Marlboro Music Festival. 50th Anniversary
Album Ludwig van BEETHOVEN
(1770-1827) Three
Marches for Piano, Four Hands Op 45 Giuseppe
VERDI (1813-1901) String Quartet in E minor Franz
SCHUBERT (1797-1828) Der Hirt auf dem Felsen Felix
MENDELSSOHN (1809-1847) String Quartet in A minor Op 13 Béla
BARTÓK (1881-1945) Divertimento for String Orchestra
György KURTÁG (b 1926) Quintet
for Winds Op 2 Hommage à Mihály András (12 Microludes
for string quartet) György LIGETI
(b 1923) String Quartet No 1 (Métamorphoses nocturnes)
Beethoven: Cécile Licad and Mieczysław Horszowski (pianos) 1979
Verdi: Pina Carmirelli and Endré Granat, (violins) Martha Strongin
Katz (viola) and Ronald Leonard (cello) 1969 Schubert: Benita Valente
(soprano), Harold Wright (clarinet) and Rudolf Serkin (piano) 1969 Mendelssohn:
Lisa-Beth Lambert and Hiroko Yajima (violins), Annemarie Moorcroft (viola)
and Sophie Shao (cello) 1995 Bartók: The Marlboro Festival Strings/Sándor
Végh. 1974 Kurtág: Quintet; Tanya Dusevic, (flute) Rudolph
Vrbsky (oboe) Michael Rusinek (clarinet) Marc Goldberg (bassoon) and
Sarah Dussing (horn) 1997 Kurtág: Hommage; Robert Waters and
Catherine Szepes (violins), Jessica Troy (viola) and Siegfried Palm
(cello) 1997 Ligeti: Soovim Kim and Catherine Cho (violins), Kirsten
Johnson (viola) and Siegfried Palm (cello) 1996
BRIDGE 9108 [2 CDs: 146.57] [JW]
An
admirable salute to Marlboro, enshrining performances, spiced with rigour
and prescient intellectual sinew … see Full Review
Music
of the Conquest: De la Musique des Conquistadores au Livre d’orgue
des Indiens Chiquitos TRIPLE
CD VOLUME
1: Musiques pour orgue du temps des conquistadores: Organ music by:
1.CREQUILLON:
Canción "Pour une plaisir", 2. Alonso
MUDARRA: Gallarda (para vihuela
o tecla) , 3. Francisco F. PALERO:
Romance: Paseábase el rey moro, 4. Anonyme:
Canción "Réveillez-vous…", 5. Francisco
Correa DE ARAUXO: Tiento de
medio registro de tiple , 6 à 8: Antonio
DE CABEZÓN: -Duo para
principiantes,- Pavana con su glosa,- Tiento de quarto tono,9. Hernando
DE CABEZÓN: Dulce memoriae
(en memoria de su padre), 10. Julius DE MODENA:
Tiento de quarto tono, 11. Francisco Correa
DE ARAUXO: Tiento de medio registro
de dos tiples, 12 à 15. Tomas de SANTA
MARIA: 4 Fantasias ,16 à
18. Juan BERMUDO:-
Conditor alme siderum, - Ave maris stella, - Vexilla regis prodeunt
(a5), 19 et 20. Francisco Correa DE ARAUXO:
-Tiento de medio registro de tiple, - Tiento pequeño y facil
de cuarto tono, 21 et 22. Sebastian aguilera
DE HEREDIA:- Pange Lingua español,
- Tiento de falsas de cuarto tono, 23. Andres
DE SOLA: Tiento de primer tono
de mano derecha, 24. Pablo BRUNA:
Tiento de falsas- 2o tono, 25. Diego DE TORRIJOS:
Tiento lleno. [54’32] Francis Chapelet (France), Organist Historic
organ by: Frère Pedro de Matos, 1791-92, restored by Pascal Quoirin,
1997, Convent of Santa Clara de Sucre, Sucre, Bolivia. Recorded:1998,
Convent of Santa Clara de Sucre, Sucre, Bolivia. VOLUME 2: Les vice-royaumes
du Pérou et de Nouvelle-Espagne: Organ works by: 1.
Estacio LACERNA: Tiento de sexto tono, 2 à 13.
Lucas RUIZ RIBAYAZ:
-Chaconas,-Pabanas,-Xacaras,-Folias,-Achas,-Buelta del Hacha,-Zarabandas,-Rugero,-Bacas,-Villano,-Galeria
del amor,-Paradetas,14. Maestro Cabrera DEL
PERÚ: Fantasia "scala
celite", 15. Juan Pérez BOCANEGRA:
Hanacpachap cussicuinin, 16. Antonio CARRIERA:
Con qué la lavaré, 17 à19.
Anonyme espagnol del Convento de Santa Eulalia (c.1590):-
Pavana,-Romance,-Tonos, 20 à 23. Juan
BERMUDO: -Pange Lingua, -Conditor
alme siderum,- Ave maris stella (Glose de l’interpréte),- Veni
creator spiritus, 24. San Juan DE LIMA:
Diferencias, 25. Anonyme de San Antonio abad:
Caraviñas sao, 26. Manuel J. DE QUIROS:
Luzid fragante rosa, 27. Anonyme de San Antonio
abad: Un juguetico de fuego,
28. Sebastián DURON:
Claro arrebol, 29. Padre A.SOLER:
Sonatas de clarines. [52’59]
Cristina Garcia Banegas (Uruguay), Organist Historic organ: by Frère
Pedro de Matos, 1791-92, restored by Pascal Quoirin, 1997,Convent of
Santa Clara de Sucre, Sucre, Bolivia.
Recorded:1998, Convent of Santa Clara de Sucre, Sucre, Bolivia. VOLUME
3: Sones mo organo-Les Livres pour clavier de San Rafael de Chiquitos-Organ
works by Martin SCHMID (1694-1772): Tono
I:1.Preludio, 2.Folías, 3.Dos versos, 4.(Alemanda), 5. (Corrente),
Tono II: 6. Cuatro versos, 7. Zipoli: Retirada del emperador, 8. (Giga),
9. Francesa, Tono III: 10. Cuatro versos, 11. Tocada Allegro-Grave-Allegro,
12. Africa, 13. (Sonata), 14. (Giga), 15. (Aria), Tono IV: 16. (Aria),
Tono V: 17.Al Nacimiento del Archedug (Allegro)-(Siciliana)-(Presto),
18. (Pastoral I-II), 19. Sones mo organo, 20.Verso, 21. Del Principe,
22. Marcha alemana, 23. (Sonata), 24. (Sonata), Tono VI: 25. Sonata
I Adagio-(Allegro)-Adagio-(Presto), 26. Reina de Ungria, Tono VII: 27.
Son los sones de Organo, 28. Hazme Reir, 29. Marcosi:Sal si puedes,
30. Sinfonia, Tono VIII: 31. Fugado, 32. Jesús, 33. (Sonata),
34. (Sonata), 35. (Sonata), 36. (Sonata). [75’49]
Noberto Broggini(Argentine), Organist
Historic organ: by Frère Pedro de Matos, 1791-92, restored by
Pascal Quoirin, 1997, Convent of Santa Clara de Sucre, Sucre, Bolivia.
Recorded:1998, Convent of Santa Clara de Sucre, Sucre, Bolivia.
K617093/3 [3CDs: 182’40] [ChA]
A
very fine collection of a little known music presented with great sensitivity
and rhythmic ‘Latino’ energy. … see Full Review
MUSIC FROM SIX CONTINENTS –
1991 SERIES - John BIGGS (born 1932)
Variations
on a Theme of Shostakovich (1978)a - Stephen
DEMBSKI (born 1949) Of Mere Being (1981)b -
Barbara JAZWINSKI (born 1950) Stryga
- Jean-Claude WOLFF (born 1946) Symphony
No.4 (1985) - Betty Oberacker (piano)a; Sulie Girardi (mezzo-soprano)b
Polish Radio and TV Symphony
Orchestra of Krakow/Szymon Kawalla - Recorded: Philharmonic Hall, Krakow,
April, May and July 1991
VIENNA MODERN MASTERS VMM 3002 [65:57] [HC]
Good
music communicates amply demonstrated by this release … see Full
Review
MUSIC FROM SIX CONTINENTS –
1992 SERIES - Paul MORAVEC (born 1957)
Spiritdance
(1989) - Ann SILSBEE (born 1930) Sanctuary
(1991) - Jerré TANNER (born 1939)
Suite from The Singing Snails (1986) - Larry
BELL (born 1952) Sacred Symphonies Op.23 (1985)
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra of Bratislava/Szymon Kawalla - Recorded:
no date, published 1992
VIENNA MODERN MASTERS VMM 3016 [71:29] [HC]
A
most enjoyable disc well worth investigating. … see Full
Review
MUSIC FROM SIX CONTINENTS – 1996
SERIES - Thomas M. SLEEPER (born 1956)
Concerto for Bassoon and Orchestra (1992)a - Margaret
Shelton MEIER (born 1936) The Dawning (1994)b
- Haydn REEDER (born 1944) Lark
2 (1996) - Larry BELL (born 1952) Piano
Concerto Op.33 (1989)c
Kathryn Sleeper (bassoon)a; Bozhena Petrova (celesta)b;
Larry Bell (piano)c; The Ruse Philharmonic Orchestra, Bulgaria;
Tsanko Delibozov, Thomas Sleeper - Recorded: no information available,
published 1996 VIENNA
MODERN MASTERS VMM 3037 [64:39] [HC]
An
interesting disc with two substantial, if uneven works and two shorter,
attractive pieces, all in fine performances … see Full
Review
The
Nightingale and the Sparrow: English Renaissance
Keyboard music John BULL (1562/3-1628)
Walsingham
[19.32] Fantasy [1.33] In Nomine IV [4.55] Salvator
Mundi II [4.12] Giles FARNABY (c1563-1640)
Fantasy [5.46] Woody-cock [8.03] John
BULL (1562/3-1628) Fantasy on Ut re me fa sol la I
[6.23] Giles FARNABY (c1563-1640) Mal
Sims [1.44] Muscadin or Kempe's Morris [1.26] The
King's Hunt [2.46] John BULL (1562/3-1628)
Chromatic Pavane (Queen Elizabeth's) [7.16] Chromatic
Galliard [3.48] Prelude to the In Nomine [1.50] In Nomine
IX [8.35] Derek
Adlam; harpsichord - organ - muselar Rec. March 2001 and August 2001,
the north transept of the Priory Church of Our Lady and St Cuthbert,
Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England
GUILD GMCD 7233 [78.21] [PW]
Plenty
to enjoy in this delicate, yet never lightweight, repertoire. … see
Full Review
ORGUES DU JURA FRANCO-SUISSE
- Triple CD Set - CD 1: Organ
works by: - Jehan TITELOUZE (1563-1633):
1. Exultet Coelum 1er verset, 2. Exultet Coelum 2ème verset,
3. Exultet Coelum 3ème verset, -
Louis COUPERIN (1626-1661): 4. Ave
Maris Stella, 5. Ave Maris Stella en trio, 6. Ut queant laxis, 7. Fantaisie
sur le Pange lingua, 8. Pange lingua, 9. Fantaisie sur une basse de
trompette, 10. Duo de tierce, 11. Fantaisie à 4, 12. Symphonie,
- Nicolas LEBÈGUE (1631-1702):
13. Cromorne en taille, -Franz TUNDER (1614-1667):
14. Praeludium, 15. Choral ‘Christ lag in Todesbanden’, Dietrich
BUXTEHUDE (1637-1707): 16. Choral ‘Mensch, willt du leben
seliglish’ (BuxWV 206), 17. Choral ‘Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ’
(BuxWV 196), 18. Passacaglia (BuxWV 161), Nicolas
LEBÈGUE : 19. Prélude du 1er ton, Louis
MARCHAND (1669-1732): 20. Quatuor, 21. Tierce en taille,
22. Fond d’ orgue, 23. Dialogue. [72:41] - Etienne Baillot and Jacques
Béraza, Organists - Organ by: K.Riepp, 1754, Reconstructed by
P. Hartmann from 1958, Dole Collegiate, France - CD 2: Extraits
des deux Livres pour orgue de Jacques BOYVIN
(1649-1706): -Suite du 1er ton: 1. Grand plein jeu continu, 2. Fugue
grave sur les anches, 3. Duo sur la tierce, Récit tende pour
le nazard, 5. Grand Dialogue à choeurs, sur les grands jeux,
-Suite du 7è ton: 6. Voix humaine, 7. Basse de trompette, -Suite
de 3è ton: 8. Prélude sur le plein-jeu, 9. Dessus de petite
tierce, 10. Concert de flutes, 11. Cromorne en taille, -Suite du 5è
ton: 12.Grand Prèlude avec les pédalles de trompettes
meslées, 13. Récit de cornet, 14. Duo sur le cornet et
la trompette 15. Tierce en taille, -Suite du 4è ton: 16. Prélude
en fond d’ orgue, 17. Fugue chromatique, 18. Dialogue en fugue, -Suite
du 6è ton: 19. Plein jeu à deux choeurs, 20. Trio pour
la pedalle, sur les flûtes, 21. Fugue-quatuor, -Suite du 2è
ton: 22. Dialogue de récits, cromorne et tierce, 23. Dialogue
sur les grands jeux, à 2 choeurs, 24. Trio à deux dessus,
-Suite du 8è ton: 25. Grand dialogue à trois choeurs,
sur les grands jeux, -26 to 35:Noëls français à
Orgelet: Nicolas LEBÈGUE
(1631-1702) : 26. Une Vierge Pucelle (Choeur), 27. Une Vierge
Pucelle (Orgue), 28. Noël pour l’amour de Marie (Choeur), 29. Noël
pour l’amour de Marie (Orgue), Jean-François
DANDRIEU (1682-1738): 30. Nous sommes en voie (Choeur), 31.
Nous sommes en voie (Orgue), Michel CORRETTE
(1709-1795): 32. Vous qui désirez sans fin (Choeur),
33. Vous qui désirez sans fin (Orgue), 34. A minuit fut fait
un réveil (Choeur), 35. A minuit fut fait un réveil (Orgue).
[71:21] - Francois Delor and Daniel Meylan, Organists - Organs by: -M.
Carouge, 1721, St.-Cyr and St. Juliette of Champagnole, Champagnole,
France, -J. M. Baffert (?), 1627-1630, Completed by M. Carouge, 1724,
Restored by B. Aubertin, 1985, Notre Dame de l’ Assomption of Orgelet,
Orgelet, France. CD 3: Organ works by: - Jean-François
DANDRIEU (1682-1738): 1. Offertoire en la mineur, -
Jacques BOYVIN (1649-1706):
2. Tierce en taille, - Dietrich BUXTEHUDE (1637-1707):
3. Preludium en ré majeur (BuxWV 139), 4. Choral ‘Durch Adams
Fall ist ganz verderbt’ (version vocale harmonisée par Schein),
5. Choral ‘Durch Adams Fall ist ganz verderbt’ (BuxWV 183), 6. Choral
‘Komm, heiliger geist, Herre Gott’ (version vocale d’ après le
Livre d’ Erfurt), 7. Choral ‘Komm, heiliger geist, Herre Gott’ (BuxWV
199), Jean-Sébastien BACH
(1685-1750): 8-10. Concerto en la mineur (BWV 593),- Georg
BÖHM (1661-1733): 11. Choral ‘Vater unser im Himmelreich’
(version vocale d’ après le Livre de Weimar), 12. Choral ‘Vater
unser im Himmelreich’, 13. Choral ‘Von Himmel hoch, da komm’ ich her’
(version vocale harmonisée par Pretorius ici transposée
1 ton au dessus), 14. Choral ‘Von Himmel hoch, da komm’ ich her’, 15.
Prélude et fugue en ut majeur, Françs
DAGINCOUR (1684- 1758): 16-21.Suite du 6ème ton:
-Plein jeu, -Duo, -Récit de nazard, -Basse de cromorne, -Trio,
-Dialogue, Michel CORRETTE (1709-1795):
22. Offertoire en la majeur. [56:37]
Organist: Daniel Meylan with Camerata Baroque Orchestra - Organ by:
Richard Nicole, 1991, Sentier Church, Vallée de Joux, Switzerland
Recorded: 1999 K 617104/3
[199:99] [CA]
Overall
a good collection that is worth purchasing not only as a document of
the organ landscape of Franco-Swiss Jura … see Full
Review
Oriental Landscapes CHEN
Yi (born 1953) Percussion
Concerto (1998) Thea MUSGRAVE (born
1928) Journey through a Japanese Landscape (1994) ZHOU
Long (born 1953) Out of Tang Court (2000)a Alan
HOVHANESS (1911 – 2000) Fantasy on Japanese Wood Prints Op.211
(1965) Evelyn
Glennie (percussion); Deng Haigiong (gu-zheng)a, Wang Guiying
(er-hu)a, Zhang lei (pi-pa)a Singapore Symphony
Orchestra/Lan Shui Recorded: Victoria Concert Hall, Singapore, August
2001 BIS CD-1222
[69:11] [HC]
Not
for Glennie’s fans only … see Full Review
De La Pierre Au Son:
Ancient Greek Music ANONYMOUS
Fanfare (5th/6th century BC). Euripides, Orestes (408 BC). Euripides
and Iphigineia at Aulis (405 BC). Two Delphic Hymns to Apollo: - Athenaios;
Limenios (128 BC). Excerpts from Bellermann's Treatise (4th century
BC); Ǽschylus, Ajax (about 160 BC). Instrumental Fragments from
Contrapollinopolis (about 160 BC). Fragment of Orestes (about 170-175
BC). Christian Hymn of Oxyrhynchus (end of 3rd Century AD).
Ensembe Kérylis/Annie Bélis. Rec. Chapelle Saint-Augustin
de Vallerysthal, Moselle on July 4th-7th, 1996. [DDD]
K617 K617069 [47'29] [CC]
Fascinating,
totally mesmeric music. This
really does come under the heading, 'Early Music'. Despite low playing
time, this deserves the highest of recommendations. … see Full
Review
Great
Violinists: Maud POWELL (1867 - 1920)
The
Complete 1904 - 1917 Recordings, Vol.1 BACH
- Partita No.1 in B Minor, BWV 1002: Tempo di Borea GLUCK
- Minuetto GLUCK-POWELL - Orphée
et Eurydice: Mélodie BERIOT-
Violin Concerto No.7 in G major BRUCH -
Kol Nidrei SARASATE - Zigeunerweisen
THOMAS-SARASATE - Mignon: Gavotte
SARASATE - Spanish Dance, Op.26,
No.8 ELGAR - Salut d'amour Four
American Folk Songs (arr. Powell) My Old Kentucky Home (Foster)
Old Black Joe (Foster) Shine On (Schoolcraft) Kingdom Coming (Work)
EMMETT-BELLSTEDT - Caprice on Dixie
DANKS - Silver Threads Among the
Gold HERBERT - Petite Valse SAURET
- Farfalla, Op.40, No.3 VIEUXTEMPS
- Polonaise, Op.38 DRDLA -
Guitarrero, Souvenir GRAINGER -
Molly on the Shore SCHUBERT - The
Bee CHOPIN-POWELL - Minute Waltz
MASSENET - Thaïs: Méditation
Maud Powell (violin)
NAXOS 8.110961 [71.56] [JW]
A
series of major importance … No history of the Violin on Record is in
any sense complete without her and I commend the series. … see Full
Review
Romantic Cello Sonatas César
FRANCK
(1822-1890) Sonata
in A (1886) [28'45] Johannes BRAHMS
(1833-1897) Sonata in D, Op. 78 (1878/9) [26'59] Frédéric
CHOPIN (1810-1849) Introduction and Polonaise brillante in
C, Op. 3 (1829/30) [9'39] Frédéric
CHOPIN/Auguste FRANCHOMME (1808-1884) Grand Duo concertant
on Themes from Meyerbeer's 'Robert le Diable' (1832) [12'45] Adrien-François
SERVAIS (1807-1866) Souvenir de Spa, Op. 2. Fantaisie polonaise
sur des airs du ballet, 'La Noce de Cracovie', Op. 19.
Edmont Baert (cello); Serge Bémant (piano).
PAVANE ADW7124/5 [109'43: 57'05+52'38] [CC]
Certainly
this is a twofer which will provide much entertainment. … see Full
Review
SCARBOROUGH FAIR:
‘British
Folk Songs for Tenor’ (No recording details
given) James Griffett,
(tenor); Timothy Walker, (guitar)
REGIS RRC 1112 [68.21] [RB]
Intelligent
and flavoursome singing and arrangements ... see Full
Review
Victor Schiøler Franz
LISZT (1811-1886)
Concerto
no. 1 in E flat (1) (rec. 1951) Camille SAINT-SAËNS
(1835-1921) Concerto no. 2 in g (2) (rec. 1953) Edvard
GRIEG (1843-1907) Concerto in a (3) (rec. 1948), To the Spring
op. 43/6 (rec. 1948) Ludwig van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)
Sonata in c sharp op. 27/1 – "Moonlight" (rec. 1929) Domenico
SCARLATTI (1685-1757) arr. TAUSIG (1841-1871)
Pastorale, Capriccio (rec. 1929) Frédéric
CHOPIN (1810-1849) Etude op. 25/9 (rec. 1929) Leopold
GODOWSKY (1870-1938) Paraphrase on Chopin Etude op. 25/9
(rec. 1929) CHOPIN Mazurkas op.
33/1, op. 68/2 (rec. 1943), Valse op. 64/2, Berceuse op. 57 (rec. 1924)
Johannes BRAHMS (1833-1897) Variations
and Fugue on a theme by Handel, op. 24 (rec. 1951) Jean
SIBELIUS (1865-1957) Romance in D flat op. 24/9 (rec. 1951)
Alexander SCRIABIN (1872-1915) Nocturne
op. 9/2 for left hand (rec. 1947) Sergei RACHMANINOV
(1873-1943) Prelude in g op. 23/5 (2 performances, rec. 1929
and 1951) Ignaz FRIEDMAN (1882-1948)
Wienertanz no. 2 (rec. 1929)
Victor Schiøler (piano), Danish State Radio Symphony Orchestra/Issay
Dobrowen (1), Nicolai Malko (2), Erik Tuxen (3) Dates as above, recordings
made (when known) in England or Denmark
DANACORD DACOCD 491-492 [2 CDs 71:45+74:25] [CH]
The
title of the disc, "The Great Danish Pianist Victor Schiøler"
says nothing less than the truth. … see Full
Review
THE
COMPLETE AKSEL SCHIØTZ RECORDINGS: 1933-1946 Vol. I: Oratorio
and Mozart Arias - 1940-1945 George Frideric HANDEL
(1685-1759) Messiah:
Comfort ye, Every valley Orchestra of Det Unge Tonekunstnerselskab/Mogens
Wöldike, 26.03.1940 Dietrich BUXTEHUDE
(c.1637-1707) Was mich auf dieser Welt betrübt Else
Marie Braun, Julius Koppel (violins), Alberto Medici (cello), Mogens
Wöldike (harpsichord), 20.03.1940 Johann
Sebastian BACH (1685-1750) Christmas Oratorio:
Frohe Hirten, eilt, ach eilet Johan Bentzon (flute), Alberto Medici
(cello), Mogens Wöldike (harpsichord), 20.03.1940 St. Matthew
Passion: O Schmerz - Ich will bei meinem Jesu wachen Mogens
Steen Adreassen (oboe), Orchestra and Chorus/Mogens Wöldike, 22.04.1942
John DOWLAND (1563-1626) Shall
I sue, Now cease, my wand’ring eyes, Flow, my tears Jytte Gorki
Schmidt (guitar), 17.10.1941 Wolfgang Amadeus
MOZART (1756-1791) Die Zauberflöte: Dies Bildnis
ist bezaubernd schön, Così fan tutte: Un’aura amorosa
(25.02.1942), Don Giovanni: Dalla sua pace, Il
mio tesoro intanto (27.02.1942), Die Entführung aus dem
Serail: Hier soll ich dich denn sehen, Konstanze, Imm Mohrenland
gefangen war (31.08.1943) Royal Orchestra, Copenhagen/Egisto Tango
Joseph HAYDN (1732-1809) The
Creation: Mit Würd’ und Hoheit angetan Orchestra/Mogens
Wöldike, no date Piotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY
(1840-1893) Eugene Onegin: Lenski’s aria (in
Danish) Charles GOUNOD (1818-1893) Faust:
Salut demeure (in Danish) Royal Orchestra, Copenhagen/Johan
Hye-Knudsen, 25.10.1944 HANDEL Acis
and Galatea: Love sounds the alarm, Solomon: Sacred raptures
cheer my breast Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Stockholm/Mogens Wöldike,
from a rehearsal at the Musikaliska Akademien, Stockholm, 25.09.1945,
previously unpublished
Aksel Schiøtz (tenor), orchestras etc. as shown Dates as shown,
the only location named is that of the rehearsal extract
DANACORD DACOCD 451 [75:18] [CH]
All
who care about good singing should get to know the work of Aksel Schiøtz.
… see Full Review
THE COMPLETE AKSEL SCHIØTZ RECORDINGS
1933-1946: Vol. 2 Franz
SCHUBERT (1797-1828) Die
schöne Müllerin, D.797 Edvard GRIEG
(1843-1907)
To brune øjne (Two brown eyes) op. 5/1, Jeg elsker dig (I love
thee) op. 5/3, Ved Ronderne (By the Rondane Mountains) op. 33/9, Våren
(Spring) op. 33/2, Udfarten (The Voyage) op. 9/4
Aksel Schiøtz (tenor), Gerald Moore (piano, Schubert), Folmer
Jensen (piano, Grieg) Recorded in London, 1st, 5th and 6th November
1945 (Schubert), location not given, 17th February 1943 (Grieg) Original
HMV recordings transferred at the Abbey Road Studios by Andrew Walter
DANACORD DACOCD 452
[75:22] [CH]
Schiøtz’s
1945 recording of Die schöne Müllerin remains one of the finest
ever, and all who care about Schubert and lieder singing should have
it. … see Full Review
THE COMPLETE AKSEL SCHIØTZ RECORDINGS
1933-1946: Vol. 3 Robert
SCHUMANN (1810-1856) Dichterliebe
op. 48 Johannes BRAHMS (1833-1897)
Die Mainacht op. 43/2, Sonntag op. 47/3, Ständchen op. 106/1 Edvard
GRIEG (1843-1907) Vær hilset, I Damer (Be greeted,
ladies), op. 49/3, Foraarsregn (Spring rain) op. 49/6, En Digters sidste
Sang (A Poet’s last song) op. 18/3 Carl Michael
BELLMAN (1745-1795) Käraste bröder, Gubben är
gammal, Så lunka vi så småningom, Hör klockerna
med ängsligt dånm Joachim uti Babylon, Vila vid denna källa
Dietrich BUXTEHUDE (1637-1707) Aperite
mihi portas justitiae
Aksel Schiøtz (tenor), Gerald Moore (piano) (Schumann, Brahms,
Grieg), Ulrik Neumann (guitar) (Bellmann), Elsa Sigfuss (contralto),
Holger Nørgaard (bass), Else Marie Braun, Julius Koppel (violins),
Torben Anton Svendsen (cello), Mogens Wöldike (harpsichord) (Buxtehude)
Recorded in London, 8th January 1946 (Brahms, Grieg), 10th January 1946
(Schumann), Stockholm, May 9th 1946 (Bellmann), Copenhagen, May 22nd
1946 (Buxtehude) Original HMV recordings transferred at the Abbey Road
Studios by Andrew Walter
DANACORD DACOCD 453 [68:45] [CH]
The
lieder on this CD are absolutely essential listening for all who care
about Schumann, Brahms and the singer’s art. … see
Full Review
THE COMPLETE AKSEL SCHIØTZ RECORDINGS
1933-1946: Vol. 4 -
Franz SCHUBERT (1797-1828) Die
schöne Müllerin D.797: 1. Das Wandern, 6. Der Neugierige,
7. Ungeduld, 8. Morgengruss, 10. Tränenregen, 11. Mein, 15. Eifersucht
und Stolz, 17. Die böse Farbe, 19. Der Müller und der Bach,
20. Des Baches Wiegenlied - Recorded May 26th 1939 (1, 8), August
28th 1939 (6, 7), November 17th 1939 (10, 11), March 15th 1940 (15,
17, 19, 20) - Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791)
Per pietà, non ricercate - Unissued test recording,
recorded March 1st 1938 - Christoph Ernst Friedrich
WEYSE (1774-1842) Lysets Engel gaar med Glans, I
Fjerne Kirketaarne hist, Skøn Jomfru, luk dit Vindu op
- Recorded December 30th 1939, November 18th 1939, October 7th 1938
- Johan Peter Emilius HARTMANN (1805-1900)
Lær mig, Nattens Stjerne, op. 63, Liden Kirsten,
op. 44: Sverkel’s Romance - Recorded October 7th 1938, January
3rd 1941 - Peter Erasmus LANGE-MÜLLER
(1850-1926) Der var engang: Serenade, Midsommervise
- Recorded April 15th 1941 - Knudåge
RIISAGER (1897-1974) Mor Danmark - Recorded May 26th
1939 - SCHUBERT/Henri BERTÉ Lilac
Time: Excerpts (in Danish) - Recorded January 17th 1941
Aksel Schiøtz (tenor), Gerald Moore (piano) (Schubert 1, 8, Riisager),
Herman D. Koppel (piano) (Schubert 6, 7, 10, 11, 15, 17, 19, 20, Weyse,
Hartmann op. 63), Grete Kordt (piano) (Mozart), Royal Orchestra, Copenhagen/Johan
Hye-Knudsen (Hartmann op. 44, Lange-Müller), Inger Stender, Axel
Bœsen, Else Colber, Sigurd Langberg, Petrine Sonne, Karen Marie Løwert,
Poul Reichardt, with Aage Juhl Thomson and his orchestra (Schubert/Berté)
- Items with Gerald Moore recorded in London, other locations (presumably
Danish) not given; dates as above - Original HMV recordings transferred
at the Abbey Road Studios by Andrew Walter
DANACORD DACOCD 454 [72:18] [CH]
This
is a more specialist issue than Vols. 2 and 3, but much beautiful singing
is to be heard here. … see Full Review
The
Complete Aksel Schiøtz Recordings 1933-1946:
vol. 5 - Carl Michael BELLMAN (1745-1795)
Fjäriln
vingad syns på Haga (1), Ulla, min Ulla (1), Gubben
är gammal (2), Järaste bröder (2) - Recorded
February 22nd 1940 in Stockholm (1), June 21st 1940 (2) - Birger
SJÖBERG (1885-1921) Den första gång jag
såg dig (3), Lilla Paris (3) - Recorded October 30th
1942 - Johan Peter Emilius HARTMANN (1805-1900)
Den kiedsom Vinter (4), Jeg synge skal en Vise (4)
- Recorded February 21st 1939 - Christoph Ernst
Friedrich WEYSE (1774-1842) Eh Skaal for den Mø
(5), Willemoes, Kommer hid, I Piger smaa (6), Nu vaagne
alle Guds Fugle smaa (7), Bliv hos os naar Dagen hælder
(8), Barcarole: Natten er saa stille (9), Fædrelands-Sang:
Duftende Enge (10), Lysets Engel gaar med Glans (11), Der
staaer et Stot i Vesterled (12), Valentins serenade: Skøn
Jomfru, luk dit Vindu op (13), Gud ske Tak og Lov (14), I
Fjerne Kirketaarne hist (15), Børnenes Julesang: Julen
har bragt (16), Pilgrimssang: Deilig er Jordan (18th Century
melody) (17), Et Barn er født i Bethlehem (17th Century
melody) (18) - Recorded October 29th 1938 at the Palace Chapel, Copenhagen
(16, 17, 18), September 24th 1940 (7, 8, 12, 14), October 5th 1940 (9,
10), October 18th 1940 (13), December 4th 1940 (5, 6), January 28th
1943 (11, 15) - Niels GADE (1817-1890)
Barn Jesus (19) - Franz GRUBER (1787-1863)
Glade Jul (Stille Nacht sung in Danish) (20) - 19-20
recorded July 11th 1940 at the Christiansborg Slotkirke
Aksel Schiøtz (tenor), Banjo-Lasse (lute) (1), Jørn Grauengard
(guitar) with anonymous cellist (2), Jytte Gorki Schmidt (guitar) (3-4),
Male quartet: Knud Vad Thomson, Blicher Hansen, Svend Saabye, Harald
Krebs (5), Herman D. Koppel (piano) (5-10, 12-14), Folmer Jensen (piano)
(11, 15), Copenhagen Boys’ Choir (16-18), Mogens Wöldike (organ)
(19-20) - Locations as above when given; dates as above - Original HMV
recordings transferred at the Abbey Road Studios by Andrew Walter
DANACORD DACOCD 455 [68:01] [CH]
An
issue principally dedicated to the simple charms of Weyse, and with
much fine singing along the way. … see Full Review
The Complete Aksel Schiøtz Recordings
1933-1946: vol. 6 Henrik
RUNG (1807-1871) I
Danmark er jeg født (1), Gurre, Hvor Nilen vander
(2), Modersmaalet (3), Jeg gik mig du en Sommerdag at
høre (Danish-Swedish folk-tune) Recorded February 14th 1938
(1),October 5th 1940 (2), May 22nd 1942 (3, 4) Johan
Peter Emilius HARTMANN (1805-1900) Flyv Fugl, flyv
over Furesøens Vove (5), Folmer Ganger (6), Til
de Faldne (7), Lær mig, Nattens Stjerne (8),
Liden Kirsten: Sverkel’s Romance (9), The Dice Duet (10)
Recorded June 8th 1940 (5), August 24th 1939 (6), May 23rd 1946 (7),
October 18th 1940 (8), May 1st 1939 (9), 27th December 1939 (10), Anonymous
ed. Thomas LAUB and Axel OLRIK Four
Medieval Ballads (11) Recorded March 13th 1942 Niels
GADE (1817-1890) Knud Lavard (12), Polsk Fædrelandssang
(13), Elverskud: Oluf’s Ballad, Morning Chorus
(14) Recorded November 23rd 1939 (12, 13), May 1st 1939 (14) Christoph
Ernst Friedrich WEYSE (1774-1842) arr. Emil
Reesen Soundtrack excerpts from the film "Jeg har elsket
og levet" (15): Gud ske Tak og Lov, Kommer hid,
I Piger smaa, Retfæd og Frihed, Der staaer et Slot,
Natten er saa stille, Skøn Jomfru Nordisk Film 1940
Friedrich KUHLAU (1786-1832), ed. and
arr. King Christian (the Danish National Anthem) (16)
Recorded October 25th 1944 H. E. KRØYER
(1799-1879) Der er et yndigt Land (17)
Recorded December 3rd 1940
Aksel Schiøtz (tenor), Chr. Christiansen (piano) (1), Herman
D. Koppel (piano) (2, 5-8, 15-16), Grete Kordt (piano) (3-4) with anonymous
chorus (4), Orchestra of Det Unge Tonekunstnerselskab/Mogens Wöldike
(9, 14) with Copenhagen Boys’ and Male Choir (14), Edith Oldrup (soprano)
(10, 15), Royal Orchestra, Copenhagen/Johan Hye-Knudsen (10, 16-17),
Chorus (11), Ellen Gottschalk (speaker) (15), Members of the Royal Orchestra,
Copenhagen/Emil Reesen Locations (presumably Danish) not given; dates
as above
Original HMV recordings (except 15) transferred at the Abbey Road Studios
by Andrew Walter DANACORD
DACOCD 456 [72:44] [CH]
For
those who wish to follow the development in Danish song which led to
Nielsen – Hartmann and Gade are of particular interest – these recordings
are indispensable. … see Full Review
The Complete Aksel Schiøtz Recordings 1933-1946: Vol. 7
Oluf RING (1884-1946) Den
danske sommer (1), Trækfuglene. Præludium (2)
Recorded October 5th 1940, November 17th 1939 Otto
MORTENSEN (1907-1986) Sommervise (3) Recorded May
12th 1938 Knud Vad THOMSON (1905-1971)
Til Glæden (4) Recorded August 28th 1939 Povl
HAMBURGER (1901-1972) Sne (5), Limfjorden (6)
Recorded August 26th 1939 Aksel AGERBY (1889-1942)
Majnat (7), Havren (8), Liljekonval (9), Jeg
ved – (10) Recorded August 25th 1939 (7-8), April 25th 1939 (9-10)
Mogens SCHRADER (1894-1934) I
de lyse nætter (11), Mod efterår (12) Recorded
August 24th 1939 Danish-Swedish Folk-tune Jeg
gik mig ud en Sommerdag (13) Recorded August 24th 1939 Thorvald
AAGAARD (1877-1937) Jeg ser de bøgelyse øer
(14) Recorded September 24th 1940 Walter
BJERBORG (1909-1989) Jeg har sortnende hede (15) Recorded
September 24th 1940 Knudåge RIISAGER
(1897-1974) Mor Danmark (16) Recorded June 21st 1940
Svend Erik TARP (1908-1994)
Her har hjertet hjemme (17) Recorded November 11th 1940 Henrik
RUNG (1807-1871) I Danmark er jeg født (18)
Recorded November 11th 1940 Peter Erasmus LANGE-MÜLLER
(1850-1926) Der var engang: Serenade, Midsommervise (19),
Renaissance: Serenade (20) Recorded May 5th 1938 (19), August
28th 1940 (20) Peter HEISE (1830-1879)
Jylland mellem tvende Have (21) Recorded December 3rd 1940
Johan SVENDSEN (1840-1911) Venetiansk
Serenade op. 24/3 (22) Gustav V. LEMBCKE
(1844-1899) Majsang (23) Georg
RYGAARD (1894-1921) Flaget (24) Stephen
FOSTER (1826-1864) Majvise (to the tune of "Gentle
Annie") (25) 22-25 recorded September 26th-27th 1938
Aksel Schiøtz (tenor), Herman D. Koppel (piano) (1-, 4-6, 11-16),
Chr. Christiansen (piano) (3), Aksel Agerby (piano) (7-10), Orchestra
of Det Unge Tonekunstnerselskab/Mogens Wöldike (17-18), Royal Orchestra
and Choir, Copenhagen/Johan Hye-Knudsen (19-21), Orchestra/Aage Juhl
Thomson (22-25) Locations (presumably Danish) not given; dates as above
Original HMV recordings transferred at the Abbey Road Studios by Andrew
Walter DANACORD DACOCD
457 [73:38] [CH]
This
volume is more specialised. There is plenty of fine singing and a few
beautiful items but the programme is more for those with a specific
interest in Danish song. … see Full Review
SONGS OF FRANCE
- sung
by the sopranos: Madeleine GREY (1897-1979); Claire CROIZA
(1882-1946); Yvonne PRINTEMPS (1894-1977) -
Joseph CANTELOUBE Chants d'Auvergne: Baïléro;
Three Bourrées; Brezairola; Malouros quo un
fenno; Two Bourrées; Lo fiolaire; L'Antouéno;
Passo del prat - Grey with orch cond Elie Cohen - rec Feb 1930
- Maurice RAVEL Chansons Madécasses
- Grey with flute, piano, cello trio dir by composer - rec 1932 - Maurice
RAVEL Chants
Hebraïques - Grey with composer at piano - rec 1932 - Pierre
DE BREVILLE La belle au bois - Croiza with Pierre
de Breville - rec 1929 - Reynaldo HAHN
Mozart (Air de la lettre; Air des adieux) -
Francis POULENC A
sa guitarre - Georges AURIC
Margot
- Printemps - MESSAGER
L'Amour
Masqué - Printemps with orchestra rec. June 1929 / Dec 1935
PEARL GEM0013 [61.22]
[RB]
Treasury
recordings meriting pride of place in any collection which prides itself
on a representative sampling of the vocal riches of the last century.
... see Full Review
Joseph
Szigeti (violin)
- Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791) Violin
Concerto No. 4 in D major K218 (1775) - Ludwig
van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) Violin Concerto in D major Op.
61 (1806) Joseph Szigeti
(violin) - London Philharmonic Orchestra/Thomas Beecham (Mozart) - British
Symphony Orchestra/Bruno Walter (Beethoven) - Recorded 1932-34
NAXOS 8.110936 [66.56] [JW]
Indispensable
cornerstones of a collection, and not just a historical collection.
… see Full Review
Gerhard Taschner. The Legendary Virtuoso Johann
Sebastian BACH (1685-1750) Chaconne
from Partita No 2 BWV 1004 Giuseppe TARTINI
(1692-1770) Violin Sonata in G minor Devil’s Trill Pablo
de SARASATE (1844-1908) Zigeunerweisen Op 20 (1878) César
FRANCK (1822-1890) Violin Sonata in A (1886) Johannes
BRAHMS (1833-1897) Violin Sonata No 3 in D minor Op 108 (1886-88)
Aram KHACHATURIAN (1903-1978) Violin
Concerto in D minor (1940)
Gerhard Taschner (violin) Walter Gieseking (piano) Herbert Giesen
(piano) in Tartini Michael Raucheisen (piano) in Sarasate RSO Berlin/Arthur
Rother Radio broadcast recordings 1943-47
TAHRA 350-51 [2 CDs 120.47] [JW]
Sleek
and quick spicing his playing with little inflective devices to keep
the line bristling with aural interest. … see Full
Review
Toscanini
Concert Edition - Felix
MENDELSSOHN (1809-1847) Violin
Concerto (1844) - Richard WAGNER (1813-1883)
Parsifal-Prelude and Good Friday Spell (1882) - Jascha Heifetz (violin)
- NBC Symphony Orchestra
Arturo Toscanini - Recorded at Studio 8H NBC on 9th April
1944 NAXOS 8.110817
[48.09] [JW]
Toscanini
brusque and frequently showy in the Mendelssohn. … see Full
Review
Trails
of Creativity: Music from Between the Wars - Vienna-Berlin-London:
1918-1938 Hans GÁL (1890-1987) Violin
Sonata in D (1933) [25.32] Karol RATHAUS
(1895-1954) Suite Op. 27 (1927) [14.26] Frederick
ROSSE (1895-1954) arr. Albert SAMMONS
(1886-1957) Suite: The Merchant of Venice (1905 arr. 1921)
[18.48] Erich Wolfgang KORNGOLD (1897-1957)
Suite: Much Ado About Nothing Op. 11 (1920) [13.43] William
WALTON (1902-1983) Toccata (1922-23) [15.46] Adolf
BUSCH (1891-1952) Suite in G minor Op. 38 (1927) [15.16]
Egon WELLESZ (1885-1974) Suite Op.
56 (1937 rev 1957) [11.19] Kurt WEILL (1900-1950) arr. Stefan
FRENKEL (1902-1979) Seven Pieces from The Threepenny
Opera (1930) [13.30] Ivor GURNEY
(1890-1937) The Apple Orchard; Scherzo (1920s) [3.19+4.49]
David Frühwirth
(violin) Henri Sigfridsson (piano) rec. 29 July - 2 Aug 2002, St Martin's
Church, East Woodhay, Berkshire. DDD
AVIE AV00009 [73.16+64.56] [RB]
Admirable
artistic and technical values throughout. I hope for further refreshingly
original themed collections along these lines. ... see Full
Review
BOOK REVIEWS
British Music: The
Journal of the British Music Society Volume 24
2002 Editor: Roger Carpenter Mervyn Roberts (1906-1990);
Colin Scott-Sutherland Scotsman & Cosmopolitan: Alexander Campbell
Mackenzie and the British Choral Movement; Jürgen Schaarwächter
Alice Mary Smith (1839-1884); Ian Graham-Jones Percy Turnbull
(1902-1976); Jeremy Dibble Sir R.R. Terry (1865-1938); George
Sharman Six Sonnets in Tribute to E.J. Moeran; Jon Manchip White
One Morning in Spring - Norfolk folksong collected and arranged
by E.J. Moeran. Published by the British
Music Society 84pp [JF]
Not
only a good read but also an indispensable part of a serious British
Music archive. Life would be so boring if we only had the Big British
Five to listen to all the time. … see
Full Review
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH - A Catalogue,
Bibliography and Discography
by Derek C Hulme
Published by Scarecrow Press Inc, Lanham, Maryland 20706 USA Hardback
Third Edition, 2002 701pp
ISBN 0-8108-4432-X $85 [RB]
Shostakovich
would I am sure embrace Mr Hulme warmly for this authoritative resource.
... see Full Review
Charles Villiers Stanford.
By Paul Rodmell. pp. xx + 495. (Ashgate.
Aldershot, 2002, £57.50. ISBN 1-85928-198-2.)
and
Charles Villiers Stanford. Man and Musician. By
Jeremy Dibble. pp. xvi + 535. (Oxford University Press, 2002. £65. ISBN
0-19-816383-5.)
Rather
like waiting for a bus, a pair of Stanford biographies arrives together
in time for the 150th anniversary of his birth. If you can
afford to buy both, then do, for each with its various differences complements
the other. … see Full Review
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