Roberto
Alagna: French Opera Arias Francois
BAZIN (1816–1878) Romance:
Je pense a vous (Maitre Pathelin) (1856) Jules
MASSENET (1842 - 1912) O Souverain, O Juge, O
Pere (Le Cid) (1885) Luigi CHERUBINI (1760–1842) J’ai
vu disparaitre l’espoir (Les Abencerages) (1813) Charles
GOUNOD (1818–1893) Anges du paradis (Mireille)
(1864) Andre-Ernest GRETRY (1741–1813) Serenade (L’Amant
Jaloux) (1778) Fromental HALEVY (1799 –1862) Rachel,
quand du Seigneur (La Juive) (1835) Ambroise
THOMAS (1811–1896) Elle ne croyait pas (Mignon)
(1866) Giacomo MEYERBEER (1791–1864) Pays,
merveilleux (L’Africaine) (1865) Hector
BERLIOZ (1803–1869) Invocation a la nature (La
Damnation de Faust) (1846) Christoph
Willibald GLUCK (1714–1787) Unis des la plus tendre
enfance (Iphigenie en Tauride) (1779) Georges
BIZET (1836–1875) Romance: Je crois entendre encore (Les
Pecheurs de Perles) (1863) Edouard
LALO (1823–1892) Vainement, ma bien-aimee (Le
Roi d’Ys) (1888) Etienne-Nicolas MEHUL (1763–1817) Champs
paternel (Joseph) (1807) Camille
SAINT-SAENS (1835–1921) Cois ma misere (Samson
et Dalila) (1877) Alfred BRUNEAU (1857–1934) Je
jour tombe (L’Attaque du moulin) (1892/3) 
Roberto
Alagna (tenor) London Voices/Orchestra of the Royal Opera House/Bertrand
de Billy rec. April 1999, January 2000, Lyndhurst Hall, Air Studios,
London DEUTSCHE
GRAMMOPHON 00289 477 6280 [72.23] [RH]
Alagna
brings to each aria his familiar intelligence
and musicality. Don’t throw out your Georges
Thill recitals, but definitely buy this one
as well. ... see Full
Review
Eugen
d’Albert - The Centaur Pianist;
complete studio recordings:
1910-28 Odeon recordings, c. 1910-1912. Bechstein
piano:Grammophon recordings c. 1918-1922.
Steinway piano: Grammophon recordings c. 1916-1922,
German Vox, recorded c. 1923 Steinway piano,
German Odeon, recorded on 13 October 1923
with
Andreas Weissgerber (violin) Parlophone
recording c. 1928; with Gotthelf Pistor, tenor,
d'Albert conducting the Grosse Opernorchester,
Staatskapelle, Berlin,
Eugen d’Albert (piano) accompaniments,
if any, as above rec. 1910-28
ARBITER 147 [78.35 + 78.28] [JW]
A
comprehensive and magnificent, essential collection.
Clearly no one interested in the history of
the piano on record will be able to do without
it. ... see Full
Review
As
I Walked Forth: Songs and Tunes of the
Isles - Quadriga Consort[GH]
Highly
infectious and affecting. Ancient melodies
given new life, energy and passion so that
they live again with vitality. A disc I shall
play regularly and one I look forward to hearing
again and playing to others. ... see Full
Review
Artur
Balsam - Concerto Album Wolfgang
Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791) Piano Concerto No. 8 in C major, K. 246 (1776)
[23.04] 1,a Piano Concerto No. 13 in C Major, K. 415
[387b] (1782) [24.56] 2,b Ludwig
van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) Piano Concerto in D Major,
Op. 61a (1807) – arrangement of Violin Concerto in D major (1806)
[42.07] 1,c Johann
Nepomuk HUMMEL (1778-1837) Piano Concerto in A Minor,
Op. 85 (1815)
[27.15] 1,d C.P.E. BACH (1714-1788) Piano
Concerto in D minor H427 [Wq23] (1748) [23.24] 1,e Artur
Balsam (piano)
Winterthur Symphony Orchestra1 Concert Hall Symphony Orchestra2 Conductors:
Walter Goehr a,
Henry Swoboda b, Clemens Dahinden c,
Otto Ackermann d, Victor Desarzens e rec. c1950-52 BRIDGE
9196 A/B [65.24
+ 75.52] [JW]
Buoyant
and affectionate performances … a successful entrant into the field
... see Full Review
Music for Bass Viols
CD 1 Works for two and three bass viols
Marin MARAIS (1656-1728) Suite
for 3 bass viols and bc in D (4e Livre) [23:04] Tombeau de Mr Meliton
for 2 bass viols and bc (1er Livre) [09:20] Suite for 2 bass viols in
G (1er Livre) [18:32] Antoine FORQUERAY (1672-1745)
Pieces for 3 bass viols and bc in d minor [11:12] CD 2
Marin MARAIS (1656-1728) Pièces de viole, Volume
2 Pieces for bass viol and bc in D minor (2e Livre) [23:40] Pieces
for bass viol and bc in D (3e Livre) [10:44] Pieces for bass viol and
bc in G (3e; 4e Livres) [20:29] Pieces for bass viol and bc in D (2e;
3e Livres) [08:12]
Jérôme Hantaï, Kaori Uemura (CD 1), Alix Verzier (bass viol); Pierre
Hantaï (harpsichord) rec. January 1999, March 2000, Doopsgezinde Kerk,
Haarlem, The Netherlands. DDD
VIRGIN VERITAS 4 82082 2 [62:31 + 63:08][JV]
This
reissue of a cross-section of the music for viols by Marin Marais is
a winner - the performances are warm and passionate and capture the
spirit of the music brilliantly ... see Full
Review
Captain
Blood and other Swashbucklers Miklos ROZSA
(1907-1995)
The King’s Thief (1955) Victor
YOUNG (1900-1956) Scaramouche (1952) Erich
Wolfgang KORNGOLD (1897-1957) Captain Blood
(1935) Max STEINER (1888-1971) The
Three Musketeers (1935)
Brandenburg Philharmonic Orchestra/Richard Kaufman rec. Jesus Christ
Church, Berlin, Germany, 14-16 April, 15-21 June 1994. DDD
NAXOS FILM MUSIC CLASSICS 8.557704 [65:16] [SA]
An
object lesson in swashbuckling film music.
A valuable issue altogether. ... see Full
Review
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH Helen Callus
(viola) Ralph VAUGHAN WILLIAMS (1872-1958) Suite for
viola and orchestra (Group I only) (1934) [7:53] Herbert
HOWELLS (1892-1983) Elegy for viola, string
quartet and string orchestra (1917) [10:37] William
WALTON (1902-1983) Viola Concerto in A minor (1928-29,
rev 1962) [27:31] York BOWEN (1884-1961) Viola
Concerto in C minor, Op.25 (1907) [31:51] (cadenza by Helen Callus) Helen
Callus (viola) solo string quartet (principals of the NZSO):
Vesaa-Matti Leppanen (violin); David Gilling (violin); Vyvyan
Yendoll (viola); David Chickering (cello) New Zealand Symphony
Orchestra/Marc Taddei rec. Michael Fowler Center Auditorium,
Wellington, New Zealand, 9-11 February
2005. DDD ASV
CD DCA 1181 [78:24] [JF]
As
a compilation of essential English music for viola and orchestra
this CD is a vital release. Feel absolutely no hesitation in rushing
out and buying it as soon as the shops are open! ... see Full
Review
Jae-Hyuck
Cho (piano) Ludwig
Van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) Sonata
for piano No. 21 ‘Waldstein’ in C, Op.53 (1803-04)
Maurice RAVEL (1875-1937)
Jeux d’eau (1901) Robert
SCHUMANN (1810-56) Sonata for piano
No.2 in G minor, Op.22 (1833-38) Franz
LISZT (1811-86) Mephisto Waltz
No.1,‘Der Tanz in der Dorfschenke’ S514 (1859-60)
Fryderyk CHOPIN (1810-49)
Fantasie-impromptu in C sharp minor, Op.66
(1835) Albert Hay
MALOTTE (1895-1964) The Lord’s
Prayer (1935) arranged for piano by Jae-Hyuck
Cho
Jae-Hyuck Cho (piano) rec. live, fifth Chetham’s
International Summer School and Festival for
Pianists, Whiteley Hall, Chetham’s School
of Music, Manchester, England, 26 August 2005.
DDD
DUNELM RECORDS DRD0259 [66.03] [JW]
It’s
too early to prognosticate about Cho’s future
but this imperfect document shows that he
needs seriously to ally his fine tonal qualities
with a more rigorous and analytical approach
to rhythm. ... see Full
Review
Les
Corps Glorieux - Music for Harp, Organ
& Violoncello
Henri BUSSËR
(1872-1973) Le sommeil de l:enfant
Jésus op. 3 [8:28] Marcel
GRANDJANY (1891-1975) Aria in
Classic Style for Harp and Organ op. 19
(1944) [5:51] Camillo
SCHUMANN (1872-1946) Präludium
in b minor op. 123 No. 2 [7:13] Recitativ
und Adagio op. 9 (1898) [4:36] Camille
SAINT-SAËNS (1835-1921) Prière
op. 158 (1919) [4:53] Ester
MAGI (b. 1922) Dialog: Prelude
with Choral [7:31] Chris
DeBLASIO (1959-1993) transc. Drake
God is our Righteousness (1992) [8:33]
Jules MASSENET (1842-1912)
La Vierge: Le dernier sommeil de
la Vierge (1877/78) [3:46] George
Frideric HANDEL (1685-1759) Concerto
in B flat op. 4 No. 6: (i) Andante Allegro
[4:21]; ii) Larghetto [4:21]; iii) Allegro
moderato [2:44]) Olivier MESSIAEN (1908-1992)
Les Corps glorieux: No 6 Joie et
clarté (1939) [7:26]
Nancianne Parrella (organ) Victoria Drake
(harp) Arthur Fiacco, (cello) rec. St Ignatius
Loyola, New York City, 26, 27, 31 January
2005. DDD
MSR CLASSICS MS 1143 [75:42] [CB]
Despite
some occasional interesting tracks, this is at best mood music.
Actually I just find it boring. ... see Full
Review
Samuil Feinberg - In Sound
and Thought Moscow recordings, 1948-1962
Johann Sebastian BACH
(1685-1750) Fantasia and Fugue in A minor, BWV 904 [8:20]††;
Sinfonia in A major, BWV 798 [1:05]**; Toccata in D major, BWV 912 [9:22]††
Johann Sebastian BACH (1685-1750)
- Samuil FEINBERG (1890-1962)
Prelude and Fugue in E minor, BWV 533 [11:17]‡ Johann
Sebastian BACH (1685-1750) - Franz
LISZT (1811-1886) Fantasia and Fugue in G minor, BWV 542/S
463 [9:15]** Fryderyk CHOPIN
(1810-1849) Ballade No 4 in F minor, Op. 52 [10:07]† Franz
LISZT (1811-1886) Consolations Nos. 1 & 2 [1:17 + 3:22]**
Sergei RACHMANINOFF (1873-1943)
Preludes, Op. 23 - Nos. 1, 3, 7, 8 [2:41 + 3:26 + 2:21 + 2:55]** Étude
tableau in D major, Op. 39 No 9 [3:20]** Alexander
SCRIABIN (1871 [72]-1915) Sonata No 5, Op. 53 [10:09]*
Samuil Feinberg
(piano) rec. *Small Hall, Moscow Conservatory, 22 January 1948;
**1950s unspecified; †1952; ††1961; ‡1962
ARBITER 146 [79:43] [JW]
This
mix of unpublished stereo recordings and live concerts proves once
more how seemingly irreconcilable traits in Feinberg’s musical
self are part of his true essence. Another important reclamation
and powerfully recommended. ... see Full
Review
The
Fine Arts Quartet – 30th Anniversary Album Dmitri
SHOSTAKOVICH (1906-1975) String Quartet No.3 in F
Op.73 (1946) [29.00] Sergei PROKOFIEV (1891-1953) String
Quartet No.2 Op.92 (1942) [23.48] The
Fine Arts Quartet
Recording location and date unspecified [1979] GASPARO
GG-1024 [52.48]
[JW]
This
is one for admirers of the quartet – it’s not otherwise competitive.
... see Full Review
French
Wind Quintets Paul
TAFFANEL (1844-1908)
Wind
Quintet in G minor (c. 1900) [21.46] Darius
MILHAUD (1892-1974) La Cheminée
du Roi René, Suite for Wind Quintet,
Op. 205 (1939) [11.24] Jacques
IBERT (1890-1962) Trois pièces
brèves, for Wind Quintet (1930)
[06.51] Jean FRANCAIX
(1912-1997) Wind Quintet No. 1
(1948) [19.24]
Afflatus Quintet: Roman Novotny, flute;
Jana Brozkova, oboe; Vojtech Nydl, clarinet;
Radek Baborak, French horn; Ondrej Roskovec,
bassoon rec. 6-8 April 1999, Korunni Studio
Prague, Prague, Czech Republic. DDD
SUPRAPHON SU 3579-2 131 [59.45] [MC]
French
wind quintets superbly performed by a superior
Czech ensemble. ... see Full
Review
Ronald
Frost: Organ Music Volume 6 Stockport: Henry
HERON (1730-96) Voluntary in G (1760) [3’00] Ronald
FROST (b 1933) Partita on Conditor alme (1996) [6’47] Blackburn:
Dietrich BUXTEHUDE (c.1637-1707)
Toccata and Fugue in F [5’10] Joseph BONNET
(1884-1944) Elfes [3’15] Johann Sebastian
BACH (1685-1750) Liebster
Jesu BWV 731 [3’44] Bridgewater Hall, Manchester: Michel
CORRETTE (1709-1795) Magnificat [10’23] Flor
PEETERS (1903-1986) King Jesus hath a garden [8’15] Theodore
DUBOIS (1837-1924) Toccata (1886) [6’53] St Ann’s Church,
Manchester: John R. WILLIAMSON
(b 1929) Organ Sonata (1999) [19’30] Royal Northern College of
Music, Manchester: Johann Sebastian
BACH Fugue in E flat – St Anne [sic] BWV 552b [6’31]
Ronald FROST Toccata for St Ann’s (1980)
Ronald Frost (organs) rec. Mellor Parish Church, Stockport, Blackburn
Cathedral, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, St Ann’s Church, Manchester,
Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester. DDD
DUNELM RECORDS DRD0250 [78:18][CB]
This
is only recommendable for those interested in recordings of less-known
instruments, or maybe the sonata by Williamson. ... see Full
Review
Walter
Gieseking Ludwig van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)
Violin
Sonata No.9 Op.47 Kreutzer (1802-03) [31.24] + Piano Concerto
No.4 Op.57 (1806) [30.55] * Robert SCHUMANN
(1810-1856) Fantasie in C (1836-38) [29.04] Piano Concerto in A
minor Op.54 [29.18] # Johannes BRAHMS
(1833-1897) Piano Concerto No.1 in D minor Op.15 (1854-1858) [45.10]
Alexander SCRIABIN (1872-1915) Preludes
Op.11 (1888-1896) [27.03] Claude DEBUSSY
(1862-1918) Suite bergamasque (1890 revised 1905) [15.34] Valse
romantique [3.01] Danse (tarantella styrienne) [4.35] Estampes
– Pagodes [4.03] Soiree dans Grenades [4.22] Images - Reflets
dans l’eau [4.41] Preludes – Book I 10.10] Maurice
RAVEL (1875-1937) Miroirs [22.47]
Walter Gieseking (piano) Gerhard Taschner (violin)+ RIAS/Antal Dorati
* Hessian Radio Symphony Orchestra/Kurt Schröder # Recorded 1949-53
TAHRA TAH 409/412
[4 CDs 62.38 + 58.59 + 73.27 + 71.42] [JW]
These
four discs make formidable claims on the collector’s
wallet, as does the important discography.
... see Full
Review
Beniamino
Gigli - The Gigli
Edition vol. 13 - London Recordings 1947-1949
Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART
(1756–1791) Das Veilchen, K.476;
Benjamin GODARD
(1849–1895) Joselyn: Cachés dans
cet asile (Berceuse); Victor
HERBERT (1859–1924) Naughty Marietta:
Ah! Sweet mystery of life; MOYA (? - ?) Song of
songs; Antonio CALDARA (c 1670–1736) Come raggio di sol;
La Costanza in amor cince l’inganno: Selve amiche, ombrose piante; Francesco DURANTE (1684–1755)
Vergin, tutto amor; Antonio CESTI (1623–1669) I casti amori d’Orontea: Intorno all’idol
mio; MAZZIOTTI
(?) Mattinata siciliana;
Claudio MONTEVERDI (1567–1643) L’Arianna: Lasciatemi morire!;
Giuseppe GIORDANI (c 1753–1798)
Caro mio ben, credimi almen;
Alessandro SCARLATTI (1660–1725)
Il Pompeo: O cessate di piagarmi; Franco ALFANO (1876–1954) Don Juan de Mañara: Tu
vedi in un bel ciel; Pietro MASCAGNI
(1863–1945) L’amico Fritz: Ed anche
Beppe amò ... O amore, o bella luce del cor; GIBILARO (?) Quattro miniature
siciliane: ‘Carrettieri’: No. 3 Tango notturno; George Frideric
HANDEL (1685–1759) Atalanta: Care
selve, ombre beate; Giovanni BONONCINI (1670–1747) Griselda: Per la
Gloria d’adorarvi;
Antonio CESTI (arr Parisotti) Tu
mancavi a tormentarmi; Alessandro
SCARLATTI L’onestà negli amori:
Già il sole del Gange; FASOLO (?)
Cangia, cangia tue voglie
Beniamino Gigli (tenor) Orchestra/Rainaldo
Zamboni (tracks 1–14), Vito Carnevali (tracks
15–20) rec. Studio 1, Abbey Road, London 12
December 1947 – 18 March 1949 Producer and
Restoration Engineer: Mark Obert-Thorn
NAXOS 8.111102 [64:11][JW]
Lifelike,
open, unproblematic and attractive transfers.
The Gigli enthusiast will enjoy – maybe even
come to love – his evocative and noble way
with the aria antiche ... see Full
Review
God
So Loved the World:
A Passiontide Sequence
John STAINER (1840-1901) God so
loved the world [3:36] Kenneth LEIGHTON
(1929-1988) Drop, drop, slow tears [2:12] Edward
BAIRSTOW (1847-1946) The Lamentation [7:58] Richard
FARRANT (c.1525-1580) Call to Remembrance [2:07] Maurice
DURUFLÉ (1902-1986) Ubi Caritas [2:24] Herbert
HOWELLS (1892-1983) Like as the Hart [5:10] Thomas
TALLIS (1505-85) Salvator Mundi [2:45] Robert
Lucas PEARSALL (1795-1856), arr. Richard
SHEPHERD (b.1949) Take up thy Cross [2:34] Anton
BRUCKNER (1824-1896) Christus factus est [4:44] John
SANDERS (1933-2003) The Reproaches [8:50] Richard
SHEPHARD (b.1949) Never weather-beaten sail [2:23] Antonio
LOTTI (c.1667-1740) Crucifixus [3:10] Johannes
BRAHMS (1833-1897) Geistliches Lied [5:08] Harold
DARKE (1888-1976) O Brother Man [4:06] Edward
BAIRSTOW (1847-1946) Jesu, grant me this, I pray [3:23]
The Chapel Choir of University College, Durham / David Jackson; Oliver
Bond (organ) rec. 15-17 July, 2005. York Minster
LAMMAS LAMM 193D [60:37] [GPu]
This
is a very accomplished student choir in a recital which offers
much to admire and enjoy without quite being able to challenge
the work of some more experienced choirs … see Full
Review
Great
Light orchestras salute Richard
RODGERS Carousel
Waltz (Rodgers,
arr. Faith) – Percy Faith & his Orchestra The Blue Room (Rodgers,
Hart, arr. Hill-Bowen) – Melachrino
Strings/George Melachrino Lover
(Rodgers, Hart) – Dolf Van Der Linden & his
Orchestra Some Enchanted Evening (Rodgers,
Hammerstein, arr. Binge) Mantovani & his Orchestra Song of the High
Seas (Rodgers) – Wally Stott & his
Orchestra My
Funny Valentine (Rodgers,
Hart) – Jackie Gleason & his
Orchestra (trumpet solo: Bobby Hackett) The
Lady is a Tramp (Rodgers,
Hart) – Kingsway Symphony Orchestra/Stanley
Black Failing in Love with Love
(Rodgers, Hart) – David Rose & his
Orchestra Little
Girl Blue (Rodgers,
Hart) – Andre Kostelanetz & his Orchestra Surrey with the Fringe
on Top (Rodgers,
Hammerstein) – Morton Gould & his Orchestra Beneath the Southern Cross
(from "Victory At Sea") (Rodgers,
arr. Russell Bennett) – Members
of NBC Symphony Orchestra/Robert Russell Bennett March of the Siamese Children (Rodgers) – Philharmonic
Symphony Orchestra of NewYork/Richard Rodgers It's Easy to Remember (Rodgers & Hart,
arr. Farnon) – Robert
Farnon & his Orchestra Wait till
You see Her (Rodgers,
Hart) – Andre Kostelanetz & his
Orchestra It
might as well be Spring (Rodgers,
Hammerstein) – Kingsway Symphony
Orchestra/Stanley Black Down by the
River (Rodgers & Hart, arr. Farnon) – Robert
Farnon & his Orchestra Bewitched
(Rodgers, Hart) – David Rose & his
Orchestra Spring
is Here, title song (Rodgers,
Hart) – Richard Hayman & his
Orchestra Guadalcanal March (from 'Victory
at Sea") (Rodgers,
arr. Russell Bennett) – Ron Goodwin
& his Concert Orchestra Richard Rodgers
Suite: Dancing on the Ceiling, Johnny One
Note, With a Song in My Heart The Girl Friend,
There's a Small Hotel, Thou Swell, Little
Girl Blue, Mountain Greenery, Where Or When,
Here in my Arms, My Heart stood Still, The
Lady is a Tramp (Rodgers) – Louis Levy & his
Concert Orchestra rec. 1949-1955. mono
GUILD GLCD5123 [78:03] [RW]
Golden
Age recordings of the works of Richard Rodgers
... see Full
Review
The Hall
of Fame: Volume 1 Holiday
for Strings (Rose) – Morton
Gould and his Orchestra Coronation
Scot – Light Orchestra/Charles Williams Serenata (Anderson) – Boston
Pops Orchestra/Arthur Fiedler Portrait
of a Flirt (Farnon) – Kingsway
Symphony Orchestra/Robert Farnon Mad about the Boy (Coward) – Andre
Kostelanetz and his Orchestra In
Party Mood (Strachey) – West
End Celebrity Orchestra/Louis Voss Gracious Gown (Melachrino) – Melachrino
Orchestra/George Melachrino Bubbling
Over (Gardebylaten) (Olsson,
Faith) – Percy Faith and his Orchestra Vanity
Fair (Collins) – London
Promenade Orchestra/Anthony Collins In a Persian Market (KetèIbey) – New
Symphony Orchestra/Stanford Robinson Vilia (Lehár) – Nelson
Riddle and his Orchestra Brief
Interlude (Wayne) – Music
by Camarata Wooden Shoes
(Herbert) – Harry Horlick and his
Orchestra My
Love to You (Fletcher) – Reginald
King and his Orchestra Serenade
No.1 (Ständchen) (Heykens) – Marek
Weber and his Orchestra Wedding
of the Rose (Jessel) – Ron
Goodwin and his Orchestra An American
in Paris (Gershwin) – David
Rose and his Orchestra Say it
isn't So (Berlin) – Kingsway
Symphony Orchestra/Stanley Black Four Centuries Suite, ‘Rhythm’ (Coates) – New
Symphony Orchestra/Eric Coates Holiday
Spirit (Richardson) – Queen's
Light Orchestra/Robert Farnon Outward
Bound (Richardson) – Queen's
Light Orchestra/Sidney Torch London
Fantasia (Richardson) – Columbia
Light Symphony/Williams rec. 1930-1954, mono.
GUILD GLCD 5120 [77:52] [RW]
The
real appeal is to revisit the original wireless
recordings as I remember them and to put names
to the composers of music many of us know
so well. ... see Full
Review
Felix Hell Plays The Rieger-Kloss Organ
Dietrich BUXTEHUDE
(c.1637-1707) Prelude, Fugue and Ciaconne in C Major BuxWV 137 [6:01]
Johann Sebastian BACH (1685-1750)
Prelude and Fugue in G major BWV 541 [7:24]; Wachet auf, ruft uns die
Stimme [4:44]; Air on the G-String [3:12] Marcel
DUPRÉ (1886-1971) Variations sur un Noël [12:08] Eugene
GIGOUT (1844-1925) Toccata in B minor [2:58] Leon
BOELLMANN (1862-1897) Suite Gothique op 25 [15:20] Charles-Marie
WIDOR (1845-1937) Symphony No 5 [19:26]: i) Allegro; ii)
Allegro Cantabile Max REGER (1873-1916)
Variations and Fugue on America [7:40]
Felix Hell (organ) rec. Independent Presbyterian Church, Savannah, Georgia,
USA. No date given. DDD
MSR CLASSICS MS 1162 [79:03] [CB]
This
is of minimal interest. ... see Full
Review
Vladimir
Horowitz
- Pictures At An Exhibition
and eight Other Favourites Original mono recordings:
1942-1951 Vladimir HOROWITZ
(1904-1989) Variations
on a Theme from Bizet's Carmen (1926)
[3.32] Franz LISZT
(1811-1886) Funérailles S173 (1849)
[10.23] Rákóczy March - Hungarian
Rhapsody No.15 (arranged Horowitz) [5.08]
Valse Oubliée No. 1 (1881) [2.50] Felix
MENDELSSOHN (1810-1849) A Midsummer
Night's Dream Wedding March and Variations
(arranged Liszt, revised Horowitz) Op.61 (1842)
[6.01] Modest MUSSORGSKY
(1839-1881) Pictures At An Exhibition
(arranged. Horowitz) (1874) [29.36] By The
Water (arranged Horowitz) from Sunless,
song cycle (1874) [3.58] Camille
SAINT-SAËNS (1835-1921) Danse
Macabre Op.40 (arranged Liszt, revised Horowitz)
(1874) [8.10] John
Philip SOUSA (1854-1932) The Stars
And Stripes Forever (arranged Horowitz) (1897)
[3.54]
Vladimir Horowitz (piano) Recorded New York,
1942-51
LIVING ERA CLASSICS AJC 8560 [74.04] [JW]
There’s
nothing else quite as exhaustingly magnificent
as this ... see Full
Review
Irish Rhapsody TRADITIONAL
arr. Leroy ANDERSON (1908-1975)
Irish Suite: The Irish Washerwoman [3:25]; The Minstrel Boy
[3:35];, The Rakes of Mallow [3:06]; The Wearing of the Green [3:58];
The Last Rose of Summer [3:39]; The Girl I Left behind Me [3:27] Victor
HERBERT (1859-1924) Irish Rhapsody [14:36]; Eileen: The Irish
Have a Great Day Tonight [1:47]; George M.
COHAN (1878-1942) An Old Fashioned Sing-Along Medley [4:48];
Shamus O'CONNOR Macnamara's Band
(arr. Richard HAYMAN) [3:53]; Richard
HAYMAN My Darling Irish Rose [2:52]; arr. Richard HAYMAN Irish Tune from Country Derry [4:45];
Sing-Along Medley [4:29]
Richard Hayman and His Orchestra rec. April, June 1989, Germany(?)
NAXOS 8.555016 [58:17][IL]
Sensitive
renderings of familiar Irish songs lovingly performed by the Hayman
Orchestra. ... see Full Review
Mathias
Kjellgren: Organ Greetings Fran orgeln
I Norrtälje kyrka Johann Sebastian
BACH (1685-1750) Sinfonia from Cantata No. 29 “Wir Danken dir, Gott” (1731) [4:56];
Air from Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D (1731) [3:48] Edward
GRIEG (1843-1907)
Late Spring (1882) [3:52] Manuel
de FALLA (1876-1946)
Ritual Fire Dance (1915) [4:19] Maurice
RAVEL (1875-1937)
Pavane for a Dead Princess (1899) [5:47] Richard
WAGNER (1813-1883)
Tannhäuser: Pilgrims’ Chorus (1845) [3:31] Franz
LISZT (1811-1886)
Liebesträume No. 3 (1850) [5:44] Camille
SAINT-SÄENS (1835-1921)
Fantasie E-flat major (1857) [5:40];
The Swan (1886) [3:22] Zdenek
FIBICH (1850-1900)
Poème (1879) [4:21]
Pietro MASCAGNI (1863-1945) Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo (1890) [3:28] Edward
“Duke” ELLINGTON (1899-1974) Freedom (1968) [2:15]; Heaven (1968) [3:27];
Come Sunday (1967) [4:17] Edward
ELGAR (1857-1934)
Salut d’amour (1889) [4:26] Claude
DEBUSSY (1862-1918)
Clair de Lune (1882-84) [5:42] L.J.A.
LEFÉBURE-WELY
(1817-1869) Bolero de Concert [4:26] TRADITIONAL The Londonderry Air [4:36]
Mathias Kjellgren (organ) rec. Winter 2005, Norrtälje Kyrka, Norrtälje,
Sweden. DDD
NOSAG RECORDS NOSAG CD 110 [77:57][WK]
The
Norrtälje organ does not have a big sound but has a very bright one
… the perfect type for an organist of Kjellgren’s abilities. ... see
Full Review
Magdalena Kožená - Enchantment:
compilation - see review for details
Magdalena Kozená (mezzo) rec. dates and locations not supplied
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON
477 615-3 [65:51 + 76:56] [KM]
A
voice as beautiful as the singer ... see Full
Review
Leipziger
Streichquartett - Encores Franz
SCHUBERT (1797–1828) Movement
D 703 in C minor Hugo WOLF (1860–1903) Intermezzo in E flat major Johann Sebastian BACH (1685–1750) Der Tag is thin,
die Sonne gehet nieder Heinrich ISAAC (ca.
1450–1517) Sequentia (from Choralis Constantinus) Ludwig van BEETHOVEN (1770–1827) Cavatina. Adagio
molto espressivo from Quartet op. 130 Richard
WAGNER (1813–1883) Albumblatt (1881) Astor
PIAZZOLLA (1921–1992) Four, for Tango Anton
BRUCKNER (1824–1896) Intermezzo for string quintet
in D minor Joseph HAYDN (1732–1809) Variations
on “Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser” from Quartet in C major Hob.
III:77
(“Emperor Quartet”) Giacomo PUCCINI (1858–1924) Crisantemi Paul
HINDEMITH (1895–1963) Overture to the “Flying Dutchman” as played
at Sight by a Second-Rate Concert
Orchestra at the Village Well at 7 o’clock in the Morning Johann
Sebastian BACH “ Wenn wir in höchsten Nöthen” Charles
IVES (1874–1954) Scherzo Leipziger
Streichquartett, Hartmut Rohde (viola) (Bruckner) rec. Paul-Gerhardt-Kirche,
Leipzig, 24– 26 May 2005 MUSIKPRODUKTION
DABRINGHAUS
UND GRIMM MDG 307 1362-2 [73:23] [GF]
Goes
straight to the top of the list. Anyone wanting a varied and thrilling
collection of mainly shorter quartet pieces, ranging from Renaissance
to late 20th century need look no further. ... 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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