Isaac
ALBENIZ (1860-1909)
Complete Songs: ‘Six
intimate ballads’ (wds: Marquesa de Bolanos): 1) Barcarola - 2) La lontananza
- 3) Una rosa in dono - 4) Il tuo sguardo - 5) Moriro!!! - 6) T’ho riveduta
in sogno - 7) Art thy gone forever, Elaine (wds. F.B. Money-Coutts)
- Two fragments of ‘prose texts’ by Pierre Loti: 8) Tristesse - 9) Crepuscule
- ‘Four melodies’ (wds. F.W. Money-Coutts): 10) In sickness and health
- 11) Paradise regained - 12) The retreat - 13) Amor, summa injuria
- ‘Poems by Gustavo Aldolfo Becquer’: 14) Besa el aura que gime blandamente…
- 15) Del salon en el angulo oscuro… - 16) Me ha heido rectandose en
la sombra… - 17) Cuando sobre el pecho inclinas - 18) De donde vengo?
El mas horrible y aspero… - Two surviving songs from the ‘Six songs’
(wds. F.W. Money-Coutts): 19) Separated - 20)Will you be mine - ‘To
Nellie’ (wds. F.W. Money-Coutts): 21) Home - 22) Counsel - 23) May-Day
song - 24) To Nellie - 25) A song of consolation - 26) A song - 27)
Il en est de l’amour (wds. Costa de Beauregard) - ‘Two songs’ (wds.
F.W. Money-Coutts): 28) The Caterpillar - 29) The gifts of the Gods
- 30) ‘Barberine’s song’ (wds. Alfred de Musset)
Antonio Comas (tenor) - Mac McClure (piano) - Recorded at the Teatro-Auditori,
Centre Cultural, Sant Cugat - No specific recording dates given. Thought
to be 1997. DDD COLUMNA
MUSICA 1CM 0025 [71:39] [MC]
Uninspiring
performances of relatively unmemorable repertoire will not have me returning
to this disc. … see Full Review
RECORDING
OF THE MONTH Alexander ARUTIUNIAN
(b. 1920) Concerto
for violin and orchestra "Armenia 88" (1988) (23.10)
Pēteris VASKS (b. 1946) Concerto
for violin and orchestra "Distant Light" (1997) (28.41)
Mikhail BRONNER (b. 1952) Concerto
for violin and orchestra "Heaven’s Gate" (2001) (20.16)
Levon Ambartsumian
(violin – and conductor in Arutiunian and Bronner) The Arco Chamber
Orchestra/Lewis Nielson (Vasks) rec 2002 in Hugh Hodgson Hall, University
of Georgia Performing Arts Center, Athens, Georgia
PHOENIX USA PHCD 153 [72.00] [TM]
A
warmly recommended disk for unusual repertoire and strong, communicative
performances. … see Full Review
Johann Sebastian BACH
(1685-1750) Brandenburg
Concertos 1-3 - 2 Oboe Concertos - Brandenburg Concertos Nos.1–3 BWV
1046–1048 - Concerto for Oboe d'amore, Strings and Continuo in A major
BWV 1055r - Concerto for Oboe, Violin, Strings and Continuo in C minor
BWV 1060r - David Reichenberg, oboe - Simon Standage, violin
The English Concert/Trevor Pinnock - Rec: April 1982 (1046-48), March
1984 (1055, 1060), Henry Wood Hall, London
DG ARCHIV 471 720-2 [72.13] [KM]
An
excellent recording of the first three Brandenburg concerti ... see
Full Review
Johann
Sebastian BACH
(1685-1750) Partitas
Nos. 1-6, BWV 825-830 (c.1717-1723)
Masaaki Suzuki (harpsichord) Rec October 2001, Kobe Shoin University
Chapel, Japan BIS-CD-1313-4
[2CDs: 81.02+80.18] [TB]
These
performances will please … see Full
Review
Johann Sebastian BACH (1685
- 1750) Die
Kunst der Fuge: The Art of Fugue (BWV 1080)
(Arr. by Robert Simpson; final fugue completed Sir Donald Francis Tovey)
Delmé Quartet: Galina Solodchin, John Trusler, violins; John
Underwood, viola; Jonathan Williams, cello Rec. November 1999 DDD
HYPERION CDA 67138 [74.18] [PS]
A
superb, lyrical performance of this great music which includes the Tovey
completion to the final fugue. … see Full
Review
Johann Sebastian BACH
(1685-1750) Goldberg
Variations, BWV 988
József Eötvös, guitar Rec: 1997, Akzent, Bratislava.
Self-published EJ-01WZ
[62.48] [KM]
An
excellent recording of the Goldberg Variations on guitar ... See
Full Review
Siegfried
BARCHET
(1918-82) Cellist and Composer -
Sinfonie for strings (1968) - Serenata in modo classica (1964) - Introduction
and Burleske (1968) - Images de Menton (1963) - Five Miniatures (1966)
- Flute Quartet (1970) - Concertino (1973) - Quodlibet (1977) - Nonchalance
(1945-60) - Nocturne (1945-60) - String Trio (1966) - Divertimento Op.
10a (1944) - Quartet (1973) - Antonio VIVALDI
(1675-1741) Suite for Cello and String Orchestra - Giovanni
Battista GRAZIOLI (1755-1820) Cello Sonata - Wolfgang
Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791) Bassoon Sonata K292 - Max
BRUCH (1838-1920) Canzonetta - Maurice
RAVEL (1875-1937) Pavane pour une infante defunte - Berceuse
sur le nom de Fauré - Claude DEBUSSY
(1862-1918) Ariette oubliée - Johann
Sebastian BACH (1685-1750) Two Choral Preludes: Ach
was ist doch unser Leben - Christus der uns selig macht - In his
cello performances of other composers
Siegfried Barchet (cello) with Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra conducted
by Karl Münchinger in Vivaldi, Margarete Scharitzer (cembalo) in
Grazioli, Gerhard Haase (bassoon) in Mozart, Südfunk-Unterhaltungorchester
conducted by Willy Mattes in Bruch, Hubert Giesen (piano) in Ravel and
Debussy and Hans Priegnitz (piano) in Bach - Barchet’s own works;
Badisches Kammerorcheter/Wolfgang Hock in the Sinfonie, Stuttgart String
Quartet in the Serenata, Gerhard Haase (bassoon) Johannes Brüning
(violin) Enrique Santiago (viola) and Siegfried Barchet (cello) in the
Introduction and Burleske, Siegfried Barchet (cello) in Images de Menton,
Stuttgart String Quartet in the Five Miniatures, Willy Freivogel (flute)
with the String Trio of the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra in the Flute
Quartet, Hanspeter Weber (cor anglais) with Radio Orchestra Stuttgart/Willy
Mattes in the Concertino, Willy Freivogel (flute) Sigurd - Michae (oboe)
Rainer Schumacher (clarinet) Friedhelm Pütz (horn) and Hermann
Herder (bassoon) in the Quodlibet, Siegfried Barchet (cello) and Edgar
Trauer (piano) in Nonchalance and Nocturne, Johannes Brüning (violin)
Enrique Santiago (viola) and Siegfried Barchet (cello) in the String
Trio, Johannes Brüning (violin) Erika Ehrlinspiel-Beck (violin)
and Hermann Voss (viola) in the Divertimento, Lajos Lencses (oboe) Jürgen
Vlach (violin) Horst Strohfeldt (viola) and Gottfried Hahn (cello) in
the Quartet for Oboe - No recording details
HÄNSSLER CLASSIC 98.132 [3 CDs 202.52] [JW]
Full
marks to Hänssler for giving enduring life to this most attractive
and expert craftsman. … see Full Review
RECORD
OF THE MONTH Arnold BAX (1883-1953)
Symphony
No. 6 (1934) Into the Twilight (1908) Summer Music (1920)
Royal Scottish National
Orchestra/David Lloyd-Jones rec. Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 3-4 August
2002 NAXOS 8.557144
[57.46] [IL]
A
thrilling, evocative reading of Bax’s finest symphonic accomplishment.
… see Full Review
Irwin
BAZELON
(b. 1922) Symphony
No. 1 in One Movement (1961); Early American Suite for Wind Quintet
and harpsichord (1965); Suite from Shakespeare’s "The Merry
Wives of Windsor" (1959)
Orchestra of Sofia/Harold Farberman Recording details not given
ALBANY TROY 508 [61.56]
[GH]
An
enterprising disc of music by an intriguing composer. … see
Full Review
Ludwig
van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) Symphony
No 3 in E flat major Op 55 Eroica (1803) - Symphony No 4 in B
flat major Op 60 (1806) - Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (No 3 - recorded
May 1936) - London Philharmonic Orchestra (No 4 – recorded November
1933) Felix Weingartner
NAXOS 8.110956
[75.27] [JW]
Naxos
continue their exploration of the first ever cycle of the Beethoven
Symphonies undertaken by one conductor … see Full
Review
Ludwig
van BEETHOVEN
(1770-1827) Symphony
No. 1 in C major, Op. 21 (1800) [26.19] - Symphony No. 4 in B flat major,
Op. 60 (1806) [30.34] - Leonore Overture No. 1, Op. 138 (1806-07)
[8.03] BBC Symphony Orchestra/Arturo
Toscanini - Rec Oct 1937 (Symphony No. 1) and June 1939 in Queen’s Hall,
London. ADD NAXOS 8.110854
[64.55] [TM]
Boult
taught discipline, collective responsibility and flexibility. Toscanini
taught them how to have fun. … see Full
Review
Ludwig
van BEETHOVEN
(1770-1827) Complete
Beethoven Sonata Society Recordings Vol.4 – Sonatas 11-13 (1800-01)
Sonata No.11 in B flat major, Op.22 [24:11] - Sonata No.12 in A flat
major, Op.26 [22:18] - Sonata No.13 in E flat major, Op.27, No.1 [15:12]
Artur Schnabel (piano)
- Recorded: Sonata No.11 on 12/13 April, 1933; Sonata No.12 on 25-27
April and 7 May, 1934; Sonata No.13 on 1 November, 1932 in EMI Abbey
Road Studio No.3, London
NAXOS 8.110756 [61:41] [SA]
Enthralling
… invaluable historical recordings. Bravo! … see Full
Review
Ludwig
van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)
- Symphony
No. 3 in E flat major, Op.55 (Eroica) (1803) (Allegro con
brio; Marcia Funebre: Adagio assai; Scherzo: Allegro vivace;
Finale: Allegro molto) - Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra/Felix
Weingartner - Rec. Grosser Musikvereinsaal, Vienna. May 1936 - First
issued on Columbia LX532-537 - Symphony No. 4 in B flat major, Op.60
(1806): (Adagio – Allegro vivace; Adagio; Menuetto:
Allegro vivace; Allegro ma non troppo)
London Philharmonic Orchestra/Felix Weingartner - Rec. Abbey Road Studio
1, London. Nov 1933 - Nostalgia Series
NAXOS 8.110956 [75.27] [RW]
A
first class Eroica. Total absence of crackle or distortion. … see Full
Review
Ludwig
van BEETHOVEN
(1770-1827) Symphony
No. 4 in B flat Op. 60 (1806) - Symphony No. 5 in C minor Op. 67 (1807)
NDR-Sinfonieorchester/Günter
Wand - Recorded 1987 (No 5) and 1988 (No 4)
RCA RED SEAL 09026 64000 2 [67.03] [JW]
Strongly
imaginative and honest performances … splendidly played and recorded
… see Full Review
Ludwig van BEETHOVEN (1770
- 1827) Symphony
No. 5 in C Minor Op. 67 (1807) Symphony No. 7 in A Major Op. 92 (1812)
Leningrad Philharmonic
Orchestra/Evgeny Mravinskyrecorded live at the Leningrad Philharmonic
Large Hall 15th September 1974 (no. 5) and 19th
September 1964 (No.7) ADD
ELATUS 0927 46719–2 [71.00] [JP]
The
real Leningrad Phil of the Soviet era, superbly drilled and directed
by long-serving Mravinsky, playing two perennial favourites by Beethoven.
… see Full Review
Ludwig van BEETHOVEN (1770
– 1827) The
Symphonies Disc 1: Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op.21 (1797); Symphony
No. 3 in E Flat Major "Eroica", Op.55 (1803) Disc 2:
Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op.36 (1802); Symphony No. 5 in C Minor,
Op.67 (1808) Disc 3: Symphony No. 4 in B flat major, Op.60 (1806) and
Symphony No. 6 in F Major "Pastoral", Op.68 (1808)
Disc 4: Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op.92 (1812) and Symphony No. 8 in
F Major, Op.93 (1812) Disc 5: Symphony No. 9 (1824)
Barbara Bonney (sop), Birgit Remmert (contralto), Kurt Streit (ten),
Thomas Hampson (bar), City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus Wiener Philharmoniker/Sir
Simon Rattle Recorded live, April - May 2002, Vienna
Full Price EMI CLASSICS
557 445 2 [5CDs: 75’13+64’03+78’29+65’53+69’55]
Two
Reviews:
Marc Bridle: This set
has given this reviewer immense pleasure over the past three weeks …
astonishing power … see Full
Review
Colin Anderson: While
symphonies 6, 7 and 8 are very fine, and much looked-forward to playing
again, the others are littered with enough doubts of translation to
place this set in the ‘interesting’ and ‘for reference’ category. …
see Full Review
Ludwig van BEETHOVEN
(1770-1827) String
Quartet No. 11 in F minor, Op.95 ‘Serioso’ (1810) String Quartet
No. 12 in E flat, Op.127 (1825)
The Lindsays Recorded in Holy Trinity Church, Wentworth, Yorkshire,
25-27 June 2001 ASV
CD DCA 1116 [58’52] [TH]
The
Lindsays are now among the finest ensembles before the public, with
a deep understanding of this music and a maturity that has grown with
the years....see Full Review
Gerhard Taschner plays Beethoven Ludwig
van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) Violin
Sonata No. 9 Op. 47 Kreutzer (1802) Violin Concerto in D Op.
61 (1806) Gerhard
Taschner (violin) Walter Gieseking (piano) Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra/Georg
Solti Recorded 1951 (Kreutzer) and 1952 (Concerto)
TAHRA 461 [74.53] [JW]
I
can’t share very much in the acclamation that greets Taschner … but
far too many radio recordings have been lost for one not to be grateful
that these now make an appearance in such well-presented form and in
such excellent sound. … see Full Review
Great
Violinists: Kreisler Ludwig
van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) The
Complete Violin Sonatas (1798-1810) Sonata No.1 in D major, Op.12
No.1; Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op.12 No.2; Sonata No.3 in E flat, Op.12
No.3; Sonata No.4 in A minor, Op.23; Sonata No. 5 in F major, Op.24
‘Spring’; Sonata No. 6 in A major, Op.30 No.1; Sonata No.7 in
C minor, Op.30 No.2; Sonata No. 8 in G major, Op.30 No.3; Sonata No.9
in A major, Op.47 ‘Kreutzer’; Sonata No.10 in G major, Op.96.
Fritz Kreisler
(violin) Franz Rupp (piano) Rec: EMI Studio 3, Abbey Road, London, April
1935 - June 1936. Mono ADD
NAXOS HISTORICAL 8.110969-71 [3CDs: 70’29+67’08+69’57] [TH]
Enormous
presence and clarity … a great deal to enjoy … no serious collector
will want to be without this set. … see Full
Review
Orazio
BENEVOLI (1605-1672) Andreas
HOFER (1629-1684) - Heinrich Ignaz Franz
von BIBER (1644-1704) - Missa Saliburgensis [43.20]
- Plaudite Tympana [5.18]
Escolania de Montserrat Tölzer Knabenchor -
Collegium Aureum/P. Ireneu Segarra OSB - rec Aug 1974, Kollegienkirche,
Salzburg DEUTSCHE
HARMONIA MUNDI 05472 77845 2 [48.50] [TM]
Music
of enormous attraction, warmly and fondly interpreted … see Full
Review
Lennox
BERKELEY (1903-1989)
Symphony
No. 3 (1968-69) Sinfonia Concertante Op. 84 (1972-73) Michael
BERKELEY (b. 1948) Concerto for Oboe
and String Orchestra (1976-77) Secret Garden (1997) Nicholas
Daniel (oboe) BBC
National Orchestra of Wales/Richard Hickox Recorded at Brangwyn Hall,
Swansea, 27-28 October 2001 DDD
CHANDOS CHAN 10022 [77:54] [CT]
Thrilling
performances of four worthwhile works, captured in vivid sound and capped
by superb oboe playing from Nicholas Daniel … see Full
Review
Hector BERLIOZ
(1803-1869) Symphonie
Fantastique (1830) [52.25] Le Corsaire Overture (1831) [7.59]
Les Troyens: Marche Troyenne; Chasse royale et orage
(1859) [14.26]
Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française/Thomas Beecham
Beecham Choral Society Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Thomas Beecham rec.
30 Nov - 1-2 Dec 1959, Salle Wagram, Paris (Symphonie); 7 Nov
1958 (Corsaire); 19 Nov 1959 (Marche); 23 Mar 1957 (Hunt),
Studio No. 1, Abbey Road, London. ADD Great Recordings of the Century
series EMI CLASSICS
7243 5 67971 2 3 [65.05] [RB]
Beecham's
chemistry works in racy fervour and accuracy with both the French orchestra
and his own RPO ... see Full Review
Hector
BERLIOZ (1803
- 1869) -
Les Troyens (1890): Du peuple et des soldats (1);
O Blonde Ceres (1); Inutiles regrets (1); Ah! Quand
viendra l’instant; Et un dernier naufrage - L’enfance
du Christ, Op. 25 (1854): Le répose de la Sainte Famille
: les pélerins etant venus (1); Roméo et Juliette,
Op. 17 (1839): Bientôt de Roméo … Mab, la messagère
(1) - Huit Scènes de Faust, Op. 1 (1829): Maintenant
que le ciel brille…Devant la maison (1,3) - La Damnation de
Faust, Op. 4 (1856): Merci, doux crépuscle! (1);
Grands dieux (1,2); Ange adore (1,2); Nature immense
(1) - Béatrice et Bénédict (1862):
Ah! Je vais l’aimer (1) - Lélio ou Le Retour à
la vie (1832): L’onde fremit, l’onde s’agite (1,3);
O mon bonheur, ma vie (1) - Benvenuto Cellini (1838):
Une heure encore (1); La gloire était ma seule idole
(1); Seul pour lutter (1); Sur les monts les plus sauvages
(1) - Claude-Joseph ROUGET DE LISLE,
arr. BERLIOZ (1760 – 1836) La Marseillaise
(1792) Roberto Alagna
(tenor) - 1; Angela Gheorghiu (soprano) - 2; Gérard Depardieu
(narrator) - 3; Maitrise de Paris, Choeur "Les Eléments"
and Le Choeur de l’armée française (La Marseillaise)
- Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, conducted by Bertrand
de Billy - recorded Paris, September 2002 and London September 2002,
DDD. EMI CLASSICS
5 57433-2 [69.32] [JP]
Just
for fans of Roberto Alagna, I am afraid. … see Full
Review
Hector
BERLIOZ (1803
– 1869) Les
Troyens (1856-9) - Cassandra/Dido - Deborah Polaski; Aeneas
- Jon Villars; Choroebus - Russel Braun; Narbel - Robert Lloyd; Vienna
State Opera Chorus and Slovak Philharmonic Choir
Orchestra de Paris and Salzburg Chamber Orchestra/Sylvain Cambreling
- Stage Director - Herbert Wernicke; Director - Alexandre Tarta; Salzburg
Festival Theatre, 2000 - Format 19/9; PCM Stereo/Dolby 5.1
ARTHAUS MUSIK DVD 100 350 [2 DVDs: 237 minutes] [AB]
Overall
I enjoyed this performance and expect to return to it often. … see Full
Review
RECORDING OF THE MONTH Georges BIZET
(1838-1875) Carmen,
Opera in Four Acts (1873-75) Libretto by Meilhac and Halévy,
after Mérimée Carmen (mezzo) – Anne Sofie von Otter
Don José (tenor) – Marcus Haddock Escamillo (baritone)
– Laurent Naouri Micaëla (soprano) – Lisa Milne Zuniga
(bass) – Jonathan Best Mercédès (mezzo) – Christine
Rice Moralès (baritone) – Hans Voschezang
Glyndebourne Festival Chorus London Philharmonic Orchestra/Philippe
Jordan
Directed for the stage by David McVicar Directed for television by Sue
Judd Recorded live at Glyndebourne Opera House, Sussex, England, 17
August, 2002 BBC OPUS
ARTE OA 0867 D
[2 Discs: 220 mins] [TH]
An
altogether outstanding record of a thrilling event. … see
Full Review
Georges
BIZET (1838-1870) Carmen.
Opera in 4 Acts with sung recitatives composed by Ernest Guiraud. Carmen:
Angela Gheorghiu (sop). Don José: Roberto Alagna (ten).
Michaela: Inva Mula (sop). Escamillo: Thomas Hampson (bar).
Frasquita: Elizabeth Vidal (sop). Mercedes: Isabelle Cals
(sop). Morales: Ludovic Tezier (bar). Zuniga: Nicholas
Cavallier (bass) - Choeur "Les Elements"
Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse/Michel Plasson. Recorded
February and March 2002, Halle aux Grains, Toulouse. ‘Special Price’
EMI CLASSICS 7243 5
57434 2 8 [3CDs: 57.03+40.10+60.18] [RJF]
[RJF]
One feels that this Carmen wouldn’t seduce José to her bed; she
would command him! … see Full Review
[RM]The
interest of the earlier Habanera would justify the purchase for an aficionado,
otherwise only the last Act is seriously outstanding. … see Full
Review
Georg
BÖHM (1661-1733)
Organ
Works, vol. 1 - Prelude and fugue in C, Partita on Ach wie nichtig,
ach wie flüchtig, Prelude in F, Partita on Herr Jesu Christ, dich
zu uns wend, Prelude and fugue in d, Partita on Wer nue den lieben Gott
lässt walten, Choral Prelude on Christ Lag in Todesbanded, Partita
on Freu dich sehr, o meine Seele, Choral prelude on Vom Himmel hoch,
da komm ich her, Choral prelude on Vater unser im Himmelreich, Prelude,
Fugue and Postlude in g.
Christiaan Teeuwsen at the Reil Organ, Bovenkerk, Kampen, The Netherlands.
Recorded 25-27 May 2001. DDD
NAXOS 8.555857 [78:44] [KS]
This
is the kind of project that leaves a listener eagerly anticipating the
coming volumes. What a pleasure this recital is! … see Full
Review
Johannes BRAHMS (1833-1897)
Violin
Concerto (1878) [40.46] Violin Sonata No. 3 (1888) [24.09]
David Oistrakh (violin) Cleveland Orchestra/George Szell Vladimir
Yampolsky (piano) rec. 13, 16 May 1969 Severance Hall, Cleveland, stereo
(concerto); 19 May 1955, Salle Colonialle, Brussels, mono (sonata) ADD
Great Recordings of the Century series
EMI CLASSICS 7243 5 67973 2 1 [65.05] [RB]
Oistrakh
in full flow and caught in the splendour of his long-sustained high
noon ... see Full Review
Johannes
BRAHMS
(1833-1897) Clarinet
Trio in A minor, Op 114 (1891): Allegro – Adagio – Andantino Grazioso
– Allegro Hugh
WOOD (b.1932) Clarinet Trio, Op.40 (1997): Comodo – Fantastico
– Adagio Ludwig
van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) Clarinet Trio in B flat major,
Op.11 (1797): Allegro con brio – Adagio – Allegretto
Trio Gemelli: John Bradbury (clarinet), Adrian Bradbury (cello),
Emily Segal (piano) Rec. St George's Church, Brandon Hill, Bristol,
June 1998 DIVINE ART
25009 [64.01] [RW]
Decidedly
unusual coupling … a quality of performance that should not be lightly
dismissed … see Full Review
Johannes BRAHMS
(1833-1897) Hungarian
Dances (complete) (1869-1880)
Hungarian Philharmonic Orchestra/János Sándor
THE CLASSIC COLLECTION 99886 [51’06"] [JQ]
Rather
to be lacking in charm and grace … see Full
Review
Benjamin BRITTEN
(1913-1976) Albert
Herring (1947) - an opera in three acts - Albert Herring…James
Gilchrist (tenor) - Nancy…Pamela Helen Stephen (mezzo-soprano) - Sid…Roderick
Williams (baritone) - Lady Billows…Susan Bullock (soprano) - Florence
Pike…Sally Burgess (mezzo-soprano) - Mr Gedge…Alan Opie (baritone) -
Superintendent Budd…Stephen Richardson (bass) - Mr Upfold…Robert Tear
(tenor) - Miss Wordsworth...Rebecca Evans (soprano) - Mrs Herring…Anne
Collins (mezzo-soprano) - With Yvette Bonner, Rebecca Bottone and Gregory
Monk City of London Sinfonia
/ Hickox - Recorded at Blackheath Halls, London: 11-14 October 2001
DDD CHANDOS CHAN 10036(2)
[2CDs: 72.30+74.57] [RM]
A
very welcome addition to the Chandos library. … see Full
Review
[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]