21st Century Cinema Classics HANDEL
(1685-1750) La Réjouissance; Capella Istropolitana/Warchal
(from Naxos 8.550109); and Hallelujah Chorus from 'Messiah'
(from Naxos 8.553290); CHOPIN (1810-1849)
'Farewell Waltz' Idil Biret, piano (from Naxos 8.554539); PURCELL
(1659-95) Dido's Lament, Kym Amps, soprano/Scholars Baroque
Ensemble (from Naxos 8.553108;) GRIEG
(1843-1907) In the hall of the mountain king from Peer
Gynt, BBC Scottish SO/Jerzy Maksymiuk (from Naxos 8.554050); TCHAIKOVSKY
(1840-1893) Scene from Swan Lake, Russian State SO/Yablonsky
(Naxos 8.5553042); VERDI (1813-1901)
La donna e mobile from Rigoletto. Yardy Ramiro, tenor
with Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra/Rahbari from (Naxos 8.553042);
SCHUMANN (1810-1849) Vom Fremden
Landern from Kinderscenen, Jeno Jando from Naxos 8.550784;
FAURE (1845-1924) Pie Jesu from
Requiem, Lisa Beckley soprano, Oxford Camerata/Summerly (from
Naxos 8.550765); HAYDN (1732-1809)
'Lark' Quartet Movement 3, Kodály Quartet (from Naxos
8.550674); MENDELSSOHN (1809-1847)
Wedding March from Midsummer Night's Dream Slovak Philharmonic
Orchestra/Bramall (from Naxos 8.554433) MOZART
(1756-1791) Champagne Aria from Don Giovanni Bo Skovhus,
baritone, Nicholas Esterhazy Sinfonia/Michael Halasz (from Naxos 8.660080-2);
Johann STRAUSS (1825-1899) Blue
Danube Waltz, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra/Wildner (from Naxos
8.554520). DEBUSSY (1864-1918) Clair
de Lune, François-Joel Thiollier, piano (from Naxos 8.553290).
SCHUBERT (1797-1828) Unfinished
Symphony 1st Movement. Slovak Philharmonic/Halasz (from Naxos 8.550145)
NAXOS 8.556698 [74.52]
[GH]
A
potentially useful introduction for listeners
who are aware of music in film and who want
to discover what they enjoyed. … see Full
Review
20th century
Harpsichord Music Volume 1
Bohuslav MARTINŮ
(1890-1959)
Deux pieces pour clavecin (1935) Sonate pour
clavecin (1958) Deux impromptus pour clavencin
(1959) Virgil THOMSON
(1896-1989) Four Portraits; Madame
Kristians Tonny; eccentric dance Jamie Campbell;
stretching Hommage to Mayra Freund and the
Harp Max Kahn; Fanfare for France Vincent
PERSICHETTI (1915-1987) Harpsichord
Sonata No. 7 Op. 156 (1983-84) William
ALBRIGHT (b 1944) Four Fancies
for Harpsichord (1979) Samuel
ADLER (b 1928) Sonata for Harpsichord
(1982) Rick SOWASH
(b 1950) The Unicorn (1976) Theme with
Six Variations (1986) Alec
TEMPLETON (1909-1963) Bach Goes
To Town (1958)
Barbara Harbach (harpsichord) Recorded
at the Colgate Rochester Divinity School (1985
and 1989)
GASPARO GSCD-251 [72.36] [JW]
Barbara
Harbach is a superb guide to the repertoire,
plaintive or driving, glinting or wit-fuelled.
I hope this CD doesn’t get passed over. It’s
addictive. … see Full
Review
Adagio
for choir and other choral transcriptions Samuel
BARBER (1910-1981) Agnus
Dei op.11 Gustav MAHLER (1860-1911)
Kein Deutsche Himmel (Adagietto from Symphony no.5)
J.S. BACH (1685-1750) Immortal
Bach (Komm süsser tod, BWV478) Frideryk
CHOPIN (1810-1849) Lacrimosa (Etude op. 10 no.6) Maurice
RAVEL (1875-1937) Soupir Hugo
WOLF (1860-1903) Auf ein altes Bild Alban
BERG (1885-1935) Die Nachtigall Gustav
MAHLER Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen Claude
DEBUSSY (1862-1918) Les Angélus Frideryk
CHOPIN Lulajze, Jezuniu (Largo, Piano Sonata
op.58) Accentus
Chamber Choir/Laurence Equilbey Recorded in the Arsenal Hall of Metz,
France, February 2001
NAÏVE V4965 [52:22] [GPJ]
A
brilliantly performed disc, shedding new and valuable light on some
familiar and great music [NH]
A well performed but fundamentally ill-conceived issue[GPJ]. … see Full
Review
Allegri’s Miserere: Sacred Music of the
Renaissance Gregorio ALLEGRI
(1582-1652) Miserere
a 5, 4 [12.22] Josquin DES PREZ
(c.1440-1521) Ave Maria…virgo serena a 4 [5.25] William
BYRD (1543-1623) Ave verum corpus a 4 [4.34] Robert
PARSONS (c,1530-1570) Ave Maria a 4 [4.39] Guillaume
DUFAY (c.1397-1474) Nuper rosarum flores a 6 [5.53]
Tomás Luis de VICTORIA (1548-1611)
O magnum mysterium a 4 [3.54] Jean
de OCKEGHEM (C.1410-1497) Deo gratias a 36 [4.29]
Giovanni Perluigi da PALESTRINA (c.1525-1594)
Stabat Mater a 8 [11.20] Antonio
LOTTI (c.1667-1740) Crucifixus a 8 [3.32] Michael
PRAETORIUS (1571-1621) In dulci jubilo a 4 [2.22]
Pierre DE LA RUE (1543-1623) O
salutaris hostia a 4 [2.32] Thomas TALLIS
(c.1505-1585) Spem in alium a 40 [9.35]
Cantillation dir. Antony Walker (dir. Brett Weymark in tracks 2,3
&5) rec 15-17 March 2002 and 21 Nov. 2001 (Allegri, Miserere),
Eugene Goossens Hall of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s Ultimo
Centre, Sydney, Australia
ABC CLASSICS 472 881-2 [72.09] [PWe]
Apart
from a very well captured Spem in alium and an interesting piece of
programming in the Deo gratias there is not enough of stellar quality
to distinguish this from the crowd. … see
Full Review
BARGAIN OF THE MONTH American
Orchestral Compositions (1890-1916) Edward
MACDOWELL (1860-1908) Suite
No. 1 in D minor Op. 42 (1891) [21.32] Suite No. 2 Indian Op.
48 (1892) [36.20] Horatio PARKER (1863-1919)
Vathek - symphonic poem (1903) [14.54] Victor
HERBERT (1859-1924) Hero and Leander - symphonic poem
Op. 33 (1900) [29.11] Arthur FARWELL
(1877-1952) The Gods of the Mountains - suite Op. 52 (1916)
[19.04] Henry HADLEY (1871-1939) Symphony
No. 2 in F minor Op. 30 (1901) [45.15] Salome - symphonic poem
(1905-6) [31.18]
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Karl Krueger rec. 1960s, stereo ADD. Recordings
made by the Society for the Promotion of the American Musical Heritage
BRIDGE 9124A/C [58.00+63.17+76.35]
[RB]
Rapturous,
restive and troubled late-romanticism … superlative
playing and the close-up rugged analogue sound
... see Full Review
American Women
Composers Ursula
MAMLOK From
My Garden (1983) Designs (1962) Sonata (1988)
Ruth CRAWFORD
(1901-1953) Sonata (1926) Louise
TALMA (b 1906) Sonata (1962) Ellen
Taaffe ZWILICH (b 1939) Sonata
in Three Movements (1974) 
Catherine Tait (violin) Barry Snyder (piano)
Recorded Eastman Theatre of the University
of Rochester’s Eastman School of Music 1995
GASPARO GSCD-300 [59.41] [JW]
Committed
and understanding performances of this bracing
music … see Full
Review
The Art of the
Clarinet - Philharmonic Soloists • Clarinet
Ludwig
van BEETHOVEN
(1770-1827)
Trio in B flat major for Piano, Clarinet and
Cello, Op.11 [20:39] Johannes
BRAHMS
(1833-1897)
Trio in A minor for Piano, Clarinet and Cello,
Op.114 [23:33] Alban
BERG
(1885-1935)
Four Pieces for Clarinet and Piano, Op.5 [7:50]
Felix MENDELSSOHN
(1809-1847)
Konzertstück No.1 in F minor for Clarinet,
Basset-horn and Piano, Op.113 [8:21] Konzertstück
No.2 in D minor for Clarinet, Basset-horn
and Piano, Op.114 [8:10] Peter
Schmidl (clarinet) Madoka Inui (piano) Teodora
Miteva (cello) Pierre Pichler (basset-horn)
Rec. ORF Funkhaus Vienna (Studio 3) from 17th-19th
November, 2002. DDD
NAXOS 8.557232 [68:33] [AN]
In
summation: a safe recording of a wonderful
run of pieces. An enjoyable listen. … see
Full Review
Ascension James MacMillan
(b. 1959) Tremunt
videntes angeli (first recording) Kenneth LEIGHTON
(1929-1988) Preces and Responses (1964) Richard
ALLAIN (b. 1965) 'The Exon Service': Magnificat and Nunc
Dimittis (first recording) Patrick GOWERS
(b. 1936) Viri Galilaei Olivier MESSIAEN
(1908-1992) L'ascension * Also includes two hymns and two psalm
settings. Choir
of St. Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh Susan Hamilton, soprano Rev. Philip
Blackledge, cantor Simon Nieminski, organ Matthew Owens, conductor/solo
organ* Recorded in St. Mary's Episcopal Cathedral, Edinburgh, Scotland,
during February and June 2003.
DELPHIAN DCD 34017 [76.22] [NH]
An
unusually stimulating selection of (mainly) modern church music. Highly
recommended … see Full Review
AUTUMN 2003 - New releases from ABC Classics
ABC CLASSICS 472 907-2 [71:43]
What
I discovered was a delight … see Full Review
Harold Bauer (piano) Robert
SCHUMANN (1810-1856) Fantasiestücke
Op. 12 Novellette Op. 21/2 Franz LISZT
(1811-1886) Un Sospiro S144 No. 3 Waldesrauschen S145 No. 1 Edvard
GRIEG (1843-1907) Norwegian Bridal Procession Op. 19/2 Albumblatt
Albumblatt Op. 28/3 Albumblatt Op. 28/1 Papillon Op. 43/1 To Spring
Op. 43/6 Notturno Op. 54/4 Valse-Impromptu Op. 47/1 Humoresque Op. 6/3
Berceuse Op. 38/1
Harold Bauer (piano) Recorded 1935-42
BIDDULPH LHW 011 [74.41] [JW]
In
every way a distinguished and exciting release illuminating Bauer’s
musicianship to our lasting advantage. … see Full
Review
Sir
Thomas Beecham conducts orchestral favourites Franz
SUPPÉ (1819-1895) Ein
Morge, ein Mittag, ein Abend in Wien – overture Johann
STRAUSS II (1825-1899) Morgenblätter Waltz Op 279 Georges
BIZET (1838-1875) La Jolie Fille de Perth – Suite Luigi
BOCCHERINI (1743-1805) Overture in D Gioacchino
ROSSINI (1792-1868) La Cambiale di Matrimonio – overture
Jacques OFFENBACH (1819-1890) Les
Contes d’Hoffmann – excerpts Wolfgang Amadeus
MOZART (1756-1791)
German Dance K605 Die Schlittenfahrt German Dance in D K249 Haffner
Emmanuel CHABRIER (1841-1894) España
– rapsodie Royal
Philharmonic Chorus Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Thomas Beecham
Recorded 1950-1953
SONY CLASSICAL SMK91185 [73.40] [JW]
The
concentrated vivacity of these delightful sessions. … see Full
Review
The
Best Of Baroque Music J.S.
BACH (1685-1750) Orchestral Suite No.3, Air; Suite
No.2, Badinerie; Suite No.4, Bourrée 1 and 2; from
Naxos 8.554609. Brandenburg Concerto No.2 Movement 3; from Naxos 8.554607;
Harpsichord Concerto in F minor, Largo; from Naxos 8.554604 CORELLI
(1653-1713)
Christmas Concerto, Pastorale; MARCELLO
(1684-1750)
Oboe Concerto in D minor, Adagio; ALBINONI
(1671-1751)
Oboe Concerto in D minor Op.9 no.2 (from Naxos 8.551077); TELEMANN
Overture in D major "Darmstadt" from Naxos 8.554244)
TELEMANN Recorder Suite in A minor
- Réjouissance and Passepied I/II; HANDEL
(1685-1759)
Arrival of the Queen of Sheba; Largo from ‘Serse’;
PACHELBEL (1653-1706) Canon and
Gigue; VIVALDI (1678-1741)
Flautino Concerto in C major – Largo; ALBINONI/GIAZOTTO
Adagio in G minor
New Recordings made at Deutschland Radio, Cologne, April 2002 Cologne
Chamber Orchestra/Helmut Müller-Bruhl
NAXOS 8.557124 [68.18] [GH]
An
attractive disc which will afford new listeners to classical music much
pleasure and interest. … see Full Review
Jussi Björling, tenor (1911-1960).
‘Rediscovered’ Carnegie Hall Recital. September 24th
1955 Ludwig Van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) ‘Adelaide’
Franz SCHUBERT (1797-1828) ‘Frühingsglaube’,
D 686 ‘Die Forelle’, D 550 ‘Ständchen’, 0 957 (from Schwanengesang)
‘Die böse Farbe’, D 795 (from Die schöne Müllerin) Richard
STRAUSS (1864-1949) ‘Traum durch die Dämmerung’, Op.
29 No. 11 ‘Cäcilie’, Op. 27 No. 2 Johannes
BRAHMS (1833-1897) ‘Ständchen’, Op. 106 No. 11 Wolfgang
Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791) Don Giovanni, ‘Il
mio tesoro’ Umberto GIORDANO (1867-1948)
Andrea Chénier, ‘Come un bel di di Maggio’ Fedora,
‘Amor ti vieta’ Georges BIZET (1838-1875)
Carmen, ‘La Fleur que tu m'avais jetée’ (Flower
Song) Jules MASSENET (1842-1912) Manon,
‘Instant charmant; En fermant les yeux’ Edvard
GRIEG (1843-1907) ‘En Svan’,(The Swan) Op. 25 No. 2. ‘En
Drom’, (The Dream) Op. 48 No. 6 Jean SIBELIUS
(1865-1957) ‘Demanten på marssnön (Diamond on the March
Snow), Op. 36 No. 6 ‘Säv, säv, susa’ ( Rushes, Whisper), Op.
36 No. 4 ‘Svarta rosor’ (Black Roses), Op. 36 No.1 Carl
Leopold SJÖBERG (1873-1935) ‘Toterna’ Pietro
MASCAGNI (1863-1945) Cavalleria rusticana,
‘Addio alla madre’ Francesco Paolo TOSTI
(1846-1916) ‘Ideale’ ‘L'Alba separà della luce ombra’ Giacomo
PUCCIN1 (1858-1924) Tosca, ‘E lucevan le stelle’
La Bohème, ‘Che gelida manina’ Stephen
FOSTER (1826-1864) ‘Jeanie With the light Brown Hair’
Jussi Björling (tenor) Frederick Schauwecker (piano) Recorded
live at The Carnegie Hall, New York. September 24th 1955
RCA RED SEAL 82876
53379 2 [79.36] [RF]
With
the singer in such good voice, and generous
with encores, all included, the recital must
have been quite an occasion for those privileged
to be present. … see Full
Review
Richard
Bonynge, conductor. The Undiscovered Recordings
Jules
MASSENET (1842-1912) Cigale
– Ballet in 2 Acts Enid Hartle (mezzo soprano)
London Voices and National Philharmonic Orchestra
Daniel François
Esprit AUBER (1782-1871) Cello
Concerto No 1 orch. Douglas Gamley David
POPPER (1843-1913) Cello Concerto
in E minor Op 24 Jules
MASSENET (1842-1912) Fantasy for
Cello and Orchestra Jascha Silberstein (cello)
L’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande Johann
Christian BACH (1735-1782) Sinfonia
Concertante in C T289/4 C43 for flute, oboe,
violin, cello and orchestra ed. Bonynge Richard
Adeney (flute), Peter Graeme (oboe), Emanuel
Hurwitz (violin) and Keith Harvey (cello)
with the English Chamber Orchestra Antonio
SALIERI (1750-1825) Sinfonia in
D (Veneziana) ed. Bonynge Concerto in C for
flute, oboe and orchestra ed Bonynge Richard
Adeney (flute), James Brown (oboe) English
Chamber Orchestra Michael
BALFE (1808-1870) Sventurata Ildegona
from Ildegona nel Carcere Georges
BIZET (1838-1875) Nour-Eddin, Roi
de Lahore from Djamileh Gaetano
DONIZETTI (1797-1848) Al mio core
from L’assedio di Calais orch Douglas Gamley
Daniel François
Esprit AUBER (1782-1871) Ah pour
un jeune Coeur from Le cheval de bronze Jules
MASSENET (1842-1912) C’est sa tête
que je réclame from Hérodiade
Giuseppe VERDI
(1813-1901) Ah! Sgombro è il loco
alfin from Oberto Nicola
VACCAI (1790-1848) E questo il
loco from Giulietta e Romeo Aimé
MAILLART (1817-1871) Il m’aime,
il m’aime from Les Dragons de Villars Huguette
Tourangeau (mezzo soprano) L’Orchestre de
la Suisse Romande Jean
Paul MARTINI (1741-1816) Plaisir
d’amor arr Douglas Gamley Giuseppe
SARTI (1729-1802) Lungi dal caro
bene from Giulio Sabino Giovanni
Battista BONONCINI (1670-1747) Deh
più a me non v’ascondete arr Douglas
Gamley George Frideric
HANDEL (1685-1759) Verdi prati,
selve amene from Alcina Frondi tenere…ombra
mai fù Alesandro
SCARLATTI (1660-1725) Le Violette
arr Douglas Gamley Christoph
Willibald GLUCK (1714-1787) Divinités
du Styx from Alceste O del mio dolce ardour
from Paride ed Elena Giovanni
PAISELLO (1740-1816) Nel cor più
non mi sento from La Molinara Chi vuol la
zingarella from I zingari in fiera Giovanni
PERGOLESI (1710-1736) Stizzoso,
mio Stizzoso fro La Serva Padrona Vincenzo
CIAMPI (1710-1762) Tre giorni son
che Nina from Gli tre cicisbei ridicoli Antonio
VIVALDI (attributed) (1678-1741) Piango,
gemo, sospiro arr Douglas Gamley Renata Tebaldi
(soprano) New Philharmonia Orchestra Jules
MASSENET (1842-1912) Le sais tu?
On dit! * Passionnément L’âme
des fleurs Pensée d’automne Souvenance
Le petit Jésus Les yeux clos * Ce que
dissent les cloches La mélodie des
baisers Pitchounette Nuit d’Espagne L’Éventail
Je t’aime * Les amoureuse sont des folles
Printemps dernier Rose d’Octobre Sérénade
d’automne Souhait Elle s’en est allée
Huguette Tourangeau (mezzo soprano) Reginald
Kilbey (cello) * Richard Bonynge (piano) Recorded
1967-78
ABC CLASSICS 475 070 2 [4 CDs 304.49]
[JW]
Not
everything is must-have but it’s good to be
able to welcome so much imaginative and affectionate
music making back to the catalogue. … see
Full Review
The
Soul Of Orpheus:
An
album of songs inspired by ancient Greece Hugo
Wolf (1860 - 1903) Anakreons Grab, Goethe-Lieder #29 (1888-9)
[2.48] Peter Warlock (pseud. of Philip Arnold
Heseltine) (1894 - 1930) Heraclitus (1917, pub. 1923) [3.02]
Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828) Ganymed,
D.544, Op. 19, #3 (1817) [4.18] An die Leier, D.737, Op. 56 #1 (1823,
pub. 1826) [4.07] Iphigenia, D.573, Op 98 #3 [2.40] Die Götter
Griechenlands, D.677 [3.42] Der Musensohn, D.764, Op 92 #1 [2.01] Johannes
Brahms (1833 - 1897) Sapphische Ode, op. 94 #4 (1884) [2.09]
Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918) Trois
Chansons de Bilitis (1898): La Flûte de Pan [3.08]; La Chevelure
[3.43]; Le Tombeau des Naiades [2.47] Franz
Josef Haydn (1732 - 1809) Arianna a Naxos (1790) [16.53]
William Walton (1902 - 1983) Daphne
(1970) [2.45] Sally
Bradshaw, soprano; Philip Collin, piano Recorded at the Old Meeting
House, Helmsley, Yorkshire, UK, August 2001 Notes in English including
song texts in English. Photo of artists.
SONGFUL RECORDS DMT051 [54.13] [PSh]
An
unusual and appealing program of songs very well performed [PSh]
A good idea, but the performances are limited.[CH]... see Full
Review
BRITISH FILM
MUSIC - volumes 1-3 - various orchestras and conductors -
PEARL GEM 0100; 0101; 0141 (available separately) Vol.
1 Brian EASDALE The Red Shoes
(1948): Prelude; Ballet Ralph VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Scott of the Antarctic (1948) Arnold
BAX Oliver Twist (1948) John
IRELAND (arr. Ernest IRVING) The Overlanders (1946)
Arthur BLISS Men of Two Worlds
(1946): Baraza Lord BERNERS
Nicholas Nickleby Charles WILLIAMS While
I Live (1947): Incidental Music; Dream of Olwen
PEARL GEM 0100 [74.39] Vol. 2 Arthur BLISS
Things to Come (1936) Ralph
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Coastal Command (1942) 49th
Parallel (1941) The Story of a Flemish Farm (1943) Arnold
BAX Malta G.C. (1943) Richard
ADDINSELL Dangerous Moonlight - The Warsaw Concerto Guy
WARRACK Theirs is the Glory - Men of Arnhem (1945)
Clifton PARKER Western Approaches
- Seascape (1944) Hubert BATH Cornish
Rhapsody (1944)
PEARL GEM 0101 [79.31] Vol. 3 William WALTON
The First of the Few (1942) Henry V (1944)
Miklos ROZSA Spellbound -
theme (1940) Anthony COLLINS The
Saga of Odette (1950) William ALWYN Desert
Victory - March (1943)
The Rake's Progress (1945) Allan GRAY
This Man is Mine (1946) Benjamin
FRANKEL
Sleeping Car to Trieste (1948) So Long at the Fair (1950)
Carriage and Pair ... Long Forgotten Melody Mischa
SPOLIANSKY A Voice in the Night (1946) John
GREENWOOD Hungry Hill (1946) Gordon
JACOB Esther Waters - Derby Day 1886 (1947) Ralph
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS The Loves of Joanna Godden (1947)
Lambert WILLIAMSON Woman Hater
(1948) Arthur WILKINSON The
Weaker Sex (1948)
PEARL GEM 0141 [74.39]
Experience
the closest approach to the authentic sound of British film music ...
three indispensable CDs. Wide-ranging and generous. ... see Full
Review
Guila Bustabo – Ruggiero Ricci. The
Great Violinists Volume XV Ottokar NOVACEK (1866-1900)
Perpetuum
Mobile Felix MENDELSSOHN (1809-1847)
Auf Flügeln des Gesanges (arr Achron) Fryderyk
CHOPIN (1810-1849) Nocturne No.8 Op.27/2 (arr Wilhelmj) Fritz
KREISLER (1875-1962) Praeludium and Allegro in the style
of Pugnani Pablo de SARASATE (1844-1908)
Danzas Españolas No.2 Habañera Op.21 No.2 Niccolo
PAGANINI (1782-1840) Caprice in A minor Op.1 No.5 Concerto
No.1 Op.6 – First movement Sergei RACHMANINOV
(1873-1943) Vocalise Op.34 No.14 (arr. Press) Pablo
de SARASATE (1782-1840) Introduction and Tarantelle Op.43
Danzas Españolas No.2 Habañera Op.21 No.2 Zigeunerweisen
Op.20 No.1 Eugene YSAŸE (1858-1931)
Rêve d’enfant Josef SUK (1874-1935)
Four Pieces Op.17 – No.4 Burlesque Gioachino
ROSSINI (1792-1868) Mosè in Egitto – Dal tu stellato
soglio (arr Paganini) Niccolo PAGANINI
(1782-1840) Concerto No.2 in B minor Op.7 – Ronde à la clochette
First seven items; Guila
Bustabo (violin) with Gerald Moore (piano) recorded 1935 except Danzas
Españolas No 2 Habañera with Heinz Schröter (piano)
recorded ?1941 and the Paganini Concerto with the Städtischen Orkester,
Berlin conducted by Fritz Zaun and recorded ?1941 Remainder; Ruggiero
Ricci (violin) with Louis Persinger (piano) in Vocalise and Introduction
and Tarantelle and the remainder with Karl Fürstner (piano) recorded
1938-39 SYMPOSIUM
1301 [78.39] [JW]
Captures
two contemporaries whose lives took them in radically different directions
but whose musical instincts never deserted them. … see
Full Review
Celebration CD1
John Maxwell GEDDES Galloway
Bouquet Thomas WILSON Cartoon
Edward MCGUIRE Sirocco Peter
INNES Symphonic Ode Cedric
Thorpe DAVIE The
Wee Cooper o' Fife CD2 Bruce FRASER
Celebrations
Martin DALBY A
Plain Man's Hammer William SWEENEY
Lost Mountain Alan FERNIE
Portrait of a City West Lothian Celebrity Winds/Nigel Boddice
Rec. Howden Park Centre, Edinburgh - all except Cartoon which
was recorded at RSAMD, Glasgow. WEST LOTHIAN CELEBRITY WINDS label
- no number [2CDs: 35'35"+40'75"] [CSS]
A
bold venture. Music that is immediately appealing
… most of it tuneful. A joyous concoction
… see Full
Review
Gaude
Birgitta Chants
by Saint Bridget of Sweden Latuit
in blando; Rubens rosa; Gaude Birgitta; Rosa
rorans bonitatem; Missus Gabriel; Caelestis
erat curia; Maria, Maria; Sicut spinarum;
O Birgitta; Videte miraculum; Benedictus sis
tu dignissime; Tota pulcra es; Omnem potestatem;
Annucietur; Eva mater; In hijs solemnijs;
Trina celi; Schola Gothia Recorded in Vadsten
Klosterkyrka Abbey Church, Sweden, October
2002 PROPRIUS PRCD 2026 [58.18]
Videte
Miraculum Medieval
Chants from Naantali Convent in honour of
Saint Bridget Summe Trinitati;
Te sanctum Dominum; Benedicta terra; Eva mater;
Veni creator spiritus; Benedictus sis tu;
Corrige virgo; Videte miraculum; Percinniter
sit benedicta; Rogatus Deus rumpere; O virgo
; Beata es Virgo Maria; Gaudendum nobis est
Vox Silentii Recorded at Naantali Church,
Finland May 2002 PROPRIUS PRCD 2021
[63.16]
Cantus
Sororum Medieval
Chants from Naantali Convent in honour of
Saint Bridget Ave Maria; Rosa rorans
bonitatem; Benedicta sis tu Maria; Sicut spinarum
vicinitas; Multe tribulaciones; Benedicamus;
Maria summe trinitatis; Magnificeture rex
celestis; Stirps Jesse; Errorum pleno tenebris;
Vidit virgo; Tremor terre; Salve Regina Vox
Silentii Recorded at the Naantali Church,
Finland, January 2001 PROPRIUS PRCD 2010
[48.58] [GH]
For
any lover of early chant at least one of these
discs would make a wonderful Christmas present.
… see Full
Review
CINEMA
CLASSICS 2003: Classical Music Made Famous
In Films Nikolai RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
The
flight of the Bumble Bee [1.38]
Eric SATIE Gnossienne No.4
[2.57] Joseph HAYDN
Piano Concerto No. 11 (1st
movement) [7.11] Federico
MOMPOU Cançons I dances
No 6 [3.53] J
S BACH/Charles GOUNOD Ave Maria
[2.40] Frederic
CHOPIN "Raindrop"
Prelude [5.49] Johann
STRAUSS II Wiener Blut [8.37]
J S BACH Piano
concerto No 5 (2nd movement) [2.45]
Johannes BRAHMS
Hungarian Dance No 5 [2.14] Ludwig
van BEETHOVEN "Moonlight"
Sonata (1st movement) [5.16]
Giacomo PUCCINI
Nessun Dorma from "Turandot"
[3.00] Frederic
CHOPIN Ballade No 1 in g minor
[9.56] W A MOZART
Der Hölle Rache from "Die
Zauberflöte [2.51] W
A MOZART Piano Sonata no 11
(1st movement) [14.29]
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra/Anthony
Bramall; Klára Körmendi; Hae-won
Chang/Camerata Cassovia/Robert Stankovsky;
Jordi Masó; Ingrid Kertesi/Camerata
Budapest/Laszlo Kovács; Idill Biret;
Tanzquartett Wien; Budapest Symphony Orchestra/István
Bogár; Jenö Jandó; Thomas
Harper/Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra/Michael
Halász; Hellen Kwon/Failoni Chamber
Orchestra Budapest. rec Various dates and
Locations - unspecified
N
AXOS
8.556696 [73.32] [PW]
This
disc is cheap, tatty rubbish and is highly avoidable. Would anyone like
the reviewers copy? … see Full Review
Classical Brubeck Dave
BRUBECK (b. 1920) Beloved
Son (1978) * ¹ Pange Lingua Variations (1983) Voice of the Holy Spirit
(Tongues of Fire) (1985) * Regret (2001) Alan Opie, baritone* Thomasin
Trezise, soprano ¹ London Voices (Terry Edwards, chorus master)
Dave Brubeck Quartet London Oratory School Schola (Michael McCarthy,
chorus master) London Symphony Orchestra/Russell Gloyd Recorded at Studio
One, Abbey Road, London, May 25th-29th 2002.
TELARC 2CD-80621 [131.58] [NH]
Another
fine meeting of minds from opposite ends of the jazz/classical musical
continuum … see Full Review
The Crown of Thorns: Music from
the Eton Choirbook Richard DAVY (c.1465-1507)
Motet - Stabat Mater [13’13] John BROWNE
(fl.c.1490) Carol - Jesu, mercy, how may this be? [9’32] William
CORNYSH the elder (d.1502) Motet - Stabat Mater [16’52] SHERYNGHAM
(fl.c.1500) Carol - Ah. gentle Jesu [10’51] John
BROWNE (fl.c.1490) Motet - Stabat Mater [13’31]
The Sixteen/Harry Christophers Recorded January 1992 at St. Bartholomew’s,
Orford Originally released on Collins 1316-2
CORO COR16012 [64’32] [JPo]
A
pleasure to welcome back this invaluable disc and music. A treasured
document reflective of a time of upheaval in English life and music.
… see Full Review
Dallas Trumpets Erik
SATIE (1866-1925) Carillon
Sonnerie (1921) Bert TRUAX (b 1954)
Adagio and Allegro (1979) HENRI TOMASI
(1901-1971) Suite for Three (1964) Vincent
PERSICHETTI (1915-1982) Parable XIV for Solo Trumpet (1975)
Parable XXV for Two Trumpets (1991) Benjamin
BRITTEN (1913-1976) Fanfare for St Edmundsbury (1959) Stanley
FRIEDMAN (b 1951) Antiphonia IV (1976) Anthony
PLOG (b 1947) Four Concert Duets (1980) Thomas
STEVENS (b 1938) The Moudon Fanfares (1979) Ulysses
KAY (1917-1995) Three Fanfares for Four Trumpets (1964)
Dallas Symphony Trumpet Section (with Thomas Stevens and friends)
CRYSTAL RECORDS CD
230 [49.13] [JW]
Rewards
for brass enthusiasts in the ways in which the Fanfare can be used,
subverted, extended and elaborated to fruitful musical effect. … see
Full Review
Deep
Purple – Close Harmony Arrangements RUTTER
Birthday Madrigals SHEARING, arr. CARTER
Lullaby of Birdland SHERWIN, arr.
DREWERY A Nightingale sang in Berkeley
Square CHILCOTT Dances in the streets
MANCINI, arr. WARNICK
Moon River KOSMA, arr. CARTER)
Autumn Leaves DE ROSE,
arr. CARTER & BLACKWELL
Deep Purple IVES Calico Pie LOESSER,
arr. IVES Sit down you’re rocking the
boat GERSHWIN, arr. STICKLES
Summertime arr. NAYLOR Love is here
to stay KERN, arr. NAYLOR
Long ago and far away arr. SWINGLE
All the things you are SWINGLE It
was a lover and his lass JOPLIN, arr.
SWINGLE Weeping Willow BEIDERBECKE,
arr. SWINGLE In a mist French
trad., arr SWINGLE L’amour de
moi
American trad., arr. SWINGLE
Country Dances
Vasari Singers/Jeremy Backhouse
Recorded Potton Hall, Suffolk, March 8-9 2003
GUILD GMCD 7267 [77:36] [GPJ]
The
sort of CD which provides terrific publicity for the choir, and will
sell like hot cakes at their concerts[GPJ]
A well sung disc, mainly of jazzy arrangements with new pieces by Rutter
and Chilcott, but perhaps not of interest everyone.[RH]
I thoroughly enjoyed the disc and will be purchasing copies as Christmas
presents for a couple of choral enthusiast friends who, I am sure, will
be rapturous [RF]… see Full Review
Compilation:
DEGAS Music of his Time - includes
music by: Adolphe ADAM (1803-1856) Giselle:
Allegro un peu louré and Galop general Slovak Radio Orchestra/Andrew
Mogrélia Charles-Valentin ALKAN
(1813-1888) Prelude Op. 31, No. 13 ‘J’étais endormie, mais
mon coeur veillait’ Prelude, Op. 31, No. 17 ‘Rêve d’amour’ Esquisse,
Op. 63 No. 5 ‘Les Initiés’ Esquisse, Op. 63 No. 16 ‘Fantaisie’
Laurent Martin (piano) Charles GOUNOD
(1818-1893) Faust Ballet Music CSR Symphony Orchestra
(Bratislava)/Ondrej Lenard Léo DELIBES
(1836-1891) Coppélia – Ballet Music from Act
I Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra/Andrew Mogrélia Georges
BIZET (1838-1875) Carmen Suite No. 1 Gabriel
FAURÉ (1838-1875) Dolly Suite Pierre-Alain
Volondat/Patrick De Hooge (piano) Emmanuel
CHABRIER (1841-1894) Joyeuse Marche Orchestre Philharmonique
de Monte-Carlo/Hervé Niquet Claude DEBUSSY
(1862-1918) Arabesque No. 2 Rêverie Pour
le piano Toccata Françoise-Joël Thiollier (piano)
Igor STRAVINSKY (1882-1971) Firebird
Suite (1919) Berceuse and Finale
NAXOS Art and Music 8.558144 [76:19] [IL][BK]
An
alluring compilation.[IL]
Griffith relates the artist’s life very carefully to the musical life
of 19th century Paris including his personal relationships
with many of the important musicians of his time [BK]… see Full
Review
Diamonds - 20th Century Masterpieces
for Male Choir Francis POULENC (1899-1963)
Quatre
petites prières de Saint François d'Assise (1948) Darius
MILHAUD (1892-1974) Psaume 121 (1921) Daniel
BÖRTZ (b. 1943) Gryningsvind (Dawn Breeze) (1976) *
Veljo TORMIS (b. 1930) Muistse mere
laulud (Songs of the Ancient Sea) (1979) * Toivo
KUULA (1883-1918) Iltapilviä (Evening Clouds), Op. 27a
No. 5 (1914) * Camille SAINT-SAËNS
(1835-1921) Saltarelle, Op. 74 (1885) * Richard
STRAUSS (1864-1949) Traumlicht, No. 2 of Drei Männerchöre,
AV 123 (1935) * Randall THOMPSON (1899-1984)
Tarantella (1937) Michio MAMIYA
(b. 1929) Composition for Chorus No. 6:2 (1968) * Eugen
SUCHOŇ (1908-1993) Slovenská pieseň (Slovakian
song) (1973) Jaroslav KŘIČKA
(1882-1969) Three pieces from 'Zornička' (The Morning Star),
Op. 28 (1919-20) Anders
HILLBORG (b. 1954) muoaiyouum (1983/2000)
Orphei Drängar (male choir) Robert Sund and Folke Alin*, conductors
Recorded at Studio 2, Sveriges Radio, Stockholm, Sweden, during March*
and October 2002.
BIS CD-1233 [74.06] [NH]
A
magnificent disc which totally negates any conservative and negative
preconceptions of what a male voice choir is about … see Full
Review
Dreamer.
A Portrait of Langston Hughes (1902-1967)
My People* [0’22"]
Robert OWENS (b. 1929): "Heart"
from Heart on the Wall (1968?) [1’34"] John
MUSTO (b. 1954): "Island" from Shadow of the
Blues [1’31"] - The Weary Blues* [2’10"] John
MUSTO: "Litany" from Shadow of the Blues [3’26"]
William Grant STILL (1895-1978):
"A Black Pierrot" from Songs of Separation [2’05"]
Hale SMITH (b. 1925): "March
Moon" from Beyond the Rim of Day (1950) [2’25"] - Negro*
[1’02"] Margaret BONDS (1913-1972):
The Negro Speaks of Rivers (1935) [4’24"] Ricky
Ian GORDON (b. 1958): "My People" from Genius
Child [3’28"] Florence PRICE
(1888-1953): Song to the Dark Virgin [2’08"] - Evil*
[0’13"] Howard SWANSON (b.
1907): Joy [0’51"] Kurt WEILL
(1900-1950): "Lonely House" from Street Scene (1946)
[3’48"] Margaret BONDS: "Minstrel
Man" from Three Dream Portraits (1932) [2’15"] Sunday
Morning Prophecy* [1’11"] Harriette
DAVISON (1923-1978): "In Time of Silver Rain" from
Fields of Wonder (1947) [1’16"] Jean
BERGER (b. 1909): "Carolina Cabin" from Four
Songs of Langston Hughes (1951) [2’08"] - Madam and the
Census Taker* [0’50"] Harry T. BURLEIGH:
Lovely, Dark and Lonely One (1934) [2’02"] Sylvester’s
Dying Bed* [1’16"] Eric SANTOS:
Dreamer** (2000) [24’37"] Still Here* [0’35"]
Darryl Taylor (tenor) -
Maria Corley (piano) *William Warfield (speaker) ** Eric Santos (piano);
Patricia Terry-Ross (harp) - Sandy Nordahl (percussion) Recorded at
the studios of WFMT Radio, Chicago 23 July 2001 and at Gallagher-Bluedorn
Performing Arts Center, Great Hall, 18-21 December 2001
NAXOS AMERICAN CLASSICS 8.559136 [67’18"] [JQ]
This
is an unusual and interesting release. At the price collectors with
an interest in twentieth century musical Americana can safely indulge
their curiosity. … see Full Review
Alfred Dubois and Marcel Maas Ludwig
van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)
Violin Sonata No. 7 in C minor (1801-02) César
FRANCK (1822-1890) Violin Sonata in A (1886) Claude
DEBUSSY (1862-1918) Violin Sonata in G minor (1916-17) Georg
VOGLER (1749-1814) Aria, Chasse and Minuetto Recorded 1931-36
BIDDULPH BID 80172
[68.18] [JW]
Dubois
was a connoisseur’s violinist. Be a connoisseur and admire his remarkable
musicianship. … see Full Review
Flûtes d’Accordes: Sounds and
Substance Peter MACGARR (b.1953)
Fieldthread
(1998)a Christopher TOON
(b.1935) Alice ’98 (1998)b Paul
FARRER (b.1973) Flute Quartet No.1 Two English Seasons
(1998)c Daryl RUNSWICK (b.1946)
Flutz (1998)d Stephen DEUTSCH
The Windows in Ann’s Flute (1998)e
Flûtes d’Accordes (Kenneth Bellab, Douglas Townshendabc,
Ann Cherryabe, Susan FitzGeraldabcde, David Olivercd,
Lynda Coffincd) Recorded: Jazzmouse Studios and Centre for
Sound and Music design, Bournemouth University (Deutsch)
AMALIE RECORDS ALACD 1202 [57:46] [HC]
Flûtes
d’Accordes play most convincingly throughout. A most welcome release
exploring some unfamiliar repertoire for a fairly unfamiliar medium
and hopefully paving the way for further original flute quartet music.
… see Full Review
A Recital of French Music César
FRANCK (1822-1890) Prélude,
choral et fugue (1884) Prélude, aria et final (1886) Claude
DEBUSSY (1862-1918) Six Preludes:
La cathédrale engloutie (Book I No X) La Danse de Puck (Book
I No XI) Minstrels (Book I No XII) La Puerta del vino (Book II No III)
Bruyères (Book II No V) Feux d’artifice (Book II No XII) Camille
SAINT-SAËNS (1835-1921) Étude en forme de valse
Op. 52 No. 6 (1877)
Joyce Hatto (piano) Recorded Concert Artist Studios, Cambridge, March
1996 and April 1998
CONCERT ARTIST/FIDELIO RECORDINGS CACD 9110-2 [70.19] [JW]
I’ve
greatly enjoyed this latest addition to the Hatto discography. It’s
full of character and dedicated musicality and very attractively recorded
as well. … see Full Review
Virtuoso French Organ Music Léon
BOELLMANN (1862-1897) Suite
Gothique, Op.25 (1895) Alexandre GUILMANT (1837-1911)
5. Cantilène Pastorale (1861) [6.16] 6. March on ‘Lift up
your Heads’ (1861) [6.42] Camille SAINT-SAËNS
(1835-1921)
7. Improvisation No.7 (1917) [3.38] Lois VIERNE
(1870-1937)
8. Impromptu, Op.54, No.2 (1927) [3.32] 9. Clair de Lune, Op.53, No.5
(1926) [8.34] 10. Divertissement, Op.31, No.11 (1914) [2.05] 11. Carillon
de longpont, Op.31, No.21 (1914) [4.00] Jean
LANGLAIS (1907-1992)
Triptyque (1957) Eugène GIGOUT (1844-1925)
15. Toccata in B minor (1890) [3.12] 16. Scherzo (1890) [4.50] 17.
Grand Choeur Dialogué (18810 [6.18]
Jennifer Bate (Organ)
Organ of St Pierre de Beauvais Cathedral (Danion-Gonzalez,1979) Recorded
at St Pierre de Beauvais Cathedral, September 1982
REGIS RRC 1147 [75.45] [CAnt]
A
hugely enjoyable and highly recommended … see
Full Review
Ferenc Fricsay. A life in music Ludwig
van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) Symphony
No.1 in C major Berlin Philharmonic 1953 Felix
MENDELSSOHN (1809-1847) A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Overture;
and incidental music Rita Streich (soprano) Diana Eustrati (contralto)
RIAS Chamber Choir, Berlin Philharmonic 1950 Sergei
PROKOFIEV (1891-1953) Symphony No.1 Classical Op.25
RIAS Berlin 1954 Gustav MAHLER (1860-1911)
Rückert Lieder Maureen Forrester (contralto) RIAS Berlin 1958
Pyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893)
Symphony No.6 in B minor Pathetique Op.74
RIAS Berlin 1959 Gioacchino ROSSINI
(1792-1868) orchestrated Ottorino RESPIGHI
(1879-1936) La Boutique Fantasque RIAS Berlin 1955 Nikolai
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV (1844-1908) Scheherazade Op.35 RIAS Berlin
1956 Johann STRAUS II (1825-1899) The
Blue Danube Op.314 Vienna Blood Op.354 Perpetuum mobile Op.257 Pizzicato-Polka
O Die Fledermaus; Overture Der Zigeunerbaron Overture Frülingsstimmen
(Waltzer) Op.410 Rosen aus dem Süden Op.388 Morgenblätter
Op.279 Annen-Polka Op.117 Tritsch-Tratsch Polka Op.214 Johann
STRAUSS I (1804-1849) Radetzky-Marsch Op.228 All with RIAS
Berlin 1949-52 Manuel de FALLA (1876-1946)
Nights in the Gardens of Spain Margrit Weber (piano) RIAS Berlin
1957 Jean FRANÇAIX (1912-1997)
Concertino for Piano and Orchestra Margrit Weber (piano) RIAS Berlin
1956 Arthur HONEGGER (1892-1955) Concertino
for Piano and Orchestra Margrit Weber (piano) RIAS Berlin 1955 César
FRANCK (1822-1890) Variations Symphoniques Margrit Weber
(piano) RIAS Berlin 1957 Sergei RACHMANINOV
(1873-1943) Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Op.43 Margrit Weber
(piano) RIAS Berlin 1960 Gottfried von EINEM
(1918-1996) Dantons Tod; Interlude RIAS Berlin 1949 Paul
HINDEMITH (1895-1963) Symphonic Dances RIAS Berlin 1950
Karl Amadeus HARTMANN (1905-1963) Symphony
No.6 RIAS Berlin 1955 Frank MARTIN (1890-1974)
Petite Symphonie Concertante Gerty Herzog (piano) Sylvia Kind (harpsichord)
Irmgard Helmis (harp) and RIAS 1950 Joseph
HAYDN (1732-1809) The Seasons
Maria Stader (soprano) Ernst Haefliger (tenor) Josef Greindl (bass)
Choir of St Hedwigs Cathedral and RIAS Berlin 1961 Ferenc Fricsay; a
life retold; excerpts from commercial discs
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON ORIGINAL MASTERS 474 383-2 [9 CDs 650.48] [JW]
At
its competitive price this latest Original Masters box is a highly desirable
acquisition. … see Full Review
Martin Fröst The Pied Piper of the
Opera Gioacchino ROSSINI (1792-1868)
Introduction,
Theme and Variations for Clarinet and Orchestra (based on La Donna
del Lago) Ivar HALLSTRÖM (1826-1901)
"Spinn, spin, gyllne sländan min! Spin, spin my golden
distaff"Ingeborg’s aria from Den Bergtagna – The Bride of the
Mountain King Franz DANZI (1763-1826)
Phäntasie uber "Là ci darem la mano" from
Mozart’s Don Giovanni Wolfgang Amadeus
MOZART (1756-1791) "Ach, Ich fuhl’s" Pamina’s aria
from Die Zauberflöte Carl Maria
von WEBER (1786-1826)"Leise, leise fromme Weise"
Agathe’s aria from Der Freischütz Donato
LOVREGLIO (1841-1907) Fantasia di Concerto su motivi de La
Traviata di G. Verdi op.45 Camille SAINT-SAËNS
(1835-1921) "Printemps qui commence" Delilah’s
aria from Samson et Dalila Wilfried
HILLER (b.1941) Am Calvarienberg No.3 from Hamelin – 3 Klangbilder
aus der Oper Der Rattenfänger Martin Fröst, clarinet
Singapore Symphony Orchestra/Lan Shui Rec. September 1999, Victoria
Concert Hall, Singapore. DDD BIS CD-301053 S [62.32] [BK]
Fröst’s
command of his instrument is certainly impressive
and here he offers a fine selection of operatic
arias arranged for clarinet and orchestra
… see Full Review
Philippe GAUBERT conducts
Edouard
LALO (1823-1892) Overture;
Roi d’Ys Emmanuel
CHABRIER (1841-1894) Joyeuse Marche
Leo DELIBES
(1836-1891) Coppelia; Mazurka Valse Maurice
RAVEL (1875-1937) Daphnis et Chloe
(excpts) Gabriel
FAURÉ (1845-1924) Ballade
Op 19 Pelleas et Melisande; Sicilienne Shylock;
Nocturne No 5 Paul
DUKAS (1865-1935) L’Apprenti Sorcier
Hector BERLIOZ
(1803-1869) La Damnation de Faust – Marche
hongroise
Orchestre de La Société
des Concerts du Conservatoire Orchestre des
Concerts Straram Philippe Gaubert Recorded
1929-38
MALIBRAN CDRG 141 [73.26] [JW]
Delicacy,
luminosity and drive. … see Full
Review
Gerusalemme
Liberata Volume One ARMIDA Stafano BERNARDI
Sinfonia
Prima a 6 [2.28] Guilio SANTO PIETRO DE’
NEGRI L’Armida in stile recitativo [1.54] Claudio
MONTEVERDI Sinfonia [1.18] Giaches
DE WERT Vezzosi augelli [2.10] Sigismondo
D’INDIA Forsennata gridava [2.10] Giaches
DE WERT Qual musico gentil [2.40] Claudio
MONTEVERDI Vattene pur, crudel [6.18] Là
tra’l sangue e le morti, Poi ch’ella in sé tornò Francesco
EREDI L’Armida del Tasso Rimanti in pace [1.43]
Vattene pur crudel [2.07] Or che farà [2.10] Poi
ch’ella in sé tornò [2.10] Che fa più meco
il pianto [1.57] Misera Armida [2.25] Questa bellezza
mia [2.04] Sigismondo D’INDIA Là
tra ‘l sangue e le morti [2.38] Domenico
MAZZOCCHI Chiudesti i lumi Armida [1.18] CLORINDA
Claudio MONTEVERDI "Combattimento
di Tancredi e Clorinda" [20.17]
Volume Two SOFRONIA Biagio MARINI Canzon
VIII [2.51] Francesco FIAMENGO
Dialogo di Sofronia e Olindo [11.32] ERMINIA Giovanni
Battista GRILLO Sonata Prima a 7 [4.11] Antonio
CIFRA Era La Notte [4.35] Claudio
MONTEVERDI Piang’e sospira [3.31] Sigismondo
D’INDIA Ma che? Squallido e oscuro [1.58] Biagio
MARINI
Le Lagrime d’Erminia [14.29] Biagio
MARINI La bella Erminia [5.58] Adriana Fernandez
and Marinella Pennicchi – soprano Alicia Borges – mezzo soprano Martin
Barrera Oro – Countertenor Giovanni Caccamo and Mario Cecchetti – tenor
Furio Zanasi – baritone Daniele Carnovich – bass Ensemble Elyma/Gabriel
Garrido rec 18-23 July 1997, Church of San Martino, Erice, Italy K617
K617076 [2CDs: 60.37+49.48] [PW]
This
is a good double disc, generously filled with music of the most wonderful
beauty … see Full Review
The Gigli Edition Volume 1: The Milan Recordings 1918-1919 Arrigo BOITO (1842-1918) Mefistofele, ‘Dai campi, dai prati';‘Se tu mi doni'; ‘Lontano, lontano'; ‘Giunto sul passo estremo'; ‘Rivolgi a me lo sguardo' Gaetano DONIZETTI (1797-1868) La Favorita, ‘Addio, fuggir mi lascia'; >‘Spirto gentil' Pietro MASCAGNI (1863-1945), Iris, ‘Apri la tua finestra', Lodoletta, ‘Ah! Ritrovarlo nella sua capanna', Cavalleria rusticana, ‘Mamma! Quell vino e generoso' Amilcare PONCHIELLI (1834-1886) La Gioconda, ‘Cielo e mar!'; ‘Deh, non tremar….Laggiu nelle nebbie remote'; ‘Enzo Grimaldo, Principe di Santifior' Giacomo PUCCINI (1858-1924) La Boheme, ‘O soave fanciulla', Tosca, ‘Dammi I colori…Recondita armonia'; ‘E lucevan le stelle' Georges Charles GOUNOD (1818-1893) Faust, ‘Salve, dimora, dimora casta e pura';‘Tardi si fa! Addio'; ‘Sempre amar' CANNIO ‘O surdato ‘nnamurato' Beniamino Gigli (1890-1957) (tenor) Recorded in Milan in November and December 1918, and 5th December 1919 All orchestral accompaniments conducted by Carlo Sabajno Bargain Price NAXOS HISTORICAL 8.11062 [67.34] [RJF]
Gigli's even vocal emission, from chest through passage into head voice,
is even and long-breathed, with the voice perfectly supported and the
diction clear. see Full Review
Beniamino Gigli (tenor) (1890-1975). The
Gigli Edition Volume 1. The Milan Recordings 1918-19
(as above) NAXOS 8.110262
[67.34]
Beniamino Gigli (tenor) (1890-1975)
The Gigli Edition Volume 2; The Milan Recordings 1919, Camden and New
York Recordings 1921-22
Pietro MASCAGNI (1863-1945) L’Amico
Fritz – Suzel buon dì Georges BIZET
(1838-1875) The Pearl Fishers – Au fond du temple saint Umberto
GIORDANO (1867-1948) Fedora – Amor ti vieta Fedora – Vedi,
io piango Andrea Chénier – Un di all’azzurro spazio
Andrea Chénier – Come un bel dì di maggio Arrigo
BOITO (1842-1918) Mefistofele – Dai campi, dai prati Giunto
sul passo estremo Giacomo PUCCINI (1858-1924)
Tosca – Recondita armonia Tosca – E lucevan le stele Tosca – O
dolci mani Amilcare PONCHIELLI (1834-1886)
La Gioconda – Cielo e mar! Gaetano DONIZETTI
(1797-1848) La favorita – Spirto gentil Charles
GOUNOD (1818-1893) Faust – Salve, dimora casta e pura Pietro
MASCAGNI (1863-1945) Iris – Apri la tua finestra Ernesto
DE CURTIS (1875-1937) Tu sola E
A MARIO (1884 - ?) Santa Lucia luntana Riccardo
DRIGO (1846-1930) I millioni d’Arlecchino – Notturno d’amore
Edouard LALO (1823-1892) Le Roi
d’Ys – Vainement, ma bien aimée Ruggiero
LEONCAVALLO (1858-1919) Pagliacci – Vesti la giubba Enrico
TOSELLI (1883-1926) Serenata
With singing partners as noted above and anonymous orchestras conducted
by Carlo Sabajno, Josef Pasternack and Nathaniel Shilkret Recorded 1919-22
NAXOS HISTORICAL 8.110263
[73.14] [JW]
Volume
1 A perfect point of entry – excellent transfers of some occasionally
problematic Italian sessions
Volume 2 These transfers very much reclaim the central place in the
young Gigli’s discography … see Full Review
The
Great Pianists CD1
Johann Sebastian
BACH (1685-1750) Prelude and Fugue
No. 1 in C Major played by Edwin Fischer (1186-1960)
Ludwig van BEETHOVEN
(1770-1827) Piano Sonata in C Sharp
Minor, Op.27, No.2 "Moonlight" played
by Ignaz Friedman (1882-1948) Peter
Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893) Allegro
non troppo e molto maestoso (1st.movement
from Piano Concerto No.1) Played by Vladimir
Horowitz (1904-1989) Johann
STRAUSS (1793-1866) Blue Danube
Waltz played by Joseph Lhevinne (1874-1944)
Robert SCHUMANN (1810-1856)
Allegro vivace (3rd.movement
from Piano Concerto in A Minor) Played by
Dame Myra Hess (1890-1965) Sergei
RACHMANINOV (1873-1943) Prelude
in C Sharp Minor, Op.3, No.2 played by William
Kapell (1922-1953) Edvard
GRIEG (1843-1907) Allegro molto
moderato (1st movement of Piano
Concerto in A Minor) played by Benno Moseiwitsch
(1890-1963) CD2 Sergei
RACHMANINOV Adagio sostenuto (2nd.movement
of Piano Concerto No.2) played by Sergei Rachmaninov
Frederyk CHOPIN (1810-1849)
Nocturne in E Minor, Op.72, No.1 played
by Artur Rubinstein (1887-1982) Johannes
BRAHMS (1833-1897) Adagio (2nd.movement
of Piano Concerto No.1) played by Wilhelm
Backhaus (1884-1969) Ludwig
van BEETHOVEN Vivace (3rd.movement
of Piano Concerto No.4, Op.58) Played by Artur
Schnabel (1882-1951) Wolfgang
Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791) Piano
Sonata No.5 in G Major, K283 played by Claudio
Arrau (1903-1991) Frederyk
CHOPIN Larghetto (2nd.movement
of Piano Concerto No.2, Op.21) Played by Alfred
Cortot (1877-1962) Johannes
BRAHMS Rhapsody in B Minor, Op.79,
No.1: Agitato played by Egon Petri (1881-1962)
Sergei PROKOFIEV
(1891-1953) Andante-Allegro (1st.movement
of Piano Concerto No.3 in C) Played by Sergei
Prokofiev
NAXOS HISTORICAL 8.110783-84 [76:55+68:49]
[GH]
A
wonderful compilation of fabulous talent from
musical history … a valuable document for
study, as well as for pure enjoyment … see
Full Review
Andrew GRIFFITHS
- baritone WILLIAMS:
‘My Little Welsh Home’; ‘Llanfihangel Bachellaeth’;
‘Gwynfyd’; ’Crwys’Wolfgang
Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791) Don
Giovanni, ‘Madamina! Il catalogo é
questo’ George Frideric
HANDEL (1685-1759) ‘Thou Art Gone
Up On High’ TRADITIONAL
‘Dafydd y Garreg Wen’ (David of the White
Rock) LEWIS
‘Cân Yr Arad Goch’ SCHÖNBERG
‘Stars’; ‘Empty Chairs At Empty Tables’
(Sir) Arthur
SULLIVAN ‘The
Lost Chord’ Mitch
LEIGH ‘Man of La Mancha’ Vaughan
THOMAS ‘Berwyn’Richard
WAGNER (1813-1883) Tannhäuser,
‘O du Mein Holder Abendstern’(Sir)
William Sterndale BENNETT
(1816-1875) ‘The Carol Singers’
Andrew Griffiths (baritone) (b.1968) Accompanist.
Annette Brynn Parry (piano) Recorded at the
Tabernacl, Machynlleth, Wales. 2003
BERSE RECORDS BECD 1 [50.07] [RF]
The
virtue of this disc lies in its variety. While
never scaling the operatic heights Griffiths’
singing will give pleasure in the lighter
repertoire and, to his compatriots, in the
Welsh language songs. … see Full
Review
Hat Box: Music
for Recorder and Guitar Alan BULLARD
Hat Box Stepan RAK Arioso
ANON Greensleeves to a Ground
Ernest TOMLINSON Chadkirk Idyll
David ELLIS Fred's Blue Ginger
Staircase Music Van EYK Variations
on Dowland's Comagin John GOLLAND
New World Dances: Three Pieces from the Select Cabinet John
DUARTE Un Petit Jazz and Un Petit Bis Peter
HOPE Bramall
Hall Dances
The Turner/Smith Duo: (John Turner, recorder, Neil Smith, guitar) Recorded
at Chadkirk Chapel, Romiley and Manchester University Dept of Music.
CAMPION CAMEO 2020
[67'81"] [CSS]
Infectious
probably describes the music best. … see Full
Review
Slava and Leonard Grigoryan play:- Astor
PIAZZOLLA (1921-1992) Tango
Suite [17:56] 1. Deciso [5:41] 2. Andante [5:19] 3. Allegro [6:56] Eduard
GRIGORYAN (b. 1955) 4. Kolobok Radames
GNATTALI (1906-1988) Retratos [20:16] 5. Pixinguinha (choro) [5:11]
6. Ernesto Nazareth (valsa) [5:50] 7. Anacleto de Medeiros (schottisch)
[4:22] 8. Chinquinha Gonzaga (corta-jaca) [4:53] Andrew
YORK (b.1958) 9. Evening Dance Eduard
GRIGORYAN 10. Day dreams [4:18]
Slava and Leonard Grigoryan (guitars) Recorded 10-16 December 2002
in Avalon Studio, Australia
ABC CLASSICS 472 824-2 [59:24] [SA]
Delightfully
infectious and wonderfully played … see Full
Review
Fanny Heldy (soprano)
Maurice RAVEL
(1875-1937) L’heure
espagnole – Ah, la pitoyable aventure Reynaldo
HAHN (1875-1947) Le merchand de
Venise – La Sentence! # Charles
GOUNOD (1818-1893) Roméo
et Juliette – Valse de Juliette Giuseppe
VERDI (1813-1901) La Traviata –
Quel trouble…Folie! La Traviata – Adieu, tout
ce que j’aime Giacomo
PUCCINI (1858-1924) La Bohème
– Oui, on m’appelle Mimi Gustave
CHARPENTIER (1860-1950) Louise
– Depuis le jour Jules
MASSENET (1842-1912) Thaïs
– Air du miroir Thaïs – Duo de l’oasis
with Marcel Journet (tenor) Manon – Je suis
encore Manon – Restons ici Manon – Adieu,
notre petite table Manon – Toi! Vous! Manon
– Suis-je gentile ainsi? * Manon – Obéissons,
quand leur voix appelle * Charles
GOUNOD (1818-1893) Faust – Ballade
du Roi de Thulé Faust – Trio, finale
with Fernand Ansseau (bass) and Marcel Journet
(tenor) Georges BIZET
(1838-1875) Carmen – Duet: Parle-moi
de ma mère with Fernand Ansseau (bass)
Fanny Heldy (soprano) with soloists as
noted above and Orchestras conducted by Piero
Coppola and Reynaldo Hahn # Orchestra conducted
by Henri Büsser Paris 1923 * Recorded
1923-36
MALIBRAN CDRG 163 [75.32] [JW]
Heldy’s
innate charm and effortless stylishness. …
see Full Review
Infinite Heartbeat Erich
Wolfgang KORNGOLD (1897-1957) Garden
Scene from Much Ado About Nothing Lili BOULANGER
(1893-1918) Nocturne John CORIGLIANO
(b 1938) Andantino from Violin Sonata Astor
PIAZZOLLA (1921-1992) Milonga sin palabras Le Grand Tango
Manuel de FALLA (1876-1946) Polo
Asturiana and Jota from Suite Populaire Espagnole Sergei
RACHMANINOV (1873-1943) Vocalise Op 34/14 TRADITIONAL
Drink to me only with thine eyes arr Roger
QUILTER Francis POULENC (1899-1963)
Intermezzo from Violin Sonata Stacy GARROP
(b 1970) Lotsachotomy from Neurotichotomy Matthew
HINDSON (b 1968) Little Chrissietina’a Magic Fantasy Stuart
GREENBAUM (b 1966) The Infinite Heart from Violin Sonata
Gordon KERRY (b 1961) Dream Miki
Tsunoda (violin) Caroline Almonte (piano) Recorded Iwaki Auditorium
of the ABC Southbank Centre, Melbourne 2001-2003
ABC 476 097-2 [63.16] [JW]
In
truth I’ve no idea at whom this disc is aimed but in the spirit of its
compilation I hope its appeal will be geographically widespread. … see
Full Review
Anja Ignatius – Emil Telmanyi. The Great
Violinists Volume XVII Jean
SIBELIUS (1865-1957) Violin
Concerto Op. 47 (1903 rev. 1905) Emil Telmanyi (violin) Städtisches
Orkester Berlin/Armas Järnefelt recorded Berlin, January 1943 Carl
NIELSEN (1865-1931) Violin Concerto Op. 33 (1911)
Anja Ignatius (violin)Copenhagen Royal Opera Orchestra/Egisto Tango
recorded Copenhagen, June 1947
SYMPOSIUM 1310 [67.22] [JW]
I
recommend these recordings as still vital and living embodiments of
tradition, as selfless and sympathetic interpretations … see Full
Review
Tom Jenkins. The Great Violinists Volume XI
Antonin DVOŘÁK (1841-1904)
Gypsy
Songs No. 4; Songs my Mother taught me arr Kreisler Manuel
PONCE (1882-1948) Estrellita arr. Heifetz Henryk
WIENIAWSKI (1835-1880) Scherzo tarantelle Op.16 Johann
Sebastian BACH (1685-1750) Cantata No.156 – Sinfonia transcribed
Franko as Arioso Franz RIES (1846-1932)
La Capricciosa – two versions Franz SCHUBERT
(1797-1828) Wiegenlied arr Elman Schwanengesang No.4 – Ständchen
arr Byfield Michael SPIVAKOVSKY (1919-1983)
Valse Burlesque Fryderyk CHOPIN
(1810-1849) Nocturne No.2 Op.9 No.2 arr. Sarasate Fritz
KREISLER (1875-1962) Caprice Viennois Josef
SUK (1874-1935) Four Pieces Op.17 No.4 Burleska Gaetano
DONIZETTI (1797-1848) Lindi di Chamonix – O luce di quest’anima
Eric COATES (1886-1957) Bird Songs
at eventide Edward GERMAN (1862-1936)
Tom Jones – Waltz Song Donald O’KEEFE Give
a helping hand Jacques OFFENBACH (1819-1880)
Les Contes d’Hoffmann – Olympia’s Song SKALKA
Dobra dobra
Tom Jenkins (violin) with Sydney Ffoulkes (piano) Reginald Kilbey (cello)
Dorothy Bond (soprano) Recorded 1939-52 live broadcasts
SYMPOSIUM 1269 [63.12] [JW]
Light
music has its own great exponents, of whom Jenkins was assuredly one.
… see Full Review
Hans Kindler. World Premiere Recordings with
the National Symphony Orchestra of Washington D.C. Girolamo
FRESCOBALDI (1583-1643)
(attributed) – Cassado/arr Kindler Toccata TRADITIONAL
Two Dutch Tunes of the Sixteenth Century In Times
Of Stress, See How Strong This Struggling Nation, Georg
Frideric HANDEL (1685-1750)
Prelude and Fugue in D minor [Overture in D minor] from Chandos Anthem
No. 2 and Concerto Grosso No. 5 arr. Kindler Jaromir
WEINBERGER (1896-1967)
Czech Rhapsody
Franz LISZT (1811-1886)
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6 arr. Kindler Modest
MUSSORGSKY (1839-1881) Love Music from Boris Godunov Alexander
SCRIABIN (1872-1915) Etude Op. 2 No. 1 in C sharp minor –
orch. LaSalle Spier Etude Op. 8 No. 12 in D sharp minor – orch. LaSalle
Spier Ernesto LECUONA (1896-1963) Andalucia
arr. Morton Gould
George Whitefield CHADWICK (1854-1931)
Noel – from Symphonic Sketches Dai-Keong
LEE (b 1915) Prelude and Hula Mary
HOWE (1882-1964) Stars William SCHUMAN
(1913-1992) Academic
Festival Overture National Symphony Orchestra of Washington DC/Hans
Kindler Recorded 1940-42
BIDDULPH WHL 063 [79.10] [JW]
A
fine and well-timed celebration of the musical life of a now unjustly
forgotten musician. … see Full Review
Franz LEHÁR (1870-1948) Paganini (1925) Romantic operetta (complete, with abridged dialogue in French) Robert Massard (ten) Paganini; Roméo Carles (bar) Pimpinelli; Colette Riedinger (sop) Anna-Elisa; Geori Boue (sop) Bella Henri Merckel (violin) Orchestre and choirs under the direction of Pierre Dervaux Rec. Universal (Decca) France Studios, Antony, France 1955 Mono 2 CDs for the price of one DISCOVERY/ACCORD OPERETTE SERIES 472 868-2 [82:51] [RW]
Sparkle and atmosphere … catchy rhythms and tender moments. … see Full Review
Dinu Lipatti (1917-1950)
Johann Sebastian BACH (1685-1750) Partita
No. 1 in B flat, BWV 825 "Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland" (arr.
Busoni), BWV 599 "Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ" (arr.
Busoni), BWV 639 "Jesu bleibet meine Freude" (arr. Hess) from
Cantata BWV 147 Siciliano (arr. Kempff) from Sonata in E flat for Flute
& Harpsichord, BWV 1031 Domenico SCARLATTI
(1685-1757) Sonata in E major, Kk.380 * Sonata in D minor, Kk.9
"Pastorale" * Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART
(1756-1791) Sonata No. 8 in A minor, K.310 Franz
SCHUBERT (1797-1828) Impromptu in G flat, D.899, no.3 **
Impromptu in E flat, D.899, no.2 ** 
Dinu Lipatti, piano Recorded Studio 2, Radio-Genève, Switzerland,
1950 No. 3 Studio, Abbey Road, London, 1947 * Salle du Parlement, Besançon,
France, 1950 ** "Great Recordings of the Century"
EMI CLASSICS 66988 [60:42] [DS]
Unaffected
pianism at the service of the music. That
Lipatti succeeds with every composer’s music
he plays is an accomplishment few pianists
ever attain … see Full
Review
The Art of Yolanda Marcoulescou-Stern Volume
1
Yolanda Marcoulescou-Stern
(soprano) Katja Phillabaum (piano) except
Robert Goodberg (flute) * Unattributed orchestra
and conductor in the operatic selections Recorded
pre 1968 (operatic selection) and post 1974
remainder
GASPARO GG3-1004 [3 CDs 209.50] [JW]
A
small, subtle and intensely flexible vocal
instrument, deployed with bewitching intellectual
acumen. Incremental revelation of text, Gallic
finesse, exploration of words and music in
synchronous understanding. … see Full
Review
The Art of Yolanda
Marcoulescou-Stern (soprano) Volume 2
Yolanda Marcoulescou-Stern (soprano) Jeffrey
Peterson (piano) unless otherwise noted Dalton
Baldwin (piano) > John Downey (piano) #
Robert Goodberg (flute) + Recorded c1970s
with the exception of the Opera Excerpts,
pre 1968
GASPARO GG3-1005 [3 CDs 192.24] [JW]
Marcoulescou-Stern’s
voice is small, clear, pure and intensely
flexible. No heaviness or excessive vibrato
attends to it and it loses little in fervour
or power. … 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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