen Steam Railway Galop* [3.35]
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra/Neeme Järvi *Newly recorded for this
issue. The other selections have been previously released. Notes in
English, Deutsch, and Français. Photos of the artists.
DG 471 747-2 [2 CDs: 77.06+79.39] [PSh]
A
well played, well recorded collection of varied music by Scandinavian
composers if you can deal with the inconvenient layout and kitchy presentation.
... see Full Review
Baltic
Voices 1 Cyrillus
KREEK (1889-1962) Psalms of David (1923) [10.49] Sven-David
SANDSTRØM (b.1942) Hear my prayer, O Lord (1986)
after Purcell [6.29]; Es ist Genug (1986) [10.34] Einojuhani
RAUTAVAARA (b.1928) Lorca Suite Op. 72 (1973) [6.33]
Veljo TORMIS (b.1930) Latvian
Bourdon Songs (1982) * [17.11] Arvo PÄRT
(b.1935) ... which was the son of ... (2000) * [7.86]
Pēteris VASKS (b.1946) Dona
nobis pacem (1996) *† [15.16]
Tallinn Chamber Orchestra † Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir/Paul
Hillier * world premiere rec. 18-24 July 2002, Tallinn Methodist Church,
Tallinn, Estonia. DDD
HARMONIA MUNDI HMU 907311 [74.26] [RB]
Lyrical
yet challenging ... not in any sense ivory tower products ... they welcome
the listener with open arms. ... see Full
Review
Twenty Years
of BBC Singer of the World in Cardiff DVD:
Competition Winners 1983: Karita Mattila ‘Donna Anna’s Aria’ from
Don Giovanni- Mozart [2’43"] - ‘Leise, Leise’ from Der Freischütz
– Weber [8’30"] - Award presentation [0’38"] - BBC Welsh Symphony
Orchestra conducted by Richard Armstrong - 1985: David Mallis ‘E
‘un sogno’ [Ford’s Monologue} from Falstaff – Verdi [4’39"] - ‘Largo
al factotum’ from The Barber of Seville – Rossini [4’45"] - Award
presentation [1’07"] - BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra conducted by
Richard Armstrong - 1987: Valeria Esposito ‘Comme autrefois’
from The Pearl Fishers – Bizet [6’37"] - ‘Chi il bel sogno di Doretta’
from La Rondine – Puccini [2’59"] - ‘Qui la voce sua soave’ from
I Puritani – Bellini [6’09"] - Award presentation [1’07"]
- BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra conducted by Richard Armstrong - Julian
Smith (accompanist) 1989: Dmitri Hvorostovsky ‘Eri tu che macchiavi’
from Un Ballo in Maschera – Verdi [6’17"] - ‘Jeletzky’s Aria’ from
Queen of Spades – Tchaikovsky [5’09"] - ‘Rodrigo’s Aria’ from Don
Carlos – Verdi [4’55"] - ‘The death of Rodrigo’ from Don Carlos
– Verdi [3’50"] - Award presentation [1’01"] - BBC Welsh Symphony
Orchestra conducted by Richard Armstrong - 1991: Lisa Gasteen
‘Dich, tuere Halle’ from Tannhaüser – Wagner [3’36"] - ‘Schlafst
du, Gast?’ from Die Walküre – Wagner [5’49"] - ‘Pace, pace,
mio Dio’ from La Forza Del Destino – Verdi [5’35"] - Award presentation
[1’08"] - BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra conducted by Guido Ajmone-Marsan
- 1993: Inger Dam-Jensen ‘Amor’ from Six Songs (Brentano-Lieder),
Op.68, No 5 – R. Strauss [3’11"] - ‘Misera, dove son? Ah, non son
io che parlo’ K369 – Mozart [6’46"] - ‘Let the bright Seraphim’
from Samson – Handel [5’29"] - Award presentation [1’22"]
- BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra conducted by Guido Ajmone-Marsan - Christen
Stubbe (accompanist) -1995: Katarina Karnéus ‘Ging heuf
morgen über’s Feld’ from Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen – Mahler
[4’23"] - Seguidilla: ‘Près des remparts de Séville’
[2’17"] - ‘Heart, we will forget him’ from Twelve Poems of Emily
Dickinson – Copland [2’19"] - ‘Why do they shut me out of heaven?’
from Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson Copland [2’03"] - ‘Nacqui
all’affanno/Non piu mesta’ from La Cenerentola – Rossini [6’20"]
- Award presentation [1’09"] - BBC National Orchestra of Wales
conducted by Carlo Rizzi - Ingrid Surgenor (accompanist) - 1997:
Guang Yang ‘Connais-tu la pays?’ from Mignon – Thomas [5’22"]
- ‘Nacht und Träume’ Op. 43, No. 2 – Schubert [4’05"] - ‘Der
Tod und das Mädchen’ Op. 7, No. 3 – Schubert [3’00"] - ‘Nacqui
all’affanno/Non piu mesta’ from La Cenerentola – Rossini [6’20"]
- Award presentation [0’47"] - BBC National Orchestra of Wales
conducted by Carlo Rizzi - Ingrid Surgenor (accompanist) - 1999:
Anja Harteros ‘Temerari…Come scoglio’ from Cosi fan tutte – Mozart
[5’56"] - ‘Am Sonntag Morgen’ Op. 49, No. 1 – Brahms [1’22"]
- Was will die einsame Träne?’ Op. 25, No.21 – Schumann [3’05"]
- ‘E Strano…sempre libera’ from La Traviata – Verdi [7’36"] - Award
presentation [1’00"] - BBC National Orchestra of Wales conducted
by Carlo Rizzi - Wolfgang Kastorp (accompanist) - 2001: Marius Brenciu
‘Cielo e mar!’ from La Gioconda – Ponchielli [5’01"] - ‘Die
nacht’ Op.10, No. 3 – R Strauss [3’04"] - ‘Changeons propos’ from
Sept Chansons de Clement Marot Op.5, No.6 – Enescu [2’23"] - ‘Lensky’s
Aria’ from Eugene Onegin – Tchaikovsky [7’12"] - Award presentation
[3’07"] - BBC National Orchestra of Wales conducted by Jean-Yves
Ossonce - Ingrid Surgenor (accompanist) - DVD 2: Documentary:
Twenty Years BBC Singer of the World in Cardiff [33’25"] - Lieder
(Song) Prize Winners - 1989: Bryn Terfel ‘In der fremde’ Liederkreis
Op. 39 – Schumann [1’57"] - ‘Intermezzo’ Liederkreis Op. 39 – Schumann
[1’56"] - ‘Die Stille’ Liederkreis Op. 39 – Schumann [1’36"]
- ‘Schöne Fremde’ Liederkreis Op. 39 – Schumann [1’19"] -
Bonus: ‘Non piu andrai from The Marriage of Figaro – Mozart [1’57"]
- Bonus: ‘The Dutchman’s Aria’ from The Flying Dutchman – Wagner [11’28"]
- Award presentation [0’33"] - Malcolm Martineau (accompanist)
- 1991: Neal Davies ‘Did you hiccup, Natasha?’ – Rachmaninov
[2’07"] - ‘Letter to K. S. Stanislavski’ – Rachmaninov [3’43"]
- ‘Erlkönig’ – Schubert [1’24"] - Award presentation [1’01"]
- Ingrid Surgenor (accompanist) 1993: Paul Whelan ‘Am Bach im
Frühling’ D361 – Schubert [1’52"] - Bonus: ‘Hai gia vinta
la causa’ from The Marriage of Figaro – Mozart [1’55"] - Award
presentation [0’39"] - Ingrid Surgenor (accompanist) 1995: Kirsi
Tiihonen ‘Wehe, so willst du mich wieder’ Op. 32, No. 5 – Brahms
[1’57"] - ‘Es traümte mir’ Op. 57, No. 3 – Brahms [3’33"]
- ‘Vesnie Vodys’ (‘Spring Waters’) from Twelve Songs – Rachmaninov [2’28"]
- Award presentation [0’42"] - Satu Salminen (accompanist) 1997:
Christopher Maltman ‘Ständchen’ from Schwanengesang – Schubert
[3’47"] - ‘Winter Evening’ Op. 13, No. 1 – Medtner [3’10"]
- Award presentation [[1’10"] - Phillip Thomas (accompanist) -
1999: Dea-San No ‘Oh! Mountain’ – Dong-Soo Shin [4’29"]
- ‘Nebbie’ – Respighi [1’22"] - Award presentation [1’09"]
- Ingrid Surgenor (accompanist) 2001: Marius Brenciu ‘In der
fremde’ Liederkreis Op. 39 – Schumann [2’02"] - ‘Intermezzo’ Liederkreis
Op. 39 – Schumann [1’45"] - ‘Waldesgesprach’ – Schumann [2’07"]
- ‘Die nacht’ Op.10, No. 3 – R Strauss [3’04"] - ‘Changeons propos’
from Sept Chansons de Clement Marot Op.5, No.6 – Enescu [2’23"]
- Award presentation [3’07"] - Ingrid Surgenor (accompanist) -
The Battle of the Baritones [3’14"]
Filmed in St. David’s Hall, Cardiff, Wales - PAL All Regions
- 16/9 Anamorphic and 4/3 (Archive material)
BBC Opus Arte OA 0880 D [170’00" +
90’00"] [JQ]
A
splendid celebration of a major competition and is also a hugely enjoyable
compilation of fine singing. I warmly recommend it. … see
Full Review
Karen
Bentley: Dancing Suite To Suite Ole
Pullar SAXE (b 1952) Dance
Suite for Solo Violin (1998-2000) [39:03] Johann
Sebastian BACH (1685-1750) Partita No. 2 in D minor BWV 1004
(1720) [34:32] Odd BAKKERUD (Dates not
given) Fanitullen for Norwegian hardangerfele [2:51]
Karen Bentley, violin, viola, hardangerfele Rec. 23-24 October 2001,
Skywalker Sound Scoring Stage, San Raphael, California DDD
NEPTUNUS/ARIEL VENTURES NEPCD0005 [75:26] [KS]
Bentley’s
very able violin playing, lush rich tone and fine intonation.... but
nevertheless pass it by… see Full Review
Boni Pueri –
Czech Boys Choir ANON
Pueri hebraeorum - Orlando di LASSO (1532-1594)
O la o che bon eccho - Lara HOGGARD
Personent hodie - César FRANCK
(1822-1890) Panis Angelicus - G.F.HANDEL
(1685-1759) Hallelujah (from Messiah) -
J.C.F.FISCHER (C.1670-1746) Kyrie,
Gloria (from Missa inventionis Sanctae Crucis) -
P.V. VEJVANOVSKY (1639-1693) Confitebur
(Psalm 111) -
J.D.ZELENKA (1679-1745) Vos oriens adoret (from Sub olea
pacis et palma virtutis) - Antonín
DVOŘÁK (1841-1904) Goin’ Home (from Symphony no.9 from
the New World) - Bedrich SMETANA
(1824-1884) Proc bychom se netesili (from The Bartered Bride)
- TRAD. O Lasko, Lasko (Moravian)
- TRAD. Mikulecka Dedina (Moravian)
- TRAD. Waltzing Matilda (Australia)
- TRAD. Buenos Aires no fuera asi
(Argentina) - TRAD. Sakura (Japan)
- TRAD. Siyahamba (Zulu spiritual)
- BROADWAY MEDLEY (WARREN,
ARLEN, GERSHWIN,
BERNSTEIN)
Czech Boys Choir/Pavel Horák, Jakub Martinec, Marek Strynel,
Martin - Fila,piano, František Varucek, organ, with Anna Hlavenkova,
soprano, Noemi - Kiss,soprano, Lukas Sadovsky, soprano, Markus Forster,
countertenor, Martin - Ptacek, countertenor, Jaroslav Brezina, tenor,
Adam Zdunikowski, tenor, Mikal - Pospisil, bass, Ales Prochaska, tenor,
Musica Aeterna, Ensemble Philidor, Musica - florea - Recorded in the
City Music hall, Hradec Králové October 2000, March 2002,
in the Tothmayer Hall of Prague Castle, July 2000, and the Bailica of
the assumption of the Virgin Mary, Strahov,. Prague, July and September
2001 SUPRAPHON SU
3764-2231 [62:47] [GPJ]
A
handful of numbers that are quite wonderful. A mixed bag in every sense
but one with plenty of lovely things in it. … see
Full Review
Pierre
BOULEZ –
in Rehearsal - Alban BERG (1885 – 1935)
Three Orchestral Pieces Op.6 (1915) - Pierre
BOULEZ (b. 1925) Notations 1 – 4 (1978)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra rehearsed and conducted in the Musikverein,
Vienna, by Pierre Boulez - recorded in 1998, (DVD)
Arthaus 100 290 [57 minutes] [JP]
I
would recommend this disc to anyone who wants to learn a bit more about
contemporary orchestral music; contemporary? … nearly a century has
elapsed since the Berg was originally composed. … see Full
Review
British
Music
- Green and Pleasant Land : Ernest
John MOERAN (1894-1950) - Symphony in G minor: Vivace
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/David Lloyd Jones - from Naxos 8.555837
Gerald FINZI (1901 - 1956) - Clear and
Gentle Stream Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge/Christopher
Robinson - Christopher Whitton (organ) - from Naxos 8.555792 Arthur
SOMERVELL (1863 - 1937) - The Shropshire Lad: Loveliest of trees
Christopher Maltman (baritone) - Graham Johnson (piano) - The Duke
Quartet - from Naxos 8.557113 Frederick DELIUS
(1862 - 1934) - Two Aquarelles: Gaily but not quick Northern Sinfonia/David
Lloyd-Jones Arnold BAX (1883 - 1953)
- Summer Music Royal Scottish National Orchestra/David Lloyd-Jones
- from Naxos 8.557144 Arthur BLISS (1891
- 1975) - Conversations: In the Wood: Adagio Maggini Quartet - Nicholas
Daniel (oboe) - Michael Cox (flute) - from Naxos 8.557108 Edward
ELGAR (1857 - 1934) - Sospiri English Northern Philharmonia/David
Lloyd-Jones William WALTON (1902 - 1983)
As You Like It: Under the Greenwood Tree RTE Concert Orchestra/Andrew
Penny - from Naxos 8.553344 Gustav HOLST
(1874 - 1934) - Egdon Heath Royal Scottish National Orchestra/David
Lloyd-Jones - from Naxos 8.553696 Ralph VAUGHAN
WILLIAMS (1872 - 1958) - On Wenlock Edge Anthony Rolfe Johnson
(tenor) - Graham Johnson (piano) - Duke Quartet - from Naxos 8.557114
Herbert HOWELLS (1892 - 1983) - Like
as the Hart Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge/Christopher Robinson
- Ian Farrington (organ) - from Naxos 8.554659 Benjamin
BRITTEN (1913 - 1976) - Alla Marcia Maggini Quartet - from
Naxos 8.554360 Charles Wilfrid ORR (1893
- 1976) - A Cotswold Hill Tune Royal Ballet Sinfonia/David Lloyd-Jones
- from Naxos 8.554186 Malcolm ARNOLD
(1921 - ) - Four Cornish Dances Queensland Symphony Orchestra/Andrew
Penny - from Naxos 8.553526
NAXOS 8.557320 [72.52] [RH]
A
fine selection from Naxos’s enterprising catalogue British music which
includes a judicious mix of the familiar and the more unusual … see
Full Review
BARGAIN
OF THE MONTH CARMINA BURANA:
Medieval Poems and Songs
Ensemble Unicorn, Michael Posch, director; Ensemble Oni Wytars, Marco
Ambrosini, director; Bernhard Landauer, countertenor; Eric Mentzel,
tenor; Peter Rabanser, tradioual style tenor, bagpipes, mandola; Marco
Ambrosini, fiddle, chorus; Thomas Wimmer, fiddle, lute, chorus; Riccardo
Delfino, harp, hurdy-gurdy, chorus; Michael Posch, recorder, chorus;
Katharina Dustmann. Framedrums, Landknechtstrommel, tambourine, chours;
Wolfgang Reithofer, Landknechttrommel, tamourine, xylophone, bells.
Recorded at the Karthaus Mauerbach, 18-21 May 1997 DDD
NAXOS 8.554837 [59:08] [KS]
Everything
is played with a life and energy that left me dancing around the room
by disc’s end. … see Full Review
Caruso Great Opera Arias Giacomo
PUCCINI (1858-1924)
Recondita Armonia; E lucevan le stelle (Tosca)
- Che gelida manina (La Bohème); Donna
non vidi mai (Manon Lescaut) Giuseppe
VERDI (1813-1901)
Ora per sempre addio (Otello) - O tu che
in seno agl’ angeli (La forza del destino)
- Questa e quella; Ella mi fu rapita (Rigoletto)
Umberto GIORDANO (1867-1948)
Amor ti vieta (Fedora) - Un di all’ azurro
spazio (Andrea Chenier) Ruggero
LEONCAVALLO (1857-1919) No! Pagliaccio non son
(I Pagliacci) Mattinata Charles
GOUNOD (1818-1893) Salut, demeure chaste et
pure (Faust) Gaetano DONIZETTI
(1797-1848) Una furtiva lagrima (L’Elisir d’amore)
Georges BIZET (1838-1875) La
fleur que tu m’avais jetée (Carmen) Arrigo
BOITO (1842-1918)
Dai campi, dai prate (Mefistofele)
Enrico Caruso (tenor) - Austrian Radio Symphony Orchestra/Gottfried
Rabl - Vocals recorded 1902-1913 in Milan, Camden and New York; orchestra
recorded in Vienna, April 2002 AAD/DDD
BMG CLASSICS 74321 98651 2 [56’07] [TH]
This
really is worth investigating, even for curiosity value. And that voice
… see Full Review
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH Celtic
Magic - Chamber music and songs by Peter
Crossley-Holland and his circle Peter CROSSLEY-HOLLAND
(1916-2001) The
Nightingales (1945) - Ode to Mananan (1999) - The Weather the Cuckoo
Likes; The Piper (1945) - Two Songs (1996) - Lullaby (1943/2001) - Trio
(1940) - Twilight it is (1944) - John
MANDUELL (b. 1928) "C-H" Recitative and Aria (2002) - Edmund
RUBBRA (1901-1986) Oboe Sonata in C, Op. 100 (1958) - Julius
HARRISON (1885-1963) Philomel (1938); I Know a Bank (1928)
- John IRELAND (1879-1962) The Holy
Boy (1919) - David COX (1916-1997) The
Magical Island (1996) - Benjamin BRITTEN
(1913-1976) Six Metamorphoses after Ovid, Op. 49 (1951)
Lesley-Jane Richards, soprano John Turner, recorder - Richard Simpson,
oboe - Keith Swallow, piano - Richard Howarth, violin - Tom Dunn, viola
- Recorded at Manchester University Department of Music,
28th and 29th August 2002
CAMPION CAMEO 2026 [79.26] [NH]
John
Turner's musical Midas touch pays further dividends with a disc full
of superb British "byways" … see Full Review
20th
Century Concerti John
WILLIAMS (b.1932) Tuba Concerto (1985)
Germaine TAILLEFERRE (1892 –1983) Harp
Concertino (1928) Henri TOMASI (1901
– 1971) Saxophone Concerto (1949) Toshirō
MAYUZUMI (1929 – 1997) Xylophone Concertino (1965)
Soloists; 1. Marc Easener, tuba 2. Gabriella Dall’olio, harp 3. Duncan
Ashby, saxophone 4. Joanne May, xylophone - Foundation Philharmonic
Orchestra/David Snell - Recorded in Air Lyndhurst Studios, London (no
date) ASV CD DCA 1126
[66:83] [GPJ]
Has
the feeling of a project foundered for lack of time; a couple more hours
of orchestral rehearsal would have made a tremendous difference. … See
Full Review
Plainchant The
Chants of Christmas Christmas
Masses and The Marian Antiphons Ad Missam in Vigila, Introit:
Hodie scietis, Gradual: Hodie scietis, Alleluia: Crastina
die, Offertory: Tollite portas, Communion: Revelabitur,
Ad Missam in Nocte Introit: Dominus dixit, Gradual: Tecum
principium, Alleluia: Dominus dixit, Offertory: Laetentur
caeli, Communion: In splendoribus, Ad Missam in Aurora
Introit: Lux fulgebit, Gradual: Benedictus qui venit,
Alleluia: Dominus regnavit, Offertory: Deus enim firmavit,
Communion: Exsulta filia Sion, Ad Missam in Die Introit:
Puer natus est nobis, Gradual: Viderunt omnes, Alleluia:
Dies sanctificatus, Offertory: Tui sunt coeli, Communion:
Viderunt omnes, Alma redemptoris mater, Ave regina coelorum,
Regina coeli, Salve Regina,
Gloriae Dei Cantores Schola/Richard J. Pugsley Recorded 1992
GLORIAE DEI CANTORES GDCD 005 [72.03] [RH]
Includes
all the Propers for the masses for Christmas Day, along with the Marian
Antiphons using both Solemn and Simple Tones ... see Full
Review
Delectable Pieces: The Volkert-Walther
String Trio Robert
SCHUMANN (1810-1956): Trio (after the Sonata for Piano Op.
118, No. 3) Peter TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893):
Three Pieces, String Quartet No.3 Bohemian Dance Op.39 No.14 Humoresque
Op.10 No.2 Edward MACDOWELL (1861-1908):
Woodland Sketches Op. 51, To a Wild Rose, By Fireside, By a Meadow
Brook, At an Old Place, From Uncle Remus, Fritz
KREISLER (1875-1962): Rondino on a theme of Beethoven,
Toy Soldiers March, Victor HERBERT
(1859-1924)
Four Selections for String Trio, Always do as People say You should
("The Fortune Teller") Italian Street Song ("Naughty Marietta") Kiss
Me Again ("Mlle. Modiste") Czardas ("The Fortune Teller")
Mark Volkert violin, Geraldine Walther viola, Jan Volkert
cello Arrangements by Mark Volkert Recorded at Hallcraft Studios,
Pleasant Hill, CA, USA, 2003
CON BRIO CBR233 [49:15]
[RW]
Volkert's
arrangements are attractive and are played with good pace that gives
a fresh appeal to the pieces. … see Full Review
English
Cello Sonatas: Première Recordings
John FOULDS (1880-1939) Sonata
for cello and piano, Op.6 (1905, rev. 1927) Ernest
WALKER (1870-1949) Sonata in F minor for cello and piano,
Op.41 (1914) York BOWEN (1884-1961)
Sonata in A major for cello and piano, Op.64 (1921)
Jo Cole (cello) John Talbot (piano) Rec. Bishopsgate Hall, London,
25 Oct, 29 Nov, 6 Dec 1997. DDD
BRITISH MUSIC SOCIETY BMS423CD [81.10] [MC]
Collectors
of English chamber works are urged to hear these interesting works;
especially the Bowen. … see Full Review
The Very Best of English Song
CD1 Ralph
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS (1872-1958): ‘Linden Lea’ [2’51"] John
IRELAND (1879-1962): ‘The Salley Gardens’ (Songs Sacred
and Profane, No. 4) [2’14"] Sir Hubert
PARRY (1848-1918): ‘O mistress mine’ (English Lyrics Set
II, No. 1) [2’14"] Roger QUILTER
(1877-1953):
‘Love’s Philosophy’, Op. 3, No. 1 [1’27"] Dame Janet Baker (mezzo
soprano); Gerald Moore (piano) Roger QUILTER:
‘Now sleeps the crimson petal’, Op. 3, No. 2 [2’11"] Graham
PEEL (1877-1937): ‘Bredon Hill’ [3’44"] Sir Thomas Allen
(baritone); Geoffrey Parsons (piano) George
BUTTERWORTH (1865-1918): ‘Loveliest of trees’ (A Shropshire
Lad, No. 1) [2’51"] Ivor GURNEY
(1890-1937):
‘Down by the Salley Gardens’ [2’34"]; ‘Black Stitchel’ [2’10"]
Peter WARLOCK (1894-1930):
‘My Own Country’ [2’34"]; ‘Passing By’ [2’30"]; ‘Pretty Ring
Time’ [1’11"] Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor); David Willison (piano)
Ralph VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: ‘The Lamb’*
[2’16"]; ‘The Shepherd’ [0’49"] (Ten Blake Songs Nos.
5 and 6) Ian Partridge (tenor); *Janet Craxton (oboe) Ralph
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS ‘Silent Noon’ (The House of Life No.
2) [4’16"] Roger QUILTER
‘Come away,
death’ [3’02"] Gerald FINZI (1901-1956):
‘Since we loved’ (O fair to see No. 7) [1’12"] Ian Bostridge
(tenor); Julius Drake (piano) Gerald FINZI:
‘Rollicum-rorum’ (Earth and Air and Rain No.6) [2’01"] John
IRELAND: ‘Sea Fever’ [2’11"] Frederick
KEEL (1871-1954): ‘Trade Winds’ (Salt-Water Ballads
No. 2) [2’19"] Jonathan Lemalu (bass-baritone); Roger Vignoles
(piano) Sir Charles Villiers STANFORD (1852-1924):
‘Drake’s Drum’ [2’43"] ‘The Old Superb’ [3’23"] (Songs
of the Sea, Nos. 1 and 5)
Robert Lloyd (bass); Nina Walker (piano) Amy
WOODFORDE-FINDEN (1860-1919): ‘Kashmiri Song’ (Four Indian
Love-Lyrics No. 3) [2’54"] Frederick Harvey (baritone); Jack
Byfield (piano) May BRAHE (1884-1956):
‘Bless this House’ [3’16"] Peter WARLOCK:
‘Balulalow’ [1’45"] Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano); Sir Philip
Ledger (organ) Charles DIBDIN (1745-1814):
‘Tom Bowling’ [4’19] Henry R. BISHOP (1786-1855):
‘Home! Sweet home’ [3’37] Michael William BALFE
(1808-1870): ‘Come into the garden, Maud’ [4’06"] Robert
Tear (tenor); André Previn (piano) Arr.
Benjamin BRITTEN (1913-1976):
‘The Foggy, Foggy Dew’ [2’24’]; ‘The Plough Boy’ [1’44"] Robert
Tear (tenor); Sir Philip Ledger (piano) Sir
William WALTON (1902-1983): ‘Popular Song’ (Façade
No 19) [2’00"] Michael Flanders (reciter); members of the Academy
of St. Martin-in-the-Field directed by Sir Neville Marriner CD2
Trad. English ‘Greensleeves’
[2’11"] Thomas MORLEY (1557/8 –
1602): ‘It was a lover and his lass’ [3’10"] Attrib.
MORLEY: ‘O mistress mine’ [1’39"] Anon.
(17th Century): ‘The Willow Song’ [4’16"]
Robert JOHNSON (c1583-1633);
‘Where the bee sucks’ [1’14"]; ‘Full fathom five’ [2’06"]
Alfred Deller (counter-tenor); Desmond Dupré (lute) William
BYRD (c1540-1623): ‘Lullaby, my sweet little baby’ [5’59"];
‘Elegy on the death of Thomas Tallis: Ye sacred muses’ [4’04"]
Michael Chance (countertenor); Fretwork John
DOWLAND (1563-1626): ‘Sorrow, stay!’ (Second Book of Songs)
[3’04"]; ‘Can she excuse my wrongs? (First Book of Songs) [2’32"]
‘Awake, sweet love’ (First Book of Songs) [2’48"]
‘Woeful heart’* (Second Book of Songs) [2’51"] Emma Kirkby
(soprano); Anthony Rooley (lute and *orpharion) John
DOWLAND: ‘Shall I sue?’ [2’37"] (Second Book of Songs);
‘Me, me and none but me’ (Third and Last Book of Songs) [2’11"];
‘Flow, my tears’ (Second Book of Songs) [3’51"] Charles
Daniels (tenor); David Miller (lute) Henry
PURCELL (1659-1695): ‘Fairest Isle’* [2’36"]; ‘Music
for a while’** [3’55"]; ‘I attempt from love’s sickness’*** [2’02"];
‘If music be the food of love’ Z379 ****[2’06"]; ‘An Evening Hymn:
Now that the sun hath veiled his light’ Z193 ***** [5’17"] Nancy
Argenta (soprano); * Nigel North (archlute); **John Toll (harpsichord);
*** Paul Nicholson (harpsichord); **** John Toll (harpsichord), Richard
Boothby (gamba); ***** Paul Nicholson (chamber organ) Peter
WARLOCK: ‘Yarmouth Fair’ [1’37"]
Charles G. MORTIMER (1880-1957):
The Smuggler’s Song’* [3’33"] Owen Brannigan (bass); Ernest Lush
(piano); *Gerald Moore (piano) Sidney CARTER
(b. 1915): ‘Down Below’ [2’41"] Donald
SWANN (1923-1994):
‘A Transport of Delight’ [2’34"]; ‘The Wart Hog’ [3’43"] Ian
Wallace (baritone); Donald Swann (piano) Donald
SWANN: ‘The Hippopotamus Song’ [4’02"] Michael Flanders
and Donald Swann (recorded live at the Fortune Theatre, London, 2 May
1959) EMI
CLASSICS 7243 5 75926 2 8 [79’13" + 79’23"] [JQ]
I envy anyone coming new to
these songs … fine performances. Could have been an outstanding anthology
rather than just useful. Worthwhile nonetheless. … see
Full Review
Evensong and Vespers from King’s
ATTWOOD/BEALE Psalm
50 [6:36] -
George DYSON Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in D [6:48] -
Edward BAIRSTOW Lord, Thou has been our Refuge [7:49] -
Sebastian de VIVANCO Magnificat octavi toni [11:33] -
Francesco CAVALLI Salve Regina [6:25] -
ANTIPHON Dum esset Rex - Psalm: Dixit Dominus - Antiphon:
Laeva ejus - Psalm: Laudate Pueri Dominum
The Choir of King’s College, Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury - Recorded in
the Chapel of King’s College, Cambridge, no dates given
BRILLIANT CLASSICS DVD 6469 [39:20] [KS]
Elegant
construction, superb and mellifluous counterpoint, magnificent harmony
… stellar performance … see
Full Review
La Folia 1490-1701 ANONYME
Folia: Rodrigo Martinez, 1490; Improvisations d’après
le villancico du CMP Diego ORTIZ (1510
- 1570) Recercada Quarta sobre la Folia, 1553 Antonio
de CABEZÓN Folia: Para quien crié cabellos,
1557 - D’après Venegas de Henestrosa; Recercada Ottava sobre
la Folia, 1553 Juan del ENZINA (1468-
c.1530) Folia: Hoy comamos y bebamos, vers 1520 - Improvisations
d’après le villancico de Juan del Enzina Antonio
Martìn y Coll Madrid Bibl. Nacional (1706-1709) D’après
le Mss. Flores de Músia,1357-60 Arcangelo
CORELLI (1653-1713) Op. 5 Roma 1700 MS. VM7 6308 Paris Bibl.
Nationale Marin MARAIS Second Livre
de Pièces de Viole, Paris 1701
Jordi Savall, violes
de gambe - Rolf Lislevand, vihuela, guitare et théorbe - Michael
Behringer, clavecin, organo di legno et claviorganum - Arianna Savall,
harpe triple - Bruno Cocset, basse de violon - Pedro Estevan, percussionAdela
Gonzalez-Campa, castagnettes et grelots (cascabeles) - "Hybrid
Stereo" - playable on a CD player and an SACD player but only stereo
in both formats - Rec. 7-8 Sept 1998, Tibor Varga Studio, Switzerland
and St Hippolyte à Castres, France
ALIA VOX SACD AVSA 9805 [54:50] [DB]
The
amazing Jordi Savall and friends perform a variety of pieces all derived
from the 14th century Portuguese dance-song "La Folia".
A beautiful disc. … see Full Review
Dusolina
GIANNINI (soprano) (1902-1986) Arias and Duets San
Francisco Opera Orchestra. Cond. Gaetano Merola. Broadcast excerpts:
War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco. 19th September 1943
and 30th January 1944
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra. Cond. Pietro Cinini. Broadcast excerpts:
Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles. 15th August 1943
NAXOS HISTORICAL 8.110145 [50.24] [RF]
A
dramatic spinto from a period when such voices were commonplace. The
name may be new to many, but Giannini was a considerable artist well
worth hearing. … see Full Review
GIULINI AND MITROPOULOS -
The first CETRA recordings CD1 Contemporary Music for chamber orchestra
Chamber Orchestra of Rome, Carlo Mario Giulini, recorded 9 July 1949
G.F. MALIPIERO Mondi celesti with
Magda Laszlo ( soprano) - MILHAUD L'Apotheose
de Moliere - PETRASSI Sonata da
camera with Egida Giordani Sartori ( harpsichord) - VLAD
Divertimento for 11 instruments - Chamber Orchestra of Rome/Carlo
Maria Giulin - Recorded July 1949 - CD2 Turin SO/Dmitri Mitropoulos
MALIPIERO Sinfonia no. 7 della
canzoni - CASELLA Ciacona after
Bach - Recorded 2 June 1950
WARNER FONIT 5050466-3127-2-3 [2CDs] [DCFW]
The
Giulini disc is worth having for many reasons, but I am not so sure
about the Mitropoulos disc! … see Full
Review
GONDWANA VOICES: New Light New Hope Stephen
LEEK (b. 1959) ‘A
New Gondwana’ Paul JARMAN (b. 1971)
Turn on the Open Sea, ‘The Sea of Berries’, Shackleton’,
‘Volto do mar Largo’ Ronald CORP (b.
1951) ‘Cornucopia’ Elena KATS-CHERNIN
(b. 1957) ‘Memorial Rag’ Lydia ADAMS
(b. 1953) ‘Mi’Kmaq Honour Song’ Harri WESSMAN
(b. 1949) ‘Vesi väsy lumen alle’ Srul
Irving GLICK (b. 1934) ‘Psalm Trilogy’ Lyn
WILLIAMS (b. 1963) ‘Ferry Me Across the Water’ John
RUTTER (b. 1945)
‘For the Beauty of the Earth’ Zoltán
KODÁLY (1882-1967) ‘Tancnota’ (Dancing-song) Pablo
CASALS (1876-1973) ‘Nigra sum’ (I am black) Traditional:
Torres Straight Island ‘Islands Songs’ Traditional:
English ‘The Water of Tyne’ Traditional:
Finnish ‘On suuri rantas autius’
Traditional: Basque ‘The Angel Gabriel’
Gondwana Voices/Lyn Williams and Mark O’Leary Recorded 16th-18th
and 22nd-24th January 2002. Woolangong Town Hall,
New South Wales, Australia
ABC CLASSICS ABC 478-822-2 [73.17] [RF]
Children
singing a wide selection of pieces, many outside the usual repertoire
… much to enjoy here. … see Full Review
The
Great Singers CD 1 :
Giacomo PUCCINI (1858-1924)
Turandot, ‘Nessun dorma’ (Jussi Björling.
tenor) Giuseppe VERDI (1813-1901)
Il Trovatore, ‘Mira d’acerbe lagrime’ (Rosa Ponselle.
soprano) Achille-Claude DEBUSSY
(1862-1918) ‘Trois Chansons de Bilitis’ (Dame Maggie Teyte.
soprano) Gaetano DONIZETTI (1797-1868)
L’Elisir d’amore, ‘Una furtiva lagrima’ (Enrico Caruso tenor)
Ambroise THOMAS (1811-1896) Mignon,
‘Leb’wohn a Mignon ihre Unschuld’ (Richard Tauber. tenor) Jules
MASSENET (1842-1912) Manon, Manon, ‘Il faut
nous séparer’ (Ferruccio Tagliavini, tenor, and Pia Tassinari,
soprano) Ruggiero LEONCAVALLO
(1858-1919) Pagliacci, ‘Un tal gioco, credetemi’ (Beniamino
Gigli. tenor) Modest MUSSORGSKY
(1839-1881) ‘Serenade’ Jennie Tourel (mezzo-soprano) George
Frideric HANDEL (1685-1759) Il Penseroso ‘Sweet
bird’ (Dame Nellie Melba. contralto) Gustav
MAHLER (1901-1973) Das Lied von der Erde
‘Von der Schönheit’ Richard WAGNER
(1813-1883) Tristan und Isolde ‘Mild und liese’ – Liebestod.
(Kirsten Flagstad. soprano) CD 2 : Giacomo
PUCCINI (1858-1924) La Boheme, ‘Sí Mi chiamano
Mimi’ (Licia Albanese, soprano, and Giuseppe di Stefano, tenor) La Boheme,
‘O soave fanciulla’ (Renata Tebaldi. soprano) Giuseppe
VERDI (1813-1901) Requiem, ‘Confutatis’ ((Ezio
Pinza. bass) Richard WAGNER (1813-1883)
Die Meistersinger, ‘Morgenlied leuchtend’ (Set Svanholm.
tenor) Parsifal, ‘Ich sah’das Kind’ (Kirsten Flagstad,
soprano and Lauritz Melchior, tenor) Ludwig
Van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) Fidelio, ‘Abscheulicher,
wo eilst du hin?’ (Frieda Leider. soprano) Jules
MASSENET (1842-1912) Don Quichotte, ‘Oh mon
maitre..Oui!, Je fus le chef’ (Feodor Chaliapin. bass) Franz
SCHUBERT (1797-1828) ‘Der Hirt auf dem Felsen’
(Elisabeth Schumann. soprano) Wolfgang Amadeus
MOZART (1756-1791) Die Entfuhrung, Die Entfuhrung,
‘Martern aller Arten’ (Erna Berger. soprano) Giacomo
OREFICE (1865-1922) Chopin, ‘Grand Aria’ (Pia
Yassinari. soprano) Erich Wolfgang KORNGOLD
(1897-1957) Die tote Stadt, ‘Gluck das mir verbliech’ (Lotte
Lehmann, soprano and Richard Tauber, tenor) Friedrich
von FLOTOW (1812-1883) Martha, ‘M’appari’ (Ferruccio
Tagliavini. tenor)
Various
Orchestras and Conductors. Recorded 1902-1951
NAXOS
HISTORICAL 8.110781-82
[2CDs:
65.54+76.06] [RJF]
A
serious temptation to wile away a couple of hours listening to all-time-great
singers. Pity there’s no Toto Schipa though. … see Full
Review
The
Great Singers -
Jussi Björling - PUCCINI Nessun
dorma (Turandot); Maggie Teyte - DEBUSSY
Trois Chansons de Bilitis La flûte de Pan; La chevelure;
Le tombeau des Naiades [r. 1936]; Enrico Caruso - DONIZETTI
Act II Una furtiva lagrima (L’Elisir d’amore) [r.
1902]; Rosa Ponselle - VERDI Mira
d’acerbe lagrime (Il Trovatore) [r. 1920]; Nellie
Melba - HANDEL Sweet Bird That Shunn’st
the Noise of Folly (Il Penseroso) [r. 1904]; Kathleen
Ferrier - MAHLER Von der Schönheit
(Das Lied von der Erde) [r. 1948]; Jennie Tourel
- MUSSORGSKY Serenade [r. 1950]; Richard
Tauber - THOMAS Leb’wohl Mignon
and Wie ihre Unschuld (Mignon) [r. 1923]; Ferruccio
Tagliavini and Pia Tassinari - MASSENET
Il faut nous séparer (Garden Scene, Act II (Werther)
[r. 1949]; Beniamino Gigli - LEONCAVALLO
Un tal gioco, credetemi (Pagliacci) [r. 1934];
Kirsten Flagstad - WAGNER Mild
und leise (Liebestod) (Tristan und Isolde)
[r. 1936]; Licia Albanese and Giuseppe di Stefano - PUCCINI
O soave fanciulla (La Bohème); Elisabeth Schumann
- SCHUBERT Der Hirt auf dem Felsen
[r. 1937]; Set Svanholm - WAGNER
Morgenlich leuchtend (Preislied) (Die Meistersinger
Act III) [r. 1947] Pia Tassinari - OREFICE
Grand Aria (Chopin) [r. 1949] Feodor Chaliapin - MASSENET
Oh, mon maître Oui! Je fus le chef (Don Quichotte)
[r. 1927]; Lotte Lehmann and Richard Tauber - KORNGOLD
Gluck das mir verblieb (Die tote Stadt) [r. 1924];
Erna Berger - MOZART Martern
aller Arten (Die Entführung aus dem Serail); Frida
Leider - BEETHOVEN Abscheulicher,
wo eilst du hin? (Fidelio) [r. 1928]; Kirsten Flagstad
and Lauritz Melchior - WAGNER Ich
sah’ das Kind an seiner Mutter Brust (Parsifal ActII)
[r. 1940]; Ferruccio Tagliavini - VON
FLOTOW M’appari (Martha)
{r. 1949]; Ezio Pinza - VERDI
- Confutatis (Requiem) [r. 1939]; Renata Tebaldi
- PUCCINI Si, mi chiamano Mimi (La
Bohème) [r.1951]
NAXOS 8.10781-82 [2CDs: 65.54+76.06] [RB]
Where
can one go today to hear the likes of Tourel, Lehmann, Björling?
Thank you, Naxos, for coming to the rescue for less than the price of
a seat in the gods. … see Full
Review
HÉLÈNE GRIMAUD plays
CD 1 Sergei RACHMANINOV
(1873-1943) Piano
Concerto no. 2 in C minor, op. 18 Maurice RAVEL
(1875-1937) Piano Concerto in G major Recorded 16th-17th
June 1992, Abbey Road Studio, London CD 2 RACHMANINOV
Piano Sonata no. 2 in B flat minor, op. 36, Études-Tableaux,
op. 33 (1-6 complete, and also the rejected studies in C minor and D
minor), Preludes, op. 32: 2 in B flat minor, 12 in G sharp minor Recorded
21st-23rd July 1985, Stadsgehoorzaal Leiden, The Netherlands CD 3
Frédéric CHOPIN (1810-1849)
Ballade no. 1 in G minor, op. 23 Franz
LISZT (1811-1886) Après une lecture de Dante, Fantasia
quasi sonata, from Années de Pélerinage Book 2 Robert
SCHUMANN (1810-1856) Piano Sonata no. 1 in F sharp minor,
op. 11 Recorded 23rd-25th August 1987, Stadsgehoorzaal Leiden, The Netherlands
CD 4 SCHUMANN Kreisleriana, op.
16 Johannes BRAHMS (1833-1897) Piano
Sonata no. 2 in F sharp minor, op. 2 Recorded 28th/30th November 1988,
Stadsgehoorzaal Leiden, The Netherlands CD 5 BRAHMS
Piano Sonata no. 3 in F minor, op. 5, Klavierstücke,
op. 118 Recorded 13th-14th December 1991, Stadzgehoorzaal Leiden, The
Netherlands Hélène
Grimaud (piano) BRILLIANT
CLASSICS 92117 [5 CDs: 55:04, 43:56, 553:53, 58:31, 58:24] [CH]
A
chance to catch up on the first recordings of a major pianist, and also
an attractive collection of romantic piano music, to which Grimaud is
an unfailingly musical and sympathetic guide. … see Full
Review
Horowitz Rediscovered
- CD 1: Robert SCHUMANN (1810-1856) Blumenstück,
op. 19, Sonata no. 3, op. 14 – "Concert sans orchestre" -
CD 2: Sergei RACHMANINOV (1873-1943) Prelude
in G, op. 32/5, Etude-tableau in e flat, op. 39/5 -
Franz LISZT (1811-1886) Valse oubliéé no. 1
in F sharp, Au bord d’une source (Années de pélerinage:
Ier année, Suisse, no. 4) - Frédéric
CHOPIN (1810-1849) Waltz in a, op. 34/2, Scherzo no. 1 in
b, op. 20 - Claude DEBUSSY (1862-1918)
- Serenade to a Doll (Children’s Corner, no. 3) -
SCHUMANN Träumerei (Kinderszenen, op. 15, no. 7) -
Moritz MOSZKOWSKI (1854-1925) Etincelles
(Morceaux caractéristiques, op. 36, no. 6) -
RACHMANINOV Etude-tableau in D, op. 39/9
Vladimir Horowitz (piano) - Recorded live 16th November 1975 at
the Carnegie Hall, New York
RCA RED SEAL 82876 50754 2 [2CDs: 40:34+45:33] [CH]
A
unique chance to hear a complete unedited live recital from one of the
greatest of all pianists. … see Full
Review
Peter KATIN - Fifty years of music making.
BACH Prelude
and Fugue in B flat minor (Book 1). Recorded 1948 Southwark Cathedral.
MOZART Rondo in A minor K511 Recorded
July 1968 Colfe's Grammar School BEETHOVEN
Sonata in C sharp minor. Mr Katin's studio 1976 SCHUBERT
Impromptus in G flat and E flat from D899. Public peformance late 1950s
DEBUSSY Suite Bergamasque. Public
performances late 1960s CHOPIN Polonaise-Fanatisie
Op 61. Peter Katin (piano)Recorded
Bristol 1987 RPMUSIC
RP001 [DW]
It
is the total lack of eccentricity and personal foibles that endears
Katin's performances to the wise musical public. … see
Full Review
KING’S
SINGERS: Renaissance
-
Disc 1: William BYRD (1543? -
1623): Motet: Haec dies (6vv) [2’04]; Communion Anthem: Beati
viscera mariae virginis (5vv) [1’53]; Chant: Ave verum corpus (3vv)
(pub.1605) [4’28]; Motet: Vigilate (5vv) (pub.1589) [4’24]; Introit:
Viri galilei (5vv) (pub.1607) [2’36]; Anthem: O Lord, make thy servant
Elizabeth, our queen (6vv) [3’41]; Anthem: Sing joyfully unto God our
strength (6vv) [2’14]; Motet: Laudibus in sanctis (5vv) (pub.1591) [4’39]
- Thomas TALLIS (c.1505 - 1585):
Hymn: Te lucis ante terminum I (5vv) (pub.1575; incl. in Cantiones Sacrae)
[2’13]; Hymn: Te lucis ante terminum II (5vv) (pub.1575) [1’50]; Lamentations
of Jeremiah - first lectio: (5vv) [7’42]; Lamentations of Jeremiah -
second lectio (5vv) [12’04]; Anthem: If ye love me (4vv) [2’33] -
Anonymous SPANISH (fl.1500):
Villancico: enemiga le soy, madre [2’05]; Romance: dindirin, dindirin
[2’04]; Villancico: rodrigo martinez [1’43]; Villancico: !oh, que bien
que baila gil! [2’26] - Francisco GUERRERO
(1528 - 1599): Motet: Antes que comais a dios [2’46] - Juan
Gutierres de PADILLA (c.1590 - 1664): Lamentatio Jeremiae:
aleph, quomodo sedet sola civitas (6vv) [2’42] - Santiago
de MURCIA (c.1650) Baile de negros: Zarambeques [2’31] -
Disc 2: Josquin DESPREZ
(c.1440 - 1521): Motet: Benedicta es, caelorum regina (6vv) [6’15];
Vous l’arez s’il vous plaist (6vv) [1’41]; Vous ne l’arez pas (6vv)
[1’43]; A la mort/monstra (3vv) [1‘35]; Motet: O virgo virginum (6vv)
[5’59]; Nymphes nappees (6vv) [3’05]; Chanson: En l’ombre d’un buissonet
au matinet (3vv) [1’35]; Regretz sans fin (6vv) [6’47]; Chanson: Allegez
moy, doulce plaisant brunette (6vv) [1’20]; Absolve quesumus (6vv) [3’41];
Pour souhaiter (6vv) [1’37]; Chanson: Mille regretz (4vv) [1.48]; Si
congie prens (6vv) [3’05]; Ce povre/Pauper sum ego (3vv) [1’31]; Motet:
O virgo prudentissima (6vv) [8’04]; Chanson: Petite camusette (6vv)
[1’05]; Chanson: Nymphes des bois/Requiem (5vv) [5’31]; Chanson: En
l’ombre d’un buissonet au matinet (3vv) [1’48]; Chanson: Basies moy
(6vv) [1’33]; Chanson: Baises moy (6vv) [1’45]; Pater noster/Ave Maria
(6vv) [7’37] The King’s
Singers (David Hurley, Nigel Short, Alastair Hume - Counter-tenors,
Robert Chilcott, Paul Phoenix - Tenors, Bruce Russell, Philip Lawson,
Gabriel Crouch, Simon Carrington - Baritones, Stephen Connolly - Bass)
The Harp Consort (in the Spanish repertoire only) (Hille Perl - Viola
da gamba, lirone, guitar, maracas; Keith McGovan - Bajon; Steven Player
- Guitars, tambor; Lee Santana - Vihuela, guitar, cittern; Michael Metzler
- Tambor, pandero, panderetila, darabuka, castanets; Andrew Laurence-King
- Director, harp, organ, psaltery) - Recorded in 1994 (English) 1999
(Spanish) 1992 (French)
RCA RED SEAL 74321 88686-2 Artistes + Repertoires [2CDs: 69’02+69’36]
[JPo]
The
Josquin items probably come out best with a very high counter-tenor
much involved. If you like the selection, you will enjoy this disc,
particularly as a double at single mid-price; but oh! the packaging.
… see Full Review
Tenna Kraft. The Danish Soprano of the 20th
Century
Tenna Kraft (soprano) with unnamed accompaniments except variously
Vilhelm Herold (tenor), Louis Jensen (cello), Folmer Jensen (piano)
and conductors Johan Hye-Knudsen, Emil Reesen and Egisto Tango Recorded
1911-1940 DANACORD
DACOCD 603 [MC]
Extraordinarily
moving. A special quality of ease of vocal production, purity and evenness.
An astonishing historic legacy … see Full Review
Lights
Out. Songs by Ivor Gurney, Ernest J Moeran, Sulyen Caradon and Others.
Samuel WESLEY (1766-1837) Birthday
Song 1 Henry PURCELL (1659-1695) If
music be the food of love 2 Sulyen CARADON
(b 1942) Clouds 2 The Dancer 2 Dorian dirge 1 Lelant 3 Dawn 4 Margaret’s
Song 7 O lovely England 5 E J MOERAN
(1895-1950) Rosefrail 2 Rahoon 2 Loveliest of trees 2 Six Songs
of Seumus O’Sullivan 3 Alison EDGAR Lyonesse
5 Ivor GURNEY (1890-1937) Down by
the Salley Gardens 6 All night under the moon 6 Severn Meadows 6 Nine
of the clock 6 Lights Out 8 Scents, Bright Clouds, Penny whistle,
Will you come? Lights Out, Jeffry
WHITTON Little Vagabond 7 Laura
SHUR The smile 7 Sarah RODGERS Acacia
Tree 7 Ian Partridge
(tenor) 6 Georgina Colwell (soprano) 1, 4, 5, 7 Clare Griffel (mezzo)
1, 2, 4, 5 Paul Martyn-West (tenor) 1, 3, 4, 5 Jonathan Wood (baritone)
1, 4, 5, 8 Peter Jacobs – 1, 2, 8 and Nigel Foster – 3, 5, 6, 7 (piano)
Richard Carder (saxophone) 5 Patrick Miles (bass clarinet) 5 Recorded
live at St Cyprian’s Church, London 6 May 2003
DUNELM RECORDS DRD0200 [75.08] [JW]
A
pleasing mix of the known and the new, the established and the under
performed. … see Full Review
Janez
LOTRIC (tenor) Tenor Arias: ‘Amore, sublime
amore’.Giuseppe VERDI (1813-1901) La
forza del destino, ‘Qual sangue sparsi’ (St. Petersburg Edition
of 1862) Il Trovatore, ‘ Di qual tetra luce….Ah si, ben
mio Di quella pira’ (with Yaroslava Poberezhna, sop.) Otello,
‘Datemi ancor l’eburnea mano’; ‘Niun mi tema’ Un ballo in Maschera,
‘Forse la soglia… Ma se m’é’ Mikhail
Ivanovich GLINKA (1804-1857) Ivan Susanin, ‘Bratsi!
V metel’ (‘Brothers into the snowstorm’) Richard
STRAUSS (1864-1949) Der Rosenkavalier, ‘Di
rigori armato il seno’ Gioachino ROSSINI
(1792-1868) Guglielmo Tell, ‘Prelude, and ‘Ah, non
mi lasciar, o speme di vendetta’ (Act 4) Adolphe
ADAM (1803-1856) Le postillon de Lonjumeau, ‘Mes
amis, écoutez l’histoire’ Umberto GIORDANO
(1867-1948) Andrea Chenier, ‘Come un bel di maggio’.
Giacomo PUCCINI (1858-1924) Turandot,
‘Nessun dorma’
Kiev Chamber Choir Ukrainian National Opera Symphony Orchestra/Johannes
Wildner Recorded at the Grand Concert Studio of the National Radio Company
of Ukraine, Kiev. September 5th – 8th 2001
NAXOS 8.555920 [62.07] Bargain Price. [RF]
A
real opera singer with the vocal capacity to sing some of these roles
on stage. The selection is more varied and interesting than many [RF]
A spectacular high tenor voice, the recording does not always do him
justice.[RH] … see Full Review
[Detailed listing (last two days)]
[Part 1 New] [Part 2 A-B] [Part 3 C-L]
[Part 4 M-R] [Part 5 S-Z]
[Part 6 Misc A-L] [Part 7 Misc M-Z]
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