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Johann Sebastian BACH (1685-1750) Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1002 [33.01] Eugene YSAŸE (1858-1931) Sonata No. 1 in G minor, Op. 27/1 [17.23] Bela BARTÓK (1881-1945) Sonata for Violin solo (1944) [27.37] Baiba Skride (violin, "Huggins" Stradivari, 1708) Recorded at Studio 10, DeutschlandRadio Berlin, 3-6 May 2005. DDD. SONY CLASSICAL SK92938 [78.03] [ED]

One thing’s for sure ... this disc is no turkey and hooray for that! We’ve all had enough of those by now haven’t we? ... see Full Review

RECORDING OF THE MONTH Michael BALFE (1808-1870) The Maid of Artois - A Romantic opera in 3 acts (1836) [148.06] Libretto by Alfred Bunn (1798-1860) after Abbé Prévost (1697-1763) Kay Jordan (Isoline): soprano Stephen Anthony Brown (Jules de Montangon): tenor Rebecca Rudge (Coralie): soprano Jonathan Pugsley (Marquis de Chateau-Vieux): bass-baritone John Molloy (Sans Regret): bass George Hulbert (Synnelet): baritone Adrian Lawson (Martin): baritone John Elliott (Centinel): tenor Geoffrey Brocklehurst (Count Saulnier): bass Annette Reis-Dunne (Ninka): soprano Victorian Opera Chorus and Orchestra/Philip Mackenzie rec. Cheadle Hulme School, Cheshire, 12-13 February 2005 CAMPION CAMEO BRITISH COMPOSER SERIES 2042/3 [78.20 + 69.46] [CF]

A splendidly produced recording into which a lot of hard work and a labour of love has gone. A grand achievement, one which has awakened us all to the huge importance of the music of Balfe ... see Full Review

 

BARGAIN OF THE MONTH Johannes BRAHMS (1833-1897)
Symphony no.2 in D major, op.73 (1877) [44:51] Hungarian Dances: No. 1 in G minor (orch. Brahms) [3:24]; No. 3 in F (orch. Brahms) [2:46]; No. 10 in F (orch.Brahms) [1:52]; No. 17 in F# minor (orch. Dvořák) [3:37]; No. 18 in D (orch. Dvořák) [1:31]; No. 19 in B minor (orch. Dvořák) [2:38]; No. 20 in E minor (orch. Dvořák) [2:44]; No. 21 in E minor (orch. Dvořák) [1:42] London Philharmonic Orchestra/Marin Alsop rec. Blackheath Concert Hall, London, March 2005 (Symphony); Watford Colosseum, Watford, 28 July 2005 NAXOS 8.557429 [65:06] [GPJ]

I enjoyed this new recording enormously. Penetrated the dark interior of one of the composer’s most complex works ... Alsop was right in there from beginning to end ... see Full Review

Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791) Violin concerto No. 3 in G major, KV 216 (1775) [25.17]; Rondo Nr. 2 in C major, K. 373 (1781) [5.42] Franz SCHUBERT (1797-1828) Rondo in A major, D 438 (1816) [13.44] Michael HAYDN (1737-1806) Violin concerto in B flat major, Perger 53 (1760) [21.47] Baiba Skride (violin) Kammerorchester C.P.E.Bach/Hartmut Haenchen Recorded at Studio 10, DeutschlandRadio Berlin, June 24-27 2004. SACD. DDD. SONY CLASSICAL SK92939 [66.55] [ED]

Looks as if we might have a serious artist on our hands. ... see Full Review

Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART (1756 – 1791) Le nozze di Figaro (1786) Lucio Gallo (bass-baritone) – Il Conte di Almaviva; Eteri Gvazava (soprano) – La Contessa di Almaviva; Patrizia Ciofi (soprano) – Susanna; Giorgio Surian (bass) – Figaro; Marina Comparato (mezzo) – Cherubino; Giovanna Donadini (contralto) – Marcellina; Eduardo Chama (bass) – Bartolo; Sergio Bertocchi (tenor) – Basilio; Eleonora Contucci (soprano) – Barbarina; Gianluca Ricci (bass) – Antonio; Carlo Bosi (tenor) – Don Curzio; Gabriella Cecchi and Laura Lensi – Two peasant girls Coro e Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino/Zubin Mehta Directed for Stage by Jonathan Miller Set Design: Peter J. Davison; Costume Design: Sue Blane; Choreography: Susanna Quaranta; Lighting Design: Jvan Morandi; Director of the Stage Production: Massimo Teoldi; Directed for TV and Video by Maria Paola Longobardo
Recorded live at the Teatro Communale, Florence, 2, 15 and 18 October 2003 TDK DVWW-OPNDFF [2 DVDs: 181:00] [GF]

Well-paced with singing on a high level, an enchanting Cherubino and a lively Susanna ... a stylish performance with period costumes and sets ... see Full Review

Candlelight Carols - Christmas with Allmänna Sången Gunnar WENNERBERG (1817 – 1901) Gören portarna höga (Gates, raise your arches); Ivar WIDÉEN (1871 – 1951) Gläns över sjö och strand (Shine over lake and shore); Hugo ALFVÉN (1872 – 1960) Julsång (Christmas Song); Jean SIBELIUS (1865 – 1957) Julvisa ("Giv mig ej glans …") (Christmas Song "Give me no splendour, gold or pomp"); Jan Pieterszoon SWEELINCK 1562 – 1621) Hodie Christus natus est (Today Christ is born); Michael PRAETORIUS (c. 1571 – 1621)/Jan SANDSTRÖM (b. 1954) Det är en ros utsprungen (Behold a rose is springing); Benny ANDERSSON (b. 1947) Innan gryningen (Before Dawn); Trad/Otto OLSSON (1879 – 1964) Gammal julvisa (Old Christmas Song); Adolphe ADAM (1803 – 1856) O, Helga natt (O, Holy Night); Franz GRUBER (1787 – 1863) Stilla natt (Silent Night); Niels W. GADE (1817 – 1890) Barnens Julafton (The Children’s Christmas Eve); John RUTTER (b. 1945) Shepherd’s Pipe Carol; Candlelight Carol; Herbert HOWELLS (1892 – 1983) A Spotless Rose; Felix MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY (1809 – 1847) Hark! The Herald Angels sing Karl-Magnus Fredriksson (baritone) Allmänna Sången Uppsala Chamber Soloists/Cecilia Rydinger Alin Recorded in October 2004 at the University Hall, Uppsala, Sweden BIS-NL-CD-5028 [62:05] [GF]

There are riches galore on this disc. It can be confidently recommended to lovers of Yuletide music or of good choral singing or of good baritone singing ... or just lovers of good music well performed. ... see Full Review

The Light of the World: Choral music George Frederick HANDEL Eternal source of light [3.40] Walter ALCOCK Sanctus [2.25] Geoffrey BURGON Nunc Dimittis [3.09] John DANKWORTH The Light of the World [2.35] Felix MENDELSSOHN I waited for the Lord [4.39] George Frederick HANDEL How beautiful are the feet [2.16] Samuel Sebastian WESLEY Blessed be the God and Father [7.44] Franz SCHUBERT Ave Maria [5.45] Robert SCHUMANN The Angels' Goodnight [1.29] C. Hubert H. PARRY Long since in Egypt's plenteous land [4.15] TRAD., arr. Malcolm ARCHER Brother James' Air [3.15] Benjamin BRITTEN Balulalow (A Ceremony of Carols) [1.24] enjamin BRITTEN This little babe (A Ceremony of Carols) [1.38] John RUTTER The Lord bless you and keep you [2.56] Gabriel FAURÉ Pie Jesu [3.22] Colin MAWBY Ave verum corpus [4.10] TRAD I would be true (Londonderry Air). [1.26] Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART Ave verum corpus [3.24] Morten LAURISDEN Ubi caritas et amor [8.57] John RUTTER A Gaelic Blessing [2.18] Amazing Grace (American folk-hymn melody) [3.18] Tewkesbury Abbey School Choir/Benjamin Nicholas Carleton Etherington (organ)
Stephen Taylor (singing teacher) Recorded at Tewkesbury Abbey, Gloucestershire, England, October 2005 SIGNUM SIGCD068 [74:08] [RW]

An enjoyable diversion during this festive season ... see Full Review

New French Song - new settings of French words by British composers (2003-2004) Tarik O'REGAN (b. 1972) Sainte (Mallarmè) [3.39] Sadie HARRISON (b. 1965) ..issu stellaire.. (Mallarmé) [6.12] Will TODD (b. 1970) Le Pont Mirabeau (Apollinaire) [5.09] Edwared COWIE (b. 1943) Les Hiboux (Baudelaire) [4.12] Bob CHILCOTT (b. 1955) L'enfant dort (Hugo) [1.42] John CASKEN (b. 1949) Colloque Sentimental (Verlaine) [6.12] Laurence CRANE (b. 1961) Tour de France Statistics 1903 – 2003 (Crane) [4.47] Adam GORB (b. 1958) La Cloche Fêlée (Baudelaire) [6.27] Gabriel JACKSON (b. 1962) A la Mémoire de Claude Debussy (Cocteau) [3.24] Michael FINNISSY (b. 1946) Salomé (Laforgue) [3.09] Andrew KEELING (b. 1955) Artémis (de Nerval) [4.31] Hugh WOOD (b. 1932) Alicante (Prévert) [1.47] Diana BURRELL (b. 1948) Longtemps ce fut l'été (Bonnefoy) [2.15] Helen ROE (b. 1955) Pourquoi? (Verlaine) [5.48] Nicola LEFANU (b. 1947) Billet à Whistler (Mallarmè) [6.38] Edward MCGUIRE (b. 1948) Rêves de la Bonne Heure (McGuire) [4.52] Judith BINGHAM (b. 1952) La Jeune Morte (Heredia) [2.31] Roger REDGATE (b. 1958) Mirlitonnades (Beckett) [1.57] Howard SKEMPTON (b. 1947) Le Pont Mirabeau (Apollinaire) [1.34] Graham FITKIN (b. 1963) Les Aliments Blancs (Satie) [1.44] Alison Smart (soprano) Katharine Durran (piano) Recorded at the Turner Sims Concert Hall, 1-3 April 2005. DDD. MSV CD 92100 [79.36] [ED]

Artistically enterprising and uncompromising, with excellent production values too, this Metier release is well worth exploring. ... see Full Review

 

 

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Johann Sebastian BACH (1685-1750) Works for Solo Keyboard Partita No. 2 in C minor, BWV 826 [21:10] Partita No. 3 in A minor, BWV 827 [18:53] Partita No. 4 in D major, BWV 828 [37:26] Cédric Tiberghien, piano Recorded Teldex Studio Berlin, August 2004. DDD Released October 2005 HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 901869 [77:40] [DS]

It has its virtues but wrong sonics and unimpressive Allemandes and Sarabandes make it impossible for me to recommend this premium-priced disc. ... see Full Review

Leonard BERNSTEIN (1918-1990) Serenade for Solo Violin, Strings, Harp and Percussion (1954) [31:18] Facsimile – Choreographic Essay for Orchestra (1946) [18:38] Divertimento for Orchestra (1980) [18:09] Philip Quint (violin) Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/Marin Alsop rec. The Concert Hall, Lighthouse, Poole, 12-13 January 2005 NAXOS 8.559245 [65:04] [DC]

I defy anyone to find themselves sorry they bought this CD – it’s what we former employees of Farringdon Records call ‘a winner.’ ... see Full Review

Claudio MONTEVERDI (1567-1643) Madrigals Book 4:- II Quarto Libro de’ Madrigali, 1603 Ah, dolente partita [4:01] Cor mio, mentre vi miro [2:32] Sfogava con le stelle [4:30] Volgea l’anima mia soavente [4:16] Anima mia, perdona [3:26] Che se tu se’il cor mio [4:05] Luci serene e chiare [3:59] La piaga c’ho nel core [2:56] Voi pur da me partite, anima dura [4:49] A un giro sol de’belli occhi lucenti [2:46] Ohime, se tanto amate [3:42] Io mi son giovinetta [2:34] Quell’angellin che canta [2:30] Non piu Guerra, pietate [3:30] Si, ch’io vorrei morire [4:02] Anima dolorosa [3:54] Anima del cor mio [3:10] Longed a te, cor mio [3:36] Piagn’e sospira [5:21] Delitiae Musicae/Marco Longhini rec. Chiesa di San Pietro, Vincoli, Azzago, Verona, Italy, 28 July - 2 August 2002. DDD NAXOS 8.555310 [73:46] [EM]

Beautiful ensemble singing where individual voices rise and fall into unison like swelling waves. ... see Full Review

Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART (1756 – 1791) Die Entführung aus dem Serail (1782) Deon van der Walt (tenor) – Belmonte; Kurt Moll (bass) – Osmin; Lars Magnusson (tenor) – Pedrillo); Oliver Tobias (speaking part) – Pasha Selim; Inga Nielsen (soprano) – Konstanze; Lillian Watson (soprano) – Blonde; Kathleen Wilder, Karen Shelby, David Young, Donaldson Bell – Four solo voices Royal Opera Chorus Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden/Georg Solti Directed by Elijah Moshinsky; Scenery: Sidney Nolan and Timothy O’Brien; Costumes: Timothy O’Brien; Stage Lighting: Robert Bryan; Directed for video by Humphrey Burton Filmed live at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden in 1988. WARNER NVC ARTS 0630-18773-2 [approx. 142:00] [GF]

Fine singing, good acting, charming sets ... presided over by a Solti less hectic than he has sometimes been. Good playing and technical quality ... Buy and enjoy! ... see Full Review

Michael NYMAN (b. 1944) Man and Boy: Dada (2004) An opera in two acts with libretto by Michael Hastings Kurt Schwitters: John Graham-Hall (tenor); Michael: William Sheldon (boy soprano); Mother + old woman, bus conductress, museum guard, BBC interviewer: Vivian Tierney Michael Nyman Band/Paul McGrath Recorded Abbey Road Studios, London, Oct-Nov 2004 MN RECORDS MNRCD 101/2 [42:25 + 62:21] [JL]

A subtle and touching work superbly performed. A great collaboration between composer and librettist. ... see Full Review

Pyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893) Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36 (1877) [42:36] Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64 (1888) [46:04] Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 ‘Pathétique’ (1893) [44:00] Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra/Valery Gergiev Recorded: Grosser Saal, Musikverein, Vienna, Austria, 17-21 October 2002 (Sym. 4), 2-4 September 2004 (Sym. 6); Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg, Austria, July 1998 (Sym. 5) DDD PHILIPS 475 6315 0 PX3 [3 CDs: 42:36 + 46:04 + 44:00] [MC]

Opulent, dramatic and powerful performances. This well recorded Philips set would be a welcome addition to any collection. ... see Full Review

Henryk WIENIAWSKI (1835-1880) Violin Concerto in D minor Op.22 (1870) [22.42] Grażyna BACEWICZ (1909-1969) Concerto for String Orchestra (1948) [14.16] Krzysztof PENDERECKI (b.1933) Agnus Dei (1980-84) arranged for string orchestra by Boris Pergamenschikow (1994) [6.36] Wojciech Pławner (violin) Beethoven Academy Orchestra/Paweł Przytocki Recorded in the Concert Hall of the Silesian Philharmonic in Katowice, May 2005 DUX 0524 [43.36] [JW]

Very much to be sampled before purchase, as this is more a souvenir of an event than a cohesively designed sequence in its own right ... see Full Review

19^th Century Organ and Choral Music Theophil FORCHHAMMER (1847-1923) Sonate Nr.2 in e-Moll, op.15 ‘Zur Todtenfeier’ (pub. 1886) [25:04] Aus Acht Choralbearbeitungen, op.11 (pub. 1887) Es ist gewisslich an der Zeit [2:00] Jesus meine Zuversicht [2:33] Theodor KIRCHNER (1823-1903) Aus Orgelkompositionen, op.89 (pub. 1890) [14:33] Benedict JUCKER (1811-1876) Aus Neun Coral-Vorspiele, op.7 (1867) Mein Jesu den die Seraphinen [2:43] O’ wie so gar sanftmüthig [2:03] Ach bleib mit deiner Gnade [2:22] Josef Gabriel RHEINBERGER (1839-1901) Messe in f-Moll, op.159 für Chor und Orgel (1889) [22:04] Ursna Caflisch (organ) Cantus Firmus/Clau Scherrer Rec. Katholische Pfarrkirche Ilanz, 27-31 October 2004 GUILD GMCD 7290 [74:36] [DC]

Greatly of interest to those seeking the less well-trodden byways of romantic organ repertoire ... this recording deserves a firm recommendation. ... see Full Review

An Elizabethan Songbook Richard EDWARDS Where grypinge griefs [4:05] Thomas CAMPION Come let us sound [3:02] John DOWLAND In this trembling shadow [8:05] John DANYEL Like us the lute delights [3:39] John DOWLAND I saw my Ladye weepe [5:35] Francis PILKINGTON Rest sweet Nimphs [3:45] Thomas CAMPION When to her Lute [1:41] Francis PILKINGTON Musick deare sollace [5:05] Thomas MORLEY I saw my Ladye weeping [3:40] Robert JONES If in this flesh [4:07] Francis PILKINGTON Come all ye [4:06] John BARTLETT Sweete birdes deprive us never [6:09] Emma Kirby, soprano Anthony Rooley, lute rec. Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London, June 1978. ADD DECCA ELOQUENCE 476 7466 [53.19] [EM]

This a wonderful disc. Delightful songs. Kirkby’s clear, pure voice complemented by Rooley’s sympathetic lute accompaniment. ... see Full Review

 

 

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Beethoven: The Universal Composer by Edmund Morris. [In the series Eminent Lives] Harper Collins Publishers, New York. 2005. 5-1/2" x 7-3/8." 243 pages, including glossary of musical terms. No index. 1 B&W illustration. US$21.95.ISBN 13978-0-06-075974-2 and ISBN 10 0-06-07594-7.

The Cambridge Companion to Grand Opera David Charlton (editor) Published 2003 Cambridge University Press, 496 pages ISBN 0-521064683-9

The Cambridge Companion to the Concerto, edited by Simon P. Keefe Pub: Cambridge University Press, 2005 (1^st ed.) 309 pp. Paperback: ISBN 052154257X £17.99 Hardback: ISBN 052183483X £45.00 [ED]

Has the potential to be informative in the right hands ... serves as the springboard for further reading on this absorbing musical genre. ... see Full Review

 

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