ALPHORN
CONCERTOS Leopold
MOZART (1719-1787) Sinfonia Pastorella for Alphorn
and String Orchestra Ferenc FARKAS (1905-2000)
Concertino Rustico Jean DAETWYLER
(1907-1994) Dialogue avec la nature
Concerto for Alphorn and Orchestra (no dates given) 
Jozsef Molnar, alphorn
Capella Istrapolitana Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra/Urs Schneider Recorded
in Moyzes Hall, Bratislava, Slovakia, 3rd - 10th
May 1987. NAXOS 8.555978
[61.47] [HC]
An
attractive collection of fine and entertaining works for a most unusual
instrument. … see Full Review
American
Images -
Paul CHIHARA (born 1938) - Shōgun Trio (1989)a
- David DIAMOND (born 1915) Duo
for Violin and Clarinet (1999) - Marc SATTERWHITE
(born 1954) Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones (1994)c
- Jonathan D. KRAMER (born 1942) Serbelloni
Serenade (1995)b - John BIGGS
(born 1932) Medieval Dance Suite (1994)a - Donald
ERB (born 1927) Sunlit Peaks and Dark Valleys (1994)b
Verdehr Trio (Walter
Verdehr, violin; Elsa Ludewig-Verdehr, clarinet; Kim Schmidta,
Gary Kirkpatrickb, Paul Barnesc, piano) - Recorded
: WFMT Studios, Chicago and Grand Auditorium of the Cleveland Museum
of Art (Donald Erb), no dates given
CRYSTAL RECORDS CD 942 [76:19] [HC]
Many
fine works here that repay repeated hearings, especially in such outstanding
performances. … see Full Review
American
Images 2 Sebastian
CURRIER (born 1959) Verge
(1997) - Joan TOWER (born 1938) Rain
Waves (1997) - William BROHN (born 1933)
I Got Variations (1999) - Dan WELCHER
(born 1948) Phaedrus (1996) - John BIGGS
(born 1932) Renaissance Bouquet (1995) - Charles
HOAG (born 1931) SweetMelancholy (1990)
Verdehr Trio (Walter Verdehr, violin; Elsa Ludewig-Verdehr, clarinet;
Silvia Roederer, piano) - Recorded: WFMT Studios, Chicago, no dates
given CRYSTAL RECORDS
CD 943 [73:41] [HC]
Well
planned and magnificently played cross-section of works by American
composers from various musical horizons … see Full
Review
ARIAS FOR FARINELLI -
Nicola Antonio PORPORA (1686-1768) Orfeo:
Dall’amor più sventurato -
Riccardo BROSCHI (c.1698-1756) Idaspe: Ombra
fedele anch’io, Qual guerriero in campo -
Geminiano GIACOMELLI (c.1692-1740) Adriano in Siria: Mancare
Dio mi sento - Baldassare GALUPPI (1706-1785)
Concerto à 4 in c - PORPORA Polifemo:
Oh volesser gli Dei … Dolci freschi aurette - Added aria
in Hasse’s Ataserse: Or la nube procellosa - Johann
Adolf HASSE (1699-1783) Artaserse: Per questo dolce
amplesso - GIACOMELLI Merope:
Quell’usignolo
Vivica Genaux (mezzo-soprano), Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin/René
Jacobs - Recorded January 2002, Teldex-Studio, Berlin
HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 901778 [77’ 35"] [CH]
A
lot of trouble has been taken over the presentation of some unusual
repertoire. … see Full Review
The
Australian Album -
Dulcie HOLLAND (1913-2000) Cradle
Song (1947) [3.09] - Violin Sonata (1937) [14.53] - Miriam
HYDE (b.1913)
Dryad's Dance (1936) [1.21] - Frank
HUTCHENS (1892-1965) Always Afternoon (1934) [5.05]
- Alfred HILL (1870-1960) In
Such A Night (1935) [2.31] - Mazurka (1932) [3.25] - Blue
Evening (1931) [2.47] - Valse Lente (1936) [2.42] - Waltz
Caprice (1934) [2.20] - Arthur BENJAMIN
(1893-1960) Violin Sonatina (1924) [15.25]
Asmira Woodward-Page (violin) Scott Davie (piano) - rec Aug 2001, Sydney
Opera House Concert Hall, Australia DDD
ARTWORKS AW034 [53.40][RB]
Unmissable
for students of the Idle Hill of Summer whether in Gloucester or New
South Wales. … see Full Review
Barbirolli: The
British National Anthem* [1’12"] -
Alan RAWSTHORNE (1905-1971): Street
Corner Overture** [5’06"] - Ralph VAUGHAN
WILLIAMS (1872-1958): Symphony No 8 in D minor*** [28’57"]
- Arnold BAX (1883-1953): Oboe Quintet
(arr. Barbirolli)**** [17’54"] - Frederick
DELIUS (1862-1934): On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring*****
[6’57"] - William WALTON (1902-1983):
Crown Imperial: A Coronation March* [7’00"] - Edward
ELGAR (1857-1934): Land of Hope and Glory****** [4’19"]
- *The Trumpeters and Band of the Royal Military School of Music, Kneller
Hall - ****Evelyn Rothwell (oboe) - ******Kathleen Ferrier (contralto);
The Hallé Choir
The Hallé Orchestra conducted by Sir John Barbirolli - Recordings:
* and ***** Royal Albert Hall, London, 19 November 1969; ** Royal Festival
Hall, London 24 April 1968; *** Royal Albert Hall, London, 11 August
1967; **** BBC Studios, London, 13 November 1968; ****** Free Trade
Hall, Manchester, 16 November 1951
BBC Legends BBCL 4100-2 [73’19"][JQ]
A
heart-warming collection demonstrating Barbirolli’s essential humanity
and innate sympathy for the music … see Full
Review
Barbirolli:
Alan RAWSTHORNE Street Corner
Overture - Ralph VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Symphony No 8 - Arnold BAX Oboe
Quintet arr. Barbirolli for strings - Frederick
DELIUS On
hearing the first cuckoo in spring - William
WALTON Crown
Imperial - Edward ELGAR
Land
of Hope and Glory - The British National Anthem - Evelyn Rothwell
(oboe) - Kathleen Ferrier (alto) - Trumpeters and Band of Royal Military
School of Music, Kneller Hall 
Hallé Orchestra/Sir John Barbirolli - Rec 1960s ADD
BBC LEGENDS BBCL 4100-2 [72.19] [SL]
Certainly
not without interest … see Full Review
BBC
Legends – Barbirolli. Ralph VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
(1872-1958) Symphony no 8 Arnold
BAX (1883-1953) orch BARBIROLLI: Oboe Quintet
Alan RAWSTHORNE (1900-1971) Street Corner Overture
Frederick DELIUS (1865-1934) On Hearing the Last Cuckoo in
Spring William WALTON (1900-1983)
Crown Imperial Edward ELGAR (1865-1934)
Land of Hope and Glory; British National Anthem.
Evelyn Rothwell (oboe) Kathleen Ferrier (alto) The Trumpeters and Band
of the Royal Military School of Music, Kneller Hall Hallé Orchestra/Sir
John Barbirolli Rec 1966, Manchester
BBC LEGENDS BBCL 4100-2 [73:19] [PC]
Spirited, impetuous and vibrant … see Full
Review
Karl Böhm (1894-1981)
Ludwig van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) Piano
Concerto No 4 - Violin Concerto - Wilhelm Backhaus, piano - Christian
Ferras, violin - RSO Berlin (Piano Concerto. Recorded 9 October 1950)
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
(Violin Concerto. Recorded 18 and 19 November 1951) - Karl Böhm
TAHRA 448 [79’46]
[JW]
Strength
and power. Predominantly traditional performance. Sound is splendid.
… see Full Review
British Light Music Classics No.
4 - ‘Marshall
ROSS’ (Ray
MARTIN 1918-1988) Marching Strings (as used
in Top of the Form) - Peter HOPE
(b. 1930) Jaunting Car ‘Trevor
DUNCAN’ High
Heels - Frederic CURZON
(1899-1973) The Dance of the Ostracised Imp - John
FOULDS (1880-1939)
Keltic Lament - Charles
WILLIAMS (1893-1978) Rhythm on the
Rails (as used in BBC Morning Music) - Eric
COATES (1886-1957) By the Sleepy
Lagoon (as used in Desert Island Discs) - Arthur
BENJAMIN (1893-1960) Jamaican Rumba
- Albert KETÈLBEY
(1875-1959) In a Monastery Garden - Charles
WILLIAMS A Quiet Stroll (as
used in BBC Farming) - Percy FLETCHER(1879-1932)
Demoiselle Chic - Jack BEAVER
(1900-1963) Cavalcade of Youth (as used in The
Barlows of Beddington) - Frederic
BAYCO (1913-1970) Elizabethan Masque
- Henry BALFOUR
GARDINER (1877-1950) Shepherd
Fennel’s Dance - Charles ANCLIFFE
Thrills - Frederick ROSSE
(1867-1940) The Doge’s March - Samuel
COLERIDGE-TAYLOR (1875-1912) Petit
Suite de Concert
The New London Orchestra conducted by Ronald Corp - recorded on 11 and
12 April 2002 HYPERION
CDA67400 [77:53][IL]
Sheer
delight, familiar light pieces played with charm and verve. … see Full
Review
British
Light Overtures -
William BLEZARD (b.1921) Caramba
(1966) - Stanley BLACK (b.1913) Overture
to a Costume Comedy (1955) - James LANGLEY
(1927-1994) Overture and Beginners (1965) - Thomas
DUNHILL (1877-1946) Tantivy Towers Overture (1931)
arr P. Lane - Herbert CHAPPELL (b.1934)
Boy Wizard (2001) - Walter CARROLL
(1869-1955) Festive Overture - Michael
HURD (b.1928) Overture to an Unwritten Comedy (1970)
- Lionel MONCKTON (1861-1924) The
Arcadians (1909) arr A. Wood - Philip LANE
(b.1950) A Spa Overture (1982) - Thomas
PITFIELD (1903-1999) Concert Overture (1950) -
Paul LEWIS (b.1943)
Sussex Symphony Overture (2000)
Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland - rec 21-23 Feb 2001, Henry Wood
Hall, London - recorded with financial support from the Ida Carroll
Trust ASV CD WHL 2133
[66.27] [RJW]
All
are interesting well constructed pieces that give a valuable listening
experience. … see Full Review
Fritz
Busch - Hector BERLIOZ
(1803-1869) Overture; Benvenuto Cellini - Max
REGER (1873-1916) Variations on a theme of J A Hiller -
Robert SCHUMANN (1810-1856) Symphony
No 4 - NWDR Symphony Orchestra
Fritz Busch - Recorded 25 and 26 February 1951 in the Musikhalle Hamburg
TAHRA 447 [70’07]
[JW]
Fluent,
mobile, avoiding undue sentiment, swaggering drive and sense of delicacy
… see Full Review
THE BASSOON BROTHERS
"Captured"
- Fanfare
for the Common Bassoonist (Copland/Eubanks)
Hey Jude (Lennon/McCartney/Luis)
Mexican Hat Dance (Partichala/Young)
My Funny Valentine(Rodgers/Hart/Eubanks)
My Girl (Robinson/White/Eubanks)
Carmen Crusader Suite (Bizet/Eubanks)
Pigs (Ridout) Yankee Doodle (arr.
Bartkowiak) Louie, Louie, Roll Out the Barrel (Berry/Eubanks)
Send in the Clowns (Sondheim/Eubanks)
Funeral March of a Marionette (Gounod/Solie)
Three Little Maids from the Mikado (Gilbert
& Sullivan/Eubanks) The Godfather Suite (Rota/Eubanks)
Pizzicato Polka (Strauss/Eubanks)
Electronic Suite (arr. Eubanks)
Londonderry Air (arr. Eubanks) Rec
2000 DDD CRYSTAL RECORDS
CD875 [64.39] [WH]
One
piece I’ll be going back is "Smokey" Robinson’s My Girl -
in this case, both beautiful and even strangely moving. … see Full
Revie
CHANSONS ARGENTINES … ET D’AILLEURS
-
Francisco Ernani BRAGA (1868-1945) A
casinha pequenina (2), Cinco Canções Nordestinas da Folclore
Brasileiro (2) - Carlos López BUCHARDO
(1881-1948) Jujeña (2), Canción del carretero
(2) - Francisco de CARO (1898-1976)
Loca Bohemia (1), Flores negras (1) - Carlos
GUASTAVINO (1912-2000) Milonga de dos hermanos (2), Mi garganta
(2), Romance de José Cubas (2), El Sampedrino (2) -
Sebastián PIANO (1903-1994) Milanga sentimental (3)
- Astor PIAZZOLLA (1921-1992) Milonga
en ay menor (3), Balada para un organito (4), Los pájaros perdidas
(3), Oblivión (2), Yo say Maria (3) - Erik
SATIE (1866-1925) Je te veux (2) - Kurt
WEILL (1900-1950) Youkali (2), Je ne t’aime pas (2) - (1)
= bandoneon; (2) = mezzo-soprano, piano; (3) = Mezzo-soprano, piano,
bandoneon; (4) = piano, bandoneon
Alicia Nafé (mezzo-soprano), Carmen Piazzini (piano), Alfredo
Marcucci (bandoneon) - Rec. 24-27.07.2001, Studio 1, BR, Munich
ARTE NOVA 74321 90850 2 [79’ 43"] [CH]
Recommended
for some appealing repertoire. … see Full Review
Alfred
Cortot. The Late Recordings. Volume 1 -
Robert SCHUMANN (1810-1856) Kinderszenen
- Frederic CHOPIN (1810-1849) Nocturne
No 15 in F Minor Op 55/1 - Nocturne No 16 in E Flat Op 55/2 [two takes,
one unpublished] - Trois Nouvelles Etudes - Prelude No 25 in C Sharp
minor Op 45 - Polonaise No 7 in A Flat Op 61 (Polonaise Fantasie) -
Claude DEBUSSY (1862-1918) Children’s
Corner - La cathédrale engloutie
Alfred Cortot, piano - Recorded Studio 3, Abbey Road, London October
1947 APR 5571 [66’53]
[JW]
Despite
political complications, errant fingers and poor health he remains an
unforgettably great musician. … see Full
Review
Dance
of the Wild Men - Early 20th Century
Australian Piano Music - Percy
GRAINGER (1882-1961) The Gum-Suckers' March (1916) [5.07]
- Colonial Song (1913) [6.15] - The Sussex Mummers' Christmas Carol
(1911) [2.38] - Mirrie HILL (1892-1986)
The Leafy Lanes of Kent (1950) [3.53] - Alfred
HILL (1870-1960) Come Again Summer (1937) [3.31] - Frank
HUTCHENS (1892-1965) At the Bathing Pool (1932) [3.11] -
By the River (1947) [3.31] - Evening (1954) [2.42] - Roy
AGNEW (1893-1944) An Autumn Morning (1927) [3.48] - Toccata
(1933) [3.56] - A Child's Dream (1929) [3.20] - Trains (1935) [2.20]
- Before Dawn (1935) [2.44] - Dance of the Wild Men (1921) [2.38] -
Lindley EVANS (1895-1982) Vignette
(1949) [3.17] - Merrythought (1930) [1.07] - Rhapsody (1927) [5.36]
Tamara Anna Cislowska
(piano) - rec June 1999, Sydney Opera House Concert Hall, Australia
DDD
ARTWORKS AW023 [59.36]
[RB]
Enchantment
of the Old World by New World composers. ... see Full
Review
FROM THE NEW WORLDGeorge
GERSHWIN (1898-1937) Overture ‘Strike Up the Band’; ‘Lullaby’
for strings; Overture ‘Girl Crazy’. Aaron COPLAND
(1900-1990) ‘Danzon Cubano’; Jose Pablo
MONCAYO (1912-1958) ‘Huapango’. Arthur
BENJAMIN (1893-1960) North American Square Dance. Jay
LIVINGSTON (b.1915) Mr. Christopher Columbus; Scott
JOPLIN (1868-1917) Two Ragtimes. Richard
RODGERS (1902-1979) Oklahoma-Medley. Leonard
BERNSTEIN (1918-1990) A simple song from ‘Mass’.
SWR Rudfunkorchester Kaiserslautern/Klaus Arp, Saul Schechtmann, Ernst
Wedam, Caspar Richter - Recorded in 1990/91/92/93/99 No further details
given HÄNSSLER
CLASSIC CD 93.021 [66.33] [GH]
Character
and individuality … see Full Review
Filippa
Giordano,
soprano -
BELLINI, Casta Diva,
SAINT-SAËNS, S’apre per
te il mio cuor, PUCCINI, Vissi
D’arte, Bizet, Habenera, BACH-GOUNOD,
Ave Maria; VERDI, Addio
del passato; MORRICONE/WATERS,
Lost Boys Calling, SARTORI,
You are the One, SARTORI,
Dissonanze, SARTORI, Maria
(by the sea); BELLINI, Casta
diva (longer version). Recorded in London with sundry studio musicians.
No recording dates specified. [DDD]
ERATO 3984-29694-2 [44’33"] [KS]
I
can find no redeeming virtue in this release. … see Full
Review
Great
Pianists: Ignaz Friedman
- Frederic CHOPIN (1810-1849) Mazurka
in C sharp Op 63 No 3, Minute Waltz, Mazurka in D Major Op 33 No 2,
Prelude in E Flat Major Op 28 No 19, Etude Op 25 No 6, Ballade in A
Flat Op 47 No3, Mazurka in D Major, Etude Op 10 No 12 Revolutionary,
Etude op 10 No7, Waltz in A Minor Op 34 No 2, Prelude in D Flat
Op 25 No 15, Mazurka in B Minor - Franz SCHUBERT
(1797-1828) Hark hark the lark arranged Franz Liszt - GAERTNER
–FRIEDMANN Viennese Dance No 1 - Jan
Nepomuk HUMMEL (1778-1837)
Rondo in E Flat Major - Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART
(1756-1791) Rondo alla Turca From Sonata in A - Domenico
SCARLATTI (1685-1757) Pastorale - Moritz
MOSKOWSKI (1854-1925) Serenata Op 15 No 1 - Felix
MENDELSSOHN (1809-1847) Scherzo in E Minor - Ludwig
van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) Sonata in C Sharp Minor Moonlight
- Franz LISZT (1811-1886) La Campanella
arranged Ferruccio Busoni - Ignaz FRIEDMAN
(1882-1948) Elle Danse Op 10
Ignaz Friedman, piano - Recorded 1923-26
NAXOS HISTORICAL 8.110684 [74’57] [JW]
A
splendid start to what promises to be a major instalment in Naxos’s
Great Pianists series. … see Full Review
Angela
Gheorghiu
(soprano) 'Live from Covent Garden'
Angela Gheorghiu (soprano) Orchestra of The Royal Opera House, London/Ion
Marin. Rec 2001? Full price
EMI CDC 5 57264-2 [51.00] [RF]
Better
left in the archives … see Full Review
HITS OF 1930 -
"Happy Days Are Here Again!"
Original recordings by Rudy Vallee, Maurice Chevalier, Paul Whiteman,
Bing Crosby, Guy Lombardo, Gus Arnheim, Harry Richman, George Olsen,
Al Jolson, Ben Selvin, Isham Jones, Bert Lowen, Ted Lewis, Victor Arden/Phil
Ohman, Waring’s Pennsylvanians.
NAXOS NOSTALGIA 8.120634 [63.23] [JD]
One
to buy and keep no matter what age you are. … see Full
Review
BARGAIN
OF THE MONTH Julius KATCHEN, piano
-
Volume 1: Ludwig van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)
Piano Concerto No 1 - Piano Concerto No 2 - Rondo in B Flat Major
- Piano Concerto No 3 - Piano Concerto No 5 - LSO - Piero Gamba
DECCA 460 822-2 [2 CDs 149’59] -
Volume 2: Ludwig van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)
Piano Concerto No 5 - Choral Fantasia - Wolfgang
Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791) Piano Concerto No 13 K415 - Piano
Concerto No 20 K466 - Piano Concerto No 25 K503 - Piano Sonata in A
Major K331 - LSO conducted by Piero Gamba (Beethoven) - New Symphony
Orchestra of London conducted by Peter Maag (K415) - Stuttgart Chamber
Orchestra conducted by Karl Munchinger (K466, K503)
DECCA 460 825-2 [2 CDs 152’54] -
Volume 3: Johannes BRAHMS (1833-1897)
Piano Concerto No 1 - Piano Concerto No 2 - Robert
SCHUMANN (1810-1856) Piano Concerto - Fantasie in C Major
- LSO conducted by Pierre Monteux (Brahms No 1) - LSO conducted by Janos
Ferencsik (Brahms No 2) - Israel Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by
Istvan Kertesz (Schumann)
DECCA 460 828-2 [2 CDs 157’24] -
Volume 4: Franz LISZT (1811-1886)
Piano Concerto No 1 - Piano Concerto No 2 - Mephisto waltz - Funerailles
- Hungarian Rhapsody No 12 - Edvard GRIEG (1843-1907)
Piano Concerto - Modest MUSSOURGSKY (1839-1881)
Pictures at an Exhibition - Mily BALAKIREV
(1837-1910) Islamey - LPO conducted by Ataulfo Argenta (Liszt
Concertos) - Israel Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Istvan Kertesz
(Grieg) DECCA 460 831-2
[2 CDs 134’41] -
Volume 5: Pyotr I TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893)
Piano Concerto No 1 - Sergei PROKOFIEV
(1891-1953) Piano Concerto No 3 - Franz
LISZT (1811-1886) Hungarian Fantasie - Sergei
RACHMANINOV (1873-1943) Piano Concerto No 2 - Rhapsody on
a Theme of Paganini - Erno DOHNANYI (1877-1960)
Variations on a Nursery Theme - LSO conducted by Piero Gamba (Tchaikovsky,
Liszt) - LSO conducted by Istvan Kertesz (Prokofiev) - LSO conducted
by Georg Solti (Rachmaninov No 2) - LPO conducted by Adrian Boult (Rachmaninov
Rhapsody and Dohnányi)
DECCA 460 834-2 [2 CDs 152’22] -
Volume 6: George GERSHWIN (1898-1937)
Piano Concerto in F - Rhapsody in Blue - Maurice
RAVEL (1875-1937) Piano Concerto for the Left Hand - Piano
Concerto in G - Benjamin BRITTEN (1913-1976)
Diversions for Piano (left hand) and Orchestra - Bela
BARTÓK (1881-1945) Piano Concerto No 3 - Mantovani
and his Orchestra (Piano Concerto in F) - LSO conducted by Istvan Kertesz
(Ravel, Rhapsody in Blue, Bartok) - LSO conducted by Benjamin Britten
(Britten) DECCA 460
837-2 [2 CDs135’10] -
Volume 7: Ludwig van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)
Piano Sonata Op 111 - Piano Sonata op 57 Appassionata -
33 Variations on a Waltz by Diabelli Op 120 - Six Bagatelles Op 126
- Polonaise Op 89 - Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART
(1756-1791) Piano Sonata in C Major K545 - Piano Sonata in
B Flat Major K333/315c
DECCA 466 714-2 [2 CDs 142’39] - Volume 8: Franz
SCHUBERT (1797-1828) Fantasie in C Major Fantasie
- Robert SCHUMANN (1810-1856) Carnaval
- Toccata in C - Arabeske - Claude DEBUSSY
(1862-1918) Clair de lune - Manuel
de FALLA (1876-1946) Ritual Fire Dance - Frederic
CHOPIN (1810-1849) Piano Sonata No 2 Op 35 - Piano Sonata
No 3 Op 58 - Fantasie-Polonaise Op 66 - Polonaise Op 53 - Felix
MENDELSSOHN (1809-1847) Rondo Capriccioso - On Wings of Song
Arr Liszt - J S BACH (1685-1750) Jesu,
Joy of Man’s Desiring Arr Hess
DECCA 466 717-2 [2 CDs 145’34] [JW] - All recordings Volumes 1-8
made between 1955-69
Pianism
and musicality such as Katchen’s come but rarely and should be embraced
when they do. A set of major importance. … see Full
Review
Erich
Kleiber - Piotr
I TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893) Symphony
No 4 - Franz SCHUBERT (1797-1828) Symphony
No 3 - George Frideric HANDEL (1685-1759)
Berenice, Overture
NBC Symphony Orchestra/Erich Kleiber - Recorded March 1946 (Handel,
Schubert), January 1948 (Tchaikovsky)
TAHRA TAH 450 [68’13] [JW]
Testament
to Kleiber’s dynamism and orchestral mastery … see
Full Review
Erich
KLEIBER (1890-1956)
Serenade:
Eine kleine Nachtmusik K.525 MOZART
- Overture: Preciosa WEBER
- Symphony No.8 in B minor ‘Unfinished’ SCHUBERT
- Tarantella LISZT - Danse
macabre SAINT-SAËNS - Till
Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche STRAUSS
- Overture: Light Cavalry SUPPÉ - Berlin Philharmonic
Orchestra - Berlin State Opera Orchestra
Erich Kleiber (conductor) - Recorded at the Singakademie or Studio Wilhelmsaue,
Berlin between 1930 and 1935
TELDEC: TELEFUNKEN LEGACY SERIES 0927 42664 2 [77.43] [CF]
Tenderly
paced, stylishly phrased, full of stately grace … see Full
Review
Joanne Kong, piano:
Johann Sebastian BACH
(1685 - 1750) Goldberg
Variations BWV 988 [69.23] Joanne Kong, harpsichord -
Ludwig van BEETHOVEN (1773-1825) Diabelli Variations,
op. 120 [55.22] Joanne
Kong, piano - Rec: August, December 2001.
BRIOSO BR 133 [124.45] [KM]
Kong’s
Diabellis far outshine the Goldbergs … see Full
Review
Mario
LANZA (tenor)
(1921-1959) - Songs and arias from "The Great Caruso" and
"The Toast Of New Orleans" - 1 RIGOLETTO (Verdi):
Questa o quella, 2. RIGOLETTO (Verdi):
La donna e mobile, 3. RIGOLETTO (Verdi):
Ella mi fu rapita, 4. LA TRAVIATA (Verdi):
Brindisi - Libiamo, libiamo, 5. MARTA (Flotow):
M’appari tutt'amor, 6. CARMEN (Bizet):
La fleur que tu m'avais jetée (The Flower Song), 7. L’ELISIR
d’AMORE (Donizetti): Una furtiva
lagrima, 8. LA GIOCONDA (Ponchielli):
Cielo e mar!, 9. L’AFRICANA (Meyerbeer):
O paradiso!, 10. TOSCA (Puccini):
Recondita armonia, 11. TOSCA (Puccini):
E lucevan le stelle, 12. I PAGLIACCI (Leoncavallo):Vesti
la giubba, 13. MADAMA BUTTERFLY (Puccini):
Love duet, 14. AIDA (Verdi):
Se quell guerriero io fossi!... Celeste Aida, 15. Mamma
mia, che vo'sape (Nutile), 16. The
Loveliest Night of the Year (Aaronson),
17. The Bayou Lullaby (Brodsky),
18. Be My Love (Brodsky),
19 Lolita (Peccia), 20 Granada
(Lara)
RCA. Victor Orchestra, Cond. Constantine Callinicos and Ray Sinatra
(tr17-20). Rec. 1949-1951. Produced and transferred by Roger Beardsley.
PEARL (Pavilion Records)
GEM 0182 [73.33] [RJF]
The
full Lanza treatment of emotional communication and held high notes,
glory in nostalgia and hang the purists … see Full
Review
Martha
Argerich presents: Dong-Hyek Lim -
Frédéric CHOPIN (1810-1849) Scherzo
No. 2 in B flat minor, Opus 31 - Nocturne in D flat, Opus 27 No. 2 -
Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Opus 23 - Étude in C, Opus 10 No. 1
- Franz SCHUBERT (1796-1828) - Four
Impromptus, D.899 - Maurice RAVEL (1875-1937)
-
La Valse Dong-Hyek Lim
(piano) - Recorded May 2001, Henry Wood Hall, London
EMI CLASSICS CDM 5 67933 2 [62.40] [TB]
The
Chopin performances are particularly good, with technical command allied
to a grasp of structure … see Full Review
The London Trumpet Sound Volume
1 -
PRIMA/SARCICH, Sing,
Sing, Sing; GARNER/Gout, Misty;
TRADITIONAL/Crowley, Jarabe Taptio
(Mexican Hat Dance), LENNON and MCCARTNEY/Harvey,
Penny Lane; CLARKE/Wright, The Prince
of Denmark’s March; MOZART/Humphries,
Rondo Alla Turca; ROSSINI/Archibald,
The Thieving Magpie Overture; RODRIGO/Runswick,
Adagio from Concierto de Aranjuez, SOUSA/Payne,
The Stars and Stripes Forever
27 London trumpet players with rhythm and percussion, Geoffrey Simon,
conductor. Recorded in London on August 22-25, 2001. [DDD]
CALA CACD0113 [44:06] [KS]
Recommended
only to die-hard trumpet aficionados. … see Full
Review
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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-Y] [Part 6 Misc] [Part
7 Misc]
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