ANDANTE
CANTABILE: Romantic Music for Cello and Orchestra
STAMITZ
Romance (Cello Concerto no 1)†† (from NAXOS 8.550865); HAYDN
Adagio (Cello Concerto no 2)** (from NAXOS 8.550059); RACHMANINOV
Vocalise‡ (from NAXOS 8.554381); TCHAIKOVSKY
Mélodie for cello and orchestra‡ (from NAXOS 8.554381);
RUBINSTEIN Melody in F‡ (from NAXOS
8.554381); TCHAIKOVSKY Nocturne in C
sharp minor* (from NAXOS 8.550519); GLAZUNOV Chant du ménestrel†
(from NAXOS 8.553932); TCHAIKOVSKY
Andante cantabile (String Quartet no 1) ‡ (from NAXOS 8.554381);
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Flight of the Bumble Bee‡ (from NAXOS 8.554381); SAINT-SAËNS
The Swan (Carnival of the Animals)* (from NAXOS 8.553039);
GLAZUNOV Sérénade Espagnole†
(from NAXOS 8.553932); DVORAK Adagio
ma non troppo (Cello Concerto)* (from NAXOS 8.550503); ELGAR
Adagio (Cello Concerto)* (from NAXOS 8.550503); BRUCH
Kol Nidrei* (from NAXOS 8.550519). 
Cellists:
††Christian Benda; **Ludovit Kanta; ‡Vytautas Sondeckis; *Maria Kliegel;
†Alexander Rudin, with various orchestras and conductors.Recorded at
various times between 1989 and 2000: dates and locations not specified
NAXOS 8.555764 [72:54]
[AAS]
If
you’re looking for a ‘compilation disc’ which offers a broad and well-performed
representation of the cello repertoire, look no further than here. …
see Full Review
AUSTRALIAN
PIANO CONCERTOS
Ross
EDWARDS (b.1943). Queensland Symphony Orchestra/Myer Fredman,
Dennis Hennig (piano) Malcolm
WILLIAMSON (b.1931). Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra/Barry Tuckwell,
Malcolm Williamson and Simon Campion (pianos) Peter
SCULTHORPE (b. 1929). Melbourne Symphony Orchestra/Myer Fredman,
Anthony Fogg (piano) Australian Broadcasting Corporation 1982, 2000.
ABC CLASSICS 426 483-2
[60:56] [RBr]
The
demanding solo parts of all three concertos are handled with a confident
virtuosity that speaks of familiarity and affection. … see Full
Review
BACHIANA:
MUSIC BY THE BACH FAMILY
- Johann Ludwig Bach (1677-1731) Overture
in G for Strings, 2 Oboes (ad lib.) and Continuo 1. Overture, 2. Air
I, 3. Menuet, 4. Gavotte, 5. Air II, 6. Bourée Heinrich Bach
(1615-1692),7. Sonata I "a cinque" in C for 2 Violins,
2 violas and Continuo, 8. Sonata II "a cinque" in F for 2
Violins, 2 violas and Continuo - Johann Ludwig Bach Concerto in D for
2 Violins, 2 Oboes, Strings and continuo, 9. Allegro, 10. Adagio, 11.
Allegro Johann Christian Bach "Aria Eberlina pro dormente
Camilla" for harpsichord solo, 12. Thema - Variations 1-15 Cyriacus
Wilche (? - 1667), 13. "Battaglia - anno 1659 composita"
for 2 violins, 2 violas and continuo Signr. Pagh (before 1672), 14.
Sonata and Capriccio in g for Violin, 2 Violas and Continuo, 15.
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Concerto in D (after BWV 249)
for 3 trumpets, 2 Oboes, Bassoon, Strings and Continuo, 16. Sinfonia,
17. Adagio, 18. Allegro
Musica Antiqua Köln directed by Reinhard Goebel Solo Harpsichord
- Léon Berben Recordings made in Cologne, Deutschland Radio,
Sendesaal in September 2000
ARCHIV 471 150-2 [75’34] [PW]
It
is 15 years since Archiv brought us Musica Antiqua Köln’s disc
of vocal music by the family precursors of J S Bach. It is perhaps somewhat
surprising that a companion disc of instrumental music should have taken
quite so long to produce. … see Full Review
‘SIR
THOMAS BEECHAM CONDUCTS BERLIOZ: THE ORIGINAL CBS RECORDINGS’
Hector BERLIOZ (1803-1869) Overture
‘Le Carnaval romain,’ Op. 9, H. 95 ‘Grande Ouverture du Roi Lear,’
Op. 4, H. 53 ‘Grande Ouverture de Waverley,’ Op. 1, H. 26 ‘Grande
Ouverture des Francs-Juges,’ Op. 3, H. 23D ‘Ouverture du Corsaire,’
Op. 21, H. 101 Overture to ‘Les troyens à Carthage,’ Op.
29B, H. 133A ‘Marche troyenne’ (Concert version), H. 133B
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Thomas Beecham Recorded: 2, 3, 16,
17 December 1954, Walthamstow Town Hall, London
SONY CLASSICAL SMK89807 [68:59] ‘SIR
THOMAS BEECHAM CONDUCTS MOZART: THE ORIGINAL CBS RECORDINGS’ Wolfgang
Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791) Symphony No 31 in D Major, K.
297 (300a) ‘Paris’ Requiem in D Minor, K. 626 Elsie Morison (soprano),
Monica Sinclair (contralto), Alexander Young (tenor), Marian Nowakowski
(bass), BBC Chorus, Royal
Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Thomas Beecham - Recorded: 13-14 December
1954, Walthamstow Town Hall, 29 May 1956, EMI Studio No 1, Abbey Road
(K. 626); 9 March 1951, Kingsway Hall, 9 May 1951, EMI Studio No 1,
Abbey Road (K. 297)
SONY CLASSICAL SMK89808 [70:10]Wolfgang
Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791) Symphony No 35 in D Major, K.
385, ‘Haffner’ Symphony No 40 in G Minor, K. 550 Symphony No 41 in C
Major, K. 551, ‘Jupiter’
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Thomas Beecham - Recorded: 30 April
and 1 May 1954 (K. 385), 27 April 1954 (K. 550), 22 February 1950 (K.
551), Walthamstow Town Hall
SONY CLASSICAL SMK89809 [71:07][MT]
A
welcome continuation to a reissue series (evidently originating from
Sony UK and not yet picked up by the label’s benighted American division).
Further releases are urgently anticipated; Delians especially will have
their own wants lists. See
Full Review
LE BELLE IMMAGINI Wolfgang
Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791) La
clemenza di Tito: Parto, ma tu, ben mio Christoph
Willibald GLUCK (1714-1787) Paride ed Elena: Le belle
immagini d’un dolce amore Josef MYSLIVICEK
(1737-1781) Abramo ed Isacco: Chi per pietà mi
dice – Deh, parlate, che forse tacendo MOZART
Le nozze di Figaro: Voi che sapete MYSLIVICEK
Antigona: Sarò qual è il torrente MOZART
Idomeneo: Ah qual gelido orror – Il padre adorato
GLUCK Paride ed Elena: O del
mio dolce ardor MOZART Lucio
Silla: Dunque sperar poss’io – il tenero momento La finta giardiniera:
Va’ pure ad altri in braccio MYSLIVICEK
L’Olimpiade: Dunque Licida ingrato – Più non si
trovano GLUCK La clemenza di
Tito:Se mai senti spirarti sul volto MYSLIVICEK
L’Olimpiade: Che non mi disse dì! MOZART
La clemenza di Tito: Deh, per questo istante solo
- Magdalena Kozena (mezzo-soprano), Prague
Philharmonia/Michel Swierczewski - Recorded Sep. 2001, Dvorak Hall,
Prague DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON
471 334-2 [68.18] [CH]
Kozena
has a lovely, fresh-timbred voice. This is a disc that should be bought
even by those who resist hype on principle. … see Full
Review
BLUE
WRENS : Piano Music from Australia
Geoffrey ALLEN (born
1927)
Three Piano Pieces Op.23 (1993/4) Piano Sonata No.4 Op.29 Felix
WERDER (born 1922) Monograph (2000) Dorian
LE GALLIENNE (1915 – 1963) Piano Sonata (1950/1) Tim
DARGAVILLE (born 1962) Night Song (1997)
Michael BERTRAM (born 1935) Sonatina
(1977) Five Pieces for Piano (1984)
Trevor Barnard (piano)
Recorded: Melba Hall, University of Melbourne, July and December 1999,
September and November 2000
THE DIVINE ART 2.5017 [74:26] [HC]
Trevor
Barnard is an ideal performer in this collection of pieces with which
he has a long association. Entertaining and well worth investigating.
… see Full Review
European
Brass Quintet Samuel
SCHEIDT (1587-1654) Battle Suite J
S BACH (1685-1750)
arr H Herforth Wie will ich mich frauen (From Cantata 146) Edvard
GRIEG (1843-1907)
Suite Gordon JACOB (1895-1984)
Changing moods Ian MacDONALD Sea
sketches Frigyes HIDAS (b
1928) Play Nicolai RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
(1844-1908)
Flight of the bumblebee Jan Van LANDEGHEM
(b 1954)
Carpe Diem European
Brass Quintet Recorded Lemmens Instituut, Leuven 1993
PAVANE ADW 7294 [52.43] [JW]
A
thought-provoking finale with some incidental pleasures. … see
Full Review
BROADWAY
THROUGH THE GRAMOPHONE (1844-1929)
New York in European Footsteps (4 volumes)
Various
singers, choruses and orchestras of the Victor, Columbia and Brunswick
record companies Volume 1 1844-1909 [CD1 78.16, CD2 75.51] PEARL:
GMS 0082 Mono ADD Volume 2 1909-1914 [CD1 75.57, CD2 78.01]
PEARL: GMS 0083 Mono ADD [RW]
Two
historically significant sets, generously packed and yielding pleasure
even across the divide of ninety or so years. … see Full
Review
BROADWAY
THROUGH THE GRAMOPHONE (1844-1930)
New York in European Footsteps (4 volumes)
Various singers and orchestras of the Victor, Columbia and Vocalion
record companies Volume 3 1914-1920 [CD1 72.19, CD2 72.23] PEARL:
GMS 0084 Mono ADD Volume 4 1920-1929 [CD1 74.24, CD2 73.50]
PEARL: GMS 0085 Mono ADD [RW]
These
two sets represent that powerful combination of historical significance
and pleasurable listening enhanced by beneficial developments in recording
techniques so evident when you compare the sound on the first two volumes
with that on the present two. … see Full Review
ESTONIAN
VIOLIN MUSIC -
Rudolf TOBIAS (1873-1918) Through
the Night (1914) - Artur LEMBA (1885-1963)
Poème d'Amour (1916) - Eugen
KAPP (1908-1996) Nocturne (1927) - Heino
ELLER (1887-1970) Allegretto (1917) Im Mondschein
(1918) Abendlied (1921) Die Kiefern (1929) - Eduard
OJA (1905-50) Aelita's Suite (1932) - Eduard
TUBIN (1905-1982) Meditation (1938) Capriccio No. 1 (1937
rev 1971) - Ester MÄGI (b.1922)
Vesper (1990) - Arvo PÄRT (1935-2000)
Der Spiegel im Spiegel (1978)
Urmas Vulp (violin) - Vardo Rumessen (piano) - Rec Sept-Oct 1996, House
of the Blackheads, Tallinn, Estonia
ERES CD08 [55.30] [RB]
Though
a little short on playing time this makes a good and varied introduction
to the seeming riches of Estonia's concert music for violin and piano.
I hope that there will be more. … see Full
Review
FLEURS
JETÉES: Songs by French Women Composers
- Augusta HOLMÈS (1847-1903) La
belle Madeleine, Sérénade printanière, Parmi les
meules, Chanson lointaine, La haine - Nadia
BOULANGER (1887-1979) (* co-composed with Raoul Pugno) Le
ciel en nuit s’est déplié, Avec mes sens, avec mon coeur*,
Vous m’avez dit*, Élégie, Soir d’hiver -
Cécile CHAMINADE (1857-1944) Madrigal, Chanson slave,
Rêve d’un soir, Amoroso, Fleur jétée -
Pauline VIARDOT-GARCIA (1821-1910) Berceuse cosaque, Bonjour
mon coeur, Sérénade florentine, Madrid - Rebecca de Pont
Davies (mezzo-contralto), Clare Toomer (pianoforte)
Recorded in St. Paul’s Church, New Southgate, London, no date, published
1996 LORELT LNT109 [62.25]
[CH]
Rebecca
de Pont Davies has something very specially of her own to offer. This
CD is assuredly worth the attention of all those who do not restrict
their horizons to music they already know and performers that are household
names. … see Full Review
FLIGHT:
British Flute Music York
BOWEN (1884 – 1961) Sonata
for Flute and Piano Op.120 (1946) Miniature Suite for Flute and Piano
(1907) Roberto GERHARD (1896 – 1970)
Capriccio for Solo Flute (1949) Elizabeth
MACONCHY (1907 – 1994) Colloquy for Flute and Piano (1978/9)
George BENJAMIN (born 1960) Flight
(1989) William ALWYN (1905 – 1985)
Sonata for Flute and Piano (1948)
Ingrid Culliford (flute); Dominic Saunders (piano) Recorded: St Silas
Church, London LORELT
LNT 107 [66:16] [HC]
This
well-played, well-planned and varied cross-selection of British flute
music is well worth having. … see Full Review
FRENCH MUSIC FOR BASSOON
- Gabriel PIERNÉ (1863-1937)
Solo de Concert op. 35 - Camille SAINT-SAËNS
(1835 – 1921) Sonata op. 168 - Noël-GALLON
(1891 – 1957) Récit et Allegro (1938) - Henri
DUTILLEUX (b.1916) Sarabande et Cortège (1942) - Maurice
ALLARD (b.1923) Variations sur un thème de Paganini
- Pierre GABAYE (b.1930) Sonatine
pour Flûte et Basson (1962) - André
JOLIVET (1905 – 1974) Pastorales de Noë (1943)
Masahito Tanaka, bassoon, Kazue Kojima, piano, Shigeko Tojo, flute,
Srika Inoue, harp - Recorded Oct 1995, Mitaka-City Arts-Center Japan
PAVANE ADW7349 [64:44]
[GPJ]
This
CD, then, gets better and better as it goes on, and is an extremely
valuable addition to the discography of the bassoon. … see Full
Review.
Filippo
GRAGNANI (1767-c1812)
Sonata Op8 No 3 Mauro GIULIANI (1781-1829)
Grande Sonate Op 85 Niccolo PAGANINI (1782-1840)
Sonata concertata Luigi Rinaldo LEGNANI (1790-1877)
Duetto Concertante Op 23
Phillipe Depetris, flute Pascal Polidori, guitar Recorded Eglise Ste
Marie-Madeleine, Biot, July 1993
PAVANE ADW 7298 [69.03] [JW]
Another
fine disc of obscure music from Pavane. … see
Full Review
GUITAR
MUSIC FROM ARGENTINA - Maximo
PUJOL (b.1957) Tres Piezas Rioplantenses and Suite del Plata
No 1 - Narciso SAUL (b.1957) Boulevard
San Jorge - Hector AYALA (1914-1990)
Serie Americana by - Carlos GUASTAVINO
(1912-2000) Sonata No. 1 - Juan FALU
(1948) Tres Piezas - Walter HEINZE
(b.1943) Concorancias
Victor Villandangos (guitar) - Recorded at St.Johns Church Newmarket,
Ontario, February 2000
NAXOS 8.555058 [70.42] [GH]
Vincent
Villadongas has an exemplary pedigree particularly throughout South
America and plays not only with virtuosity, which is necessary, but
also with a natural musicality and elegant sense of phrasing. … see
Full Review
GUYS
and DOLLS – THE KING AND I - ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST RECORDINGS
Guys
and Dolls: Runyandland
Music; Fugue for Tin Horns; Follow the Fold; The Oldest Established
Permanent Floating Crap Game in New York; I’ll know; A Bushel and a
Peck; Adelaide’s Lament; Guys and Dolls; If I were a Bell; My Time of
Day; I’ve never been in Love before; Take Back Your Mink; Luck be a
Lady Tonight; Sue me; Sit Down, You’re Rockin’ the Boat; Marry the Man
Today; Finale - Sarah Brown – Isabel Bigley, Sky Masterson – Robert
Alda, Nathan Detroit – Sam Levene, Miss Adelaide – Vivian Blaine, Nicely-Nicely
Johnson – Stubby Kaye, Benny Southstreet – Johnny Silver, Rusty Charlie
– Douglas Deane, Arvide Abernathy – Pat Rooney Sr. Orchestra cond. Irving
Actman - The King and I Overture, I whistle a Happy
Tune, My Lord and Master, Hello Young Lovers, March of the Siamese Children,
A Puzzlement, Getting to Know You, We Kiss in a Shadow, Something Wonderful,
I Have Dreamed, Shall We Dance? Anna Leonowens – Gertrude
Lawrence, Lady Thiang – Dorothy Sarnoff, Lun Tha – Larry Douglas, The
King of Siam – Yul Brynner, Tuptim – Doretta Morrow. Orchestra cond.
Frederick Dvonch Guys &
Dolls recorded 1950, The King & I recorded 1951
FORUM FRC6104 [74:18] [GPJ]
If
you’re old enough to remember the early 50s, this will take you back
in the most painless way possible; if you’re not – get wise! … see Full
Review
Latvian
Patriotic Cantatas Andrejs
JURJANS (1856-1922) To
My Fatherland - cantata (1888) Sing, Rejoice - cantata (1895)
- Lucija GARUTA (1902-1977) Lord,
Thy Land is Burning (1944)
Jurjans: Lilija Greidane (sop); Leima Andersone-Silare (mz); Karlijs
Zarins (ten), Sergejs Martinovs (bass); Latvian Radio Choir/Leonids
Vigners Garuta: Janis Sprogis (ten); Aivars Kranemanis (bar); Aivars
Kalejs (organ), Chamber Choir - Ave Sol/Imants Kokars - rec 1980s, Latvian
Radio. RIGA RECORDING STUDIO
RS 020 [RB]
Fervent
and spiritual singing with only the To My Fatherland ringing bombastically
hollow. The Garuta is an especially imaginative work punching well above
the usual patriotic weight. See Full Review
MUSIC
FOR MONA LISA
Robin Blaze, counter-tenor
Concordia Mark Levy, director Recorded St Georges Church, Chesterton,
Cambridge April 1997
METRONOME MET CD1023 [72.27] [JW]
A
singer of tonal beauty and imagination. Mark Levy directs Concordia
superbly. This CD is something of a triumph. see
Full Review
Organ
Recital by Jean-Pierre Lecaudey Nicolaus
BRUHNS Praeludium in E Dietrich
BUXTEHUDE Ciacona in E; Choral Prelude In dulci
jubilo; Toccata in D minor J S BACH
Choral Prelude O Mensch,bewein dein Sünde gross (BWV 622);
Fantasia & Fugue in G minor (BWV 542) Marcel
DUPRÉ Prelude
& Fugue in B major Jehan ALAIN
Variations on a theme of Clément Janequin; Aria; Litanies Louis
VIERNE Finale from Symphony no 1
Jean-Pierre Lecaudey (organ) A live recording of a recital given on
7 May 1994 in the church of Notre Dame de la Platé (Castres,
France). PAVANE RECORDS
ADW 7351 [65:13] [AS]
A
disc warmly recommended to all lovers of organ music. … see Full
Review
PRAGUE
STRING QUARTETS Lubo FIER (1935-1999),
String
Quartet (1986) Sylvie BODOROVÁ (b. 1954)
Shofarot String Quartet No.4 (2000) Otmar MÁCHA (b.1922) String Quartet No.2 (1987)
Zdenek LUKÁ (b.1928) String Quartet
No.4 (1987) Jupiter Quartet
Recorded Domovina Studio, Prague 2001
ARCO DIVA UP 004-2 131 [63:38] [TH]
All
these works inhabit a traditional soundworld that is communicative and
enjoyable. The Jupiter are full of character and vitality, with a tonal
blend that recalls their many illustrious predecessors and continues
the great tradition of Czech string quartet playing. Confidently recommended.
see Full Review
William
PRIMROSE
Johannes BRAHMS Viola
Sonata No. 1 [20.49] Primrose/William Kapell (piano) rec 5 July 1946,
Victor Viola Sonata No. 2 [18.47] Primrose/Gerald Moore (piano) rec
Sept 1937, HMV Arthur BENJAMIN Elegy,
Waltz and Toccata [15.18] Primrose/Vladimir Sokoloff (piano) rec
22 May 1945, Victor Roy HARRIS Soliloquy
and Dance [12.38] Primrose/Johana Harris (piano) rec 12 Jan 1942,
Victor Fritz KREISLER Praeludium
and Allegro in the style of Pugnani Primrose/Franz Rupp (piano)
rec 14 Aug 1941, Victor
William Primrose (viola)
PEARL GEMM CD 9253 [73.04] [RB]
Primrose
is always spick and span and attacks notes with a belligerent bow. Brahmsians
must not overlook this disc which documents one of the heroes of the
viola's renaissance. ... see Full Review
Serge
RACHMANINOV
(1873-1943) Prélude
Op. 3 No. 2 Prélude Op. 32 No. 12 Prélude Op. 23 No. 2
Serge PROKOFIEV (1891-1953)
Prélude Op. 12 No. 7 Frederic
CHOPIN (1810-1849) Prélude
in C sharp minor Op. 45 Karol
SZYMANOWSKI (1882-1937) Nine Préludes Op.1
Maurice RAVEL (1875-1937)
Prélude (1913) Claude DEBUSSY
(1862-1918) Préludes. Ce qu’a vu le vent d’Ouest
(Book 1 No.7) (1910)_La fille aux cheveux de lin (Book 1 No.8)
(1910) Les fées sont d’exquises danseuses (Book 2 No.4
(1912) Frank MARTIN (1890-1974)
Eight Préludes pour le piano (1948) Erik
SATIE (1866-1925) Véritables Préludes
Flasques (pour un chien) (1912)
Yoko Kikuchi-piano Recorded in the Brussels Royal Conservatory, November
1995 DDD PAVANE RECORDS
ADW 7368 [71:54] [CT]
A
somewhat uneven disc but worthwhile for a fine complete performance
of Frank Martin’s masterful Eight Preludes. … see Full
Review
RARE
WORKS FOR STRING QUARTET Luigi
BOCCHERINI
(1743-1805) String Quartet Op 58 No 5 "Cornemuses" Gaetano
DONIZETTI
(1797-1848) Quartet No 13 Giacomo
PUCCINI
(1858-1924) Crisantemi; Tre Minuetti Eugene
YSAYE (1858-1931) Paganini Variations adapted for quartet
Jacques Ysaye Quatuor Arte
del Suono Recorded Chapelle de Berchem St-Agathe January 1994PAVANE
ADW 7309 [61.20] [JW]
Bobesco
and her talented colleagues have given us a well-considered and affectionate
disc. … see Full Review
Rarities of Piano Music at ‘Schloss vor Husum’ from the 1992
Festival: Serge
Babayan [1 ] Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
(1809-1847): Lied ohne Worte op. 102 No. 4 (1868 poth.)
2:13[ 2 ] Schubert (1797-1828)-Liszt
(1811-1886): Der Müller und der Bach 5:19[
3 ] Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924):
No. 5 (after Mozart)(from "Fünf kurze Stücke zur Pflege
des polyphonen Spiels") (1923) 4:15 Igor Shukov [
4 ] Peter Tchaikovsky (1840-1893):
Meditation op. 72 No. 5 (1893) 6:23Alexander
Scriabin (1872-1915):[ 5] Prélude op. 67
No. 2 (1913) 0:50[ 6 ] Prélude op. 17 No. 6 (
?) 1:20 [ 7 ] Poème op. 59 No. 1 (c.1908) 2:00
[ 8 ] Prelude op. 59 No. 2(c.1908) 2:12 Peter-Jürgen
Hofer [ 9 ] Manfred Kelkel (1929-):
Tombeau de Scriabine op. 22 (1972) 13:55 Prélude
(basé sur des fragments des esquisses de Scriabine) Transmutation
Bernard Ringeissen [10] Francis
Poulenc (1899-1963): Pastorale (from "Trois
Pièces", 1928) 2:41 [11] Claude
Debussy (1862-1918): Etude pour les "cinq doigts"
d'après M. Czerny (1915) 3:12 Marie-Cathérine
Girod Arthur Lourié (1892-1966):
[12] Valse (1926) 4:01 [13] Gigue (1927) 3:24
[14] Enrique Granados (1867-1916):
Mazurka (from "Escenas romanticas")(1930 poth.) 3:04 Marc-Andre
Hamelin [15] Percy Grainger (1882-1961):
Colonial Song (1913) 5:36
[16] Marc-André Hamelin (1961-):
Triple Etude (after Chopin) 2:04
(op. 10/2 & op. 25/4 & op. 25/11) [17] Vladimir
Deshevov (1899-1955) :
Gleise (Tracks) op. 16 (1926) 0:52 Kolja Lessing [18]
Felix Petyrek (1892-1951):
Wurstelprater (1919) (from "Sechs groteske Klavierstücke")
2:16 [19] Berthold Goldschmidt (1903-1996):
From the Ballet (1957) 2:58 Daniel Berman
[20] Bach (1685-1750)-Tausig
(1841-1871): O Mensch, bewein' dein Sünde groß
4:11 [21] Rozycki (1883-1953)-Ginzburg
(1904-1962): "Casanova"- Fantasy 4:09 Recorded
live at Husum 1992 DANACORD
DACOCD 399 [78.04] [JF]
One
does not know where to begin with praise for these discs. This particular
one has so many discoveries on it that one wants to explore so many
new avenues of listening pleasure. Great stuff and well played too!
… see Full Review
Salon
orchestra favourites II
Josef Rixner (1902-73)
Blauer Himmel; Luigi
Denza (1846-1922) Funiculi, funicula;
Georges Boulanger
(1893-1958)
Avant de Mourir; Ernst
Fischer (1900-75) Südlich der
Alpen: In einer Hafenstadt; Terrasse am Meer; Blumen-Corso; Tarantella;
Leroy Anderson
(1908-1975)
Blue Tango; A
Ferraris
(?-?) Schwarze Augen; Gerhard
Winkler (1906-77)
A Gerhard Winkler Medley (arr Krome); Edgardo
Donato
(?-?) A media luz; Oscar
Fetra (1854-1931)
Mondnacht auf der Alster; Mihaly
Erdélyi (b 1928) Puszta Fox;
Ralph Erwin (1896-1943)
Ich küsse Ihre Hand, Madame; Leroy
Anderson (1908-75)
Belle of the Ball.
Salonorchester Schwann/Georg
Huber Recorded in the Tonstudio Teeje van Geest, Sandhausen, Germany,
(9-11 February 2001) NAXOS
8.555344 [65:41] [AAS]
What
I find most irresistible about this disc is the sheer panache of the
playing, which conveys an almost tangible sense of uninhibited enjoyment.
… see Full Review
SONGS FROM LATIN AMERICA
-
Heitor VILLA-LOBOS (1887-1959) Modinhas
e Canções: Canção do Marinheiro, Lundú
da Maqueza de Santos, Cantilena, A Gatinha Parda, Nhapopé. Evocação
- Carlos GUASTAVINO (1912-2000)
La Rosa y el Sauce, Bonita Rama de Sauce, Se equivocó la Paloma
- Modesta BOR (1926-1998) Triptico
sobre Poesia Cubana - Andres SAS (1900-1967)
Sei Cantos Indios del Peru - Ernesto LECUONA
(1896-1963) Canción del amor triste, Señor
Jardinero, La señora Luna, Quiero ser hombre - Lucas
ESTRADA (1938-1981) Siempre, La Rosa y tu - Antonio
Maria VALENCIA (1902-1952) Tres dias hace que Nina dormida
en su lecho está - Alberto GINASTERA
(1916-1983) Cinco Canciones Popolares Argentinas
Marina Tafur (soprano), Nigel Foster (pianoforte) - Recorded St. Paul’s
Church, New Southgate, London, date not given
LORELT LNT 112 [74.35] [CH]
On
the whole a warm welcome for the repertoire and on balance my reactions
to the singer are more positive than not. … see Full
Review
Spring
in America George
ANTHEIL (1900-1959) Violin
Sonata No. 1 (1923) [26.14] - Violin Sonata No. 2 (1923) [7.35] Joanna
BRUZDOWICZ (b.1943)
Violin Sonata (1994) [14.45] Trio dei Due Mondi for piano trio
(1980) [9.38] Robert Szreder (violin) Boguslaw Jan Strobel (piano) Tomasz
Strahl (cello) - rec Polish Radio, Warsaw,1996 DDD PAVANE ADW 7355
[65.55] [RB]
An
unhackneyed and challenging disc with the dedication of the artists
never in doubt. ... see Full Review
Leopold
STOKOWSKI -
Peter TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893) Symphony
No 6 Pathetique - Richard STRAUSS (1864-1949)
Tod und Verklärung - Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra (Tchaikovsky)
- New York City Symphony Orchestra (Strauss)
Leopold Stokowski - Recorded July 1945 (Tchaikovsky) and December 1944
(Strauss) CALA CACD
0506 [68.52][JW]
Never
unmoving – Stokowski was incapable of dullness – but not matched by
commensurate structural integrity. … see Full
Review
Leopold
Stokowski - Peter
I TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893) The Nutcracker Suite - Michail
IPPOLITOV-IVANOV (1859-1935) In the Manger orch Stokowski
- Alexander GLAZUNOV (1865-1936)
Danse Orientale from Scenes de Ballet - Nicolai
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV (1844-1908) Scheherazade - Alexander Hilsberg,
violin - Philadelphia Orchestra
Leopold Stokowski, conductor - Recorded 1927-1934
CALA CACD 0521 [69.34][JW]
It’s
always been this recording of Scheherazade I turn to, despite considerable
temptation; something in it is something of the essence of Stokowski
himself. … see Full Review
THOMAS
QUASTHOFF - A PORTRAIT
Thomas Quasthoff (baritone)
Rec 1992 (Bach), 1993 (Schumann), 1995 (Schubert), 1996 (Beethoven),
1997-98 (Mozart) RCA
Red Seal 74321 86952 2 [77.21] [TB]
generally
a commanding compilation, produced to high standards. … see
Full Review
QUEEN ELISABETH INTERNATIONAL MUSIC COMPETITION
1951 – 2001 Various
artists
CYPRES CYP 9612 [12 CDs – ca. 15 hours]
This
generously filled box is a memento of what has happened over the last
fifty years of the Q.E.C.’s history. It contains many fine performances
of well-known "war horses" as well as of some of the test
pieces written for the finals, some of which have never been played
since then, though some of them are really fine works. The sound of
these live performances is globally quite satisfying though some recordings
show their age. … see Full Review
"RUSSKI
PARTES"
Orlando di LASSUS Timor
et tremor 3’58"
Giovanni P. da PALESTRINA Missa
‘L’Homme Armé’ 29’37" PALESTRINA Alla
riva del Tebro 1’51" LASSUS Ecce
Maria genuit nobis 2’54" Nicolas
DILETSKI Ije obrazu tvoiemu, stsena v burse 2’49"
Simeon PEKALITSKI (The Divine
Service) Slujba
bojia, liturgia 17’18" Alexandre
TRETIAKOV Bogoroditse dievo, raduisia 2’27"
Nicolas TOLSTIAKOV Priditie
ka mnie vse trujdaiuchiisia 3’16" Fedor
STEPANOV Otche nach 2’59"
Unspecified recording
location and dates Ensemble "Russki Partes"
PAVANE ADW 7343 [67.09] [PW]
If
you like Russian sacred music, there is much here that you can’t get
elsewhere, and which is worth having. If you hate Italian music then
you’ll also love these renditions. … see
Full Review
SEA
OF GLASS – MÔR O WYDR - ELINOR BENNETT
– HARP
John METCALF (b.1946) – Harp Scrapbook
Arvo
PÄRT (b.1935)
- Pari Intervallo Robert Ap HUW (16th
century) – Hun Gwenllian Jeffrey LEWIS
(b.1942) – Dreams, Dances and Lullabies Grace
WILLIAMS (1906 – 1977) – Hiraeth Arvo
PÄRT – Spiegel im Spiegel Robert
Ap HUW – Gosteg yr Halen
Philip GLASS (b.1937) – Metamorphosis
no.2; Wichita Vortex Sutra
Elinor Bennett, harp Recorded at St.Silas Church, London 1994(?)
LORELT LNT 105 [71:37] [GP-J]
There
are far too few recordings of harp music, particularly modern harp music,
in the catalogue. Lorelt are to be congratulated for featuring this
fine artist and the music she champions. The recording is excellent
– not too close so that we don’t pick up the mechanical sounds of the
instrument, but close enough to feel the ‘bloom’ of the tone. … see
Full Review
Leopold
STOKOWSKI Russian
Masterworks Nikolas
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV (1844-1908) Russian Easter Festival Overture
Op 36 Peter TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893)
Humoresque Op 10 No 2 orch. Stokowski Igor
STRAVINSKY (1882-1971) The Firebird Suite (1919 version)
Serge PROKOFIEV (1891-1953) March
from The Love for Three Oranges Op 33a Peter
TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893) Symphony No 4
NBC Symphony Orchestra Leopold Stokowski Recorded 1941-42
CALA CACD 0505 [75.24] [JW]
Sonorous
and expressive playing and yet more evidence of Stokowski’s vivid personality.
Pity better sounding copies could have been used. … see Full
Review
The
Singers: Maggie TEYTE
(1888-1976)
Dame Maggie Teyte (soprano) Recordings made: September 1932 (items 1
– 7, 10, 11); November 1932 (items 8, 9, 12, 13); August 1937 (item
21); 1937 (items 14 – 20, 22- 24)
DECCA 467 916-2 [63.42] [JQ]
Collectors
are advised to snap up this disc while it is available for it is self-recommending
to all connoisseurs of fine singing. … see Full
Review
BOOK
REVIEWS
Richard
Aldous. Tunes
of Glory – The Life of Malcolm Sargent. Hutchinson
2001. xviii + 302 pp. £18.99
Time
for a re-assessment, and in writing this new study Richard Aldous has
generally been extremely thorough in his research, so much so that there
are clear differences of fact between Aldous and Charles Reid’s Malcolm
Sargent: a biography. … see Full Review
[Part 1
New] [Part 2 A-B] [Part
3 C-L]
[Part 4 M-R] [Part
5 S-Y] [Part 6 Misc]
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