Karel Ancerl. Volume
3 - Antonín DVORÁK (1841-1904) Cello
Concerto Op 104 (1895) - Piano Concerto Op 33 (1876) - Slavonic Dances
Op 72 (1886) - Symphony No 7 Op 70 (1884) - Mstislav Rostropovich, cello
- František Maxián, piano - Orchestra of the Hessischen Rundfunks
(Piano Concerto March 1964, Symphony No 7 April 1968) - Toronto Symphony
orchestra (Cello Concerto March 1972) 
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra (Slavonic Dances, Wellington, NZ September
1959) Karel Ancerl
TAHRA 136-137 [75.58 and 76.39] [JW]
An
unusually discerning release.… see Full Review
Artur
Balsam and The Budapest String Quartet - Johannes
BRAHMS (1833-1897) Piano
Quartet No 1 in G Minor Op 25 (1861) - Robert
SCHUMANN (1810-1856) Piano Quintet in E Flat Major Op 44
(1842) - Recorded at the Coolidge Auditorium of The Library of Congress
18th December 1951 (Brahms) and 18th December
1953 (Schumann) BRIDGE
9110 [67.35] [JW]
Plenty
to savour for the Quartet’s admirers … see Full
Review
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH John BARBIROLLI (1899-1970)
Edward ELGAR (1863-1934) Serenade for Strings
Op. 47 (1899) - Symphony No. 1 in Ab major Op. 55 (1902)
Hallé Orchestra/Sir John Barbirolli - Recorded at St Nicholas’
Chapel, Kings Lynn, Norfolk on 24 July 1970
BBC LEGENDS SERIES BBCL 4106-2 [67. 14] [CF]
This
may have been Barbirolli’s last Elgar, but it ranks as his best. … see
Full Review
SOUNDS OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY Jesús
GURIDI
(1886-1961)
Diez melodía vascas (1941) (1) [ca.21.30] José
María USANDIZAGA (1887-1915) Fantasía para
Violoncello y Orquesta (1908) (2) [13.59] Jesús
ARÁMBARRI (1902-1960) Ocho Canciones populares
vascas para soprano y orquesta (1931) (3) [ca.12.25] Andres
ISASI (1890-1940) Berceuse trágica para violin
y orquesta, Op. 22, No. 1 (1914) (4) [8.43] Francisco
ESCUDERO (b.1912) El sueño de un Bailarín
(5) [12.29] Maurice RAVEL (1875-1937)
Alborada del Gracioso (1918) (6) [6.57]
Asier Polo (cello) (2) Maria Bayo (soprano) (3) Jonathan Carney (violin)
(4) Euskadiko Orkestra Sinfonikoa (Basque National Orchestra), conducted
by: Miguel A. Gómez Martínez (1) Gabriel Chmura (2) Cristian
Mandeal (3) Enrique García Asensio (4) Arturo Tamayo (5) Gilbert
Varga (6) Recorded in various sessions in San Sebastian between 1997
and 2001. Previously released on separate Claves Records discs in the
Basque Music Collection.
CLAVES CD50-2201 [75.56] [TM]
A
tremendous compilation disc, offering stirring performances of rarely
heard repertoire … see Full Review
BERLINER PHILHARMONIKER Arthur
Nikisch: Music Director 1895-1922: Ludwig
van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) Symphony No.5 (1807) Wilhelm
Furtwängler: Music Director 1922-1945 and 1952-1954: Pyotr
Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893) Symphony No.6 'Pathétique'
(1893) Johannes BRAHMS (1833-1897)
Symphony No.3 (1883) Herbert von Karajan: Music Director 1954-1989:
Felix MENDELSSOHN (1809-1847)
The Hebrides Overture (1830) Wolfgang Amadeus
MOZART (1756-1791) Symphony No.29 (1774) Richard
WAGNER (1813-1883) Lohengrin Prelude to Act III (1850) /
Tristan und Isolde Prelude (1865) Jean SIBELIUS
(1865-1957) Symphony No.2 (1901) Claudio Abbado: Music Director 1989-2000:
Paul HINDEMITH (1895-1963) Kammermusik
No.1.(1922) Kammermusik No.5 (1927) Wolfgang
Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791) Clarinet Concerto (1791) Giuseppe
VERDI (1813-1901) Requiem (1874): Dies irae - Tuba mirum
- Sanctus Simon Rattle: Music Director 2002: Gustav
MAHLER (1860-1911) Symphony No.10 (1910) Leonard
BERNSTEIN (1918-1990) Candide Overture (1956) Erik
SATIE (1866-1925)/ Claude
DEBUSSY (1862-1918)Gymnopédie
No.1 (1888) Johannes BRAHMS (1833-1897)
Hungarian Dance No.3 in F Antonin DVOŘÁK
(1841-1904) Slavonic Dance op.46 No.1 in C (1878) Antonin
DVOŘÁK (1841-1904) Slavonic Dance op.46 No.3
in A flat (1878) Maurice RAVEL (1875-1937)
Ma mère l'Oye - Finale (1908) Modest
MUSSORGSKY (1839-1881)/ Maurice
RAVEL (1875-1937) Pictures at an Exhibition - The Great Gate
of Kiev (1874) Edward ELGAR (1857-1934)
Pomp and Circumstance March No.4 (1907) Berliner Philharmoniker Artur
Nikisch, Wilhelm Furtwängler, Herbert von Karajan, Claudio Abbado,
Simon Rattle music recorded between 1913-2002. ADD, DDD
Bargain price EMI 575612 2 [6CDs: 79’34, 73’12, 70.08. 67’11,
77,26, 35,20] [MB]
Useful
for showing how far the playing of the BPO has changed but hardly recommendable
as an example of its conductors’ finest work … see Full
Review.
British
Light Music Classics 4 - Ray
MARTIN (1918-1988) Marching Strings (1952), used for
BBC’s Top Of The Form - Peter HOPE
(1930-) Jaunting Car (1965) - 'Trevor
DUNCAN' (1924-) High Heels (1949) - Frederic
CURZON (1899-1973) Dance of an Ostracised Imp (1940)
- John FOULDS (1880-1939) Keltic
Lament (1914) - Charles WILLIAMS
(1893-1978) Rhythm on Rails (1956), used for BBC Morning
Music - Eric COATES (1886-1957)
By the Sleepy Lagoon (1930), used for BBC’s Desert Island
Discs - Arthur BENJAMIN (1893-1960)
Jamaican Rumba (1938) - Albert W
KETÈLBEY (1875-1959) In a Monastery Garden (1910)
- Charles WILLIAMS (1893-1978) A
Quiet Stroll (1952), used for BBC Farming - Percy
FLETCHER (1879-1932) Demoiselle Chic (1914) - Jack
BEAVER (1900-1963) Cavalcade of Youth (1950), used
for The Barlows Of Beddington - Fredric
BAYCO (1913-1970) Elizabethan Masque (1957) - Henry
Balfour GARDINER (1877-1932) Shepherd Fennel's Dance (1911)
- Charles ANCLIFFE (1880-1952) Thrills
(1917) - Frederick ROSSE (1867-1940)
The Doge's March (1905) - Samuel
COLERIDGE-TAYLOR (1875-1912) Petite Suite de Concert
(1910): La caprice de Nanette; Demande et réponse; Un
sonnet d'amour; La tarantelle frétillante
The New London Orchestra/Ronald Corp - Rec London 2001 DDD
HYPERION CDA 67400 [77.53] [RJW]
...
see Full Review
The Budapest String Quartet.
The Library of Congress Recordings 1940-1945
- Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791) -
Quintet in A Major for Clarinet and Strings K581 - Quartet in D Minor
K421 - Quartet in A Major K464 - Quartet in E Flat major for Piano and
Strings K493 - Divertimento in E Flat for Violin, Viola and Cello K563
Budapest String Quartet
with Gustave Langenus, clarinet - George Szell, piano - Recorded at
The Coolidge Auditorium of The Library of Congress in September 1940
(Clarinet Quintet), December 1943 (String Quartets), November 1944 (Divertimento),
October 1945 (Piano Quartet)
BRIDGE 9085 [2 CDs 69.47 and 62.24] [JW]
A
splendidly engrossing set, full of life and engagement … see Full
Review
Budapest
String Quartet Sergei
RACHMANINOFF (1873-1943) String Quartet No 1 incomplete –
two movements (1889), String Quartet No 2 incomplete – two movements
(1896), Trio Élégiaque Op 9 (1893 rev 1907 and 1917) Budapest
String Quartet Artur Balsam,
piano - Recorded at the Coolidge Auditorium of The Library of Congress
April 4th 1952
BRIDGE 9063 [72.00] [JW]
Tremendously
interesting additions to the Budapest’s corpus of surviving works. …
see Full Review
Clara Butt. A
Critical Survey Volume 1. The Acoustic Years. Georg
Frideric HANDEL (1685-1759) Lusinghe
piu care (Alesandro) - Rend’il sereno al ciglio (Sosarme) - Ombra mai
fu (Serse) - Christoph Willibald GLUCK
(1714-1787) Che faro (Orfeo) - Gaetano
DONIZETTI (1797-1848) Il segreto (Lucrezia Borgia) - O mio
Fernando (La Favorita) - Charles GOUNOD (1818-1893)
When all was young (Faust) - Camille SAINT-SAËNS
(1835-1921) Mon Coeur s’ouvre à ta voix (Samson et Dalila)
- Giuseppe VERDI (1813-1901) O don
fatale (Don Carlos) - Giuseppe GIORDANI (c1753-1798)
Caro mio ben - Ludwig van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)
In questa tomba oscura - Annie SCOTT Ama
nesciri - Gabriel FAURÉ (1845-1924)
En prière - Maud Valerie WHITE (1855-1937)
A youth once loved a maiden - The tears that night - Hubert
PARRY (1848-1918) A hymn for aviators - Sigurd
LIE (1871-1904) Soft-footed snow - John
Pike HULLAH (1812-1884) Three fishers went sailing -
Raymond LOUGHBOROUGH Women of Inver - Edward
GERMAN (1862-1936) Have you news of my boy Jack? - Liza
LEHMANN (1862-1918) Snowdrops - The birth of flowers -
Lucy BROADWOOD (1858-1929) The keys
of heaven - Edward ELGAR (1857-1934)
The Dream of Gerontius – selections - Where corals lie (Sea Pictures)
- Alicia NEEDHAM Husheen -
Joan TRAVALSA My treasure Herbert
BREWER (1865-1928) The fairy pipers - John
L HATTON (1809-1886) The enchantress - Arthur
SULLIVAN (1842-1900) Will he come? - Teresa
Clothilde Del RIEGO (1876-1968) My son - Cécile
CHAMINADE (1857-1944) The little silver ring - Franco
LEONI (1864-1938/1949?) The leaves and the wind -
Cuthbert HAWLEY The sweetest flower that blows - Arthur
GORING THOMAS (1850-1892) A summer night -
TRADITIONAL Barbara Allen - The Lover’s Curse arr Hughes
- I know my love arr Hughes - Ye banks and braes - Bugeilio’r Gwenith
Gwyn - Wilfred SANDERSON (1878-1935)
My dear soul - Frederick CROUCH (1808-1896)
Kathleen Mavourneen - Robert BATTEN Peace
and rest - Frederic COWEN (1852-1935)
The promise of life - Samuel LIDDLE Abide
with me Clara Butt, contralto
with piano and various accompaniments; Orchestra conducted by Henry
Wood except Beethoven (Hamilton Harty) and German (Thomas Beecham) Recorded
1909-1925 MARSTON
52029-2 [2 CDs 79.30 and 79.18] [JW]
More
than the Matronly Conscience of the Empire. Roll on volume two. … see
Full Review
The
Calm. Inspired 20th Century classics.
Paul HONEY (b 1963) Jesus and
Morning from the sound track of the film Two Days, Nine Lives
(2000) - Olivier MESSIAEN (1908-1992)
Quatuor pour la fin du temps; Louange á l’Éternité
de Jésus - Louange á L’Immortalité de Jésus
- Arvo PÄRT (b
1935) Spiegel im Spiegel (1978) - Erik
SATIE (1866-1925) 6 Gnossiennes (1890-1897) - Le Fils des
étoiles – pastorale kaldeenne; three preludes for piano (1891)
- Joseph CURIALE Forgiveness
– Movement 2 from Awakenings (Songs of the Earth) (1995) -
James MACMILLAN (b 1959) Angel (1993)
- John ADAMS (b 1947) Alone…again
or at last - The Artemis Sinfonietta (Honey) - Caroline Dearnley, cello
and John Lenehan, piano (Messiaen Louange á l’Éternité
de Jésus) - Rebecca Hirsch, violin and John Lenehan, piano (Messiaen
Louange á L’Immortalité de Jésus; Pärt
Spiegel im Spiegel) - John Lenehan, piano (Satie)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Joseph Curiale (Curiale) -
John York, piano (Macmillan) - Simon Harley, saxophone and Liz Burley,
keyboards (Adams) - Recorded Gateway Studios Kingston on May 1999 (Messiaen
and Satie) and various locations, London between 1996-2000
BLACK BOX BBM1057 [71.00] [JW]
Such
pleasure as I got from this disc derives almost entirely from the consonance
between piece and performer … see Full Review
CRIMSON SONGS
Robert DAVIDSON Strata
(1993) Margaret SUTHERLAND (1897 – 1984)
The Orange Tree (1938)a Roger
SMALLEY (born 1943) Trio (1992/9) Gerard
BROPHY (born 1953) Crimson Songs (1997)a Mary
FINSTERER (born 1962) Kurz (2000) Peter
SCULTHORPE (born 1929) From Nourlangie (1994)a
Elena KATS-CHERNIN (born 1957) Langsam
(1997)a Margaret
Schindler (soprano)a; Perihelion (Patricia Pollet, viola;
Philippa Robinson, clarinet; Carson Druon, piano; Andrew Shetliffe,
cello) Recorded: Nickson Room, School of Music, University of Queensland,
December 2000 ARTWORKS
AW 032 [65:44] [HC]
A
well-planned and varied collection of interesting and often fine works
… see Full Review
Lella Cuberli (soprano): Vincenzo BELLINI
(1801-1835) Bianca e Fernando (1826):
Ove son?*, Che m’avvenne?* - Gaetano
DONIZETTI (1797-1848) Rosmonda d’Inghilterra (1834): Volgon
tre lune …, Perché non ho del vento*, Torna, torna, o caro oggetto
- Gioacchino ROSSINI (1792-1868) L’assedio
di Corinto (1826): L’ora fatal s’appressa, Giusto ciel in tal periglio,
Matilde di Shabran (1821): Matilde, ebben?*, Ami alfin? E chi
non ama?, Non è vero? … Anzi è verissimo†, Ermione
(1819): Esso corre al trionfo! …, Di che vedesti piangere, Ah! Voglio
il ciel†‡, Amato, l’amai‡, Un’empio mel rap캇
Lella Cuberli (soprano), *Martine Dupuy (mezzo-soprano), †Francesco
Ruta (bass), ‡Itala Calcagno (soprano), ºAldo Bertòlo (tenor),
Milan RAI Chorus and Orchestra/Bruno Bartoletti - Recorded July 1983,
Teatro Carcano, Milan
WARNER FONIT 0927 43352-2 [58’ 51"] [CH]
Future
generations will wonder why we used this singer so little; some rare
and often very beautiful music can be heard in performances of the highest
quality. … see Full Review
Dances from the 17th and 18th Centuries Smrti
Tanec, U naseho Barty, Five Dances, Dances from Zlata Koruna, Valachica,
Dances from Hana, Tanecna, Ten Folk Dances from the 18th
Century, Kotec, Three Dances from the time of the National Revival
Musica Bohemica conducted
by Jaroslav Krcek.recorded in the Studio Martinek in Prague, May 15
– 17 1995. DDD
PANTON 81 1430-2 [51.20] [JP]
We
have sheer ebullience played with extreme gusto for our enjoyment …
see Full Review
The
Edge Of The World
Cornelius CARDEW (1936-1981) Mountains
(1977)* Christopher HOBBS (b.1950)
Seventeen One-minute Pieces for Bass Clarinet and Casio MT750 (1992);
Why Not? (1994) Dave SMITH (b.1949)
Off-peak Single from Symi (1998) John WHITE
(b.1936) A Little Souvenir from Costa Mijas (1989) Barney
CHILDS (1926-2000) The Edge of the World (1981)
Ian Mitchell, bass clarinet Christopher Hobbs, keyboards Recorded
in Leicester, England (St. Mary de Castro Church, 1999 except * De Montfort
University 1995). BLACK
BOX BBM1052 [59.03] [NH]
An
unusual and enriching set of chamber works for the often neglected bass
clarinet … See Full Review.
You can sample, purchase or download this disc
ENGLISH BASSOON CONCERTOS Eric
FOGG (1903-1939) Bassoon Concerto (1930) - John
ADDISON (1920-1998) Bassoon Concertino (1998) - Peter
HOPE (b.1930) Bassoon Concertino (2000) - Arthur
BUTTERWORTH (b.1923) Summer Music (1985)
Graham Salvage (bassoon) - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (Butterworth
conducted by composer) Rec 26/27 Feb 2001, Whitfield Street Studios,
London ASV CD WHL
2132 [75.21] [RB]
An
instrument of character, scatological humour, burly romance and mournful
reverie. All on display here. … see Full
Review
ENGLISH
BASSOON CONCERTOS Eric
FOGG
(1903-1939) Bassoon
Concerto (1930) John ADDISON (1920-1998)
Bassoon Concertino (1998) Peter HOPE
(b.1930) Bassoon Concertino (2000) Arthur
BUTTERWORTH (b.1923) Summer Music (1985)
Graham Salvage (bassoon) Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (Butterworth
conducted by composer) Rec 26/27 Feb 2001, Whitfield Street Studios,
London ASV CD WHL 2132
[75.21] [CSS]
Extremely
expressive in a romantic sense. … see Full
Review
An
Eternal Harmony PLAINSONG
‘Dum sacrum mysterium; Robert CARVER
(c.1487-1566) Credo from the Mass "Dum sacrum mysterium"
and ‘O bone Jesu’ James MACMILLAN (b.1959)
O bone Jesu; Robert RAMSEY (d.1644)
When David heard; In monte Olivetti; O vos omnes; How are the mighty
fallen; William CORNYSH the elder (d.1502)
Salve Regina and Ave Maria Mater Dei
The Sixteen/Harry Christophers Recorded at different venues listed below.
CORO 16010 [67.29]
[GH]
‘Caps
off’ to what is an outstanding new release. … see Full
Review
European Concert 1995
Ludwig van BEETHOVEN (1770
- 1832) Fidelio
Overture, Op. 72b - (1814) Boris BLACHER (1903
– 1975) Orchestral Variations on a Theme by Paganini Op.
26 (1947) Nicolo PAGANINI (1782 – 1840)
Violin Concerto No 1 in D Major, Op. 6 (1815) – (1st
movement only) Igor STRAVINSKY (1882
– 1971) Petrushka Burlesque in 4 scenes. (1947) Antonin
DVOŘÁK (1841 – 1904) Slavonic Dance Op. 46, No. 8 (1878)
Sarah Chang - violin, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Zubin
Mehta.recorded in the Palazzo Vecchio, Florence, 1st May
1995. Video directed by Brian Large.
TDK DVD – EUC95 
[87
minutes (programme) + 20 minutes (documentary)] [JP]
Stunning
performance … collective virtuosity of the players is never in doubt.
… see Full Review
FANTAISIE: Romantic French Flute Music
George
HUË (1858-1948) Gigue
(1901), Nocturne (1901) Pierre VILLETTE (1926-1998)
Complainte (1954) Camille SAINT-SAËNS
(1835-1921) Romance, op. 37 (1871), Odelette, op. 162 (1920)
Maurice RAVEL (1875-1937), orch. Arthur
HOÉRÉE Pièce en forme de habañera
(1907) Benjamin GODARD (1849-1895) Suite,
op. 116 Henri BÜSSER (1872-1973)
Andalucia, op. 86 (1933) Gabriel FAURÉ
(1845-1924), orch Louis AUBERT Fantaisie,
op. 111 (1898) Albert PÉRILHOU
(1846-1936) Ballade (1903)
Charles-Marie WIDOR (1844-1937) Suite,
op. 34 (1898): Scherzo (arr. Beckett), Romance (arr. Widor) Edward Beckett
(flute) London Festival Orchestra/Ross Pople Recorded 2nd-3rd
March 1999 at The Warehouse, London BLACK BOX BBM 1049 [66’ 36"]
[CH]
There
is a feel-good quality about this disc which should commend it even
to those who are not especially enamoured of the flute. … see Full
Review
Ron
GRAINER,
Robert FARNON, Wilfred
JOSEPHS
and Albert ELMS The Prisoner Original
Television Soundtrack Vol.
1: SILVA SCREEN FILMCD 601-3 [PS]
Whether
one’s interest is The Prisoner or the popular music of a generation
ago, or both these attractively presented discs can be recommended with
confidence. … see Full Review
Great
Conductors of the 20th Century:Carlo Maria Giulini
Ludwig
van BEETHOVEN (1770
- 1827) Egmont
Overture, Op. 84 - (1810) (4) Symphony No. 7 in A, Op. 92 - (1812) (2)
Georges BIZET (1838 - 1875) Jeux
d’enfants, Op. 48 – (1871) (1) Maurice
RAVEL (1875 - 1937) Ma Mère l’oye, Op. 48 –
(1911) (3) Gioachino ROSSINI (1792 -
1868) Tancredi Overture – (1813) (1) Robert
SCHUMANN (1810 - 1856) Symphony No. 3 – Rhenish (reorchestrated
by Mahler), Op. 97 – (1850) (1) Johann STRAUSS
(1825 - 1899) Kaiser Walzer, Op. 437 – (1889) (5)
Igor STRAVINSKY (1882 - 1971) The
Firebird - Suite, – (1919) (1)
Philharmonia Orchestra (1), Chicago Symphony Orchestra (2), Bavarian
Radio Symphony Orchestra,(3), Turin Radio Symphony Orchestra (4). Vienna
Symphony Orchestra (5) conducted by Carlo Maria Giulini. recorded in
Kingsway Hall, London, Oct. 1956, (Stravinsky / Bizet), June 1958, (Schumann),
April 1964, (Rossini), Auditorium di Torino della RAI, January 1968
(Egmont), Medinah Temple, Chicago, March 1971, (Beethoven 7th),
ORF Studios, Vienna, April 1974 (Strauss), Herkulessaal, Munich, January
1979 (Ravel). DDD
Volume 18 in the Great Conductor Series In association with IMG Artists
EMI CLASSICS 5754622[156.14]
[JP]
Flexible
rhythms and warm, vital performances … see Full
Review
Vallo JÄRVI conducts Estonian Orchestral
Music - Heino ELLER (1887-1970)
Five Pieces for Strings [Romance; Dance; Homeland
Tune] (1953) [11.59] - Eugen KAPP
(1908-1996) Dances from Ballet - Kalevipoeg (1948) [15.05]
- Artur KAPP (1878-1952) Symphonic
Prelude - Graves (1917) [10.18] - Evald
AAV (1900-1939) Tone Poem - Life (1935) [34.56]
Estonian Radio SO/Vallo Järvi - AAD recordings from the archives
of Finnish Radio - rec 1970, 1962, 1967, 1960 respectively
ESTONIAN RADIO ERCD 017 [72.02] [RB]
It
took some mettle to bring out a disc of completely unheard of Estonian
music and in sound that, while overwhelmingly secure, is not in the
first flush of youth. Another step towards the renaissance of Estonian
music. More please. … see Full Review
Great
Conductors of the 20th Century:PAUL
KLETZKI - Hector BERLIOZ (1803-1869)
Benvenuti Cellini - Overturea. Peter
TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893) Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64b.
Capriccio italien, Op. 45c. Franz
SCHUBERT (1797-1828) Rosamunde - Entr'acte after Act 3d.
Antonin DVORAK Slavonic Dancese
- D, Op. 46 No. 6; C minor, Op. 46 No. 7; C, Op. 72 No. 7. Felix
MENDELSSOHN (1809-1847)
Overture, Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage, Op. 27f. Johannes
BRAHMS (1833-1897) Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98g.
Richard WAGNER (1813-1883) Wesendonck-Lieder
- No. 5, Traumeh. hHugh Bean (violin); achPhilharmonia
Orchestra, bBavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, dRoyal
Philharmonic Orchestra, eFrench National Radio Orchestra,
fIsrael Philharmonic Orchestra, gCzech Philharmonic
Orchestra/Paul Kletzki. [ADD] In association with IMG Artists - Recorded
at acdhKingsway Hall, London on aSeptember 6th,
1951 cSeptember 3rd-4th, dOctober 29th, 1958,
h1958, blive performance at the Herkulesaal, Munich
on May 19th, 1967, eFrench Radio Studios, Paris, in July
1961, fTel Aviv on May 25th, 1954, glive performance
at the Rudolfinium, Prague, on December 20th, 1965.
EMI CLASSICS CZS5 75468-2 [2CDs: 147'47] [CC]
Certainly
this is an interesting compilation, although none of the recordings
could constitute a primary recommendation ... The set shows Kletzki's
strengths as well as his weaknesses. … see Full
Review
Great
Conductors of the 20th Century Vaclav
Talich Georg BENDA (1722
- 1795) Symphony
for String Orchestra in B Flat major, Antonín
DVOŘÁK (1841 - 1904) The Water Goblin, Op. 107
– (1896) Symphony No. 9 in E Minor (From the New World), Op.
95 – (1893) Leoš JANÁČEK (1854
- 1928) The Cunning Little Vixen: Suite arr. by Vaclav Talich,
from the opera – (1924) Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART
(1756 - 1791) Symphony No 33 in B Flat, K319 – (1779) Vitezslav
NOVÁK (1870 - 1949) Moravian–Slovak Suite:
Amorous Couple, Op. 32 – (1903) Bedrich
SMETANA (1824 - 1884) Prague Carnival – Introduction
and Polonaise (1883) Sarka (1875) – from Ma Vlast Josef
SUK (1874 - 1935) Serenade for String Orchestra, Op. 6 –
(1892) Peter Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY (1840
- 1893) Suite No. 4 in G (Mozartiana), Op. 61 - (1887)
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra (Tchaikovsky
only), conducted by Vaclav Talich. recorded in Studio Domovina, Prague,
30/3/54 – (Benda), Rudolfinum, Prague, 19-21/2/51 – (Suk), June/53 –
(Prague Carnival and Novak), 13/4/54 – (Janacek), 10/6/54 – (Sarka),
28-30/9/54 – (New World), Smetana Hall, Prague, 17/5/54 – (Water
Goblin), 9/6/54 – (Mozart) both live, Bratislava, 1951 – (Tchaikovsky).
MONO Volume 24 in the Great Conductor Series. In association with
IMG Artists EMI CLASSICS
CZS5 75483-2 [157.20]
You
could not wish for a more authentic feel for this repertoire than we
get here. … see Full Review
Ernst Levy; Forgotten
Genius plays Beethoven, Liszt and Levy -
Ludwig van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)
Piano Sonata No 29 Op 106 Hammerklavier (1818) - Piano Sonata
No 32 Op 111 (1822) - Franz LISZT (1811-1886)
- Piano Sonata in B Minor S178 (1852-53) - Harmonies Poétiques
et Religieuses No 3 Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude
S173 (1845-52) - Années de Pèlerinage, Seconde Année
No 1 Sposalizio S161 (1837-49) - Hungarian Rhapsody No 12 S244 (1846-85)
- Ernst LEVY (1895-1981) - Pieces
for Piano Nos 6, 7, 8, 9 and 18
Ernst Levy, piano - Recorded 1954-58 except Liszt’s Sposalizio recorded
on a Sonabel 78 in 1928
MARSTON 52007-2 [2 CDs 156.59] [JW]
The
fiery, dramatic, occasionally vexatious playing of Levy. … see Full
Review
Ernst Levy 2; Forgotten
Genius plays Haydn, Beethoven and Mozart - Joseph
HAYDN (1732-1809)
Piano Sonata No 31 Hob XVI/46 (1778) - Piano Sonata No 47 Hob XVI/32
(1776) - Piano Sonata No 60 Hob XVI/50 (c1794-1795) - Piano Sonata No
61 Hob XVI/51 (c1794-1795) - Ludwig van BEETHOVEN
(1770-1827) Piano Sonata No 23 Op 57 Appassionata (1804)
- Piano Sonata No 27 Op 90 (1814) - Piano Sonata No 28 Op 101 (1816)
- Piano Sonata No 30 Op 109 (1820) - Piano Sonata No 31 Op 110 (1821-22)
- Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791)
Fantasy in D Minor K397 (1782 or 1786-87) - Johann
STRAUSS II (1825-1899) Frühlingsstimmen Op 410 (1883)
Ernst Levy, piano - Recorded
on Unicorn Records 1956 (Haydn, Beethoven Sonatas Nos 23, 30, 31) 1958
(Beethoven Sonatas No 27, 28), Mozart and Strauss from Sonabel 78s recorded
in c1929 MARSTON
52021-2 [2 CDs 79.26 and 71.33] [JW]
A
pianist who demands to be heard. … See Full
Review
Live
from State of the Nation 2001 - Jo
THOMAS (b.1972)
Wolfie (1999) - David HORNE
(b.1970)
Broken Instruments (1999) - Fraser TRAINER
(b.1967)
The Colour of Scars (2001) - Rolf HIND
(b.1964)
Solgata (1999-2000) - Larry GOVES
(b.1980)
walking underground (2000) - Tansy DAVIES
(b.1973)
Small Black Stone (1999-2000) - Luke
BEDFORD (b.1978)
Five Abstracts Nos. 2, 4 and 5 (2001) - Joe
CUTLER (b.1968)
Without Fear of Vertigo (2001) - Richard
AYRES (b.1965)
No. 24 Noncerto for alto trombone (1995) - Peter
BATCHELOR (b.1974)
Steamin’ (2000) - Rolf Hind (piano)
London Sinfonietta – Pierre-André Valade - Recorded live at State
of the Nation 2001, Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, April 2001 DDD
NMC D078 [77:25] [CT]
A
valuable musical overview of some of the names to watch amongst the
younger generation of British composers in typically energetic performances
by the London Sinfonietta. … see Full
Review
Lyrical Gems for the Horn
-
Gabriel FAURÉ (1845-1924) transcribed
by Sterling Procter: Nell, Les Berceaux, Ici-bas, Au bord de l’eau,
Aprés un Rêve. Nicolas von KRUFFT
(1779-1818): Sonata in F. Alexander SCRIABIN
(1871-1915): Romance. Vaclav NELHYBEL
(1919-1996): Scherzo Concertante. Carl
REINECKE (1824-1910): Notturno. Jean
FRANCAIX (1912-1997) Canon in Octave. Gilbert
VINTER (1909-1969) Hunter’s Moon. Reinhold
GLIERE (1875-1956): Nocturne, Romance, Intermezzo, Valse
Triste. Eugene BOZZA (1905-1991) En
Forêt. Marin MARAIS (1656-1728)
Le Basque. (transcribed by Marvin MCCOY)
Gregory Hustis, horn
- Steven Harlos, piano - Recorded April 7-9, 1998 at the Mesquite Arts
Center, Mesquite, Texas DDD
CRYSTAL RECORDS CD770 [65:46] [KS]
Anyone
who appreciates fine musicianship and pleasant, appealing repertoire
will appreciate this outing. … see Full
Review
There
are more Miscellaneous items on page 7
[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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