American Jubilee John
WILLIAMS Liberty
Fanfare Traditional Yankee
Doodle Dandy (arr. Richard Hayman) Charles
IVES Variations on ‘America’ (orch. William Schuman)
Louis Moreau GOTTSCHALK Three
selections from Cakewalk George Whitefield
CHADWICK Jubilee from Symphonic Sketches Daniel
EMMETT Dixie (arr. Richard Hayman) William
STEFFE Battle Hymn of the Republic* (arr. Peter Wilhousky)
Aaron COPLAND Variations on a
Shaker Melody from Appalachian Spring Morton
GOULD American Salute George
M. COHANStar Spangled Spectacular (arr. John Cacavas)
Irving BERLIN God Bless America*
Samuel A. WARD America the
Beautiful* (arr. Carmen Dragon) John Philip
SOUSAThe Stars and Stripes Forever* 
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra/Erich Kunzel * With the May Festival Chorus
rec. 1985-7; TELARC
CD-80144 [65:17]
Hifi
buffs will certainly rejoice in this spectacular recording but those who
just want to hear the music will find plenty to enjoy as well ... see
Full Review [DM]
American
Virtuosa – Tribute to Maud Powell Amy BEACH (1867-1944) Romance Op.23 (1893) [7.31]
Percy GRAINGER (1882-1961) Molly
on the Shore (1914) [3.15] Antonín DVOŘÁK (1840-1904) Songs my mother
sang (1880) [1.49] Jean SIBELIUS (1865-1957) Musette (from King
Christian II) (1898) [1.45] Mariona Eugenie BAUER (1882-1955) Up the Ocklawaha
Op.6 (1912) [5.30] Frederic CHOPIN (1810-1849) Minute Waltz Op.64
No.1 (1847) [2.00] Carl VENTH (1860-1938)
Aria (1911) [5.05] Selim PALMGREN (1878-1951)
May Night (1907) [2.14] Samuel COLERIDGE
TAYLOR (1875-1912) Deep River Op.59 No.10 (1904) [4.46] Antonín
DVOŘÁK (1840-1904) Humoreske Op.101 No.7 (1894) [3.42]
H.P. DANKS (1834-1903) Silver
threads among the gold (Song) (1873) [3.06] Hermann
BELLSTEDT JR (1858-1926) Caprice on Dixie for unaccompanied
violin (1905) [3.41] Henry Holden HUSS (1862-1953)
Romance (?1906) [5.19] Harry Mathena GILBERT
(1879-1964) Marionettes (Scherzo) (1911) [3.00] Cecil
BURLEIGH (1885-1980) Four Rocky Mountain Sketches Op.11
(1913) [9.56] Jules MASSENET (1842-1912)
Twilight (1870-1872) [2.22] Max LIEBLING
(1845-1927) Fantasia on Sousa Themes (1905) [7.46] J
Rosamond JOHNSON (1873-1954) Nobody knows the trouble I see
(1917) [4.43]
Rachel Barton Pine (violin) Mathew Hagle (piano) rec. WFMT, Chicago,
USA, 3-5 October, 1 November 2006
CEDILLE RECORDS CDR 90000 097 [78.45][CF]
I
had anticipated dipping in to this disc, but found, like reading any truly
good book, I could not put it down or, in listening terms, switch it off.
... see Full Review
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH Arleen Augér
(soprano) Robert
SCHUMANN (1810–1856) 1. Widmung, Op. 25, No. 1 [2:29]
2. Röselein, Röselein!, Op. 89, No. 6 [2:44] 3. Er ist’s,
Op. 79, No. 24 [1:29] 4. Des Sennen Abschied, Op. 79, No. 23
[1:46] 5. Mignon (“Kennst du das Land”), Op. 79, No. 29 [4:07]
6. Singet nicht in Trauertönen, Op. 98a, No. 7 [2:16] Franz
SCHUBERT (1797–1828) 7. Frühlingsglaube, D686 [3:25]
8. Der Schmetterling, D633 [1:27] 9. Nacht und Träume,
D827 [4:05] 10. Ariette: Liebe schwärmt auf allen Wegen, D239,
No. 6 (From the unfinished Singspiel “Claudine von Villa Bella”)[1:23]
11. Erster Verlust, D226 [2:01] 12. Gretchen
am Spinnrade, D118 [3:58] Arnold SCHÖNBERG
(1874–1951) Vier Lieder, Op. 2 13. No. 4: Waldsonne
[3:48] 14. No. 1: Erwartung [3:53] 15. No. 2: Schenk
mir deinen goldenen Kamm [3:55] 16. No. 3: Erhebung
[1:13] Richard STRAUSS (1864–1949)
17. Das Rosenband, Op. 36, No. 1 [3:08] 18. Mohnblumen,
Op. 10, No. 7 [1:28] 19. Die Zeitlose, Op. 10, No. 7 [2:12] 20.
Efeu, Op. 22, No. 3 [3:52] 21. Freundliche Vision, Op.
48, No. 1 [2:58] 22. Herr Lenz, Op. 37, No. 5 [1:20] Encores
Franz SCHUBERT 23. Heidenröslein,
D257 [2:14] Lee HOIBY (b. 1926)
24. The Serpent [4:17]
Arleen Augér (soprano), Dalton Baldwin (piano) rec. live, BBC Studios,
Pebble Mill, Birmingham, 2 January 1987
BBC LEGENDS BBCL 4214-2 [66:01][GF]
One
of the most satisfying song recitals I have heard for a long time. This
disc will, I am sure, figure high on my list of favourite recordings
of 2007. ... see Full Review
Awake
Sweet Love John
DOWLAND (1563-1626) Can she excuse my wrongs?
[3:01] Flow, my tears, fall
from your springs [3:37] A Fancy solo lute [2:40]
Sorrow, stay, lend true repentant tears [3:14]
The most sacred Queen Elizabeth, her Galliard solo lute [1:19] Go nightly cares, the enemy to rest [6:59] Now, oh now I needs must part [5:16]
Preludium solo lute [1:02]
A Fantasie solo lute [4:48]
Say, Love, if ever thou didst find [2:05] I die whenas I do not see
[1:50] The Frog Galliard solo lute [1:55]
Awake, sweet love, thou art returned [2:39] Tell me, true Love [4:34]
Thomas CAMPION (c.1567-1620)
Author of light, revive my dying sprite [2:52] Oft have I sigh'd
for him that hears me not [2:33]
ANONYMOUS Come tread the paths
of pensive pangs [3:41] Thomas FORD (d.1648)
Since first I saw your face [2:33]
Edward JOHNSON (fl 1572-1601)
Eliza is the fairest Queen [1:57]
John DANYEL (1564-1626)
Eyes, look no more [4:18] Thou pretty bird, how do I see [1:23]
Alfonso FERRABOSCO (1543-1588)
Pavin solo lute [3:05] William HUNNIS
(attributed) (d.1597) In terrors trapp'd
with thraldom thrust [3:48]
James Bowman (counter-tenor)
David Miller (lute)
The viols of The King’s Consort rec. February
1990 HELIOS CDH 55241
[72:22][JW]
Finely
attuned to the melancholy, to the gravity of the music
.. considerable refinement and beauty
of tone. ... see Full
Review
Christopher
Bruce's Triple Bill Silence is the End
of Our Song (1983) - Royal Danish Ballet, music by Victor Para, Violetta Parra and Horacio Salinas;
Rooster (1994) - Geneva Ballet, music by The
Rolling Stones; Swansong (1989) - English National
Ballet, music by Philip Chambon.
rec. DR-studios Arhus, Denmark
ARTHAUS MUSIK 100 426 
[104:00][JWi]
At
times important rather than uplifting viewing but shows the power of
artistic expression in a political context. ... see Full
Review
BARGAIN
OF THE MONTH The Castle of Fair
Welcome: Courtly songs of the later 15th century Robert
MORTON (c.1430-c.1479) Le souvenir de vous me tue
bcdf [3:15] Johannes REGIS
(c.1425-c.1496) Puisque ma damme/Je m’en voy abcdf
[3:06] ANON Las je ne
puis nullement durer h [1:48] Robert
MORTON Que pourroit plus bdg [5:20] John
BEDYNGHAM (d.1459/60) Myn hertis lust hi
[1:36] Gilles BINCHOIS (c.1400-1460)
Dueil angoisseux bcef [8:12] Guillaume
DUFAY (c.1400-1474) Ne je ne dors bdf
[4:52] ANON En amours
n’a si non bien b [2:14] Johannes
VINCENET de BRUECQUET (d.before1480) La pena sin
ser sabida bdef [2:24] ANON
Mi ut re ut (Venise) i [4:03] Robert
MORTON Plus j’ay le monde regardé acd [3:26]
Walter FRYE (d.1475) So
ys emprinted hi [1:56] ? CHARLES
THE BOLD, Duke of Burgundy
(1433-1477) Ma dame, trop vous mesprenés acf [1:36]
ENRIQUE (d.1488) Pues serviçio
vos desplaze bcef [1:59]
Gothic Voices (Gill Ross (soprano)a; Margaret Philpot (contralto)b;
Rogers Covey- Crump (tenor)c; Mark Ainsley (tenor)d;
Leigh Nixon (tenor)e; Peter Harvey (baritone)f ;
Patrick Ardagh-Walter (bass)g)/Christopher Page (medieval
harp)h ; with Christopher Wilson (lute)i
rec. St Jude’s Church, Golders Green, London, 16-17 October 1985. DDD.
Booklet with notes in English and French, texts and translations
HYPERION HELIOS CDH55274 [47:04][BW]
Another
excellent reissue, strongly recommended …
see Full Review
Ceremonial
Music for Trumpet and Symphonic Organ Marc-Antoine
CHARPENTIER
(1634-1704) Te
Deum [2:29] Henry PURCELL (1659-1695)
March and Gigue, from Suite for Trumpet and Organ [3:40] Trumpet
Tune in D major [2:47] Jean-Joseph MOURET
(1682-1738) Rondeau, from Suite de Symphonies [1:45] Maria-Theresia
von Paradis (1759-1824) Sicilienne [2:39] George
Frideric HANDEL (1685-1759) La Réjouissance [0:50]
Ralph VAUGHAN WILLIAMS (1872-1958) Fantasia
on Greensleeves [4:17] Johann Sebastian BACH
(1685-1750)/Charles GOUNOD (1818-1893)
Ave Maria [3:01] Johann Sebastian BACH
(1685-1750) Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring [3:12] Sheep May Safely
Graze [5:18] Henry PURCELL (1659-1695)
If Love’s Sweet Passion, from The Fairy Queen [3:18] Franz
SCHUBERT (1797-1828) Ave Maria [4:04] Jeremiah
CLARKE (1674-1707) Trumpet Tune in D Major [2:59] Jacques-Alexandre
de SAINT-LUC (c.1616-1708?) Rigaudon and Passepied from Suite
in D [2:33] Giambattista MARTINI (1706-1784)
Toccata [2:27] Alan HOVHANESS (b.1911)
The Prayer of Saint Gregory [5:53] * Felix
MENDELSSOHN (1809-1847) Wedding March, from A Midsummer Night’s
Dream [4:42] Rolf Smedvig
(trumpet, arranger)
Michael Murray (organ); *Martin Hackleman
(horn) rec. 27-28 June, 1992, First United
Methodist Church, Cleveland, Ohio; * 20 September
1989, Church of the Advent, Boston, Massachussets
TELARC CD-80341 [57:21] [GPu]
A
varied programme, mixing the unfamiliar and
the (over)familiar, in good sound, from two
very accomplished musicians … see Full
Review
Chamber Music for Piano and
Wind Instruments Francis
POULENC (1899-1963) Sextet for piano, flute, oboe, clarinet,
horn and bassoon, S 100 (1932, rev.39) [20:02] Nikolai
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV (1844-1908) Quintet in B flat major for piano, flute, clarinet,
horn and bassoon, Op. posth. (1876) [29:33] Jean
FRANCAIX (1912-1997) L’Heure du berger for
piano, flute, oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon (1947) [7:41] Camille
SAINT-SAËNS (1835-1921) Caprice sur des airs danois et
russes for flute, oboe, clarinet and piano, Op. 79 (1887) [12:20]
Vincent D'INDY (1851-1931) Sarabande
et Menuet for piano, flute, oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon, Op.
72 (1918) arranged from Suite dans le style ancien, Op. 24 (1886)
[8:03] Vovka Ashkenazy
(piano); Reykjavík Wind Quintet: (Bernharour Wilkinson (flute); Daoi
Kolbeinsson (oboe); Einar Johannesson (clarinet); Joseph Ognibene (horn);
Hafsteinn Gudmundsson (bassoon)) rec. April 1999, Vioistaoakirkja, Hafnarfjörour,
Iceland CHANDOS CHAN
10420 [77:39][MC]
Vovka
Ashkenazy and the Reykjavík Wind Quintet perform these scores persuasively
without any tendency for histrionics. ... see Full
Review
Shura
Cherkassky (piano) Georg
Frideric HANDEL (1685-1759) Air and Variations "The
Harmonious Blacksmith" (pub.1720) [4:31] Johannes
BRAHMS (1833-1897) Variations and Fugue on Theme by Handel,
Op.24 (1861) [27:03] Alban BERG (1885-1935)
Piano Sonata, Op.1 (1908) [9:42] Nikos
SKALKOTTAS (1904-1949) 15 Little
Variations [6:26] Sergei PROKOFIEV (1891-1953)
Toccata in D minor, Op.11 (1912) [4:34] Frédéric
CHOPIN (1810-1849) Piano Sonata No.3 in B minor,
Op.58 (1844) [26:32]
Shura Cherkassky (piano) rec. BBC Studios, London, 21 April 1963
except Chopin, BBC Studios, London, 15 December 1964
BBC MUSIC BBCL 4212-2 [79:36][DC]
Shows
a great pianist in some significant repertoire at the mid point of a
vastly long career. ... see Full
Review
Clarinet
Concertos
Karol KURPÍNSKI (1785-1857) (arr. Jerzy Młodziejowski and Marcin Zieliński) Concerto
for Clarinet and Orchestra: Allegro (1823) [13:59] Carl
Maria von WEBER (1786-1826) Fantasia and Rondo, from Quintet for Clarinet,
Two Violins, Viola and Cello in B flat, Op. 34 (1815) [12:07] Marcin
ZIELIŃSKI (b.1975) Concertino for Clarinet solo and strings [10:18]
Tobias SCHWENKE (b.1974) Concerto for Clarinet solo and fifteen strings
(2000) [12:43] Artur Pachlewski
(clarinet) Consonare per Varsavia and friends/Jan Stanienda (violin/conductor)
rec. Church of Blessed Virgin Mary, New Town, Warsaw, May and September
2002 DUX 0396 [49:09]
[GPu]
A
mixed bag, stylistically speaking, but never without interest even
if a little frustrating in some respects … see Full
Review
Classic American Love Songs
Harold ARLEN (1905-1986)
Casbah: What's Good About Goodbye? [2:41] Last Night When We Were Young
[4:30] When the Sun Comes Out [3:31] Casbah: It was Written in the Stars
[2:44] Bloomer Girl: Right as the Rain [2:45] St. Louis Woman: I had
Myself a True Love [3:40] Life Begins at 8:40: Fun to be Fooled [2:42]
Kurt WEILL (1900-1950) One Touch
of Venus: Love in a Mist [2:06] Lady in the Dark: Unforgettable [1:29]
The River is So Blue [2:56] The Picture on the Wall [2:05] The Romance
Of A Lifetime [1:47] Arthur SCHWARTZ
(1900-1984) Revenge with Music: You and the Night and the Music
[3:49] The Band Wagon: Dancing in the Dark [3:33] Between the Devil:
I See Your Face Before Me [3:38] Three's a Crowd: Something To Remember
You By 3:22] George GERSHWIN (1898-1937)
Poppyland [2:17] Isn't It a Pity? [3:30] Of Thee I Sing: Love is Sweeping
the Country [2:04] Boy! What Love has Done to Me! [2:57] Rosalie: How
Long Has This Been Going On? [3;31] Strike Up The Band: Soon [3:36]
Carole Farley
(soprano) John Constable (piano) rec. Potton Hall, Suffolk, May 2006
NAXOS 8.559314
[66:11][JW]
Just
what were they thinking of before this one hit the processing plant?
... see Full Review
Claire
Dux (1885-1967) Wolfgang
Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791) Marriage of Figaro (1791) – Nur
zu flüchtig [4:30] Marriage of Figaro (1791) – Endlich nacht sich die
Stunde [4:54] Il re pastore (1775) – Dein bin ich [4:36]
Carl Maria von WEBER (1786-1826) Der
Freischütz (1820) – Wie nahte mir der Schlummer [4:25] Giuseppe
VERDI (1813-1901) Rigoletto (1850) – Schon seit drei
Monden [3:31] Il Trovatore (1853) – Es glänzte
schon [3:52] Il Trovatore (1853) – In deines Kerkers
tiefe Nacht [4:17] Il Trovatore (1853) – Befreit,
o welche Seligkeit [2:12] ¹ Charles
GOUNOD (1818-1893) Faust (1859) – Es war König in Thule [3:35]
Faust (1859) – Ha, welch’ Glück [3:24] Georges
BIZET (1838-1875) The Pearlfishers (1863)– O süsse Stund’
[4:18] Ambroise THOMAS (1811-1896)
Mignon (1866) – Kennst du das Land [4:16] Giacomo
PUCCINI (1858-1924) La Bohème (1896) – Man nennt mich Mimi
[4:20] La Bohème (1896) – Will ich allein des Abends…[2:34] La Bohème
(1896) – Sind wir allein? [7:59] ² Madame Butterfly (1904) – Eines Tages
she’n wir [4:09] Tosca (1900) – Vissi d’arte [3:35]
Engelbert HUMPERDINCK (1854-1921) Königskinder (1910) – Ach, bin ich
allein [3:31] Königskinder (1910) – Sieh her,
ob mir Hunger die Glieder entziert [2:35]
Claire Dux (soprano) Joseph Schwarz (baritone)
¹ Carl Jörn (tenor) ² Unidentified orchestras
rec. 1911-20 PREISER
89688 [78:17][JW]
A
memorable singer, not always convincing theatrically perhaps, but who
possessed much beauty of voice. And in the end that counts for a lot.
... see Full Review
Claire
Edwardes (percussion): Coil Gerard
BROPHY (b. 1953) Coil (1996) [8:39] Andrew
FORD (b. 1957) The Armed man (2004) [5:42] Ross
EDWARDS (b. 1943) More marimba Dances (2004) [7:05] Andrew
SCHULTZ (b. 1960) Winter Ground (2000) [12:05] Dominik
KARSKI (b. 1972) Beginnings to no End (1999) [7:45] Damien
RICKETSON (b. 1973) Hol-Spannen-Luiden (1997) Mark
POLLARD (b. 1957) Just a Moment (1996) [3:20] One Sweet Moment
(1997) [3:00] Claire
Edwardes (percussion) rec. 2006, Recital Halls East and West, Sydney
Conservatorium of Music, The University of Sydney.
TALL POPPIES TP193 [66:29][DC]
Claire
Edwardes is a marvellous advocate for her
profession and this repertoire. ... see Full
Review
Concertos
for Two Pianos Francis
POULENC (1899-1963)
Concerto
in D minor for Two Pianos and Orchestra (1932)
[19:19] Darius MILHAUD
(1892-1974) Second Concerto for Two Pianos
and Percussion (1961) [20:16] Béla
BARTÓK (1881-1945) Concerto
for Two Pianos, Percussion and Orchestra (1943)
[25:25]
Quattro Mani: Susan Grace; Alice Rybak (pianos)
John Kinzle; David Colson; Michael Tetreault
(percussion) Colorado College Summer Music
Festival Orchestra/Scott Yoo rec. June 2006
(Bartók; Poulenc), September 2006 (Milhaud),
Packard Auditorium, Colorado College, Colorado
Springs, USA. DDD
BRIDGE 9224 [65:21] [DM]
An
entertaining disc that should appeal to all
lovers of the genre. ... see Full
Review
Essential
Dyke - Volume VII
Clive BARRACLOUGH
Simoraine [2:48] Felix
MENDELSSOHN (arr. Lorriman)
Fingal’s Cave [10:46] Percy
CODE Zelda [7:25] Bill
WHELAN (arr. Farr) Riverdance
[6:20] Rodney NEWTON
Capriccio [8:40] Paul
LOVATT-COOPER Where Eagles Sing
[4:02] John MILES
(arr. Broadbent) Music
[6:18] Traditional
(arr. Lovatt-Cooper) Donegal
Bay [4:05] LENNON
and McCARTNEY
(arr. Fernie)
Yellow Submarine [3:40] Philip
WILBY Vienna Nights [16:12]
Black Dyke Band/Nicholas Childs rec. Morley
Town Hall December 2006, January 2007 except
Vienna Nights, live, British Open Championship,
Symphony Hall, Birmingham, September 2006.
DDD
DOYEN BANDSTAND SERIES DOY CD227 [71:04][CT]
A disc that deserves
its “essential” tag as a result of one staggering
performance of Philip Wilby’s Vienna Nights
... see Full
Review
Flame
of Ireland -
Medieval Irish Plainchant for the Office of St.
Brigit Hymn
‘Aest dies leticie’ (from first vespers) [3.05] Matins for
the Feast of St. Brigit [67.01] Antiphona ‘Deo Carnis edidit’
(from First vespers) [1.04] Antiphona ‘Verna pollens’ (from
lauds) [0.57] Antiphona ‘Lux Brigida’ (from Second Vespers) [1.17]
Hymn ‘Christo canamus gloriam’ (from Lauds) [3.04]
Canty (Libby Crabtree; Ruth Dean; Anne Lewis; Rebecca Tavener) William
Taylor (wire-stringed clarsach harp) rec. St. Mary’s Church, Haddington,
East Lothian, October 2002, January 2004
ASV GAUDEAMUS CD GAU 354 [76.32] [GH]
A
beautiful, relaxing and spiritual experience.
The music is most sensitively performed, unique
in its sound-world. It is a disc I will play
regularly. ... see Full
Review
From
a Far-off World Shaun NAIDOO Waking in the Dirt [14.10] Demetrius
SPANEAS Interlude 1 (Intension) [6.14] Jane
BROCKMAN Tagore Songs (adapted for soprano saxophone,
2004) (1997) [11.00] Sean HEIM Blood
Memory [7.23] Demetrius SPANEAS Interlude
2 (Reflection) [2.49] Shaun NAIDOO Blood
on the Pattern [13.32] (2004) Demetrius
Spaneas (saxophones and bass clarinet) rec. May 2006 CAPSTONE
RECORDS CPS8761 [55.08] [LB]
Definitely
for contemporary music specialists only ... see Full
Review
BARGAIN
OF THE MONTH The
Garden of Zephirus - Courtly
songs of the early fifteenth century
Guillaume
DUFAY (c.1400-1474) J’atendray
tant qu’i1 vous playra rondeau b,c,e
[2:22] ANONYMOUS N’a
pas long temps que trouvay Zephirus chanson c,g [1:52] Anthonello
Da CASERTA Amour m’a
le cuer mis en tel martire ballade stanza b,c,f [3:44] BRIQUET
Ma seul amour et ma belle maistresse rondeau
b,d [3:28] Francesco
LANDINI Nessun ponga sperança
ballata c,d,f [4:05] Guillaume
DUFAY Mon cuer me fait tous
dis penser rondeau a,b,c,e [6:05]
Gacien
REYNEAU Va t’en, mon cuer, avent
mes yeux rondeau a,c,d [3:28] Matheus
De SANCTO JOHANNE
Fortune, faulce, parverse rondeau a,b,c,d
[4:23] Francus
De INSULA Amours n’ont
cure de tristresse rondeau b,c,f
[5:35] (Bartholomeus?)
BROLLO Qui le sien vuelt bien
maintenir ballade b,c,f [3 :28] Francesco
LANDINI Giunta vaga biltà ballata b,g [3:21] ANONYMOUS
Je la remire, la belle rondeau b,c,f
[2:35] Guillaume
DUFAY Adieu ces bons vins de
Lannoys: rondeau b,c,f [3:57]
Gothic Voices (Gill Ross (soprano) a;
Margaret Philpot (contralto) b;
Rogers Covey-Crump (tenor) c; Andrew
King (tenor) d; John Mark Ainsley
(tenor) e; Leigh Nixon (tenor)
f with Imogen Barford (medieval
harp) g/Christopher Page (director)
rec. St Jude-on-the Hill, Hampstead, London,
28-29 June 1984, DDD.
HYPERION HELIOS CDH55289 [49:35][BW]
Go
out and buy this CD – and the other Gothic
Voices reissues on Helios … see Full
Review
Golden Age of Light Music series: Four
Decades of Light Music – Volume 1: 1920s
& 1930s The 1920s Northwards
(COATES)
– Regal Cinema Orchestra/Emanuel Starkey [3:56]
Flapperette (GREER)
– Nat Shilkret & his Orchestra [3:17]
Estudiantina Waltz (WALDTEUFEL)
– London Palladium Orchestra/Horace Sheldon
[3:57] Pearl o’ Mine - Lyrical
Melody (FLETCHER)
– Plaza Theatre Orchestra/Frank Tours [2:44]
Laughing Marionette (COLLINS)
– Debroy Somers Band [2:42] Martial
Moments – London Coliseum Orchestra/Alfred
Dove [5:26] In A Clock Store
(ORTH)
– New Light Symphony Orchestra [4:17] The
Selfish Giant (COATES)
– Julian Fuhs’ Symphony Orchestra [7:36] Lustspiel
- Overture (BÉLA,
arr. LOTTER)
– Athenaeum Light Orchestra [3:07] The
1930s Frog King’s Parade
(KRONBERGER;
MARRIOTT)
– West End Celeb. Orchestra [2:48] Lullaby
of the Leaves (PETKERE)
– Reginald King’s Orchestra [3:04] Parade
of the Tin Soldiers (JESSEL)
– New Light Symphony Orchestra [2:46] Blues
(KÜNNEKE)
– Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra/Eduard Künneke
[5:35] In a Merry Mood (HARINGER)
– Barnabas Von Geczy & his Orchestra [2:49]
Dancing Clock (EWING)
– Orchestre Raymonde [2:50] "Sunny
Side Up" – film selection (DE
SYLVA/BROWN/HENDERSON)
– Scala Salon Orchestra [5:50] Raindrops
- Pizzicati for Strings (T.
DE LA
RIVIERA)
– Bournemouth Municipal Orchestra/Sir Dan
Godfrey [3:13] Teddy Bears’ Picnic
(BRATTON)
– Commodore Grand Orchestra/Joseph Muscant
[2:59] Monckton Melodies (MONCKTON)
– BBC Theatre Orchestra/Stanford Robinson
[8:23] rec. London, Bournemouth, England;
Berlin, Germany, 1921-38. ADD
GUILD GLCD 5134 [78:21] [RW]
This
disc contains much to delight those mentally
tuned-in to 'easy listening' mode. ... see
Full Review
Erich Kleiber conducts
Piotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893)
Symphony No. 4 in F Minor Op.36 (1877) [41:14] Symphony No..6 in B minor
Op.74 Pathétique (1893) [45:55] Franz
SCHUBERT (1797-1828) Symphony No. 5 D485 (1816) [23:31]
Symphony No. 8 in B minor Unfinished D759 (1822) [21:59]
West German Radio Orchestra/Erich Kleiber, rec. 1955 Berlin Philharmonic
Orchestra/Erich Kleiber, commercially rec. January 1935 NBC Symphony
Orchestra/Erich Kleiber, rec. New York/Erich Kleiber, January 1948 NDR
symphony Orchestra/Erich Kleiber, rec. Hamburg/Erich Kleiber, January
1953 IDIS 6505/06
[67:59 + 64:40][JW]
IDIS
has trawled persistently with this disc. It’s done no meaningfully helpful
restorative work and there are no notes, as with so many of this kind
of production ... see Full Review
Paul
Kletzki in Moscow
Franz SCHUBERT (1797-1828)
Symphony
No. 8 in B minor ‘Unfinished’ D 759 (1822) [23:15] Carl
Maria von WEBER (1786-1826) Oberon - overture in D major
(1826) [9:22] Johannes BRAHMS (1833-1897)
Tragic Overture in D minor Op.81 (1880) [13:42]
USSR State Symphony Orchestra/Paul Kletzki rec. Moscow, 1968
MELODIYA MEL CD 10 01155 [46:19] [JW]
Fine
playing and an auspicious, well recorded concert. Only Kletzki admirers
would really be satisfied with the short playing time. ... see Full
Review
Lotte
Lehmann – Lieder Recordings: Vol. 3 (1941)
Robert SCHUMANN (1810–1856) Frauenliebe
und –Leben, Op. 42 (1840) [20:23] Dichterliebe,
Op. 48 (1840) [27:03] Franz SCHUBERT (1797–1828)
Winterreise, D 911 (1827), excerpts [30:22] No. 1 Gute
Nacht [4:23] No. 3 Gefrorne Tränen [2:49] No. 4 Erstarrung [2:54] No.
6 Wasserflut [3:25] No. 10 Rast [4:07] No. 11 Frühlingstraum [4:13]
No. 12 Einsamkeit [2:41] No. 16 Letzte Hoffnung [2:26] No. 24 Der Leiermann
[3:20]
Lotte Lehmann (soprano) Bruno Walter (piano) (Schumann); Paul
Ulanowsky (piano) (Schubert) rec. Los Angeles, 24 June 1941 (Frauenliebe);
13 August 1941 (Dichterliebe), 14, 19 March 1941 (Winterreise)
NAXOS HISTORICAL 8.111244 [77:48][JW]
Lehmann
in the full flood of her intensely communicative and overwhelmingly
passionate maturity. ... see Full Review
Lotte
Lehmann - Lieder Recordings, Vol. 4 (1941)
Johannes BRAHMS (1833–1897) 1.
Die Mainacht, Op. 43, No. 2 [3:54] 2. Feinsliebchen, du sollst
mir nicht barfuss geh’n (Volkslied) [3:39] 3. An die Nachtigall,
Op. 46, No. 4 [2:59] 4. Auf dem Kirchhofe, Op.
105, No. 4 [2:38] 5. Wie bist du, meine Königin,
Op. 32, No. 9 [3:20] 6. Wir wandelten, Op.
96, No. 2 [3:11] 7. Erlaube mir, fein’s Mädchen (Volkslied)
[1:43] 8. Da unten im Tale (Volkslied) [2:00] 9. Sonntag,
Op. 47, No. 3 [1:37] 10. O liebliche Wangen, Op. 47, No. 4 [1:44]
11. Wiegenlied, Op. 49, No. 4 [1:46] 12. Ständchen, Op.
106, No. 1 [1:39] Richard WAGNER (1813–1883)
Wesendoncklieder 13.
Der Engel [2:45] 14. Im Treibhaus [4:34] 15. Schmerzen
[2:36] 16. Träume [4:38] Hugo WOLF
(1860–1903) 17. Verborgenheit [3:02] 18. Zur Ruh,
zur Ruh [2:43] 19. Gesang Weylas [2:00] 20. Wer tat deinem
F’usslein weh? [2:46] Rudolf
SIECZYNSKY (1879–1952) 21. Wien, du Stadt meiner Träume
[3:17] Ernst ARNOLD (1890–1962) 22. Da draussen in der Wachau
[3:15] Robert STOLZ (1880–1975) 23. Im Prater blüh’n wieder die
Bäume [3:24] LEOPOLDI (?-?) 24. Wien, sterbende Märchenstadt
[2:48] Ralph BENATZKY (1884–1957) 25. Ich muss wieder einmal in Grinzing sein
[2:07] Johann STRAUSS II (1825–1899)(Arr.
Nico Dostal) 26. Heut’ macht die Welt Sonntag für mich [2:48]
Lotte
Lehmann (soprano) Paul Ulanowsky (piano)
rec. USA, 19 March 1941 (1-10), 30 June 1941 (11, 12, 17-19), 2 July
1941 (15), 9 July 1941 (13, 14, 16, 20, 21) and 14 July 1941 (22-26)
NAXOS HISTORICAL 8.111095
[72:49][GF]
In
short: some of the best Lieder singing from a golden era and the charming
Viennese songs are sung with just as much feeling as the rest. ... see
Full Review
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH
The Long Day Closes - English
Romantic Partsongs Robert
Pearsall (1795-1856)
Lay a Garland on her Hearse [2:51]; Who shall have my Lady
Fair? [1:46] Joseph Barnby
(1838-1896)
Sweet and Low [2:43] Samuel Wesley
(1766-1837) O Sing unto my roundelay [3:29] Thomas
F. Walmisley (1783-1866)
Music, all powerful [5:48] George
Macfarren (1813-1887)
When daisies pied [2:14] Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
(1875-1912)
Summer is gone [3:20] Arthur Sullivan
(1842-1900)
Echoes [2:16] The long day closes [4:27] Charles
Villiers Stanford (1852-1924)
Heraclitus [2:27]; The Blue Bird [3:02] Charles
Wood (1866-1926)
Full fathom five [1:28] Edward Elgar
(1857-1934)
As torrents in summer [2:19]; My love dwelt in a Northern Land
[4:38]; Go, song of mine [4:53] Charles
Hubert Hastings Parry (1848-1918)
My soul, there is a country [3:31]; O love they wrong thee
much [2:40]; You gentle nymphs [1:23]; Love is a sickness
[1:42]; Music, when soft voices die [2:46]; My delight and
thy delight [2:21] Canzonetta
Chamber Choir/Jeffrey Wynn Davies rec. Manchester University Department
of Music, 4-5 February 1995. DDD
SOMM SOMMCD 204 [66:06] [JF]
Memorable and finely judged performances of these beautiful and accomplished
minor works of art ... see Full Review
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five days)]
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[Part
2 A-B]
[Part 3 C-L]
[Part 4 M-R]
[Part 5 S-Z]
[Part 6 Misc
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