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de differens autheurs donnés à une dame
(Soupirs, langueurs pour l'ingrate amante) Charles
LE CAMUS, Marc-Antoine
CHARPENTIER (1643-1704)
and others 
Ensemble Les Meslanges (Thomas Van Essen (baritone), Emmanuelle Guigues
(treble and bass viol), Manuel de Grange (lute, theorbo)) rec. 2008,
DDD
HORTUS 062 [58:30]
[JV]
A
captivating picture of music-making in the second half of the 17th century
in France ... see Full Review
American
Serenades Victor
HERBERT
(1859-1924) Serenade
for Strings op.12 (1897) [24:46] World premiere recording of the
complete work Arthur FOOTE (1853-1937)
Serenade for Strings op.25 (1891) [25:28] Philippe Honore
(solo violin), Dietrich Bethge (solo cello) World premiere recording
of the complete work Suite in E major op.63 (1907) [16:50]
London Octave/Kypros Markou rec. St Paul’s Church, New Southgate, London,
23-24 July and 2 September 2008
DUTTON EPOCH CDLX 7238 [68:51]
[RB]
A
successful foray into a newly revived genre. More please ... see Full
Review
American
Visions
Erich Wolfgang KORNGOLD (1897 - 1957)
Much Ado about Nothing Suite Charles
IVES (1874 - 1954) Violin sonata 2 Ken
BENSHOOF (b. 1933) Six Diversions George
GERSHWIN (1898 - 1937) Porgy and Bess
(arr. Heifetz)
Karl-Ove Mannberg (violin); Lena Johnson (piano) rec. 2009
BLUEBELL ABCD112 [63:36]
[GF]
A
quality product in every respect ... see Full
Review
Analogue
Resurgam -
A survey of a selection of compact disc reissues by High Definition
Tape Transfers
Maurice
André Edition Concertos 1 & 2 Maurice
André (trumpet) etc. ERATO
2564 69572-2 [6 CDs: 439:07] / 2564
69066-6 [6 CDs: 450:30] [JW]
A
master class still ... see Full Review
Arias
for Soprano and Trumpet
George Frideric HANDEL
(1685 – 1759) Alessandro
SCARLATTI (1660 - 1725) Tommaso ALBINONI
(1671 – 1751) Georg von REUTER (1708 –
1772) Petronius Luca Antonia PREDIERI
(1688 – 1767) Johann Sebastian BACH
(1685 – 1739) George Frideric HANDEL (1685
– 1759)
John Wallace (trumpet); Helen Field (soprano) Philharmonia Orchestra/Simon
Wright rec. All Saints Church, Tooting, 5-7 January 1988
NIMBUS NI5123 [71.00]
[RH]
Interesting
and imaginatively programmed ... see Full
Review
Ballade Henri
DUTILLEUX (b.1916) Sonatine Charles
Tomlinson GRIFFES (1884-1920) Poem Frank
MARTIN (1890-1974) Ballade Gabriel
FAURÉ (1845-1924) Sonata 1 Kara
Kirkendoll Welch (flute); Gabriel Sanchez (piano)
rec. 2008 MSR
CLASSICS
MS1286 [52:12] [CR]
Enjoyable … played
well and with a sense of polish … see Full
Review
Baritone
Arias Lado
Ataneli (baritone) Württemburg PO/Lodovico Zoche rec.
2007 NAXOS
8.572438 [55.15] [RJF]
Despite
the shortage of baritone recitals and the temptingly varied repertoire
here, I cannot recommend this issue. ... see Full
Review
Don
Bradman – The Music He Loved ABC
CLASSICS
532 2945 [78:12 +76:21] [JW]
The
music he loved, in performances he owned and listened to ... see Full
Review
Boris
Christoff CD
1 Italian Opera CD 2 Russian Opera CD 3 Russian Songs
and Sacred Music
Boris Christoff (bass) with piano acc, orchestras and choir rec. 1949
– 1955
NIMBUS PRIMA VOCE NI 796 1/3 [3 CDs: 70:19 + 71:56 + 72:25]
[RMo]
Christoff’s
unique talents and artistic versatility … I heartily urge both the curious
and the experienced collector to acquire this. ... see Full
Review
Complete
Tranquillity I
musici de Montreal/Yuli Turovsky CHANDOS
CHAN10565(3) [3
CDs: 64:32 + 73:05 + 60:03] [KS]
More
than three hours of slow, pretty music here, certain to complement
any fine dinner party or romantic night by the fire … see Full
Review
Danish
Violin Concertos - Vol. 3 by August
ENNA (1859 - 1939) Hakon BØRRESEN (1876
- 1954) Peter Erasmus LANGE-MÜLLER (1850
- 1926) Siegfried SALOMON (1885
- 1962) Gustav HELSTED (1857
- 1924) Kai
Laursen (violin) South Jutland SO/Carl von Garaguly, Peter Ernst
Lassen, Alf Sjøen
rec. 1966-75 DANACORD
DACOCD
465-466 [51:30
+ 65:13] [NB]
Undoubtedly
part of a monumental achievement but far from being an obligatory
purchase … see Full Review
Deep
River, Sidewalk Dances
Andy Sheppard (saxs), Joanna MacGregor (pno/keybds/harpsichord), Kuljit
Bhamra (table/perc./speaking), Neville Malcolm (bass/upright bass),
Seb Rochford (drums/perc.), Shri Sriram (Indian flute), Britten Sinfonia,
rec. 2005-6
WARNER CLASSICS AND JAZZ/SOUNDCIRCUS 2564 68437-6 [50:56] ,
2564 68437-4 [44:00]
[DC]
Uppers
and Downers – drug substitutes in CD form. ... see Full
Review
Alfred
Deller;
The Complete Vanguard Recordings - Volume 5 English,
French and Italian Madrigals.
The Deller Consort/Alfred Deller rec. 1950s, 1960s. ADD
VANGUARD CLASSICS MC 196 [6 CDs]
[JW]
A
gentle pathos that reaches inwards and makes the music vibrate with
life ... see Full Review
Placido
Domingo – My Greatest Roles – The
Documentary
Placido Domingo (tenor), 2009
WARNER/NVC
ARTS 50-51865-6282-2-4 [80:00]
[ST]
Save
your money and buy some of the complete performances on offer instead.
... see Full Review
A
due cembali obligati -
18th Century Music for Two Harpsichords Les
Clavecins Réunis (Jan Devlieger, Guy Penson, harpsichord) rec.
2008 ET'CETERA
KTC 1392 [62:39] [JV]
Great
stuff for every lover of the historical keyboard ... see Full
Review
Essential
Renaissance
EMI CLASSICS 6 88592 2 [78:39+79:04]
[BW]
An
excellent survey of the music of the period, but without texts and notes
the beginner will be perplexed ... see Full
Review
Fern
Hill –
American Choral Music Williametta SPENCER,
John CORIGLIANO, Jean
BELMONT, James MULHOLLAND, Samuel BARBER
The
Kansas City Chorale/Charles Bruffy rec. 1995
NIMBUS NI5449 [68:15] [NB]
A
valuable and exciting release of movingly beautiful music sublimely
performed. ... see Full Review
Finntastic -
Musical Souvenirs from Finland rec.
1990-2000 BIS-CD-1277 [69:52] [RB]
An
almost completely unhackneyed Finnish music from BIS ... see Full
Review
Flonzaley
Quartet Bedrich
SMETANA (1824-1884) String
Quartet Ernst von DOHNÁNYI (1877-1960) String
Quartet 2 Spirituals & Traditional rec.
1926-1929 PRISTINE
AUDIO
PACM 068 [70:20] [JW]
Splendid
work all round ... see Full Review
Forbidden
Music Gideon
KLEIN (1919-1945)
String Trio (1944) [11:29] Duo for violin and violoncello (1940) [8:46]
Ervín SCHULHOFF (1894-1942) Duo
for violin and violoncello (1925) [16:46] Sonata for solo violin (1922)
[11:02] Hans KRÁSA (1899-1944) Passacaglia
and Fuga – for string trio (1944) [9:06] Tanec, for String Trio [5:15]
Maurice RAVEL (1875-1937) Kaddish
(arr. Daniel Hope) [4:37]
Daniel Hope (violin); Philip Dukes (viola); Paul Watkins (cello) rec.
September 2001 and April 2002 (Schulhoff solo violin sonata), Wyastone
Leys, Monmouth
NIMBUS NI 5702 [67:14]
[JW]
Impressively
committed, technically eloquent and attuned to the spirit of the music
... see Full Review
French
Cello Sonatas Gabriel
PIERNÉ (1863 - 1937) Cello sonata, Expansion,
Caprice Nadia BOULANGER (1887 -
1979) Trois pièces Vincent
D’INDY (1851 - 1931) Cello sonata, Lied Nicolas
Altstaedt
(cello) José Gallardo (piano) rec. 2008 NAXOS
8.572105 [59:36] [NB]
Best
you decide for yourselves! … see Full
Review
The
Very Best of Glyndebourne on Record rec.
1934-97 EMI
CLASSICS
2642182 [5 CDs: 388:59] [JW]
A
box that necessarily charts the Glyndebourne decades adeptly but
selectively. ... see Full Review
The
Golden Age of Light Music - A Trip to the Library rec.
1937-58 GUILD LIGHT
MUSIC GLCD5164 [77:19] [JS]
Reminding
us of the glories of the light music genre around the middle of
the last century … see Full
Review
The
Art of Susan Graham Opera Arias, Songs, Operetta
Arias, Orchestral Song Cycles, Songs by Ned Rorem (6 CDs)
Susan
Graham (mezzo), Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Malcolm Martineau (pno), Ensemble
Oriol, BBC SO/Yan Pascal Tortelier, City of Birmingham SO/Yves Abel,
Les Arts Florissants/William Christie, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment/Harry
Bicket, Orchestre de l’Opéra de Lyon/Kent Nagano/John Nelson, SF Opera
Orch./Patrick Summers,
WARNER CLASSICS 2564 68625-6 [384:15]
[MC]
A
generous and rewarding six disc collection ... see Full
Review
The
Art of Youra Guller (1895-1980)
Frédéric
CHOPIN (1810 - 1849) Jean-Philippe
RAMEAU (1683 - 1764) Johann Sebastian
BACH (1685 - 1750)
LISZT (1811-1886) [14:28] Enrique
GRANADOS (1867 - 1916) Louis-Claude
DAQUIN (1694 - 1772) Mateo Pérez
de ALBÉNIZ (circa 1755 - 1831) Claude
BALBASTRE (1727 -
1799) François COUPERIN
(1668 - 1733)
Youra Guller (piano) rec. September 1975, Nimbus Studios
NIMBUS NI 5030 [61:57] [JW]
Performances
imbued with spirit ... see Full Review
Alfred
Hertz -
Complete San Francisco Recordings - Vol. 2 San
Francisco SO/Alfred Hertz rec. 1925-8 PRISTINE
AUDIO PASC195 [61:46] [JW]
Appetites
whetted for the next volume ... see Full
Review
Italian
Clarinet Suites Alessandro LONGO (1864-1945) Suite
Op.62 Ferruccio BUSONI (1866-1924) Suite
K.88 Antonio SCONTRINO (1850-1922) Sei
Bozzetti Giuseppe FRUGATTA (1860-1933) Suite
Op.44 Sergio
Bosi (clar.), Riccardo Bartoli (pno), rec. 2008 NAXOS
8.572399 [64:29] [GP]
Interesting
music from largely unfamiliar names … See Full
Review
Keep
Talking to Me Mieczyslaw
KARLOWICZ (1876–1909) 12 Lieder Stanislaw
MONIUSZKO (1819–1872) 14 Lieder Fryderyk
CHOPIN/Pauline VIARDOT-GARCIA (1821 – 1910) aus
12 Mazurkas für Singstimme und Klavier Katarzyna
Dondalska (soprano); Holger Berndsen (piano) rec. 2007 TELOS
MUSIC TLS 1009 [79:56] [GF]
The
disc gave me a lot of pleasure ... see Full
Review
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