RECORDING
OF THE MONTH Mother and Child
- Jonathan DOVE (b.1959): Seek
him that maketh the seven stars (1995) [6’28"] - Francis
POTT (b.1957): The souls of the righteous (2000)* [9’34"]
- Giles SWAYNE (b.1946): Magnificat
(1982) [4’05"] - John TAVENER (b.1944):
Mother and child (2003)* [12’44] - Alexander
L’ESTRANGE (b.1974): Lute-book lullaby* [4’17"] - Jeremy
FILSELL (b.1964): O be joyful in the lord* [2’16"] -
Richard Rodney BENNETT (b.1936):
The seasons of his mercies [6’23"] - Francis
POTT: My song is love unknown (2002)* [17’31"] - William
Kendall (tenor) - Andrew Busher (tenor) - Carys Lane (soprano) - Jeremy
Filsell (organ) 
Tenebrae
directed by Nigel Short - Recorded in the Temple Church, London 4-7
March 2003 * first recording
SIGNUM SIGCD501 [63’22"]
Even
now, only half way through 2003 I feel certain that this most distinguished
CD will be one of my Recordings of the Year - indeed, quite possibly
the recording of the year. … see Full
Review
New World Symphonies ANON
‘Hanaq
pachap kusikuynin; Qhapaq eterno Dios; Juan
PADILLA (1590-1664) Missa Ego flos campi; Gaspar
FERNANDES (1570-1629) Xicochi conetzintle; Juan
de ARAUJO (1648-1712) Los coflades de la estlaya; Ut queaent
laxis; Alonso LOBO (c.1555-1617) Versa
est in luctum; Hernando FRANCO (1532-1585)
Salve Regina; Domenico ZIPOLI (1668-1726)
Kyrie and Gloria from Missa San Ignacio; Juan
de ZESPEDES (1619-1678)
Convidando esta la noche Ex Cathedra/Geoffrey Skidmore Recorded
All Saint’s Tooting, October 2002
HYPERION CDA 67380 [69.40] [GH]
This
excellent disc can quite legitimately be subtitled ‘From Araujo to Zipoli
- an A to Z of Latin American Music’...see Full
Review
Prisms
- Alexander SCRIABIN (1872-1915):
Impromptu, Op. 14 No. 2 [4’28]. Two Poèmes,
Op. 32 (1903) [5’15]. Feuillet d’album, Op. 45 No. 1 (1904/5)
[1’32]. Nuances, Op. 56 No. 3 (1907) [1’42]. Piano Sonatas –
No. 5 in F sharp, Op. 53 (1907) [12’39]; No. 7 in F sharp, Op. 64, ‘White
Mass’ (1911) [14’40]. Caresse dansée, Op.
57 No. 2 (1910) [1’28]. Fragilité, Op. 51 No. 1 (1906)
[2’06]. Etude in D sharp minor, Op. 8 No. 12 [2’42]. Leo
TOLSTOY (1828-1910) Waltz [0’38]. Gustav
MAHLER (1860-1911) Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor – Adagietto
(1901/2) [10’26] (arr. Young). Hugh DOWNS
(b. 1921) An Old Familiar Air which has its Own Tuxedo and will Travel
[1’45]. Michel BLOCK (b.
1937) Un beau jour [12’55]
John Bell Young (piano). Rec. John Addison Concert Hall, Fort Washington,
Maryland, USA, on July 19th-23rd, 1999. DDD
AMERICUS AMR19991013 [72.18] [CC]
A
more thought-provoking disc than most, and one which will bring its
fair share of rewards to the more adventurous listener. … see Full
Review
Helmuth Rilling conducting Romantic Choral
Music Franz
SCHUBERT: (1797-1828): Mass in A flat major, D678 (1822)
[44’57"] Donna Brown (soprano); Monica Groop (alto); James Taylor
(tenor); Michael Volle (bass) - Oregon Bach Festival Choir and Orchestra
- Recorded in the Hult Center, Eugene, Oregon July 1996 Felix
MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY (1809-1847): Psalm 42, Op. 42 (1837)
[25’02"] - Sybilla Rubens (soprano); Scot Weir and Christoph Genz
(tenors);Matthias Goerne (baritone); Thomas Mehnert (bass) - Gächinger
Kantorei and Bach-Collegium, Stuttgart - Recorded in the Stadthalle,
Sindelfingen, May 1997 - Franz SCHUBERT:
‘Lazarus’ D689 (1820) (Fragment) [76’04"] Maria: Sybilla Rubens
(soprano) - Martha: Camilla Nylund (soprano) - Jemima: Simone Nold (soprano)
- Lazarus: Scot Weir (tenor) - Nathaniel: Kurt Azesberger (tenor) -
Simon: Matthias Goerne (baritone) - Gächinger Kantorei and Bach-Collegium,
Stuttgart - Recorded in the Liederhalle, Stuttgart, January 1996 -Antonin
DVOŘÁK (1841-1904): Stabat Mater Op. 58 (1880) [87’27"]
Marina Shaguch (soprano); Ingeborg Danz (alto); James Taylor (tenor);
Thomas Quastoff (bass) - Oregon Bach Festival Choir and Orchestra -
Recorded in the Hult Center, Eugene, Oregon July 1995 Johannes
BRAHMS (1833-1897): Schicksalslied Op. 54 (1871) [15’55"]
Nänie Op. 82 (1881)[13’15"] - Gesang der Parzen Op. 89 (1882)
[12’23"] - Gächinger Kantorei and Bach-Collegium, Stuttgart
- Recorded in the Liederhalle, Stuttgart, April 1997 Johannes
BRAHMS: Ein Deutsches Requiem Op. 45 (1868) [73’15"]
- Donna Brown (soprano); Gilles Cachemaille (bass) - Gächinger
Kantorei and Bach-Collegium, Stuttgart - Recorded in the Liederhalle,
Stuttgart, September 1991 Anton BRUCKNER:
(1824-1896): Mass in F minor (1872) [62’08"] - Verena Schweizer
(soprano); Elisabeth Glauser (alto) - Uwe Heilmann (tenor); Matthias
Goerne (baritone) - Gächinger Kantorei - Radio-Sinfonieorchester
Stuttgart des SWR - Recorded in the Liederhalle, Stuttgart, December
1992 Anton BRUCKNER: Psalm 150 (1892)
[9’33"] - Pamela Coburn (soprano) - Gächinger Kantorei and
Bach-Collegium, Stuttgart - Recorded in the Liederhalle, Stuttgart,
June 1996 - Anton BRUCKNER: Mass
in E minor (1869) [41’55"] Gächinger Kantorei and Bach-Collegium,
Stuttgart - Recorded in the Liederhalle, Stuttgart, June 1996 - Franz
LISZT (1811-1886): Stabat Mater from the oratorio ‘Christus’
(1866) [32’57"] Henriette Bonde-Hansen (soprano); Iris Vermillion
(alto) - Michael Schade (tenor); Andreas Schmidt (bass) - Gächinger
Kantorei - Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR - Recorded in the
Liederhalle, Stuttgart, February 1997 - Giacomo
PUCCINI (1858-1924): Motetto per San Paolino: ‘Plaudite populi
Lucensi antistiti’ (1877) [11’43"] - Matthias Goerne (baritone)
- Gächinger Kantorei - Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR
- Recorded in the Liederhalle, Stuttgart, December 1992 - César
FRANCK (1822-1890): Les Béatitudes (1869-1879) (excerpts):
Prologue [5’51"] No 1: ‘Bienheureux les pauvres d’esprit, parce
que le royaume des cieux est à eux’ [13’51"]; No. 8 ‘Bienheureux
ceux qui souffrent persecution pour la justice, parce que le royaume
des cieux est à eux’ [21’40"] - Diane Montague (soprano);
Cornelia Kallisch (alto); Keith Lewis, Scot Weir (tenors); Gilles Cachemaille
(Christus), Juan Valse (Satan), Reinhard Hagen (basses) Gächinger
Kantorei - Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR - Recorded in the
Liederhalle, Stuttgart, March 1990 Giuseppe
VERDI (1813-1901): ‘Libera me’ from Messa per Rossini
(1874) [13’47"] - Gabriela Beňačková (soprano)
- Gächinger Kantorei; Prague Philharmonic Choir - Radio-Sinfonieorchester
Stuttgart des SWR - Recorded in the Liederhalle, Stuttgart, September
1989 All items conducted
by Helmuth Rilling HÄNSSLER
CLASSIC CD 98.460 [8 CDs: 69’59"+76’04"+66’27"+62’33"+73’15"+71’41"+74’52"+67’02"]
[JQ]
A
handsome tribute to a distinguished choral conductor. Many very fine
performances and I’m sure it will give great pleasure to collectors
… see Full Review
San
Francisco Opera Gems - Volume One
GUILD GHCD 2238/40 [3CDs:] [CH]
There
is plenty in these three CDs to excite the most seasoned opera-lover.
… see Full Review
San
Marco: 1527-1740 Adrien
WILLAERT (c.1490-1562) O magnum mysterium Claudio
MERULO (1533 – 1604) Salvator noster,
dilectissimi; Hodie Spiritus Sanctus; Adoramus te Andrea
GABRIELI (c. 1510 – 1586) Magnificat; Maria stabat Giovanni
BASSANO (c.1558-1617) Hodie Christus natus est; Dic nobis,
Maria Gioseffo GUAMI (c.1540 - 1611)
In die tribulationis Baldassare DONATO
(c.1525 - 1603) Hei mihi! Domine Giovanni
CROCE (c1557 - 1609) In spiritu humilitatis Giovanni
GABRIELI (c.1553/1556 – 1612) Canzon duodecimi toni; Hodie
Christus natus est; In ecclesiis; Sonata
octavi toni; Exultet jam angelica Claudio MONTEVERDI
(1567 – 1643) Missa da Capella "In illo tempore"; Gloria a 7 voci
Franceso CAVALLI (1602 - 1676) Alma
redemptoris mater Alessandro GRANDI
(d.1630) Deus, qui nos in tantis Antonio
LOTTI (1667 - 1740) Crucifixus Baldassare
GALUPPI (1706 - 1785) Magnificat a 4
Gloriae Dei Cantores Gloriae Dei Cantores Instrumental Ensemble Gloriae
Dei Cantores Brass Ensemble Elizabeth C. Patterson (conductor) Recorded
1993, Worcester, Massachusetts.
GLORIAE DEI CANTORES GDCD 014 [2CDs: 59.08+60.59] [RH]
An
interesting survey of music by composers working at St. Marks in Venice,
though the performances are not ideal. … see Full
Review
Andrés Segovia :
Guitar recital Vincenzo
GALILEI (c.1530-1591): Six Pieces* [7’11"] - Robert
de VISÉE (c.1650-c.1725): Six Pieces from the Suites
No. 9 in D minor; and No. 12 in E minor * [10’29"] - Johann
Sebastian BACH (1685-1750): Fugue in A minor (orig. G minor),
BWV1000* [4’49"]; Gavotte en Rondeau from Suite in E major, BWV1006a
* [3’08"] - Franz SCHUBERT (1797-1828):
Menuetto from Piano Sonata in G major, D894* [6’03"] - Alexander
TANSMAN (1897-1986): Cavatina [14’56"] - Heitor
VILLA-LOBOS (1887-1959): Five Preludes: No 3 in A minor [5’06"];
No. 1 in E minor [4’02"] - Mario CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO
(1895-1968): Tonadilla on the Name of Andrés Segovia, Op
170/5 [5’13"]; Tarantella, Op. 87/1 [4’16"] - Enrique
GRANADOS (1867-1916); Danzas Españolas, Op. 37: No.
10 Melancolica (Danza triste) in G major [4’36"] - *Denotes arrangement
by Andrés Segovia
Andrés Segovia (guitar) - Recorded in the Freemason’s Hall, Edinburgh,
28 August 1955 BBC
LEGENDS BBCL 4108-2 [70’57] [JQ]
Self-recommending
to all aficionados of guitar music. A fine addition to the BBC Legends
catalogue. … see Full Review
A Sesquicentennial
Music Tribute - One Hundred and Fifty
-
Robert CUNDICK (b.1926) Overture for a Celebration [5.46];
To Utah [23.20] - Leroy J. ROBERTSON
(1896-1971) American Serenade (1945) [17.44] - Janice
Kapp PERRY The Little Handcart [3.24]; Our Utah
Pioneers [1.33] - Arthur SHEPHERD
(1880-1978)
From a Mountain Lake (1926) [5.35]; Gigue Fantastique
(1931) [4.08] - Crawford GATES (b.1921)
Pentameron - Reflections on the Trek (1992) [31.21]
Grant Johannesen (piano)
- Choir - unidentified - Utah Chamber Artists/Barlow Bradford - Utah
Symphony/Crawford Gates - rec. live Sesquicentennial Musical Tribute
concert, 15 August 1997, Maurice Abravanel Hall, Salt Lake City, Utah,
DDD UTAH FAMILIES FOUNDATION
SMT 01-02 [2CDs: 46.50+45.34] [RB]
Drawing
on the undemonstrative conservative melodic-romantic tradition but doing
so with subtelty and imagination ... see Full Review
Sixty Glorious Years: A Concert
of 19th Century British Music Arthur
SULLIVAN (1842-1900) Jubilee Hymn: O King of Kings
John
HULLAH (1812-1884) Three fishers went sailing
Alexander
MACKENZIE (1847-1935) Dormi, Jesu (The Virgin's
Cradle Hymn) William
STERNDALE BENNETT (1816-1875) No.2 of Three Romances
Op. 14 Robert
PEARSALL (1795-1856) O who will o'er the downs so free?
[Chorus] Philip
ARMES (1836-1901) Victoria [Madrigal] John
HATTON (1809-1886) To Anthea Michael
BALFE (1800-1880) When I beheld the anchor weigh'd
John
GOSS (1800-1880) If we believe that Jesus died
Brinley
RICHARDS (1817-1885) Pastorale PRINCE
ALBERT (1819-1861) Grüss an den Bruder (Does
my brother think of me?) George
MACFARREN (1813-1887) Pack clouds away Walter
CARROLL (1869-1955) The Stars; Nature
Walter
MACFARREN (1826-1905) L'Amitié Micahel
BALFE (1800-1880) The Sands of Dee Maude
WHITE (1855-1937) To Mary Henry
BISHOP (786-1855) Home! Sweet Home! George
MARTIN (1844-1916) Short Festival Te Deum
Katy Morrell (soprano); Phillida Bannister (contralto); Campbell Russell
(tenor); Fiona Murphy (cello); Wilfred Goddard (clarinet); Ian Wass
(organ); John Talbot, (piano) The Midlands Chorale/Robert Williams Recorded
at Tettenham College, Wolverhampton, November 1997
BRITISH MUSIC SOCIETY BMS422CD [75.14] [RW]
We
infrequently come across new recordings of vintage 19th Century
songs, ballads and hymns so this CD is a rare and admirable find. …
see Full Review
A
Songbook for Isabella: Music from
the Circle of Isabella d’Este c. 1500 Antoine
BUSNOIS (d.1492) Fortuna desperate a 4; Johannes
OCKEGHEM (d.1497) Prenez sur may; Firminus
CARON (c.1480) Helas que pera adventure; Alexander
AGRICOLA (d.1506) Si dedero; Josquin
des PREZ (d.1525) In te domine speravi; Iannis
PLICE (?) A la pesca a 4; Heinrich
ISAAC (d.1517) La Mi a 4; Benedictus; Absque verbis a 3;
Gratis acceptistis a 4; La Mara a3 a 4. Bartolemeo
TROMBONCINO (c.1500) Or che son di preggion; Anon , Or su
corere; Facia ognon in fin che po; A la cazza; Galliardo; Kyrie Eleison
a 4; Columba senza fielle; Pavana regia; Ave Maris stella; O triumphale
domine; Verbum caro factus est; Ne la digna stella; Recerchar and Benedictus;
Salterello Zorzi; Forte cosa e la speranza
Clare Wilkinson (mezzo-soprano) - Musica Antiqua of London/Philip Thorby
- Recorded at the National Centre for Early Music, York, September 2002
SIGNUM SIGCD 039
[75.26] [GH]
A
very civilized disc with music to charm and excite. Performers clear
about their objectives and knowing musically how to achieve them. …
see Full Review
SONGS
IN SEASON Felix
MENDELSSOHN (1809-1847) Frühlingslied,
op. 34/3 - Edvard GRIEG (1843-1907)
Våren, op. 33/2 - Ottorino RESPIGHI
(1879-1936) Il giardino - Staffan
STORM (b. 1964) Ur "Våren på Djurgården"
- Solomadrigal - Aaron COPLAND (1900-1990)
Nature, the Gentlest Mother, No. 1 - Charles
KOECHLIN (1867-1950) L’été - Gustav
MAHLER (1860-1911) Ablösung in Sommer - Hans
GEFORS (b. 1952) Förra sommorn - Franz
SCHREKER (1878-1934) Sie sind so schön - Gabriel
FAURÉ (1845-1924) Automne, op. 18/3 - Franz
LISZT (1811-1886) Es rauschen die Winde - Gerald
FINZI (1901-1956) Before and after Summer, op. 16/2 -
Jan SIBELIUS (1865-1957) Arioso, op.
3 - Piotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893)
Winter Evening, op. 54/7 - Thomas JENNEFELT
(b. 1954) Isarna
Malena Ernman (mezzo-soprano), Francisca Skoogh (piano) - Recorded 8-11
January 2002, Studio 2, Sveriges Radio, Stockholm, Sweden
NYTORP MUSIK NYTORP6 [56:10] [CH]
A
super singer! … see Full Review
Songs
of Springtime Ernest
John MOERAN (1894-1950) Songs of Springtime (1933)
[13’54"]; ‘Weep Ye No More, Sad Fountains’* (1922) [2’27"];
‘Gather Ye Rosebuds’* (1924) [1’11"]; ‘Robin Hood Borne on his
Bier’* (1923) [2’59"]; ‘The Jolly Carter’ (1949) [2’06"];
‘The Sailor and Young Nancy’ (1949) [3’00]; ‘Irish Elegy’ arr. Desmond
Ratcliffe*(1948/1955) [2’30"] Arthur BENJAMIN
(1893-1960) Three Mystical Songs* (1925) [5’14"]
Edgar BAINTON (1880-1956) ‘Open
Thy Gates’ (1931) [2’16"]; ‘Night’* (1911) [2’11"]; ‘In the
Wilderness’ (1922) [3’54"] Leslie HEWARD
(1897-1943) ‘The Witches’ Sabbath’* (1919) [6’09] * first
recording City Chamber
Choir of London/Stephen Jones Recorded in the Vestry Hall, London College
of Music 28 – 29 October 1995
BRITISH MUSIC SOCIETY BMS417CD [49’35"] [JQ]
Extremely
enterprising … a valuable release which will be of great interest to
collectors of choral discs … see Full Review
Leopold Stokowski - Modest MUSSORGSKY (1839
- 1881) Boris
Godunov, opera in 4 acts (1874) (Suite arr. Stokowski)
[51.45] - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni, bass, as Boris and Varlaam - Lawrence
Mason, tenor, as the Simpleton; Raymond Cauwet, soprano, as Feodor -
San Francisco Opera Chorus, Kurt Herbert Adler, Chorus Director - San
Francisco Boys’ Chorus, Madi Bacon, Director - San Francisco Symphony
Orchestra/Leopold Stokowski. Recorded 10 December 1952. First released
as RCA Red Seal mono LP LM 1764 - Richard WAGNER
(1813 - 1883) Parsifal, A Festival piece in Three
Acts (1879) - Good Friday Spell [11.07] - ‘Symphonic Synthesis’ of Act
III (arr. Stokowski) [16.40]
Leopold Stokowski conducting His Symphony Orchestra - Recorded 24 September
1952. First released as RCA Red Seal LP mono LM 1730 - Notes in English.
Transliterated Russian and English text. Photo of Rossi-Lemeni. Recorded
locations not given. [ADD]
CALA CACD 0535 [79.34] [PS]
Welcome
reissue of some of Stokowski’s most distinguished recordings of excerpts
from two great operas. A must for Stokowski fans and opera historians
and connoisseurs … see Full Review
The Essential Tallis
Scholars
CD 1 Gregorio
ALLEGRI (1582-1652) 1 Miserere (12.28) - Tomás
Luis da VICTORIA (1548-1611) 2 Ave Maria (double choir) (4.49)
- Giovanni Pierluigi da PALESTRINA (c.1525-1594)
3 Sicut lilium I (4.45) - JOSQUIN des Prés
(c.1440-1521) 4 Praeter rerum seriem (7.21) -
Thomas CRECQUILLON (c.1505/10-1557) 5 Pater peccavi (8.39)
- Jacob CLEMENS Non Papa (c.1510-c.1555)
6 Ego flos campi (4.09) - Heinrich ISAAC
(c.1450-1517) 7 Tota pulchra es (8.57) - Cipriano
de RORE (c.1515-c.1565) 8 Descendi in hortum meum (5.26)
- Orlandus LASSUS (1532-1594) 9
Alma Redemptoris Mater (3.07) - 10 Salve Regina (3.58) - 11 Ave Regina
caelorum (3.52) - Antoine BRUMEL (c.1450-c.1520)
12 Missa Et ecce terrae motus: Gloria (9.36) - CD 2 John
SHEPPARD (c.1515-c.1559) 1 Media vita (21.34) - Thomas
TALLIS (c.1505-1585) 2 In manus tuas (2.11) - 3 O nata lux
(2.05) - 4 Audivi vocem (4.11) Robert WHITE
(c.1538-1574) 5 Exaudiat te Dominus (9.46) - William
CORNYSH (d.1523) 6 Ah, Robin (2.31) - 7 Salve regina (13.51)
- William BYRD (1543-1623) Mass
for five voices - 8 Kyrie (1.27) - 9 Gloria (4.57) - 10 Credo (8.42)
- 11 Sanctus & Benedictus (3.48) - 12 Agnus Dei (3.29)
Tallis Scholars/Peter Phillips - All works recorded between 1980 to
1995 at either Merton College Chapel, Oxford, England and the Church
of St. Peter and St. Paul, Salle, Norfolk, England
GIMELL CDGIM201 [2CDs: 155.00] [MC]
Indispensable
listening which can be recommended without any hesitation. … see Full
Review
Viennese Operetta Gems Johann
STRAUSS II (1825-1899) Der
Zigeunerbaron ‘Als flotter Geist, doch früh verwaist’
Charles Kullman (ten) - Der Zigeunerbaron ‘Vem
oss har vigt?’ Jussi Björling (ten), Hjördis Schymberg (sop).
Sung in Swedish - Die Fledermaus ‘Mein Herr Marquis’ Elisabeth
Schumann (sop) - Die Fledermaus ‘Trinke, Liebchen, trinke
schnell’ Franz Völker (ten), Elsa Kochhann (sop) - Eine Nacht
in Venedig ‘Lagunenwalzer’ Julius Patzak (ten) Franz
von SUPPÉ (1819-1895) Boccaccio ‘Hab’ich
nur deine Liebe’ Julius Patzak (ten) Carl ZELLER
(1842-1898) Der Vogelhändler ‘Schenkt man sich
Rosen in Tirol’ Walter Ludwig (ten), Lille Claus (sop) Carl
MILLÖCKER (1842-1889) Der Bettelstudent
‘Ich’hab kein geld’ Franz Völker (ten) Emmerich
KÁLMÁN (1882-1953) Gräfin Maritza
‘Komm, Zigan’ Marcel Wittrisch (ten) - Die Bajadare ‘Act
1 finale’ Gitta Alpár (sop), Herb Ernst Groh (ten) Karl
Michael ZIEHRER (1843-1922) Die Landstreicher ‘Sei
gepriesen’ Elisabeth Schumann (sop) Richard
HEUBERGER (1850-1914) Der Opernball ‘In Chambre
séparée’ Richard Tauber (ten) Franz
LEHÁR (1870-1948) Die lustige Witwe ‘Lippen
schweigen’ Dusolina Giannini (sop), Marcel Wittrisch (ten) - Zigeunerliebe
‘ Ich bin ein Zigeunerkind’ Joseph Schmidt (ten) - Friederike
‘Oh Mädchen, mein Mädchen’ Franz Völker (ten) - Schön
ist die Welt ‘Bin verliebt, bin so verliebt’ Gitta Alpár
(sop) - Giuditta ‘Schön wie die blaue Sommernacht’
Jarmila Novotná (sop), Richard Tauber (ten) - Paganini
‘liebe, du Himmel auf Erden' Hilde Gueden (sop) Nico
DOSTAL (1895-1981) Monika ‘Heimatland’ Anna
Frind (sop) Robert STOLZ (1880-1975)
Zauber der Bohème ‘Ich liebe dich’ Marcel Wittrisch
(ten) Various Orchestras
and conductors - Recorded between 1927 and 1949
NAXOS HISTORICAL 8.110292 [61.48] [RJF]
A
nice balance between the popular and the lesser known, both composers
and singers, in works from a genre that many know and love. … see Full
Review
BOOK
REVIEWS
Britten, Voice and Piano Lectures
on the Vocal Music of Benjamin Britten by Graham
Johnson, senior professor of accompaniment, GSAMD Guildhall School
of Music and Drama Research Studies 2
ISBN 0-7546-3872-3 Paperback with 2CDs 254pp plus 15pp index; ix pp
foreword Co-published by The Guildhall School of Music & Drama and
Ashgate Publishing Limited. [RB]
Does
Graham Johnson ever sleep, I wonder? An invaluable further addition
to the Britten library. ... see Full Review
Belonging - A memoir by Renée
Goossens
ABC Books 272 pages Paperback ISBN 0-7333-1244-6 [RB]
Much
of ‘Belonging’ is about pain but also about joy ... joy as an eluate
out of the experience of pain. ... see Full
Review
Piano
Notes,
The Hidden World of the Pianist
By Charles Rosen
Extremely
interesting commentary on all aspects of music by an unusually reflective,
intelligent, and eloquent pianist … see Full
Review
The Zarzuela Companion by
Christopher Webber Scarecrow Press Inc ISBN 0-8108-4447-8 hardback,
341pp, £34.00 [RB]
Its
value is as a reliable and apparently thorough reference ... the key
to an enclosed garden that promises pleasures and a lifetime's pursuit.
Very happily recommended ... 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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