Mantovani -
By Special Request - The Golden Age of Light
Music Cole PORTER Begin
The Beguine Benjamin
FRANKEL/PURCELL Carriage And Pair
Sydney BAYNES Destiny
Waltz Nicholas BRODSZKY
The Way To The Stars – theme from the film
Morton GOULD
Tropical Richard
ADDINSELL Blithe Spirit – Waltz
Theme – from the film Whirlwind - arranged
Ronald BINGE,
MANTOVANI
September Nocturne – with Arthur Sandford,
piano STANLEY/BORGUNO/ARRES
The Timbalero – Rumba Phil
CARDEW Passing Clouds Pedro
MANILLA Blue Mantilla Dennis
FERN Flying Saucers (Bees in the
Bonnet) – with Arthur Sandford, piano A
VILLOLDO El Choclo (Kiss Of Fire)
(arranged Barry)
Adrian ROSS/Lao SILESU
Love Here Is My Heart DOELLE/MAIR
When The Lilac Blooms Again Oscar
STRAUSS, DUCREUX, PURCELL
Love’s Roundabout (La Ronde de L’Amour) E
DONATO A Media Luz Zdenek
FIBICH Poème (My Moonlight
Madonna) Alfons CZIBULKA
Love’s Dream After The Ball BERGER
Amoureuse (So Madly In Love) Paul
REMY/Felix KING Chiquita Mia BIXIO/SIEVIER
Love’s Last Word Is Spoken Josef
RIXNER Blauer Himmel HEUBERGER/COCHRAN
Suddenly (Im Chambre Separeé)
Ian STEWART
The Whistling Boy HANNAH/WILLIAM/KENNEDY
The Agnes Waltz 
Mantovani and his Orchestra Recorded 1943-53
GUILD LIGHT MUSIC GLCD 5110 [77.44]
[JW]
Mantovani’s
was the top band of its type and here’s a
fine selection of its Deccas ... see Full
Review
John
McCormack. The McCormack
Edition - Volume 1 Gaetano
DONIZETTI (1797-1848) Lucia
di Lammermoor – Fra pocoa me ricivero; Tu
che a Dio spiegasti l’ali, L’elisir d’Amore
– Una furtive lagrima, La Fille du Régiment
– Per viver vicino a Maria William
BALFE (1808-1870) Killarney Georges
BIZET (1838-1875) Carmen – Il fior
che avevi a me dato [sung in Italian] Charles
BARNARD (Charlotte ALLINGTON) (1830-69)
Come back to Erin Giacomo
PUCCINI (1858-1924) La Bohème
– Che gelida manina; O, Mimì, tu più
non torni with Mario Sammarco (baritone) TRADITIONAL
The Minstrel Boy, Drink To Me Only
With Thine Eyes, The Snowy Breasted Pearl
- arranged ROBINSON
My Lagan Love - arranged Hamilton
HARTY Molly Bawn - arranged MacMURROUGH
Has Sorrow Thy Young Days Shaded? Lady
John SCOTT Annie Laurie Giuseppe
VERDI (1813-1901) La Traviata –
Lunge da lei Georges
GOUNOD (1818-1893) Faust – Salve
dimora, casta e pura [sung in Italian] Charles
MARSHALL (1808-74) I Hear You Calling
Me, When Shadows Gather Leo
DELIBES (1836-1891) Lakmé
– Immenso vienteso [sung in Italian]
John McCormack (tenor) Victor Orchestra Recorded
1910
NAXOS 8.110328 [75.58] [JW]
A
fine start to another essential vocal edition
from Naxos ... see Full
Review
Mystische Balladen
und Lieder Franz
SCHUBERT (1797-1828) Erlkönig
Christian Elsner (tenor) Hartmut Höll
(piano) Der Jüngling auf dem Turme
Franz Hawlata (bass) Helmut Deutsch (piano)
Der König in Thule Mitsuko Shirai
(soprano) Hartmut Höll (piano) Der
Zwerg Christian Elsner (tenor) Hartmut
Höll (piano) Hugo
WOLF (1860-1903) Gesang Weylas
Mitsuko Shirai (soprano)/Radio Symphony
Orchestra Berlin/David Shallon Carl
LOEWE (1796-1869) Der König
auf dem Turne Franz Hawlata (bass) Helmut
Deutsch (piano) Der Totentanz Hermann
Prey (baritone) Michael Endres (piano) Der
Zauberlehrling Hermann Prey (baritone)
Michael Endres (piano) Die Jungfrau und
der Tod Juliane Banse (soprano) Franz
Hawlata (bass) Helmut Deutsch (piano) Erlkönig
Hermann Prey (baritone) Michael Endres
(piano) Charles Martin
LOEFFLER (1861-1935) La cloche
fêlée Mitsuko Shirai (soprano)
Tabea Zimmermann (viola) Hartmut Höll
(piano) Gustav MAHLER
(1860-1911) Un Mitternacht Mitsuko
Shirai (soprano) Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields/Neville
Marriner Felix MENDELSSOHN
(1809-1847) Winterlied Op.19a No.3
Josef Protschka (tenor) Helmut Deutsch
(piano) Hermann REUTTER
(1900-1985) Sappho No.IV Mitsuko
Shirai (soprano) Tabea Zimmermann (viola)
Hartmut Höll (piano) Arnold
SCHOENBERG (1874-1951) Jane
Grey – Ballade Op.12 No.1 Mitsuko Shirai
(soprano) Hartmut Höll (piano) Franz
LISZT (1811-1886) Die Loreley
Mitsuko Shirai (soprano) Hartmut Höll
(piano) No recording locations or details;
some released in co-production with Bayerischer
Rundfunks
CAPRICCIO 67 103 [71.42] [JW]
One
of the disc’s highlights for me was Loewe’s
Der König auf dem Turne, a strophic setting
of pure beauty ... see Full
Review
Anna Netrebko -
Operatic Arias MOZART
Quandro
avran fine omai... Padre, germani, addio!
(Idomeneo) [7'23] MOZART
Crudele?... Ah, no, mio bene!... Non, mi dir
[6'37] BERLIOZ
Les belles fleurs!...Quand j'aurai votre age
(Bevenuto Cellini) [7'44] MASSENET
Suis-je gentille ainsi?... Obéissons,
quand leur voix appelle (Manon) [6'35] DONIZETTI
Ancor non glunse!.... Regnava nel silenzio
(Lucia di Lammermoor) [12'42] BELLINI
Care compagne.... Come per me sereno (Las
Sonnambula) [7'44] GOUNOD
Les grands seigneurs... Ah! Je ris de me voir
(Faust) [6'28] DVOŘÁK
Song to the Moon (Rusalka) [5'07] PUCCINI
Musette's Waltz (La Bohème) [2'39]
Anna Netrebko (soprano) Vienna State Opera
Chorus Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra/Gianandrea
Noseda rec Sept 2003
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 474 240-2 [67:45]
[DW]
...
she has lifted me to a great height and renewed
my faith in my belief that the finest instrument
in the world is the voice ... see Full
Review
ANNA
NETREBKO Dr David C F Wright
A
Night At The Opera Giuseppe
VERDI (1813-1901) Rigoletto, Un di, se ben
rammentomi ... Bella figlia del’amore (IT
KJ.MP. MK) Don Carlo, Son io, mio Carlo (MK) Don Carlo, O Carlo, ascolta
(MK) Il Trovatore, ‘D’amour sull’ali rosee
(IT) Giacomo PUCCINI (1858-1924) La Boheme, Vecchia zimara (VB) Gianni Schicchi, Avete torto (MP) Wolfgang
Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791) La Clemenza Di Tito,
Parto, parto (KJ) Don Giovanni, La ci darem la mano (KJ
MK) Georges
Charles GOUNOD (1818-1893) Faust, Quel trouble…Salut! Demeure chaste
et pure (MP) Faust, Alerte! Ou vous etes perdus!
(IT KJ VR) Jacques
OFFENBACH (1819-1880) Les Contes d’Hoffman, Barcarolle (IT
KJ) Georges BIZET (1838-1875)
Les Pecheurs de perles, Au fond du temple
saint (MP MK) George
Frideric HANDEL (1685-1759) Orlando,
Sorge infausta una procella (VR) Henry
PURCELL (1659-1695) The Tempest, Arise, arise ye subterranean
winds (VR) Richard
STRAUSS (1864-1949) Ariadne Auf Naxos, Seien wir wiedergut!
(KJ) Vincenzo BELLINI (1801-1835)
I puritani, Suoni la tromba (MK.VR)
Indra Thomas, (sop); Kristine Jepson, (mezzo);
Matthew Polenzani, (ten); Mariusz Kwiecien,
(bar); Valerian Ruminski, (bass) Royal Philharmonic
Orchestra/Charles Rosekrans Recorded at Walthamstow
Assembly Hall, London, England, August 2001
NAXOS 8.557309 [70.59][RF]
A
rounded, richly enjoyable and varied issue
introducing us to potential star singers of
the future. ... see Full
Review
Northern Delights
Morten RÆHS
(1702-1766) Allegro
with variations in G Johann
Helmich ROMAN (1694-1758) Sonata
in D (1727) Sonata in E (1727) Johan
AGRELL (1701-1765) Harpischord
Sonata No 6 in G (1748) Francesco
RUFFO
Suite in F Herr B.xxx
Variations on "Gestern
Abend" ANONYMOUS
Suite, from Jacob Mestmacher’s
manuscript Murky, from Jacob Mestmacher’s
manuscript Suite in A, from the Hertzberg
manuscript Angloisi, from Jacob Mestmacher’s
manuscript
Nordic Baroque Quartet: Hans Olav Gorset (tranverse
flute), Keren Bruce (viola da gamba), Vegard
Lund (lute, theorbo, baroque guitar), Urban
Westerlund (harpsichord) Rec. Sofienberg Church,
Oslo in May 2003
SIMAX PSC 1224 [68:06] [PCW]
Just
relax and listen to some unfamiliar but varied
and attractive baroque music, this will do
very nicely ... see Full
Review
Musik für Oboe
and Piano 1896-1999
Frank MARTIN
(1890-1974)
Petite Compleinte (1941) Claus
KÜHNL (b.1957) Morceau ’95
für Englischhorn und Klavier (1995) Hommage
à Henri Dutilleux Matthew
GREENBAUM (b.1950) Nod Quiet Ox
(1994) Frank Michael
BEYER (b.1928) Nachtstück
(1993) Elliott CARTER
(b.1908) Pastoral (1940) Aleksander
VEPRIK (1889-1958) Kaddisch – Poem
Op.6 (1925) Mari
AMOR (b.1973) Zwei Stücke
(1999) Witold LUTOSŁAWSKI
(1913-1994) Epitaph – in memoriam Alan
Richardson (1979) Charles
KOECHLIN (1867-1950) Au Loin –
Chant Op.20 (1896)
Fabian Menzel (oboe) Bernhard Endres (piano)
Recorded Saalgebäude Alte Pastorei, Zetel,
July 2003
ANTES BM CD 31.9199 [63.13] [JW]
Rather
a miscellaneous programme, in truth, and most
of the pieces are very short. But you’ll certainly
find a nugget or two ... see Full
Review
Oboe Wizardry
Casimer-Theophile
LAILLIET (1837-1892) Fantaisie
on Flotow's Martha Grigoras
DINICU (1889-1949) Hora Staccato
arranged HEIFETZ,
Martino BITTI (1656-1743) Sonata
in C minor Wolfgang
Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791) Turkish
March Pietro di SIMONI
(1758-1811) Presto from Concerto in C
Robert STEPHENSON
(b.1949) Twinkle Variations for Solo Oboe
Christian Frederik
BARTH (1787-1861) Sonata Brillant
in Bb Major
Mark Weiger (oboe) Arthur Rowe (piano) Recorded
University of Victoria, BC, November 2000
and 2001
CRYSTAL RECORDS CD278 [67.50] [JW]
Weiger’s
playing does, well ... take the breath away.
... see Full Review
Piano Rolls and
Discs – Selected Comparisons
SYMPOSIUM CD1211 [79.37] [JW]
Certainly
entertaining if somewhat eccentric ... see
Full Review
Praise and
Thanksgiving: Anthems
from Salisbury Cathedral Richard
SHEPHARD (b.1949)
And When the Builders (1980) [5'10"] Anton
BRUCKNER (1824-1896) Locus Iste
(1869) [2'55"] Johannes
BRAHMS (1833-1897)
How Lovely are Thy Dwellings (1857-68) [6'13"]
Bernard ROSE (1916-1996)
Lord I Have Loved [2'20"]
Frank BRIDGE (1879-1941)
Adagio in E (1905) [6'39"] Richard
SHEPHARD Canticles in Memoriam
Lionel Dakers: Magnificat [3'41"]; Nunc Dimittis
[2'21"] Jonathan
DOVE (b.1959) Seek Him that Maketh
the Seven Stars (1995) [7'20"] Simon
LOLE (b.1957) A Song for Mary Magdalene
[2'29"] David HALLS
(b.1963) Te
Deum (2002) [5'48"] Francis
JACKSON (b.1917) Prelude on East
Acklam [4'39"] William
HARRIS (1883-1973) Holy is the
True Light [1'37"] Malcolm
WILLIAMSON (b.1931) Dignus est
Agnus [2'15"] Richard
LLOYD (b.1933) View me, Lord [2'40"]
Hubert PARRY (1848-1918)
I was Glad (1902) [5'35"]
Salisbury Cathedral Choir/Simon Lole. Organ:
David Halls. Recorded in Salisbury Cathedral,
June 2004
GRIFFIN GCCD 4046 [61'47"] [JPo]
A
disc in two halves: very interesting for the
modern compositions, but disappointing in
the more traditional field. ... see Full
Review
BARGAIN
OF THE MONTH Leontyne
PRICE
Giuseppe VERDI (1813-1901)
Aidaa
(1871) – Ritorna vincitor! [6’55];
Qui Radamès verrà [1’32];
O patria mia [5’14]. Il trovatore
(1853) – Che più t’arrestib?
[2’28]; Tacea la notteb
[4’31]; Di tale amor che dirsib
[1’25]; Timor di me? … D’amor sull’ali
rosee [5’19]c. Giacomo
PUCCINI (1858-1924)
Madama Butterflyd (1904)
– Un bel dì vedremo; Tu?
Tu? piccolo Iddio! (Morte di Butterfly)
[2’50]. La rondine (1917) – Chi
il bel sogno di Dorettae [2’48].
Tosca (1900) – Vissi d’artee
[3’15]. Turandotf (1926)
– Signore, ascolta! [2’33]; Tu che
di gel sei cinta [2’34].
Leontyne Price, bLaura Londi (sopranos)
Rome Opera Orchestra/adefOliviero
de Fabritiis, bcArturo Basile.
Rec. June a27th, d29th,
ef28th, f29th,
1960, bcJuly 15th &
22nd, 1959. ADD
RCA RED SEAL LIVING STEREO SACD 82876 61395
2 [46’18] [GF]
I
do not expect to hear a better recital this
side New Year’s Eve, probably not afterwards
either. ... see Full
Review
Rarities of Piano Music
at Schloss vor Husum 2003 Francis
POULENC (1899-1963) Les
Soirées de Nazelles Jonathan Plowright
(piano) Pierre de
BRÉVILLE (1861-1949)
Portraits de maîtres Florent
SCHMITT (1870-1958)
Valse-Nocturne No 1 Marie-Catherine Girod
(piano) Carlos GUASTAVINO
(1912-2001) Bailecito Heitor
VILLA-LOBOS (1887-1959) Dansa do
Indio Branco (Ciclo Brasileiro No 4) Arturo
Sudbrack Jamardo (piano) Wilhelm
STENHAMMAR (1871-1927) Poco
allegretto (Sensommernätter, op 33 no
5) Alexander SCRIABIN
(1872-1915) Quatre Préludes,
op. 22 Kaikhosru
SORABJI (1892-1988) Etude transcendante
No. 13 Fredrik Ullén (piano) Giuseppe
VERDI (1813-1901) Romanza in fa
(1844) Julian SCRIABIN
(1908-1919) Prélude, op 2 (1918)
2 Préludes, op 3 (1918) Prélude
(1919) Andrea Bacchetti (piano) Mikhail
GLINKA (1804-1857) Brilliant Variations
(on a Donizetti theme "Anna Bolena", 1831)
Elena Kuschnerova (piano) Recorded at the
Husum Festival, August 2003
DANACORD DACOCD 619 [74.53] [JW]
A
bit of a One-Off as well and mainly for the
omnivorous pianophile. You know who you are.
... see Full Review
The
Poetic Oboe Robert SCHUMANN (1810-1856)
Drei
Romanzen Op.94 (1849) Madeleine DRING
(1923-1977) Three Piece Suite Andrea CLEARFIELD
(b.1960) Unremembered Wings (2001) André
JOLIVET (1905-1974) Sérénade (1945) Clara
SCHUMANN (1819-1896) Drei Romanzen Op.22 (1853)
Andrea Gullickson (oboe) Karen Enns (piano) Recorded in Philip T. Young
Recital Hall, Victoria, B.C., June 2003
CRYSTAL RECORDS CD727 [66.24] [JW]
Romantic
and modern - sound that is well focused and
warm ... see Full
Review
Rembrandt - Music
of His Time see
review for details
NAXOS ART AND MUSIC 8.558118 [72'18"]
[JPO]
If
this type of presentation appeals, one will
not be disappointed, particularly at bargain
price. ... see Full
Review
The Romantic Oboe
CD1
Camille SAINT-SAËNS
(1835-1921) Songs played by oboe and piano
Sonata for oboe and piano, op.166 Bart Schneemann
(oboe), Paolo Giacometti (piano) CD2 Wolfgang
Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791) Oboe
Concerto in C major K.314 Bart Schneemann
(oboe), Amsteerdam Sinfonietta/Lev Markiz
Ludwig August LEBRUN
(1752-1790) Oboe Concerto in C major Lajos
Lencsés (oboe), Kammerorchester Mannheim/WolfganHoffmann
Vicenzo BELLINI
(1801-1835) Oboe Concerto in E flat major
Francesco Quarantar (oboe), Konzertensemble
Salzburg/Alberto Veronese Antonio
ROSETTI (1750-1792) Oboe Concerto
in D major Burkhardt Glaetzner, oboe, Neubrandenburger
Philharmonie/Romely Pfund Alessandro
MARCELLO (1669-1747) Oboe Concerto
in D minor Robin Williams (oboe), Heidelberger
Kammerorchester Recorded at Hervormde Kerk
Rhoom, 1997 (CD1). No details for CD2
BRILLIANT CLASSICS 92449 [60:04 + 77:09]
[GPJ]
Sometimes,
these cheap and cheerful compilations can
turn out to be worth the very low outlay for
just one high-class track or item; not so
here, I’m afraid. The whole thing smacks of
the cutting-room floor. ... see Full
Review
The Salley Gardens
- A Treasury of English Song Trad. Arr.
Phyllis TATE (1911-1985)
The Lark in the Clear Air Trad. Arr.
Benjamin BRITTEN
(1913-1976) The Salley Gardens; How Sweet
the Answer; O Waly, Waly; I
Will Give my Love an Apple; The Ash
Grove; The Minstrel Boy Trad. Arr.
Herbert HUGHES
(1882-1937) She Moved thro' the Fair;
I Know Where I'm Goin' Ralph
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
(1872-1958) Linden Lea; Silent
Noon Roger QUILTER
(1877-1953) Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal;
Believe me, if All Those Endearing Young Charms;
Love's Philosophy; Barbara Allen Gustav
HOLST (1874-1934) The Heart Worships
Frank BRIDGE
(1879-1941) Come to me in my Dreams;
Love Went a-Riding Arnold
BAX (1883-1953) Rann of Exile Ivor
GURNEY (1890-1937) Sleep
Edward ELGAR
(1857-1934) Like to the Damask Rose Peter
WARLOCK (1894-1930) Sleep Frederick
DELIUS (1862-1934) Twilight Fancies;
Young Venevil Alicia
SPOTTISWOODE (1810-1900) Annie
Laurie
Yvonne Kenny (soprano) Caroline Almonte
piano Rec 6-11 April 2003, IwakiAuditorium,
ABC Southbank Centre, Melbourne. DDD
ABC CLASSICS 476 158-1 [62.19] [RJF]
I
recommend this disc to all lovers of English
song and of this singer’s art in particular.
... see Full Review
András Schiff:
Artist Portrait see
review for details
WARNER CLASSICS 2564 61588-2 [71:50] [GF]
A
mixed bag but everything is on the highest
possible level. I recommend it dearly to anyone
interested in top-flight piano-playing. Don’t
hesitate! ... see Full
Review
Silent Noon
Roger
QUILTER
(1877-1953) Three
Shakespeare Songs: Come away, Death [2.46]
O Mistress mine [1.35] Blow,blow,
thou Winter Wind [2.29] Ivor
GURNEY (1890-1937) Sleep [3.13]
Frederick KEEL
(1871-1954) Three Salt-water Ballads:
I. Port of many Ships [2.16] II. Trade
Winds [2.13] III. Mother Carey
[1.41] Dilys ELWYN-EDWARDS
(*1918) The Cloths of Heaven [2.32]
Ralph VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
(1872-1958) Silent Noon [3.35]
Linden Lea [2.21] Roger
QUILTER Now sleeps the Crimson
Petal [2.15] Weep you no more [2.28]
Go, lovely Rose [2.51] Arthur
SOMERVELL (1863-1937) A Shropshire
Lad: I. Loveliest of Trees the Cherry now
[1.56] II. When I was one-and-twenty
[1.16] III. There pass the careless
People [1.37] IV. In Summertime on
Bredon [3.24] V. The Street sounds
to the Soldiers’ tread [2.12] VI. On
the idle hill of Summer [2.37] VII.
White in the moon the long road lies [3.03]
VIII. Think no more, Lad; laugh, be jolly
[1.49] IX. Into my Heart an Air that
kills [1.54] X. The Lads in their hundreds
[2.42] Michael
HEAD (1900-1976) Money, O! [2.14]
The Lord’s Prayer [2.15] Benjamin
BRITTEN (1913-1976) Folksong
Arrangements: The Sally Gardens [2.15]
Oliver Cromwell [0.46] The foggy,
foggy Dew [2.32] Peter
WARLOCK (1894-1930) Captain
Stratton’s Fancy [1.57] Charles
Hubert Hastings PARRY (1848-1918) Love
is a Bable [1.43] Thomas
Frederick DUNHILL (1877-1946) The
Cloths of Heaven [2.13] Carel
DROFNATZKI (Charles
Villiers STANFORD, 1852-1924) The
Aquiline Snub [2.05] The Compleat Virtuoso
[1.23]
Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone), Malcolm Martineau
(piano) Recorded at the Henry Wood Hall, London
in July 2003 and July 2004. DDD
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 00289 474 2192 [74.23]
[EM]
Singing
excellent ... Terfel has a gorgeous rich,
deep tone, and Martineau is a faultless accompanist
... see Full Review
Song
of the Birds - English Music for Cello and Orchestra Herbert
MURRILL (1909-1952) Cello
Concerto No. 2 The Song of the Birds (1951) [15:41] George
DYSON (1883-1964) Prelude, Fantasy and Chaconne for
cello and orchestra (1936) [23:27] Edmund RUBBRA
(1901-1986) Soliloquy for cello and orchestra (1943-44) [13:48]
Haydn WOOD (1882-1959) Philharmonic
Variations for cello and orchestra (1939) [16:36]
Raphael Wallfisch (cello) BBC Concert Orchestra/Vernon Handley Rec.
BBC Studio 1, Maida Vale, London, 19-20 May 2003. DDD
SANCTUARY CLASSICS WHITE LINE CD WHL 2153 [67:34] [RB]
Snap
up this gorgeously lyrical hymn to the British
cello and its place during the first half
of the last century ... see Full
Review
Sounds French
Pierre COCHEREAU
(1924-1984) 1.
Entrée Grand Orgue (from ‘Les Offices
du Dimanche’, 1974) transcribed by David Briggs
[2.23] Pierre COCHEREAU
(1924-1984) 2. Scherzo Symphonique
(1968) transcribed by David Briggs [7.04]
César FRANCK
(1822-1890) 5. Choral no.1 (1890)
[15.17] David BRIGGS
(b. 1962) Symphonie en Improvisation
(22 June 2003) 4. Moderato [5.26] 5. Scherzo
[3.37] 6. Adagio [4.30] 7. Final [6.00] Jean
LANGLAIS (1907-1991) Messe Alme
Pater (1985) 8. Kyrie [1.40] 9. Gloria [2.42]
10. Sanctus [0.57] 11. Agnus Dei [1.37] Jean
LANGLAIS (1907-1991) 12. Incantation
pour un jour Saint (1949)[5.38] Jeanne
DEMESSIEUX (1921-1968) 13. Attende
Domine from ’12 Chorals-Preludes’(1950) [3.59]
Marcel DUPRE (1886-1971)
14. Allegro Deciso (Evocation, Op.37)
(1941) [6.50]
David Briggs (Organ) Organ of Blackburn
Cathedral, UK (Walker, 1969, restored by David
Wood, 2002)
LAMMAS RECORDS LAMM 164D [64.47] [CAnt]
In
the very good acoustics of Blackburn Cathedral,
the Walker organ sounds at its best after
its restoration ... and remarkably French!
... see Full Review
Spire
- Organ Works Past Present and Future Leif
ELGGREN Royal Organ Z'EV
If only that love lets letting happen (organ music for
organs) Philip JECK Stops
Sigtryggur Berg SIGMARSSON Details
of a New Discovery BJ NILSEN Zephyr*
Breathe* Marcus DAVIDSON Organ
Psalm V* Scott MINOR/Christian FENNESZ
dwan Finbogi PÉTURSSON
Diabolus BIOSPHERE (aka Geir
JENSSEN) Visible Invisible Toshiya
TSUNODA Layered Tom RECCHION
Shut-eye Train Lary SEVEN/Jeff
PETERSON Disorganised Scott
TAYLOR Droner Jacob KIRKEGAARDEpiludio
Patetico: a tribute to Ruud Langgaard Oren
AMBARCHI/Tom RECCHION Remake Chris
WATSON Askam Wind Cluster
All music performed by composers except * by Charles Matthews on the
organs of the Collegiate Church of St. Mary's, Warwick, England, March
2003. Compiled at EMS, Stockholm and The Embassy, London, October 2003.
TOUCH TONE 20 [52.08 + 53.53] [NH]
An
interesting and varied musical "metahistory"
of the instrument we know as the organ ...
see Full Review
Stockholm Saxophone
Quartet – Encores Daniel
NELSON (b.1965) Full
Throttle (1999) Dror
FEILER (b.1951) Ki (1998) Jonas
BOHLIN (b.1963) Deep Beeps (1998)
Karin REHNQVIST
(b.1957) Rädda mig ur dyn (1994)
Ingvar KARKOFF
(b.1958) Tzivaeri (1995) Johan
JEVERUD (b.1962) Piece in Colours
of Autumn (1989) Erik
FÖRARE (b.1955) Tre dikter
(1999) Arne MELLNÄS
(1933-2002) No Roses For Madame F (1991)
Erland von KOCH
(b.1910) Dans Nr. 2 (1938) Sten
MELIN (b.1957) Källarbacksvariationer
(1993) Sergej DMITRIEV
(b.1964) Intrada (1993) Vikingen kommer
(1998) S Pat SIMMERUD
(b.1963) Soli (1997) Jan
W MORTHENSON (b.1940) Hymn (1987)
Mats Larsson GOTHE
(b.1965) Gopak (1989)
Stockholm Saxophone Quartet with Eva Runefelt
(recitation in Tre dikter) and Jens
Maimkvist (baritone in Soli) Recorded
in Studios 2 and 3, Radiohuset, Stockholm
2002 (except The Stan Melin, recorded in Studio
2 in 1997) Functions as hybrid multichannel
SACD
PHONO SUECIA PSSACD 146 [58.37] [JW]
Pugnacious,
hymnal, jazz-inflected, morose. Playing superlative
and nothing outstays its welcome. ... see
Full Review
Sunset
Classics
Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra/Emil
Tabakov No recording details
CAPRICCIO 67 107/08 [67.47 + 70.26] [JW]
Still.
Christmas is coming and the goose is getting
fat, put this rum old bugger in a relative’s
hat. ... see Full
Review
Arturo Toscanini.
Music for Freedom Concert
Edvard GRIEG
(1843-1907) Holberg
Suite Jean SIBELIUS
(1865-1957) Symphony No.4 in A minor Op.63
Includes rehearsal [30.50] César
FRANCK (1822-1890) Les Eolides
Maurice RAVEL
(1875-1937) La Valse Concert for the
Liberty of Italy Ludwig
van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) Symphony
No.5 in C minor Op.67 – first movement only
Gioacchino ROSSINI
(1792-1868) Overture - William Tell, Garibaldi’s
War Hymn, Star Spangled Banner, Broadcast
commentaries included
NBC Symphony Orchestra/Arturo Toscanini
Recorded; Concert for the Liberty of Italy,
9 September 1943; remainder 27 April 1940
with the Sibelius rehearsal recorded on 25
April
GUILD HISTORICAL GHCD 2298/99 [68.50 +
69.41] [JW]
Toscanini
- gimlet eyed and full of insinuation and
menacing drive ... see Full
Review
Wayfaring
Stranger: Songs for
voice and guitar Five
American Folksongs arranged
by Carlos Barbarosa-Lima and John Jacob Niles)
Four Bergerettes
- 18th Century French Folksongs
(arranged by Siegfried Behrend, revised by
Sharon Isbin) Four
French Folksongs (arranged by Mátyás
Seiber) Joaquin RODRIGO
(1901-1999) Aranjuez, ma pensée
(text by Victoria Kamhi) Regino
SAINZ de la MAZA (1896-1981) Zapateado
Enrique GRANADOS
(1867-1916) Spanish Dance No.5 (arr. Miguel
Llobet) Jean-Paul
MARTINI (1741-1816) Plaisir d'amour
(arr. Laurindo Almeida) Francisco
TÁRREGA (1852-1909) Capricho
Arabe Franz SCHUBERT
(1797-1828) ThreeLieder (Ständchen;
Heidenröslein; Nachtstück)
Susanne Mentzer, mezzo-soprano Sharon Isbin,
guitar Recorded in the American Academy of
Arts and Letters, NYC, 25th-29th
March 1998.
WARNER ELATUS 2564 61755-2 [68.20] [NH]
A
typically interesting, eclectic and well executed
record by top guitarist Sharon Isbin ... see
Full Review
World Wide
Webster The Webster Trio plays Dvořák,
Debussy, Brahms and Gottschalk Antonín
DVOŘÁK (1841-1904)
Slavonic
Dances arranged Webster Op.46 No.6 Op.46 No.8
Op.72 No.4 Op.72 No.5 Op.72 No.6 Claude
DEBUSSY (1862-1918) Petite Suite
(1889) arranged Webster Johannes
BRAHMS (1833-1897) Hungarian Dances
arranged Webster Nos. 5, 6, 7, 13, 14, 16,
21 Louis Moreau GOTTSCHALK
(1829-1869) La Jota Aragonesa (1851) arranged
Webster Souvenir de la Havane (1859) arranged
Webster Souvenir de Cuba (1860) arranged Webster
Grande Tarantelle arranged Webster
The Webster Trio - Leone Buyse (flute), Michael
Webster (clarinet) Robert Moeling (piano)
Recorded in Stude Hall, Rice University, May
2002
CRYSTAL RECORDS CD 357 [64.22] [JW]
A
fine idea well executed and recorded. Good
fun. ... see Full
Review
Yearning For
The Bell, Volume One:
Breath-Sight Sakkaan
[7’34]; San An [7’34]; Nesasaha
Shirabe [5’49]; Nesasaha Tôri
[5’41]; Ajikan [9’54]; Shingetsu
[7’10]; Nesasaha Sagari Ha [5’52];
Reibo [17’22]; Tamuka [5’51].
Riley Lee (shakuhachi) Rec. Chapel of
St Patrick’s College, Manly, Sydney, May 31st,
1992. DDD
TALL POPPIES TP015 [74’02] [CC]
Very,
very beautiful indeed. ... see Full
Review
BOOK
REVIEWS
THE CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO BRUCKNER John
Williamson (editor) £47.50
hardback £17.99 paperback 303pp Cambridge
University Press, ISBN 0 521 80404 3 hardback.
0 521 00878 6 [TB]
A
fine addition to the Bruckner bibliography
but decidedly not a book for the beginner,
not for the uninitiated. ... see Full
Review
The
Cambridge Companion to the Lied
edited by James Parsons 2004
333 pp. Cambridge University Press [AO]
Disappointing
that, despite excellent inner chapters, the
book does not, ultimately, live up to its
premise. ... see Full
Review
The Penguin
Companion to Classical Music By Paul Griffiths
Hardcover
896 pages Penguin Books Ltd 153 x 234mm ISBN:
0141009241 £30.00 - £21.00 (incl post and
packing) on Amazon.co.uk [RB]
Penguin
continue to push out the boundaries of their
reference library and have done so successfully
and with distinct character in Paul Griffiths’
book. ... see Full
Review
The Penguin Guide
to Compact Discs and DVDs: Yearbook 2004/5
- Best Buys in Classical Music by Ivan March,
Edward Greenfield, Robert Layton Assistant
Editor: Paul Czajkowski paperback
153 x 234mm 768 pages ISBN 0140515232 Penguin
[RB]
Set
against its many rewards the flaws, although
not to be forgotten, should not blind us to
a valuable contribution to the music-lover’s
shelves. ... see Full
Review
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[Part 4 M-R]
[Part 5 S-Z]
[Part 6 Misc A-L]
[Part 7 Misc M-Z]
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