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REVIEWS
Henry RUSSELL
- A Life on the
Ocean Wave – The story of a composer, singer,
entertainer by Andrew Lamb
2007 398 pp. Ł25 ISBN 0 9524149 6 1 Publ.
Fullers Wood Press, Croydon CR0 8HZ, U.K.
[RW]
An
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CD REVIEWS
For
a short holiday period we are reducing the
number of reviews we present every day. We
anticipate normal service will resume after
September 10th.
Friday
August 31st
Anton
BRUCKNER (1824-1896) Symphony
No. 7 in E (1881-3, ed. Haas) ((i) Allegro moderato [21:04]
(ii) Adagio: Sehr feierlich und sehr langsam [23:28] (iii)
Scherzo: Sehr schnell – Trio: Etwas langsamer [10:06] (iv)
Finale: Bewegt, doch nicht schnell [12:20]) 
Aarhus
Symphony Orchestra/James Loughran rec. live, Aarhus Cathedral,
Denmark, 28 April 2005. DDD DANACORD
DACOCD655 [67:28]
[PCW]
A
bit plain spun: not bad but not competitive either … see Full
Review
Gaetano
DONIZETTI (1797-1848) Adelia - opera
seria in three acts (1841) Adelia,
a young girl - Michela Sburlati (soprano); Arnoldo, her father
and a commoner – Andrea Silvestrelli (bass); Count Oliviero,
a nobleman in love with Adelia – Davis Sotgiu (tenor); Duke
Carlo, the local ruler – Giulio Mastrototaro (baritone) Haydn
Choir; Haydn Orchestra von Bozen und Trient/Gustav Kuhn rec.
11-16 December 2006, Auditorium, Bozen Sung in Italian. Libretto
and translation as PDF (CD 2) BMG-RCA
RED SEAL 86697 10813 2 [54.25 + 67.03] [RJF]
Whilst
not a singing cast of the highest international standard this is
particularly welcome for the opportunity to hear a rarely performed
late period Donizetti opera. Full of the kind of melodic invention
that could flow from his pen even when not fully inspired by the
libretto ... see Full
Review
Andrzej
PANUFNIK (1914-1991) Sinfonia
Sacra (1963) [20:19] Sinfonia Rustica (1948) [24:28] Sinfonia
Concertante for flute, harp and strings (1973) [20:50] Aurčle
Nicolet (flute); Osian Ellis (harp) Monte Carlo Opera Orchestra/composer
(Sacra; Rustica) Menuhin Festival Orchestra/composer
rec. Salle Alcazar, Monte Carlo, 1-3 June 1966; No. 1 Studio,
Abbey Road, London, 20 February 1975. ADD EMI
CLASSICS BRITISH COMPOSERS SERIES 3522892 [66:46] [RB]
Consistently
satisfying music articulated through minimal means … the best possible
Panufnik introduction ... see Full
Review
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH Georg Philipp TELEMANN (1681-1767) Drei
sind, die da zuegen im Himmel, TVWV 1:377 (1711) [12:09]* Ich
hatte viel Bekümmernis, TVWV 1:843 (1717) [12:10]* Wie
liegt die Stadt so wüste, TVWV 1:1629 (1727) [14:27]* Er
kam, lobsingt ihm, TVWV 1:377 (1759) [15:05]** Rheinische
Kantorei; Das Kleine Konzert (Veronika Winter (soprano)*; Lena
Susanne Norin (alto)*; Jan Kobow (tenor)*; Ekkehard Abele (bass)*;
Ingrid Schmithüsen (soprano)**; Claudia Schubert (alto)**; Howard
Crook (tenor) **; Gotthold Schwarz (bass)**)/Hermann Max rec.
Magdeburg, Germany, 18 March, 2006, DDD*; 25-29 April, 1997.
DDD** CPO 777
195-2 [57:08] [MS]
An
outstanding collection of high Baroque cantatas sung with conviction,
gentle authority and perception by Rheinische Kantorei; Das Kleine
Konzert with soloists under Hermann Max. Full of glorious warmth
and light … see Full Review
Great
Swedish Singers - Rut Jacobson Wolfgang Amadeus
MOZART (1756–1791) Le nozze di Figaro (1786) 1. E
Susanna non vien!... Dovre sono [6:57] Gioachino
ROSSINI (1792–1868) Le Comte Ory (1828) 2. En
proie ŕ la tristesse [7:55] Giuseppe
VERDI (1813–1901) La traviata (1853) 3. Addio
del passato [3:48] Pyotr
TCHAIKOVSKY (1840–1893) Eugene Onegin (1879) 4. O!
Kak mnye tyazhelo! [12:26] Giacomo
PUCCINI (1858–1924) Madama Butterfly (1904) 5. Un
bel di, vedremo [4:27] Pietro
MASCAGNI (1863–1945) L’amico Fritz (1891) 6. Suzel,
buon di … Tutto tace [8:56] August
SÖDERMAN (1832–1876) Hin Ondes första lärospĺn (Le
diable ŕ lécole) (1856) 7. Helga Jungfru (Holy Virgin)
[5:08] Gösta NYSTROEM (1890–1966) Herr
Arnes penningar (Herr Arne’s Hoard) (1959) 8. Varför äter
du inte? [2:51] Lars
Johan WERLE (1926–2001) Tintomara (1973) 9. Glans,
vilken glans [6:43] Ivar
HALLSTRÖM (1826-1901) Den bergtagna (The Bride of
the Mountain King) (1874) 10. Spinn, spinn gyllne sländan
min [7:27] Hertig Magnus och sjöjungfrun (Duke Magnus and
the Mermaid) (1865) 11. Jag lekte som barn [2:59] Jacopo
FORONI (1825–1858) Maître Pathelin (1858) 12. Besöka
honom, stackars karl [4:18] Rut
Jacobson (soprano) Suzanne Brenning (mezzo-soprano) (2), Harald
Ek (tenor) (2), Per Stokholm (baritone) (4), Tonny Landy (tenor)
(6), Busk Margit Jonsson (soprano) (8), Marie-Louise Hasselgren
(mezzo-soprano) (9), Arne Tyrén (bas) (12); Chorus and Orchestra
of the Stora Teatern, Gothenburg; Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra;
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra/Sixten Eckerberg; Okko Kamu,
Styrbjörn Lindedal; Stig Rybrant; Gunnar Staern; Stig Westerberg
rec. 1959–1976 BLUEBELL
ABCD097 [75:07] [GF]
Excellent
singing and identification by one of the great Swedish singers
of yesterday. This issue is also valuable for some rare Swedish
opera excerpts ... see Full
Review
Thursday August 30th
York
BOWEN (1884-1961) Piano
Concerto No. 2 in D minor Concertstück, Op. 17 (1905)
[21.33]
Piano Concerto No. 3 in G minor Fantasia, Op. 23 (1907) [19.40] Symphonic
Fantasia – a tone poem, Op. 16 (1905) [33:16] Michael
Dussek (piano) BBC Concert Orchestra/Vernon Handley rec. 20-21 February 2007,
The Colosseum, Town Hall, Watford, England. DDD DUTTON
EPOCH CDLX7187 [74.56] [RB]
A
most enjoyable helping of Bowen’s late-romanticism which does nothing
to dampen the demand for more of the concertos ... see Full
Review
Sigfrid
KARG-ELERT (1877-1933) Piano
Works Vol. 4 Exotische Rhapsodie Op. 118 (1917) [14:01]
Zwielicht-Impressionen (1913) [4:33] Heidebilder Op. 127 (1917)
[17:00] Zwei Klavierstücke (1902) [8:03] Nächtlicher Regen
[2:53] Mosaik Op. 146 [27:27] Ernst
Breidenbach (piano) rec. Lazarus-Kirche, Nieder-Ramstadt, 9-12
January 2004 DDD CPO
999773-2 [74:00] [PCW]
A
typically interesting CPO offering … see Full
Review
Quincy Porter (1897-1966) String
Quartet No.1 in E minor (1922-23) [19:19] String Quartet No.2 (1925)
[14:29] String Quartet No.3 (1930) [16:23] String Quartet No.4 (1931)
[15:19] Ives Quartet:
(Bettina Mussumeli (1st violin); Susan Freier (2nd violin);
Judi Levitz (viola); Stephen Harrison (cello)). rec. St Stephen’s
Church, Belvedere, California, 21-26 May 2006. DDD NAXOS
8.559305 [65:30] [JF]
The
playing is stunning and subtle … players who are perfectly at home
with this fine music ... see Full
Review
BARGAIN
OF THE MONTH Music
for Strings Paul HINDEMITH (1895-1963) Fünf
Stücke, Op.44 No.4 (1927) [11:31]Sergei
PROKOFIEV (1891-1953) Visions Fugitives, Op.22 (arr.
R. Barshai) (1915-17) [17:23] Béla
BARTÓK (1891-1945) Divertimento for Strings, Sz.113
(1939) [26:51]Antonio VIVALDI (1678-1741) Concerto
in B minor, Op.3 No.10 (pub.1711) [10:13] Concerto in D major
Op.3 No.1 (pub.1711) [10:20] Academy
of St. Martin in the Fields/Neville Marriner (Hindemith, Prokofiev)
Moscow Chamber Orchestra/Rudolf Barshai (Bartók, Vivaldi) rec.
St. John’s, Smith Square, London, July 1974 (Hindemith) and October
1972 (Prokofiev), and at Decca Studio 3, West Hampstead, London,
July 1962 (Bartók, Vivaldi) DECCA
ELOQUENCE 442 8414 [76:38] [DC]
With
excellent sonics and musicianship and a high score in the ‘first
CD release’ stakes this disc is as good as self-recommending ...
see Full Review
Elisabeth
Schwarzkopf -
Salzburg Recital 1956 Gottfried
H. STÖLZEL (1690-1749) Bist du bei mir (3:13)
(attrib. J.S. Bach) Alessandro PARISOTTI (1853-1913) Se
tu m'ami (2:21) (attrib. Pergolesi) George
Frideric HANDEL (1685-1759) Atalanta, HWV 35:
Care selve (3:30) Christoph GLUCK (1714-1787) La
rencontre imprevue: C'est un torrent impetueux (2:22) Ludwig
Van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) Songs (3), Op. 83:
no 1, Wonne der Wehmut (3:03) Franz
SCHUBERT (1797-1828) An Sylvia, D 891/Op.
106 no 4 (2:28) Rosamunde, D 797/Op. 26: no 5, Romance "Der
Vollmond strahlt" (3:45) Die Vogel, D 691/Op. 172 no 6
(0:49) Der Einsame, D 800 (4:30) Vedi, quanto adoro, D 510 "Didone
abbandonata" (4:30) Hugo WOLF (1860-1903) Goethe
Lieder: no 9, Mignon "Kennst du das Land" (6:50)
Goethe Lieder: no 8, Philine (3:21) Eichendorff Lieder: no
8, Nachtzauber (3:59) Eichendorff Lieder: no 7, Die Zigeunerin
(3:26) Richard STRAUSS (1864-1949) Lieder
(4), Op. 27: no 1, Ruhe, meine Seele (3:18) Lieder (5), Op.
41: no 1, Wiegenlied (4:12) Lieder (5), Op. 69: no 5, Schlechtes
Wetter (2:02) Lieder (4), Op. 36: no 3, Hat gesagt, bleibts
nicht dabei (2:15) Wolfgang Amadeus
MOZART (1756-1791) Warnung, K 433 (416c) (2:24) Robert
SCHUMANN (1810-1856) Myrthen, Op. 25: no 3,
Der Nussbaum (3:24) Franz SCHUBERT Die
schone Mullerin, D 795/Op. 25: no 7, Ungeduld (3:12) Elisabeth
Schwarzkopf (soprano); Gerald Moore (piano) rec. 7 August 1956,
Salzburg Festival ARCHIPEL
ARPCD0390 [69:57] [EMc]
No
sense of strain, no wobble, perfect legato and astounding breath
control. The performances always capture the attention ... see Full
Review
Wednesday
August 29th
Alban
BERG (1885-1935) String
Quartet, Op. 3 (1910) [21:45]
Lyric Suite (1925/26) [28:31] Hugo WOLF (1860-1903) Italian
Serenade (1887) [6:56] New Zealand
String Quartet (Helene Pohl, Douglas Beilman, violins; Gilliam Snsell, viola;
Rolf Grelsten, cello) rec. Adam Concert Room, Victoria University of Wellington,
New Zealand, 22-24
November 2004. DDD NAXOS 8.557374 [57:28]
[CC]
These
are urgent interpretations … interpretative stature and technical
prowess ... see Full Review
Anton
BRUCKNER (1824-1896) Symphony
No. 6 in A (1879-81) [57:01] ((i) Majestoso [15:56]; (ii) Adagio.
Sehr feierlich [17:19]; (iii) Scherzo – Trio [8:36]; (iv) Finale
[15:06]) Staatskapelle
Dresden/Bernard Haitink rec. live, Semperoper, Dresden, Germany,
2 November 2003. DDD PROFIL
PH07011 [57:01] [PCW]
Looking
for mid-price Bruckner 6 in modern sound? Look no further … see Full
Review
Joseph
HOROVITZ (b.
1926) Concerto
for Clarinet and String Orchestra (1948, rev. 1956)† Concerto
for Euphonium and Chamber Orchestra (1972, rev. 1976) Concerto
for Violin and String Orchestra (1949-50)† Jazz Concerto for
Piano, Strings and Percussion (1965) Jeremy
Brown (bass); Matt Skelton (percussion); Fiona Cross (clarinet);
Steven Mead (euphonium); Andrew Haveron (violin); David Owen
Norris (piano) Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Joseph Horovitz rec. Cadogan
Hall, London, 13-14 September 2006, Angel Studios, London,
14 November 2006 † premiere recordings DUTTON
EPOCH CDLX7188 [74:41] [RB]
Discover
Horovitz the craftsman whose touching cantilena is as accomplished
as his jazzy lightness of being. Let’s now hear the other concertos,
please ... see Full Review
Wolfgang
Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791) Die
Zauberflöte (für Kinder) Pamina,
Ileana Contrubas (sop); Tamino, Peter Schreier (ten); Papageno,
Christian Boesch (bar); Sarastro, Kurt Rydl (bass); Queen of
the Night, Zdislawa Donat (sop); Papagena, Gudrun Sieber, (sop);
Monostatos, Horst Hiestermann (ten) Konzertvereinigung Wiener
Staatsopernchor Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra/James Levine
Presented by Christian Boesch and Jean-Pierre Ponnelle rec.
live, 26 August 1982, Felsenreitschule, Salzburg LPCM Stereo
Format DVD 9, Region code 0. TDK
DVWW-OPMFC 
[106:00]
[DC]
Very
much a German language production, but excellent entertainment
nonetheless ... see Full
Review
Louis
SPOHR (1784–1859) Grand
Concert Overture in F major WoO1 (1819) [6:31] Symphony No
1 in E flat major Op 20 (1811) [36:36] Symphony No 2 in D minor
Op 49 (1820) [30:48] Orchestra
della Svizzera Italiana/Howard Shelley rec. Auditorio Stelio
Molo, Lugano, Switzerland, 11-15 September 2006. DDD HYPERION
CDA67616 [74:04] [RB]
Spohr
was feted in his time yet his music sank deeper than plummet’s
plunge after his death. It was an undeserved fate ... see Full
Review
Tuesday
August 28th
Arthur
de GREEF (1862-1940) Violin
Sonata No. 1 in D minor (1896 rev 1932) [15:37] Violin Sonata
No. 2 in C minor (1933) [22:15] Sonata in C minor for two pianos
(1928) [22:30] Nico
Baltussen (violin), Catherine Mertens, Luc Devos (piano) rec.
1998? TALENT
DOM2910 24 [57:52]
[RB]
Truly
the past was in De Greef’s case a different country. He held true
to his star and these works are cause for gratitude that he did
... see Full Review
Simeon
ten HOLT (b.
1923) Canto
Ostinato (1976-79) [163:14] Gerard
Bouwhuis, Gene Cart, Arielle Vernčde, Crees van Zeeland (pianos)
rec. January, 1988, Vredenburg, Utrecht, Netherlands. DDD ETCETERA
KTC1317 [3 CDs: 56.00 + 54.16 + 52.58] [KM]
A
beautiful, long minimalist piano work ... see Full
Review
Wolfgang
Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791) Epistelsonaten,
Werke für eine Orgelwalze Sonate in C KV 328
[5:20] Sonate in F KV 244 [4:16] Fantasie in f KV 594 [12:22]
Sonate in B KV 212 [3:45] Sonate in Es KV 67 [2:38] Andante
in F KV 616 [7:42] Sonate in F KV 224 [5:11] Sonate in D KV
69 [4:10] Fantasie in f KV 608 [12:08] Sonate in D KV 144 [3:50]
Sonate in C KV 336 [5:05] Gerhard
Gnann (organ) rec. Sankt Mariä Empfängnis, Essen-Holsterhausen,
Germany, August 2006. DDD ORGANUM
OGM 261128 [69:32] [CB]
A
highly recommendable release … lively and musical playing, always
in tune with the essence of each composition ... see Full
Review
Domenico
SCARLATTI (1685-1757) The
Complete Sonatas, Volume V CD 1 - Venice XII
(1757) K484-498 CD 2 - Venice XII (1757) K499-4513 CD
3 - Venice XIII (1757) K514-29 CD 4 - Venice
XIII (1757) K530-43 CD 5 - The Continuo Sonatas K78,
88-91 Alessandro SCARLATTI (1660-1725)*
Sinfonia in C minor Largo, [1:56] Sinfonia in C minor Allegro, [1:15]
Sinfonia in C minor Sarabande, [1:45] Sinfonia in C minor
Allegro, [1:07] George Frideric HANDEL (1685-1759)*
Sonata in F major Allegro, HWV405 [2:03] Sonata in F major
Grave, HWV405 [1:43] Sonata in F major Allegro, HWV405 [2:05] Richard
Lester (harpsichord and fortepiano) Academia Musicali*: Elizabeth
Lester (treble recorder); Nerys Evans (descant and treble recorder)
rec: October, 2004, Wisteria Lodge, Cirencester, Gloucestershire,
England. DDD NIMBUS
RECORDS NI1729 [5 CDs: 70:25 + 61:45 + 64:28 + 62:04 +
46:34] [MS]
Volume
V in this extensive and ambitious series is every bit as welcome,
enjoyable and stimulating as the previous four. A vast range of
moods, styles, approaches, sounds and themes in a unique oeuvre
is expertly played by Lester – this time with some help … see Full
Review
English
Idylls CD
1 Frederick DELIUS (1862-1934) On
hearing the first Cuckoo in Spring Frank
BRIDGE (1879-1941) Enter Spring John
FOULDS (1880-1939) 'April - England' Frank
BRIDGE Summer (Tone poem for orchestra) Percy
Aldridge GRAINGER (1882-1961) Harvest Hymn Arnold
BAX (1883-1953) November Woods Frank
BRIDGE Christmas Dance 'Sir Roger de Coverley' CD
2 Ralph VAUGHAN
WILLIAMS (1872-1958) Romanza from Tuba Concerto
(arr. cello and orchestra by Vaughan Williams) Sir
Edward ELGAR (1857-1934) Romance, Op. 62 (arr.
cello and orchestra by Elgar) Une idylle, Op. 4 No. 1 (arr.
cello and organ) Frederick
DELIUS Two Pieces for Cello and Chamber Orchestra
(1930) 1. Caprice 2. Elegy Percy
GRAINGER Youthful Rapture (1901) George
DYSON (1883-1964) Fantasy (1935) from Prelude, Fantasy
and Chaconne John IRELAND (1879-1962) The
Holy Boy (1913) (transc. Christopher Palmer) Sir
Henry WALFORD DAVIES (1869-1941) Solemn Melody (1908)
for solo cello, organ and strings Percy
Aldridge GRAINGER Brigg Fair (transc. Christopher
Palmer) Gustav HOLST (1874-1934) Invocation
for Cello and Orchestra Cyril
SCOTT (1879-1970) Pastoral and Reel (1927) Julian
Lloyd-Webber (cello), John Lenehan (piano) (Scott), John Birch
(organ) (Elgar, Davies) Academy of St. Martin in the Fields/Sir
Neville Marriner rec. March 1996, The Colosseum, Watford, UK
(CD1); January 1994, St. John’s Smith Square, London (CD2).
DDD PHILIPS
ELOQUENCE 442 8415 [68:35 + 59:55] [RB]
With
decent notes this makes a pretty good bargain if you are in the
mood for British music with an idyllic tendency ... see Full
Review
Monday
August 27th
Manuel
de Falla (1876-1946) Piano
Music - Volume 2 Canción (Song) (1900) [2:16] Cortejo
de los gnomos (Cortege of Gnomes) (1901)[2:18] Vals-capricho (1900)
[3:11] Canción de los remeros del Volga (Song of
the Volga Boatmen) (1922) [3:39] Mazurca (1899)
[5:23] Fantasía bética (1919) [13:17] Los Danzas
de La vida breve, (arr. piano) Danse primera [3:36]; Danse segunda
[4:26]; Suite de El sombrero de tres picos (The Three-cornered
Hat) (excerpts) (arr. piano): Danza de la molinera (Dance
of the Miller's Wife) [4:19]; Danza de los vecinos (Dance
of the Neighbours) [3:35]; Danza del molinero (Dance
of the Miller) [2:29]; Danza del corregidor (Dance
of the Corregidor) [2:00]; Danza final (jota) Final
Dance (Jota) [5:17] Daniel
Ligorio (piano) rec. Estudios Moraleda, Barcelona, February-March
2005. DDD NAXOS
8.555066 [55:47]
[JF]
Listen,
stop the player, sip a glass of Rioja and move on to the next number!
... see Full Review
British
Light Music Premieres - Vol. 4 Ernest
TOMLINSON (b. 1924) Aladdin (1974): Jewel
Dances: (Ruby; Emerald; Pearl); Aladdin’s Dance of Joy; Young
Man in Love John FOX (b.
1924) A Surrey Rhapsody (2006) Jim
COOKE (b. 1959) Concert Jig (2004) (Christopher
Perry (hammered dulcimer)) Phillip
LORD (1930-1969) Nautical Overture (1965) Richard
VALERY (1906-2005) The Magic Carpet (1940) Lionel
SAINSBURY (b. 1958) Cuban Dance no.2 (1991) Adam
SAUNDERS (b. 1968) Overture: Pirates Ahoy! (2006) Carey
BLYTON (1932-2002) Suite: The Golden Road to
Samarkand (1991): Ships of the Desert; Caravanserai (Songs
and Dances); Samarkand! Peter
FLINN (b. 1965) Cinema
Suite (2006): Ogres and Giants; The Magic Potion; Dreamscape;
The Clowns; Resolution Royal
Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland; Paul Murphy (Flinn, Sainsbury,
Lord) rec. Angel Studios, London, 2005-6. DDD DUTTON
EPOCH CDLX7190 [77:06] [RB]
Another
successfully enterprising and generous cross-section of British
light music ... see Full
Review
Into
the Light Juan
de ANCHIETA (1462-1523) Con
amores, la mi madre*+ [2:30] Johann
PACHELBEL (1653-1706) Canon*+ [3:38] Tomás
Luis de VICTORIA (1548-1611) O quam gloriosum est
regnum [6:38] Heitor
VILLA-LOBOS (1887-1959) Five Preludes Gaspar
FERNANDES (1570-1629) A negrito de cucurumbé*+ [2:54] Heitor
VILLA-LOBOS Aria (Cantelina) Bachiana Brasiliera
No.5*+ [7:11] Francisco
TÁRREGA (1852-1968) Recuerdos de la Alhambra [4:12] Mario
CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO (1895-1968) From: Romancero
gitano* Procesión [1:57] Paso [2:25] Saeta [2:28] Thomas
TALLIS (1505-1585) God grant we grace*+ [2:18] Tomás
Luis de VICTORIA Alma Redemptoris Mater* [5:03] Miguel
LLOBET (1878-1938) Canço de lladre [1:59] Alexander
BORODIN (1833-1887) Polovtsian Dance*+ [4:07] Kaori
Muraji (guitar) The Sixteen/Harry Christophers* Bob Chilcott
(arranger)+ rec. St Giles, Cripplegate, London, 17-20 July
2006 DECCA
475 8199 [68:05] [DC]
As
a package, this beautifully recorded and performed CD works extremely
well ... see Full Review
Music
of the Reformation Martin
LUTHER (1483-1546) Nun bitten
wir [0:50] Mitten wir im Leben sind [1:31] Nun
bitten wir [0:50] Nun bitten wir [0:50] Nun bitten
wir [0:50] Durch Adams Fall [0:54] Mit Fried
und Freud [0:43] Caspar
OTHMAYR (1515-1553) Ein feste Burg a 4 [2:17] Ein
feste Burg Bicinium [1:00] Ein feste Burg a 4 [2:24] Verba
Lutheri ultima [4:37] Mitten wir im Leben sind Bicinium [1:55] Epitaphium
D Martin Lutheri [8:54] Durch Adams Fall Bicinium [1:19] Mit
Fried und Freud [0:57] Verleih uns Frieden [1:41] Johann
WALTER (1496-1570) Nun bitten wir [1:46] Nun
bitten wir [1:43] Nun bitten wir [1:46] Der christliche
Glaub [2:59] Mitten wir im Leben sind [3:08] Das
Vater unser Vater [2:38] Durch Adams Fall [2:20] Mit
Fried und Freud [1:03] Verleih uns Frieden [1:54] Himlische
Cantorey: (Veronika Winter (soprano); Henning Voss (alto);
Henning Kaiser (tenor); Jan Kobow (tenor); Ralf Grobe (bass));
Michel Freimuth (lute); Gregor Hollmann (organ) rec. 28 August,
1-2 September 2003, Markt Nordheim, Schloß Seehaus, Germany.
DDD CPO 777
275-2 [49:12] [MS]
Intimate,
focused devotional music – the first Protestant hymns from Germany
performed with sensitivity and restraint - and all the better for
that - on a welcome CD that’s short on quantity, but not on musical
pleasure ... see Full Review
Zarzuela Gerónimo
GIMÉNEZ (1854–1923) La Tempranica (1900) 1. Sierras
de Granada [6:24] Federico
Moreno TORROBA (1891–1982) La Marchenera (1928) 2. Petenera
(Tres horas antes del dia) [3:00] Pablo
SOROZÁBAL (1897–1988) Adíos a la bohemia (1933) 3. Recuerdas
aquella tarde? [2:26] Francisco
Asenjo BARBIERI (1823–1894) Mis dos mujeres (1855)
4. żPor qué se oprime el alma? [6:21] Jacinto
GUERRERO (1895–1951) La rosa del azafrán (1930) 5. No
me duele que se vaya [3:30] Pedro
Miguel MARQUÉS (1843–1918) El anillo de hierro (1878)
6. Pasión del alma mia [5:30] 7. Lágrimas mias, en
dónde estáis [3:17] Pablo
SOROZÁBAL La del manojo de rosas (1934) 8. No corté mas
que una rosa [4:01] Manuel
Fernández CABALLERO (1835–1906) Gigantes y cabezudos
(1898) 9. ˇEsta es su carta! [5:17] Federico
CHUECA (1846–1908) and Joaquin
VALVERDE (1846–1910) La Gran Via (1886) 10. Chotis
del Eliseo madrileńo (Yo soy el Elisedo) [4:28] Gerónimo
GIMÉNEZ La Tempranica (1900) 11. La tarántula (La
tarántula é un bicho mu malo) [1:44] Manuel
Fernández CABALLERO Château Margaux (1887) 12. Siempre
lo decia nuestra directora [3:41] Ana
Maria Sánchez (soprano) Orquesta Sinfónica y Coro de RTVE/Enrique
Garcia Asensio rec. Teatro Monumental de Madrid, 12–16 July,
2004 RTVE 65225 [49:43]
[GF]
Even
though los Angeles, Caballé and Berganza still hold their own in
this repertoire, Ana Maria Sánchez is a thrilling alternative with
an extra dramatic frisson ... see Full
Review
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