Alan
Morrison: The Man with the Golden Cornet Sal
SOLO (arr. Bill Charleson) San
Damiano [5:14] Leigh BAKER Remember
Me [3:09] Lionel RICHIE (arr. Alan
Morrison) Hello [4:15] Vernon DUKE
(arr. Mark Freeh) April in Paris [4:30] Trad.
(arr. Leigh Baker) Wild Mountain Thyme [5:50] J.
M. FORDE Domen [4:06] Trad.
(arr. Alan Morrison) Ave Maria [4:59] Allan
STREET Kim [6:11] Harold
ARLEN (arr. Alan Morrison) Over the Rainbow [6:16]
Alan Morrison (cornet
and flügel horn) Rhodri Davies (harp) Brighouse and Rastrick Band/David
Hirst rec. Brighouse Central Methodist Church, 27-29 April 2004.
DDD HOT RECORDS
HOT1100 [44:39] [CT]
A
disc of thoughtfully chosen easy-listening
melodies that prove a fine vehicle for one
of the finest practitioners of the cornet
around. ... see Full
Review
Oscar
Natzke [Natzka] – A
Legend In His Time George
Frideric HANDEL (1685-1759) Samson
HWV 57 - Honour and Arms [4.18] Wolfgang
Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791) Die
Zauberflöte – O Isis und Osiris [3.22] Die
Zauberflöte - Within These sacred Bowers [3.28]
Don Giovanni – Madamina, il catalogo e questo
[4.54] Gioachino
ROSSINI (1792-1868) Il Barbiere
di Siviglia – La Calunnia [3.14] Modest
MUSSORGSKY (1839-1881) Mephistopheles’
Song of the Flea arranged Collett [3.11] Albert
KETELBEY (1875-1959) Sanctuary
of the Heart [4.12] In A Monastery Garden
[3.43] Willoughby
Hunter WEISS (Nineteenth century) The
Village Blacksmith (1857) [3.41] Ludwig
van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) Die Ehre
Gottes aus der Natur Op.48 No.4 [2.30] Zartliche
Liebe; Ich liebe dich WoO123 [2.32] Robert
SCHUMANN (1810-1856) The Two Grenadiers
Op.49 No.1 [3.08] Pyotr
Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893) I
Bless You Forests, Pilgrims Song Op 47 No.5
[4.01] Leonid Dimitrievitch
MALASHKIN (1842-1902) O Could I
But Express In Song [2.33] Liza
LEHMANN (1862-1918) In A Persian
Garden – Myself When Young [2.40] John
Hill HEWITT (1801-1890) Out Where
The Big Ships Go [3.09] TRADITIONAL
Shenandoah [3.09] Blow The Man
Down [1.34] Hullaballo Belay [1.14] Drunken
Sailor [0.38] Rio Grande [1.01] Billy Boy
[1.08] Johann Ignaz
Ludwig FISCHER (1745-1825) In Cellar
Cool – from Der Kritikaster und der Trinker
[2.59] Montague
Fawcett PHILLIPS (1885-1969) Wimmen
Oh Wimmen [2.02]
Oscar Natzke [Natzka] (bass) Unidentified
accompanists and recording details [but they
are - Hubert Greenslade (piano)/Orchestra
conducted by Henry Geehl/ Orchestra conducted
by Warwick Braithwaite, recorded 1938-43]
CD MANU 1365 [68.39][JW]
Disappointing
... see Full Review
Music
from Northern Ireland Stephen GARDNER
(b. 1958) Mutable Sea (1999) [12:31] Ed
BENNETT (b. 1975) Lost and Found (2002) [13:45] Kevin
O’CONNELL (b. 1958) Piano Trio (2002) [20:13] Simon
MAWHINNEY (b. 1976) Barcode 2 (2001) [5:28] Elaine
AGNEW (b. 1967) Statues (2001) [12:00] Michael
ALCORN (b. 1962) Off the Wall (2001)
Lontano/Odaline de la Martinez rec. Watham Hall, St. Paul’s Boys School,
London, October 2003
LORELT LNT 117 [73:30][HC]
Music
from Northern Ireland ... consistently interesting
and with performances to match. Well worth
investigating. ... see Full
Review
Nueva
España: Close Encounters
in the New World, 1590-1690 Alonso
LOBO (1555-1617) Cum
audisset Joannes [2:03] Juan
Pérez Bocanegra (fl.1531)
Hanacpachap cussicuinin [1 :46]
GREGORIAN CHANT
Deus in adjutorium / Domine ad adjuvandum
/ Pedro
BERMUDEZ (fl.
1650) Deus in adjutorium / Domine ad
adjuvandum [2 :11] Tomas
De Torrejón y VELASCO (1644-1728)
A este sol peregrino [4 :52] Sebastián
Aguilera de HEREDIA (1561-1627) La
Reina de los Pangelinguas [2:08] Don
Juan de LIENAS (fl. 1650) Lamentatio
[6 :59] Lucas
Ruis de RIBAYAZ (fl. 1667) Pabanas
Frei Francisco
de SANTIAGO (1578-1644) Que se
ausenta Gaspar
FERNANDEZ (1570-1629) Xicochi
xicochi conetzintle [3 :22] Fabián
XIMENO (fl. 1650) Ay Ay galeguiños
[3:35] Juan Guttiérez
de PADILLA (1595-1664) Exultate,
iusti, in domino [5:00] Pablo
BRUNA (fl.1640] Tiento [5:03]
Gaspar FERNANDEZ
(1570-1629) Dame albriçia,
‘mano Anton [3:19] Juan
Guttierez de PADILLA (1595-1664)
Gallego: Si al nacer o minimo [5:38]
Antonio de SALAZAR
(1650-1715) Tarara, tarara [2:58] Juan
Pérez Bocanegra (fl.1531)
Hanacpachap cussicuinin [1:39] Juan
de ARAUJO (1646-1712) Los coflades
de la estleya [5 :41] Sebastián
de MURCIA [fl. 1700] Cumba GREGORIAN
CHANT Agnus Dei [1:32]
Tomás Luis
De VICTORIA (1548-1611) Agnus
dei (Missa Ave Regina) [3:20] Juan
Garcia de ZÉSPIEDES (fl. 1650)
Guaracha: Convidando esta la noche [4:17]
Boston Camerata; The Boston Shawm and Sackbut
Ensemble; The Schola Cantorum of Boston;
Womens’ Choir of the Church "Les Amis
de la Sapesse". Directed by Joel Cohen
No recording details given. First released
in 1993
WARNER CLASSICS APEX 2564 62408-2 [75:26]
[GPu]
A
vivaciously performed anthology that leaves
one wanting more ... see Full
Review
David Oistrakh
Collection: Volume 1 Pyotr
Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893) String
Quartet in D major Op.11 (1871) [31.02]
Franz SCHUBERT
(1797-1828) String Quartet in D minor
– Andante con moto D810 Death
and the Maiden (1824) [12.21] Dmitri
SHOSTAKOVICH (1906-1975) Piano
Trio in E minor Op.67 (1943) [23.09] +
The Oistrakh Quartet David Oistrakh (violin);
Milos Sádlo (cello); Dmitri Shostakovich
(piano) + Recorded (1946)
DOREMI DHR 7701 [66.43] [JW]
An
important addition to Oistrakh’s discography
.... If you can deal with the sonics you
will be richly rewarded ... see Full
Review
One
Star, at Last. A Selection
of Carols of Our Time
Bo
HOLTEN (b. 1948) Nowell Sing
We Now* [3’56"] Steve
MARTLAND (b. 1959) Three Carols*:
From lands that see the sun arise [2’40"];
Make we joy [2’36"]; There is no Rose
of such virtue [4’38"] Carl
RÜTTI (b. 1949) I wonder
as I wander*° [2’15"] Judith
WEIR (b. 1954) Illuminare, Jerusalem°
[2’28"] Judith
BINGHAM (b. 1952) The Shepherd’s
Gift*° [3’44"] Francis
GRIER (b. 1956) Corpus Christi
Carol° [3’44"] Thomas
ADÈS (b. 1971) The Fayrfax
Carol [4’31"] Conrad
SUSA (b. 1935) The Shepherds
Sing° [3’15"] Jean
BELMONT (b. 1939) Nativitas [2’33"]
James MACMILLAN
(b. 1959) Seinte Mari Moder Milde°
[7’17"] John
TAVENER (b. 1944) Today the Virgin
[3’01"] Jerzy
KORNOWICZ (b.
1959) Oczekiwanie (Waiting)* [9’09"]
Richard Rodney
BENNETT (b. 1936) Carol* [3’42"]
Peter MAXWELL DAVIES
(b. 1934) One star, at last [3’33"]
John HARBISON (b.
1938) O Magnum Mysterium* [2’17"]
Roxanna PANUFNIK
(b. 1968) Sleep, little Jesus,
sleep° [3’19"] Howard
GOODALL (b. 1958) Romance of
the Angels*° [4’32"] John
HARLE (b. 1956) Mrs. Beeton’s
Christmas Plum Pudding (average cost: 3
shillings and 6d)* [4’08"]
BBC Singers/Stephen Cleobury. °Robert Quinney
(organ) rec. Temple Church, London 29-30
June, 6 July 2000 and at Maida Vale Studio
3, London, 3 July 2000 *denotes premier
recording
SIGNUM SIGCD067 [77’48"] [JQ]
I
enjoyed this greatly ... one of the most
stimulating choral discs to have come my
way for a long while. Music that refreshes,
extends and expands the Christmas music
repertoire while being respectful of its
traditions ... see Full
Review
Organ
in Europe from Renaissance and Baroque
Claudio VEGGIO
(16th century) dal
Manoscritto di Castel'Arquato Recercarda per b quadro del primo
tono [5'58] Marc'Antonio CAVAZZONI
(c1485-c1569) da 'Recerchari, Motetti, Canzoni' (1523) Plus.
de Regres [3'03] Paul HOFHAIMER
(1449-1537) Recordare (1520) [4'33] Tanndernack
[4'07] John BULL (1562-1628)
dal 'Fitzwilliam Virginal Book' (1610-1619) In Nomine (IX)
[5'59] William BYRD (1543-1623) dal
'Fitzwilliam Virginal Book' The Queenes Alman [3'14] Jan
Pieterszoon SWEELINCK (1562-1621) Onder een linde
groen [5'15] Heinrich SCHEIDEMANN
(1596-1663) Galliarda ex D [4'12] Girolamo
FRESCOBALDI (1583-1643) da 'Il Primo Libro di Capricci'
(1624) Capriccio V sopra la Bassa Flamenga [5'25] Francisco
CORREA DE ARAUXO (1583/4-1654) dal Libro de Tientos y Discursos
(1626)
LIII Tiento de medio registro de dos
tiples de segundo tono [5'53] Samuel
SCHEIDT (1587-1654) dalla 'Tabulatura
Nova' (1624) Toccata super 'In te
Domine speravi' [8'24] Johann
Jakob FROBERGER (1616-1667) Fantasia
I sopra Ut, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, La
(1649) [7'49] Bernardo
PASQUINI (1637-1710) Variationi
per il Paggio Todesco [4'27] Johann
Kaspar KERLL (1627-1693) Canzone
I [3'02] Toccata I
[5'03]
Luca Scandali, organ Rec: Chiesa di
S. Caterina, Treviso, Italy, October 1999.
DDD
TACTUS TC 510002 [77'31] [CB]
Strongly
recommended for imaginative programming
and a gorgeous instrument. ... see Full
Review
Organ
in the Hills Johann Sebastian BACH (1685-1750)
Prelude
in c BWV 546/1 [6'49] Jan Pieterszoon
SWEELINCK (1562-1621) Variations on 'Mein Junges
Leben hat ein End' [6'42] Johann
Kaspar Ferdinand FISCHER (c1660-1746) Prelude and
Fugue No 8 in E (Ariadne Musica) [2'10] Johann
Jacob FROBERGER (1616-1667) Ricercar no 7 in C (from
The Book of Capricci) [3'26] Johann Sebastian
BACH Nun komm der Heiden Heiland BWV 599
[1'25] Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ BWV 639 [2'07]
O Mensch bewin' dein' Sunde gross BWV 622 [5'36] Wachet
auf, ruft uns die Stimme BWV 645 [4'27] Jakob
Ludwig Felix MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY (1809-1847) Sonata
in d op 65 No 6; Chorale and Variations [7'53] Fugue [2'16]
Andante [2'15] Johann Baptist Joseph Maximillian
REGER (1873-1916) Canzone in E flat op 65 no 9
[4'28] Joseph Gabriel RHEINBERGER
(1839-1901) Prelude from Organ Sonata no 6 in e flat minor
op 119 [6'23] Cesar Auguste Jean
Guillaume Hubert FRANCK (1822-1890) Cantabile in
B (Trois Pieces) [5'23] Theodore
Francois Clement DUBOIS (1837-1924) Toccata in C
major (sic) (12 Pieces Nouvelles) [6'36]
Henry Wallace FRCO, organ Rec: St Mungo, Simonburn 25th May 1992.
DDD DIVINE ART DIVERSIONS
24101 [67'59] [CB]
A
nice piece of local history, and an undoubtedly
first-rate instrument, but to satisfactorily
fill nearly 70 minutes of CD with such a
modest instrument requires far more cunning
than Wallace can offer. ... see
Full Review
Per
Suonare a Due -
New music for two guitars Roland
DYENS (b. 1955) Côté Nord [21:37]: Danish
Time; Hillerød; Ga-Jol Dance; Nikita
KOSHKIN (b. 1956) Concertino [13:34]; Leo
BROUWER (b. 1939) Per Suonare a Due [15:23]: Prologo o
Epilogo I; Interludio; Grand Pas de Deux; Scherzo di Bravura; Prologo
o Epilogo II; Dusan BOGDANOVIC (b.
1955) Tombeau de Purcell [9:16]: Overture Grave doloroso; Variation
I Lamentoso; Variation II Risoluto; Variation III Adagio transparente;
Variation IV Espressivo e ritmico; Variation V Allegro non troppo
e ritmico; Passacaglia Grave doloroso
Mark Eden and Christopher Stell (guitars) rec. Holy Trinity Church,
Weston, Hertfordshire 19-21 February and 22 March 2005
BGS RECORDS BGS112 [59:51] [GF]
Traditionalists
may be taken aback at first but open-minded
listeners will find much to enjoy. ... see
Full Review
Franz
Joseph HAYDN (1732-1809)
Pleasing Pain: The
Mermaid's Song (H XXVIa,25) [03:25] Pleasing Pain (H XXVIa,29) [02:23]
Fidelity (H XXVIa,30) [03:45] Sailor's Song (H XXVIa,31) [02:32] The
Wanderer (H XXVIa,32) [04:10] Sympathy (H XXVIa,33) [03:01] She never
told her love (H XXVIa,34) [03:26] Piercing eyes (H XXVIa,35) [01:51]
Content (H XXVIa,36) [03:51] Recollection (H XXVIa,26) [06:04] A Pastoral
Song (H XXVIa,27) [03:25] Despair (H XXVIa,28) [07:23] Tuneful voice
(H XXVIa,42) [04:00] The Spirit's Song (H XXVIa,41) [06:25]
Stephan Van Dyck, tenor; Jean-Pierre Bacq, fortepiano Recorded
in 2004 (?) at the Church of Franc-Warêt, Belgium DDD
ARSIS CLASSICS AS-00-A-640012-C [55:48] [JV]
A
splendid recording of Haydn's English canzonettas
- expressive singing, colourful keyboard
playing ... see Full
Review
William Primrose
Collection Volume 4
Henri CASADESUS
(1879-1947) Viola
Concerto in B minor in the Style of Handel
[15.21] RCA Victor Orchestra/Frieder Weissmann,
recorded May 1946 Hector
BERLIOZ (1803-1869) Harold
in Italy (1834) [41.24] NBC Symphony Orchestra/Arturo
Toscanini, recorded live, October 1946 Fritz
KREISLER (1875-1962) Praeludium
and Allegro (in the style of Pugnani) [5.02]
Franz Rupp (piano), recorded August 1941
William Primrose (viola) with accompaniments
as above
DOREMI DHR 7784 [61.55] [JW]
Volume
Four – and counting – and Doremi is staying
loyal to the Prince of Violists ... see Full
Review
Orchestre
Philharmonique de Strasbourg Georges BIZET
(1838-1875) Symphony
in Ca (1855) [29'20]. Vincent d'INDY
(1851-1931) Souvenirs, Op. 62b (1906) [19'55].
Richard STRAUSS (1864-1949) Don
Juan, Op. 20c (1888) [17'55].
Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg/aAlain Lombard,
bTheodor Guschlbauer, cJan Latham-Koenig Rec.
Palais de la musique et des congrès, Strasbourg in a1976,
b1992 and c2001. [aADD/bcDDD]
From aErato 0630 12806-2, bAuvidis France V4686.
AVIE AV2067 [67'28]
[CC]
Marvellous
programming from Avie. Souvenirs is a simply
superb work. Do hear this. ... see
Full Review
Raphael
RABELLO (1962-1995)
Cry, My Guitar PIXINGUINHA
and Benedicto LACERDA 1 Ainda Me
Recordo [3.06] Canhoto
da PARAÍBA 2. Tua Imagen;
9.Com Mais de Mil [3.27] Baden
POWELL 3. Sentimentos, seVoce Pergunta:
Nunca Vai Saber [4.49] Raphael
RABELLO 4. Meu Avô {3.10];
5.Pedra do Leme (with Toquinho) [2:59]; 7.Camará
[4.40]; 10. Moleque do Gantois [2.36]; 13.
Sete Corda [4.01] Laurindo
ALMEIDA 8. Choro para Olga [2.21]
Francis HIME 11.
Passaredo [2.22] Anibal
Augusto SARDINAH "GAROTO" 12.
Lamentos do Morro [4.12]
Raphael Rabello, guitar. rec. Sept 1994 at
Penguin Recording, Eagle Rock CA
GSP RECORDINGS GSP 1010 CD [42.51] [ZT]
Spellbinding
musicianship and technical facility ... those
with an understanding of the guitar and this
music will be amazed. ... see Full
Review
Sviatoslav
Richter Archives Volume 1
Ludwig van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)
Piano
Sonatas: Nos. 28 in A op.101 [18:28], 30 in E op.109 [16:56], 31 in
A flat op.110 [18:54], 32 in C minor op.111 [23:10]
Sviatoslav Richter (piano) Recorded in Ohrid, Macedonia, 30 July
1971 (28, 30), Tokyo, Japan, 1 June 1974 (31-32)
DOREMI DHR-7718 [77:34] [CH]
Richter
is a frequently interesting, sometimes revelatory,
but incomplete Beethoven interpreter. ...
see Full
Review
The Romantic
Harp Marcel
GRANDJANY (1891 – 1975) Fantasy
on a Theme of Haydn, Op. 31; Marcel
TOURNIER (1879 – 1951) Vers la
source dans le bois; Nino
ROTA (1911 – 1979) Sarabanda and
Toccata; Gabriel
PIERNÉ (1863 – 1937) Impromptu-Caprice,
Op. 9; Manuel de
FALLA (1876 – 1946) Spanish Dance
No. 1 from ‘La Vida Breve’; Gabriel
FAURÉ (1845 – 1924) Une
Châtelaine en sa Tour, Op. 110; Impromptu,
Op. 86; Kelly-Marie
MURPHY (b. 1964) Harp Concerto
‘And then at night I paint the stars’ – III:
Scintillation (Cadenza); Sergei
PROKOFIEV (1891 – 1953) Prelude
in C, Op. 12, No. 7; Carlos
SALZÉDO (1885 – 1961) Ballade,
Op. 28
Judy Loman (harp) rec. St John Chrysostom
Church, Newmarket, Ontario, Canada, 13-16
July, 21-23 Aug 2003.
NAXOS 8.554561 [59:25] [GF]
Superior
technique and brilliant musicality ... this
is a disc that no lover of harp music should
miss. ... see Full
Review
Andres Segovia
and his Contemporaries - Volume 4 Isaac
ALBÉNIZ (1860-1909)
Asturias
[5.38] + Granada [5.01] + Cadiz [4.24] + Francisco
TARREGA (1852-1909) Recuerdos de
la Alhambra [4.54] + Variaciones sobre la
Jota Aragonesa (Gran Jota) [5.15] + Sueño
[5.22] + Enrique
GRANADOS (1867-1916) Danza No.5
[5.14] + Anton RUBINSTEIN
(1829-1894) Romance [4.18] + MILAN
Pavana VI (1535) [0.50] Pavana
IV(1535) [0.59] SANZ
Pavana [1.27] ANONYMOUS
Canzone [1.36] Saltarello 1.00]
El Noi de la Mare [1.20] El Testamente de
Amelia [1.55] Federico
TORROBA (1891-1982) Burgalesa [1.52]
Albada [1.27] Arada [2.58] Francisco
TARREGA (1852-1909) Danza Mora
[1.32] Minuet [1.52] Robert
DE VISEE (c .1660-1722) Entrada
[1.43] Gigue (attributed) [1.36] Bourée
[0.44] Minuet [2.00]
Andres Segovia (guitar) Maria Luisa Anido
(guitar) + Recorded 1944 (Segovia) and early
1930s and (late 1950s?) (Maria Luisa Anido)
DOREMI DHR 7719 [65.22] [JW]
The
focus of interest is weighted slightly more
in favour of Anido than Segovia ... see Full
Review
Göran
Söllscher (alto
guitar) The Renaissance Album Alonso
MUDARRA (c.1510-1580) Fantasia which imitates the
harp in the manner of Ludovico [1:50]; Pavana de Alexandre [0:57]; Gallarda
[1:17]. Peter PHILIPS (1560/1-1628) Chromatic Pavan [3:58];The
Galliard to the Chromatic Pavan [1:17]. Francesco
da MILANO (1497-1543) Fantasia in F major [1:02];
Ricercare in G minor [3:05]; Fantasia in C major [0:53]; Fantasia in
C minor [0:44]; Fantasia in F major [1:26]. John
DOWLAND (1563-1626) My Lady Hudson’s Allemande
[1:23]; A Piece without Title [0:48]; Shoemaker’s Wife: A Toy [1:07];
Mr Dowland’s Midnight [1:30]; Sir John Smith, his Almain [2:23]; Semper
Dowland semper dolens [3:40]; Forlorn Hope Fancy [4:10];The Right Honourable
Ferdinando, Earl of Derby, his Galliard [2:21]; The Most Sacred Queen
Elizabeth, her Galliard [1:15]; A Fantasia [4:07]; My Lord Chamberlain
his Galliard [1’56]. Arnolt
SCHLICK (c.1460-after1521) He who (spoils) Grace
by gossip [1’14] Hans NEUSIDLER (c.1508/9-1563) An Italian dance:The Queen’s
Dance [0:58]; Ach Elselein [1:42]; In Love’s Ardour[0:54]; An Italian
dance with after-dance [1:31]. Simone
MOLINARO (c.1570-after 1633) Saltarello del predetto
ballo [2:16] Luys MILÁN (c.1500-after 1560) Fantasia of chords
and scale passages [2:00]; Pavana V and VI [2:02]. Luys
de NARVÁEZ (fl.1526-49) The Song of the Emperor [2:46];
Four variations on-“Guárdame las vacas.”[1:14] Antony
HOLBORNE (c.1545-1602) Hartes
Ease [0:54]; The Fairy Round [1:27] Robert
BALLARD (c.1575-after 1649) Village Dances [4:26]
Göran Söllscher, 11-string alto guitar. rec. Mol (Belgium), Galaxy Studios,
5/2005
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 00289 477 5726 [64:09][ZT]
Enjoyable,
first-class guitar playing but has narrower audience-appeal than some
of Söllscher’s earlier recordings. ... see Full
Review
Sounds from the Heart
Jean-Francois DANDRIEU (1681/2-1738)
Offertoire
in d minor [4'17] Antoine DORNEL (c.1680-after
1756) from Livre d'Orgue: Recit en taille; Basse et dessus de trompette;
Recit en dialogue J.S. BACH (1685-1750)
Toccata and Fugue in d minor BWV 565 [8'27] Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
[3'29] Jean-Jacques BEAUVARLET-CHARPENTIER
(1734-1794) Noel dans le gout de la symphonie-concertante [6'46]
Alexandre Pierre Francois BOELY (1785-1858)
Offertoire pour la messe du jeudi saint [4'08] Offertoire pou le
jour de Pacques [5'11] Franz LISZT (1811-1886)
Fantasia and Fugue on BACH [12'50] Theodore
DUBOIS (1837-1924) from Sept Pieces: Interlude [3'29]; Marcietta
[2'05] César FRANCK (1822-1890)
Choral III [13'13]
Peter St. John Stokes, organ Rec: 28 January 2005, St Silas Church,
Kentish Town, London. DDD
LAMMAS LAMM 185D [70'44] [CB]
I
hope that for Lammas, and for British organ
recording in general, this CD represents no
more than an blip, albeit of astonishing proportions.
... see Full
Review
BARGAIN
OF THE MONTH Souvenirs
de Venise Gioacchino
ROSSINI La regata veneziana* [4’24"]
Ludwig van BEETHOVEN
Canzonetta veneziana Wo0158a No.
23** [1’22"] Franz
SCHUBERT Gondelfahrer D808 [1’42"]
Felix MENDELSSOHN
Venezianisches
Gondellied Op. 57 No.
5 [1’55"] Adolf
JENSEN Leis’ rudern hier, mein
Gondolier Op. 50 No. 4 [2’24"]; Wenn
durch die Piazzetta Op. 50 No. 3 [1’41"]
Mikhail GLINKA Venetsianskaya
noch’ [2’21"] Sergei
TANEYEV Venetsiya noch’yu Op. 9,
No. 1*** [1’43"] Gioacchino
ROSSINI I marinai**** [5’22"]
Charles GOUNOD Venise
[4’04"] Jules
MASSENET Souvenir de Venise [1’33"]
Gabriel FAURÉ
Barcarolle Op. 7 No. 3 [2’14"]
Reynaldo HAHN Venezia.
Chansons en dialecte vénetien [16’45"]
The Songmakers’ Almanac: *Felicity Lott (soprano);
Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano); Anthony Rolfe
Johnson (tenor) with**Brian Brooks (violin
& Justin Pearson (cello); ***Hugo Dalton
(mandolin); **** Richard Jackson (baritone);
Graham Johnson (piano) rec. St. Barnabas’s
Church, North Finchley, London, 12-13 September
1983. DDD HYPERION HELIOS CDH55217 [49’22"]
[JQ]
This
is a most enjoyable disc and its return to
the catalogue, particularly at the Helios
price is to be welcomed most warmly. ... see
Full Review
Spanish
and Portuguese Keyboard Music – Volume
2 Rafael ANGLES
(1730-1816) Adagietto
[1.59] Fugato in B flat major [2.03] Antonio
SOLER (1729-1783) Sonata in G minor
[4.06] Mateo FERRER
(1788-1864) Sonata in D major [4.22] Joseph
FREIXANET Sonata in A major [2.37]
ANONYMOUS Toccata
in C major [2.58] José
Antonio Carlos de SEIXAS (1704-1742)
Fuga in A minor [4.10] Sonata in C [7.09]
Minuet in A minor [3.05] Toccata in D minor
[3.46] Sonata in F minor [5.22] Sonata in
C minor [8.22] Sonata in D minor [3.47]
Felicja Blumental (piano) No recording details
BRANA BR0022 [53.46] [JW]
Syntheses
and assimilated music-making neatly pointed by Blumental who enjoys
the filigree whilst going light on the arm and foot weight. ... see
Full Review
20th Century Swiss Organ Music
Paul MULLER-ZURICH (1898-1993)
Fantasia
[3'33] Canzone [1'45] Introitus [4'29] Arthur
HONEGGER (1892-1955) Fugue [2'48] Choral
[4'17] Hans VOLLENWEIDER (1918-1993)
Vorspiel [2'32] Frank
MARTIN (1890-1974) Passacaille [12'47] Agnus Dei
[4'04] Ernst HESS (1912-1968) Praludium
op 60/4 [2'22] Chaconne op 60/1 [3'29] Conrad
BECK (1901-1989) Zwei Praludien [18'15] Max
KUHN (1896-1994) Praludium und Fuge in C [2'30]
Pastorale und Fuge [2'36] Praludium und Fuge in A [2'50]
Phantasie und Fuge (1975) [5'50] Jeremy
Filsell, organ Rec Evang-Ref. Kirche, Kusnacht, Switzerland, 3-4 November
2004 DDD GUILD GMCD
7285 [74'58][CB]
Well
done to Guild for recording some unknown repertoire. Well done to
Jeremy Filsell for some top-notch playing, but when can we hear you
playing a really first class instrument? ... see Full
Review
Tango
in Blue José
SEREBRIER (b
1938) Tango
in Blue (2001) [3:09] Casi un Tango (2002) [5:16] * Samuel
BARBER (1910 – 1981) Hesitation – Tango (1952) [3:39]
Astor PIAZZOLLA (1921 – 1992) Oblivion
[4:24] + Tangazo [12:32] Igor STRAVINSKY
(1882 – 1971) Tango (1940, orch 1953) [3:55] Erik
SATIE (1886 – 1971) orch José SEREBRIER
(b 1938) Tango Perpétuel (1914) [3:26] Morton
GOULD (1913 – 1996)
Tango from 'Stringmusic' (1993) [4:08] Tango from American
Symphonette No.4 'Latin American' (1990) [5:26] Kurt
WEILL (1900 – 1950) Matrosen-Tango from 'Happy End' (1929)
[4:53] # Youkali (1935) [5:49] # Fernando
CONDON (b 1955) Impresiones sobre Ástor (1995/2002)
[8:45] + § Jacob GADE (1879 – 1963)
Tango Jalousie [3:57] Gerardo MATOS
RODRÍGUEZ (1897 – 1948) orch Toto
DAMARIO La Cumparsita [3:26] +
Enrique Tellería (bandoneón) +, Carole Farley (soprano
) #, Molly Judson (cor anglais) *, Damián Martínez (cello)
and Daniel Espasa (piano) §, Orquestra Simfónica de Barcelona
i Nacional de Catalunya/José Serebrier. Rec. Teatre-Auditori
Sant Cugat, Barcelona, Spain, 7-10 July 2003. DDD
BIS BIS-CD-1175 [74:51] [TP]
Serebrier's
fans will want this and will be well rewarded.
Those with a more sympathetic ear than mine
may also find music to enjoy here, but they
are unlikely to find this album essential.
... see Full
Review
Bryn
Terfel - Simple Gifts
Wolfgang Amadeus
MOZART (1756 – 1791) Ave
Verum Corpus [3’05"] Traditional
AMERICAN Deep River [5’12"]
John RUTTER (b.
1945) The Lord Bless You and Keep You
[2’46"] Alan
MURRAY (1890 – 1952) I’ll Walk
Beside You [2’34"] Giovanni
Battista PERGOLESI (1710 – 1736) Stabat
Mater Dolorosa [4’01"] Traditional
AUSTRIAN Still, Still, Still
[4’06"] Joseph
BRACKETT, JR. (1797 – 1892) Simple
Gifts [3’12"] Traditional
SWEDISH How Great Thou Art [4’51"]
César FRANCK
(1822 – 1890) Panis Angelicus
[3’41"] Mae
H. BRAHE (1885 – 1956) Bless
This House [2’22"] Karl
JENKINS (b. 1944) Ave Verum
Corpus [3’20"] Stanley
MYERS (1930 – 1993) She Was
Beautiful (Cavatina) from The Deerhunter
[3’05"] Amanda
McBROOM (b. 1946) The Rose
[3’42"] James
P. CARRELL (1787 – 1854) Amazing
Grace [4’02"] W.
S. Gwynn WILLIAMS (1896 – 1978) Mae
Ehangder (God’s Mercy) [3’05"] Traditional
GAELIC Morning Has Broken [2’30"]
Lowell MASON (1792
– 1872) Nearer My God To Thee [3’54"]
J. S. BACH (1685
– 1750) arr. GOUNOD
Ave Maria [2’35"] Stephen
SONDHEIM (b. 1930) Send In The
Clowns [4’54"] William
G. TOMER (1833 – 1896) God Be
With You [2’56"]
Bryn Terfel (baritone) London Voices
(Mozart: Ave verum corpus; Deep
River; The Lord Bless You and Keep
You; Still, Still, Still; How
Great Thou Art; The Rose; God
be with You) John Williams, guitar (She
Was Beautiful); Aled Jones (tenor) (Panis
Angelicus); Simon Keenlyside (Stabat
Mater; Jenkins: Ave verum corpus)
London Symphony Orchestra/Barry Wordsworth.
rec. London: Air Studios/Air Lyndhurst, June
2005. DDD
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 477 5919 [70.23] [JPh]
Highly
recommended for fans of Terfel the pop singer;
not recommended at all for fans of Terfel
the opera singer. ... see Full
Review
Michael
Tillman - A Renaissance
Luis
MILAN ( after 1560) Pavana 1; Pavana
2; Pavana 3; Anonymous
Saltarello; Se Io Me Accorgo Ben
Miu d’un Altro Amante; Go From My Window;
John DOWLAND (1563
– 1626) Fancy; Mrs. Winter’s Jump; Guillaume
MORLAYE (b. 1510) Galliard; John
DOWLAND Queen Elizabeth’s Galliard;
Pietro Paulo BORRONO
(c. 1495 – c. 1563) Fantasia; Alonso
de MUDARRA (1510 – 1580) Fantasia
en manera de Roncalli; Francis
CUTTING (fl. 1571 – 1596) (arr)
Almaine; Luys NARVAEZ
(fl. 1526 – 1549) Mille Regretz,
Cancion del Emperador; Luis
MILAN Pavana 4; Pavana 5; Pavana
6; John DOWLAND
Fantasia; Anonymous
Dove son Quei Fieri Occhi?; John
DOWLAND Frog Galliard; The Right
Honorable Earl of Essex, His Galliard; Luys
NARVAEZ Guardame las Vacas; John
DOWLAND The Shoemaker’s Wife; Hans
NEUSIDLER (1508 – 1563) Dance of
the Washerwomen; Francesco
Canova da MILANO (1497 – 1543)
Ricercare #7; John
JOHNSON (fl. 1579 – 1594) Hit and
Take it; Francis
CUTTING Greensleeves; Luis
MILAN Fantasia #9 (all the items
adapted for the guitar by Michael Tillman)
Michael Tillman (guitar) Recorded at New Roads
Records, Addison, Texas, January – June 2005
UN-NAMED DISC [50:43]
A
fine disc and a worthy debut for Michael Tillman.
... see Full
Review
Traditional
Cantorial and Concert Favourites Joseph
RUMSHINSKY (1881
– 1956) David ROITMAN (1884 – 1943) arr.
Simon SPIRO Ba’avur
David (2) Moishe OYSHER (1907 – 1958)
arr. Simon SPIRO Ha lahma anya (1)
Rabbi Israel GOLDFARB (1879 – 1956)
arr. Simon SPIRO Sholom Aleikheim (1)
TRADITIONAL arr. Roderick.
WILLIAMS Ya Ribbon Olam (2) Samuel
MALAVSKY (1893 – 1985) arr. Simon SPIRO
Haven Yakkir Li Efra’im (3) Sholom
KHALIB (b. 1929), Meyer MACHTENBERG (1884
– 1979) arr. Simon SPIRO Sheva B’rakhot
(2) Joshua LIND (1890 – 1973) Khanike
Lid (2) Zavel ZILBERTS (1881 – 1949)
Rhamana d’anei (1, 4) Maurice GOLDMAN (1910
– 1984) Strange Happenings: The Holyday
Calamities of Avremele Melamed (2) Cantor Simon Spiro Schola Hebraeica
(1) Coro Hebraeico (2) New York Cantorial Choir (3) Ne’ima Singers (4)
Neil Levin (conductor) Recorded February/July 2001, All Saints Church,
East Finchley; New West End Synagogue, London; St. Paul’s Church, Knightsbridge;
Riverside Church, New York; St. Paul’s School, Hammersmith
NAXOS 8.559460 [60.18] [RH]
I
can highly recommend this to anyone who would like to explore what might,
for them, be an unknown area of repertoire. ... see Full
Review
Günter
Wand: My Life, My Music Film
directed by Robert Reiter PAL. Interview rec. August, 2001.
CD Audio Disc: Ludwig van
BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) Symphony No. 4 in B flat, Op.
60 (1806) - Adagio – Allegro vivacea [12'27]. Wolfgang
Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791) Serenade
No. 9 in D, K320, 'Posthorn' (1779) – Andante sostenutoa
[3'59]. Johannes BRAHMS (1833-1797) Symphony No. 1 in C minor,
Op. 68 (1877) - Andante sostenutob [9'26]. Franz
Peter SCHUBERT (1797-1828) Symphony No. 9 in C, D944,
'Great' (1828) - Finale (Allegro vivace)c
[11'20]. Anton BRUCKNER (1824-1896) Symphony No. 5 in B flat (1875-6,
original version) – first movementd [21'30]
aNDR Symphony Orchestra, bChicago
Symphony Orchestra, cCologne Radio Symphony Orchestra, dBerliner
Philharmoniker/Günter Wand. Audio tracks rec. aMusikhalle
Hamburg on April 8th-10th, 2001, bOrchestra
Hall, Chicago on January 19th-21st, 1989, cWDR
Köln on March 19th, 1977, dPhilharmonie, Berlin
on January 12th-14th, 1996.
RCA RED SEAL/BMG LEGENDARY VISIONS 82876 63887 9
[130'00]
plus CD [58'42][CC]
What
a treat this is! It is a privilege to welcome this in-depth interview
(Switzerland, 2001) and accompanying audio CD. ... see Full
Review
BOOK
REVIEWS
The Cambridge
Companion to Handel
Edited by Donald
Burrows. Cambridge
University Press. 1997
[Third printing 2004] (ISBN: cloth
0521454255 / softcover 0521456134)
[JF]
This
book is ideal for the reader or listener who
wants to explore current Handelian scholarship
in some detail and who wants to get to grips
with Handel’s times and music ... 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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