Anna Bajor Sings
...
Heitor VILLA-LOBOS
(1887-1959) Bachianas
Brasileiras No. 5 (1932) [10.33] Joseph
CANTELOUBE (1879-1957) Chants
d'Auvergne (1925): Baïlero;
Pastourelle; La Delaïssado;
Pour l'enfant; Uno Jionto Pastouro;
Lou Coucut [22.35] Alban
BERG (1885-1935) Sieben Frühe
Lieder (1910, 1928) [14.53] Samuel
BARBER (1910-1981) Adagio (1936)
[5.35] 
Anna Bajor (sop) Sinfonietta Cracovia/Jerzy
Maksymiuk rec. St Catherine's Church, Cracow,
Nov 1997. DDD
DUX 0101 [54.27] [RB]
Voice
fanciers should try to track down a copy of
this. Bajor's voice is well worth catching.
I see this becoming a collector's item. ...
see Full Review
‘Baroque
Organ Music, Volume 1’ Johann
Jakob FROBERGER (1616-1667) Toccata
I in A [04:30] Johann
Caspar KERLL (1627-1693) Toccata
cromatica con durezze e ligature in E [04:01]
Johann Jakob FROBERGER
Fantasia sopra Ut, Re, Mi, Fa,
Sol, La [06:56] Johannes
SPETH (1664-c1720) Toccata I in
d minor oder ‘Erstes Musicalisches Blumen-Feld’
[03:47] Georg MUFFAT
(1653-1704) Toccata XII in G [06:05]
Johann Caspar Ferdinand
FISCHER (?-1746) Prelude and Fugue
in C* [05:40] Johann
Jakob FROBERGER Ricercare in g
minor* [04:29] Capriccio in G* [03:34] Johann
Caspar KERLL Canzona in d minor*
[03:35] Johann PACHELBEL
(1653-1706) Toccata in e minor*
[02:25] Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, chorale
prelude* [03:24] Komm, Gott Schöpfer,
Heiliger Geist, chorale prelude* [02:25] Fugue
in C* [02:44] Johannes
SPETH Toccata V oder ‘Fünfftes
Musicalisches Blumen-Feld’* [02:53]
Herbert Tachezi, organ Rec. 1968, 1980, 1981,
Stiftskirche, Ossiach; ‘Festorgel’ of the
Stiftsbasilika Klosterneuburg*, Austria. ADD
WARNER APEX 2564-60525-2 [57:29] [JV]
An
attractive programme of organ music from the
17th and early 18th centuries, but the recording
has too many shortcomings to be recommended
… see Full Review
A Leaf
- Beatles Piano Transcriptions Paul
McCARTNEY
A Leaf John LENNON
and Paul McCARTNEY
Short Fantasy on "Give Peace a Chance"
(arr. Rzewski) Hey Jude (arr. I. Okashiro)
Golden Slumbers (arr. Takemitsu) Michelle
(arr. Monk-Feldman) Yesterday (arr. I. Okashiro)
Aki 2.2 (Magical Mystery Tour) (arr. Sakamoto)
Michel BLOCK "billet
doux"
Chitose Okashiro, piano Recorded at the American
Academy of Arts and Letters, NYC, April 12th-13th
2003.
CHÂTEAU C10002 [52.00] [NH]
A
beautifully conceived and executed tribute
to the timeless musical talents of Lennon
and McCartney … see Full
Review
MONTSERRAT
CABALLÉ: Grandes héroïnes
lyriques CD
1 Giuseppe VERDI
(1813-1901) Otello: Mia madre aveva (Canzone
del salice [not "Canzone Del Salince"
as in the booklet]/Ave Maria) (1), Un ballo
in maschera: Ecco l’orrido (2) Gaetano
DONIZETTI (1797-1848) Anna Bolena:
Piangete voi? … Al dolce guidami (3) Gustave
[not Marc-Antoine as in the booklet] CHARPENTIER
(1860-1956) Louise: Depuis le jour (4)
Giacomo PUCCINI
(1858-1924) Tosca: Vissi d’arte (5) VERDI
Macbeth: Nel dì della vittoria
– Ambizioso spirto – Vieni! T’affretta – Or
tutti sorgete (6), Il Trovatore: Che più
t’arresti? – Tacea la notte placida – Di tale
amor (7) Pietro MASCAGNI
(1863-1945) Cavalleria rusticana: Voi
lo sapete (8) PUCCINI
Turandot: In questa reggia (9)
CD 2 Alfredo CATALANI
(1854-1893) La Wally: Ebben, ne andrò
lontana (10) Amilcare
PONCHIELLI (1834-1886) La Gioconda:
Suicidio (11) Umberto
GIORDANO (1867-1948) Andrea Chénier:
La mamma morta (12) VERDI
Il Trovatore: D’amor sull’ali rosee
(13) PUCCINI Suor
Angelica: Senza mamma (14) VERDI
I vespri siciliani: Arrigo! Ah
parli a un core (15), Un ballo in maschera:
Morto ma prima in grazia (16), I vespri siciliani:
Mercè, dilette amiche (17), Rigoletto:
Caro nome (18) Francesco
CILEA (1866-1950) Adriana Lecouvreur:
Io sono l’umile ancella (19) Vincenzo
BELLINI (1801-1835) La Somnambula:
Ah! Se una volta sola… Ah! non credea mirarti
… Ah! Non giunge (20) Montserrat Caballé
(soprano), Orquesta Sinfonica de Barcelona/Carlo
[not "Caro" as in the booklet] Felice
Cillario (1-5), Armando Gatto (6), Anton Guadagno
[not "Guadano" as in the booklet]
(7-12), Gianfranco Masini (13-20)
Recorded December 1964 (1-5), July 1976 (6-12),
June 1974 (13-20) in Barcelona
Originally issued on Vergara (1-5) and Columbia
(6-20)
BMG RCA RED SEAL 82876 511892 [2 CDs:
71:37, 63:37] [CH]
The
Golden Age of Singing is proved to have lasted
at least as close to our own days as the prime
years of Montserrat Caballé. … see
Full
Review
Montserrat CABALLÉ
en récital: Recital "Los Encores"
George
Frideric HANDEL (1685-1759) Semele:
Oh, sleep! Why dost thou leave me?
Giovanni Battista
COSTANZI (1704-1778) Eupatre: Lusinga
la speme Wolfgang
Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791) Warnung,
K.433 Ludwig van
BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) Wonne der
Wehmut, op. 83/1 Robert
SCHUMANN (1810-1856) Aufträge,
op. 77/5 Trad. German,
arr. Johannes BRAHMS (1833-1897) Och
Moder, ich well en Ding han Hugo
WOLF (1860-1903) Mausfallen-Sprüchlein
Trad. Swiss, arr.
GUND G’sätzli Ottorino
RESPIGHI (1879-1936) Nebbie L.
CASTAGNARO Lasciati amare Alberto
GINASTERA (1916-1983) Cancion al
arbol del olvido J.
M. GALVEZ Variante de Petenera
Xavier MONTSALVATGE
(b.1912)
Canción de cuna para dormir un negritto
Joaquín RODRIGO
(1901-1999) De los alamos vengo, madre
Fernando J. OBRADORS
(1897-1945) El molondron Sánchez
José PADILLA (1889-1960) La
violetera Recorded in Barcelona, 1964 12ème
Festival de Grenade Franz
SCHUBERT (1897-1828) Du bist die
Ruh, D.776, Die Junge Nonne, D.828, An die
Musik, D.547 Claude
DEBUSSY (1862-1918) Ariettes oubliées:
C’est l’extase langoureuse, Mandoline,
Beau soir Manuel
de FALLA (1876-1946) Siete canciones
populares espanolas Richard
STRAUSS (1864-1949) Ständchen,
op. 17/2, Heimliche Aufforderung, op. 27/3,
Allerseelen, op. 10/8 Recorded in Barcelona,
July 1963 Recital Richard Strauss Richard
STRAUSS Ich liebe dich, op. 37/2,
Ruhe, meine Seele! Op. 27/1, Ich schwebe,
op. 48/2, Traum durch die Dämmerung,
op. 29/1, Zueignung, op. 10/1, Wie sollten
wir geheim sie halten, op. 19/4, Wiegenlied,
op. 41/1, Ich trage meine Minne, op. 32/1,
Freundliches Vision, op. 48/1, Schlechtes
Wetter, op. 69/5, Morgen! Op. 27/4, Befreit,
op. 39/4, Die Nacht, op. 10/3, Cäcilie,
op. 27/2 Recorded in Barcelona, 1964 Montserrat
Caballé (soprano), Miguel Zanetti (piano)
RCA
RED SEAL 82876 511912 [2 CDs: 74:41, 53:45]
[CH]
Not
everything here is perfectly idiomatic, but
there is much to treasure and the voice itself
is a source of wonder. … see Full
Review
Montserrat CABALLÉ
EN DUO - Duos de Amor: Caballé
and Marti Giacomo
PUCCINI (1858-1924) Madama
Butterfly: Viene la sera Umberto
GIORDANO (1867-1948) Andrea Chénier:
Vicino a te Giuseppe
VERDI (1813-1901) Don Carlos: E
dessa PUCCINI
La Bohème: O soave fanciulla,
Manon Lescaut: Tu, tu, amore? With
Bernabé Marti (tenor), Orquesta Sinfonica
Ricordi/Manno Wolf-Ferrari Recorded December
1964, Barcelona Duos de Amor: Caballé
and Di Stefano Jules
MASSENET (1842-1912) Manon: Et
je sais votre nom Georges
BIZET (1838-1975) Les Pêcheurs
de Perles: Ton cœur n’a pas compris
Riccardo ZANDONAI
(1883-1944) Francesca da Rimini: E
così vada MASSENET
Werther: Il faut nous séparer
Antônio Carlos
GOMES (1836-1896) Il Guarany: Sento
una forza indomita Gaetano
DONIZETTI (1797-1848) L’elisir
d’amor: Una parola, o Adina With Giuseppe
Di Stefano (tenor), Orquesta Sinfonica de
Barcelona/Gianfranco Masini Recorded April
1974, Madrid Duos de Zarzuela: Caballé
and Marti F. MORENO
TORROBA, F. ROMERO and
G. FERNANDEZ SHAW Luisa Fernanda:
Caballero del alto plumero Amadeo
VIVES (1871-1932), PERRIN and
PALACIOS La Generala: Mi dulce
sueno de adolescente Jesus
GURIDI (1886-1961), F. ROMERO and
G. FERNANDEZ SHAW El caserio: Buenos
dias M. FERNANDEZ
CABALLERO and
M. ECHEGARAY El duo de la Africana:
Comprendo lo grave de mi situacion
Tomás BRETÓN
(1850-1923) La Dolores: Dolores
mia ... aqui tu SOUTULLO
and VERT La leyenda del beso: Amor,
mi raza sabe conquistar
With Bernabé Marti (tenor), Orquesta
Sinfonica de Barcelona/Eugenio M. Marco Recorded
January 1965, Barcelona Montserrat Caballé
(soprano)
RCA RED SEAL 82876 511902 [2 CDs: 68:21,
66:03] [CH]
Hectoring
opera duets with Marti, embarrassing ones
with Di Stefano and some nicely done Zarzuela
pieces which, in the absence of any information
about them, are recommended only to Spanish
speakers. … see Full
Review
Montserrat
CABALLÉ: Récital espagnol
Eduardo
TOLDRA (1895-1962) La
Rosa als Llavis, Platxeria, Maig, Canticel,
Romanca de Santa Lucia, A l’Ombra del Lledoner,
Canço de Comiat, Canço de Bressol,
Canço de Grumet, La Vida de la Galera
Orquesta Sinfonica de Barcelona/Rafael Ferrer
Recorded 1963, Barcelona Frederico
MOMPOU (1893-1987) Combat del Somni:
1. Damunt de tu nomes les flors, 2. Aquesta
nit un nateix vent, 3.Jo et pressent com la
mar, Fes-me la vida transparent, Aureana
do sil, Canço de la fira, Pastoral,
Tres Comptines (1931): 1. Dalt d’un cotxe,
2. Margot la pie, 3. J’ai vu dans la lune,
Tres Comptines (1943): 1. Asserin,
asseran, 2. Petite fille de Paris, 3. Pito,
pito, colorito, Cantar del alma, San Marti
Frederico Mompou (piano) Recorded 1963, Barcelona
Enrique GRANADOS
(1867-1916) Canciones amatorias, Tonadillas:
La maja dolorosa 1-3, El tra la la y el
punteado, El mirar de la maja, Callejeo, Amor
y odio, El majo discreto, El majo timido,
La maja de Goya Orquesta da Camara/Rafael
Ferrer Recorded 1964, Barcelona
Romanzas de Zarzuelas J.
SERRANO, R. ROMERO and
G. FERNANDEZ SHAW
La cancion del olvido: Marinela, Marinela
Ruperto CHAPI (1851-1909)
and M. RAMOS
CARRION El Rey que rabio: Mi
tio se figuro Amadeo
VIVES (1871-1932), PERRIN
and PALACIOS
Los Behomios: No quiero que aqui vengo
yo M. FERNANDEZ
CABALLERO, C. ARNICHES and
CELSO LUCIO El cabo primero: Yo
quiero a un hombre J.
E. ARRIETA and
F. CAMPRODON Marina: Pensar
en el R. CHAPI,
J. VEYAN and
LOPEZ SILVA El Barquillero: Cuando
esta tan hondo P.
LUNA, A. PASO GARCIA ALVAREZ El
nino judio: De Espana vengo J.
GUERRERO, F. ROMERO and
G. FERNANDEZ SHAW La rosa del Azafran:
No me duele que se vaya Orquesta Sinfonica/Eugenio
M. Marco Recorded 1965, Barcelona
Montserrat Caballé (soprano)
RCA RED SEAL 82876 511882 [2 CDs: 76:23,
79:21] [CH]
More
great singing from Caballé, but there
are some drawbacks not imputable to her. …
see Full Review
Enrico
CARUSO (tenor)
(1873-1920) A Life in
Words and Music Written
and Narrated by David Timson CD 1 King
of Tenors: Enrico Caruso, Family background,
Early singing lessons, Caruso's first operatic
roles, More auditions and Enrico meets Puccini,
Caruso meets Ada Giachetti, Enrico and
Ada, 1898: St Petersburg, The 'monarch-in-waiting',
December 1900: debut at La Scala CD 2 Humiliation
in Naples, 1900: Gaisberg records Caruso,
1902: Covent Garden debut with Nelly Melba,
1903: Caruso joins the New York Metropolitan
Opera, The 'King' is crowned, 1904-6: international
touring, An earthquake and a brush with the
press, 1906: La Boheme at the Met.CD 3Caruso's
health, 1908: family upsets, Family and health
problems, The 1909-10 season at the Met. Mafia
interest and a recording contract, Ill health
1912-13: back at the Met.,1913-14: Covent
Garden, Tosca and Aida, The war years, Fund-raising
concerts CD 4 Caruso's daily routine,
Caruso's private life, 1918-20: marriage to
Dorothy Park Benjamin, Dorothy in Italy; Caruso
on tour, 1920: Cuba, 1920-21: injury and worsening
health, Goodbye to the Met. - Caruso retires
to Naples, The death of Caruso. Illustrated
by 30 original recordings of songs and arias
recorded between 1902 and 1920 and taken from
Volumes 1-12 of the Naxos’ Caruso: The
Complete Recordings series Superbudget
Price
NAXOS. 8.558131-34 [4CDs: 59.57+58.55+64.21+62.32]
[RF]
An
ideal complement to the Naxos complete series
… also a worthy issue in its own right and
so much more enjoyable than a dry as dust
written biography. … see Full
Review
Enrico CARUSO (tenor).
1873-1921 Giuseppe
VERDI (1813-1901) La
Traviata, ‘Brindisi: libiamo, libiamo’
Requiem, ‘Ingemisco’ Macbeth,
‘Ah, la paterno mano’Antonio
Carlos GOMES (1836-1899)Il
Guarany, ‘Sento una forza indomita’
SZULC ‘Hantise
d’amour’ Georges
BIZET (1838-1870) Carmen,
‘Parle-moi de ma mère’ Francesco
Paolo TOSTI (1846-1916) ‘La mia
canzone’ ‘Luna d’estate’ PENNINO
‘Pecchè?’
CIOCIANO ‘Cielo turchino’ Gaetano
DONIZETTI (1797-1868) Il
Duca d’Alba, ‘Angelo casto e bel’
Luigi DENZA
(1846-1922) ‘Si vous l’aviez compris’
Ruggiero LEONCAVALLO
(1858-1919) ‘Les deux séreénades’
César FRANCK
(1822-1890) ‘La Procession’ Jules
MASSENET (1842-1912) Le Cid,
‘Ah! Tout est bien fini…Ô souverain’
Francesco Paolo TOSTI
(1846-1916) ‘Luna d’estate’ DI
CAPUA ‘O sole mio’ Georges
Charles GOUNOD (1818-1893) La
Reine de Saba, ‘Faiblesse de la race
humaine’ ROTOLI ‘Mia
sposa sarà la mia bandiera’ Giacomo
PUCCINI (1858-1924) La Boheme,
‘Vecchia zimarra’ Adolphe
ADAM ((1803-1856) ‘Cantique de
Nöel’ Recorded in New York and Camden,
New Jersey, in April 1914, January and February
1915 and February 1916. ‘Victor Orchestra’
and Chorus of The Metropolitan Opera/Walter
B Rogers and Giulio Setti The Complete
Recordings Volume 9. 1914-1916 Bargain
Price
NAXOS HISTORICAL GREAT SINGERS SERIES 8.110750
[78.14] [RF]
Those
following this excellent series should not
hesitate, not least for the rarity of many
of the items included. … see Full
Review
Enrico CARUSO (tenor)
(1873-1921) The
Complete Recordings Volume 10 (1916-1917)
Gabriel FAURÉ
(1875-1947) ‘Sancta Maria’ CARUSO
‘Tiempo antico’ Folk
Song, ‘Santa Lucia’ Piotr
Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893) Eugene
Onegin, ‘Pour moi ce jour est tout
mystère’ (Lensky’s Aria). ‘Pourquoi’Umberto
GIORDANO (1867-1948) Andrea
Chenier, ‘ Come un bel di maggio’Camille
SAINT-SAENS (1835-1921)Samson
et Dalila, ‘Vois ma misère
, hélas' Georges
BIZET (1838-1870) Les Pecheurs
de perles, ‘Je crois entendre encore’
Giuseppe VERDI
(1813-1901)Rigoletto, ‘Bella
figlia del’amore’ (quartet) Gaetano
DONIZETTI (1797-1868) Lucia
di Lamermoor, ‘Chi mi frena in tal
momento’ (sextet) Friedrich
von FLOTOW (1812-1883) Martha,
‘M’appari’ GASTALDON
‘Musica probita’ DE
CRESCENZO ‘Uocchie celeste’ Francesco
Poalo TOSTI (1846-1916)‘L’alba
separa dalla luce l’ombra’ Anton
RUBINSTEIN (1830-1894) Néron,
‘Ah! Lumiére du jour’ Caruso
accompanied by the ‘Victor Orchestra’. cond.
Walter B Rogers and Josef Pasternack Recorded
in New York and Camden, New Jersey, in March
1916, January 1917 and April 1917. Bargain
Price Great Singers Series NAXOS
HISTORICAL 8.110751 [76.59]
Eminently
listenable … the sound is most impressive.
… further enhances Ward Marston’s reputation
for fine restorations. Highly recommended.
… see Full Review
Christmas
from a Golden Age Original
recordings 1925-1950. ADD Seth B. Winner Studios
Inc., Restoration Engineer
NAXOS 8.110296 [77.28] [RB][BK]
Predominantly
a nostalgia fix for those who recall or would
like to recall Christmases of the 1920s to
1950s.[RB]
There are clearly good things on this disc
in abundance, as well as some that are less
good. Which is which is a matter for debate
[BK]... see Full
Review
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH
Christmas
Music by Candlelight. Alleluya a new work
John
TAVENER (b.1944) O, do not move*
Gustav HOLST
(1874-1934): In the bleak mid-winter Morten
LAURIDSEN (b. 1943): O magnum Mysterium
Peter WISHART
(1921-84): Alleluya, a new work is come on
hand Roderick WILLIAMS
(b. 1965): O Adonai* Samuel
BARBER (1910-81): Twelfth Night
Philip SHEPPARD
(b. 1969): Christmas at sea* Trad.
Czech: Teče voda teče
Daryl
RUNSWICK (b. 1946): O Clavis David*
Ritual 1631:
Hanacpachap cussicuinin Sidney
CARTER (b. 1915): Every star shall
sing a carol Peter
WARLOCK: (1894-1930): Bethlehem
Down Pierre VILLETTE
(1926-98): Hymne à la Vierge
John GOULD (b.
1940): Sans Day Carol Fyfe
HUTCHINS: (b. 1980): O Emmanuel*
Benjamin BRITTEN
(1913-76): A Boy was born J.
S. BACH (1685-1750): How shall
I fitly meet Thee? *First recording
Ex Cathedra/Jeffrey Skidmore Philip Sheppard
(electric cello) Recorded in Hawksyard Priory,
Staffordshire 19 – 21 July 2002
EX CATHEDRA EXCCD003 [73’37"] [JQ]
If
you only buy one CD of Christmas music this
year, make sure it’s this one. … see Full
Review
Encore! An
anthology of recital encores Carl
Maria von WEBER (1786-1826) Invitation
to the Dance Op. 65 Ludwig
van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) Rondo
a capriccio in G minor Op. 129 (pub. 1828)
Franz SCHUBERT
(1797-1828) Marche Militaire arr. Tausig
Hark, Hark the Lark arr. Liszt Robert
SCHUMANN (1810-1856) Widmung S566
arr. Liszt Edvard
GRIEG (1843-1907) Lyric Pieces
– Book Six; Heimweh Op. 57/6 (1893) Lyric
Pieces – Book Five; March of the Trolls Op.
54/3 (1891) Claude
DEBUSSY (1862-1918) La Plus que
lente (1910) Arabesque in G major (1888/91)
Moritz MOSZKOWSKI
(1854-1925) Caprice espagnole Op. 37 Étincelles
Piotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY
(1840-1893) Humoresque in E minor Op.
10/2 (1871) Sergei
RACHMANINOV (1873-1943) Vocalise
Op. 34 Étude-Tableau in E flat minor
Op. 39/5 Fritz KREISLER
(1875-1962) Liebesleid - transcribed Rachmaninov
Karol SZYMANOWSKI
(1882-1937) Étude in B flat minor
Op. 4/3 (1902)
Joyce Hatto (piano) Recorded [2002?]
CONCERT ARTIST/FIDELIO RECORDINGS CACD 9168-2
[71.20] [JW]
It’s
good to see that Joyce Hatto can let her hair
down for Concert Artist … see Full
Review
Explore America:
Volume 1 Aaron
COPLAND (1900-1990) Appalachian
Spring (excerpt) Charles
CADMAN (1881-1946) From the
Land of the Sky-Blue Water John
CARPENTER (1876-1951) Adventures
in a Perambulator - The Hurdy Gurdy Ned
ROREM (b.1923) Nightingale Samuel
BARBER (1910-1981) Violin
Concerto - presto Gloria
COATES (b.1938) String Quartet
No. 1 - Protestation Alan
HOVHANESS (1911-2000) Cello Concerto
- allegro Charles
IVES (1874-1954) Symphony No. 3
- Old Folks Gatherin' George
MCKAY (1899-1970) Americanistic
Etude Irving
BERLIN (1888-1989) Alexander's
Ragtime Band (excerpt) Ferde
GROFE (1892-1972) Hollywood
Suite - Production Number Leonard
BERNSTEIN (1918-1990) West Side
Story - Tonight Leo
ORNSTEIN (1892-2002) A morning
in the woods Florence
PRICE (1888-1953) Song to Dark
Virgin Michael
TORKE (b.1961) Rapture - Drums
and Woods (excerpt) John
Philip SOUSA (1854-1932) The
National Game various artists
NAXOS AMERICAN CLASSICS 8.559187 [56.08]
[RB]
Artfully
planned to intrigue and stir interest - if
so it will have served its purpose ... see
Full Review
From
the Merry Life of a Spy Music for Brass
Quintet Vagn
HOLMBOE (1909-1996) Quintet No.
1 Op. 79 (1961-2) [12.41]; Quintet No. 2 Op.
136 (1978) [12.22] Ib
NORHOLM (b.1931) From the
Merry Life of a Spy Op. 156 (1999) [8.43]
Anders NORDENTOFT
(b.1957) Three Studies (1984) [12.01]
Axel JORGENSEN
(1881-1947) Quintet (1942) [16.17] Mogens
ANDERSEN (b.1945) Three Norwegian Dances
(1990) [10.14] Art of Brass Copenhagen rec.
16-22 June 2001, Lyngby Parkkapel DACAPO
8.226001 [72.18] [RB]
This
is a stunning recording capturing the high
trumpet transients as well as the gruff edge
of the tuba and trombone. Cracking stuff!
... see Full Review
Golden Slumbers:
Folk and Traditional Melodies from the British
Isles Fiddler
Man; The Girl I left behind; O
waly, waly; The British Grenadiers;
Golden Slumbers; Dashing away with
the Smoothing Iron; It was a lover
and his lass composed or arranged by John
RUTTER (b.1944); Charm me asleep
by Henry LESLIE
(1822-1896); Waters of Elle by
Robert Lucas de PEARSALL
(1795-1856); Sweet Nightingale
arranged by Goff
RICHARDS; The Oak and the Ash
arranged by Gordon
LANGFORD; Loch Lomond arranged
by David OVERTON;
Londonderry Air arranged by Peter Knight;
Migildi Magildi arranged by Grayston
IVES; Irish Lullaby arranged
by Keith ABBS
Hannover Harmonists
THOROFON CTH 2485 [38.38] [GH]
The
choir excel in pronunciation, tuning, speed,
articulation, ensemble and timbre but have
not discovered the real earthy nature of English
folk music … see Full
Review
Susan Graham at
Carnegie Hall Johannes
BRAHMS (1833-1897) Zigeunerlieder,
op. 103 Claude DEBUSSY
(1862-1918) Proses lyriques Alban
BERG (1885-1935) Siebe frühe
Lieder Francis POULENC
(1899-1963) Quatre poèmes de Guillaume
Apollinaire André
MESSAGER (1853-1929) Les p’tites
Michu: Vois-tu, je m’en veux, L’amour
masqué: J’ai deux amants Moïses
SIMONS (1888-1945) Toi c’est moi:
C’est ça la vie, c’est ça
l’amour Encores:
Reynaldo HAHN (1874-1947) A Chloris
DEBUSSY Fantoches
Gustav MAHLER
(1860-1911) Liebst du um Schönheit
Ben MOORE
(b.1960) Sexy Lady
Susan Graham (mezzo-soprano), Malcolm Martineau
(piano) Recorded live at the Carnegie Hall,
14th April 2003
ERATO 2564 60293-2 [74:50] [CH]
Although
we are assured that the song recital is in
its death agonies, Susan Graham seems to pack
the hall without much difficulty and here
she is before a cheering Carnegie Hall audience
to prove it. … see Full
Review
Humanity Classics
Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART
(1756-1792) Piano
Concerto No. 17 in G, K453a (1784)
[31’12]. Aaron COPLAND
(1900-1990) Appalachian Spring (1943/4)
[25’50]. Alfred SCHNITTKE
(1934-1998) Concerto Grosso No. 6ab
(1993) [12’14].
aFalko Steinbach (piano); bYosif
Raduinov (violin); Bulgarian Orpheus Chamber
Orchestra /Raitscho Christov. DDD The proceeds
of the CD go to the home for mentally retarded
women in Malko Scharkovo, Bulgaria.
ANTES EDITION BM-CD31.9187 [70’07]
It
would be difficult to recommend this disc
at any price. … see Full
Review
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH ‘Istanpitta
– Festive music for the Visconti court, 14th
century’ anon
Prelude
– Salterello [06:06] Isabella (istanpitta)
[06:06] Prelude – Salterello [01:02 – 06:21]
Tre Fontane (istanpitta] [08:04] Non formo
christi (ballata) [04:00] Principio di virtu
(prelude – istanpitta) [01:47 – 06:45] In
pro (istanpitta) [07:40] traditional
(Italian) Prelude – Gliu pecoraru
revota revota (salterello) [03:12] anon
Salterello [01:08] Lamento di Tristano
(prelude – lamento – rotta) [03:49 – 06:56
– 01:54]
Alla Francesca: Birgit Goris, Lucas Guimaraes-Peres
(vièle à archet), Benoït
Toïgo (recorder), Pierre Hamon (recorders,
cornamuse, string drum & direction), Angélique
Mauillon (gothic harp), Begoña Olavide
(psaltery), Michaël Grébil (cistre,
lute), Carlo Rizzo (voice, drums) Recorded
in September 2002 at the Auditorium di Pigna
(Corsica), France DDD
OPUS 111 OP30325 [64:49] [JV]
A
whole disc devoted to some of the most complex
forms of medieval music – fascinating repertoire,
inspired performance … see Full
Review
Rarities of Piano
Music at ‘Schloss vor Husum’ - Volume
14, 2002 Nikolai Medtner
(1879-1951) Fairy
Tales Op. 20 Nos. 1 and 2 Steven Osborne (piano)
Nikolai Medtner
(1879-1951) Sonata-Ballade in F# minor
Op. 27 Konstantin Lifschitz (piano) Mikolajus
CIurlionis (1875-1911) Three Preludes
Op. 20 Jean Dubé (piano) William
Baines (1899-1921) Tides – The
Lone Wreck and Goodnight to Flamboro Nicolas
Walker (piano) Karol
Szymanowski (1882-1937) Mazurka
Op. 62 No. 2 Maurice
Ravel (1875-1937) Prelude in A
minor (1913) Max
Reger (1873-1916) Marsch der Stiftsdamen
Kolja Lessing (piano) Sergei
Prokofiev (1891-1953) March, Gavotte
and Caprice from 10 Pieces Op. 12 Enrico Pace
(piano) Heitor Villa-Lobos
(1887-1959) O Polichinello Alexander
Skryabin (1872-1915) Etude in C#
minor Op. 2 No. 1 Marc-André Hamelin
(piano) Saint-Saëns/Meinders
Mon Coeur s’ouvre à ta voix’
(Samson and Dalila) Fats
Waller /Meinders Ain’t Misbehavin’
Frédéric
Meinders
Choro Frédéric Meinders (piano)
Ignaz Friedman (1882-1948)
Five Waltzes (piano 4-hands)
Yaara Tal and Andreas Groethhuysen (pianos)
Recorded live at Husum, August 2002 DDD
DANACORD DACOCD 609 [78.21] [JF]
A
fine selection of little known works by well
known and obscure composers each a masterpiece
or a forgotten gem. Superbly played. A real
treasure. … see Full
Review
Hans KNAPPERTSBUSCH
–
in Concert Ludwig
van BEETHOVEN (1770 – 1827) Leonore
No. 3, Op. 72a - Overture, (1821)
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58. Richard
WAGNER (1813 – 1883) Tristan
und Isolde – Vorspiel und Liebestod. (1865)
Birgit Nilsson, (soprano), Wilhelm Backhaus
(piano) Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra/Hans
Knappertsbusch recorded 31st May
1962 in the Theater an der Wien, part of the
Vienna Festival, (DVD). co-production with
ORF, directed by Hermann Lanske.
TDK
DV CLHK62 [81 minutes] [JP]
A
most satisfying programme. … see Full
Review
Late Gothic and
Renaissance Masterworks.
,From
the tablatures of the Basle Humanist Bonifacius
Amerbach (1495-1562)Doulce Memoire Chansons,
Madrigals, Songs, Motets and Preludes fomr
the Tablature of Matthäaus Waissel (1540-1602)
René Clemencic (clavichord) Rec.
January 2002, W*A*R Tonstudio, Vienna
ARTE NOVA 74321 99053 2 [3CDs: 58.50+62.28+60.05]
[RH]
A
highly important, recommendable set though
best dipped into rather than swallowed whole.
… see Full Review
Dame Felicity Lott
sings French Song Ernest CHAUSSON
(1855 – 1899) Poème
de l’Amour et de la Mer Op.19 (1890) Maurice
RAVEL (1875 – 1937) Shéhérazade
(1903) Henri DUPARC
(1848 – 1933) L’invitation au voyage (1892/5)
Chanson triste (1868, rev. 1902, orch. 1911)
Phidylé (1882, orch. 1891/2)
Felicity Lott (soprano); Orchestre de
la Suisse Romande; Armin Jordan Recorded:
Victoria Hall, Geneva, August 2001 (Chausson,
Ravel) and October 2002 (Duparc)
AEON AECD 0314 [61:55] [HC]
A
recital of French orchestral songs performed
by artists with a long expertise of the music
… superbly recorded … see Full
Review
Gudny Gudmundsdottir
(violin) Polarinn
JONSSON
(1900 - 1974) Prelude
and Double fugue on the Name B-A-C-H (1927)
Johann Sebastian
BACH (1685 - 1750) Sonata No. 1
in G Minor BWV 1001 for solo violin (1720)
Hallgrimur HELGASON
(1914 - 1994) Sonata for solo violin
(1972) Haflioi HALGRIMSSON
(b.1941) Offerto – In memory of
Karl Kvaran (1991)
Gudny Gudmundsdottir (violin)recorded
in Seltjarnarneskirkja, Iceland, 20 – 24 September
1999. DDD
POLARFONIA CLASSICS PFCD 02.04.007 [67’22"]
[JP]
This
has been an extremely interesting disc to
review, and I recommend it heartily. … 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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